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Madison "Matt" "Kilpatrick"

Hempstead · Waller County · placed 1973

Civil War

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Waller County, Texas

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(1892 - Dec. 1, 1910) Came to Waller County as a runaway slave from Alabama before Civil War. Married Betty Bradford, of Woodard Plantation, Hempstead; had 8 children. A talented blacksmith, he specialized in improving farm implements; became a landowner, freedmen's leader; served as first treasurer, Waller County, 1873-76.

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