thought to be the last person living in Cocke County who was born into slavery
Name: Augusta Foster
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Feb 1953
Event Place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 97
Birth 7 May 1855
Father's Name: Andy Swaggerty
Mother's Name: Morah Swaggerty
informant Flora Goode? Newport
1880 Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 24
Augusta Foster 23
James 1
1900 Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster indexed as Fasten 55 SC (born Greenville SC)
Augustie 44
James 21
Lonnie 18
Nellie 13
Perl 9
Flora 5
Katie 2
1910 Civil District 7, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 59
Augusta Foster 53
Pearl Foster 20
Flora Foster 16
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNCOCKE/1999-05/0927569657
The following information was given to me by Mrs. Augusta Swagerty Foster who was a slave of old Colonel William Swagerty [a Cocke Co.family], and who lives in Newport, Tennessee. I quote: 'The eighth of August, 1865 Mr. Swagerty rang the big dinner bell and called all of the slaves in front of the big house and told us that we were all free and that we would have to look out for ourselves and families now.'
Name: Augusta Foster
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Feb 1953
Event Place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 97
Birth 7 May 1855
Father's Name: Andy Swaggerty
Mother's Name: Morah Swaggerty
informant Flora Goode? Newport
1880 Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 24
Augusta Foster 23
James 1
1900 Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster indexed as Fasten 55 SC (born Greenville SC)
Augustie 44
James 21
Lonnie 18
Nellie 13
Perl 9
Flora 5
Katie 2
1910 Civil District 7, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 59
Augusta Foster 53
Pearl Foster 20
Flora Foster 16
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNCOCKE/1999-05/0927569657
The following information was given to me by Mrs. Augusta Swagerty Foster who was a slave of old Colonel William Swagerty [a Cocke Co.family], and who lives in Newport, Tennessee. I quote: 'The eighth of August, 1865 Mr. Swagerty rang the big dinner bell and called all of the slaves in front of the big house and told us that we were all free and that we would have to look out for ourselves and families now.'
thought to be the last person living in Cocke County who was born into slavery
Name: Augusta Foster
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Feb 1953
Event Place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 97
Birth 7 May 1855
Father's Name: Andy Swaggerty
Mother's Name: Morah Swaggerty
informant Flora Goode? Newport
1880 Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 24
Augusta Foster 23
James 1
1900 Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster indexed as Fasten 55 SC (born Greenville SC)
Augustie 44
James 21
Lonnie 18
Nellie 13
Perl 9
Flora 5
Katie 2
1910 Civil District 7, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 59
Augusta Foster 53
Pearl Foster 20
Flora Foster 16
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNCOCKE/1999-05/0927569657
The following information was given to me by Mrs. Augusta Swagerty Foster who was a slave of old Colonel William Swagerty [a Cocke Co.family], and who lives in Newport, Tennessee. I quote: 'The eighth of August, 1865 Mr. Swagerty rang the big dinner bell and called all of the slaves in front of the big house and told us that we were all free and that we would have to look out for ourselves and families now.'
Name: Augusta Foster
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Feb 1953
Event Place: Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 97
Birth 7 May 1855
Father's Name: Andy Swaggerty
Mother's Name: Morah Swaggerty
informant Flora Goode? Newport
1880 Newport, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 24
Augusta Foster 23
James 1
1900 Civil District 6, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster indexed as Fasten 55 SC (born Greenville SC)
Augustie 44
James 21
Lonnie 18
Nellie 13
Perl 9
Flora 5
Katie 2
1910 Civil District 7, Cocke, Tennessee
Thomas Foster 59
Augusta Foster 53
Pearl Foster 20
Flora Foster 16
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TNCOCKE/1999-05/0927569657
The following information was given to me by Mrs. Augusta Swagerty Foster who was a slave of old Colonel William Swagerty [a Cocke Co.family], and who lives in Newport, Tennessee. I quote: 'The eighth of August, 1865 Mr. Swagerty rang the big dinner bell and called all of the slaves in front of the big house and told us that we were all free and that we would have to look out for ourselves and families now.'
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