Blanks family went from slavery to emancipation in Kerr County

Like anyone of her age, Florine Clay, who will be 90 years old next year, remembers a lot about “how things used to be.” She and her cousin, Roy Neal, 82, are the last of their generation living here who are direct descendants of the first black families in Kerr County, who arrived here as slaves in the mid-1800s. Read More