Found these on the Sumner Co., TN 1850 census. I would guess these to be brothers and sister, all three were in the same area. Can anyone match them up to a set of parents? Sumner Co., TN 1850 census District # 5 page167 Line 5 #548 Evaline MURRY 34 F KY Roda MURRY 39 F Virginia Georgiana MURRY 10 F TN Frances MURRY 8 F TN John Goad 9 M TN Line 45 #555 Ann SIMES 27 F TN Thomas GOAD 10 M TN Next page 168 Line 1 #556 Jane DONNELL 75 F NC BLACK Jane has several young adults and kids all listed as Black with the surname of DONNELL, no husband, with the exception of four whites. Nancy GOAD 7 F TN WHITE Jack BROWN 67 M TN WHITE Emily MAKAN 17 F TN WHITE Hiram MAKAN 13 M TN WHITE The above is not unusual I saw several other home with a mix of black and white in same household in this district. There appears to be a small group of free blacks living in this area. Don E. Goad AncientRed@aol.com