Have any of you worked the 1880 census enough to discern a pattern in why the enumerator listed some in a household as mulatto and some as black? I'm beginning to get the feeling of a hidden message here --- it's almost as if the enumerator knew the family lineage ... thought's from any of you on this? How about 1870, I don't recall, offhand, any listing of mulattos. I've limited my present search to Dist. 6 and Troy. Genealogy Speaking Jane Norton Powell, [email protected] Obion Co TN Pedigrees & Jane's Connections http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jane1 TNGenWeb http://www.tngennet.org/ Obion Co. TNGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnobion/ Haywood Co. TNGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhaywoo/