My Afr-amer gggg-grandfather was
Hamilton Polite, born around 1850 in maybe
Florida or
GA and lived in
Suwannee county, FL. His wife was Sylvia
Gibb, also Afr-American. I'm trying to find my grandfather's parent(s). According to suggestions, I tried to find any slaveowners surnamed
Polite from the 1870 census where he was listed and work backwards. I was unsuccessful.
But I did find a Syke or
Sek Polite listed in the same 1880
Suwannee co. FL census as my married grandfather. He was listed as being 60 yrs old, born in
GA. One of his sons, George, was close in age to
Hamilton and I wonder if they were brothers. But in the 1870 census I found "Seet" as 35 years old, with a son named George, age 12.
Can someone help me with this?