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struggle4progress

(118,281 posts) Fri Oct 16, 2015, 08:35 PM Oct 2015

Family removes Confederate memorial marker from ex-slave's grave (VA)

Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 6:45 pm | Updated: 6:55 pm, Fri Oct 16, 2015.
By Casey Fabris casey.fabris@roanoke.com 981-3234

ROCKY MOUNT — ... Creed .. Holland, a black slave from Glade Hill before emancipation, is believed to have served as a teamster .. in the 58th Virginia Infantry Regiment ... When he filed paperwork for his pension, the pension clerk wrote back seeking additional information about his service ... William Holland doubts his great-grandfather ever received a pension ... In 2002, when Holland was honored with a Confederate memorial marker, William Holland and his family members were on board. Holland and two of his brothers joined the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and his sister joined the United Daughters of the Confederacy ... But Holland took issue with the group shortly after joining, and is no longer a member ...

http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/franklin_county/family-removes-confederate-memorial-marker-from-ex-slave-s-grave/article_8b42614a-ddae-5c8f-9e6d-3bd8d252006e.html

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1. Family Removing Great-grandfather's Confederate Grave Marker

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Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:39 AM

Oct 2015

BY VALERIE BRAGG
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH 2015

... Family members say it took years of digging, but they now have proof that their great-grandfather was not a confederate soldier.

This is an African American family from Franklin County who joined the Sons of Confederate Veterans back in 2002. They were approached by members who told them their great-grandfather had served and they could join. Family members even had a confederate grave marker put into place for their great grandfather. But ever since they joined, they tell ABC 13 something just didn't feel right. Now they're removing that grave marker, and replacing it with something they say is more appropriate ...

http://wset.com/news/local/family-removing-great-grandfathers-confederate-grave-marker

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