The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-07
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
A NEGRO FAMrLy.s $4,000. 900.
Said to Have Inherited That Amount From
an Ancestor Who Specnlated In Maxicn.

said to Have Inherited That Amount From
an Ancestor Who Specialized in Mexico.
From the Galveston News
When the New York papers few DAYS ago
referred to N. W. Cooncy being the weathiest
colored man in Texas they had evidently not heard
OF the Lincoln family now residing in Dallas six
children In ALL who have come into possession OF
O00 giving them the snug little fortune Of
$4,000 apiece.
One of the heirs TO this immense property is at
present In Galveston, and News reporter looked
him up yesterday, much out of curiosity to see
negro possessed of such enormous wealth as In
search of an item
The following item from paper publisiei in
Paris. Tex, i'll connection with the information
that one of the heirs was in the city. is that which
directed the reporter in the search:
THE Lincoln heirs (coored). living In Dallas, who
year or SO ago became the wealthiest colored peo
pie in America, have recently come in possession Of
ali their property. Tie amount due them was
deposit i'll the bank of England, and aggregated the
enormous sum of SiS000000 Forty eight miliiom
dollars! This has just been divided among tho
heirs-Abraham, Ed, Burr, Mat, Fannie and LULU
each having received 100000. Eight million dol
larsr'
The party in Galveston bears the ilustrious cogno
men of Abraham Lincoln. lie was traced to col
ored boarding house on Twenty-fol h street, be-
tween Postoflice and Church. Tut not be found In
courteousy responded to the News man to call at
the office. which he did last night, coming in aa
meekly as though no wanted to borrow a dollar, III
stead of owning S8,000000 Abraham is young
man. apparently not thirty-fve years of age Of
saddle-coored complexion, and evidently man
oil more than the average intelligence of his race.
He has credentials printed letter-heads etc,
wherein he is styled Governor Abraham Lincoln,
showing him to be the manager of the estate
When asked by what means such enormous
wealth had bee acquired by his family, he replied
that 1t was an inheritance from his grandmother
Fanny Ellis, who resided at Dallas where she died
year or two ago. Fanny Ellis was a Mexican
woman, and some forty years her husband ac-
qured immense wealth In sp ,,ation in Mexican
mining claims, which was deposited in the bank Of
England. Preceding the late civil war
they bought and sold slaves, and among
one of their purchases from O slave-trader
was the father of the six children vino recently
come into possession of the sis00000o. Tho father
married the daughter of his mistress by whom he
was set free and the six children being the direct
issue of that marriage establish the chain of direct
inheritance. Some litigation was necessary in es-
tablishing their claim, and It was only few days
ago that they acquired actual possession of their
fabulous inheritance.
Abaham Lincoln is here, as he says with the
view of probably locating at Galveston.
When asked if he had matured any plans for In
vestlng this vast estate, he replied that they had
United States bonds. The interest on the bonds he
said. will give us more than enough to live on with
a good margin for speculation without touching
the principal II is also safe investment and car
rles with it an immunity from taxation.