Oh my goodness, of course!! I think I need to go home and visit!!! Thanks Graham! And by the way, was I supposed to send you some things? I can't remember and don't have my old email messages to remind me! What is it they say that's the first thing to go?...the brain?...or was that rain?...please let me know! Carole Graham Jones wrote: > Go down 301 until 17 crosses and GO NORTHWEST...away from Savannah. God bless you Carole Drexel, you been in Texas too long!! > Graham > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: GREG & CAROLE DREXEL > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GABULLOC] Rev. J. A. Scarboro > > > Hi Fran. Yes, and there was a steamship line or captain or something > also called the Scarboro. I will try to dig this out. It might take > until this weekend if you can wait. The sleepy little ghosttown of > Scarboro is STILL in existence. There might have been a railway depot > there before the War of Northern Agression... > if you look at a Screven County map, and look for the Ogeechee River > which marks the border between Bulloch County, (now Statesboro, GA), and > Screven County, GA (roughly Sylvania and very rural areas of populations > of around 20-500 in each little, little community (perhaps this is too > much a generalization that Screven Countians might not approve of citing > that way,), it gives you a kind of picture of the area. It never, ever > recovered from the Civil War and Sherman's march to the sea. And > Scarboro was a really neat little community before then. To find > Scarboro, look for U.S. Highway 301. The Old Louisville Road, Hwy 17 I > think, crossed Hwy 301; go towards Savannah maybe 10 miles or so, (it's > been too long since I drove it...I live in Fort Worth), cross the > railroad tracks and you are in Scarboro. Supposed to be a haunted house > there. Anyway, it's lots of fun stuff when we were kids and knew what > it meant to be bored... > will get back to you! > Carole > > Fran Taylor wrote: > >> Carole, >> >> YES, PLEASE!!! "Prominent," huh!?! That's the first time I've heard that >> word associated with the family! I would really appreciate you're looking >> it up for me!!!! What's the road you're talking about? I wish I could find >> some local history on the family - it's hard to dig when I'm stuck here in >> ole' virginnie! >> >> Thanks so much, >> Fran >> >> >> ============================== >> Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> >> >> >> > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2<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> > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > >