Agreed, very helpful on this end, Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Pam Burnett <pburnett@knology.net> To: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [ALBULLOCK] What Plantation..... >No need to apologize, if one person asked a question there's probably 10 or >20 that you may have helped. > >Pam > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <AMcLane101@aol.com> >To: <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 7:58 AM >Subject: Fwd: [ALBULLOCK] What Plantation..... > > >> >> --part1_e8.dfe91db.276b7d93_boundary >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> The message in reply to the question about "plantations" was intended for >> "Angie", not necessarily the entire list... (messed up again! Sorry.) >> >> Annette >> >> --part1_e8.dfe91db.276b7d93_boundary >> Content-Type: message/rfc822 >> Content-Disposition: inline >> >> Return-Path: <ALBULLOC-L-request@rootsweb.com> >> Received: from rly-xa01.mx.aol.com (rly-xa01.mail.aol.com >[172.20.105.70]) by air-xa05.mail.aol.com (v77.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Dec >2000 08:42:13 -0500 >> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) >by rly-xa01.mx.aol.com (v77.27) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:41:50 1900 >> Received: (from slist@localhost) >> by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id eBFDf4504283; >> Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:41:04 -0800 >> Resent-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:41:04 -0800 >> X-Original-Sender: AMcLane101@aol.com Fri Dec 15 05:41:03 2000 >> From: AMcLane101@aol.com >> Message-ID: <c9.b654f59.276b798b@aol.com> >> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:41:31 EST >> Subject: Re: [ALBULLOCK] What Plantation..... >> Old-To: AngieHere4U2@aol.com >> Old-CC: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com >> MIME-Version: 1.0 >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 147 >> Resent-Message-ID: <Q3ofMC.A.vCB.v9hO6@lists6.rootsweb.com> >> To: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com >> Resent-From: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com >> X-Mailing-List: <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/460 >> X-Loop: ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com >> Precedence: list >> Resent-Sender: ALBULLOC-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >> Sounds like you are just getting started and are at about the same place >we >> all get to when we start to look for details on our slave ancestors. You >> get to the early 1900's or late 1800's and the information becomes very >> scant. But, you're now "hooked"! >> >> First of all, you'll need to start going beyond the census records and >check >> county court (probate) and land records for Bullock Co. And, you'll need >to >> expand your knowledge of the general history of the region. For example, >> Bullock Co. was not Bullock Co. in the early 1800's. Bullock was formed >much >> later from Macon Co.; so, any existing records up to about 1850 might be >> found in a nearby county, not in Bullock: Macon, Lee, Pike, Russell... >> Check these court records, too. Look especially for wills of people >(white >> people) with the same surname. If you are lucky, your ancestors adoped >the >> name of a former slave owner whose property is found in a will or land >> records. >> >> Another hint, don't look for the name of a "plantation". Not all land >> owners/slave owners had vast tracks of land or estates that had a distinct >> name. The vast majority of slave owners had only 2-6 slaves, who worked >> smaller farms. The farm (or plantation) may have simply been referred to >as >> "the Jones Place". One good source for researching land ownership is the >> Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Most of their listings are of land >managed >> by the government and release to buyers throughout the 1800's. These >> records will show some of the original land grants; but, you will have to >> check in county records to track subsequent sales of these land >allottments. >> BLM has a web site which most of us doing research use frequently. Check >> for birth and death records, too. These may reveal what county your >> ancestors originated from... (might not have been Bullock)... also, >"Colored >> Marriages". Sometimes these records bear more information than just the >name >> of the principals. >> >> Keep at it. I've been at this for only about three years and I'm still >> learning! >> >> Annette >> >> >> --part1_e8.dfe91db.276b7d93_boundary-- >> >> >