Jan 27 – In Pawlet,
Hattie’s hometown, I did find one black family.
In the 1870 Federal Census, Hollis and Ursula Putnam lived with 7 of their
8 children. Their 16-year-old son, also named
Hollis, worked as a servant on a nearby farm.
Three of the children had attended school that year.
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| 1870 Federal Census entries, Pawlet, Vermont |
Would Hattie’s
family have known the Putnams or seen them in town in 1867 or earlier? In 1870 this family lived near Pawlet, but
not near the Blakelys.
The parents
and all of the Putnam children were said to have been born in Vermont. However, I cannot find any evidence of them
in the 1860 Federal Census, nor in 1880.
Not in Vermont, not anywhere. No
birth or death records, no marked graves.
Where were they earlier? Where did they go? Did they change their names? Negroes in 1867 Vermont remain elusive.
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