Property and estate records would be the first place to look. If there are no clues on Doris' Troup County site or in the USGW Archives, check the Troup County Archives. http://www.trouparchives.org/ Of course, the Georgia Archives has the records on microfilm. Vivian At 01:00 PM 7/23/2007, you wrote: >Can someone suggest a way to find out the answer to this question? > >MY ANCESTOR RITTER DORSEYA/A IS LISTED ON THE CENSUS 1850 IN TROU[P COUNTY >GA. SHE WAS LISTED AS A FREE BLACK WITH HER CHILDREN. HOW CAN I FIND >DOCUMENTS ON HER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF SHE WAS BORN FREE OR GIVEN HER >FREEDOM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW I COULD SEACH FOR THESE DOCUMENTS AND WHERE >I MIGHT LOCATE THEM. >THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A NICE DAY. > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message