This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Calliver, Calloway, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GBC.2ACE/1541.2.1 Message Board Post: Molly san - Yes, I think they were mixed-race persons. Although "Calloway" appears in several record, I suspect it was properly Calliver/Colliver: Smyth Co. VA: Joseph COLLIVER, 25 years old, b. Washington Co. VA, s/o Joseph & Amanda, mar. Mary E. Brownslow, 28, wid., d/o Oliver & Leanor (no surname stated), on 07 Mar 1881. Washington Co. VA: 23 Oct 1872: George Burnis, 30, b. WCV, hotel servant, s/o Dandridge & Betsy Burnis, mar. Aggurtha Jane Calliber (Calliver), 17, b. WCV, d/o Amanda Calliber. By E. Longley. 1870c, WCV, 1st Division, 08 Oct 1870: HH251/268: CALLIVER, Chas., 47, salt house laborer; Leilia C., 23, keeping house; David, 3; Frank, 2; Chas. H., 4/12; KELLY, Milly, 60, no occupation; Aron, 100, gardner. 1870c, Smyth, Rich Valley, HH544: CALOWAY, Wm., 22, road maker; Malinda, 19; BEVERLY, Eliza, 10 - all b. 1880c, WCV, Saltville Dist., HH520/533: KINDRIX (Kendrick), Thos., 40, mu; Angeline (Callivir), 39, mu; Burl (Burwell), 16, mu; Wm., 12, mu; Thomas, 9, mu; Manual, 8, mu; Mary, 6, mu; Lavinie, 4, mu; Camroy, 2, mu, son; CALLIVIR, America, 70, mu, mother-in-law; REDDICK, Angeline, 21, mu, niece. Regards, Jack