Marsha, How nice of you to send this, but I didn't mean to send it to this List. I need to pay attention to which button I hit. The reunion for Bush River folks was surely a success; we have a POOL/O'NEAL connection but not in the direct line. I am somewhat familiar with how the land was divided, or not divided, depending on whether they practiced the Law of Primogeniture, or not. Are you speaking of the Great Wagon Road through the middle of VA? Weren't there two main migration "roads" (The Great Wagon...& The Wilderness Road) during a certain period of time from VA-PA and further up in the states? I have a ggg-uncle who has a chapter dedicated to him in the Wilderness Road book, or one of them. His name was Aaron MYERS, a traveling minister. My Grandfather Roscoe C. MYERS was also a minister, my only brother, Harry E. MYERS, a minister...runs in the family. From studies of those families who traveled the Great Wagon Road, I followed some for a school project years ago, most of them Scotch-Irish (Is this a term?). Thanks again, Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:57 AM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Roper in NC > Audrey, I looked through your information and found nothing that I could > contribute to help you in your quest. But I do have a comment on on > settlers all along the Great Wagon Road. When one goes to the Frontier > Culture Museum of Virginia near Staunton, Va, they show you > representative homes from the "old world" of the three predominant kinds > of settlers: > > Germans, Scotch-Irish, and younger sons of the landed gentry of > England. These men would not inherit in the homeland ....so they became > men of the church, military men, or they migrated to where they could > obtain land. > > Here is the website for this wonderful musueum: > http://www.frontiermuseum.org/ > > I can not help but think that this Thomas Roper might have fallen into > the last group named. Marsha Moses > > Audrey E Pool wrote: > >>..... >>ROPER, Thomas (in Virginia 1623), 'of Milden in the County of >>Bedfordshire, >>gent.' " I guess a "gent" or Gentleman was a high compliment during the >>18th century, but you probably know this already. I thought it meant the >>person had land, but guess it has a deeper meaning than that. Audrey >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]sweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Has anyone run across any mention of the Stephens or Clary family in regards to the Bush River Quakers? It would be in the Newberry area. Thanks! Bill Blair Deland, FL _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld

Judy's letter that did such a great job of summing up our weekend has inspired me to make a file to remind myself of just what I really did learn on this weekend. I would like to add to it names and addresses and e-mail addresses of the attendees. But more importantly, I would like to add who is researching which surnames connected to the Newberry/Bush River area. I will start by posting my own information. If you are uncomfortable putting information on such a public forum, would you please e-mail me privately. I remember thinking that I had something to add to several people's queries when we were standing on the porch....but there was so much going on all weekend that I forgot what everyone had said. If you are in touch with others who are not a part of this mail list, would you please forward this to them. Thanks so much. Here is what I said that morning and who I am: Marsha Moses Huntington, WV [email protected] I am "brickwalled" in Newberry County on two of my lines. I am looking at a couple: George and Sarah Thomas McKinsey. I know nothing about where George McKinsey had come from. I suspect that Sarah Thomas McKinsey is descended from the Thomas line that I find at Hopewell MM in northern Virginia in the early to mid 1700's. However, I am a long way from proving that. Sarah died in 1809 and I believe her to have been buried in the Bush River MM cemetery. There are no stones in the cemetery to prove that fact. George moved his family to Warren County, Ohio and lived near Waynesville, Ohio for the rest of his lfe. His children married into Quaker families before and after this move. Other researchers have told me that George and his family moved with: > It was during this period of time that George W. McKinsey, Reason > Raygan (Reagan) and some of the Elmores, came to Warren Co. Ohio One of George's sons married Rebecca Spray. And two other children of George and Sarah married Spray siblings as well. > Rebecca was disowned by the Quaker church May 29, 1813 for marrying > outside the church. > > In a packet at the Warren County Genealogical Society Feb 2000 > .....the outside said Carol Hyland 600 Valley Stream Dr. A1 Naples Fl > 33962 I found a mimeographed sheet that looks like it came from the > Marriage book 1: > > Oct 29 1812 Samuel McKinsey m Rebecca Spray by Thomas Reagan J.P. > (which I interpreted to mean Justice of the Peace) > > > on page 89 Ruby says that Rebecca Spray was the daughter of James and > Naomi Hollinsworth Spray. Rebecca was born 30 Nov. 1793 in South > Carolina and died 2 Oct 1855 (Ruby says that her tombstone is her > source) and is buried beside her husband. Thus I believe that George and his family were NOT Quaker by the time they had moved to Ohio...and perhaps had never been Quaker. I do believe that it is likely that George's wife, Sarah Thomas, had Quaker roots. That is my connection to the Bush River/Newberry area. Marsha Moses

HOMECOMING WEEKEND IN NEWBERRY, MAY 16 - 18, 2008 We've returned from a wonderful weekend in Newberry, having met 50 new "cousins," visited several historic sites, learned about the Great Wagon Road, and had enough good food to last us a long time. We began the weekend on Friday evening as guests of the Newberry Historical and Museum Society at the Gauntt House, the oldest house in Newberry and home of one of our Quaker forebears, James Gauntt. Our thanks go to Randy Berry, this year's president of the Society and to Carol Montgomery who not only prepared all the food, but was our hostess in the house also. Saturday morning we all met at the front porch of the DeWalt House. We introduced ourselves to the group and posed our individual "burning questions" so that others might know what we were particularly looking for and, maybe, have a contribution to our research. Some of our group had never visited the Historic Bush River Cemetery, next stop on our agenda. Others had, but it had been several years. The cemetery is in very good condition, even with the two big trees that fell during last month's tornado. We had a gathering to view the new bench and heard greetings from the John Allen, chairman of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting's Cemetery Committee. John thanked us all for the work we have done in preserving and protecting the Bush River Cemetery. Cassandra Fralix read from Lloyd Timmons's essay on our connections to our ancestors: http://home.swbell.net/koplend/we_are_the_chosen.htm One of our long term goals is to save the interest from the money that we collect for Cemetery maintenance and put those accrued savings toward the purchase of a permanent granite bench. For now, however, our new bench provides a place for contemplation and rest. The bench was purchased by a descendant family and given to our group, so that we have not used any of our Clean Up funds for it. It is situated outside the boundaries of the Cemetery, but with a beautiful view of the whole plot. Next we were off on our Wagon Road adventure, with a drive along Molly's Rock Road which parallels the Great Wagon Road in many places. You'll be able to see the actual road bed in some of the photos which Marsha Moses uploaded for us at: http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 Lunch at the Pavilion at Molly's Rock Park was in a perfect setting. Afterwards, our group split up as some of us continued to Rose Hill Plantation in Union County and others did research or visited other historic sites. As we drove through the Sumpter National Forest, we saw other remnants of the Wagon Road. After Rose Hill our group traveled about 2 miles to visit Padgett's Creek Quaker Cemetery near Sedalia in Union County. Barnett Warren, Mike Becknell, and Park Ranger Charles Barreras spoke to our group there. Our Quaker ancestors in this area were Smiths, Edmundsons, and Pearsons. Then some of us ( still not having seen enough cemeteries!) went on to find the Pearson Cemetery nearby. Saturday night's banquet was at the upstairs room of Steven W's restaurant in Newberry, which was a perfect size for our group. We had a fabulous presentation by three of our group who had researched and photographed various portions of the Wagon Road. Thank you so much to Nancy Magnuson, Marsha Moses, and Sue Wyatt. Marsha was inspired to buy and bring some video equipment which she learned to use in one hour so that she could present the group's slides to us. Sunday morning we had a special pleasure. Several of our group represented various Friends Meetings in South Carolina. Grace Gifford, Gita Larson, and Alice Wald conducted a Meeting for us on the side porch of the DeWalt House. The setting was perfect and, as we meditated on the lives of our Quaker ancestors and how they have affected us today, we were surrounded by the sounds of birds and church bells in the distance. Sharon Shaw, our hostess at the DeWalt House had prepared a wonderful continental breakfast on Sunday for us. We also had her fabulous cookies and snacks throughout the weekend. Your Homecoming Committee (Ann Crowley, Judy Russell, and Susan Webber) had a great time working on this project. We have feedback from our attendees with lots of great ideas for coming events. We also welcome comments and questions from our listserv group. We'd be interested in hearing, especially, what some of the others did who forged out on their own for research and fun. We were fortunate to be blessed with perfect weather, but as we know from past gatherings, a little adversity doesn't bother us, especially now that we know a little more about what our Quaker ancestors must have endured to get to Newberry. We especially thank Ernest Shealy and Jim Clamp, our local experts who traveled with us and answered our many questions. Judy's photos, going from last taken to earliest are at: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=p9y17kv.cp4cp5ln&x=0&h=1&y=p3kdo7&localeid=en_US HOMECOMING MATERIALS We have extra packets of all of our Homecoming materials: handouts, registration lists, maps, and pamphlets. Write to me at [email protected] if you are interested. There is a small cost involved to cover printing and mailing expenses.

Thanks for the info Sue. It sure is funny how a ditch or gully can be so facsinating huh? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > Hi, Steve - > So sorry you had to miss the Homecoming - it was WONDERFUL! A couple of > PEARSON cousins attended, and would have loved to meet you. > > Regarding the road, Mr. Shealy told us that the Road never was more than > a trail, and that even at the time of our ancestors it was more like > what we would call a ditch. Rain and weather tend to even out bumps and > hollows, so my guess is that the path was once even more of a ditch than > it is now. I think Marsha's photos capture the spirit of the Road > pretty accurately. > > I am anxious to verify with Mr. Shealy as to whether the road by Molly's > Rock Park was the Great Wagon Road or the Buncombe Road. The Great > Wagon Road was the way most travelers arrived at Newberry, while the > Buncombe Road tended to be the way they departed for points further > west. Either way, our people probably walked this road. > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > ZC Sterling > Cash Processing Dept > Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 > Fax (866)667-3450 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve > Pearson > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > Hey Sue, > > Steve Pearson here. I was not able to make this reunion, but did attend > the > last "cleanup" get together. Whe I was looking at those pictures of the > gully, I did not know what it was but thought about the possibility of a > > road. Do you suppose back then it was a bit wider and not a gully like > that? > You'd think in rainy weather it be flooded? Also was this the road the > Quakers took when they migrated north from Newberry? > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > >> When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha >> and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was > indeed >> the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a >> way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you >> are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a > tremendous >> sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our >> ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very >> exciting! >> >> Thanks, >> Sue Wyatt >> ZC Sterling >> Cash Processing Dept >> Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 >> Fax (866)667-3450 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith > F. >> Russell >> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 >> >> Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> >> To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 >> >> >>> For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a >> great >>> success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the > entire >> >>> event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as >>> time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their >> hard >>> work. >>> >>> I have put a few photos at the following site: >>> >>> >> > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 >>> >>> Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as > if >> >>> someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the > Great >> >>> Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if >> anyone >>> would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail > transmission is >> intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or > entity >> to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged > or >> otherwise confidential. 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Audrey, I looked through your information and found nothing that I could contribute to help you in your quest. But I do have a comment on on settlers all along the Great Wagon Road. When one goes to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia near Staunton, Va, they show you representative homes from the "old world" of the three predominant kinds of settlers: Germans, Scotch-Irish, and younger sons of the landed gentry of England. These men would not inherit in the homeland ....so they became men of the church, military men, or they migrated to where they could obtain land. Here is the website for this wonderful musueum: http://www.frontiermuseum.org/ I can not help but think that this Thomas Roper might have fallen into the last group named. Marsha Moses Audrey E Pool wrote: >..... >ROPER, Thomas (in Virginia 1623), 'of Milden in the County of Bedfordshire, >gent.' " I guess a "gent" or Gentleman was a high compliment during the >18th century, but you probably know this already. I thought it meant the >person had land, but guess it has a deeper meaning than that. Audrey > > > >

Hi, Steve - So sorry you had to miss the Homecoming - it was WONDERFUL! A couple of PEARSON cousins attended, and would have loved to meet you. Regarding the road, Mr. Shealy told us that the Road never was more than a trail, and that even at the time of our ancestors it was more like what we would call a ditch. Rain and weather tend to even out bumps and hollows, so my guess is that the path was once even more of a ditch than it is now. I think Marsha's photos capture the spirit of the Road pretty accurately. I am anxious to verify with Mr. Shealy as to whether the road by Molly's Rock Park was the Great Wagon Road or the Buncombe Road. The Great Wagon Road was the way most travelers arrived at Newberry, while the Buncombe Road tended to be the way they departed for points further west. Either way, our people probably walked this road. Thanks, Sue Wyatt ZC Sterling Cash Processing Dept Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 Fax (866)667-3450 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Pearson Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 Hey Sue, Steve Pearson here. I was not able to make this reunion, but did attend the last "cleanup" get together. Whe I was looking at those pictures of the gully, I did not know what it was but thought about the possibility of a road. Do you suppose back then it was a bit wider and not a gully like that? You'd think in rainy weather it be flooded? Also was this the road the Quakers took when they migrated north from Newberry? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha > and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed > the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a > way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you > are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous > sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our > ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very > exciting! > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > ZC Sterling > Cash Processing Dept > Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 > Fax (866)667-3450 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. > Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> > To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > >> For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a > great >> success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > >> event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as >> time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their > hard >> work. >> >> I have put a few photos at the following site: >> >> > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 >> >> Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > >> someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > >> Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if > anyone >> would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is > intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity > to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or > otherwise confidential. 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John ROPER is mentioned several times between 1745 and 1760s either in Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Granville Co, NC, Halifax and Edgecombe Counties, NC. No wills in any of my books, and I have will books for all of these counties/states. He must be the patriarch of the ROPER families because there aren't any in the area old enough to be those younger men's father. That is, none in Southside VA and the above mentioned NC counties. It is interesting a John ROPER is on a Tax List in Granville, 1757, Samuel HENDERSON List... SIMS-SEARCY-SIMS-MITCHELL-HICKS-RARDON-Moses QUARLES-Valentine WHITE-Fra. MABRY-Absalom LANGSTON-Thomas MORRIS-Tho. LISLES-NEWTON- etc. More Southside families. John ROPER is mentioned in Early Settler of Mecklenburg..."being the plantation and land where John ROPER formerly lived, 100 acres on north side of Roanoke River..." This is on a deed for James COLEMAN, Deed Book 1, Page 239, 1747. Sorry I couldn't find a will, but will keep in mind he may have left one somewhere other than where I looked. The following may be the immigrant. Source: Some Emigrants to Virginia, Second Edition, compiled by W. G. STANARD ROPER, Thomas (in Virginia 1623), 'of Milden in the County of Bedfordshire, gent.' " I guess a "gent" or Gentleman was a high compliment during the 18th century, but you probably know this already. I thought it meant the person had land, but guess it has a deeper meaning than that. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Shealy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Wagon Road Question > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hey Sue, Steve Pearson here. I was not able to make this reunion, but did attend the last "cleanup" get together. Whe I was looking at those pictures of the gully, I did not know what it was but thought about the possibility of a road. Do you suppose back then it was a bit wider and not a gully like that? You'd think in rainy weather it be flooded? Also was this the road the Quakers took when they migrated north from Newberry? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha > and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed > the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a > way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you > are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous > sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our > ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very > exciting! > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > ZC Sterling > Cash Processing Dept > Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 > Fax (866)667-3450 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. > Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> > To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > >> For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a > great >> success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > >> event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as >> time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their > hard >> work. >> >> I have put a few photos at the following site: >> >> > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 >> >> Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > >> someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > >> Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if > anyone >> would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is > intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity > to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or > otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, > or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate > state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail > transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying > or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by > telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank > you for your cooperation. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Whether the shots are from the Great Wagon Road or the Old Buncombe Road, they are really wonderful photos. Wasn't it amazing (once we entered the forest on the way to Molly's Rock park) that you could actually see the depressions of the road our ancestors traveled just alongside the gravel road we were traveling Saturday? Thanks for sharing this remarkable event. ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:06:37 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Wagon Road Question jr. I added a map to the picasa site to show you approximately where we were when we took the photos of the Great Wagon Road. I had tried to get them figured out fast enough to add them to our slideshow Saturday night. Unfortunately the ones on my camera weren't great...If I had just thought that evening to look at the ones that I took with my phone....who would have figured that? It was near Molly's Rock park alongside the gravel road that we travelled. Really quite near the park. hmmmmmm.....you know I think that Ernest actually told us that the road was the Buncomb road....so perhaps these shots are the Buncomb road that perhaps were the road that our ancestors travelled LEAVING Newberry rather than the Great Wagon Road that they used coming INTO Newberry....that leaves us a project for the next time we go to Newberry, huh? Marsha Judith F. Russell wrote: >Susan: where exactly did you take the photo? Near Molly's Rock road or up >in Union Co? thanks, jr >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM >Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > > > >>When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha >>and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed >>the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a >>way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you >>are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous >>sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our >>ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very >>exciting! >> >>Thanks, >>Sue Wyatt >>ZC Sterling >>Cash Processing Dept >>Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 >>Fax (866)667-3450 >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi again folks...this method of logging in seems to be working fine for most of our members. If it is not working for you...please don't try to change the password, just let me know and I'll try to find a way to let you see the photos. Remember...you are already signed up as a member called "Welcome Guest," so you don't have to do any set up things. Just look for the blocks that say "Members sign in here." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 2:44 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Photos of 2008 Homecoming > I've uploaded some of my Bush River Homecoming photos to our myfamily.com > Quaker web site. Some of you are already members of this password > protected > site. > > For others, I've created a generic membership which I hope will work for > all > of us. > > 1. go to www.myfamily.com > > 2. look to the left where it says "members log in here." > > 3. For Username type in Welcome50 (need the capital W) > > 4. for Password type in welcome > > 5. click on secure login > > > my photos are in an album called Bush River Reunion 2008. I'm not sure > whether more than one person at a time can log in with this same > password...we'll see what happens. > > Other people's photos would be welcome, too. Just follow the directions. > to upload. > > judyr > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.20/1453 - Release Date: > 5/18/2008 9:31 AM > >

This was taken near Molly's Rock. Mr. Shealy told me it was part of the Great Wagon Road, but we will verify that with him ASAP. Thanks, Sue Wyatt ZC Sterling Cash Processing Dept Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 Fax (866)667-3450 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. Russell Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Wagon Road Question Susan: where exactly did you take the photo? Near Molly's Rock road or up in Union Co? thanks, jr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha > and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed > the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a > way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you > are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous > sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our > ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very > exciting! > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > ZC Sterling > Cash Processing Dept > Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 > Fax (866)667-3450 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. > Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> > To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > >> For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a > great >> success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > >> event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as >> time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their > hard >> work. >> >> I have put a few photos at the following site: >> >> > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 >> >> Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > >> someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > >> Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if > anyone >> would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is > intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity > to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or > otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, > or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate > state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail > transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying > or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by > telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank > you for your cooperation. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1456 - Release Date: > 5/20/2008 6:45 AM > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank you for your cooperation.

jr. I added a map to the picasa site to show you approximately where we were when we took the photos of the Great Wagon Road. I had tried to get them figured out fast enough to add them to our slideshow Saturday night. Unfortunately the ones on my camera weren't great...If I had just thought that evening to look at the ones that I took with my phone....who would have figured that? It was near Molly's Rock park alongside the gravel road that we travelled. Really quite near the park. hmmmmmm.....you know I think that Ernest actually told us that the road was the Buncomb road....so perhaps these shots are the Buncomb road that perhaps were the road that our ancestors travelled LEAVING Newberry rather than the Great Wagon Road that they used coming INTO Newberry....that leaves us a project for the next time we go to Newberry, huh? Marsha Judith F. Russell wrote: >Susan: where exactly did you take the photo? Near Molly's Rock road or up >in Union Co? thanks, jr >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM >Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > > > >>When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha >>and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed >>the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a >>way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you >>are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous >>sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our >>ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very >>exciting! >> >>Thanks, >>Sue Wyatt >>ZC Sterling >>Cash Processing Dept >>Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 >>Fax (866)667-3450 >> >> >> >> > >

I'll try to get Ernest to look at the photos and give us his opinion so that we are a bit more sure that Sue and I are assuming correctly. I think that I forgot to mention that the photos are of the Great Wagon Road near NEWBERRY. I'll see if I can add the map to the picasa site that shows the general area where Sue and I took the photos. Marsha [email protected] wrote: > >In a message dated 5/19/2008 8:35:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > >http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 > > > >Great pics!! I wondered if the gully looking place might not have been part >of the wagon road. Thanks for posting these for those of us who couldn't be >there. > >Burnis Argo > > > > > >

Susan: where exactly did you take the photo? Near Molly's Rock road or up in Union Co? thanks, jr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha > and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed > the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a > way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you > are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous > sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our > ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very > exciting! > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > ZC Sterling > Cash Processing Dept > Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 > Fax (866)667-3450 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. > Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> > To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > > >> For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a > great >> success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > >> event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as >> time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their > hard >> work. >> >> I have put a few photos at the following site: >> >> > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 >> >> Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > >> someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > >> Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if > anyone >> would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is > intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity > to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or > otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, > or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate > state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail > transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying > or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by > telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank > you for your cooperation. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1456 - Release Date: > 5/20/2008 6:45 AM > >

When I described to Ernest Shealy (our on-site historian) what Marsha and I had seen in the woods, he agreed that the gully we saw was indeed the Great Wagon Road. This remainder of the Road goes on for quite a way and is amazingly well preserved. When you are standing in it, you are sheltered from view of the modern road so that you get a tremendous sense of "being there" - a sense of sharing a little of what our ancestors experienced as they travelled to their new home. Very exciting! Thanks, Sue Wyatt ZC Sterling Cash Processing Dept Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 Fax (866)667-3450 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. Russell Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a great > success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as > time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their hard > work. > > I have put a few photos at the following site: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 > > Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if anyone > would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank you for your cooperation.

Terrific photos! Thanks so much! Thanks, Sue Wyatt ZC Sterling Cash Processing Dept Direct Dial (919) 297-3599 Fax (866)667-3450 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 In a message dated 5/19/2008 8:35:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 Great pics!! I wondered if the gully looking place might not have been part of the wagon road. Thanks for posting these for those of us who couldn't be there. Burnis Argo **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could violate state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. Thank you for your cooperation.

Fabulous shots of the Great Wagon Road! thank you, Marsha! ----- Original Message ----- From: "marsha moses" <[email protected]> To: "bush river mail list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 9:33 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Homecoming 2008 > For anyone who has not heard, the 2008 Bush River Homecoming was a great > success. Judy, Ann, and Susan did an amazing job of making the entire > event unforgettable. I am sure that each of you will hear details as > time goes by. Thanks to our wonderful Reunion committee for their hard > work. > > I have put a few photos at the following site: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/marshamoses47/BushRiverHomecoming2008?pli=1 > > Susan Wyatt and I believe that the gully in the photos that look as if > someone took shots in the middle of a forest are remnants of the Great > Wagon Road. I think that I can add other photos to this site if anyone > would like to e-mail me a few photos to add. Marsha Moses