Appalachia

All the people in the article are just inspiring.

The article reminded me of a couple of places in Ohio, Lambert Lands andPayne Cemetery.

Here is information about the Lambert Lands which are located in Morgan Twp in Gallia County:
http://www.emancipation-day.com/node/40
"Gallia County Deed Records at the Courthouse show that in 1843, a Frank Lambert, along with 29 other individuals with the surname Lambert, purchased three parcels of land in Gallia County. Recent research in Virginia found the Last Will and Testament of Charles Lambert, Jr. who was the actual owner of the group of slaves. Charles Lambert, Jr. of Bedford County, Virginia died in 1839, but he willed that his blacks be freed and provided money for them to buy land where they could go to live in freedom. The researchers discovered that Frank Jones, also known as Frank Lambert, was actually one of Charles Lambert’s former slaves and not a plantation owner."

The Payne Cemetery in Perry County, Ohio and in what is now the Wayne National Forest. The cemetery is the only thing that remains of the settlement of Paynes Crossing. If was the first settlement in this area of Ohio. The citizens of Paynes Crossing were freed or escaped African Americans who were quite active with the Underground Railroad.
http://www.graveaddiction.com/payne.html

http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/wayne/learning/parents-teacher/?cid=fsm9_006119