Greywolf: I just found my notations. Dionysius Sr had a Martha Oliver (b. 1733)who married Thomas Hancock who was murderd by two of his slaves in 1820 in Edgefield, SC. Dionysius Sr had a sister Mary Ann who married Isham Thompson. Sandy --- On Wed, 5/13/09, Graylwolfe@aol.com <Graylwolfe@aol.com> wrote: > From: Graylwolfe@aol.com <Graylwolfe@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [OLIVER] Will of Dionysius Oliver of Edgefield Dist., SC filed 2 Oct 1815 > To: oliver@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 12:32 PM > I think the father of Dionysius > Oliver, Sr., was Capt. Thomas Oliver. He > was a Revolutionary War soldier. > Are you sure that the sister of Dionysius Oliver Sr. was > named Mary Ann? If > so, that is the family for whom I am interested. In my > case, there has been > no male Oliver since Thomas Oliver. I just want to find out > if this family > is the correct family. I am going on the fact that my > gggrandfather had a > brother named Oliver Hancock. > My supposition is that John Hancock and Ann Oliver married > in Petersburg, > VA in the 1760s and soon afterwards moved to SC. They were > in Edgefield > District, SC before John Hancock and son John Hancock, son > Oliver Hancock, and > son James Hancock moved to Talbot County, GA in 1830s. > Also, the widow of the > elder John Hancock's brother Thomas went with them to > Talbot County, GA. I > had not been able to determine who this Ann Oliver is. If > anyone has a clue, > please let me know. Graylwolfe@aol.com > Mary > > > ************** > Recession-proof vacation ideas.  Find free things to > do > in the U.S. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > OLIVER Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/oliver.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OLIVER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >