Marguerite W. Search Marion County site, http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html You will find the list of men serving under Gen. Francis Marion, Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "MWhitley" <mwhitley@coastalnet.com> To: <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:10 PM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup > Hi Dee, > Is there anyway to find out the names of the sharpshooters > who served with Francis Marion, (Swamp Fox) in SC. > I had an ancestor, Soloman Barfield, Rev. War Soldier, > who was a sharpshooter from Duplin Co., some say that > he also served with Francis Marion. Any help would be appreciated. > Marguerite W. > mwhitley@coastalnet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> > To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:35 AM > Subject: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup > > > >Thank heavens you got on the site. I found it grossly inadequate, but at > least a starting point. I wish someone would spearhead a North Carolina (and > South Carolina) site. The people on the Lists that I copied (on that > original e-mail) have a ton of information on plantations that is really > fascinating, not to mention historically beneficial. It might also be a > good reference for researching slave information on these plantations. A > number of the books that I have are indexed by Plantation name and slave > names. > >I got this this morning from the Georgia State Archives - > > > >"The list is a good starting place, but this does not list all the > >plantations in Georgia. Remember that plantations were large farms, and > >property records would show up in the Superior Court of the county. Also, > >there are Slave Schedules in 1850 and 1860 which list the slave owner or > >overseer and enumerate the slaves (with no names). This will give you a > >better picture of slave ownership in Georgia during this time period." > > > >Pamela W. Coleman, Public Programs Coordinator > >State Archives of Georgia > >www.GeorgiaArchives.org > > > >Dee > >For details on sources used, refer to this link: > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Robert Hill > >To: d7777@worldnet.att.net > >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:30 AM > >Subject: Bladen_County_lookup > > > > > >Plantation List for NC. IT is missing two of the largest. (1)Th 22,000 > acre Avirett Plantation with slave-partners in the vicinity of Richlands & > Catharine Lake, NC of Onslow County. John A.Avirett called his house Loch > Katrine Hall Geo Washington ate breakfast there on his Southern Tour.Mr. > Avirett lost a son in the Civil War and another son was a Chaplain. I will > send you an address where you can read thee book his son the chaplain wrote > 6 years after the war. http://docsouth.unc.edu/avirett/avirett.html (2) > Palo Alt, 19,000 acres, dated 1830, owned by D. W. Sanders in Onslow or in > Cartaret next to Onslow. (3) Burns Plantation large also & was next to Palo > Alto. RObt. H. > > > > >