Powell Barant, b. abt. 1855 in Virginia, is listed in the 1880 census for Will County, Illinois. Occupation: Miner.


I am not related to this family, just passing on this information which comes from a website called "African American Coal Miners Database." The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/min...