Plantation Quilts & Gifts
 

Serena Strother Wilson, 4th Generation Master Quilter of the Farrow McDaniel Family, AKA Life member, Griot, Art History Maker Welcome,"Lurn bout we"(Gullah-Geechee for "Learn about us")

Official Page for the UGRR  Secret Quilt Code  Howard Lee. WilsonDr. Howard Lee Wilson, (US Army - Ret. Lt. Col, Lifetime Member of Kappa Alpha Psi, Tau Chapter WVSU, Former Deputy Safety Director for the City of Columbus, OH

Farrow-McDaniel-Strother Families


 Allied Families

Abrams. Adkins, Andersons, Austins, Balls, Barnes, Battles, Belchers, Bells, Bigbys, Blacks, Blairs, Blockers, Bormans, Boorams, Brunsons, Browns, Bulls, Busseys, Carters, Clarke, Coleman, Collins, Culpeppers, Davis, Dents, Devards, Devores, Dews, Dunns, Edwards, Eichelbergers, Evans, Farrows (Pharrors), Fullers, Gaffney, Gandys, Gertjegerdes, Gilcrest, Gordons, Hamptons, Handcocks, Hendersons, Hollinsworths, Holmes, Hogar, Hortons, Howards, Issoms, Jeffersons, Jenkins, Johnsons, Jones, Joyces, Kemps, Larrys, Littles, Marlins, McDaniels, Means, Mitchells, Mobleys, Moores, Nicholsons, Myricks, Outzs, Palmores, Perrys, Pixleys, Popes, Powells, Richardsons, Robinsons, Shepards, Simpkins, Smiley's, Smiths, Stanleys, Strother, Struthers, Sullivans, Tates, Taylors, Thomas, Thompsons, Valle, Whatleys, Washingtons, Whitehurst, Williams, Wilson, Witcher, Woods, Yelder

 

It is with Great  Sadness & Joy We Honor  
Dr. (Ret. Lt. Col.) Howard Wilson


Let's Celebrate Their Lives & Love

Serena & Howard Wilson one of the great love stories of this century!

A Great Love Story & End of an Era

 

 Join Us for the

"Together Again Celebration of Life"

For

Dr. (Ret. Col.) Howard L. Wilson

June 15th, 2013

       Greeting of the Family                 Time:   10:00 am

       Celebration of Life Service           Time:  11:00 am

at

Bethel Temple Ministries

Senior Pastor Dane D. Clark

2840 Lockbourne Road

Columbus, Ohio 43207

www.voiceofbethel.org

(614) 492-0811

 

Memorial Photo Album on Facebook

UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum

 

Thank You for your Prayers & Condolences


In Lieu of Flowers Send donations to

Wilson Jefferson Scholarship Fund

(Founded by Howard & Serena Wilson)

WVSU Foundation Inc.

200 Erickson Alumni CenterKappa Alpha Psi, Inc.
PO Box 1000, Institute WV 25112

Or the

Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc.
Kenneth Howard Endowed Scholarship Fund
(Founded by Howard Wilson)

PO Box 151232
Columbus, Ohio 43215

For more information regarding
the scholarship please visit:

www.klhowardscholar.org
or
contact the Kenneth L. Howard chair,
PR West at 1chair@sbcglobal.net.

 

Visit
Howard's Memorial Photo Album
at our  Face Book Page:

UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum

For Howard Wilson's Epitath
Visit our About Us Page

 

Teresa R. Kemp

* We are looking for the descendants of
our family  if you see your name
here contact us

    

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                         Email: trkemp@plantationquilts.com
    

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We are "Keeping Our Show on the Road"

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    For the locations and information on Presentation
      Times Visit our News & Events Page

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"The Water Spirit Omambala brought us here.
The Water Spirit Omambala will carry us home."
(Orimiri Omambala bu anyi bia. Orimiri Omambala ka anyi ga ejina.

– Ancient Igbo Hymn

International World Igbo Assembly Retreat & Conference

March 22-23rd, 2013 was Great!

Eze Ènweleána II Obidiegwu Onyeso

from Awka in Anambra State, Nigera spoke on the lunar calendar and other Igbo Heritage and cultural experiences 

 Mrs. Teresa Kemp Exhibited!


ABOUT IGBO VILLAGE
The Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia is a tangible recognition of
the contribution of the Igbo victims of the Atlantic slave trade to the
development of Virginia and the greater American frontier culture.

Enslaved Igbo men, women, and children who traveled by force
from many specific locations in the hinterland of Igboland to
North America, helped to build what is now known as the
United States. A great majority of those who came to Vi...See More

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The Revamped
On-line Museum Pages
now has my old commerical
that gives you a window
to the past UGRR Quilt Code Exhibit at
Underground in Atlanta, GA

 

Our Research Place is up, we are beefing it up daily!

For K-8th Graders

Visit the new pages:Kids Place

For a Speaker Bio

click on our About Us page

&
Below for a download of our
Plantationquilts 2013 Brochure


8 Generation of Women Who Didn't Quit!

"We were those who did not draw back ...."

 

More documents, records & historic photos shared with you of our
African, European,  Gullah Geechee &
Appalachian roots


You can see how I know
so much about our family

Finally ....  Freedom Sounds Newsletter 

(Note:   This newsletter is large and may take a while to download)


Our on-line newsletter for thoes
who love history & our family

Check out the Memorial  Milestones & Find out where we will be next on the News & Events Page

 

Our Research place is up ...
UGRR Secret Quilt Code
Research, Abolitionist,
Human Trafficking Info
and so much more!

We are still adding to the pages to
restore it to the
robustness of the former sight.


National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Cyber Tip line link


 Military History Page

May 23 - 27th, 2013
"371st Colored Troops
Coming Together Reunion"

 Columbia, SC for more information

Contact Sonya Hodges at

sonyagrantham@yahoo.com

 

We are adding the civil War Veterans &
more revolutionary war information
daily so keep checking back!

 

You can see how I know so
much about our family

Family Death Record (on left)
&  a list of my
great grandfather William McDaniel's
sisters & brothers (on right)
all born in the 1800's below.

(Written by him)


Farrow McDaniel Death Record, names other allied family members and dates of their death. Peter Farrow Jr. is named in this document. Son of abolitionist & former slaves Peter & Eliza Farrow William Jefferson's Handwritten record of his sisters and brother's all born in Virginia in 1800's

FAMILY DNA PROJECTS &
William Strother Society
(Click on the link above)

The UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum &
Plantation Quilts & Gifts

We have dedicated ourselves to the accurate preservation
of the legacy of our family's contributions to World History.


David Richardson Strother, D.R. Strother, my great grandfather, owner of Rock Hill Plantation, SC, Edgefield, SC. My Great Great Grandfather Horton McDaniel from VA moved to Bramwell WV. Married Francis Stone and had children Creamer, Irene and Gus.

Great great grandfather Rev. Peter Farrow Jr., metal smith, son of former Glynn County, GA slaves Peter & Eliza Farrow, abolitionist who used what is called the UGRR Quilt Code. Great Grandfather William Jefferson from Piggs River Township Pittsylvania County VA moved to Bramwell, WV married Irene McDaniel.

 We believe that by sharing common experiences
and lessons learned, 

 Teresa R. Kemp with guest of the Irish Festival at the UGRR Quilt Museum Exhibit. Plaid is also a textile language.    Proud participant of the Latino Festival at Underground Atlanta where Teresa Kemp & staff of the UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum took Oral Histories of visitors to the Exhibit.

Prof. A. Maddy,shared a in a discussion & information exchanged with museum patrons dressed in their cultural attire,

We can increase the opportunity of each to heal,
prosper and co-exist in celebration of their
diverse cultural achievements.

Adinkra Stamp Activity, Original Craft Festival, Sharonville Ohio, One of our UGRR Quilt Code family activities we do at quilt show, youth art programs. We teach and display symbolic languages.

  Our staff and family are a dedicated group of individuals
with a wide range of skills and expertise.

   Making Paper Dolls at the UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum, Kir, Calvin, Teresa Kemp & staff all lead Kids Corner Activities Daily.Our guest Instructors taught doll making, African tie dye, wood carving, jewelry making, weaving and more.  Youth sewing & quilting classes for exhibit activities, camps and after-school programs. Mrs. Kemp instructs a fun boys 5-8 year old Quilting Class at St. Phillip's Church in Decatur GA.

 Our goal is to make a difference
in your life and those around you.

Youth Leadership Academy Home Decor Class, Monifa, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta Fulton County Central Library Programs, Coretta Scott King Annual Book Awards, Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp with her family's Silk Log Cabin Pattern 19th Century Quilt,    National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta Central Library, Atlanta GA, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Pre-K group activities

Don't stand on the sideline get
engaged in your family or community.

Call us today at (404) 468-7050
to book your Exhibit or Program!

Patrons at the exhibits are from many disciplines and courses of study. Communications, printmaking, history, Education, English as a second Language, Biology, Natural sciences, Religion, Foreign Languages Political Science, math, film making to name a few.    Drums were used with textiles as a form of communication in West Africa. We have many forms of non-verbal communication in the UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum Traveling Exhibits.

Oct.. 2011 GA Quilt Show patrons view the textiles in the UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum Traveling Exhibit,


 For more information view our
Traveling Exhibit Page

 

Thank You for visiting our Site!

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website contact trkemp@plantationquilts.com

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Copyright © 2012 USA &
may not be reproduced without the prior
knowledge and written consent of Teresa R. Kemp.
 

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