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Shalom and blessings everyone, thanks for adding me to the site. My name is Broderick Henderson. Though my grandfather took the surname Henderson his direct line surname is Pugh-Kirby or Kirby-Pugh. My great grandfather was Johnnie Edward Pugh-Kirby born 1876 in Clinton, Sampson County, NC. In the records I saw that most of his life he went by the name Ed or Edd or Eddie with his first record being the 1880 U.S. Federal Census under the name “Eddie Pugh”. By 1900 he is recorded as “Eddie Pugh” and has moved with his family to Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia as he was a turpentine laborer and likely would have followed the turpentine trail to southern parts of GA where he later became a farmer. I’ll provide a picture of him. From 1910-1950 he is recorded as “Ed, Edd, or Edward” with the surname Kirby and labeled Black, Negro, and Mulatto, the latter specifically happening in the 1810 and 1820 censuses. By the time leading up to his death in 1967 he begins using the name Johnnie Edward Pugh-Kirby. His mother was Hester Kirby and his father Carey Pugh as cohabitation records make this distinction of surnames given to them. Both were born about 1847 and could be the 3 year old male and female on the plantation of Francis Pugh (b. about 1808) in the 1850 Slave Schedule and the 12 year old female and 14 year old male in the 1860 Slave Schedule. Francis Pugh was on land given to his wife Mary Ann Kirby (b. about 1810) by her father William Kirby (b. about 1776-1843) after his death. He also gave her several slaves including who is presumed to be my 3x great grandfather “Ned” in which Francis would have gained into his possession and built his now historical home in Clinton, NC circa 1850. William Kirby split his slaves up in groups among his children showing these are possibly families, and Carey’s father, Edward “Ned” Pugh, went to Mary Ann Kirby Pugh and Hester’s parent(s) though unknown could have previously been given to William Kirby Jr who was stated in William Kirby Sr’s will to have already received slaves “heretofore” being bequeathed additional slaves at the time of his father’s death in 1843. Hence possibly why the cohabitation records show Carey Pugh and Hester Kirby specifically since William Kirby Sr could have owned 2 or more separate families he tried his “best” to keep together. In the 1870 US Federal Census Carey Pugh is 22 and Hester Kirby Pugh is 24 and they have 2 children Garmon age 6 and Mary age 4. All are recorded as B for black. In the 1880 US Federal Census Carey is presumed dead and Hester is a widow living with her children Garmon (17), Mary (14), Lucy (12), Oscar (8), and my great grandfather Eddie (4). Garmon is now recorded as mulatto as well as Oscar, and everyone else B for black. I will also provide a picture of Hester. In our family oral history my aunt has told me my 2x great grandmother Hester is a Blackfoot Indian “from Alaska” and my great grandfather Johnnie E Pugh Kirby himself told her that he was a Cherokee. My aunt is aging and showing signs so she confused me cause I looked up Blackfoot and saw the tribe originally from Montana/Canada so no relation to Alaska at all and the fact Hester is born in NC, but then I found this forum and it has opened my eyes and cleared some things up for me about Blackfoot. According to other family members they have heard of Cherokee in our family as well and my aunt has said these things for a long time according to her children. So I wanted to share and see what others thought as I further my genealogy research. Thank you