My Family History is Black History... We all have a story to tell.

Borg Felton was a runaway slave—considered to be lost property near Natchez, Mississippi. Truth is, he was brave and strong—refusing to be oppressed and enslaved, risking his life just to be free.

Integrating among the Suma Indian tribe in West Texas, Borg later took a wife and started a family. Having difficulty pronouncing her Suma-given name, he simply called her Endia.

Around 1865, Borg and his family returned to Jefferson County, Mississippi. Borg and Endia raised ten children. One daughter was named Suma as a reminder to Endia's heritage. The Suma Indian tribe is said to be extinct—absorbed into the Apache tribe.

I am the great, granddaughter of Borg and Endia Felton. My grandmother (Denetter Felton Herring Walker) was their ninth child. My mother (Paulanner Herring Reed River) is the youngest child of Paul and Denetter Herring.

The blood of my maternal ancestrial roots run deep in the red clay of  Mississippi and in the land of Texas.

My Family History is Black History... We all have a story to tell. Take time to learn more about your family's history and share it with your children, grandchildren, neices and nephews.