I was working on this family a few months ago and it is still not clear to me but holds a lot of interest. Linda Coate Duddick makes a good case for Mary Bowater but I am not sure if it is her work or from somewhere else. I know that I have copied it but do not have a source and it is repeated around the web. I checked Hopewell Quaker records and she definitely was there. Her will is as follows: "I, Mary Wright, of Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia, being aged and sickly but of a sound and well disposing mind and memory do make this my last will and testament hereby revoking and disanulling all other wills that have heretofore been made or done by me. First, my will is that my body be decently buried and that all my just debts and funeral charges that I leave to be defrayed at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. Secondly, I give and bequeath and demise to the proper use and behalf of him the said Thomas Wright his heirs and assigns forever. Thirdly, I give and bequeath all and singular of my wearing apparel unto my seven daughters, vis., Mary, Hannah, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Lidia to be equally divided among them. Fourthly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Pickering, one brass mortar. Fifthly, I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Wright all and singular of my stock and household goods. I also will that what money remains after my decease, from the land sold on Middlefork is to be equally divided among my ten children, vis. James, Isaac, Mary Hannah, Martha, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Lydia and John. Lastly, I ordain and constitute my well beloved daughter, Mary Ballinger, Jesse Pugh and William Pickering sole executors of this my last will and testament as witness my hand and seal this 5th day of the 8th month, 1760. Signed, sealed and acknowledged by the said Mary Wright to be her last will and testament in presence of us. Signed: Mary Wright Witness: Elizabeth Powell, Elinor Rogers, Susanna Bevin. (This was proved March 6, 1764 in Frederick Co., VA) (C-696)" She signed her son in laws will as a witness This also protects any dower rights of their daughter. He is conjectured to be the parent of James Jr. McCool. His will is provided by Sandra Ferguson as follows: James McCool of Backcreek, near Opekon, will recorded 9th 2nd Mo 1751. "To well beloved wife Ann McKool, all goods and personal estate and all property to be used in bringing up our small children." The witnesses were James Wright and Mary Wright , Ann's parents. 5 I have a good bit on this family and don't mind sharing but I think I will put in separate posts so it makes it easier for additional insight from others as I still have a lot to earn. Also, I could do it off line but I guess it is good for this info to go into the archives for others. On 12/19/2011 8:09 PM, MattyBFam@aol.com wrote: > I come from James Wright and Mary Bowater through one of their sons (don't > have his name in front of me right now) and his wife, Rachel Wells. I > would love to learn what you have about them. > > Thanks for your willingness to help. > > Joan Benton > > > In a message dated 12/19/2011 1:44:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > vivm2007@woh.rr.com writes: > > Happy Holidays everyone, > > I have finally decided to work on get my genealogy data back online. I > have a wide assortment of stuff I have collected over the years and I > came across one today that may be of interest to some of you. I will > continue to post more but it will be as time allows and could take > years. LOL I try to put up all the original documents that I have > gathered over the years. I have a search engine at the top of major > pages so if you search on your family name, you should get whatever I > might have on your family. A lot of these Chester Co Pa families > migrated to Bush River. > > http://all-my-stuff.com/gene/Localities/Pennsylvania/chester_county_biograph > ies_abstr.htm > > This link has the search engine > http://www.all-my-stuff.com/gene/start.htm > > > Enjoy. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi, Would you know if Rachel Wells was married 1818 to Lamuel Perry. in SC He died in 1820. Thanks Betty Perry In a message dated 12/19/2011 5:11:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, MattyBFam@aol.com writes: I come from James Wright and Mary Bowater through one of their sons (don't have his name in front of me right now) and his wife, Rachel Wells. I would love to learn what you have about them. Thanks for your willingness to help. Joan Benton In a message dated 12/19/2011 1:44:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, vivm2007@woh.rr.com writes: Happy Holidays everyone, I have finally decided to work on get my genealogy data back online. I have a wide assortment of stuff I have collected over the years and I came across one today that may be of interest to some of you. I will continue to post more but it will be as time allows and could take years. LOL I try to put up all the original documents that I have gathered over the years. I have a search engine at the top of major pages so if you search on your family name, you should get whatever I might have on your family. A lot of these Chester Co Pa families migrated to Bush River. http://all-my-stuff.com/gene/Localities/Pennsylvania/chester_county_biograph ies_abstr.htm This link has the search engine http://www.all-my-stuff.com/gene/start.htm Enjoy. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I come from James Wright and Mary Bowater through one of their sons (don't have his name in front of me right now) and his wife, Rachel Wells. I would love to learn what you have about them. Thanks for your willingness to help. Joan Benton In a message dated 12/19/2011 1:44:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, vivm2007@woh.rr.com writes: Happy Holidays everyone, I have finally decided to work on get my genealogy data back online. I have a wide assortment of stuff I have collected over the years and I came across one today that may be of interest to some of you. I will continue to post more but it will be as time allows and could take years. LOL I try to put up all the original documents that I have gathered over the years. I have a search engine at the top of major pages so if you search on your family name, you should get whatever I might have on your family. A lot of these Chester Co Pa families migrated to Bush River. http://all-my-stuff.com/gene/Localities/Pennsylvania/chester_county_biograph ies_abstr.htm This link has the search engine http://www.all-my-stuff.com/gene/start.htm Enjoy. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happy Holidays everyone, I have finally decided to work on get my genealogy data back online. I have a wide assortment of stuff I have collected over the years and I came across one today that may be of interest to some of you. I will continue to post more but it will be as time allows and could take years. LOL I try to put up all the original documents that I have gathered over the years. I have a search engine at the top of major pages so if you search on your family name, you should get whatever I might have on your family. A lot of these Chester Co Pa families migrated to Bush River. http://all-my-stuff.com/gene/Localities/Pennsylvania/chester_county_biographies_abstr.htm This link has the search engine http://www.all-my-stuff.com/gene/start.htm Enjoy.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce" <herb.mcclure@comcast.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Minutes of the May 14 - 16,2010 Bush River Quakers Meeting ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Cc: <kelly_Caffarelli@HomeDepot.com>; <Ken.Russell@stagparkway.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Minutes of the May 14 - 16,2010 Bush River Quakers Meeting http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/s/Judith-F-Russell/FILE/0040page.html I have put the Minutes of the May 14 - 16 Meeting at the web address above, as well as included them in this email. Thank you, Judy Russell ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Report of the 4th Meeting of the Friends of Bush River Quaker Cemetery May 14 - 16, 2010 Historic DeWalt House, Newberry, SC Friday, May 14th At 2:45 pm Judy Russell welcomed the participants of the 4th gathering of Friends of Bush River Quaker Cemetery. In attendance at this meeting at the Dewalt House in Newberry, S.C. were: Judy and Tom Russell, Susan and George Webber, Milton Cook, Barry Eiland, Barnett Warren, Marsha Moses, Chris Prince, and Ann Crowley. a.. Participants were asked to introduce themselves and tell about their family lines or research. b.. The general outline for the weekend was presented and refined. c.. Judy presented the attached report on the finances of the group. The main sources of income for Cemetery maintenance are book sales and donations. Book sales, after several successful printings are now about one a month. We will have to rely more heavily on contributions in the future. We will also investigate other publications as means of income. d.. The role of electronic repositories for our research reports was discussed, especially the need for the participation of volunteers interested in this type of activity. We have a great deal of material that could be presented on a web site, but we need a volunteer to coordinate the efforts. e.. Judy introduced Barnett Warren as the person who volunteered to co-chair the next event of the group, if someone else will volunteer to be his co-chair. f.. Many ideas were presented for consideration in regard to a future 5th Gathering. But there is a critical need for more volunteers if our events are to continue. Anyone interested in being co-chair or committee chair of a future gathering, please let Judy Russell know: jrussell2@charter.net g.. No votes were taken. The brainstorming session ended around 5:30 pm. h.. “Ask Granny”© demonstration was cancelled for lack of attendance. Saturday morning, May 15th: The participants were all of the above, plus Terry Koon, Roscoe Bedenbaugh, L.H. Buff, Sam Ziady, and Anne Crocker a.. Sam Ziady, the new director of the Newberry County Library, addressed the group and told of his Quaker connection growing up in Whittier, California. He informed the group about the financial challenges the library faces and asked that the group let the local political leaders and Chamber of Commerce know about the business that groups like ours generates for the community and ask for their support of the library in the future. He requested that the documents that are donated to the library be bound as funding for that is not available. b.. Terry Koon and Chris Prince presented details about Jean Epting Blackmon’s upcoming publication on the Bush River area and families. See the Old Newberry District Genealogical Society website for details to come. They also discussed the 2011 National Genealogical Society meeting in Charleston; volunteers receive a discount for events. c.. We discussed the possibility of a future joint Homecoming venture with our group joining with local groups to have a weekend event that combines many interest groups. Newberry has had Family History Homecoming events in the past. Any such joint venture would have to be at least two years hence, since local groups will be heavily involved in the National Genealogical Society’s meeting in Charleston in 2011. d.. An informal email group (Chris Prince, Terry Koon, Mike Becknell, Barnett Warren, and Judy Russell) to discuss the idea of the future joint venture was created. Others who wish to participate are welcome; send your name to Judy at jrussell2@charter.net e.. Milton Cook gave us information about next year’s Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Meeting House of the Bush River Quakers in Waynesville, OH. He invited everyone with an interest in this to attend, May 15th, 2011. f.. Judy Russell presented a list of potential projects involving the Bush River Cemetery. There are approximately 50 ideas for improvements and repairs at the Cemetery, and for publishing and electronic projects concerning the Bush River Meeting and its families, but very few can be addressed until further volunteers are involved. g.. A Cemetery Committee has been formed (Milton Cook, Ann Crowley, Chris Prince, Judy Russell) which will work on assessing needs and developing a prioritized list of needs as well as a “wish list.” h.. Judy Russell presented the reports sent to us by our Family Coordinators; we discussed various hard copy and electronic ways of sharing. We will continue collecting the reports from other family coordinators and investigate various ways of sharing the material. Saturday afternoon and evening: a.. Tour and assessment of Bush River Quaker Cemetery led by Judy Russell b.. Tour led by Mike Becknell of Cane Creek Cemetery, Union County c.. Marsha Moses demonstrated the use of the MAC equivalent of Powerpoint in organizing and displaying family history research. Marsha continues to develop her presentation concerning all Bush River Quakers and welcomes your input of family information and photos: mosesm@earthlink.net Sunday, May 16th: a.. Milton Cook was honored for being the one of our group who had visited the most cemeteries during the weekend. b.. Grace Gifford and her son Jason of the Five Rivers Friends Meeting attended and shared ideas about modern Quaker structure and practices. She expressed her group’s appreciation of the work we do in preserving Quaker heritage in South Carolina. c.. Milton Cook presided over our Meeting on the DeWalt House porch. d.. The Meeting and the Homecoming were adjourned at 10:45 am Other activities during the weekend: a.. Assessment and marking of the Gauntt Cemetery to the south of the C.R. Koon Highway, US 76, about a mile southeast of Walmart. There is a very great need to protect this cemetery, which is in a power company right-of-way and in great danger of being destroyed by mowing machines. b.. Assessment of the Chapman/Summers or, Old Dunker Cemetery, well preserved and in good shape due, in part, it is thought, because of a lack of a tree canopy. c.. Pearson and related family cemeteries in Union County d.. A donation was received dedicated to covering the costs of printing and binding our collected family information for donations to the Newberry and Whitmire libraries. Others in attendance during the weekend: Edith Greisser, Mike Becknell, Sharon Shaw, Bernie and Forrest Allen In Conclusion: Those who were able to attend this meeting had a wonderful time meeting each other and exchanging ideas about our families, our research, and our ideas for the future. Our previous gatherings (2002 Clean Up, 2005 Mapping Day, 2008 Homecoming) have been equally enriching. We welcome your thoughts and ideas about future gatherings. Respectfully submitted, Ann K. Crowley and Judy Russell, secretaries 16 May 2010 Friends of the Bush River Cemetery 2009 Brief Financial Report: Available on request: jrussell2@charter.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

None of these are my people, but perhaps my notes can help someone else. My only interest in this area is in Moore, Byerley/Bierly, and Watkins, but I do have kin who went from SC to Jefferson CO, TN, as did these folks: Descendants of Miriam Coppock 1 Miriam COPPOCK 1706 aston, Chester CO, PA d: 1743 orange CO, NC .. +Richard JONES March 6, 1712/13 Nottingham, Chester CO, PA d: July 17, 1772 . 2 Aaron JONES July 30, 1728 CHester CO, PA ..... +Hannah CHASTAIN August 11, 1737 Perquimina CO, NC;CHeasten .... 3 Miriam JONES November 5, 1761 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records .... 3 Hannah JONES July 7, 1763 d: August 10, 1774 friends Burying Gnds, Spring MH, NC .... 3 Enoch JONES August 16, 1765 d: August 24, 1774 friends Burying Gnds, Sring MH NC .... 3 Aaron JONES January 1, 1768 .... 3 Richard JONES March 27, 1771 .... 3 Jeminah JONES October 18, 1773 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records .... 3 Hannah JONES September 14, 1776 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records .... 3 Isaac JONES May 21, 1779 CHAtham CO, NC d: other records says died 5/25/1775/one date is wrong .... 3 Sarah JONES July 25, 1782 CHAtham CO, NC . 2 Richard JONES December 5, 1732 CHester CO, PA ..... +Jemima HUFF January 4, 1741/42 Philadelphia CO, PA d: from Cane Ck records .... 3 mary JONES November 1, 1758 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records .... 3 Kezia JONES March 19, 1761 .... 3 Jemima JONES April 5, 1763 .... 3 Stephen JONES June 2, 1765 .... 3 Abijah JONES November 23, 1767 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records .... 3 Daniel JONES March 25, 1770 orange CO, NC; from Cane Ck records . 2 Isaac JONES December 19, 1734 chester CO, PA/from Cane Ck records d: January 22, 1801 lost Creek, Jefferson CO, TN ..... +Esther POWELL 1732 chester CO, PA/from Ancestry d: May 25, 1815 Grassy Valley, Knox CO, TN .... 3 David JONES October 19, 1759 warrington, Bucks CO, PA d: August 11, 1806 grassy Valley, TN .... 3 Elizabeth JONES 1761 d: 1840 walton, GA .... 3 Jean JONES February 1769 guilford CO, NC d: August 11, 1806 grassy Valley, TN And another who was in E TN: Descendants of Mary Coppock 1 Mary COPPOCK .. +Carr BAILEY . 2 Joseph BAILEY January 1, 1836 TN d: 1882 Dumplin Valley, Jefferson CO, TN ..... +Margaret MOUNT November 12, 1869 Jefferson CO, TN, ma. record,N. Coram, min October 15, 1834 Jefferson CO, TN d: 1922 Dumplin Valley, TN .... 3 William C. BAILEY 1870 ........ +AMANDA 1866 Tn .... 3 Mary A. BAILEY 1878 In the same area: Descendants of Mary Ann Lyle 1 Mary Ann LYLE 1800 Believed to be sis/unproven .. +Richard HAYWORTH Jefferson CO, TN d: Aft. 1797 a Rich. Hayworth est Jeff CO, TN, List Ck Quaker MM This one is believed to be sister: Descendants of John Burel Wilkerson 1 John Burel WILKERSON Abt. 1808 nC d: Johnson CO, TX .. +Eleanor Elizabeth LYLE 1830 Jefferson CO, TN 1813 MD; from Jeff CO, TN, list d: dau. of Th. Lyle/Mary Jones of MD? And: Descendants of James Hayworth 1 James HAYWORTH Haworth d: Aft. 1748 .. +Sarah WOOD d: Aft. 1756 . 2 Jemima HAYWORTH 1748 d: August 14, 1828 Highland CO, OH ..... +John WRIGHT October 10, 1768 December 12, 1748 Prince George CO, MD d: Abt. 1790 Newberry CO, SC . 2 Sarah HAYWORTH March 12, 1756 d: February 9, 1831 Clinton CO, OH ..... +James WRIGHT August 27, 1774 May 28, 1753 d: October 19, 1812 Clinton CO, OH

I was doing some research on the HAWORTH family for someone on the Q-R list. I have a lot of HAWORTHS in my dB whom I am not related to by blood. SO I decided to look around and see what I could find. First blood relative: James Wade Haworth married my 4th G-g-aunt Anna E. Coppock. Where was Anna born? Bush River! They had a 16 children, Many who where born In Newberry SC. Anna is the daughter of Samuel COPPOCK and Elien SIDWELL. Out of 16 children (Be fruitful and multiply?) She seems to be the only one born in SC. I'll let you know if I find anything else. -- 73 WB5HQO Forrest Ham Radio WB5HQO http://forrest.3h.com/main.html Plumstead and Associated Families: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fplum/ NAQCC Member # 3678 FPQRP # 2642 SKCC Member # 6855 QRPadillo # 59

Good Morning, friends. I am very happy to announce that we have a volunteer to create a rootsweb website for us! This is something we have talked about for several years. We've been in need of an interested volunteer and now we have one....our list member Forrest Plumstead of San Antonio, TX. Thanks to Forrest, we already have the mostly empty website up and running at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bushriverquakers/Index.html In the coming months, Forrest will be adding content and photos to the pages. The possibilities are endless. But he wants to begin with vital statistics on all of our +Bush River ancestors,+ whether or not they are buried in the Bush River Cemetery. These would include, as a start, any of the family members who at any time lived in Newberry County. To make this easy for us, Forrest has created a template for you to access, then copy and paste into an email to him with all pertinent information added. His request for basic info on your Quaker ancestors, with details on how to use the template is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bushriverquakers/templet.html As you will see when you look at the template, there is plenty of flexibility for you to add the details that you want. Please, everyone, put this submission of basic data for the website on your "to-do" list for the coming days and, especially, in the New Year. What a great step for our group! Please forward this email to any one who might have family data to submit. And.......Thank you, again, Forrest! Judy Russell

Good Morning, friends. I am very happy to announce that we have a volunteer to create a rootsweb website for us! This is something we have talked about for several years. We've been in need of an interested volunteer and now we have one....our list member Forrest Plumstead of San Antonio, TX. Thanks to Forrest, we already have the mostly empty website up and running at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bushriverquakers/Index.html In the coming months, Forrest will be adding content and photos to the pages. The possibilities are endless. But he wants to begin with vital statistics on all of our +Bush River ancestors,+ whether or not they are buried in the Bush River Cemetery. These would include, as a start, any of the family members who at any time lived in Newberry County. To make this easy for us, Forrest has created a template for you to access, then copy and paste into an email to him with all pertinent information added. His request for basic info on your Quaker ancestors, with details on how to use the template is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bushriverquakers/templet.html As you will see when you look at the template, there is plenty of flexibility for you to add the details that you want. Please, everyone, put this submission of basic data for the website on your "to-do" list for the coming days and, especially, in the New Year. What a great step for our group! Please forward this email to any one who might have family data to submit. And.......Thank you, again, Forrest! Judy Russell

----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Cc: <kelly_Caffarelli@HomeDepot.com>; <Ken.Russell@stagparkway.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 9:01 AM Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Minutes of the May 14 - 16,2010 Bush River Quakers Meeting http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/s/Judith-F-Russell/FILE/0040page.html I have put the Minutes of the May 14 - 16 Meeting at the web address above, as well as included them in this email. Thank you, Judy Russell ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Report of the 4th Meeting of the Friends of Bush River Quaker Cemetery May 14 - 16, 2010 Historic DeWalt House, Newberry, SC Friday, May 14th At 2:45 pm Judy Russell welcomed the participants of the 4th gathering of Friends of Bush River Quaker Cemetery. In attendance at this meeting at the Dewalt House in Newberry, S.C. were: Judy and Tom Russell, Susan and George Webber, Milton Cook, Barry Eiland, Barnett Warren, Marsha Moses, Chris Prince, and Ann Crowley. a.. Participants were asked to introduce themselves and tell about their family lines or research. b.. The general outline for the weekend was presented and refined. c.. Judy presented the attached report on the finances of the group. The main sources of income for Cemetery maintenance are book sales and donations. Book sales, after several successful printings are now about one a month. We will have to rely more heavily on contributions in the future. We will also investigate other publications as means of income. d.. The role of electronic repositories for our research reports was discussed, especially the need for the participation of volunteers interested in this type of activity. We have a great deal of material that could be presented on a web site, but we need a volunteer to coordinate the efforts. e.. Judy introduced Barnett Warren as the person who volunteered to co-chair the next event of the group, if someone else will volunteer to be his co-chair. f.. Many ideas were presented for consideration in regard to a future 5th Gathering. But there is a critical need for more volunteers if our events are to continue. Anyone interested in being co-chair or committee chair of a future gathering, please let Judy Russell know: jrussell2@charter.net g.. No votes were taken. The brainstorming session ended around 5:30 pm. h.. “Ask Granny”© demonstration was cancelled for lack of attendance. Saturday morning, May 15th: The participants were all of the above, plus Terry Koon, Roscoe Bedenbaugh, L.H. Buff, Sam Ziady, and Anne Crocker a.. Sam Ziady, the new director of the Newberry County Library, addressed the group and told of his Quaker connection growing up in Whittier, California. He informed the group about the financial challenges the library faces and asked that the group let the local political leaders and Chamber of Commerce know about the business that groups like ours generates for the community and ask for their support of the library in the future. He requested that the documents that are donated to the library be bound as funding for that is not available. b.. Terry Koon and Chris Prince presented details about Jean Epting Blackmon’s upcoming publication on the Bush River area and families. See the Old Newberry District Genealogical Society website for details to come. They also discussed the 2011 National Genealogical Society meeting in Charleston; volunteers receive a discount for events. c.. We discussed the possibility of a future joint Homecoming venture with our group joining with local groups to have a weekend event that combines many interest groups. Newberry has had Family History Homecoming events in the past. Any such joint venture would have to be at least two years hence, since local groups will be heavily involved in the National Genealogical Society’s meeting in Charleston in 2011. d.. An informal email group (Chris Prince, Terry Koon, Mike Becknell, Barnett Warren, and Judy Russell) to discuss the idea of the future joint venture was created. Others who wish to participate are welcome; send your name to Judy at jrussell2@charter.net e.. Milton Cook gave us information about next year’s Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Meeting House of the Bush River Quakers in Waynesville, OH. He invited everyone with an interest in this to attend, May 15th, 2011. f.. Judy Russell presented a list of potential projects involving the Bush River Cemetery. There are approximately 50 ideas for improvements and repairs at the Cemetery, and for publishing and electronic projects concerning the Bush River Meeting and its families, but very few can be addressed until further volunteers are involved. g.. A Cemetery Committee has been formed (Milton Cook, Ann Crowley, Chris Prince, Judy Russell) which will work on assessing needs and developing a prioritized list of needs as well as a “wish list.” h.. Judy Russell presented the reports sent to us by our Family Coordinators; we discussed various hard copy and electronic ways of sharing. We will continue collecting the reports from other family coordinators and investigate various ways of sharing the material. Saturday afternoon and evening: a.. Tour and assessment of Bush River Quaker Cemetery led by Judy Russell b.. Tour led by Mike Becknell of Cane Creek Cemetery, Union County c.. Marsha Moses demonstrated the use of the MAC equivalent of Powerpoint in organizing and displaying family history research. Marsha continues to develop her presentation concerning all Bush River Quakers and welcomes your input of family information and photos: mosesm@earthlink.net Sunday, May 16th: a.. Milton Cook was honored for being the one of our group who had visited the most cemeteries during the weekend. b.. Grace Gifford and her son Jason of the Five Rivers Friends Meeting attended and shared ideas about modern Quaker structure and practices. She expressed her group’s appreciation of the work we do in preserving Quaker heritage in South Carolina. c.. Milton Cook presided over our Meeting on the DeWalt House porch. d.. The Meeting and the Homecoming were adjourned at 10:45 am Other activities during the weekend: a.. Assessment and marking of the Gauntt Cemetery to the south of the C.R. Koon Highway, US 76, about a mile southeast of Walmart. There is a very great need to protect this cemetery, which is in a power company right-of-way and in great danger of being destroyed by mowing machines. b.. Assessment of the Chapman/Summers or, Old Dunker Cemetery, well preserved and in good shape due, in part, it is thought, because of a lack of a tree canopy. c.. Pearson and related family cemeteries in Union County d.. A donation was received dedicated to covering the costs of printing and binding our collected family information for donations to the Newberry and Whitmire libraries. Others in attendance during the weekend: Edith Greisser, Mike Becknell, Sharon Shaw, Bernie and Forrest Allen In Conclusion: Those who were able to attend this meeting had a wonderful time meeting each other and exchanging ideas about our families, our research, and our ideas for the future. Our previous gatherings (2002 Clean Up, 2005 Mapping Day, 2008 Homecoming) have been equally enriching. We welcome your thoughts and ideas about future gatherings. Respectfully submitted, Ann K. Crowley and Judy Russell, secretaries 16 May 2010 Friends of the Bush River Cemetery 2009 Brief Financial Report: Available on request: jrussell2@charter.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm just going to throw this out there for informational purposes. Thomas Gilbert b. abt. 1772 in Newberry Co. was the eldest son of Caleb Gilbert b. 1740 in Bucks Co., PA and married Rebecca Gauntt of Newberry County. The father Caleb was born a Quaker, but did not maintain the faith. His grandfather was a Joseph Gilbert who can first definitively be found in American records on the 1693 Bensalem Twp., Bucks Co., PA tax list. There's no evidence that he was ever a practicing Quaker, but his son Thomas would become one (for awhile at least), and DNA ties these Gilberts to the Quaker John Gilbert who came to Bensalem in the 1680s from Cornwall, England. Bensalem is less than 10 miles from Burlington, NJ across the Delaware River, and I stumbled upon this deed record not long ago: West Jersey, New Jersey Deed Records, 1676 - 1721 John David Davis 10 Feb 1688, Richard Finnimore to Bernard Devonish, 5 pounds. Signed Richard Finnimore. Wit: Thomas Fox & Joseph (X) Gilbert. (Devonish was from the Parish of Great Bartholomew, London, now of Blandford Grove, Twp. of New Salem, Fenwick's Colony.) Bernard Devonish was a Quaker from Burlington based on information I found on the Internet. I don't know if this Joseph Gilbert is "our" Joseph Gilbert, but it certainly could be, and would place him in Burlington, NJ at about the same time the Gauntts were there. Just an FYI. On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net>wrote: > thanks! never type from memory is a lesson I should try to remember! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Gauntt" <fondahonda@hotmail.com> > To: "Bush River Quakers" <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:03 AM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Gauntts of NJ > > > > > > TYPO, Judy. You meant 1685. > > Dave Gauntt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> From: jrussell2@charter.net > >> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com > >> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:55:46 -0500 > >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Gauntts of NJ > >> > >> I replied at the time, but I'll reply again, the Gauntts who were in > >> Newberry in Revolutionary times were in Burlington NJ about 1658 as per > a > >> deed at the time. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <howwcook@aol.com> > >> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:41 AM > >> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? > >> > >> > >> >I am just now reading your August inquiry. Hope I am not to late. Yes I > >> >have direct connection to the Whitall (their NJ farm is a National > >> >Park, > >> >Red Bluff), Reeve and Zane families from that area. Please contact me > at > >> >howwcook@yahoo.com or 619-766-4640. > >> > > >> > > >> > Howard Cook > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Anne Crocker <jacrocker@windstream.net> > >> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > >> > Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 12:20 pm > >> > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? > >> > > >> > > >> > I just returned from research in Delaware and New Jersey. Does anyone > >> > have connections to the Salem or Burlington area Quakers or to > >> > Delaware groups? > >> > > >> > Anne Crocker > >> > > >> > ------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > >> > 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 > >> > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > >> SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

thanks! never type from memory is a lesson I should try to remember! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Gauntt" <fondahonda@hotmail.com> To: "Bush River Quakers" <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Gauntts of NJ > > TYPO, Judy. You meant 1685. > Dave Gauntt > > > > > > > >> From: jrussell2@charter.net >> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com >> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:55:46 -0500 >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Gauntts of NJ >> >> I replied at the time, but I'll reply again, the Gauntts who were in >> Newberry in Revolutionary times were in Burlington NJ about 1658 as per a >> deed at the time. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <howwcook@aol.com> >> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:41 AM >> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? >> >> >> >I am just now reading your August inquiry. Hope I am not to late. Yes I >> >have direct connection to the Whitall (their NJ farm is a National >> >Park, >> >Red Bluff), Reeve and Zane families from that area. Please contact me at >> >howwcook@yahoo.com or 619-766-4640. >> > >> > >> > Howard Cook >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Anne Crocker <jacrocker@windstream.net> >> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 12:20 pm >> > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? >> > >> > >> > I just returned from research in Delaware and New Jersey. Does anyone >> > have connections to the Salem or Burlington area Quakers or to >> > Delaware groups? >> > >> > Anne Crocker >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com >> > 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 >> > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 >> SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

TYPO, Judy. You meant 1685. Dave Gauntt > From: jrussell2@charter.net > To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:55:46 -0500 > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Gauntts of NJ > > I replied at the time, but I'll reply again, the Gauntts who were in > Newberry in Revolutionary times were in Burlington NJ about 1658 as per a > deed at the time. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <howwcook@aol.com> > To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:41 AM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? > > > >I am just now reading your August inquiry. Hope I am not to late. Yes I > >have direct connection to the Whitall (their NJ farm is a National Park, > >Red Bluff), Reeve and Zane families from that area. Please contact me at > >howwcook@yahoo.com or 619-766-4640. > > > > > > Howard Cook > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anne Crocker <jacrocker@windstream.net> > > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 12:20 pm > > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? > > > > > > I just returned from research in Delaware and New Jersey. Does anyone > > have connections to the Salem or Burlington area Quakers or to > > Delaware groups? > > > > Anne Crocker > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > > 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 > > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I replied at the time, but I'll reply again, the Gauntts who were in Newberry in Revolutionary times were in Burlington NJ about 1658 as per a deed at the time. ----- Original Message ----- From: <howwcook@aol.com> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? >I am just now reading your August inquiry. Hope I am not to late. Yes I >have direct connection to the Whitall (their NJ farm is a National Park, >Red Bluff), Reeve and Zane families from that area. Please contact me at >howwcook@yahoo.com or 619-766-4640. > > > Howard Cook > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Crocker <jacrocker@windstream.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 12:20 pm > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? > > > I just returned from research in Delaware and New Jersey. Does anyone > have connections to the Salem or Burlington area Quakers or to > Delaware groups? > > Anne Crocker > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > 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 > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am just now reading your August inquiry. Hope I am not to late. Yes I have direct connection to the Whitall (their NJ farm is a National Park, Red Bluff), Reeve and Zane families from that area. Please contact me at howwcook@yahoo.com or 619-766-4640. Howard Cook -----Original Message----- From: Anne Crocker <jacrocker@windstream.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 12:20 pm Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Quakers from Delaware or New Jersey? I just returned from research in Delaware and New Jersey. Does anyone have connections to the Salem or Burlington area Quakers or to Delaware groups? Anne Crocker ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What a wonderful picture, George. If this doesn't make us all long to go there for a look of our own I don't know what would. Great job and thank you for sharing. Burnis Argo In a message dated 11/2/2011 7:46:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, faith.kline@comcast.net writes: Thank you, George. It's a lovely photo. Faith -----Original Message----- From: sc-bushriverquakers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sc-bushriverquakers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judith F. Russell Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:03 PM To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fabulous Fall Photo,Bush River Quaker Cemetery Our list member George Bedenbaugh sends us this wonderful photo of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery taken today, 2 Nov 2011: http://askgrannyus.posterous.com/bush-river-quaker-cemetery-newberry-sc-nov- 20 Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com 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 SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, George. It's a lovely photo. Faith -----Original Message----- From: sc-bushriverquakers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sc-bushriverquakers-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judith F. Russell Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:03 PM To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Fabulous Fall Photo,Bush River Quaker Cemetery Our list member George Bedenbaugh sends us this wonderful photo of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery taken today, 2 Nov 2011: http://askgrannyus.posterous.com/bush-river-quaker-cemetery-newberry-sc-nov-20 Thank you! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our list member George Bedenbaugh sends us this wonderful photo of the Bush River Quaker Cemetery taken today, 2 Nov 2011: http://askgrannyus.posterous.com/bush-river-quaker-cemetery-newberry-sc-nov-20 Thank you!

I sent misinformation about the SC colonial land laws. The rules for acreage changed, effective Aug 1756. Before that time, settlers were allocated 50 acres per household member. From that time forward, a head-of-household was granted 100 acres, plus 50 acres for each additional dependent. So Jacob Brooks arrived from Orange Co NC in 1757 with 9 dependents (not 10), and Benjamin Pearson arrived (from PA??) in 1759 with 5 dependents (not 6). Harriet -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Benjamin Pearson + Agatha Brooks and Margaret Evans Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:24:56 -0500 From: Harriet Imrey <hhimrey@gmail.com> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com Will of Jacob Brooks, SC Will Book TT 1774-1778, p. 54: Jacob Brooks, his mark, Craven County, planter. Wife: Rosana, use of my plantation where I now live during her life. Children: Jacob, John and William Garry [sic: Gary]. Grandsons: Stephen and Roger Brooks, sons of my son John. Granddau: Sarah Garry, dau. of Milly Garry. Mentions: son William Garry's wife Milly Garry. Exors: wife; son Jacob. Wit: James H. Casey; Henry Steeddom; William Legg, his mark. Dated: 17 Sep 1770. Proven: nd. Jacob Brooks petitioned for 550 acres of land on 1 Mar 1757, so he had 10 dependents (including servants and/or slaves) in his household at that time. Benjamin Pearson petitioned for 350 acres on 5 Feb 1759, so he had 6 dependents. His land was laid out adjacent to the Jacob Brooks tract. Jacob Brooks apparently did not mention each child and grandchild in his will, but evidence is slim re who those other dependents may have been in 1757, and which (if any) of his children lived in separate households by then. The SC records of Rev War soldiers (on the Whig side) include many men named Pearson, Person, Pierson, etc., but none of those was named Jacob. Harriet Imrey

Thank you Harriet! I got you and Vivian confused. Can I link you up with Mr Paul Palmer? Steve On 10/31/2011 10:24 PM, Harriet Imrey wrote: > Will of Jacob Brooks, SC Will Book TT 1774-1778, p. 54: > Jacob Brooks, his mark, Craven County, planter. Wife: Rosana, use of my > plantation where I now live during her life. Children: Jacob, John and > William Garry [sic: Gary]. Grandsons: Stephen and Roger Brooks, sons of > my son John. Granddau: Sarah Garry, dau. of Milly Garry. Mentions: son > William Garry's wife Milly Garry. Exors: wife; son Jacob. Wit: James > H. Casey; Henry Steeddom; William Legg, his mark. > Dated: 17 Sep 1770. Proven: nd. > > Jacob Brooks petitioned for 550 acres of land on 1 Mar 1757, so he had > 10 dependents (including servants and/or slaves) in his household at > that time. Benjamin Pearson petitioned for 350 acres on 5 Feb 1759, so > he had 6 dependents. His land was laid out adjacent to the Jacob Brooks > tract. Jacob Brooks apparently did not mention each child and > grandchild in his will, but evidence is slim re who those other > dependents may have been in 1757, and which (if any) of his children > lived in separate households by then. > > The SC records of Rev War soldiers (on the Whig side) include many men > named Pearson, Person, Pierson, etc., but none of those was named Jacob. > > Harriet Imrey > > On 10/31/2011 6:30 PM, Steve Pearson wrote: >> Hello list. >> >> Not too long ago we had a great discussion on Benjamin Pearson and his first and second wives, Agatha Brooks and Margaret Evans of Bush River. >> I am wanting to get in touch with the Lady that provided so mauch helpful information. The name evades me but I am thinking it might have been Vivian who posts on this list a good deal. The reason is on another list this topic has come up and I was hopeing I might be able to pass on >> some good information to the other list. Below is a copy of the post: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> I was told a long time ago that my Benjamin PEARSON (1722-1788) was first married to Agatha BROOKS, daughter of Jacob BROOKS, but I have never seen documentation of those facts. It would be very nice if all of us who descend from that union could nail it down. >> And while we are at it, what about the parentage of Margaret EVANS, Benjamin's 2nd wife and the ancestress of a lot more of us? Do any of you have documentation about that marriage? There was another EVANS named Joseph who married Esther BUFFINGTON. What do you know about him and his family? >> >> Jacob BROOKS took up land in the Bush River SC area before 1760 according to the SC Plat Books. During the Cherokee Wars (c1759-62) a fort was built on his land and he was commissioned to command it. Owning adjacent land was Benjamin PEARSON, whom I believe to have been Jacob's son-in-law. It appears that Benjamin's first wife was Agatha BROOKS, who died at about that >> time. Does anyone know what (if any) was the relationship between Jacob and Agatha BROOKS? The BROOKS family eludes me. I am also looking for information on the Joseph EVANS family who lived in the area as well. >> Please help me if you can. >> Desparately seeking Agatha, >> >> Paul >> and another post: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> I have seen it asserted in many places, many times, by many people that Jacob PEARSON, son of Benjamin and Agatha BROOKS PEARSON, died as a prisoner of war during the War of the Revolution (1775-1783). Does anyone have any documentation regarding that allegation? Which side was Jacob on? He had a brother-in-law (Moses Buffington) who died on the British side. Moses in turn had three brothers, two who died and another who enlisted and deserted on the British side. >> >> Moses' sister Esther married a Joseph EVANS. Benjamin PEARSON's 2nd wife was Margaret EVANS. There was also a Robert EVANS and a John EVANS who lived at Bush River at the same time. Does anyone have documentation on these EVANS families ~ possibly all one family? I have the data on Rob't EVANS and some land records for all three of the EVANS men I named, but I don't know where the family came from or what the connections are. Author of THE ANNALS OF NEWBERRY says Rob't came from Camden. >> >> Agatha BROOKS, Benjamin PEARSON's 1st wife, is consistently named as a daughter of Jacob BROOKS. I have land records and some mention in the history of the Cherokee War (1759-1763) clearly establishing that Jacob was at Bush Eiver at that time and that Benjamin PEARSON owned land adjacent to his. Agatha would have died at the time of the Cherokee War, and Benjamin would have married Margaret EVANS before it was over. MORE QUESTIONS! Can anyone prove Agatha was the daughter of Jacob BROOKS or when and where she was born? Anyone have a record of her marriage? Can anyone prove who was the father of Margaret EVANS or when and where she was born or point to a record of her marriage? >> >> A lot of information about Benjamin and his family which shows up in many people's databases is certainly based on Geo. M. Pearson's book, BENJAMIN and ESTHER (FURNAS) PEARSON, etc., but much of his material just doesn't fit with what we can document from official records. This is despite the fact that he (GMP) claims on p. 29, in reference to the Ben. Pearson who married Agatha Brooks, not the one in the title of his book, that "The record of Benjamin's family was copied from his family Bible, which Eli Jay found in the home of Benjamin's grand-daughter." Did he lie? Was he mistaken? Was the bible record bogus? >> >> I think Geo. M. Pearson might also have originated the notion that the Hannah BUFFINGTON who married Enoch 'the Blacksmith' PEARSON had been married to a person named EVANS previously. Has anyone ever seen any evidence that was the case? I think it's bunk, one of GMP's mistakes that others have simply repeated. If I'm wrong, please point me to the evidence. >> >> I am seriously begging to be corrected! >> >> Paul >> >> How about some good discussion from this list to pass on? >> >> Thank you! >> >> Steve Pearson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message