General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Dakstang]

definitely slave owners

No record of that.

 

[Chris]

definitely slave owners

seems like my family was too poor, I didn't find any

 

[Sabretooth]

No record of that.

they covering it up

 

[Dakstang]

My family were apparently dirt poor from the start.

 

[Chris]

And they had slave trade records on ancestry

 

[Dakstang]

Yeah I used ancestry too.

 

[Dakstang]

I did have family fighting on both sides of the Civil War.....as is mainly the case for everyone.

 

[Dakstang]

In this area.

 

[Chris]

Just confederates for me lmao

 

[Chris]

I found a couple revolutionary war veterans too

 

[Dakstang]

lol but you were from the South South.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

I don't have any records of any ancestors of mine fighting in the Civil War, it looks like they all mostly immigrated into America right before or during the Civil War.

 

[Chris]

Most of my family came to Texas right before t became a state I think, give or take a few exceptions

 

[Chris]

We were some of the earliest settlers in the small community most still haven't left in 2022

 

[Dakstang]

I had a Great (I don't know how many greats it is exactly) Uncle who died in a Union Civil War prison camp at the age of 19.