I have a Yates Hollingsworth married to a Nancy Mote. I collect Hollingsworth as it seems one might be one of my grandmothers a way back the line. And I have an Aaron Furnas married a Lucy Mote. These look like they are back in the early 1700,s and Quaker. The Mote's that I have that married the Byrkett's and Shearers in Miami Co are more likely to be Brethren. I lived in Pleasant Hill back in the 1970's and one of my girl friends was an Elaine Mote. I moved and lost touch. Do you have " Quakers in the South Carolina Backcountry Wateree and Bush River" by Heiss? This is definitely this group and he talks about Charity at length. If you do not I would be glad to send you a copy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:34 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] Looking for family of ancestors David andDorcas Mote I would be remiss to not point those interested in Bush River to the book "Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman" by Algie I Newlin. Sadly the book is out of print. Charity was my gggggggmother. At least 50 pages of this book are devoted to people and events at Bush River Meeting. Charity and Issac Cook were among the original ones there and their eventual migration to Ohio and Illinois is well documented. One excerpt from the book and the 12 mo, 26th day of1772 minutes of the meeting say" the ministering Friends of this meeting - Jonathan Taylor, Mary Pearson and Charity Cook -----in order to recommend them to the Quartely Meeeting and appoint them, David Jenkins and David Mote to inquire, make their report to our next mo. meeting--------------and if they find nothing to obstruct, to deliver the certificates at our next mo. meeting" etc. Thus Charity became a "recorded minister" like her mother, Rachel Wright. The book documents the marriage of their children to the Newlin, Furnas, Harvey, Herbert, Pearson, Lewis, Hollingsworth and Henderson families among many more families referenced herein. Charity and Issac Cook lived at Bush River for 43 years and then immigrated to Ceasers Creek, OH. Howard W Cook ************** Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity& ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message