This Casper Byerley, Sr, is an immigrant from Germany who was a ferry keeper and whose son with same name who eventually went to TN after marrying a Moore in SC. Casper Byerley, Jr, and Mary Moore b ca 1767 SC had daughters Margaret and Lucy who in 1820's outside Knoxville married Watkins brothers, one of whom is my line. I also have connections to Ritchey/Richie/whatever in my related Duncan/Dunkin line that connects to the Whitakers of NC and to a Hooker family that eventually married into the Watkins line in Loudon, TN. Descendants of John Belton 1 John BELTON Ireland d: Aft. 1753 .. +Rebecca ARMISTEAD Ireland,Armsted d: Aft. 1753 came from Ireland to sC . 2 William BELTON 1746 Ireland d: 1830 Newberry CO, SC ..... +Susanna LEAVELL .... 3 John BELTON ........ +Charity TEAGUE .... 3 Ann BELTON ........ +James MOORHEAD d: Aft. 1787 on Saluda River nr Casper Byerly, Sr./Rev. war .... 3 Martha BELTON ........ +unk COLLIER .... 3 Rebecca BELTON ........ +Robert RITCHEY Richey .... 3 Hannah BELTON ........ +John PITTS .... 3 Nancy BELTON ........ +Thomas PITTS presume to be brother . 2 Hannah BELTON d: Bush River Quaker cem; SC ..... +unk KELLY Note posted on this list: Book C, 690-692: 27 Feb 1795, Daniel Williams & Cassandra his wife of Newberry County, to James Teague [married to Elizabeth Williams, dau. of John & Ann Gary Williams] of same, for £100 sterling, 100 acres, part of tract of 300 acres granted to said Daniel Williams 12 July 1771 on a small draught of the Beaver dam called Williams Beaver dam, adj. John Williams, Major John Caldwell, Clement Davis, Wm Beg, James Williams. Daniel Williams (Seal), Cassander Williams (Seal), Wit: Thomas Gary, Robert Madam [sic: McAdams], Wm Belton. Proved 19 March 1795 by the oath of Wm Belton before Providence Williams, J.P. Recorded 6 May 1796.