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?