Hi, My name is Laura Custodio and I am also a fair skinned African American woman. My family originated in Barnesville Ohio. My great-great grandfathers name is Phillip Wilkes Meyers, he migrated from Maryland to Barnesville, Ohio in the 1800's, he was a free black man. He had thirteen children, one of which is my great grandmother Minerva Meyers. She married a man by the name of William Johnston. And they also had thirteen children. I have the list of the other childrens names and some history from a book I was able to obtain last year at a family reunion in Barnesville. Please e-mail me back if you are interested in obtaining more info.