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40 <br /> A little more is known about Caroline and her family. In 1860, the census taker <br /> found Martha Kirkland living in Chapel Hill with three female slaves, ages twenty- <br /> nine,thirteen, and five living in a single structure. <br /> Luckily,the 1870 census answers the question of who Caroline became in freedom. <br /> Martha Kirkland is listed living with an illiterate domestic servant Caroline <br /> Kirkland aged 38.Also ten year old Jesse Kirkland, a mulatto boy. Ten years later, <br /> Caroline is living on her own in Chapel Hill. She is listed as age 45 living with sons <br /> Jesse aged 16 and Gaston aged 22. Jesse was working as a servant in a hotel and <br /> Gaston was a barber. By 1900,Jesse had taken over the house. He was working as a <br /> brickmaker and was married to Mittie Ann Sellars from Chatham County. The <br /> records states Jess was born in August 1862 and Mitte in November 1873. Mittie <br /> had two children by Jesse but in all the couple had five all together: Callie, <br /> Rasalphia, Jesse Jr., Offla, and George. Caroline lists herself as a widower and her <br /> birthday as May 1832. She also reveals in her life she has given birth to four <br /> children but Jesse is the only one alive. The family also has black boarders. <br /> Caroline had died by 1910 because the next census only <br /> . " <br /> lists his family living on Rosemary Street. They had 11": <br /> been married for twelve years and the children listed 'rt 1!! <br /> are Kellie, 24, Roser, 22, Jesse 20, Osbuy, 16, and i iv George, 11. On November 22, 1930, Jesse took the ; I J <br /> • <br /> secret of his father's identity to his grave. On his death t ' <br /> certificate, Carolina is listed but the line for the father's <br /> name has two simple "x" mark in its place. <br /> Examining the 1870 census for Caroline, Richard, ` "4 <br /> Mahala, Harriett, and Mariah is extremely difficult not ' +• <br /> knowing the names they took after slavery. Their stories <br /> are one of thousands from Orange County's past that <br /> have been lost since emancipation almost 150 years <br /> ago. Deardra Green-Campbell <br /> visits the home where her <br /> But after posting a version of this history online, ancestor, Harriett, was <br /> enslaved. <br /> descendents of Harriet contacted the Preservation <br /> Society and revealed what happened to these black members of the Hogan family. <br /> Deardra Green-Campbell of Atlanta, Georgia revealed Harriett and her husband <br /> fled to Goldsboro soon after Union troops arrived in April 1865. Mariah fled with <br /> 8 <br />