here we found the grave of burrell cooper, my great, great grandfather.n kilpatrick's life who survived the war and went on to become u.s. ambassador to chile. lot of people in my family fought for the confederacy, nearly all were too poor to own slaves except for one, burrell cooper's grandfather. i recently discovered one of my ancestors owned slaves, my great, great, great grandfather burrell boykin, he won 12 slaves. he was killed by one of the slaves in 1860, one year before the civil war began. it's one thing to read about slavery in history books. it's another to learn that a distant relative of mine took part in that evil. >> i'm so glad you came. >> reporter: thank you. my dad and his family left quitman during world war ii and moved to new orleans. his mother, my grandmother, jenny anderson, worked in the higgins hughes factory making landing craft for the war. she loss sold ladies hats at the department store. when i was in new orleans reporting in the wake of hurricane katrina, completely by coincidence i stumbled across my dad's old high scho