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I met my father name Zelb Hunter a World War II Veteran and Buffalo Soldier. He  was unknown to me until the age of 18. He was was 79 years of age and I love for him to tell me about my family history. He began to tell me where he came from and I taught myself his great grandmother was slave. And she would tell him about the days of slavery. I needed to research. So I came up with a different way to trace and my ultimate objective would be to find where my ancestors were purchased. The Sanders slavers owners which are my my dads maternal line, originally was traced back to Sir John Sanders from Berkshire England 1510, and the first descendants  that came to United Stated was Martin Sanders who arrived in Norfolk County Massachusetts.The same set of Sanders moved from Mass, to Virginia, to North Carolina. The first one to settled was Abraham Saunders who moved from New Kent County Virginia to Albrmarle Perguimans County North Carolina. He built the White house along with his slaves in Albrmarle County. It appears John Sanders his son moved to Johnston County and my ancestors were Hardy and Amber slaves located in his tax records to promote the civil they had to pay taxes on the slaves to supply the Confederate movement. Great records in Johnston County. They kept great track of the Confederate records and their property and slaves.

The Norwoods were difficult I began to wonder about the maternal side of my family and great great grandfather Squire and some other families that was located around the Neuse River Township of Wake County such as Charlie T. Norwood. A World War I Veteran Buffalo Soldier. The American Legion Post 157 was name

after him. That was a drive to locate his ancestors. I started a complete search of the vertical files and found that they originally came from England as far back at 1175. His name is Stephen De Northwood     from Kent, England.  John NORWOOD was born       11 MAR 1759 was born in Wake County and he had a son name Augustine Norwood who died in 1836 and along with his estate he left his slave men and women which were my ggg grand father and my gg grandfather Patrick and Squire Norwood.

The Warrens have been a  story of travel. 

Alabama suffered economic and agricultural problems in the 1840s and 1850s. The financial panic and depression which swept across the United States in 1837 resulted in banking problems that caused many Alabamians to lose their savings. Crops were ruined by drought, and several epidemics of yellow fever brought added suffering.
In Alabama the slave-owning planters were dominant because of the prosperous cotton crop, and my great grandmother moved to North Carolina with her slave owner. Assumably she was purchased from North Carolinians who settled down their around 1820 to gain money from cotton. She had my grandfather in 1863 born a slave. who's name was John Warren. He volunteered in the third regiment company B of the Spanish American War a Buffalo Soldier. I will continue to explore ways and teach young men and women the same as I grow in this.