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4 days ago · Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
6 days ago · Monticello has been an especially chilly place during the past few years for the descendants of Sally Hemings, a servant of Jefferson's who many believe was his mistress.
1 day ago · After Jefferson's death in 1826, although not formally manumitted, Sally Hemings was allowed by Jefferson's daughter Martha to live in Charlottesville as a free woman with her two sons until her death in 1835.
4 days ago · A cemetery containing the remains of two descendants of Mary Hemings, Sally Hemings' sister, lies in the right-of-way of the proposed Western Bypass of U.S. 29, just west of Albemarle...
1 day ago · Scholars continued to learn even more about the life of Sally Hemings. Thanks to the evidence found in the hidden room, another rumor was confirmed. There had also been a rumor that Jefferson had taken a young girl to France during his ambassador years during the revolutionary period. That young girl had been Sally Hemings, barely 14-years-old.
May 8, 1835: Colonel John W Jefferson, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jefferson’s father Eston had been born enslaved at Monticello. Jefferson hid his mixed race ancestry and served in the 8th Wisconsin eventually commanding the regiment.
