The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26
A GEORGIA ROMANCE.
The Father and Mother of the Richest Ne
gro Woman In Ncrih America.

Eru "o"Wu W FstE'u Nutrtcss
From, the Atlanta C naaRion.
AUGUSTA July 14.--Amnnda Eubanks the H.
legitimate co'ored offspring OF the late David
Dickson OF HANCOCK count. was to-day mar
rsd no nS' Mss hy BISON '
the African Methodist Church.
The story OF how Amanda came TO he tho
richest ncgress In the world is fnll of interest,
David Dickson was the farmer prince Of
Georgia. with immense rEel estate holdings IN
the daughter OF his negro companion. IN Of.
fort was then made to break ihe will which
TIN b fs GS3T dt'i ns
case excited unbouuded interest.
Hancock county. in which Dickson lived. has
State II was before tho war rcorcd hy large
slave owners. who derived great revenue.
Texas Young Dickson early dcvclorei a re-.
marknhie anti ude for business and mad,
money from the h,esqninS tic bought lands
added fr ON timeto tins, until he hat in me
real estate II" soon bSgan iSe"ant his ss SH
10y comraries and by regiments Whom III,
rantati" ton 500 ga Able bode male sav"s s'S Fla
clsc OF The war LETT the sl,yes free. hu;
nsySr rraSsa lis sras: ill., 1c%ar!aSSSt r T..
man ct note when planters cl,ewhrr" hal
given M The The, task Of mnnngng free lanorm
despair. Il'k son WAS tbIlNlilp ana tltWl'g
fat; His nppk dcposit ran Iuto %,"juQ IL
held largo blocks Of railroad stock. AMI Wa
one of the directors nf tho Georgia road Ill,
annun u, citing Of tho State Agrcuural ~.
cirty he was alWavs gwen an h,nprrI Mace.
orel IN Georgia than David Dickson.
On the morning Of Feb. ~ Is :, nr';s,,
called Tor his horse aud. ~" 'ntin4 the anI mix
he rode b,iskly over HI Immense rIaHrnt.on''
llo grew dizzy. and ;nnnir- mis- no"s,'4 head
a IN Ha,.l t,t, Ia .
his attendants. and was dead ~ the m" thy
had had !, ,,n him upon h, be-, me new, ot III,
genuine, regret. r"orl' from u di,ttrrs
,hn ,u t..sir wH Fo to Ms h2H" to ,tteUi
that the, white nrichho"s k"rt at a die.
t t,.dn IN" a,rang nrn'., fog t." funeral
upon his death he, : l"u!l =" lrd "nr in STAT O..
dressed IN bis black sui thit Z irn trn /.
pick should b. !'larhh in on. htn,I an! u irn-
En i;, 81 ,nd IT, .lin nj IA iG""her and
across lbs tr"1st TnI, LIZA out t' niy h "J
was t. % buric in a sunni rprunr II tn" u Ir-
den m Snrnri.im+ns H.. ,'e,rl"nglrnt, Wa
them wh"n the VIII WITS read
tn siHnS4It I%nnmsnt h.n2i;cd Of hi nrop
son. $1,000: Miss Annio Rogers. 5000; David
N M"Ttnsns s dHH VI, 2gl21 sfI T. W%rhsn's
acres S,H.VJO: i:IEami fuhanEs. &",,iuN; ir.
Ian and Charles tuEn"k-, culO","i Laudl
$1,000: {. W. IA Dos" and He'll T. No-ihnu
executors. III leu IF "nnnisaior -, 900;
Amanda ,EaiHnke. r""rr |. IL" n.L.r III this
story. Si0O.UbJ. Total nwv. ..4tins. ) 49,. 900
These f.uiie"ts M" Iyrrui u .ory ui sligIl-
lar moral ontus"nrss. The horne liz. of tho
great flrme' vas for the fest lin laid nai"
A. yoln: man no had hc"n IT. - nat iivi .
IL r"oay old house in th" rrn Of has great
plantation. with negro f"nrIr, t'lly nan "
at his mercy as II slave uwr"r al iha>n r,ln-
bined to give linn immunity. Among those
women ono named ~ Ia obtained singU-
lar influence Over Dickson. She ruled him
as imperiously ~ he ruled others. She gave
birth to II girl, which he namel Amanda. This
child she de Jared 10 be DckSon's. and hs
Acknowledged its paternity Dix on white
re ativ -. with tho exception Of one or two.
repudiat"d his ATTEMPT t. force ua,rn equality
upon them. and declined to ark uwl"dge the
colnrrd woman Julia in anv "Li,dci,y For
this refusal these relatives tr!l under his NOR
tai disrleasurc. He never spoSu 10 them ey-
cept with curses.
His negro daughter. Amanda. grew u1 to
young wo manhood and was educated in North
ein school. Having gwen her the benefit Of
scholarship. Dickson set about securing for
her a white husband. and by sufficient price
in land ind ured young Rostna.nn named Eu-
banks to berom" the husband Of his black
daughter. A result OF this marriage was two
children. This Amanda Eutarks then. and
her t:n child an were tho chosen favuritcs In
the wi u. Jeff T. Worthen. the only white rell-
cause he nevcr had anything but kind words
for the rich farmer. The other relatives named
were cut of with pittanco. and even that they
would lose If they took thn will ipt ri