GDG- Yellow Hill

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Fri Apr 18 16:58:00 CDT 2008


David:  I know the person who now owns the land that once belonged to Matthews in Yellow Hill.  He has done some research on the land.  He works in the historic preservation field, so knows how to do research.  He has seen the reference you mention also.  

BTW, I tried to privately email you, but it bounced even though I copied and paste your address in the to line.

Paula
<<All I have seen is an obit reference, c. 1906, which says that Basil Biggs used 
to transport fugitives to Edward Matthews in Yellow Hill.  But Yellow Hill used 
to be where blacks lived - hence the name, "Yellow" was a reference to mulattoes 
in the 19th century - so there is logic that fugitives could have been guided 
there and hidden there.>>


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