>I've wondered about this couple. From the 1880 Monroe Co. Census: > >1880 Monroe Co. Cen., house & fam. # 48 > >Middleton, Thomas Mu M 25 laborer > Harriet B F 27 wife laborer > Ella Mu F 7 dau. > William B M 5 son > Allise B F 3 dau. > Cornelius B M 2 son > >Any further information on this family or thoughts about the racial >indications are welcome. > > Your Obedient Servant, > > D. A. Bass-Frazier > > >==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== >****Monroe County Mailing List**** >Submit your Monroe county information today! HI...my guess is that Thomas and Harriet were freed slaves from a Middleton family. The "mu", which you probably know, had to be marked on the census if the person was the first-generration offspring of a black person and a white person. The children were then marked "b" for black. Someone may find Thomas and Harriet in a Middleton will. Freda Freda and Ted Noble tnoble@mcn.org