Thanks Bill! I'm the one who sent you the pictures of J. Bennett and Grey Speight. I have tons of info on the Speights and Fields, but had never looked at tracing their slaves before. Since J. Bennett wasn't born until 11 Jul 1853, its highly unlikely he ever owned slaves. I've got back to my GGGGGrandfather John Fields born in Rhode Island on 03 Dec 1763 and died in Henry County, TN on 29 Dec 1853 and married in Greene County to Martha Speight born in Greene County on 07 Nov 1777 and died in Henry County, TN on 06 Sep 1867 (maternal great-grandparents of J. Bennett Speight). I've traced Martha Speight's line and J. Bennett Speight's paternal grandfather Josiah's line all the way back to the first Speight to come to North America, Francis Speight (the immigrant) my GGGGGGGGGGrandfather born 1614 in England and arrived in Jamestown aboard the "Thomas and John" on 16 Jun 1635 and died in 1684 in Mid winter, at Sunbury in Nansemond County (Now Gates County), North Carolina. With the exception of those who arrived after 1850 and their descendants, the vast majority of Speights in the U.S. and North America descend from this original immigrant Francis Speight who came to America in 1635. (No relation to the famous Richard Dobbs Spaight family, although I do have that families info if anyone needs it. There are no living descendants of this family bearing the Spaight name as Richard Dobbs, Jr., the 21st Governor of NC was the last of his line.) Several of us have a Speight family website if you're interested, let me know. Also I can do look ups from Dr. Charles R. Holloman's notes/papers and from the book "A Saga of the Speight Families in America" - by Dr. Charles F. Speight, Jr. (2004) and Selected Biographical Sketches for the First Five Generations (1614-1850) and A Genealogical chart of Speight Families (1614-2004). I also have limited info on all of the first 10 Speight/Spaight families to come to North America. Debbie Fields Murphy Snow Hill, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Kittrell To: Ms. Fields Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 6:34 AM Subject: Research Ms. Fields, I have forwarded your question to William Cox who is researching family in that area. He is a member of PCFR. He is working on Cox, Mills, and other families in the area. Also just recently the Forrest family (White), deeded the Red Hill Cemetery near Scuffleton to a group William was working with. They are trying to restore and clean the site. Josiah Bennett Speight m. into my Kittrells. He was from Greene county but lived in Pitt. I have not seen any records on names of slaves, or if he owned any. Hopefull William might could help. Bill