I have a few pages out of a family history entitled "The Bennetts of Tomoka" page 19, the chapter entitled "The Ancestors of Amanda Geiger Bennett." I copy: "While in South Carolina, the Geigers were apparently caught up in the "Weber Heresy."(45 ) Around 1760, Jacob Weber, a Swiss immigrant then living near the Saluda River, claimed to be God the Father, His closest followers included his wife, Hannah (the Virgin Mary), Jacob Burghart and John Geiger, Ulrich's brother. Weber's two followers became the Holy Ghost and Christ. Another individual (called in various accounts Peter Schmidt or George Smithpeter) became Satan. Satan was cruelly murdered by the other members of the sect. Weber, his wife Hannah, John Geiger and Jacob Burghart were convicted of the murder and sentenced to be executed. Only Jacob Weber was actually executed. John Geiger was banished. John moved to Georgia. Whether Abraham and Ulrich were banished as well, whether they decided to accompany John in his banishment or whether they were simply dissatified with South Carolina, they moved to Georgia along with John, where they resided in Bryan County. The move seems to have taken place in 1767." #45...South Carolina Gazette, Charles-Town, April 25, 1761. Reference to the heresy can also be found in a series of articles by Lee Gandee on the "Families of Dutch Fork" in the Dispatch News, Lexington, S.C., January, 1969 and an article on "Whitchcraft" by Walter B. and Sue Summer in the Newberry Observer, Newberry, S.C., October 30. 1981. See also Salley, A.S., Jr., "The History of Orangeburg County, South Crolina, pages 238-245, Regional Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. I found this to be quite interesting and thought it might interest some of you also. Susan Gagnon Wilson hrw3@worldnet.att.net