John,

Maybe this link will help ...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/tvandbeyond/tvbeyonddescrprog3.html

Look for Karen HUGHES White, her relatives were slaves of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello in Virginia.

I am glad you mentioned this because I have HUGHES relatives from Hanover Co., Beaverdam VA.

Sure wish I knew of a connection.

For this, I did a phrase google of ~

HUGHES slaves of Thomas Jefferson