Hi Sue, Yes, JOHN LANE was in the 1860 census i found, listed with MARY and the children, plus 6 slave names listed in the household. The slave known as 'Dannel' had gone off with Christopher Lane, my gg-uncle, in the civil war for some reason. Christopher was a POW for awhile then ended up being 'exchanged' and later died of disease at Fort Pulaski before war's end. When that happened, Dannel or Daniel(not sure if just wrong spelling) came home to Bull Head and let the family know he had died. There seemed to be a good relationship with the slaves. I'm not sure they were treated as slaves, since in the 1860 census it shows Dannel's father in the next household and shows him having property of approx. $1000 value(hard to read), as though he got paid. I'll look at what i can find on Samson Lane. Thanks for giving me that info to look into, Sue. Tammi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html