Dear KY Rooters. Thanks so much for your quick response. In my first communique I did not ask too much because I didn't want the message to be too long. I really appreciate your information. However, I also would like to know if he left any manuscripts or papers concerning his family life, etc. As I am an African-American seeking my Henderson heritage I was told by members of my father's family,now all deceased , that he and his wife ,Elizabeth Allin Hall (from Mercer Co., KY), were the last known owners of my great grandfather, Mike Brown. Mike opened a blacksmith business in Henderson in the late 1860's after he was freed (presumably by the Halls) and continued in this business until his death until 1911. IIn the will of Thomas Allin of Mercer Co., He mentioned a groups of slaves which came to him throught the estate of a Joseph Cabell who lived in Henderson. Tradition in my family tells of Miss Allin coming to Henderson to marry Edwin Hall and bringing with her my great grandfather, Mike. I am trying to verify all of this information so that I will have some satisfaction and leave a legacy for my children and my grandchildren. Florine Pratt