James Liverpool was born around 1772-1775. According to researcher Thomas Duckenfield, James Liverpool was born into slavery at Naylor's Point, Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, and married Frances "Franky" Bell. They later moved to Cincinnati.
In 1831, in Cincinnati, two African American men named James and John Liverpool, perhaps brothers, paid $1,300 to purchase a lot with a brick building on the east side of Race Street, between Front and Second Streets. The lot was 29'-6" wide and 95' or 100' deep. At some point, the lot was partitioned between the two men, and there were two buildings side-by-side, each three stories tall. The address became 46 & 48 Race Street.
The Liverpool family would live here for fifty years. In 1885, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported that "The Liverpool family are probably among the best known and oldest citizens of color in this city."
James Liverpool died on July, 31, 1848. Somewhere around this time, a woman named Frances Liverpool, apparently James' widow, came into ownership of half of the Race Street property.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Frances Liverpool lived at 46 Race Street with her daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Sometime prior to the census of 1860, Sarah Fossett and her husband Peter Farley Fossett also moved in and would live there for more than twenty years. The Liverpool home became a major center of Underground Railroad activity in Cincinnati.
For more information about this family, see the article "Liverpool Family Home Site" at the website "Cincinnati Sites & Stories." A number of family trees posted to Ancestry have more, too, especially the Duckenfield/Ecraela/Davis/Newman/Beverly Tree.
– bio by Chris Hanlin, contributor 47638705
In 1831, in Cincinnati, two African American men named James and John Liverpool, perhaps brothers, paid $1,300 to purchase a lot with a brick building on the east side of Race Street, between Front and Second Streets. The lot was 29'-6" wide and 95' or 100' deep. At some point, the lot was partitioned between the two men, and there were two buildings side-by-side, each three stories tall. The address became 46 & 48 Race Street.
The Liverpool family would live here for fifty years. In 1885, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported that "The Liverpool family are probably among the best known and oldest citizens of color in this city."
James Liverpool died on July, 31, 1848. Somewhere around this time, a woman named Frances Liverpool, apparently James' widow, came into ownership of half of the Race Street property.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Frances Liverpool lived at 46 Race Street with her daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Sometime prior to the census of 1860, Sarah Fossett and her husband Peter Farley Fossett also moved in and would live there for more than twenty years. The Liverpool home became a major center of Underground Railroad activity in Cincinnati.
For more information about this family, see the article "Liverpool Family Home Site" at the website "Cincinnati Sites & Stories." A number of family trees posted to Ancestry have more, too, especially the Duckenfield/Ecraela/Davis/Newman/Beverly Tree.
– bio by Chris Hanlin, contributor 47638705
James Liverpool was born around 1772-1775. According to researcher Thomas Duckenfield, James Liverpool was born into slavery at Naylor's Point, Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, and married Frances "Franky" Bell. They later moved to Cincinnati.
In 1831, in Cincinnati, two African American men named James and John Liverpool, perhaps brothers, paid $1,300 to purchase a lot with a brick building on the east side of Race Street, between Front and Second Streets. The lot was 29'-6" wide and 95' or 100' deep. At some point, the lot was partitioned between the two men, and there were two buildings side-by-side, each three stories tall. The address became 46 & 48 Race Street.
The Liverpool family would live here for fifty years. In 1885, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported that "The Liverpool family are probably among the best known and oldest citizens of color in this city."
James Liverpool died on July, 31, 1848. Somewhere around this time, a woman named Frances Liverpool, apparently James' widow, came into ownership of half of the Race Street property.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Frances Liverpool lived at 46 Race Street with her daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Sometime prior to the census of 1860, Sarah Fossett and her husband Peter Farley Fossett also moved in and would live there for more than twenty years. The Liverpool home became a major center of Underground Railroad activity in Cincinnati.
For more information about this family, see the article "Liverpool Family Home Site" at the website "Cincinnati Sites & Stories." A number of family trees posted to Ancestry have more, too, especially the Duckenfield/Ecraela/Davis/Newman/Beverly Tree.
– bio by Chris Hanlin, contributor 47638705
In 1831, in Cincinnati, two African American men named James and John Liverpool, perhaps brothers, paid $1,300 to purchase a lot with a brick building on the east side of Race Street, between Front and Second Streets. The lot was 29'-6" wide and 95' or 100' deep. At some point, the lot was partitioned between the two men, and there were two buildings side-by-side, each three stories tall. The address became 46 & 48 Race Street.
The Liverpool family would live here for fifty years. In 1885, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reported that "The Liverpool family are probably among the best known and oldest citizens of color in this city."
James Liverpool died on July, 31, 1848. Somewhere around this time, a woman named Frances Liverpool, apparently James' widow, came into ownership of half of the Race Street property.
In the years leading up to the Civil War, Frances Liverpool lived at 46 Race Street with her daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Sometime prior to the census of 1860, Sarah Fossett and her husband Peter Farley Fossett also moved in and would live there for more than twenty years. The Liverpool home became a major center of Underground Railroad activity in Cincinnati.
For more information about this family, see the article "Liverpool Family Home Site" at the website "Cincinnati Sites & Stories." A number of family trees posted to Ancestry have more, too, especially the Duckenfield/Ecraela/Davis/Newman/Beverly Tree.
– bio by Chris Hanlin, contributor 47638705
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