Charles Whitley was originally from Stafford Circuit, Virginia. At the approximate age of 19 he worked as a chef for the Lyles, a white family who considered him to be an intelligent and skilled young man. He was trusted by the family and was…

An African American man by the name of George Peck lived in an area called Poolesville located in Montgomery County, Maryland. Peck was documented in the 1867 census being enslaved by William Poole. There are unknown whereabouts of his family being…