Who was that “little colored girl"?

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I wish I knew what happened to Rachel's children. I grew up friends with a number of Hawkins descendants who lived in T.B., but no one seemed to know if they were related to Rachel. We have also tried to find when Rachel died and where she is buried - no luck, not even an obituary.

There was at least one other Surratt slave named Henry Hawkins. He testified at the trial, I believe, but I don't know if he and Rachel were related. He also testified to Mrs. Surratt's kind nature.

P.S. Hawkins was a "white" Maryland name dating to colonial days. I suspect that the enslaved people started out belonging to a Hawkins family at some point and took their name.