Val, lives close to Newberry...anyway, some notes from her....Char ----- Original Message ----- From: Valeria Wigington Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:53 PM To: Charlotte Coats Subject: Fw: Abernathy/Davis/Worthington etc. Charlotte, Sorry , I meant to add your name to this. There were MANY Coats on the Quaker family list in this book. I am just going to have to copy the rest of the book. Val ----- Original Message ----- From: Valeria Wigington To: Lou Randall ; James Abernathy ; Mary Meyer ; 'Clarence Hodnett' ; Lynn Davis ; Janet Wade ; SDJGenLady@cs.com ; gdixon@crawdat.com ; PDWAT@aol.com ; valadez@home.com ; Bruce Willhoit ; Elley Wigginton ; Rnellbd@aol.com ; Kristen Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: Abernathy/Davis/Worthington etc. I am sending along the results of today's trip to Newberry, where I viewed the Buzhardt artifacts. It was a visitation and tastefully done. A lot of this is already known by most of you, but just in case there's something new, I'm sending it all. The following from: QUAKER FAMILIES OF SC &GA. Wm. F. Medlin Ben Franklin Press LIST OF QUAKER FAMILIES IN SC AND GA. Household head Period Meeting County Abernathy, Elizabeth 1790 BR Newb,Laur Abernathy, James 1796 BR Newb,Laur Abernathy, John 1796 BR Newb,Laur Also listed again (in another section of families, births etc.) Abernathy, Eliz. Ch. John, James, Abigail (NOTICE THIS!!-- where is Isabel?-maybe Isabel IS Abigail---3 syllables each name) (she married 2nd -------Hunt) Davis, Abither 1754 BR/GA Newb/Ga Amos 1779 BR Newb/Ga Hannah 1794 CC Union James 1826 BR Newb Mary d.1797 BR Newb Chandler, Israel, Sr. b 1770 m Lydia Gilbert Ch. Eunice m Cary Gilbert Thomas m 1-Eliz. Halfacre 2-Dorothy Suber Also listed: Alexander, Jacob , Thomas Davis, Arbither b. 1754 Wales d 1840 Ohio m. Lydia Embree Ch: Amos , Rachel, Rhoda , Samuel, John b. 1787 m. Lydia Caote and a widow Elleman. Mary, Sibilla, Benjamin, Sarah, Lydia Davis, James 1802-1870 (nee John of ?d) m.A. Hollingsworth ch. Jane Hamilton , John, Dr. Frank, Susan Byrd Davis, Mary d. 1797 (widow) ch: Chesley, Samuel, Thomas, Jesse, Frances m Thomas Waters, Elizabeth m John worthington, Milly m. Elisha Worthington, Rhoda m John Abanathy, Nancy m Joseph Jones, Molly Worthington, Benjamin (nee Saml) m. Steadman1795 ch. John , Robert, Hepsibeth, Samuel, Mary, Rhoda, Elizabeth, George P., Sarah Margaret, Benjamin P (moved to KY; to Ala 1817) Worthington, Elisha m. Milly Davis ch. Samuel , Chesly, Worthington, John 2 1825 (nee saml) m Elizabeth Davis Ch. Betsym Saml Chapman Fanny m. Isaac Herbert Thomas, Chesley, John, Sam, Reubin, Polly m. George Hunter Margaret m. Francis Spearman Sarah m Joseph Griffith Rhoda m Graves spearman Also Samuel, Thomas and families are listed. I know this is a mixed bag of information. I have dates for most all of the above. I copied practically the whole book. It is full of great info. The Quaker M H on the Mills Map IS the Bush River Monthy Meeting site, below Newberry Village. "Bush River and Cane Creek Meetings of South Carolina became the seed-bed of Midwestern Quakerism as Friends moved first to the Miami Valley of Ohio, then to Wayne Co., Indiana,and on the Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Cal. and Texas. Having seen the evils of slavery first hand, these transplanted Southerners became leaders in the antislavery movement and assisted in the rescue of hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad. " >From Equity Book 1840 David Boyd died 1829 leaving his widow Polly (who married Van Davis in 1830) and daughter Martha Jane Boyd. He died leaving 100 acres "Till Tract" bounded by James Garner__-ETc Equity 1820 (Check this for Davis/ Hunter/Abernathy-Val) James Teague died Apr 1816 with LWT in which he gave 100 acres to his wife Elizabeth. Elizabeth Teague (widow) remarried Jacob Crouch. She died intestate leaving her husband Jacob Crouch and children; Dorothy G. (married Samuel Davis), John W Teague, William Teague, and Ann Teague, Eliz Teague Crouch died possessed of 100 acres on Indian Creek bounded by John W. Teague, Robert Boyd, Harmon Shell, Providence McAdams, and william Hunter. (I think this is the property that John Abernathy sold to William Hunter) I have copied Land Grant Maps and when I piece this puzzle together , I'll pass along what I find.<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>