𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, I started a push towards the creation of a mural in honor of Fortune. My non-profit Alex Breanne Corporation raised $18,000 of the total cost of $30,000. We aligned with The RiseUP Group to manage the effort.

Installation of a new headstone for Isaac J. Hill at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Woodbury, NJ... 800 N. Broad Street.

𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 with a Middletown historian (𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗼), I was made aware of a 1901 book on the ancestry of the Hackstaff family. The value here is that a man named 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 was gifted the 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 in 1840, which is the mansion where 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 was enslaved.

When God shows you the purpose in your path and why he blessed you with the gifts you have...you must then walk. #Life

Summary of my research into Philip Mortimer, the 18th centuery Middletown, CT enslaver.

Video presentation by John Mills for submission to the PBS series "Finding Your Roots." The hope is to gain support from the show in digging deeper into the life of Prince Mortimer.