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3 unusual facts about Israel Jefferson


Israel Jefferson

Following additional late 20th-century historical analysis by Annette Gordon-Reed, among others, and a DNA study in 1998 that disproved the Carr claim and showed a match between the Jefferson male line and an Eston Hemings' descendant, the scholarship has changed dramatically.

After living and working 14 years based in Cincinnati, he and his wife owned a farm together in Pike County.

In 1998, a DNA study helped to confirm his account, as it showed a match between the Jefferson male line and a descendant of Eston Hemings, the youngest son.



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