Tulsa Race Massacre victim IDd as teenage World War I veteran

The remains of a teenager killed during the Tulsa Race Massacre 103 years ago were identified by genealogists as a young World War I veteran from Georgia.C.L.

Daniel, a young man whose exact age is unclear, was one of hundreds murdered when the thriving Greenwood District in Tulsa, Okla., also known as Black Wall Street, was torched in 1921 by a white mob intent on erasing decades of black history and success.Daniel, who hailed from the city of Newman, Ga.had been passing through Tulsa so he could get home to his mother when the riot broke out.

He had served in the military in World War I before being injured and honorably discharged.In the decades since, identification initiatives have incidentally connected long-lost relatives across state lines.“In August 2023, I got this email with my grandparents’ names, my parents’ names.

It was a letter saying we might be connected to the Tulsa race massacre,” Angela Poythress, who was born and raised in Newnan, told FOX5 Atlanta.A forensic team had been working tirelessly to track down relatives of victims, including those traced back to Daniel.Alex Whittler, an anchor at FOX 5 Atlanta, bolstered their efforts by connecting anyone open to cold calls with the team for further DNA testing for confirmation.

At the time, they were specifically looking for the surnames Daniel, Meriweather, Bohannon, and Vaughn.Andrew Poythress had already taken a DNA test before the forensics team reached him.He was found to be a “complete match” with Daniel.

There were even positive matches well outside of Georgia, though.“They had been trying to reach a number of ‘Stacy Daniels.’ My grandfather is Stacy Daniel.That’s what led them to me,” Stacy “Daniel” Brown, a woman from Florida, told the outlet.The matches confirmed that Daniel Brown and the Poythresses were cousins, making Daniel their uncle.

They were all able to trace their ancestry back to Amanda Meriweather, Daniel’s widowed mother of seven.She had tri...