Family History

“Uncle Billy” William Carney

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https://www.army.mil/article/181896/meet_sgt_william_carney_the_first_african_american_medal_of_honor_recipient

https://www.militarytimes.com/military-honor/black-military-history/2018/02/06/william-h-carney-the-first-black-soldier-to-earn-the-medal-of-honor/

https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/williamcarney.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harvey_Carney

https://jubiloemancipationcentury.wordpress.com/tag/sgt-william-h-carney/

https://friendsofthepublicgarden.org/2017/02/16/african-america-history-month-sculpture-in-our-parks/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-glory-still-resonates-more-three-decades-later-180975794

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Family Origins

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne

Canada

Louisiana ++ West Africa

Mississippi

Alabama

Florida

Maryland (both William Carney and one of his sister’s - who married Norman’s great grandfather)

boat to New York City (letters from William Carney regarding New York)

Boston, MA

New Bedford, MA

Delaware (South of Dover, South of Wilmington, Near Herrington)