This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CEB.2ACI/687.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the information. The person I am helping with research is an E. (Emmitt) D. DeWitt, retired Colonel, U.S. Army. I would love to know the names of Mr. DeWitt's slaves. One of them may well be Emmitt's ancestor.