Gaila, I agree with you that the Miles Busbee in Benjamin's will was one and the same mentioned in that email. I have a copy of Miles Busbee's will as well as Benjamin's. About 20 years ago, I stopped in at the genealogy library in Edgefield, SC, in search of documents on my ancestors. I learned that the Court House in Abbeville, SC had the documents, but did not have time to go out there to look them over. Instead, I later had the head librarian in Edgefield go out there and make copies for me. That is how I happened to have those copies of the wills. I am positive that Susannah was the wife of Benjamin (his second? third? ) and could have been a stepmother to those three men mentioned in the will. It is possible that some of Benjamin's sons had already left the state--for GA, TN, MS--and that is why he did not mention them. Most of his property was in land and dispensables like corn, wheat, whatever, plus utensils, tools, etc. I think Benjamin willed whatever property he had left only to those who were living nearby. Did not you say that some new discoveries ( of documents) occured in Orangeburgh recently? Any more news about that?

Hello Howard, You probably sent me these papers on Miles Busby's estate that I have. And thanks very much to everyone who has answered about living in South Carolina. I am going to call the archives in SC today and see if I can order the papers on Ned's emancipation trial. Three trials and sadly he was not emancipated. If they can't help me, maybe I could send a check to someone who would order the records from the archives and mail them to me. I will scan them in and we can get them on the webpage. Yes, on the South Carolina list, there has been mention of the fact that they found several boxes of material stored and they were going through them "very carefully". I would imagine the paper itself could be fragile. The person I heard this from was Dr Connie from the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society. Hopefully, they can get these records microfilmed. Re Benjamin's estate, I think father's sometime gave their children a "portion" when they reached a Majority (21 years old?) or when they married, bless those fathers who mention the children in wills and just give them a dollar, so we see who they were. Benjamin didn't do that. With DNA we can tell which Busby men were related to Benjamin, although we can't say what relation they have to him, could be brothers, cousins or uncles but at least we get the line right. Regards, Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [Busbee Busby] Miles Busbee, SC > Gaila, > I agree with you that the Miles Busbee in Benjamin's will was one and the > same mentioned in that email. I have a copy of Miles Busbee's will as well as > Benjamin's. > About 20 years ago, I stopped in at the genealogy library in Edgefield, SC, > in search of documents on my ancestors. I learned that the Court House in > Abbeville, SC had the documents, but did not have time to go out there to look them > over. Instead, I later had the head librarian in Edgefield go out there and > make copies for me. That is how I happened to have those copies of the wills. I > am positive that Susannah was the wife of Benjamin (his second? third? ) and > could have been a stepmother to those three men mentioned in the will. > It is possible that some of Benjamin's sons had already left the state--for > GA, TN, MS--and that is why he did not mention them. Most of his property was > in land and dispensables like corn, wheat, whatever, plus utensils, tools, etc. > I think Benjamin willed whatever property he had left only to those who were > living nearby. > Did not you say that some new discoveries ( of documents) occured in > Orangeburgh recently? Any more news about that?