Researchers, I see all the e-mail on the McMurry name and one has mentioned Crab Orchard in Lincoln Co.,KY. "My" McMerty line came from Ireland (this is what it shows in 2 different books of Newberry Co.,SC), and settled in the Newberry Co. area of SC. William McMerty, b.abt 1750 in Ireland and wife Mary Puckett came to SC in the 1770's and settled in Newberry Co. They had 6 children and one girl, Susannah (born 1767 in Ireland) married William Hadder Hall (1765-abt 1801) in 1790 in Newberry Co. An old family letter says "....Grandfather Hall came from England to South Carolina. His name was William Hall. Married a girl by the name of Susannah McMertery. She came from Irland in her 14 year of her age and settled in teh south Carolina, I rember but little of them..." In 1801 William Hall moved from SC to Pulaski Co.,KY. William and Susannah had a girl, Susannah Hall (Nov.26,1791-1876) that married Asa Roy on May 6,1809 in Pulaski Co., KY. This is next to Lincoln Co.,KY and near Crab Orchard. I have a lot of info on the Roys of the area, but was looking for more info on the McMerty of this area. Some of the McMertys that lived in the Newberry Co.,SC area, moved with William into KY around 1801. Leonard Roy, son of Asa Roy, transcribed this letter in 1892. Any relatives out there? Tim Tim Mattingly gtm.3@insightbb.com For my genealogy data, see: http://www.gencircles.com/users/gurney3 then click on: Mattingly/Chapman ancestors for other genealogy data see: http://www.gencircles.com/