There is no picture of her, but all we have of her is her unusual name: Abdeline. She was born somewhere in Virginia in 1833 which means that she was likely enslaved. 2/?
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She came to be my ancestor when she arrived in Kentucky about 15 years later, along with three other young Black women. Young Black women don’t come from Virginia to Ohio in the 1840’s unless they were sold away from their family. And why all of these young women anyway?? 3/?
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Abdeline Ward came to the household of Judge Holt in Greenup County Kentucky. Her timing was beneficial because a minister was working on Judge Holt’s soul about how wrong it was to own slaves. The minister’s words worked on him (or maybe the taxes got too high) 4/?
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because in 1856, Judge Holt moved across the river to Ironton, Ohio. He brought along 37 enslaved people and freed them. He set them up with land and houses of their own. 5/?
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Here is a link that talks about this story in an obit of another relative, Albert Holt https://lawrencecountyohio.wordpress.com/history/people/african-american-history/obituaries-of-former-slaves/ … 6/?
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Among these 37 was Abdeline Ward and her beloved, Clayborne Holt. This move allowed these two young people to legally marry and begin a family. 7/?
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One of their sons was named Harry, after her father Harry Ward. That’s where the name Harry came from. We have had a Harry Holt in every generation since then, thanks to Abdeline. I know she must have missed and loved her father.

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