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TEMPIE AVERY: In 1914, The Asheville Citizen reported that Tempie Avery first arrived in Asheville as the slave of Maj. Charles McDowell. An exact date is not given. The article briefly touches on her time with Nicholas Woodfin but does not offer the date in which Woodfin purchased Avery from McDowell.

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