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SHE
COULD NOT ALLOW THE TRUTH TO BE
COVERED UP AND NEGLECTED…
Katheryne Boone Hamilton the
descendant of a free black man
who served for the Confederacy
in the Civil War said, “There
are some naysayers that say it
never happened. I tell people,
‘You don’t have to believe me.
Just let this be a catalyst for
you to do your own research.’ I
don’t try to force it on anyone,
but I simply suggest to do...
your own research.”
Her great-grandfather, Jason
Boone, was born and raised in
the Skeetertown area of the old
Nansemond County, the descendent
of Joe Skeeter, for whom the
area had been named. Hamilton, a
Holland-area native and retired
nurse, discovered her ancestor’s
history of service in the late
‘90s, when her sister “got bit
by the genealogy research bug.”
They found that Jason Boone and
his brother, Anthony, both
served for the Confederacy.
“Jason Boone was a member of a
community of freeborn blacks
that had been in existence for
over 150 years,” Hamilton said,
speaking of what she believes
was her ancestor’s motive for
fighting for the Confederacy.
“He had a lot at stake. I’m sure
he thought about what was going
to happen to Skeetertown. (When
he saw others going to war), he
felt like he was obligated to
march off as well. He had a home
to protect as well as they did.”
Both brothers survived the war
and lived to be old men. Jason
Boone fathered 30 children in
two different marriages.
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