Roy, I did go to this web site and found it very interesting. My Alsey Pace (b.1785)was one half white (Stephen Pace) and one half Native American--name and tribe of his mother unknown, though I think maybe Tuscorora. This could be Edgecombe Co. NC or another Piedmont county. Alsey Pace had two white wives in Johnston Co. NC--my Zilpha Hall in 1820 and Cassandra Dean in 1836. I think it is the same Alsey Pace both times. I don't think there has been a DNA test on the children of Cassandra & Alsey, but my brother David's DNA puts us in the John and Sarah Burge group. I don't know if Native American genes would be reflected in the DNA results. If Alsey Pace did in fact marry Cassandra Dean in Johnston Co. NC and desert Zilpha and the children (who were in Guilford Co. NC until 1858), then these are the half-brothers and half-sisters of our Pace children by Zilpha. Zilpha and her children were always shown as white, but Alsey and Cassandra in Johnston Co. NC were always shown as mulatto--census choices would have been white, black, or mulatto at that time. I have not followed all the marriages of the children of Alsey and Cassandra, but here are their names. Madison may be James Madison Pace and Rhinison is also Raven Snow (Indian name) or R.S. Here is the way I show the children of Alsey and Cassandra Pace *2nd Wife of Alsa/Alsey Pace: +Cassandra Dean b.1810-15 m: . 6 March 1836 in Johnston Co., NC 2. Noah - b.1834-37Johnston Co. NC 2. Madison - b.1837-39Johnston Co.NC 2. Harriet - b.1841-43Johnston Co.NC 2. David - b. 1840-41Johnston CoNC 2. Obedience "Beady" - b. 1845JohnstonCoNC 2. Rhinison(?) - male - b.1847JohnstonCoNC 2. Sally - b. 1850JohnstonCo. NC 2. Alsey - male - b.?Johnston Co.NC (he is older than some of these others, but may be a grandson. - birthdate unclear on census reports. The Johnston county portion of NC is that little tip that is near Nash county, Wake county, Franklin, and Halifax, so it could relate to the article on the web page you referenced. I am sending you separately an Excel file made up by one of my Julian family's researchers showing the various splits in the NC counties over the years, as boundaries changed. Betty Pace On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:41:36 -0500 "Roy Johnson" <[email protected]> writes: > I am surprised that there were no responses to my previous posts > about the > tri-racial group in the upper south which included Paces. Since > members of > this group were classified variously as white, mulatto, or FPC (free > person > of color). Some of our non-matching Paces could come from this > group, many > of whom were so light skinned that they could easily pass into the > white > world and pass their name on. > > > > To see this interesting story, go to > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/pacepix/Pace-Taylo r/ > > > > Roy Johnaon > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ Click for online loan, fast & no lender fee, approval today http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3WMKyGCFExvVtDXdW3DW6fwpsWTVOXOVAgBmCm9uV8bpaA/

On the 1790 census for Pittsylvania Co VA there are 3 Paces on page 100, Spencer, William & Williamson. I assume these are all related and are of the John of Middlesex line. On page 40 there is another William. Has anyone identified this William to be of the John of Middlesex line? Thanks, John Pace