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    1. Re: Love from PA to SC
    2. Janice Devan
    3. Does anyone know the ancestry of my Alexander Love, d. 1784, Yorkville, South Carolina, m. Margaret Moore 06 April 1743? Was he born in County Antrim, Ireland? He was a member of the Provisional Congress of South Carolina in 1775 and had the S.C. district where he lived named York, after his former home in York County, PA. He was a miller, farmer, and legislator. >Andrew (Moore)'s daughter Margaret Moore b. 1719 County Antrim, Ireland, was disowned >from membership in the Society of Friends for outgoing in marriage to >Alexander LOVE. After m. Alexander & Margaret (Moore) LOVE settled in York >Co., Pa, where they resided for some years. He was living there in 1760. He >removed south between that date and 1771, settled on Fishing Creek about 1 >1/2 mi. from present (1897) town of Yorkville, S.C. It was then Craven Co., >S.C., afterwards Craven Co. So.C., then the New Acquisition, now York Co. >S.C. Alexander LOVE became a prominent citizen in his new home. Thank you for any information you can give us! Janice Devan Lemont, PA

    11/04/1997 05:08:24