I have received a wealth of SC info from Betty Mouzon Dunn concerning SC DuBois(e)s. I will be posting here. Since I managed to wipe out my email account where I had stored everyone's email and addresses and bookmarks, etc., I have to say I no longer know who is researching what lines. So please assume I know nothing except my own direct line, and I would so appreciate it if you would remind me which lines you are researching for those of you with SC roots, or brick walls that may have originated in SC (thinking of you poor DuBois(e) souls stuck in TN). Here is the first one. This concerns PETER DUBOISE of Colleton Co. Strangely, I have heard about him from another source this week also. Is this guy my own ancestor PETER DUBOIS whom I thought only hung out in Charleston and Old Berkeley County (St. Thomas/St. Denis Parish)? Or is he a DUBOSE? Or is the origination of a new DUBOISE line?? Anyone?? - --------------------------------------- by Evelyn Mc Daniel Frazieer Bryan. Florentine Press, Jacksonville SC c 1974 first printed 1969 1993 edition revised and enlarged pg. 38 "The taverns were very important to the weary traveler, and usually, they were at crossroads. Several were in Colleton County, such as Smyly's Tavern at Bell's Crossroads, one at Jacksonboro owned by Peter Duboise, and Blue House down below Ritter, so called because the shutters and trim were painted with dye from the indigo plant. Duboise Tavern was converted into a meeting place for the General Assembly when Jacksonboro served as the Provisional Capital of South Carolina from Jan, 8 to Feb, 26, 1782. Another tavern was on the outskirts of the village" Page 176 "On December 17, 1817, the General Assembly passed an act to erect a courthouse and jail in Walterboro. When no further plans materialized toward this need within the year, 125 inhabitants, impatient and perhaps peeved at conditions existing at Jacksonboro, presented another petetion to the General Assembly. Among this list may be found the following family names, with original spellings, revealing even more original settlers. Harper, Ponds, Green, Benton, White, Jones, Miller, Ulmer, Dandridge, Stevens,Sineath, Branch, Wilson, Rigel,Bazzel, Hill, Stack, Prine, Hiott, Earnest,Crumpton, Kinsey, Smith, Stanfill, Colson, Morgan, Dubois,Walker, Boatright,Altman, Burnet, Thomas, Nettles, Steel, Withernton, Ramsey, Moss, Crews, Necomb, Price, Wilkerson, Eady, Hudson, Ferebee, Boineau, Boatrite, Hightower, Smoke, Brown, Whaller, Ihley, Stewart, Harison, Crosby, Stokes, Parot, Grant, Blocker, Mc Kinney, Way, Hadwin, Allen, Bunton, Hadduck, Carter, Harrison, Griffith, Lawrence, Platt, Stirkie, Murdaugh,Burnett, Miler, Herndon, Crosskey, Bronson, Mincey,Cotten, Mills, Burd, Clifts, Hughes, Stookes, May, Wiggins,Isell and Murdock"