This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/yAH.2ACIB/226 Message Board Post: Jay was correct, there are Burney's who were slaves, my husband, Jerry Burney is African American and his family, came to Pittsburgh PA from South Carolina. The only Aunt who was old enough to remember anything in detail, gave an account that my husbands family were originally named Wright, but took the name of Burney after changing location and slave master.