It's one thing to talk Underground RR. It's another if the laws were bent, and slaves were held in Clermont Co,and I heard the tradition that they were. 1845-55. Now,Ky's boundry was the low water mark,on the Ohio side, so the Ohio River had legal slavery on river boats,but that's not what I speak of. And, I think Ohio law allowed a slave owner to travel thru Ohio with his slave, but that's not it,either. Having tradition only, I'm not going to use a surname. There was a lawyer,who married the daughter of one of Maysville,Ky leading merchants. and they lived in\near Maysville,Ky with slaves. And,1845, he retired to his father's farm,exactly at the Tate beach of Lake Harsha, and built a mansion. I knew the brick portion only, but my mother talked of it having a frame section as big,for the servants. [Slaves] My mother had dresses fitted and made by the black ,McNair sisters of the neighborhood. And thought they had once lived at the mansion. I went thru the brick portion before it was destroyed. It's pictured in the 1970 reprint version of Thirey and Mitchell's history. As with the other old brick houses,the interior walls were also brick,so they extented basement to 3rd floor. 4 rooms at the corners on eash floor, plus a huge center hall,and stairways going 3 floors. Fireplace in each room. [including the 4 basement rooms,I think,or 16 fireplaces, plus whatever had heated the frame section. And huge piller's out front,that were,at my inspection, long used as a "bee tree" and full of bees,and honey. Anyway,I was always told,and the lawyer was kin-distant. that he kept slaves there 1845-55. I've read,of an Illinios lawyer,keeping slaves under the law for indentured servants. I walk,often past the farm of his sister, Electra C---- Bragdon Thomas. 50 years ago you could see her farm house from were I sit,[if it were daylight].. Her 2nd husband has a page bio in the 1880 history. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.