This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ljames621 Surnames: Shockley, Copeland, Mathews Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.maries/243.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Saw your post from 1999; Better late than never!! My great-great-great grandmother Sarah Shockley Copeland owned one slave, Dolly. Dolly was a child of 12 when my grandmother purchased her. Dolly was born in KY and my grandmother more than likely purchased her somewhere along the Ohio River as she traveled by boat toward ST. Louis. Dolly did not leave the plantation until 1894. When my grandmother's name changed from Shockley to Copeland - so did Dolly's. Dolly had two children by my Grandmother's step-son. Only one, a girl, Nancy, grew to adulthood. When Nancy and Dolly left Maries County they went to Westphalia where Nancy married a Mathews. I have never been able to track them after that - though I do know in the early 1900's Dolly and her daughter were living in Jefferson City close to some folks who knew her from Maries County. These folks would come visit at my grandmother's old place, which was owned by someone else by then - but the owner knew my grandmother and Dolly - so the visitors from Jefferson City w! ould tell about them living on the same street. I have tried to find descendant's of Dolly's but never had any luck. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.