Doug, Every thing that I have read states that "Mulatto" is half black and half white. Even the census identifies individuals as M instead of W or B or I (Indian). I have found some Mulattos in my family line and accepted the fact as given at that point that no only did my ancestors own slaves but also sleep and had children by them as well. The same as Thomas Jefferson is known is history to have done. Janie O'Briant In a message dated 02/08/2000 12:11:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << > Looking for info on the ancestry of my gg grandfather George Washington > BRYANT, b. 8 Sept 1840 somewhere in Georgia, and who died in 1908 in > Stoddard Co., MO. > > He is enumerated in 1850 in Union Co., IL, with his mother Nancy (b. @ > 1795 in South Carolina) and siblings Joseph, b. 1829; Mary Ann, b. 1833; > Lewis, b. 1834; Emiline, b. 1835; and Catherine, b. 1839. All children > were born in GA. Presumably the father was dead or perhaps the mother had > never been married. > > The interesting thing to note is that the family is marked as "mulatto." > The fmaily later claimed French blood. On later censuses my gg > grandfather is enumerated as white, but his sister Mary Ann, who married > Theophilus TURNER in 1853, is listed in 1860 as white and in 1880 (in > White Co., IL) as "mulatto." > > Photographs of family members suggest very strongly Native American blood > (though I certainly am not ruling out African American.) I don't believe, > however, that "French" is on the up and up. In 1900, my gg grandfather > claims his father was born in France on the census. Before then, in 1880, > it was GA. His sister Mary Ann claims in 1880 GA. There is also a very > telling story of one of my gg grandfather's brothers being "run out of > town" because he was considered not white. > > It's a mystery; HELP! > > Thanks, > Doug Powers >>