I don't how many of my earlier posts you have read. In 1850, living in the household of my grgrandparents was a William Captain, Black, carpenter, age 50. I do not know anything about him, but posted that information on the net and a lady who lives in Canada replied.She is related to a Captain family from Albemarle and Fluvanna area. She told me there was a gentlemen named Boswell who left some land to his slaves and their names were Captain.. She seemed to think there was some connection to the family of Thomas Jefferson also. She was on her way to Monticello to meet with some people there and show them information about her family. She stopped here on her way, and we had lunch. She has also met with Gordon Pace, who lives in Canada and the two of them put some information together. Another family story from my mother was that someone named "Aunt Fanny Cosby" lived with them and that she was part Cherokee. I did find a Fanny Cosby living with them in 1900. What I have since found is that my grgrandmother ,Elizabeth and Fanny may have been sisters.Their family moved to Alabama, which apparently is where Fannie was born.When the family returned to Va. She married a Edward Cosby,(Widower) from Louisa County. He signed an application for my other grgrandmother, Mary Ann Herndon Robinson, to get a pension from the service of her husband(David Robinson) in the war of 1812. I wonder if Cherokees were listed as Black on the census in 1850. Very challenging.! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Please note: My new email address is [email protected] Please remove [email protected] from your address books and files so that we can stay in touch! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genevieve Keller" <[email protected]> To: "Scott Aaron" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "Roy Johnson" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [PACE] tri-racial Paces >A 1965 news clipping in my possession quotes the 1962 charter of the > Pace Society as describing the society as "a non-profit organization > of Paces, white, of English descent, who inherited the name and whose > intent it is to collect, record, and print family records of the past > and present, recognizing the deeds and incidents of those worthy, and > see that they are preserved and revised for future descendants." > > some interesting language "white" "of English descent" "of those > worthy" and "revised for future descendants"--that raises other > questions and illuminates the thinking of the 1960s. > > > > > > On Oct 19, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Scott Aaron wrote: > >>> The Pace society had a "whites >>> only' restriction in >>> the by-laws up to 2001. >> >> Wow...I had know idea that was the case. I guess it shouldn't be >> overly surprising given that genealogy is primarily an 'older >> generation' hobby, and older generations grew up in a time when >> that mentality was tolerated (especially in the south, and of >> course most of the PACE lines have southern heritage...and I'm >> guessing the Society may have been founded in the south given that >> fact), but its still kind of shocking when you see/read something >> like that...especially today. In 2001? Whew. >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACE- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message