Ancestors of the first Black man to own property in Gaston County say they’re humbled by a park built to honor him.
Ransom Hunter is legendary in Mount Holly. He was born into slavery, but the only picture of him remaining shows him standing proudly on the property he owned.
“Proud, humbled, very emotional,” said Jeff Wilson, Hunter’s great-grandson, as he stood near that same spot on Friday.
Hunter’s relatives say these bricks were part of his well. In 1860, he owned this and so much more…