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/oV.2ADE/1145.1 Message Board Post: mother in law viola sherrod, fathers name hugger sherrod came from mississippi he was a slave from africa he and her mother and sisters picked cotton and worked on a farm for whites viola was part indian also.