if ty ▁and ▁well ▁to ▁do . ▁ ▁The ▁ex - s la ves ▁apparently ▁used ▁the ▁money ▁to ▁purchase ▁the ▁land . ▁ ▁Bil ali ' s ▁research ▁revealed ▁that ▁McC la ugh ry ▁was ▁married ▁twice . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁wife ▁was ▁Catherine ▁Cl inton , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Charles ▁Cl inton ▁and ▁sister ▁of ▁George ▁Cl inton , ▁New ▁York ▁State ' s ▁first ▁governor . ▁She ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 2 . ▁McC la ugh ry ▁married ▁Ag nes ▁Hum ph rey ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁children . ▁ ▁None ▁of ▁the ▁records ▁un cover ed ▁tell ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁the ▁three ▁Black ▁McC la ugh rys ▁were ▁related . ▁They ▁could ▁have ▁been ▁brothers , ▁c ous ins ▁or ▁not ▁related ▁at ▁all . ▁ ▁But ▁they ▁apparently ▁took ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁their ▁plant ation ▁owner ▁and ▁put ▁the ▁g ifts ▁they ▁received ▁from ▁him ▁to ▁good ▁use . ▁ ▁My ▁research ▁has ▁un cover ed ▁an ▁entirely ▁different ▁story , ▁Bil ali ▁wrote ▁in ▁a ▁press ▁release ▁about ▁his ▁find ings . ▁There ▁was ▁more ▁to ▁the ▁brief ▁story ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁White ▁histor ians ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Bil ali ' s ▁research , ▁which ▁for ▁him ▁quickly ▁became ▁more ▁a ▁passion ▁for ▁the ▁real ▁story ▁than ▁a ▁mere ▁history ▁project , ▁took ▁him ▁to ▁many ▁libraries ▁and ▁county ▁arch ives . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : American ▁slaves ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Orange ▁County , ▁New ▁York ▁Category :