I recently talked with an older cousin of mine and he told me that Maxile (my gr8 gr8 grandfather) said his father was white and was a slave owner and that his mother was a slave. i saw a copy of Maxiles death certificate on familysearch.org and it said his fathers name was Marshall Daire. I was told by a geneologist to get a copy of the original death certificate because sometimes the copies you find on different sites can be wrong. I cant find a Marshall anywhere but i keep running into Marcel. Once the dc comes in the mail i hope it puts my search to rest.