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