I don't know if this is the kind of thing you are looking for, but there was (still is, according to guidebooks) a very large mansion in the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana called "Embry Vale". It is in what was then Feliciana Parish, which broke into about five parishes -- I think its now either East Feliciana Parish or West Feliciana Parish that it is in. The area is in what was called West Florida and there was a mini-revolution for a few weeks after the Louisiana purchase, about whether people there were West Floridian's or Louisianan's. Anything called "Embry Vale" must have had an Embry or two somewhere in its background. I came across this when I looking at Louisiana land records to figure out the extent of an apparently large sugar plantation owned (between about 1840 and 1870), by Benjamin Bond (or Brown) Nesom, one of my ancestors. The land holdings appear to take in Embry Vale from what I can tell from the maps. I think there is still the old plantation house, which may be open for tourists, and there is an Embry Vale golf club that is beautiful. If you are interested, I can point you to a couple of sites and supply you with some information on the Nesom's, who included Kirby's, Yelvington's, Loper's and tons of others. Benjamin Bond Nesom had 23 children by two wives. [email protected] Dynda L. Andrews