Diane, Do you have access to the 1870 Loudoun County census or would you like me to check next time I go to Balch? I see in my 1870 index, of the Tates, listed, there is one Jeremiah, age 63, (BINGO!) in "southern District, LoCo {so south of route 7], series M593, roll1659, page 198.. Maybe you have already seen this but if not, it's a good place to start, because if they were slaves right up to emancipation, this would be the first census they would appear in. The other African-American Tates are Jim, Charles, Emily, Emma, Fenton, James, Lucy, Walker and William. The index lists ages if you can use them. Bronwen -----Original Message----- From: Didi2k12319@aol.com [mailto:Didi2k12319@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:09 AM To: VALOUDOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VALOUDOU-L] Re: "Lo-Co-slave files": TATE Thanks fo the information. The Tates I am trying to locate are as follows: Jeremiah born around 1807 Harriet born around 1816 Nelson Tate born around 1851 I believe Jeremiah and Harriet are my gggrandparents. ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. http://www.rootsweb.com