Thanks,Doris. This is a great site, but just as I thought, Solomon Barfied's service with F. Marion, was a myth. I could find no evidence that he served. Again, many thanks. Marguerite W. -----Original Message----- From: wacmaw <wacmaw@weblnk.net> To: NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com <NCBLADEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2001 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [NCBLADEN-L] Re: Bladen_County_lookup >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. >> > >> > >> >