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Hotel, now Hopkins Ordinary. She witnessed the end of the Civil War, eventually became a free woman, land and homeowner in Sperryville and founded the Hopewell Baptist Church.
In “Beyond The Rim: From Slavery to Redemption in Rappahannock County” published in 2005, James Russell, Sperryville resident and great-grandson of Terry, recreated the life that his greatgrandmother lived and described his own experiences growing up in a segregated society.
The publication of the book was instrumental in renewing interest in Sister Caroline. At the ceremony, Russell, 89, gave “Thanks to the good Lord for giving me the longevity to contribute to this little bit of history . . . .This is one more in a series of man’s efforts in making this a more perfect union.”
Russell’s cousin, William Lee Jackson (his mother and Russell’s mother were sisters) sounded a particularly poignant note about the location of the marker. His family lived just across the river in Sperryville, but he and his siblings were not allowed to
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