This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADI/1496.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Sharon, My ggf was either a slave or free slave,I don't know.I ran into a wall.He was mulatto in one census , black in another white in another.I found him in Covington and Baldwin Co. AL. During Civil war I read that some Milsteads took slaves into Mexico.I'm thinking that maybe ggf last name is not his, that it's the slaverowner.GGF was in Mexico my guess is, I found him in Cameron Co., Tx.In my family you can see indain,white,black,mexican.Like everybody out there its some story.It just happened that ours was kept a secert. I was just curious if you had heard about Milsteads in your findings.Thank you for your time. Agrora