Thanx for the help, but I think these are not my ancestors. I have no indication of the Isle of Wight, VA connection, of course, one never knows. My Edward Jones is described as a freedman in a 1867 deed re a land purchase between himself and Nathaniel Waller, who was the executor for Archibald P. McCurdy, a large landowner in the Dallas County area of Alabama. Thanx for your information and best regards. William C. Jones