I noticed quite a few Hatchers listed in this "American Slavery" database: http://152.13.187.140/slavery/pSearch.aspx?s=2 Hope this is of interest. Cynthia

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Cynthia, Your site http://152.13.187.140/slavery/pSearch.aspx?s=2 looks to be a very valuable source of info. I've found full text docs by clicking on the petition number. Thanks!! Nel