In a message dated 9/9/03 10:24:33 PM, TalkingTer@aol.com writes: << At least the black quarterback form East Carolina College the is a back-up qb in the NFL has the hard G part right. He thinks it's (G'air-ard) LOL I will bet he is from one of the slaves at one time owned by one of our lines. Cuz Ter, in Cinti. >> Ter: There are some black people with the Maupin surname who must have descended from the slaves my old family members owned. I've read that they would pick the surname of the masters who treated them well. Some of my Maupins have contacted the black Maupins by mistake and they tell them they are looking for the white folks they aren't related to. I've read accounts about how well various branches of my family treated their blacks. The thoughts of "owning" another human nauseates me to the max! Cuz Sandi Frazier Park, California