Hi list: Please, lets get this Jefferson farce off of this list and get back to what the list was meant to be! If we can't stick to documented family links I will have to unsuscribe. Bob W. jleehunt1@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 4/23/01 8:44:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jagile@casstel.net writes: > > << n the discussion of Sally and Thomas Jefferson these words caught my > attention, "having a motive or Opportunity to bed Sally without being > detected" another interesting group of words were "privacy" and > "alert servants." >> > > Hello Jo Ann, > > I appreciate your comments. My intention in putting the post on the list was > to provide an example of research and analysis relevant to us all. Tempting > though it may be, the intention wasn't to open up a debate on the always > engaging topics of did Thomas bed Sally/how did he treat his slaves/what > really were his views on slavery/why didn't he free all of his while alive or > in his will like Geo Washington did/was Thomas typical of other slaveowners, > etc. > > However, (for all of you on the list also), concerns of other members have > been expressed to me that such a debate might begin on the Southside list as > a result of my post and escalate rapidly and emotionally, having an overall > negative effect on our purpose here, alienating some of our participants to > the point that we might lose several. > > I certainly don't want to see that happen so encourage you to comment to me > privately. This list has been for three years extremely important to my > research on my direct ancestors, probably THE most important single list (and > believe me you don't want to know how many I am on), especially now that I'm > looking at my children's paternal lines and they are flopping all over my > own in Southside and James River northern bordering counties, one even > literally next door in Louisa. (FYI, think "small world"..I met their father > in Long Beach, CA; his father from TX -- his VA lines via Deep South states; > my parents both from Ozarks of MO, my VA lines via TN or KY from VA or direct > from VA). > > I do have strong feelings about the whole Jefferson-Hemmings issue and your > comments, and will certainly email you a private response shortly, as I am > having a difficult enough time keeping quiet as it is here :-). > > Best Regards, > Janet (Baugh) Hunter > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp