Francis Bryant Drake was born 16 October 1806 in Nash County, North Carolina. His parents were Richard Drake and Pherabah Bryant. He married Selena King (1812-1899), daughter of John King and Winifred Kemp, 6 November 1828 in Washington County, Georgia. They had eleven children. He died in Johnson County, Georgia in 1875. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in England, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia.
A celebration of the remarkable poem vessels of Dave the Potter David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield in the backcountry of South Carolina near the Savannah River. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, David was literate and signed some of his pots. His practice was not only to add his name and a date but also to embellish his work with verse—a powerful statement of resistance. The Words and Wares of David Drake collects multifaceted scholarship about David and his craft. Building on the 1998 national traveling exhibit catalog, I Made This Jar: The Life and Works of Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave, and featuring more than one hundred beautiful images and six new essays, this authoritative volume presents the diverse perspectives of scholars, artists, and collectors. The Words and Wares of David Drake adds important depth and context to our understanding of both Edgefield pottery and the life of Dave. David's work is now so highly prized it is the cornerstone of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's traveling exhibit of nineteenth-century ceramic art from Edgefield. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (September 8, 2022–February 5, 2023) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (March 6, 2023–July 9, 2023) University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (August 26, 2023–January 7, 2024) High Museum of Art, Atlanta (February 16, 2024–May 12, 2024)
William Wood was born in about 1700-1710 in Virginia. He married in about 1731 and had five known children. He died after 1770 in Granville County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Texas.
