In a message dated 10/6/03 10:38:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Dixieljaw@msn.com writes: > The only thing I can brag about is this: > Nancy Jane Howell married John R. Settles... I don't know what time frame this was, > but, a cousin told me that "Grandma Settles freed her slaves." The cousin is gone now, but, >> she didn't know when this was supposed to have happened, either... ************* I think that is something to bragg about. The most important thing a person can have is freedom. Most people are willing to die for it. I would be proud of any ancestor that freed a slave. Grant Johnston -- Chico, CA