One point: You mentioned  Marse ,Robert's father as an aide to Gen. Washington; in fact he was Light Horse Harry Lee. Have two ancestors who served in his Dragoons. When Robert was born, his father was, sadly,. in debtor's prison. His Congressional 'gold medal' was recently found in the Princeton library-it was silver. Secondly, Marse Tom's relationship with Sally was complicated: She was the half-sister of his deceased wife, and may have looked just like her. I can see how that went, but cannot see how he could not have freed her, and the children produced. As the great-grand son of a Confederate veteran, who served in the 'Bloody' 5th NC, I became very uncomfortable the last time I went South, having spent 16 years on the West coast, had Yankee "Written all over me".