Does anyone know about a place call Puckettville, it is near Batesburg-Leesville, SC. Thanks, Margie -----Original Message----- From: brfherb@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 10:18 AM To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com ; roscoeb1@comcast.net ; jrussell2@charter.net Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? Dear George and Judith, My plans to go to Batesburg-Leesville have fallen through, so I am thrilled that someone else is nearby and can make the visit. Give my fond regards to that peaceful place that is so charged with history. Grace Conway -----Original Message----- From: George Bedenbaugh <roscoeb1@comcast.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 5:38 pm Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? I will try to go by the Cemetery this week. Didn't want to go today since it was Halloween. HHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! No, not scared, but sometimes this is when things happen, and I figured wait a day or so, just in case. George R. Bedenbaugh, Newberry, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another > Reunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to > coming or helping out. > > Now you are number one on my list! :-) > > Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <marykross@aol.com> > To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > >>I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in >>the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> >> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? >> >> >> Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann >> and >> have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and >> e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. >> Thanks so much, >> udy Russell >> >> ------------------------------ >> o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com >> ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> of >> he 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

Hi, I will try, but this is a rather big cemetery and leaves may have fallen and cover some of the small markers. Also, I can't find my copy of the map. Can you email a copy. Needs to have the entrance shown and please mark where you think plot 6 would be. I will wait one more day before going there, so get to me asap. George B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forrest Plumstead" <fplum1@gmail.com> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > Hi George! > > If there is one, could you get a picture of the headstone of Hester B. > O'Connor. Plot 6 on the map? Tnx > > -----Original Message----- >> From: George Bedenbaugh <roscoeb1@comcast.net> >> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 5:38 pm >> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? >> >> >> I will try to go by the Cemetery this week. Didn't want to go today >> since >> it was Halloween. HHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! >> >> No, not scared, but sometimes this is when things happen, and I figured >> wait >> a day or so, just in case. >> >> George R. Bedenbaugh, Newberry, SC >> >> -- >> > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 George! If there is one, could you get a picture of the headstone of Hester B. O'Connor. Plot 6 on the map? Tnx -----Original Message----- > From: George Bedenbaugh <roscoeb1@comcast.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 5:38 pm > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > > I will try to go by the Cemetery this week. Didn't want to go today since > it was Halloween. HHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! > > No, not scared, but sometimes this is when things happen, and I figured > wait > a day or so, just in case. > > George R. Bedenbaugh, Newberry, SC > > -- > 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

Dear George and Judith, My plans to go to Batesburg-Leesville have fallen through, so I am thrilled that someone else is nearby and can make the visit. Give my fond regards to that peaceful place that is so charged with history. Grace Conway -----Original Message----- From: George Bedenbaugh <roscoeb1@comcast.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 5:38 pm Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? I will try to go by the Cemetery this week. Didn't want to go today since it was Halloween. HHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! No, not scared, but sometimes this is when things happen, and I figured wait a day or so, just in case. George R. Bedenbaugh, Newberry, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another > Reunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to > coming or helping out. > > Now you are number one on my list! :-) > > Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <marykross@aol.com> > To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > >>I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in >>the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> >> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? >> >> >> Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann >> and >> have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and >> e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. >> Thanks so much, >> udy Russell >> >> ------------------------------ >> o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com >> ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> of >> he 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

I will try to go by the Cemetery this week. Didn't want to go today since it was Halloween. HHHHHHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! No, not scared, but sometimes this is when things happen, and I figured wait a day or so, just in case. George R. Bedenbaugh, Newberry, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith F. Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another > Reunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to > coming or helping out. > > Now you are number one on my list! :-) > > Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <marykross@aol.com> > To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > >>I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in >>the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> >> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? >> >> >> Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann >> and >> have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and >> e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. >> Thanks so much, >> udy Russell >> >> ------------------------------ >> o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com >> ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body >> of >> he 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 >

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

Our group has, undoubtedly, the best researchers to be found on the South Carolina Quaker families. It is unfortunate that we all, for the most part, live so far away. That's what I meant about commitment in my message earlier. Not that folks don't want to participate, but time and distance works against us. Happy Halloween, all! ----- Original Message ----- From: <marykross@aol.com> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > My Townsend family keeps me interested in the SC area. It is funny that my > daughter attended > Ferman U. which was sooo close to the area the Townsends called home for a > number of years. > I am pleased with the info. I have found of their time in SC. I am from > the area near Darke Cty, Ohio > where many finished their travels. It has been a wonderful history. > Thank you for taking on the Bush River folks. No matter who is discussed, > I always try to read the comments. > Mary Kay Ross > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:23 pm > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > > Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another > eunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to > oming or helping out. > Now you are number one on my list! :-) > Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell > ---- Original Message ----- > rom: <marykross@aol.com> > o: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > ent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM > ubject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in > the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > > Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann > and > have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and > e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. > Thanks so much, > udy Russell > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he 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 > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he 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

My Townsend family keeps me interested in the SC area. It is funny that my daughter attended Ferman U. which was sooo close to the area the Townsends called home for a number of years. I am pleased with the info. I have found of their time in SC. I am from the area near Darke Cty, Ohio where many finished their travels. It has been a wonderful history. Thank you for taking on the Bush River folks. No matter who is discussed, I always try to read the comments. Mary Kay Ross -----Original Message----- From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:23 pm Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another eunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to oming or helping out. Now you are number one on my list! :-) Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell ---- Original Message ----- rom: <marykross@aol.com> o: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> ent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM ubject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross -----Original Message----- From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann and have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. Thanks so much, udy Russell ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he 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 ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

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

Hi Mary: I hope that someday we will get the inspiration to have another Reunion and clean up. In 2010 we just couldn't get people to commit to coming or helping out. Now you are number one on my list! :-) Thanks so much for your thoughts. Judy Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: <marykross@aol.com> To: <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? >I have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in >the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> > To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? > > > Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann > and > have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and > e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. > Thanks so much, > udy Russell > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he 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 have never visited the cemetery, however I would like to participate in the next clean up and reunion. MK Ross -----Original Message----- From: Judith F. Russell <jrussell2@charter.net> To: sc-bushriverquakers <sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:53 am Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Eyes on the Cemetery? Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann and have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and e would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. Thanks so much, udy Russell ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Has anyone visited at the Bush River Cemetery this summer or fall ? Ann and I have not been able to make the trip (it is 125 miles one way for us) and we would appreciate any input about the state of the grounds. Thanks so much, Judy Russell

Hi Vivian. Could you please contact me off list at spearson55@chartermi.net ? I have a question I don't want to bore the list with. Thanks Steve On 10/21/2011 11:34 AM, Vivian wrote: > That will be great. I am still collecting info. I am going to be gone > myself the first week of November, so will be slowing down on the > genealogy, but nothing better than coming home refreshed and ready to go > at it again. Tennessee sounds interesting. > On 10/21/2011 11:20 AM, Chris Nicholson wrote: >> Hello Vivian, >> >> I also descend from Rachel Wells and John Wright and am interested in corresponding with you. >> >> Right now I am very busy catching up after a month!! away from home. I will contact you probably >> in about a week or 10 days. I have a mysterious ancestor named Hannah Wright, who is listed >> on many trees as born in Pennsylvania in 1802. Her parents are James Wright and Catherine >> Guinn who lived in East Tennessee and her siblings all seem to be born there! >> >> Chris N. >> > > ------------------------------- > 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 confused..... I have Rachel Well's half-sister as living only a year, b. 1724 and d 1725. Rachel did have a daughter named Charity, b 1745 who was a rather famous Quaker minister who went back to Europe to preach/teach, but she married Isaac Cooke. Joan Benton In a message dated 10/19/2011 6:54:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vivm2007@woh.rr.com writes: I am trying to sort out the children of John Wright and Rachel Wells and, of course, there is all sorts of info out here. Has anyone researched this family and would be willing to share. Did he marry twice? I just found out that Rachel Wells descends from Thomas Wells and Francis (not verified surname) and my Ashe Co NC also descends from Thomas Wells and Francis. Rachels Wells sister Charity married Joseph Wright. Their brother, Joseph married Charity Carrington and their son Joseph Wells married Margaret Dicks/Dix, daughter of Zachariah Dix the prophet that laid the seeds for the great migration out of Bush River. This family is really getting interesting! They go back to Hopewell MM. Wrights are a big group and I would appreciate any help I can get. I am hoping to find more connections between my Blevins/Ward/Wells and other Bush River people that came to Miami Co Ohio. Other families that ties into this group is the Marshalls and Pughs (my line, so ok there). Thanks, Vivian ------------------------------- 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 descend from John Wright and Rachel Wells. I do not recall any Mills in the line of Rachel Wells. Bu-u-ut-t-t- t, John's grandson, William (b 1779) married a Mary Mills (b 1780). Both William and Mary were said to have been born in Newberry Co., SC (Bush River Monthly Meeting). There has been some disagreement as to the family line of my Mary Mills as Mills was a common Quaker name. After reading a lot about it, I now have down John Mills (1734-1814) and Elizabeth Edwards (1745-1784) as most likely parents for her but am not completely sure. John Mills supposedly was born in Newberry Co., SC, too. My line runs to son of William Wright and Mary Mills, Nathan (1802-1870), who sired my great-grandfather, Robert Mills Wright (1845-1930). Interesting how he got Mills as his middle name. As for Rachel Wells, wife of John C. Wright, I have her as the only daughter of her mother, also a Rachel, who apparently died not long after her birth. Then her father, Joseph (1697-1758), married Margaret Swanson (1705-1757), and had a great many more children. I too have Joseph Wells being the son of a Thomas and Frances, but they both seem to have spent all their lives in MD. So I don't know if this is the same couple you have???????? Say, did you know it looks like we descend (through the Wells line) from The White Rose (Philippa Gregory)??? (Philippa Gregory writes historical novels. She has a Ph.D. in English history so tries to make everything as accurate as possible.) During the "Cousins War," also known as the "War of the Roses," Elizabeth is wife of the Duke of York. She is the one referred to as the White Rose. (You know as kids we sang, "The grand old duke of York, he had ten thousand men..... he marched them up the hill and marched them down again...... ," etc.) I have my line in the Whitsett tree on Ancestry.com, if you wish to look. Be sure and tell me any errors you find. Over the years I followed the Quaker Roots messages and tried to put what on my tree what seemed most accurate. Joan Benton In a message dated 10/21/2011 10:40:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, kerrycoy@uwmail.com writes: Is this Rachel wells part of the Mills family? (per pat Spencer book) Looking for people interested in the Mills' and possibly the Miles family though Harriet has no record of them (miles) my family group sheets mention bush river. Kerry Coy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Chris Nicholson <chrisbnicholson@hotmail.com > wrote: > > Hello Vivian, > > I also descend from Rachel Wells and John Wright and am interested > in corresponding with you. > > Right now I am very busy catching up after a month!! away from > home. I will contact you probably > in about a week or 10 days. I have a mysterious ancestor named > Hannah Wright, who is listed > on many trees as born in Pennsylvania in 1802. Her parents are > James Wright and Catherine > Guinn who lived in East Tennessee and her siblings all seem to be > born there! > > Chris N. > >> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:50:14 -0400 >> From: vivm2007@woh.rr.com >> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] John Wright/Rachel Wells >> >> I am trying to sort out the children of John Wright and Rachel Wells >> and, of course, there is all sorts of info out here. Has anyone >> researched this family and would be willing to share. Did he marry >> twice? >> I just found out that Rachel Wells descends from Thomas Wells and >> Francis (not verified surname) and my Ashe Co NC also descends from >> Thomas Wells and Francis. >> >> Rachels Wells sister Charity married Joseph Wright. Their brother, >> Joseph married Charity Carrington and their son Joseph Wells married >> Margaret Dicks/Dix, daughter of Zachariah Dix the prophet that laid >> the >> seeds for the great migration out of Bush River. This family is >> really >> getting interesting! They go back to Hopewell MM. >> >> Wrights are a big group and I would appreciate any help I can get. >> I am >> hoping to find more connections between my Blevins/Ward/Wells and >> other >> Bush River people that came to Miami Co Ohio. >> >> Other families that ties into this group is the Marshalls and Pughs >> (my >> line, so ok there). >> >> Thanks, Vivian >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Is this Rachel wells part of the Mills family? (per pat Spencer book) Looking for people interested in the Mills' and possibly the Miles family though Harriet has no record of them (miles) my family group sheets mention bush river. Kerry Coy Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2011, at 10:20 AM, Chris Nicholson <chrisbnicholson@hotmail.com > wrote: > > Hello Vivian, > > I also descend from Rachel Wells and John Wright and am interested > in corresponding with you. > > Right now I am very busy catching up after a month!! away from > home. I will contact you probably > in about a week or 10 days. I have a mysterious ancestor named > Hannah Wright, who is listed > on many trees as born in Pennsylvania in 1802. Her parents are > James Wright and Catherine > Guinn who lived in East Tennessee and her siblings all seem to be > born there! > > Chris N. > >> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:50:14 -0400 >> From: vivm2007@woh.rr.com >> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] John Wright/Rachel Wells >> >> I am trying to sort out the children of John Wright and Rachel Wells >> and, of course, there is all sorts of info out here. Has anyone >> researched this family and would be willing to share. Did he marry >> twice? >> I just found out that Rachel Wells descends from Thomas Wells and >> Francis (not verified surname) and my Ashe Co NC also descends from >> Thomas Wells and Francis. >> >> Rachels Wells sister Charity married Joseph Wright. Their brother, >> Joseph married Charity Carrington and their son Joseph Wells married >> Margaret Dicks/Dix, daughter of Zachariah Dix the prophet that laid >> the >> seeds for the great migration out of Bush River. This family is >> really >> getting interesting! They go back to Hopewell MM. >> >> Wrights are a big group and I would appreciate any help I can get. >> I am >> hoping to find more connections between my Blevins/Ward/Wells and >> other >> Bush River people that came to Miami Co Ohio. >> >> Other families that ties into this group is the Marshalls and Pughs >> (my >> line, so ok there). >> >> Thanks, Vivian >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

That will be great. I am still collecting info. I am going to be gone myself the first week of November, so will be slowing down on the genealogy, but nothing better than coming home refreshed and ready to go at it again. Tennessee sounds interesting. On 10/21/2011 11:20 AM, Chris Nicholson wrote: > Hello Vivian, > > I also descend from Rachel Wells and John Wright and am interested in corresponding with you. > > Right now I am very busy catching up after a month!! away from home. I will contact you probably > in about a week or 10 days. I have a mysterious ancestor named Hannah Wright, who is listed > on many trees as born in Pennsylvania in 1802. Her parents are James Wright and Catherine > Guinn who lived in East Tennessee and her siblings all seem to be born there! > > Chris N. >

Hello Vivian, I also descend from Rachel Wells and John Wright and am interested in corresponding with you. Right now I am very busy catching up after a month!! away from home. I will contact you probably in about a week or 10 days. I have a mysterious ancestor named Hannah Wright, who is listed on many trees as born in Pennsylvania in 1802. Her parents are James Wright and Catherine Guinn who lived in East Tennessee and her siblings all seem to be born there! Chris N. > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:50:14 -0400 > From: vivm2007@woh.rr.com > To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] John Wright/Rachel Wells > > I am trying to sort out the children of John Wright and Rachel Wells > and, of course, there is all sorts of info out here. Has anyone > researched this family and would be willing to share. Did he marry twice? > I just found out that Rachel Wells descends from Thomas Wells and > Francis (not verified surname) and my Ashe Co NC also descends from > Thomas Wells and Francis. > > Rachels Wells sister Charity married Joseph Wright. Their brother, > Joseph married Charity Carrington and their son Joseph Wells married > Margaret Dicks/Dix, daughter of Zachariah Dix the prophet that laid the > seeds for the great migration out of Bush River. This family is really > getting interesting! They go back to Hopewell MM. > > Wrights are a big group and I would appreciate any help I can get. I am > hoping to find more connections between my Blevins/Ward/Wells and other > Bush River people that came to Miami Co Ohio. > > Other families that ties into this group is the Marshalls and Pughs (my > line, so ok there). > > Thanks, Vivian > > ------------------------------- > 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

Harriet asks that I forward this link ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harriet Imrey" <hhimrey@gmail.com> To: "Judith Russell" <jrussell2@charter.net> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Bush River Quakers, Newberry County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails >I just ran across this by accident. I hadn't known that somebody had >transcribed the entire Hinshaw section re Bush River MM and posted it here! >It's not really the "entire" section, because the Appendix bit was >overlooked. > > http://genealogytrails.com/scar/newberry/bush_river_quakers.htm

Monisa, does the sketch you have mention very much about Mary Wright daughter of James Wright  and Mary Davis Wright ? Lydia married Josiah Ballinger. James and Mary Wright were the grandparents of Mary Ballinger who married Jacob Embree .( my line). Thank you for all of your information   Tammy --- On Wed, 10/19/11, lgriffin@waspwireless.com <lgriffin@waspwireless.com> wrote: From: lgriffin@waspwireless.com <lgriffin@waspwireless.com> Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] John Wright/Rachel Wells To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 5:44 PM > > Vivian,   I do not by any means know the lines of Wright families but do > have a stack of Wright info probably four inches thick. Many pages are > duplicates by various persons, but I can tell you that Roy R. Wright  of 8 > Gancho Lane, Hot Springs Village AR 1909-3807 has sent us copies of (soft) > bound books on the family. After the first one he sent a second called > Wright Revisited and then a third, Revisitt Revisited . It was published > in 2000. > > You probably know of Willard Heiss who published many Quaker records (6 > volumes on Indiana) and was with the Indiana State Historical society for > many years. His private works were given to Earlham college in Richmond, > IN where Prof. Thomas Hamm has charge of the Library there. I have about > 30 pages titled "A Sketch of the Wright Family of Bush River, SC" that was > his work sheets where he marked out words and wrote in others, that starts > with the Wrights who came to Randolph Co,IN. He starts with James Sr. and > Mary Davis and their children, and continues with John and Rachel Wells. > The Original is in the Friends Collection, Lilly Library, Earlham College. >  If this is something you might be interested in I can copy it and mail it > to you if you give me your Post Office address. > Monisa > > > >> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:50:14 -0400 >> From: vivm2007@woh.rr.com >> To: sc-bushriverquakers@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] John Wright/Rachel Wells >> >> I am trying to sort out the children of John Wright and Rachel Wells >> and, of course, there is all sorts of info out here. Has anyone >> researched this family and would be willing to share. Did he marry >> twice? >> I just found out that Rachel Wells descends from Thomas Wells and >> Francis (not verified surname) and my Ashe Co NC also descends from >> Thomas Wells and Francis. >> >> Rachels Wells sister Charity married Joseph Wright. Their brother, >> Joseph married Charity Carrington and their son Joseph Wells married >> Margaret Dicks/Dix, daughter of Zachariah Dix the prophet that laid the >> seeds for the great migration out of Bush River. This family is really >> getting interesting! They go back to Hopewell MM. >> >> Wrights are a big group and I would appreciate any help I can get. I am >> hoping to find more connections between my Blevins/Ward/Wells and other >> Bush River people that came to Miami Co Ohio. >> >> Other families that ties into this group is the Marshalls and Pughs (my >> line, so ok there). >> >> Thanks, Vivian >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > Monisa, I am descended from this line of Wrights and would very much like a copy of the info you have.  Is there any way I could get copies of the 3 books you mentioned about the Wrights?  Can they be purchased somewhere?  I have a lot of Wright info and pictures as my grandmother was a Wright. I plan to put it all on the Ancestry.com site eventually so everyone can have access to my info and also so my research won't die with me.  I would appreciate any help with obtaining this info you have. Thank you. Lynda Griffin 5330 ECR 328 Blytheville, AR 72315 ------------------------------- 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