Thanks, Ernest! sounds like something we might be able to visit while in Newberry... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest O.Shealy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:55 AM 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.1/1140 - Release Date: > 11/19/2007 7:05 PM > >

If people are interested, I'd be glad to help plan something. --Nancy -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > 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" > To: > 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

Great map! Thanks so much! jane gilbert wrote: >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 > >On Nov 20, 2007 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>If people are interested, I'd be glad to help plan something. --Nancy >> >>-------------- Original message -------------- >>From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>>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" >>> >>> >>>To: >>>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 >>> >>> >>------------------------------- >>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 > > >

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 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" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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

I was just thinking kind of the same thing....some of us might meet up and travel together down the Great Wagon Road to get to the event in Newberry. I am very interested. I am soooooo far away from any kind of proofs....but I believe that it is very possible that my Sarah Thomas McKinsey who I believe to be buried in the cemetery was from the Thomas family that was at Hopewell MM in northern VA in the early 1700's....I would be interested in meeting at Hopewell MM and traveling together down the Great Wagon Road. marsha in WV Wyatt, Susan D. wrote: >LOL !!! If so, let me know - we will make the trip with you! > >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 jane >gilbert >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:21 AM >To: [email protected] >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 > >On Nov 20, 2007 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>If people are interested, I'd be glad to help plan something. --Nancy >> >>-------------- Original message -------------- >>From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>>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. 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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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LOL !!! If so, let me know - we will make the trip with you! 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 jane gilbert Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:21 AM To: [email protected] 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 On Nov 20, 2007 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If people are interested, I'd be glad to help plan something. --Nancy > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > > > 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" > > > To: > > 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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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 On Nov 20, 2007 9:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > If people are interested, I'd be glad to help plan something. --Nancy > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Wyatt, Susan D." <[email protected]> > > > 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" > > > To: > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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.

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 > >

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 Homecoming]. --Nancy

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Judy, I think that you can count me in this year unless I have some sort of crazy family emergency. I hope to get to SC this winter for a little bit of extra research. I don't know at this point that I have much that I can add on just how I could add to the event. But I sure could be an Indian rather than a chief and do whatever might be needed to do to make the event successful. It is also possible that I could meet with your planning committee in January if you can use any extra help then. I have put the event on my 2008 calendar. Thanks so much for all of your hard work. Marsha Moses Judith F. Russell wrote: >We have scheduled our Bush River Homecoming for the weekend of May 16 -18th, >2008 in Newberry and planning will begin in earnest at the beginning of the >New Year. For some, this will be the first visit to Newberry; others will >be renewing old friendships. I hope that it will be a wonderful time for >everyone involved. > >Have you been thinking of what types of activities you would like to be >included? Please let me know your thoughts now, so that I can pass them >along to the planning committee in January. Also, even if you don't have >ideas right now, it would be great for us to know who is hoping/planning on >attending. > >Best wishes for the Holiday Season! > >Judy Russell, Friends of the Bush River Cemetery >Bogart, Georgia, USA > > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

Jane..this sounds like a great plan. I have a photo of a Gilbert SC signpost which I'll send (so you don't blink and miss it!) JudyR ----- Original Message ----- From: "jane gilbert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Be thinking about our Homecoming, May 2008,please > Hi Judy and all, > > I'm planning on making the trip right now and have a room booked at > the Hampton Inn in Newberry for the weekend. I'm hoping to do a lot > of research down there while in the vicinity, so will come in early. > > Over the past few days I've been learning tons from Harriet Imrey who > I believe is on the list. She's been sending item after item on > Jonathan Gilbert our Caleb's brother. He had been a Quaker in Bucks > County before falling out of favor due to bad debts there, and > apparently kept up the tradition in South Carolina in a big way. > Regardless, it seems he ran a tavern in Lexington County and the town > of Gilbert is even named for him. I'm specifically going to be > making a trip to Gilbert to see where his tavern had been and where > they likely reburied him when the railroad came through. (There's a > little story behind that too.) > > > Jane > > > On Nov 14, 2007 8:56 AM, Judith F. Russell <[email protected]> wrote: >> We have scheduled our Bush River Homecoming for the weekend of May >> 16 -18th, >> 2008 in Newberry and planning will begin in earnest at the beginning of >> the >> New Year. For some, this will be the first visit to Newberry; others >> will >> be renewing old friendships. I hope that it will be a wonderful time for >> everyone involved. >> >> Have you been thinking of what types of activities you would like to be >> included? Please let me know your thoughts now, so that I can pass them >> along to the planning committee in January. Also, even if you don't have >> ideas right now, it would be great for us to know who is hoping/planning >> on >> attending. >> >> Best wishes for the Holiday Season! >> >> Judy Russell, Friends of the Bush River Cemetery >> Bogart, Georgia, USA >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: > 11/12/2007 9:19 PM > >

My husband and I are planning on being there. We are really looking forward to meeting everyone. Sue Wyatt North Carolina -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Judith F. Russell Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Be thinking about our Homecoming, May 2008,please We have scheduled our Bush River Homecoming for the weekend of May 16 -18th, 2008 in Newberry and planning will begin in earnest at the beginning of the New Year. For some, this will be the first visit to Newberry; others will be renewing old friendships. I hope that it will be a wonderful time for everyone involved. Have you been thinking of what types of activities you would like to be included? Please let me know your thoughts now, so that I can pass them along to the planning committee in January. Also, even if you don't have ideas right now, it would be great for us to know who is hoping/planning on attending. Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Judy Russell, Friends of the Bush River Cemetery Bogart, Georgia, USA ------------------------------- 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.

Hi Judy and all, I'm planning on making the trip right now and have a room booked at the Hampton Inn in Newberry for the weekend. I'm hoping to do a lot of research down there while in the vicinity, so will come in early. Over the past few days I've been learning tons from Harriet Imrey who I believe is on the list. She's been sending item after item on Jonathan Gilbert our Caleb's brother. He had been a Quaker in Bucks County before falling out of favor due to bad debts there, and apparently kept up the tradition in South Carolina in a big way. Regardless, it seems he ran a tavern in Lexington County and the town of Gilbert is even named for him. I'm specifically going to be making a trip to Gilbert to see where his tavern had been and where they likely reburied him when the railroad came through. (There's a little story behind that too.) Jane On Nov 14, 2007 8:56 AM, Judith F. Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > We have scheduled our Bush River Homecoming for the weekend of May 16 -18th, > 2008 in Newberry and planning will begin in earnest at the beginning of the > New Year. For some, this will be the first visit to Newberry; others will > be renewing old friendships. I hope that it will be a wonderful time for > everyone involved. > > Have you been thinking of what types of activities you would like to be > included? Please let me know your thoughts now, so that I can pass them > along to the planning committee in January. Also, even if you don't have > ideas right now, it would be great for us to know who is hoping/planning on > attending. > > Best wishes for the Holiday Season! > > Judy Russell, Friends of the Bush River Cemetery > Bogart, Georgia, USA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

We have scheduled our Bush River Homecoming for the weekend of May 16 -18th, 2008 in Newberry and planning will begin in earnest at the beginning of the New Year. For some, this will be the first visit to Newberry; others will be renewing old friendships. I hope that it will be a wonderful time for everyone involved. Have you been thinking of what types of activities you would like to be included? Please let me know your thoughts now, so that I can pass them along to the planning committee in January. Also, even if you don't have ideas right now, it would be great for us to know who is hoping/planning on attending. Best wishes for the Holiday Season! Judy Russell, Friends of the Bush River Cemetery Bogart, Georgia, USA

Hello Friends, Thought you'd like to see this article on our 40th anniversary tomorrow. There is a reference to the heritage of the Bush River Quakers. (Columbia Friends Meeting is an unprogrammed meeting, though it is difficult for those new to Quakerism to catch those distinctions!). Gita Larson Columbia Friends Meeting 803-361-2767 _http://www.thestate.com/local/story/206149.html_ (http://www.thestate.com/local/story/206149.html) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Walter Kelly could not have been a minor on arrival in SC, since his household included six other people (family or slaves) as of 2 Apr 1754. There are no clues in the SC petitions or deeds to suggest if he was--or was not--Quaker. His land was not adjacent to that of any member of the Quaker community, and none of the witnesses to his two property sales was Quaker. He and Elizabeth were resident in SC through at least 1765 (when they sold the second portion of his 350-acre land grant), so could not have had a child in VA in 1760. The Belton family was not Quaker when they got to SC in 1753, because each swore an oath (did not affirm) re his family size, also proved deeds via oath. You can find the land references indexed via the SCDAH search engine at www.archivesindex.sc.gov. Use the spellings "Kelly" and "Kelley" to locate all of them. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:30 PM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Walter Kelly to SC from Dublin 1751 > In my recent mailing concerning George L. Kelly's query of 10/l5/2007 > pertaining to a Walter Kelly who is thought to have come to South Carolina > with a > Quaker group who sailed from Dublin in 1751 in the company of a Timothy > Kelly > and a Samuel Kelly, I probably came to some incorrect conclusions. I > stated > that I believed that Timothy Kelly and Samuel Kelly and Walter Kelly were > probably brothers. > > After some personal correspondence with George L. Kelly, he has sent > me > data which leads me to revise my thinking. > > George Kelly has found on the internet a tabulation of "Descendants of > Timothy Kelly & Abigail Mickle (l702-?)" , apparently a part of the Kelly > section of a "Charting of the Gentzler (Genssler) Family Genealogy". This > tabulation seems to me to include serious errors and omissions.. Yet, > the compiler > seems to have had access to certain valid genealogical sources. > > It appears that when Timothy Kelly and his wife, Abigail Mickle, left > Ireland, Dublin Monthly Meeting of Friends granted them a certificate. > including their three children: Abigail, John, and Samuel. It is likely > that Timothy > and Abigail were about fifty years of age in 1751, and their children > were > young adults. After they reached South Carolina, the daughter Abigail > seems > to have married John Milhouse, son of Robert Milhouse, leader of the > group of > Quakers who settled at Camden, now in Kershaw County, SC. The son John > appears to have married Mary Evans. The son Samuel married Hannah > Belton. > > About 1762 Samuel and Hannah (Belton) Kelly moved to the Newberry > County, SC area and became members of the Bush River Monthly Meeting. > Their > children are listed in the Birth and Death Records of that Monthly > Meeting. In > 1759 Timothy Kelly signed the Indenture to the property in Camden, SC > which had > secured for the Frederickburg Monthly Meeting meetinghouse and cemetery. > In > 1776, an endorsement to this Indenture indicates that Timothy Kelly had > died > and that another Friend has been named as a trustee to take his place. > > On 3 mo. 30, 1776, Mary Kelly and children Isaac and Ann & smaller > children not named are received into membership by Bush River MM by a > certificate > from Fredericks MM near Camden, S.C., dated l mo. 2, 1776. On 10 mo. 30, > 1776 Isaac Kelly is granted a certificaate from Bush River MM back to > Fredericksburg MM. On 11 mo. 2, 1880 Mary Kelly, widow of John, married > Zebulon Gaunt > under the care of Bush River MM. In the Birth and Death Records of Bush > River MM it is recorded that Mary Gaunt, wife of Zebulon, formerly wife > of John > Kelly, died 5 mo. 9, 1782, aged 47 years. > > It appears to me now that this deceased John Kelly was the brother of > the Samuel Kelly who married Hannah Belton, When Samuel Kelly was > speaking of > his brother's children who manumitted slaves, he was speaking of the > children > of John Kelly. > > Although it seems clear to me now that the Samuel Kelly who married > Hannah Belton was a son of Timothy Kelly. I am not sure of what > relationship > Walter Kelly might have been to these two. > > George L. Kelly believes that Walter Kelly married Elizabeth _____. > In > 1759 they sold their property near Camden, SC and moved to Pittsylvania > County, VA where a son, James Kelly, was born in 1760. By about 1773 > they were in > West Virginia where Walter Kelly built a cabin in the wilderness near > Cedar > Grove , Kanasha County, not far from Charleston. In 1774 Walter Kelly > was > killed in an Indian raid, after persuading his family to seek refuge in > the > Greenbrier settlement in the company of Walter's younger brother, A few > weeks > later, in another settlement, while the younger brother (named William or > Charles) was out walking with Walter's daughter, they were accosted by > Indians > and Walter's brother was killed and the daughter was taken captive. > Walter's > widow and remaining family eventually returned to the Camden, SC area > where > the son, James, raised a family, spending his last days in Maury County, > Tennessee. > > Perhaps Walter and his younger brother were younger children of > Timothy > and Abigail (Mickle) Kelly, not mentioned in the Friends certificate from > Dublin Monthly Meeting. Perhaps they were nephews of Timothy and > Abigail. > Perhaps there are records of Dublin Monthly Meeting which would unlock > the > mystery. It is thought that the Irish Quaker group that came to South > Carolina may > have attended Ballitore Meeting while in Ireland. Ballitore Meeting, > which > has been reconstructed and reactivated, may have been a Preparative > Meeting > of Dublin Monthly Meeting in the eighteenth century. > > I regret any confusion which I may have caused, I have endeavored to > straighten out this tangle as best I could. > > ----- Herbert Standing

In my recent mailing concerning George L. Kelly's query of 10/l5/2007 pertaining to a Walter Kelly who is thought to have come to South Carolina with a Quaker group who sailed from Dublin in 1751 in the company of a Timothy Kelly and a Samuel Kelly, I probably came to some incorrect conclusions. I stated that I believed that Timothy Kelly and Samuel Kelly and Walter Kelly were probably brothers. After some personal correspondence with George L. Kelly, he has sent me data which leads me to revise my thinking. George Kelly has found on the internet a tabulation of "Descendants of Timothy Kelly & Abigail Mickle (l702-?)" , apparently a part of the Kelly section of a "Charting of the Gentzler (Genssler) Family Genealogy". This tabulation seems to me to include serious errors and omissions.. Yet, the compiler seems to have had access to certain valid genealogical sources. It appears that when Timothy Kelly and his wife, Abigail Mickle, left Ireland, Dublin Monthly Meeting of Friends granted them a certificate. including their three children: Abigail, John, and Samuel. It is likely that Timothy and Abigail were about fifty years of age in 1751, and their children were young adults. After they reached South Carolina, the daughter Abigail seems to have married John Milhouse, son of Robert Milhouse, leader of the group of Quakers who settled at Camden, now in Kershaw County, SC. The son John appears to have married Mary Evans. The son Samuel married Hannah Belton. About 1762 Samuel and Hannah (Belton) Kelly moved to the Newberry County, SC area and became members of the Bush River Monthly Meeting. Their children are listed in the Birth and Death Records of that Monthly Meeting. In 1759 Timothy Kelly signed the Indenture to the property in Camden, SC which had secured for the Frederickburg Monthly Meeting meetinghouse and cemetery. In 1776, an endorsement to this Indenture indicates that Timothy Kelly had died and that another Friend has been named as a trustee to take his place. On 3 mo. 30, 1776, Mary Kelly and children Isaac and Ann & smaller children not named are received into membership by Bush River MM by a certificate from Fredericks MM near Camden, S.C., dated l mo. 2, 1776. On 10 mo. 30, 1776 Isaac Kelly is granted a certificaate from Bush River MM back to Fredericksburg MM. On 11 mo. 2, 1880 Mary Kelly, widow of John, married Zebulon Gaunt under the care of Bush River MM. In the Birth and Death Records of Bush River MM it is recorded that Mary Gaunt, wife of Zebulon, formerly wife of John Kelly, died 5 mo. 9, 1782, aged 47 years. It appears to me now that this deceased John Kelly was the brother of the Samuel Kelly who married Hannah Belton, When Samuel Kelly was speaking of his brother's children who manumitted slaves, he was speaking of the children of John Kelly. Although it seems clear to me now that the Samuel Kelly who married Hannah Belton was a son of Timothy Kelly. I am not sure of what relationship Walter Kelly might have been to these two. George L. Kelly believes that Walter Kelly married Elizabeth _____. In 1759 they sold their property near Camden, SC and moved to Pittsylvania County, VA where a son, James Kelly, was born in 1760. By about 1773 they were in West Virginia where Walter Kelly built a cabin in the wilderness near Cedar Grove , Kanasha County, not far from Charleston. In 1774 Walter Kelly was killed in an Indian raid, after persuading his family to seek refuge in the Greenbrier settlement in the company of Walter's younger brother, A few weeks later, in another settlement, while the younger brother (named William or Charles) was out walking with Walter's daughter, they were accosted by Indians and Walter's brother was killed and the daughter was taken captive. Walter's widow and remaining family eventually returned to the Camden, SC area where the son, James, raised a family, spending his last days in Maury County, Tennessee. Perhaps Walter and his younger brother were younger children of Timothy and Abigail (Mickle) Kelly, not mentioned in the Friends certificate from Dublin Monthly Meeting. Perhaps they were nephews of Timothy and Abigail. Perhaps there are records of Dublin Monthly Meeting which would unlock the mystery. It is thought that the Irish Quaker group that came to South Carolina may have attended Ballitore Meeting while in Ireland. Ballitore Meeting, which has been reconstructed and reactivated, may have been a Preparative Meeting of Dublin Monthly Meeting in the eighteenth century. I regret any confusion which I may have caused, I have endeavored to straighten out this tangle as best I could. ----- Herbert Standing ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com