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Biography
Kitty (Maddox) Brian is a part of US Black heritage.
Kitty was born about 1816.[1] She passed away about 1850.[2]
↑ Mary Maddox' Deed of Manumission to slaves Benjamin, age 53; James, age 37; Kitty age 27; Eliza Jane, age 5; Mary age 4; Arthur, age 2; & George, age 2 months, dated 25 February 1843, Deed Book E, page 176. Rappahannock Co., VA.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153965246/catherine_(catharine)-brian: accessed 17 June 2023), memorial page for Catherine (Catharine) “Kitty” Brian (1816–12 Aug 1850), Find a Grave Memorial ID 153965246, citing Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by adalton15 (contributor 48563765).
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M44H-C9Q : 21 December 2020), Abraham Brien, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Meghan Linsley Bishop, "Slave to Freewoman and Back Again: Kitty Payne and Antebellum Kidnapping," (Master’s Thesis Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 2007).
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