Good Morning, A warm welcome to our new members. I am forwarding the following info with permission. If anyone recognizes a family surname-either of a Plantation Owner-or the slave please let us know. Thank you, Ramona Book 54, Pages 158 & 159 of the Deed Records of Mason County, KY "I emancipate my slave, Alexander Gerard, a black man, stout and well made, about six feet high, aged thirty-six years. Given under my hand and seal January 15, 1845. D. Morris" Recorded April 10, 1845: "State of Kentucky Mason County Deed of emancipation from David Morris to Alexander Gerard was produced in open court and acknowledged by the said David Morris to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. And the same as ordered to be recorded. The said Alexander Gerard being in open court is five feet eleven and one fourth inches high and of dark complexion. Whereupon the said David Morris executed and acknowledged in open court a bond for the support of said negro with Warner Wilson as his security in the penalty of five hundred dollars. Attest: John James Key, Clerk of the Mason County Court"