John Atus was born free in Atusville, Machias, Maine on either 1 August 1797.
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or 23 September 1797.[2]
He was the son of former slave London Atus and Eunice Foss, a woman of English ancestry.
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Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 September 2022), memorial page for John Atus (25 Sep 1797–15 Feb 1889), Find A Grave: Memorial #170717761, citing Court Street Cemetery, Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Jo E (contributor 46986225).
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Drisko, George Washington, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 425. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2022.
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Tibbetts, Leonard F. and Lamson, Darryl B, Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1999, 854 pages), p. 503. Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2022.
↑ Long, Alice MacDonald, editor, Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, Prior to 1892 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 15, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993, 118 pages, ISBN 0-89725-140-7), p. 66, "Joseph Maxwell of Machias & Mary J. Atis of same m. 20 Jan 1847 by Jonathan Marston Jr. JP." Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2022.
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United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29V-PDSJ : 8 March 2021), John Atis, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 7; FHL microfilm 882,525.
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Willey, Kenneth L., editor, Vital Records from the Eastport Sentinel of Eastport, Maine 1818-1900 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 24, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1996, 884 pages, ISBN: 0-89725-249-7), p. 418, citing the issue of 6 Mar 1889 (Vol. 71, #13), "Deaths: In Machias, Feb 1889, John ATUS, s/o London ATUS, and last but one of 'the old Black men of Machias'." Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2022.
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT6-DVN : 8 December 2020), John Atus, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 13, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-GQ9 : 22 December 2020), John Atus, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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