While researching a 3G-grandfather in Tennessee, I came across a court  
record about a lawsuit that was brought against him.  He purchased a young  
slave boy and was later informed that the boy was not a slave, but he had been  
captured by a trapper hunting in Indian territory.  The details of the suit 
 indicated that the boy's father was a full blood Cherokee,  His mother was 
 a quarteroon - a white woman who had negro heritage.  He was mostly native 
 American.  
 
In subsequent census records the "boy" who took my ancestor's surname (his  
wife and family) was always coded as B in the race category.  They remained 
 neighbors for the remainder of their lives.  In 2009 I visited the home  
that my ancestor built in 1833.  There was a long building in back - now  
used as a barn - likely slave quarters and the home to the young man and his  
family.
 
Times are different!!
 
 

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