Where could I write to purchase such a "book" and how much does it cost? "The Fairs Family of Washington Co., IN" Dixie A. Laire Red Oak, Iowa -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Julie Clifton Laughner <DrClifton@doctor4u.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 2:39 PM Subject: RE: [FARRIS-L] Re: FARRIS-D Digest V99 #78 >She stayed there in Washington and Lawrence Counties, and is buried in >Lawrence Co. See below: > >William's surname was spelled variably being Fairies when he signed a letter >of commendation for the ships' captain, and Fairey when his name was >recorded as receiving a grant of 200 acres on Rocky Creek in what became >Chester County. Soon after William and Agnes settled in SC, the American >Revolution brought war to Chester County. William served several times in >the local militia beginning in 1778. During this time their home was >vandalized by British sympathizers, and their first two children died in >infancy. In 1787 they removed a number of miles to the north to a new farm >on Turkey Creek, York County, SC. From this time William appears to have >spelled his name Faries although his sons used both Faries and Faris. By >1805 son John was in the new land available for settlement in the northwest >territory and it is probable that William was preparing to move his family >from SC. The move was to free territory without slavery against which the >Covenanters took an uncompromising position. Wm Faries however died in York >County on 30 May 1805. His family began the journey by ox-cart and pack >horse through Tennessee and Kentucky to Indiana with son John and daughter >Margaret permanently there by 1811, and the remainder of the family about >1815. Agnes and her children first settled in Clark Co., IN and then all >but John settled on Walnut Ridge, Washington and Lawrence Counties, where >they were members of the Walnut Ridge Reformed Presbyterian Church. Agnes >(Cowan) Faries died aged 83 years at New Bedford, Lawrence Co., IN on 21 >June 1832, and was buried at Jolly cemetery on the Boss Hughes farm, Bono >Township, in the southeastern corner of Lawrence County. > >(Taken from p. 32 of The Faris Family in Washington County, Indiana" by >David Faris, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1984) > >Julie Clifton Laughner > >-----Original Message----- >From: PFARRIS01@aol.com [mailto:PFARRIS01@aol.com] >Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 8:56 AM >To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Re: FARRIS-D Digest V99 #78 > >After William Faries died Agnus moved back to Washington Co. In. where she >died in 1832, I don't know what happened to her after she moved. > >Pete > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > >==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== >You may search the Farris-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >In the surname field, type in Farris > >