Vicey was little, rawboned-ed. With a peaked nose, and she was more Indian color. But she had that pretty hair. I remember her when she used to come to Wilson. She come up there visiting once in a while. Vicey was, ahh …. You remember Josephine Sherrod? Well, she was lighter than her. But she had that peaky nose and had nice hair.
This is my grandmother’s description of her paternal grandmother, Louvicey Artis Aldridge. Josephine Artis Sherrod (in the second photo) was Louvicey’s half-sister — and niece. Their father was Adam T. Artis. After the death of Vicey’s mother, Adam married Amanda Aldridge, sister of Vicey’s husband John W. Aldridge.
Photographs in the collection of Lisa Y. Henderson. Interview of Hattie H. Ricks by Lisa Y. Henderson; all rights reserved.
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Lisa, you are awesome! I find myself unable to leave the computer when I get on this site. I currently work with two (that I know of) descendants of Soloman Williams and Vicey Artis, one descendant from Adam through the Aldridge family and on from the Richard Artis. Absolutely fasinating!
Thank you! I’m having a lot of fun assembling these stories from the piles of notes I’ve accumulated over the years. I’m a descendant of Adam via his daughter Louvicey Artis Aldridge, too!
Do you have any idea of how many children Adam Artis fathered?
I can only account for 32, by four wives and a partner, but I have heard higher numbers.
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Hi! Thank you so much for making this page. Louvicey is my great-great-great grandmother, and I am a descendant of her daughter Charity.
Hi! My great great grandmother Louvicey Artis Aldridge (1865-1927) didn’t have a daughter named Charity. However, her grandmother Vicey Artis (ca1800-ca1868) did — Charity Artis, alias Williams.
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