This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOWARD, DRAYTON, FIELDS, POLITE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/171.1 Message Board Post: maybe you can flush out some clues/leads with the following info....good luck!! ================================================================================== 1930 United States Federal Census Record Name: Soloman Howard Home in 1930: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1928 BirthPlace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Grandson Race: Negro Parents' Birthplace: south carolina Household Members: Name Age Rose Fields 58 head farmer Peggy Drayton 36 dau Elsie Drayton 20 grand dau? Soloman Howard 1 11/12 (should be 1 & 1/12) grand son Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: 2188; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 123.0. ==================================================================================== South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949 Record Name: Peggy Drayton Death date: 20 Aug 1933 Age (years): 50 Estimated Birth Year: 1883 Gender: Female Color: Non-White County of death: Beaufort Volume number: 25 Certificate number: 12341 =================================================================================== 1920 United States Federal Census Record Name: Peg Drayton [Reg Drayton] Home in 1920: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina Age: 9 years (should be 39) Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911 [abt 1881] BirthPlace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Daughter Father's name: Marcus Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's name: Julia Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital status: Widow Race: Black [Colored] Sex: Female Able to read: No Able to Write: No Image: 47 Household Members: Name Age Marcus Polite 60 Julia Polite 60 Peg Drayton 9 (transcription error - s/b 39) Elex Drayton 18 Elise Drayton 10 Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1686; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 65; Image: 47. =================================================================================== 1920 United States Federal Census Record Name: Diann Howard Home in 1920: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina Age: 58 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862 BirthPlace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital status: Widow Race: Black Sex: Male (could be female) Home owned: Own Able to read: No Able to Write: No Image: 20 Household Members: Name Age Diann Howard 58 (cannot really make out name) Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1686; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 64; Image: 20. =================================================================================== 1910 United States Federal Census Record Name: Peggie Drayton Age in 1910: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885 BirthPlace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Home in 1910: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina Marital Status: Widowed Race: Mulatto Gender: Female Household Members: Name Age Peggie Drayton 25 Alexander Drayton 7 Rufus Drayton 5 Naxarine Drayton 7/12 Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina; Roll: T624_1450; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 710. ==================================================================================