DESCENDANTS
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith is a direct descendant of Nat Caldwell, blacksmith, and Anna Eccles who were his fourth Great Grandparents. He is a CRM Specialist for a Wall Street based law firm. He is also a long-time educator teaching Math and ELA to 3rd and 4th graders in a local Saturday enrichment program. He is a board member and treasurer at Egbe Iwa (egbeiwa.org), a year-long rites of passage program to transitioning young adults. He is also a member of Rosedale’s African American Legacy Committee, (AAL) and designed the African American Memorial with assistance from Rosedale related cousins Tawana Allen and Tamia Williams, and committee members Elizabeth Myers and Ronald Schumann.
Tamia Allen Williams
Tamia Allen Williams is a sixth-generation descendant of George Caldwell, son of a Historic Rosedale owner and an enslaved woman. She is a native Charlottean and has three daughters. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Florida A&M University, and more recently her Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University.
Spanning 30 countries, Tamia has served various industries as a certified audit and risk professional with more than 20 years of experience. She also volunteers with the Girl Scouts.
Harold Wiley
Rosedale’s dear friend Harold Wiley and his beautiful daughter Heather, visited Rosedale and we were delighted to have them. Harold is the sixth descendant of Nat Caldwell, an enslaved blacksmith that labored here at Historic Rosedale. (Then called the Caldwell Plantation.) Harold has been a great asset in our research of the enslaved and has wonderful stories to tell!
George Caldwell
George Caldwell was born enslaved at Rosedale. The grandson of Nat and Agnes Caldwell, George was a skilled blacksmith like his grandfather. George was a young boy at the time of Emancipation. As a free adult, he was a successful entrepreneur in Charlotte, owning one blacksmith shop in Uptown, and another in the affluent Myers Park area. George married twice and had several children: Vernie Caldwell
Henderson, Sarah Caldwell Knox, Ada Caldwell Johnson Klutz, Agnes Caldwell Gray, and Jeff Caldwell. Many descendants of George Caldwell actively participate in the African American Legacy Program at Historic Rosedale.
