When, Why & How

In January, 1846, William (Billy) Cornelius of Blount County, Alabama, was notified by authorities inn Manchester, TN that they were holding a Negro slave who said he belonged to said Cornelius. He was told to come up, identify him, and take him back. Mr. Cornelius, a widower, went there, but there was a delay in relasing the person to him (we think he had to send back for his Certificate of Ownership). Meanwhile, he stayed at an Inn operated by a Mr and Mrs. Bostick. The Bostics had a widowed daughter and her five young children living with them. Before it was all over, Mr. Cornelius, a widower, needed a housekeeper, and she needed help in raising the children, were married in Manchester in January, 1846. Mr.Cornelius brought his new family to his farm in Blount County, AL., and raised them well. He did not adopt them, so they kept their Ingram name, being children of Council Brewton Ingram and Sarah Bostic Ingram. The children were: Caroline, Mary, Robert, Rufus and Augustus (latter later known as "Capt Gus"). William (Billy)Cornelius and Sarah had one child by their marriage, William Bostic Cornelius. Here I stop with family history for the time being.....needless to say, now many offspring reside in all four corners of the World........well, the World does have four corners, doesn't it??? "Mesodumb". I am a descendant of Rufus Alexander Ingram. Thanks to the runaway slave for allowing me to be born in good ole Blount County, Alabama!!!