Regiment: 37th United States Colored Infantry
Company: H
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 1 July 1864 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Mustered-out date and place: Deserted [Died]
Regiment: 107th United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 12 July 1865, Lebanon, Kentucky, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 23 September 1866 [disability], Fort Reno, Washington District of Columbia, United States
Regiment: 12th United States Colored Troops Heavy Artillery
Company: K
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 1 October 1864 in Camp Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 13 December 1865 [died] Post Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Regiment: 110th United States Colored Troops
Company: K
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 15 December 1863 at Tunnell Hill, Tennessee, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 6 February 1866 at Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Regiment: 31st United States Colored Troops
Company: K
Rank: Private; Sergeant
Mustered-in date: 31 October 1864
Mustered-out date and place: 9 November 1865 in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, United States
Regiment: United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: B 37, United States Colored Troops Infantry
Rank: Private; Corporal
Mustered-in date and place: 17 January 1864 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 8 February 1867 Fort Fisher, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, United States
Death date and place: 14 January 1924 Rich Square, Northampton County, North Carolina, United States
Regiment: 108th United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: A
Rank: Private
Enrollment date and place: 9 August 1864 in Lebanon, Kentucky, United States
Veteran's death date and place: Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
Regiment: 14 United States Colored Troops Heavy Artillery
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 1 March 1864 at Newbern, North Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 11 December 1865 at Fort Macon, North Carolina, United States
Photograph of Gladys Adams Ford Buffington and two others in front of business.
Gladys Adams Ford Buffington born 4 February 1924 in Waterford, Marshall County, Mississippi to Daniel David Adams (1885-1947) and Ethel Echols (1893-1982). She married Robert Ford and, later, Lawrence T. Buffington (son of John and Ida Walker Buffington). Gladys and Lawrence made their home in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Regiment: 125th United States Colored Troops Infantry
Company: D
Rank: Private
Enrollment date and place: 5 March 1865
Veteran's death date and place: 28 April 1866 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Regiment: 1st United States Colored Troops Heavy Artillery
Company: D
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 20 March 1866 at New Berne, North Carolina, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 11 December 1865 at Fort Macon, North Carolina, United States
Green Hill Norman, Sr. was my great-great-great grandfather. The town his family lived in - Big Flat - was originally located in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. In 1873, Baxter County was formed, and the town of Big Flat was a part of that county. He and his wife (along with a good portion of their children and their families) are all buried in the Big Flat Cemetery.
Greg Fain discusses learning about the lynching of Mary Turner in Valdosta, Georgia, and that his ancestors were enslavers. He also reflects on the generational trauma of these parts of history.