Juanita, Since this case made local history, as noted, by the fact that it was the first time a Black jury was empaneled in Greene Co., I would say both the defendant and the plaintiff were Black. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 26, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [MOGreene] John Bass Beiderlinden abt. 1810-1887 >In a message dated 8/26/01 10:18:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< den, of Springfield, > in June 1870. The case was that of Mary Button vs. John Jones, and > was a controversy for the possession of a house. > >> > >Can you tell me if this John Jones is also colored??? Thanks, Juanita I am >looking for my Joneses in Green County, Juanita Jones Johnson > > >==== MOGREENE Mailing List ==== >List admin: [email protected] > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > > >============================== >Search the MOGREENE-L archives: >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MOGREENE > >