This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mackey, Madison, Davis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mkB.2ACI/365.1.2 Message Board Post: I searched through plantation owners records in the area where my people were freed from and came across the family names listed as a slaves being sold with the land to the new owners. Have you gone back to when your people were slaves or about 1870 yet? If I can be of any assistance let me know. Happy hunting!