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13TH ANNUAL
2010 MONCURE REUNION
Chicago, Illinois
July 22, 2010 - July 25, 2010


George Washington and George Mason will never know that we are relatives, but my
African American family learned more about our connection to the "founding fathers" when
we came together at our 5th Annual Moncure Family Reunion, July 25-28, 2002 in
Fredericksburg, VA. This was our first official meeting with white Moncures. In 2003, we
met in Chicago, IL. 240 family members packed the banquet on July 25, 2003. We had to
photo the adults and children in separate sessions.

Have you ever heard the same family story or at least varying versions of the same story
so many times that you begin to think you will scream? That describes my beginning with
the story of the black Moncure Family. Over and over, I heard the "Moncure Roots" story; I
listened politely, never realizing the importance of those oral tales of years gone by. My
sole mission years   ago was to get to the end of the story without screaming. Now, I
eagerly seek the stories, research, and write about my Moncure Family. I work now to
combine our history.

In 2000, I started communicating with white members of the Moncure Family. After our
fourth reunion 2001 held in Mississippi, our black family was invited by white Moncure
descendants to come to VA   in 2002 for our reunion. Our activities that year included a
tour of Gunston Hall the home of George Mason and Aquia Church where Rev. John
Moncure served from about 1752-1764. On Sunday, July 28, 2002 we attended church
services at Aquia.

The most difficult part of my research is the limited information about the black woman,
my great, great   grandmother. Her name was Charlotte Shakespeare; born 1840 in MS. A
cemetery in Hinds County, MS, near our family’s home church established in 1867, is
filled with her descendants, but I do not know where she was buried. I will continue to
seek her story for I know it is a story that must be told.


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