Dale, That was some interesting reading on William Rawls. He was the brother of Cynthia (Mrs. Starkey Bazemore), Elizabeth (Mrs. Humphrey Bazemore), and Temperance (Mrs. James Scott and later Mrs. Lewis Powell), all of Screven County, and is mentioned in James Scott's will (March 1832) was William Ira Rawls. This excerpt also states that he said that he was born in North Carolina on the Virginia line, and this sounds like Bertie County, NC to me. Bertie is the northeastern most county in NC and the Dismal Swamp is within its boundaries. It is also quite close to Nags Head, one of the Outer Banks of NC. Take care and keep in touch. Happy hunting! Scotty **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Hey Scotty, I've read several of the pension applications. When I ran an -open- search on the Taylor surname, I found 251 records referring to individuals with the Taylor surname. That's really different from the 25 search hits found when looking only for Taylors with pension applications. Which is to say - there are different ways to work this database! There was a Griffis pension application that mentions his commander as having been a Capt. Samuel Reddick. The thing that was fascinating was that this Griffis fellow had been at the three most important battles of the Carolinas that drove Cornwallis up the coast to try his luck at Yorktown. That Griffis fellow was wounded at King's Mountain, fought also at Cowpens, and then was wounded again at Guilford Courthouse. Absolutely the mostly fascinating reading!!! I particularly noticed and read the record for Samuel Thornton. Samuel was born at Matthew's Bluff (on the SC side of the Savannah River just downstream from Burton's Ferry) and had a son named Reddick Thornton. Well, that has raised questions about the identity of his wife Naomi - might she have been born a Reddick? My apparent ggggg-grandfather John Raddick / Reddick (Johann Radick, II) had five children at the time of his 1767 land grant (that's information recorded in the colonial records). We know who four sons were (Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, & Peter). What about a daughter as the fifth child? Also, he got another 100 acres granted to him in 1775. Were there two more children represented by that addition to the lands granted to him (50 acres per child was the rule during colonial times)? Then, it get's better. From our DNA studies we know that the brothers Peter & Francis Readdick (born 1800 & 1802, respectively) are related to the Reddicks of Screven & Burke Counties. We strongly suspect that they were sons of Francis Reddick who seems to have disappeared from the Millhaven area circa 1795 - '96. OK, where does this go? A widowed Elizabeth Reddick with children participated in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1805 while residing in Glynn County, Georgia (adjacent to Camden Co., GA). The above mentioned Peter & Francis Readdick were resident in Camden County, GA from prior to 1820 to whenever they died post-1860 (known from Grand & Petit Jury lists and also from the presense of Elizabeth 'Ready' on the 1820 census for Camden Co. [yes, young adult males were living with her]). Guess who -later- moved to Camden County? Reddick Thornton, two of his brothers, and their respective families. Methinks that there's a marriage connection hidden / demonstrated within these several sets of records. I think three Thornton first cousins moved themselves into Camden County to be nearby two Readdick first cousins. Obviously, this is debatable and open to all sorts of interpretation. However, there's perhaps something here to be further investigated and maybe real connections to be discovered. Still tryin', Dale ____________________________________ Scotti3275@aol.com wrote: > Dale, > > That was some interesting reading on William Rawls. He was the brother > of Cynthia (Mrs. Starkey Bazemore), Elizabeth (Mrs. Humphrey Bazemore), and > Temperance (Mrs. James Scott and later Mrs. Lewis Powell), all of Screven > County, and is mentioned in James Scott's will (March 1832) was William Ira > Rawls. This excerpt also states that he said that he was born in North Carolina > on the Virginia line, and this sounds like Bertie County, NC to me. Bertie is > the northeastern most county in NC and the Dismal Swamp is within its > boundaries. It is also quite close to Nags Head, one of the Outer Banks of NC. > Take care and keep in touch. Happy hunting! > > Scotty > >

Hi Folks, CORRECTION -- That was Captain Samuel Taylor (not -+Capt. Samuel Reddick+-). Oh, those easily effected errors!!! Dale ___________________________________ Dale E. Reddick wrote: > Hey Scotty, > > I've read several of the pension applications. When I ran an -open- > search on the Taylor surname, I found 251 records referring to > individuals with the Taylor surname. That's really different from the > 25 search hits found when looking only for Taylors with pension > applications. Which is to say - there are different ways to work this > database! There was a Griffis pension application that mentions his > commander as having been a -+Capt. Samuel Reddick+-. The thing that was > fascinating was that this Griffis fellow had been at the three most > important battles of the Carolinas that drove Cornwallis up the coast to > try his luck at Yorktown. That Griffis fellow was wounded at King's > Mountain, fought also at Cowpens, and then was wounded again at Guilford > Courthouse. Absolutely the mostly fascinating reading!!! > > I particularly noticed and read the record for Samuel Thornton. Samuel > was born at Matthew's Bluff (on the SC side of the Savannah River just > downstream from Burton's Ferry) and had a son named Reddick Thornton. > Well, that has raised questions about the identity of his wife Naomi - > might she have been born a Reddick? My apparent ggggg-grandfather John > Raddick / Reddick (Johann Radick, II) had five children at the time of > his 1767 land grant (that's information recorded in the colonial > records). We know who four sons were (Francis, Jacob, Nicholas, & > Peter). What about a daughter as the fifth child? Also, he got another > 100 acres granted to him in 1775. Were there two more children > represented by that addition to the lands granted to him (50 acres per > child was the rule during colonial times)? > > Then, it get's better. From our DNA studies we know that the brothers > Peter & Francis Readdick (born 1800 & 1802, respectively) are related to > the Reddicks of Screven & Burke Counties. We strongly suspect that they > were sons of Francis Reddick who seems to have disappeared from the > Millhaven area circa 1795 - '96. OK, where does this go? A widowed > Elizabeth Reddick with children participated in the Georgia Land Lottery > of 1805 while residing in Glynn County, Georgia (adjacent to Camden Co., > GA). > > The above mentioned Peter & Francis Readdick were resident in Camden > County, GA from prior to 1820 to whenever they died post-1860 (known > from Grand & Petit Jury lists and also from the presense of Elizabeth > 'Ready' on the 1820 census for Camden Co. [yes, young adult males were > living with her]). Guess who -later- moved to Camden County? Reddick > Thornton, two of his brothers, and their respective families. > > Methinks that there's a marriage connection hidden / demonstrated within > these several sets of records. I think three Thornton first cousins > moved themselves into Camden County to be nearby two Readdick first cousins. > > Obviously, this is debatable and open to all sorts of interpretation. > > However, there's perhaps something here to be further investigated and > maybe real connections to be discovered. > > Still tryin', > > Dale > ____________________________________ > >