Tim That is a good idea. I will also make space for anyone who would like to do or already has some research on slavery in our counties. I you have such information, maybe a document with slaves noted on it, copy it or scan it, or just type the details and email to me and I will post on a new page, maybe called 'Slavery or Slaves of Morgan or Scott County', or something like that, whichever county it might be. I will send those for Scott Co., to Tim to post. Be sure to include the owner of said slaves, slave's name, dates of document, etc. Tim, any other details you can think of that will help put this together??? Let us know... Thanks Julie Timothy N West wrote: > Anna, > > Probably a more interesting project for Morgan Co rather than Scott Co > simply because Scott Co had so few slaves. Morgan Co had a > significantly larger number. I believe, at the height of slavery, > Scott Co only had at most 40 slaves. I'm not trying to make light of > slavery in Scott Co--its wrong where ever and whenever it occurred. > The records would be more abundant in Morgan Co and thus probably > easier to draw familial relationships. I've seen very few references > to slaves other than the federal slave schedules and some ancillary > references within the federal population schedules (census records) > for Scott Co. > > However, with this said, I will be happy to make some webspace > available for someone who wants to take the task on for either Morgan > or Scott Co. > > ...tim west... > Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Project > http://www.tngenweb.org/scott > > Anna Bertram said the following on 12/30/2005 10:55 AM: > >> Julie, >> >> I'd love to see someone take this on as a project for Morgan County >> and Scott County. Wish I had the time to volunteer. A person does >> not have to be black to appreciate the project! Thanks for sharing! >> >> Anna Bertram >> [email protected] >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Cromwell To: >> [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 4:53 AM >> Subject: [TNMORGAN] Not Morgan County-but still interesting! >> >> Family tree of former slaves coming together >> >> DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) -- The family ties of nearly 1,000 >> slaves from a once-sprawling plantation are being pieced together >> with the help of their owners' records and their descendants. >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/29/slave.family.ap.ap/index.html >> >