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HELLO,NEW TO THE FORUM.AS I UNDERSTAND IT,THERE WERE (UNFORTUNATELY) MANY ELEY'S IN AMERICA THAT OWNED SLAVES WHO EVENTUALLY TOOK THE FAMILY NAME.THIS IS A QUITE COMMON OCCURANCE & CAN BE SEEN WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS WITH EVEN IRISH NAMES LIKE KILPATRICK,O'SULLIVAN,ETC.I WAS RAISED IN THE NORTHERN U.S., BUT NOW RESIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA.SINCE MOVING TO THIS FORMER SLAVE STATE,I'VE SEEN SEVERAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELEY'S IN THE PHONE BOOK.NOT LONG AGO,I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THE WORLD-RENOWNED POET,WRITER & ACTRESS MAYO ANGELOU AT A FUND-RAISER. SHE TOOK KEEN INTEREST IN MY NAME & I'M CONVINCED IT WAS FOR THIS REASON.I SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER THAT MY PARTICULAR BRANCHE OF THE ELEY CLAN HAD NO PART IN THAT CHAPTER OF HISTORY AS MY GRANDFATHER DIDN'T EVEN COME TO AMERICA FROM CORNWALL UNTIL THE EARLY-20TH CENTURY,LONG AFTER THE CIVIL WAR...
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