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/Dd.2ADE/221.1 Message Board Post: My ggrandfather who was African-American has a connection with these families. He was born in slavery in North Carolina and he moved to Jasper Co. Ga. with a family named Philips/Bird. His name was John Bird and his wife was Sarah. It's possible that he might have been half Native American.