Description
“FORMER SLAVE NOW RICH - Jefferson County Negro Sends Children Check for $1,000 Each.” Topeka, July 17. - - George W. Jones, a well-to-do negro of Jefferson County, where he has lived for 56 years recently distributed some of his estate among his 10 children. He sent them a check for $1,000 each. Three of his children live in Topeka. Jones was born a slave in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1845. When the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves, he was owned by a Platte County, Missouri, farmer. A year later he went to Jefferson County, Kansas, and took up a homestead. This continues to be his home. He is considered one of the successful farmers of the county.Date(s) of Creation
7/17/1920
