Thomas Floyd age 17 Clementine’s big brother, Thomas Floyd, was about 17 years old when he was brought to America aboard the Wanderer. Several months after the landing, he was sold and separated from his mother, baby sister, and brother “Slaughtuh.” Captain Henry Floyd purchased Tom and took him to Camden County, Georgia. Early in 1860, Tom married Silva Floyd. They had four children, Lucinda, Andrew, William, and Neptune. Captain Floyd relocated to Brunswick, bringing Tom and his family along. Sometime after 1870, however, Silva “went to the Yankees” while Tom chose to remain in the South. He was remarried to Charity Floyd. They had three children together, Nora, Lincoln, and Caesar Prince, as well as Charity’s two daughters by a previous marriage, Jennie and Charlotte Slaten. Tom became known locally as a healer. He purchased land on St. Simon’s Island where the home he built for his family still stands today. Tammany Hopkins Tammany Hopkins was purchased by Dr. Thomas Spalding Hopkins. Dr. Hopkins was originally from Sapelo Island and later became a plantation owner and mayor of Thomasville, GA. Judge Henry William Hopkins, the son of the family, later remembered that “Old Tammany, the African” had “built himself a hut apart” from the rest of the slave quarters, and said that children were afraid of him.
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