MY GRANDMOTHER WAS SARAH AVANT. SHE DIED 1960, MOTHER OF 14 CHILDREN ALL DECEASED BUT ONE. MY AUNT, HATTIE DAVIS. MY GRANDMOTHER SARAH AVANT DAVIS. NEVER TOLD HER CHILDREN ABOUT HER FAMILY. SHE AND MY GRANDFATHER. LUKE DAVIS. MIGRATED FROM SUMTER SC. TO PIERCE COUNTY GA. MY GRANDFATHER DIED WHEN MY FATHER NOW DECEASED, WAS A BOY. WE KNOW MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BIRACIAL BECAUSE SHE WAS THEN CALLED MULATTO. SOME FAMILY MEMBERS THINK HER MOTHER MAY HAVE BEEN WHITE. BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER SPOKE OF HER. MY GRANDMOTHER LOOKED WHITE. SHE AND HER SISTERS ALL MOVED TO GA. ALONG WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND HIS BROTHERS THE AVANT SISTERS. BETTY, DIED IN CHILDBIRTH. HER DAUGHTER IS STILL LIVING. ADEL, NOW 93................ LAURA, FLORENCE AND GRANDMOTHER SARAH.WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE AVANTS. MY COUSIN FOUND SOME OLD PAPERS THAT LISTED MY GRANDMOTHER AS .........SARAH SUINE. WE HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT THAT IS ABOUT. MY GRANDMOTHER DIDN'T TALK TO HER CHILDREN ABOUT HER PAST. THE DAVISES AND AVANT / AVENTS MUST HAVE BEEN CLOSE. THEY ALL SEEMED TO HAVE COME TO GA TOGETHER. SO THE NAMES YOU HAVE MIGHT BE MY GRANDPARENTS FAMILY................LYZZ DAVIS