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I need some help with finding information on my great-great-great grandfather!. His name was Limerick Mobley!. But it may be under Lem Mobley because that's what they called him!. He lived somewhere in South Carolina, not sure which part though!. I think he had two kids Maggie Lee and Hattie if anything about offspring comes about!. The mother's name was Mary Garvin!. I want to find out because there's a rumor in my family that Limerick was white(I have a lot of light skinned people in my family and I don't think it's a coincidence) and I really want to know so I can explore this part of my heritage!. If you could help me out, you would be a lifesaver!. Thanks!! =]
P!.S!. And if Limerick is white, are you able to tell me which part of Europe his family is from!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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I think I found him in 1880 but not any other census!. He is listed as mulatto, which is a light skinned black!. He should be in York County in 1870-when he died but I didn't see him!.
South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901
about Hattie Mobley
Name: Hattie Mobley
[Hattie Burris]
Birth Date: 8 May 1887
Birthplace: York
Father's Name: Lem Mobley
Mother's Name: Mary Garvin
Listed as *****:
Hattie Burris
Home in 1930: York, York, South Carolina
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father's Name: Mack
Mother's Name: Harriet
Mack Burris 47
Harriet Burris 40
Mary Burris 21
Hattie Burris 19
Lessie Burris 18
James Burris 17
McEleva Burris 12
Sarah Burris 8
William Burris 6
Hattie Bussie
[Hattie Burris]
Home in 1920: York, York, South Carolina
Age: 36 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's Name: Mack
Father's Birth Place: South Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 428
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Household Members: Name Age
Mack Bussie 38
Hattie Bussie 36
Mary Bussie 12
Hattie Bussie 10
Lessie Bussie 9
James Bussie 7
McElma Bussie 1
Mack Burris
Age in 1910: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: South Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina
Spouse's Name: Hariet
Home in 1910: Bethesda, York, South Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Gender: Male
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Household Members: Name Age
Mack Burris 28
Hariet Burris 26
Mary Burris 2
Hatty Burris 1
Harriett Mobley
Home in 1900: York, York, South Carolina
Age: 13
Birth Date: Jun 1886
Birthplace: South Carolina
Race: Black
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to head-of-house: Step Daughter
[Stepdaughter]
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Name: Mary
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Residence : York Cotton Mill Town, York, South Carolina
Amos Shaw 44
Mary Shaw 33
Harriett Mobley 13
Andrew Mobley 8
Mary Garvin
Home in 1880: Bethesda, York, South Carolina
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: Gus
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Name: Maggie
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
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Occupation: Laborer
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Gus Garvin 45
Maggie Garvin 28
Anderson Garvin 16
Mary Garvin 14
Samuel Mobley
Home in 1880: Bethesda, York, South Carolina
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other)
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
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Occupation: Laborer-Servant
Marital Status: Single
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
James Moore 25
Bishop Moore 20
Samuel Mobley 14 misspelled on indexWww@QuestionHome@Com
Looks as though the other two answers fills the bill; same info that I found, so it seems this is your family member!. If you would like a copy of the original documents, let me know where to email them too, I'll be glad to send them to you - FREE of course!.
I'm a big fan of genealogy and know what it is like to see the many hand writings and my family member's signatures from way back!.
Let me know, and congrats on finding you family member!.
Marine
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1880 United States Federal Census
about Limbrick Mobley
Name: Limbrick Mobley
Home in 1880: Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina
Age: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's Name: Charles
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
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Occupation: Farm Laborer
Marital Status: Single
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Mobley 33
Elizabeth Mobley 26
Minerva Mobley 9
Limbrick Mobley 8
Charles Mobley 6
Kate Mobley 4
__ Mobley 7M
1880 United States Federal Census
about Charles Mobley
Name: Charles Mobley
Home in 1880: Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
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Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Name: Elizabeth Mobley
Home in 1880: Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: South Carolina
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse's Name: Charles
Father's birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's birthplace: South Carolina
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Occupation: Farm Laborer
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Gender: Female
Working on the premise that most freed slaves didn't move far from where they were enslaved after the war, I looked for a 13 y/o male slave owned by someone named Mobley from Lancaster District SC!. This is very possibly Lem's father:
13 Male Black J B Mobley Lancaster, South Carolina
His parents were both black, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have been lighter skinned!. However, this same census enumerator did list several slaves as "mulatto" and didn't list any on this particular plantation that way!. Either the owner didn't give him reason to believe his slaves were mulatto, or he wasn't mulatto!. There's nothing pointing to Lem's family having a European heritage!. There is a lot of evidence that it COULD have been possible!. But in the era of Jim Crow, the quality of racial information was as reliable as the bigotries of the person recording it!. Even a smidge of African heritage in a lily-white family was enough for them to label a man "black" back then!.Www@QuestionHome@Com