Donna Wall, Do you have any idea where you family was before you found them in Edgefield County, SC? My oldest ancestor received a land grant there in 1790 and I am trying to find where he was before he got the grant. Thought just "maybe" they followed the same path. Joyce Britt Dunning Donna Wall wrote: > Frances: > > The SAWYER line is my direct line - or rather my husband's. William SAWYER > is his 6g grandfather > > thru his son John b. c1744> > his son Elkanah b. 1777 Edgefield Co, SC m. Miriam> > their son Wiley b 1798 SC m. Sarah SCOGGIN> > William Dionysius 'Nish' b. 1821 Pike Co, AL m. Elizabeth DANIEL> > Duncan Dionysius b. 1861 Monroe Co, AL m. Allie Leona WASDEN> > my husband's grandmother, Ethel Inez SAWYER 1894-1926 (died in childbirth). > > Sorry I can't offer anything on your Boones. Much thanks for your Sawyer > leads. On my side of the family, I research other families in the Crawford > Co. area - SHINE, PETERMAN, BICKLEY, GAULTNEY, BROOKS, MOSELEY, SUDDETH, > RAY. > > Donna Shine Wall > mailto:dfshine@worldnet.att.net > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > 750,000 men from the South faced 2 million men from the North . 2 million men could not defeat 750,000 Southern troops what did defeat them was disease, hunger, lack of money and supplies.