This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARRETT, DEAN, STUART/STEWART, DICKEY, TAYLOR, SCROGGS, SIMPSON, WILSON, COMBS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VZB.2ACI/200 Message Board Post: Researching the following families of Highland Co. and Ross Co., Ohio of the early 1800's who intermarried. They came mostly from Penn. and SC. The families are William and Margaret ROSS GARRETT of Abbeville, SC, Abraham and Sarah STUART DEAN of Cumberland Co/Juniata Co., PA. Their children married into the STRAIN, PATTERSON, DEAN, ANDERSON, BAIRD, GARRETT, DICKEY, TAYLOR, SCROGGS SIMPSON and WILSON families of Ohio. Margaret ROSS is the daughter of William and Martha ELLIS ROSS who came from N. IRE. to Abbeville, SC in 1767 aboard "The Earl of Hillsborough". Sarah STUART is the daughter of William and Elizabeth WILSON STUART. Her father came to PA from Newry, N. IRE with his family in 1752 aboard the "Happy Return". Elizabeth WILSON's parentage is unknown, though it is known that she was born near Philadelphia, PA. William GARRETT's widowed mother, Rebecca, married James MCCONNEL of Abbeville, SC Their daughter, Jane, married Job COMBS of the Highland Co./Ross Co. area. T! heir children eventually lived in Allen Co. and Auglaize Co., OH Any information appreciated.