This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barwick : McKenzie : Martin : Baxter : Ross Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkC.2ACIB/1403 Message Board Post: I am Mechie Taylor, an African-American genealogist seeking information re: Baxters of Barbour County, AL... My GGG Caroline WASHINGTON's Father was believed to be {via oral family tradition & images} Thomas BAXTER of Louisville, Alabama (1827-1908)... I am seeking any data {i.e. bills of sale, wills, estate inventories, bible records, etc.} that may assist in understanding the relationship between Caroline's Mother {name unknown} & Thomas, as well as how/when the adoption of the WASHINGTON surname occurred. Caroline married Levy MARTIN in Lousiville AL and gave birth to my GG Grandmother Ella MARTIN MCKENZIE in 1870... This is actually my Paternal family line & I am just beginning to initiate my research. Please feel free to visit my Maternal family genealogy site: http://georgiaroots.com. Any information would be helpful... Thank you.