Judith, Have visit to grendkids in Belgum over April 1st. Will be able to conferm Bush River Work/Visit after that. john kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]>; "Pearson Descendant Discussion List" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 1:36 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Bush River Quaker Cemetery Newsletter:January 2008 > Hello to our Bush River Quakers descendants and friends -- I wish you a > happy and healthy New Year! > > BUSH RIVER HOMECOMING SET FOR NEWBERRY, SC, MAY 16 - 18 > > Your Homecoming Planning Committee (Ann Crowley, Judy Russell, Susan Webber) > is getting ready to start the detailed planning for the Bush River > Homecoming set for Friday through Sunday, May 16th - 18th, 2008. We'll be > sending out email registration forms, probably, in February. Please let the > committee know if you want to help or if you have ideas for us to consider. > > Several groups have written that have already made reservations at the > Newberry Hampton Inn Opera House because it is downtown and convenient to > the shops and restaurants, but there are several other options from which to > chose. See the Newberry webpage at: > http://hotel-guides.us/south-carolina/newberry-sc-hotels.html > > Besides a visit to the Cemetery and a good deal of time for information > swapping and getting acquainted, we have tentative plans to visit the some > nearby remnants of the Great Wagon Road on which many of our ancestors > traveled from the North and East to Newberry. Some folks have mentioned > making a visit to the Revolutionary Star Fort at Ninety Six, South Carolina > (about 35 miles away) -- a wonderful and well maintained National Historic > Site. See: http://www.nps.gov/nisi/ And there are others who never > visit Newberry without also stopping at the world-famous Carter and Holmes > Orchid Nursery, about a mile or so from the Cemetery: > http://www.carterandholmes.com/map.html. The Nursery sits, I think, on land > earlier held by some of our Quaker families. > > We will be planning for a group dinner on Saturday, May 17th, so please, > locals and visitors, put that on your calendar, specifically. > > MAINTENANCE CONTINUES > > We continue to have the maintenance of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery done > by Mr. James Folk and his Newberry Landscape Company. He has done a great > job through the years and is always interested in feedback, so if you visit > the Cemetery and see something that needs to be taken care of, please let me > know. I live 100 miles away, so I need eyes "on the ground" whenever > possible. > > GENTLE REMINDER > > Several of our group made long-term pledges for the support of our work > asked me (really!) for a gentle reminder each January that it is time to > send donations to: > Quaker Cemetery Clean Up Fund > c/o J. Russell > 1051 Forrest Hills Drive > Bogart, Georgia, 30622 > > For those of you who are new to our newsletter, I should say that, for the > last 5 years our group has raised money through donations and through sales > of our "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery" book, to keep the Cemetery in > good shape so that it can be visited any day of the year. No more > summer-time jungle of briars and saplings! We are just the latest of many > groups which have taken on this project through the years, but now we have > such great electronic communications that is possible to keep in touch and > let everyone know what is going on and what needs to be done. We welcome > donations, large or small. > > NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING DONATION > Speaking of donations, I would like to gratefully acknowledge a generous > gift to support our work from the Cemetery Committee of the North Carolina > Yearly Meeting of Friends. Through the years this Committee has been very > interested and supportive of our work. We are very thankful for their > continued help! > > CEMETERY BOOKS: Our original printings are sold out, but I've made > arrangements with a local printer to do "print on demand" copies of our > "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery Book." Let me know if you would like > to purchase a book for yourself or for a library and I can send you the > details of purchase and also our list of Libraries which already have > copies. > > Finally, PLEASE SEND this email to your friends who may not be subscribers. > I hope you will encourage those who are not subscribers to join us. They > should send an email to [email protected] with > the word subscribe in both the subject line and in the body of > the email. > > Best wishes, > Judy Russell > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

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Hello to our Bush River Quakers descendants and friends -- I wish you a happy and healthy New Year! BUSH RIVER HOMECOMING SET FOR NEWBERRY, SC, MAY 16 - 18 Your Homecoming Planning Committee (Ann Crowley, Judy Russell, Susan Webber) is getting ready to start the detailed planning for the Bush River Homecoming set for Friday through Sunday, May 16th - 18th, 2008. We'll be sending out email registration forms, probably, in February. Please let the committee know if you want to help or if you have ideas for us to consider. Several groups have written that have already made reservations at the Newberry Hampton Inn Opera House because it is downtown and convenient to the shops and restaurants, but there are several other options from which to chose. See the Newberry webpage at: http://hotel-guides.us/south-carolina/newberry-sc-hotels.html Besides a visit to the Cemetery and a good deal of time for information swapping and getting acquainted, we have tentative plans to visit the some nearby remnants of the Great Wagon Road on which many of our ancestors traveled from the North and East to Newberry. Some folks have mentioned making a visit to the Revolutionary Star Fort at Ninety Six, South Carolina (about 35 miles away) -- a wonderful and well maintained National Historic Site. See: http://www.nps.gov/nisi/ And there are others who never visit Newberry without also stopping at the world-famous Carter and Holmes Orchid Nursery, about a mile or so from the Cemetery: http://www.carterandholmes.com/map.html. The Nursery sits, I think, on land earlier held by some of our Quaker families. We will be planning for a group dinner on Saturday, May 17th, so please, locals and visitors, put that on your calendar, specifically. MAINTENANCE CONTINUES We continue to have the maintenance of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery done by Mr. James Folk and his Newberry Landscape Company. He has done a great job through the years and is always interested in feedback, so if you visit the Cemetery and see something that needs to be taken care of, please let me know. I live 100 miles away, so I need eyes "on the ground" whenever possible. GENTLE REMINDER Several of our group made long-term pledges for the support of our work asked me (really!) for a gentle reminder each January that it is time to send donations to: Quaker Cemetery Clean Up Fund c/o J. Russell 1051 Forrest Hills Drive Bogart, Georgia, 30622 For those of you who are new to our newsletter, I should say that, for the last 5 years our group has raised money through donations and through sales of our "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery" book, to keep the Cemetery in good shape so that it can be visited any day of the year. No more summer-time jungle of briars and saplings! We are just the latest of many groups which have taken on this project through the years, but now we have such great electronic communications that is possible to keep in touch and let everyone know what is going on and what needs to be done. We welcome donations, large or small. NORTH CAROLINA YEARLY MEETING DONATION Speaking of donations, I would like to gratefully acknowledge a generous gift to support our work from the Cemetery Committee of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends. Through the years this Committee has been very interested and supportive of our work. We are very thankful for their continued help! CEMETERY BOOKS: Our original printings are sold out, but I've made arrangements with a local printer to do "print on demand" copies of our "Historic Bush River Quaker Cemetery Book." Let me know if you would like to purchase a book for yourself or for a library and I can send you the details of purchase and also our list of Libraries which already have copies. Finally, PLEASE SEND this email to your friends who may not be subscribers. I hope you will encourage those who are not subscribers to join us. They should send an email to [email protected] with the word subscribe in both the subject line and in the body of the email. Best wishes, Judy Russell

We'll be coming from Baltimore, but swinging west to pick up a cousin in Franklin NC. We've traveled parts of the road in Maryland and Virginia so I might be able to find some pictures to contribute to the slide show. --Nancy Magnuson -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > The slideshow is a terrific idea! My husband and I are coming from > North Carolina - we could perhaps meet the "wagon train" at some point > in North Carolina and complete the trip with those coming from further > north. Where would be a good place to meet? > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marsha > moses > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road > > That is a good idea......I have pretty good software to make a slideshow > > if we have photos....that would be fun. marsha > > [email protected] wrote: > > >If the Great Wagon Road trip happens sure hope those who go take plenty > of > >pictures to show those of us who can't make it! > > > >Burnis Argo > > > > > > > >**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > >products. > >(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000300000000 > 01) > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

The slideshow is a terrific idea! My husband and I are coming from North Carolina - we could perhaps meet the "wagon train" at some point in North Carolina and complete the trip with those coming from further north. Where would be a good place to meet? Thanks, Sue Wyatt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of marsha moses Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road That is a good idea......I have pretty good software to make a slideshow if we have photos....that would be fun. marsha [email protected] wrote: >If the Great Wagon Road trip happens sure hope those who go take plenty of >pictures to show those of us who can't make it! > >Burnis Argo > > > >**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest >products. >(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000300000000 01) > >------------------------------- >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 > > > ------------------------------- 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.

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Thanks Harriet Once again for the valuable information. You are my favorite encyclopedia! Pam Johnson Orangeburg, SC **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

I enjoy finding out where ancestors lived and who their neighbors were. Many of the early records for plats, grants, Memorials and deeds are indexed by the SC Dept. of Archives and History at www.archivesindex.sc.gov. Maybe that will tell you that your Quaker ancestor got a grant in 1765 on "Palmetto Branch Creek" or "Scotch Creek" of the Bush River. So where is that, in relation to the cemetery? A plat-map for Newberry District Dutch Fork compiled by Dr. Carl Nichols is described at http://dutchforkchapter.org, click on Chapter Publications. The plat-map shows the cemetery at the far southwestern edge, because it covers Newberry properties east and north of the Bush River. You'd need to contact the Dutch Fork society to find out if copies are still available, and if the cost is still $12 plus $2.40 S&H. Most (but not all) of the Bush River Quakers lived in the region covered by the plat-map, and their lands--including plat, sale and purchase dates--are marked on it. How do you find out if your ancestors were included in the records of the Bush River Monthly Meeting? One source is Silas Emmett Lucas Jr. (Ed.), Quakers in South Carolina: Wateree and Bush River, Cane Creek, Piney Grove and Charleston Meetings (Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1991). It includes a summary of the Hinshaw entries for SC. It is no longer in print, but probably available in libraries or via used-book sites. Some of the Bush River MM members lived south and west of the Bush River (or owned lands on both sides), so are not marked on the Nichols plat-map. The plat-maps for those lands are in Jesse Hogan Motes III & Margaret Peckham Motes, Laurens and Newberry Counties South Carolina: Saluda and Little River Settlements 1749-1775 (Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1994). I located a copy a couple of years ago, so there are probably some of them still on the market. If you're planning to attend the reunion and you also like maps (as I do), you can use the SCDAH search-engine to find out where your families lived, then locate the plat-maps--different references, depending on which side of the Bush River. Those will tell you which county road will take you to which creek, and roughly how far to drive before you get to the "old home place." Harriet Imrey

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That is a good idea......I have pretty good software to make a slideshow if we have photos....that would be fun. marsha [email protected] wrote: >If the Great Wagon Road trip happens sure hope those who go take plenty of >pictures to show those of us who can't make it! > >Burnis Argo > > > >**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest >products. >(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

> mapquest has the distance from Newberry to Ninety Six SC, location of the > Star Fort, as 28 miles...This is a wonderful Revolutionary Fort, small and > quiet, with nice interpretive signs and and good book store. jr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gayle Miller" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:54 AM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road > > >>I too am very interested in the possibility of visiting this area while >> attending the homecoming in Newberry in May. There will be some of us >> coming from the south that will not have the opportunity to travel down >> to >> Newberry along The Great Wagon Road so sure hope this activity will be >> considered by the planning committee. >> I have two lines. Am a descendant of Daniel & Cassandra (Prather) >> Williams >> of Newberry Co. My husband and I will be attending with the Williams >> descendants. Am also a descendant of the Col. John Thomas line. Judith >> mentioned Star Fort at Ninety Six, SC. Excellent suggestion! Col. John >> Thomas and two of his sons were imprisoned at 96th and Charleston. Would >> really like to be able to visit Star Fort and the battlefield while in >> the >> area. >> Happy Thanksgiving! >> Gayle (Williams) Miller >> Plantation, FL >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> >> To: "Ernest O.Shealy" <[email protected]>; >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:41 AM >> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road >> >

mapquest has the distance from Newberry to Ninety Six SC, location of the Star Fort, as 28 miles...This is a wonderful Revolutionary Fort, small and quiet, with nice interpretive signs and and good book store. jr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:54 AM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road >I too am very interested in the possibility of visiting this area while > attending the homecoming in Newberry in May. There will be some of us > coming from the south that will not have the opportunity to travel down to > Newberry along The Great Wagon Road so sure hope this activity will be > considered by the planning committee. > I have two lines. Am a descendant of Daniel & Cassandra (Prather) > Williams > of Newberry Co. My husband and I will be attending with the Williams > descendants. Am also a descendant of the Col. John Thomas line. Judith > mentioned Star Fort at Ninety Six, SC. Excellent suggestion! Col. John > Thomas and two of his sons were imprisoned at 96th and Charleston. Would > really like to be able to visit Star Fort and the battlefield while in the > area. > Happy Thanksgiving! > Gayle (Williams) Miller > Plantation, FL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > To: "Ernest O.Shealy" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:41 AM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road >

Dear Ms. Miller: In your Williams research, have you found a "Cor. Williams"? I don't know what the "Cor." is short for (possibly Cornelius). He would have been alive and in Newberry in the 1820's. I believe he married one of my Blair's, Catherine Blair, widow of David Blair. Bill Blair Deland, FL > From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:54:16 -0500> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road> > I too am very interested in the possibility of visiting this area while > attending the homecoming in Newberry in May. There will be some of us > coming from the south that will not have the opportunity to travel down to > Newberry along The Great Wagon Road so sure hope this activity will be > considered by the planning committee.> I have two lines. Am a descendant of Daniel & Cassandra (Prather) Williams > of Newberry Co. My husband and I will be attending with the Williams > descendants. Am also a descendant of the Col. John Thomas line. Judith > mentioned Star Fort at Ninety Six, SC. Excellent suggestion! Col. John > Thomas and two of his sons were imprisoned at 96th and Charleston. Would > really like to be able to visit Star Fort and the battlefield while in the > area.> Happy Thanksgiving!> Gayle (Williams) Miller> Plantation, FL> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]>> To: "Ernest O.Shealy" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:41 AM> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road> > > > Any chance we could include a visit to this area during the reunion?> >> > Thanks,> > Sue Wyatt> > North Carolina> >> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ernest> > O.Shealy> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:55 AM> > To: [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road> >> > Hi! A question was raised about the Great Wagon Road a.k.a. the> > Wilderness> > Road from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia to South Carolina. The> > best> > preserved section in Newberry County is along Molly's Rock Road between> > Molly's Rock Park and Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road. This section closely> > parallels the road trace which is usually visible on either side of the> > present road bed. The trail is also known as the Old Buncombe Road and> > roughly follows US Hwy 176 through Union and Newberry Counties. Ernest> > Shealy> >> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]>> > To: <[email protected]>> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:13 AM> > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road> >> >> >> A list member asks: are there any parts of the "Great Wagon Road"> > that> > are marked near Newberry?> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++> >>> >>> >> hi Judy, One thing I'm interested in is the Great Wagon Road, which> > is> > the migration path my folks would have taken from Maryland to Newberry> > (it> > ran from Philadelphia to Augusta). I don't know if there's any part of> > the> > road near Newberry that is marked, but am doing some checking around to> > see> > if that could be a possible activity [for the Bush River> > omecoming]. --Nancy> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> 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> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -------------------------------> > 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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> It sounds as if we'll be able to at least plan a visit to the portion of > the Wagon Road that Ernest Shealey wrote about: > > ++++++++++++++++++++ > The best preserved section in Newberry County is along Molly's Rock Road > between Molly's Rock Park and Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road. This section > closely > parallels the road trace which is usually visible on either side of the > present road bed. The trail is also known as the Old Buncombe Road and > roughly follows US Hwy 176 through Union and Newberry Counties. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I can guarantee there will be photos! We are all reading up on our > "Wagon Road" references...I have the Rouse book, but there are undoubtedly > some others that people want to recommend. > > What a good idea! JudyR > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:30 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road > > >> If the Great Wagon Road trip happens sure hope those who go take plenty >> of >> pictures to show those of us who can't make it! >> >> Burnis Argo >> >> >> >> **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's >> hottest >> products. >> (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: >> 11/21/2007 10:01 AM >> >> >

It sounds as if we'll be able to at least plan a visit to the portion of the Wagon Road that Ernest Shealey wrote about: ++++++++++++++++++++ The best preserved section in Newberry County is along Molly's Rock Road between Molly's Rock Park and Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road. This section closely parallels the road trace which is usually visible on either side of the present road bed. The trail is also known as the Old Buncombe Road and roughly follows US Hwy 176 through Union and Newberry Counties. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ I can guarantee there will be photos! We are all reading up on our "Wagon Road" references...I have the Rouse book, but there are undoubtedly some others that people want to recommend. What a good idea! JudyR ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fw: The Great Wagon Road > If the Great Wagon Road trip happens sure hope those who go take plenty of > pictures to show those of us who can't make it! > > Burnis Argo > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: > 11/21/2007 10:01 AM > >

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I too am very interested in the possibility of visiting this area while attending the homecoming in Newberry in May. There will be some of us coming from the south that will not have the opportunity to travel down to Newberry along The Great Wagon Road so sure hope this activity will be considered by the planning committee. I have two lines. Am a descendant of Daniel & Cassandra (Prather) Williams of Newberry Co. My husband and I will be attending with the Williams descendants. Am also a descendant of the Col. John Thomas line. Judith mentioned Star Fort at Ninety Six, SC. Excellent suggestion! Col. John Thomas and two of his sons were imprisoned at 96th and Charleston. Would really like to be able to visit Star Fort and the battlefield while in the area. Happy Thanksgiving! Gayle (Williams) Miller Plantation, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> To: "Ernest O.Shealy" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road > Any chance we could include a visit to this area during the reunion? > > Thanks, > Sue Wyatt > North Carolina > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ernest > O.Shealy > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road > > Hi! A question was raised about the Great Wagon Road a.k.a. the > Wilderness > Road from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia to South Carolina. The > best > preserved section in Newberry County is along Molly's Rock Road between > Molly's Rock Park and Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road. This section closely > parallels the road trace which is usually visible on either side of the > present road bed. The trail is also known as the Old Buncombe Road and > roughly follows US Hwy 176 through Union and Newberry Counties. Ernest > Shealy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judith F. Russell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:13 AM > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road > > >> A list member asks: are there any parts of the "Great Wagon Road" > that > are marked near Newberry? >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> hi Judy, One thing I'm interested in is the Great Wagon Road, which > is > the migration path my folks would have taken from Maryland to Newberry > (it > ran from Philadelphia to Augusta). I don't know if there's any part of > the > road near Newberry that is marked, but am doing some checking around to > see > if that could be a possible activity [for the Bush River > omecoming]. --Nancy >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thanks, Harriet! You are so right about I-81. Last summer we drove most of the Virginia part of the Road along U.S. 11, and it was lovely country with picturesque little towns. There was also a park http://www.explorepark.org/heritage/great_philadelphia_wagon_road.html with an historical marker for the Road. I have a copy of Parke Rouse's 1995 book The Great Wagon Road, but haven't studied as much as I'd like to. There's a lot to learn and I appreciate your good summary of the various roads/names. We've also (I live in Baltimore) driven some of the Maryland section and tried to imagine doing it by wagon through the mud. Ouch! It certainly sounds as if there's some interest in doing something related to this at the Homecoming. Thanks, everyone. --Nancy -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Harriet Imrey" <[email protected]> > The route by this name depends on which state one is in. The original Great > Wagon Road was/is the Great Valley Road through the Shenandoah Valley down > to Roanoke VA. It did not extend into the Carolinas. From 1775, Daniel > Boone marked the trail of the Wilderness Road west from southwestern VA into > TN and KY. Another east-west trail had been marked from Roanoke east into > Halifax Co VA, which connected to other north-south wagon roads. > > The three other wagon roads diverged at Fredericksburg VA. The coastal > road, the King's Highway, had a big problem with swamps. The next one west, > the Fall Line Road, is the same route as U.S. 1. That one goes all the way > from PA through Raleigh NC, Camden SC, Columbia SC to Augusta GA. So it > acquired the name of "Great Wagon Road" in SC. The next one west was the > Upper Road, which follows I-85 from the VA/NC border to Charlotte NC, with > 1760's connections south to Spartanburg and Greenville SC (both of which > were technically within NC until 1772). In NC, this one is generally called > the Great Wagon Road...because it went there, as the road through the > Shenandoah did not. > > The original Great Wagon Road/Great Valley Road is almost the same as I-81 > through VA. The scenery is lovely, but impaired by wall-to-wall semis, > exhaust fumes, and extremely congested traffic. The closer approximation to >ly the Great Wagon Road is U.S. 11, a smaller low-traffic road that parallels > I-81 almost all the way down. The remaining colonial homes and inns are on > U.S. 11. Because of the differences in traffic congestion, a driver can > generally make the same time on U.S. 11 as on I-81. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jane gilbert" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] The Great Wagon Road > > > I just looked at map of the Great Wagon Road up in my parts, and it looks > like I'll be following much of the path my Gilberts/Edmundsons took from PA > to SC. Present-day Interstate 81 seems to follow the exact route the GWR > took from Maryland to Roanoke, VA. > > Will somebody give me 50 acres when I get there? : ) > > http://philnorf.tripod.com/mapofthe.htm > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Good to hear from you, too....I had thought the same thing......Wagon Road.... Today my old computer is not copying any of my pages!!!! and I have about a dozen I want!!! I'm probably going to switch my phone onto the new computer tomorrow and hopfully get them on it!! At least this one did not crash like it did about 10 years ago!! Have enjoyed all of the Bush River emails to you all.....so interested in them... Looking forward to being there....hopefully May 2008!!, too..... Till next time..... Thanks, Helen Monie Witnessing isn't just a job to be done, it's a life to be lived.