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/XJB.2ACE/71.205.197.228.248.253.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill, I researching my Chapman line in and around Newton, MS. They are AfricanAmerican and I have traced them back to 1870s in Newton County, MS. I have found one plantation that they might have been on, but don't have any records to confirm. Were any of your lines around the Newton area prior to and during the Civil War? Thanks Charlie