most of these who were purchasers of elizabeth walker's 1821 laurens co, sc estate sale are not families who i would have associated with my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers in laurens co, sc which is also why i did not note that there was an archibald harris as a purchaser of elizabeth walker's estate until i began looking at these connections re the rutledge family.   once, however, i did i began to see other significant connections.     as indicated, another purchaser of elizabeth walker estate sale there in 1821 in laurens co, sc was phillip wait.     per the info phillip wait was the son of john wait/ frances graves, who had moved there to laurens co, sc from culpepper co, va.   this info re the graves family is a lot more involved than i am going to go into for now and mainly will talk about the wait family.   john wait; sylvanus walker, jr; and john middleton were the appraisers of my william harris, jr/ frances rodgers estate in 1800 in laurens co, sc.   this was also john wait's daughter who married into my/ our rodgers/ anderson family also there in laurens co, sc and who had also moved ca 1770 from lunenburg/ charlotte co, va to laurens co, sc.   as indicated, john wait/ fanny graves' daughter married james anderson.    this james anderson was the son of andrew anderson, son of our related james anderson/ margaret rodgers, brother of our john rodgers, esq/ sr, father of our frances rodgers harris.   our john rodgers, esq, sr and his sister margaret rodgers anderson, were the children of our andrew rodgers, sr, who died in  in lunenburg co, va.      FRANCES GRAVES/JOHN WAIT, b 15 Aug 1757, Culpeper, Va, d 7 March 1836, > Laurens, SC > > Children: > > PHILIP WAIT, Esq, (my line) b 20 Sept 1782, Culpeper, Va, d abt 1851, > Laurens, m RHODA FRANCES POWELL, dau of NANCY BOBO/WM POWELL > PEACHY, b 2 March 1786, Culpeper, d Lauderdale Co, Tn, m WM J. CROCKER > MARIAH PARKS, b 3 April 1788, Culpeper, d 22 Nov 1815, Laurens, m JAMES > SIMS (children, JOHN, RODEY) > MARY (POLLY), b Culpeper, d Laurens, m WILLIAM GRAVES, son of LEWIS GRAVES > FRANCES (FANNY), b 14 Feb 1790, m JAMES ANDERSON > FRANKLIN, b Laurens, d before 1848 Laurens, m 1st ORPHIE HANSEL SIMS 27     From: < [email protected]> Subject: [ANDERSON-L] JAMES ANDERSON Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:30:30 EST A COLLECTION OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY RECORDS, Vol. 2, pages 11-12, discusses the following Anderson line: James Anderson, b. ? d. will filed in 1783 in Laurens Dist., SC, naming sons William, George, Andrew Anderson. Others mentioned in will were: Alexander Hamilton, Ainsworth Middleton, Robert Young, John Miller, James Young, and Benjamin Saxon. ( per laurens co, sc will book D-1, page 146, 1814, our charles harris/ jane cannon and james young, jr appraised the estate of john miller, who as indicated had married a daughter of our related james and margaret rodgers anderson. this was certified by william dunlap.) Oldest son, William Anderson, wed Molly Cobb and lists these children: Margaret, James, Sarah Ann, Ambrous, Robert, Samuel, Andrew, Jr., (states he wed Rebecca and moved to Benton Co., AL - died in 1844), and Mary. George Anderson wed 3 times: first to Miss Anderson, (no children mentioned), second to Miss Lewis (had 1 son: Judge David Lewis Anderson), and third to Molly Saxon. There were 13 children of this third marriage: Charles, Margaret, Judith, James, (moved to Cobb Co., GA), George, William R., (wed Annie Coker and moved to GA), Tabitha, Lewis, John, Molly, Saxon (wed Elizabeth Anderson and moved to Talledega Co, AL), Elizabeth, and Sarah. Andrew Anderson wed Jinny ? and had 5 known children: William (never married), George (never married), Margaret (never married), Joshua, (wed his cousin Margaret Anderson), and James (wed Frances Wait). here is the 1755 lunenburg/ now charlotte co, va will for my andrew rodgers, sr:   425. Rodgers, Andrew 12-18-1755; 7-6-1756; W.B. 1/160: Mentions: Wife: Janet Rodgers (she is called jane in laurens co, sc) Sons: Andrew Rodgers, John Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers, Patrick Rodgers  Daughters: Rebecca Rodgers, Margaret Anderson,  Elizabeth Culbertson, Martha Burnside; Son-in-law: James Burnside. Executors: Janet Rodgers (wife), James Burnside.  Witnesses: David Caldwell, William Cunningham, Wm. Caldwell.   also here is a lunenburg co, va deed showing that james anderson, wife, margaret, lived in this ward's fork/ creek area of lunenburg, now charlotte co, va.   lunenburg co, va deed book 3, page 328, 1753, james anderson of lunenburg co, va to george clarke of same for 110 pds, 440 acres on ward' fork, being part of a larger tract formerly granted by john lidderdale and elizabeth, his wife, to james anderson.  signed:  james anderson, margaret anderson, her mark.  witnesses:  william holt; alexander joyce; john robertson.   in fact, here is the lunenburg co, va deed wherein john lidderdale, etc, sold this land to james anderson.   lunenburg co, va deed book 1, page 304, 1748, alexander spalding, john lidderdale, and samuel gordon, merchants, to james anderson, spalding and lidderdale gave power of attorney, dated feb 6, 1744, to convey land by deed of about 504 acres, part of a tract of 16, 933 acres on ward's fork, which was patented to spalding and lidderdale on feb 4, 1744 and which lot is numbered 27 where the whole tract is divided into 34 lots.  signed:  john lidderdale; andrew spalding.  witnesses:  thomas jones; thomas vernon; james murphey.     to be continued:     belva harris cauthen harris dna group 8---------26910