Unfortunately I don't know too much about my great grandfather but I do know his name was Julius Blue and he married a woman by the name of Victoria. My grandfather was one of I believe 23 children. According to my father, Rayford Blue Jr., his grandfather mentioned that he had brothers, several in fact. However, beyond that...he would never speak of his family or where he came from. As the story goes, Julius and his brother's may have been in some sort of trouble, and on the run from white men for some reason, and agreed to part company and never contact one another again, so that if one of them were caught, they would not be able to give up the other brothers. Rumor has it that they all went to different states, some possibly in North and South Carolina and maybe even up north to the Illinois area and beyond.

My brother actually attended college in SC and met a preacher there by the last name Blue who shared a similar story about his grandfather. According to my dad, there was a striking resemblance between Reverend Blue of SC's son and my brother who was attending college there. It was as if they could have been brother's, my dad said.

I also ran into a lady at the Atlanta Airport from Illinois with the same last name, Blue who also had a similar story about her grandfather; he showed up there with no real past and he was on the run for some reason but would never talk about where he came from either. If anyone knows anything else, please feel free to share.