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Author: KimNance124
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Dear Stephanie Smith-Luster:
I hope you still check messages on this site. Please email me at KimNance(a)Bellsouth.net
regarding the oral tradition of my family.
I am a slave descendent of John C. Calhoun through his slave son, Amos Johnson.
Amos' children continued to live in Calhoun Falls throughout the late 1880's
through the early 1900's on Wilderness Road in Calhoun Falls.
The oral tradition in my family is John C. Calhoun fathered a slave son named Amos
Johnson. Amos skin was so light in coloring, he looked like a white person. Living in
the big house, John C. Calhoun's wife taught Amos how to read and write. Returning
home from Washington, D.C. John C. Calhoun discovered that Amos was literate and
subsequently had Amos whipped until permanent scars formed on Amos' back.
Amos became a preacher and was permitted to preach to the slaves on surrounding
plantations in Calhoun Falls. Eventually, John C. Calhoun gave land to Amos for a church
gathering of slaves.
Before John C. Calhoun died, he requested Amos to come to his deathbed. John C. Calhoun
wanted Amos to pray for him before he died and forgive him for the pain and suffering that
Amos had received in life as a slave.
After the Civil War, Amos built a church structure which is named Springfield Baptist
Church. Today, the church's corner stone has Amos Johnson's name on it. Church
services continue to be held every other Sunday in Calhoun Falls, SC.
Everything in your email is accurate. Some of my relatives continue to live in Calhoun
Falls. One cousin's name was Algusta Johnson. Did you know him? I will await your
response.
Kim Nance
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