Posted on: Amherst County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Amherst?read=382 Surname: Merchant ------------------------- Looking for info. on Charles Merchant born about 1827, was in Bedford Cty. Va. Free Blacks Register in Oct. 1831, may have been son of Nancy, Ann, Pamelia, or Bitsy Merchant.