On the home page for Rootsweb.com , click "Mailing lists--INDEX" under USA is "misc"...that category covers many Native American databases and name listings.Maryellen

Thanx for looking do appreciate it Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryellen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help? > The Henderson 1835, the Mulloy 1848, the Siler 1861, the Chapman 1852, the > Hester 1883,the Churchill 1908, and the Baker 1924 have none of these 4 > people. These are all Rolls of Cherokees both before and after the Trail of > Tears removal....tons os Smiths, four or five Cobbs, no Longs and no Free > Will. Sorry, Maryellen----- Original Message ----- > From: "CCMILLER" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:36 PM > Subject: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help? > > > > Mesiah SMITH > > Mesiah LONG > > Mesiah COBB > > Free WILL > > All 4 of these names are intertwined in some mystery that will we believe > in the end show that there are only 3 names not 4 because one of the names > is an alias. We know that Free WILL is a full bloodied Cherokee Indian and > several people have applied for claims to the Indian payments from the US > Gov't under his parentage. But he lost his identity in the white man's world > [and that was probably one of his goals in life] but for us descendants we > have also lost a grandaddy because of the lost identity. > > Can anyone within reach of this email tell me anything about any one of > these above men? The surnames that seem to be associated with these folks > are SMITH/LONG/COBB/ Roach/Williams/Watkins/Lee and afew others that are > peripheral. > > So if you want to do a good turn and help us "honor our fathers and > mothers" by identifying them to us then please respond and be of help and > good cheer. > > Thanx a million, Charles > > > > > > I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. > > > > 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and > mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our > mothers and fathers are? > > > > I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. > > > > 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and > mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our > mothers and fathers are? > > > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > > Here's the web site for The South Carolina Genealogical Society concerning > Old Pendleton District information to be downloaded > > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155/site2.html"> > > OPD Download</A> > > http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155 > > > > > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > POST !! POST !! POST !! > Remember, there are new comers almost every day. > The more you post, the better the chance of > finding that elusive relative. > > >

Hope this is of some help...Shirley Robert Cobb Jr. was the son of Robert Cobb and Nancy Adams. He was also half brother to Martha (Cobb) Pitts. Robert JR was born 22 Apr 1838 in Pickens District, South Carolina and died Oct. 2, 1921 in Oconee County, South Carolina. He is buried at Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina. Father: Robert Cobb SR. (never married to Nancy Adams, He was married to Ellender (Greer) Cobb) Mother: Nancy Adams Wife 1: Susan Long – Born: BET 1834/1838, South Carolina – Died ABT. 1860 Marriage: ABT 1857 Census: Jul 1860, Pickens District, South Carolina Child Of Robert and Susan (Long) Cobb 1.Masiah (Mariah) Cobb – b.15 Jan 1859, Pickens District, South Carolina – d.17 Apr 1918, Pickens County, South Carolina – Married: Luellen (Ellen) Pitts. Wife 2: Nancy R. Long – Born: 15 Jun 1840 Pickens District, South Carolina Died: 11 Aug 1924 Oconee County, South Carolina – Buried: Mountain Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee County, South Marriage: ABT 1860 Census: 1860, Pickens District, South Carolina Census: 1870, Oconee County, South Carolina Children Of Robert and Nancy R. (Long) Cobb JR: 1.Silas Cobb - b. Apr 1862, South Carolina - d.18 Nov 1938, Stephens County, Georgia 2.James Jefferson Davis Cobb - b. 1864, South Carolina 3. George Washington Cobb - 20 Nov 1865, S C - 30 Apr 1960, Oconee County, SC 4.John Henry Cobb Sr. – b. 20 Jan 1867 – d. 8 Jul 1954 5.Samuel R. Cobb - May 1869, South Carolina 6.Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Cobb - 1875, South Carolina - d. 1958 7.Wade Hampton "Hamp" Cobb – b.11 Jul 1877, Oconee Co., SC – d.8 Feb 1953, Oconee Co., SC 8.John Styles "George" Cobb Sr. – b. 8 Oct 1880, South Carolina – d. Nov 1968, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina 9. Thomas Jefferson Cobb – Footnote: Susan and Nancy Long were sisters *Rev. Masiah and Ellen (Pitts) Cobb Masiah “Cy” Cobb, Rev. was born January 15, 1853 in Pickens County, South Carolina. He died April 17,1918 in Oconee County, South Carolina. The dates on the death certificate conflict with the dates on the gravestone. The dates on the certificate were used. He is buried in the Mountain Grove Baptist Church cemetery, in Mountain Grove Township, Oconee County, S.C. He was a farmer and minister in Oconee Co, SC. And Masiah was the founded of the Mountain Grove Baptist Church. Masiah was the son of Robert Cobb Jr. and Susan Long. Susan and Nancy’s father was Masiah Long. Masiah married Louellen (Ellen) Pitts about 1874 in SC. She was born December 25, 1845 in SC and died April 9, 1951 in Oconee County South Carolina. Ellen was the daughter of West Allen and Isabella Pitts. Ellen died at 106 years of age; she was approx. 8 years older than her husband yet outlived him by approximately 32 years. She was a schoolteacher in Mountain Grove. They had a total of 8 children; these are the only names I have currently. At the time of Ellen Pitts Cobb's death she had 48 grandchildren and 97 great-grandchildren. . She was buried in Mountain Grove Baptist Ch Cemetery, Long Creek, Oconee, SC. Children of Masiah and Ellen (Pitts) Cobb: 1).Rose Anna Cobb – Birth: 1877. Married: FNU Moore. 2).Addie Cobb – Birth: 29 Nov1880 – Death: 06 Jun 1966 Married: W. Hampton Chambers - Birth:13 Jul 1878 – Death: 17 Sep 1943. Burial: Both: Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Oconee Co., S.C. 3).Clifton Cobb - Birth: 3 Aug 1886, South Carolina Death: 6 Apr 1980, Oconee County, South Carolina Burial: Oconee Memorial Gardens, Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina Married: Dessie G. Gillespie - 27 Dec 1911, Oconee County, South Carolina Birth: 24 Aug 1892 Death: 12 Aug 1952, Oconee County, South Carolina Burial: Oconee Memorial Gardens, Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina 4).Alfred Leonard Cobb - Birth: 1889. Married: Lucy LNU. 5). Isabella "Belle" Cobb - Birth: 10 Aug 1891 Death: 11 Jul 1975, Oconee County, South Carolina Burial: Neville Family Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina Married: FNU Watkins 6).Luther Cobb - Birth: 19 Jul 1893, South Carolina Death: 18 Dec 1976, Oconee County, South Carolina Burial: Neville Family Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina Married: Sallie Smith Birth: 27 Mar 1897 Death: 23 May 1954, Oconee County, South Carolina Burial: Neville Family Cemetery, Oconee County, South Carolina 7). Lillie Cobb - Birth: 1895 - Last record 1910 census living with Ellen. 8).Ollie Cobb b. 1899. - Married: Frank Hampton McCall – Birth: 1885 ----- Original Message ----- From: CCMILLER To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 3:36 PM Subject: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help? Mesiah SMITH Mesiah LONG Mesiah COBB Free WILL All 4 of these names are intertwined in some mystery that will we believe in the end show that there are only 3 names not 4 because one of the names is an alias. We know that Free WILL is a full bloodied Cherokee Indian and several people have applied for claims to the Indian payments from the US Gov't under his parentage. But he lost his identity in the white man's world [and that was probably one of his goals in life] but for us descendants we have also lost a grandaddy because of the lost identity. Can anyone within reach of this email tell me anything about any one of these above men? The surnames that seem to be associated with these folks are SMITH/LONG/COBB/ Roach/Williams/Watkins/Lee and afew others that are peripheral. So if you want to do a good turn and help us "honor our fathers and mothers" by identifying them to us then please respond and be of help and good cheer. Thanx a million, Charles I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== Here's the web site for The South Carolina Genealogical Society concerning Old Pendleton District information to be downloaded <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155/site2.html"> OPD Download</A> http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155

I was researching NC & SC lost the first half but here is what I found after moving: p400 8 March 1757 John Daniel vs Solomon Jeffery Indians Mary Jeffery wife of Solomon Jeffery Indians 10 May 1774 p269 Thomas Fisherman Indian, Dec. 14-Sept 1774... Feb. 13, p304 John West Indian, son of Reuben, age 12 March next bound to James Williams to learn trade of house joiner. Prince George County Court Records 25 Nov. 1719 (King George Co.) p719 Henry Barnes kept Indian child 9 months Joan Kennedy Indian, 2 years and 4 months to serve Wm Pettsworth etc until 21.... March Court p413 1729 Thomas Indian pet... re Eleanor Addison see p139 for the rest. pet's mother was Indian see p201 reference Thomas's family also see p304. this is all i have, i know nothing about these people as none are my ancestors.

The Henderson 1835, the Mulloy 1848, the Siler 1861, the Chapman 1852, the Hester 1883,the Churchill 1908, and the Baker 1924 have none of these 4 people. These are all Rolls of Cherokees both before and after the Trail of Tears removal....tons os Smiths, four or five Cobbs, no Longs and no Free Will. Sorry, Maryellen----- Original Message ----- From: "CCMILLER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: [SC-OPD] Want a Challenge? Want to help? > Mesiah SMITH > Mesiah LONG > Mesiah COBB > Free WILL > All 4 of these names are intertwined in some mystery that will we believe in the end show that there are only 3 names not 4 because one of the names is an alias. We know that Free WILL is a full bloodied Cherokee Indian and several people have applied for claims to the Indian payments from the US Gov't under his parentage. But he lost his identity in the white man's world [and that was probably one of his goals in life] but for us descendants we have also lost a grandaddy because of the lost identity. > Can anyone within reach of this email tell me anything about any one of these above men? The surnames that seem to be associated with these folks are SMITH/LONG/COBB/ Roach/Williams/Watkins/Lee and afew others that are peripheral. > So if you want to do a good turn and help us "honor our fathers and mothers" by identifying them to us then please respond and be of help and good cheer. > Thanx a million, Charles > > > I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. > > 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? > > I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. > > 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Here's the web site for The South Carolina Genealogical Society concerning Old Pendleton District information to be downloaded > <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155/site2.html"> > OPD Download</A> > http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/8155 > >

Mesiah SMITH Mesiah LONG Mesiah COBB Free WILL All 4 of these names are intertwined in some mystery that will we believe in the end show that there are only 3 names not 4 because one of the names is an alias. We know that Free WILL is a full bloodied Cherokee Indian and several people have applied for claims to the Indian payments from the US Gov't under his parentage. But he lost his identity in the white man's world [and that was probably one of his goals in life] but for us descendants we have also lost a grandaddy because of the lost identity. Can anyone within reach of this email tell me anything about any one of these above men? The surnames that seem to be associated with these folks are SMITH/LONG/COBB/ Roach/Williams/Watkins/Lee and afew others that are peripheral. So if you want to do a good turn and help us "honor our fathers and mothers" by identifying them to us then please respond and be of help and good cheer. Thanx a million, Charles I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are?

For the past several years I have been attempting to determine the descendants of Jennings NIX of Pickens , South Carolina and then Blount County, Alabama. But for the past couple of months I have been involved in the analysis of a single page in the 1840 Federal Census for Pickens South Carolina. I have found that I am kin of at least half of the families on this page, and three families on the previous page. But the ones that intrigued me the most, and the ones that I am having the most difficulty in identifying are those named NIX. They are in general the age of my Jennings and I belive that they may add to my knowledge of Jennings ancestors. They are: William B. NIX, Berry NIX, and Isaac NIX. I belive that William B. is William Baker Nix b. abt 1790 and his wife Rebecca MURPHDREE, my 1C5R. I have also found a note in my files from Patricia Cantrell indicating that she is their G(3)Grarndduaghter. But my note does not have her e-mail address. I am interested in hearing from anyone with knowledge about any one on this page, and particularly in making contact with Particia Cantrell. -- Dalton J. Nix 100 Maximillion Drive Madison, Alabama 35758-8170

I need to be in touch with Jane who researches GILLESPIE and MCCOMBS. Does anyone have her email addr? Thank you! Dolores

Hello, I'm also researching the area of SC. And in my researching I had found that many families migrated it seemed together around 1830's land grants and lotteries became popular. I have a copy of the Heritage of Chambers County,AL book by Heritage Publishing Co which you might try getting through your local library inner library loan dept. In the index taylor is hudge pages marriages etc. And many families migrated from SC area to GA and then many decendents to Chambers County,AL and surrounding areas. My well be worth a look at. Good luck. Sandel [email protected] Seattle Surnames: briskey,brisky,brisque,demastus,sutton,meadows,Hodnett,moore,McIntosh,Leverett,mark/merck (States SC, GA, Chambers County,AL, Washington state, TX and france) try to help others when I can

Dolores, Hi. I just recently discovered the following Web site for SC death records, thanks to one of the RootsWeb mailing lists. I hope it helps you, too. It's for the SC Dept of Health and Environmental Control: http://www.scdhec.net/vr/di/default.htm#CAT Judy At 02:15 AM 4/12/2004, you wrote: >John Martin/Mark THOMAS and Matilda Jane Smith THOMAS were my >GG-G'parents, and they were from Spartanburg. In checking the census >reports lately it seems that they remained in the area of Chick Springs in >Greenville Co. for quite a while and then moved to Pickens Co. where their >son, Charles L. THOMAS lived. > >Both John M. THOMAS and Matilda Jane Smith THOMAS died in the summer of >1916 in Pickens Co.. I cannot find where they were buried. If anyone has >any ideas, please let me know. I have checked the Pickens Co. books and >had no luck. I realize I may have to order their death certificates if >they had them then, but I'm not sure when they started. > >Thank you!

John Martin/Mark THOMAS and Matilda Jane Smith THOMAS were my GG-G'parents, and they were from Spartanburg. In checking the census reports lately it seems that they remained in the area of Chick Springs in Greenville Co. for quite a while and then moved to Pickens Co. where their son, Charles L. THOMAS lived. Both John M. THOMAS and Matilda Jane Smith THOMAS died in the summer of 1916 in Pickens Co.. I cannot find where they were buried. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I have checked the Pickens Co. books and had no luck. I realize I may have to order their death certificates if they had them then, but I'm not sure when they started. Thank you!

Once again I am starting on one of those family lines that seem impossible to crack… please help if you can. Posting several places so I apologize to any of you that have to read this more than once. My brick wall is William Mayfield Taylor, or I think that is his name, 1900 census has him as James W. Taylor, tombstone at Mount Bethel Baptist Church in Belton, SC is simply W. M. Taylor. Descendants of William Mayfield Taylor Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM MAYFIELD1 TAYLOR was born November 16, 1870, and died March 20, 1902 in Anderson County SC. He married LUCINDA MITCHELL, daughter of EDWARD MITCHELL and SARAH ASHLEY. She was born October 3, 1868 in Anderson County SC, and died September 27, 1943 in Anderson County SC. More About WILLIAM MAYFIELD TAYLOR: Burial: Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Belton SC Notes for LUCINDA MITCHELL: Owned and ran a boarding house in Ware Shaols SC More About LUCINDA MITCHELL: Burial: Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Belton SC Children of WILLIAM TAYLOR and LUCINDA MITCHELL are: i. EDDIE2 TAYLOR, b. October 6, 1891; d. May 25, 1974; m. GEORGE WILLIAM RICHEY; b. February 7, 1888; d. June 12, 1940. ii. ALFRED TAYLOR, b. April 14, 1892; d. September 1968, Lexington, South Carolina; m. AREE. iii. MAYFIELD TAYLOR, b. June 10, 1896; d. March 11, 1949 m. BUNNIE MCCOY, August 21, 1912, Anderson SC. Marriage Notes for MAYFIELD TAYLOR and BUNNIE MCCOY: Anderson Co. SC Probate Court, Bk. 1, p. 622 More About MAYFIELD TAYLOR and BUNNIE MCCOY: Marriage: August 21, 1912, Anderson SC iv. BESSIE TAYLOR, b. December 10, 1897; d. January 1977, Ware Shoals, Sc; m. FLATE CAMPBELL. v. JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR, b. February 28, 1900, Anderson County SC; d. February 9, 1979, Anderson SC; m. LILA JANE KELLEY; b. April 15, 1906, Anderson County SC; d. November 20, 1998, Anderson SC. More About JAMES EDWARD TAYLOR: Burial: New Silverbrook Cem. Anderson SC More About LILA JANE KELLEY: Burial: New Silverbrook Cem. Anderson SC vi. TECORA TAYLOR, b. March 10, 1902; d. September 1, 1902, Anderson County SC. Notes for TECORA TAYLOR: Born 10 days before Mayfield died More About TECORA TAYLOR: Burial: Mt. Bethel Baptist Church Belton SC I have nothing more on the Taylor’s. The Mitchell and Ashley lines I have a fair amount, which I will be happy to share. Maybe there are some long lost Taylor or Richey cousins out there that can help me out. Thank you, Jane [email protected] __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

I have a new copy of a book by Morris, titled "Pickens: The Town and The First Baptist Church." If anyone is interested in buying the book, please contact me at [email protected] Thank you! Dolores Miller Pringle

Hi You know could be decendents of his family line also. And I know what you mean we have mysteries in our Briskey/Brisky line also. I hate the brick walls don't you. Frustrating. Good Luck Sandel [email protected] Seattle

When the OPD was split into Anderson Dist. and Pickens Dist., the town of Pickens was nearer to the current location of the Duke Power Plant. This gave it a more central location in order to serve both current-day Pickens Co. and Oconee Co., SC. Later Pickens Dist. was split into the two counties of Pickens Co., and Oconee Co., so the town of Pickens was moved to make it more centrally located to the current Pickens Co., SC. I have the dates that all this happened should you need them - somewhere, but I will be glad to dig them out should you want them. Hope this helps! Dolores Miller Pringle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:55 AM Subject: [SC-OPD] Move the Town of Pickens? > Does anyone know if they did move the Town of Pickens? > Shirley (Pitts) Bennett > > Series Number: S165015 Year: Nd 00 Item: 04398 Item: 00 > > Date: 1837 C. > > Description: Inhabitants Of Pickens District, Petition Asking To Move The Village Of Pickens To A More Advantageous Location And For An Appropriation To Cover The Cost. (4 Pages) > > Names Indexed: Bogges, John R./Greenwood, James/Bryan, Jesse/Jenkins, Jesse/Barton, William E./Collins, Silas/Spencer, Doctor/Jenkins, Andrew/Jenkins, Thomas/Lile, H./Sparks, Elis/Sandford, Asa/Davis, Jefferson/Mcdonald, Henry/Green, James/Harden, Griffin/Wright, John/Perkins, Joshua/Collins, Thomas/Harden, Ruben > > Locations: Pickens/Pickens District > > Type: Petition/ > > Topics: Courthouses/Jails/Towns, Establishment > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Remember the Subject line > and amend it to reflect > what's in your message. > >

Does anyone know if they did move the Town of Pickens? Shirley (Pitts) Bennett Series Number: S165015 Year: Nd 00 Item: 04398 Item: 00 Date: 1837 C. Description: Inhabitants Of Pickens District, Petition Asking To Move The Village Of Pickens To A More Advantageous Location And For An Appropriation To Cover The Cost. (4 Pages) Names Indexed: Bogges, John R./Greenwood, James/Bryan, Jesse/Jenkins, Jesse/Barton, William E./Collins, Silas/Spencer, Doctor/Jenkins, Andrew/Jenkins, Thomas/Lile, H./Sparks, Elis/Sandford, Asa/Davis, Jefferson/Mcdonald, Henry/Green, James/Harden, Griffin/Wright, John/Perkins, Joshua/Collins, Thomas/Harden, Ruben Locations: Pickens/Pickens District Type: Petition/ Topics: Courthouses/Jails/Towns, Establishment

Thanks, Sandel - I don't think Moses Hendricks would be in the books unless he were leading a double life, which I accuse him of sometimes. He supposedly stayed in SC. He started out with wife Susanna and died with Susanna still his wife. He is a puzzle for many people and has been for over 50 years. There is just no hint or clue from where he came. Sometimes I think he had a name change. I keep hoping someone will light a fire under the Hendricks men & get them started in a DNA search. Wilma K. Wilma K. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Moses & Susanna Hendricks > Hello, > I'm also researching in SC and in my researching I found that many families > seemed to migrate together around 1830's. Many to first GA for land grants and > land lotties became available. And then many families or decendents went from > there to Chambers County,AL and surrounding areas. I have a book great little > info in it. > And have found many decendents for the lines from Abbeville and SC. Some NC > also. > There are Hendricks and Hendrick in a book I have called heritage of Chambers > County,AL by Heritage Publishing Company. Might be worth your while to make a > trip to your local library and see if they can get you a copy to look at > through the inner library loan dept. I find it invaluable tool. > Also there is an 1832 GA land grant book. It has 100's of names of early > settlers to GA. Gives info in some cases also worth checking at your library. And > a book called "Reason for the Tears' By Bobby Lindsay a most popular book > hard to get. > usually through your library loan dept. But well worth reading. > Good luck. > Sandel > [email protected] > Seattle > Surnames: > Briskey,Brisky,brisque,Demastus,Sutton,Meadows,Hodnett,Moore,McIntosh,Levere tt,Mark/Merck (States SC, GA, Chambers County,AL, Washington State, > Tx and france) always willing to try to help > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Kindness is contagious, pass it on. > List Admin - Derrell Oakley [email protected] > >

Hello, I'm also researching in SC and in my researching I found that many families seemed to migrate together around 1830's. Many to first GA for land grants and land lotties became available. And then many families or decendents went from there to Chambers County,AL and surrounding areas. I have a book great little info in it. And have found many decendents for the lines from Abbeville and SC. Some NC also. There are Hendricks and Hendrick in a book I have called heritage of Chambers County,AL by Heritage Publishing Company. Might be worth your while to make a trip to your local library and see if they can get you a copy to look at through the inner library loan dept. I find it invaluable tool. Also there is an 1832 GA land grant book. It has 100's of names of early settlers to GA. Gives info in some cases also worth checking at your library. And a book called "Reason for the Tears' By Bobby Lindsay a most popular book hard to get. usually through your library loan dept. But well worth reading. Good luck. Sandel [email protected] Seattle Surnames: Briskey,Brisky,brisque,Demastus,Sutton,Meadows,Hodnett,Moore,McIntosh,Leverett,Mark/Merck (States SC, GA, Chambers County,AL, Washington State, Tx and france) always willing to try to help

Let me put my 2 cents in on Mr. Andrea's work. I have so appreciated his research on the McClendon/McLendon line. His research was a good tool for my research. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wynell Simpson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:11 PM Subject: [SC-OPD] RE: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-D Digest V04 #89 > I would like to agree with Herbert. Although the Andrea files are a > wonderful tool, they must be used as a starting point for research. Please > do not accept what they say without further research. > > I am very grateful to Mr. Andrea for doing some research on the Hall family. > But much of it contains conclusions based on very little. Much of it is what > he was sent by others, and much of this is incorrect. > > The records are very worthwhile reading as long as we know that we must > prove our line. Which is the way it should be anyway. As long as we prove > each step as we go, we will do just fine. > > Some of the Hall information has been proven wrong, some has been proven > doubtful, but this information is still circulated on the internet as facts. > > The Leonardo Andrea records have been microfilmed and are available in some > genealogy libraries. They are available on microfilm in Clayton Library in > Houston. > > I have also seen sites on the internet that list every name he has > information on. If interested one can do a Google search and find them > easily. This will only be an index. > > Wynell > > >______________________________ > >X-Message: #1 > >Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:33:26 -0500 > >From: "Herbert Hendricks" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > > > >Dear All, > > > >I would add a caution to using the Leonardo Files for the Hendricks > >and Major families of SC. There are numerous conclusions that are > >not valid as not much research was done on these lines out of SC. > > > >Leonardo Andrea's work for Mary Lee Robbins of Longview, Texas is > >a good example of drawing conclusions without researching Virginia > >Data. This data is readily available to day to conclude the lines of > >the Major family back into Virgina are incorrect. > > > >A good source for Hendricks Families is Frontier Hendricks I & II, > >the Pamunkey Hendrick and the Albermarle Hendricks by Dr. John Scott > >Davenport. > > > > > >HerbHendricks > >[email protected] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Limited-time offer: Fast, reliable MSN 9 Dial-up Internet access FREE for 2 > months! > http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Want to search for a surname in RootsWeb archives > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >

Herb, You mentioned Moses and Susannah Hendricks and hinted at the verbal history that says she was a Glen. Most of us gave up that thought years ago and we look for a Susanna being a dau. of anyone that might name a Susanna Hendricks in their will, or estate papers in SC, NC, Va., etc. However, no one can cover all the records in a lifetime, so we just work, watch & wait. Most times family tradition is partly true, so perhaps her mother was a Glen. We can't determine Moses' father yet, either, as he did not associate with any other Hendricks so we can place him in a group already known. We look for others that might have raised him if he were an orphan. So again we wait and go to other names we need to work on. The same is true for Esley Hunt & his wife Nancy who was supposed to be Nancy Lacy. This is family tradition, but yet we do look at every Nancy Lacy or Nancy Hunt we run across. Sometimes records have been destroyed, so what is one to do? We just have to keep working, watching & waiting. I don't think anyone should put names on a chart without at least a question mark, as it misleading to other people and it should never be given or written down as the truth. I also agree with you about Andrea's work. Part true, part untrue. The poor fellow never knew his work was going to be published and rented out by his sister Connie. She used to teach me, but I did not know then she was his sister, as I had never heard of Andrea. I have even rented his files from her. Everything does have to be proven, though, on anything he or others say. But one does get a good overview of where the records are and who is there, which helps us a lot and their availability is good for everyone at the LDS Libraries. Wilma K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Hendricks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] RE: SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-D Digest V04 #89 > Dear Wyndell, > > The reason I bothered to reply to the comments about Leonardo Andrea's > work can be very well documented by going to Rootsweb dialing up the > Major family, put in John Major and Martha Eliza Epps as his wife and > see what you get. By persuing through the files you will find a 1999 > publication on this that in great depth quotes Leonardo Andrea's work. > > If Leonardo had gone to VA and looked in the VA Archives he would have > found two books one published in 1915 by James Branch Cabell and the other > published in the 1937 by Julian Neville Major on the Major families of VA. > The work he did for my Hendricks relative Mary Lee Robbins of Longview, > Texas > was done in the 1950 and 60s. James Branch Cabell's book has to my knowledge > only one mistake in his text which is well documented from official records. > Cabell did not have access to a Major family record of 1777 on the will of > Bernard Major that was not put into the VA Archives until 1955 by J. T. > Major > of Charles City Co., Va. > > These books should have made Leonardo Andrea wonder about his quotes on John > Major of Newberry > and Abbeville Co., SC being a Pvt in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. At > that time > John Major was like John Smith is sorting them out, but it can be done. See > Virginia > Archives file 35792, Major Family Genealogical Notes. > > A follow up on Julian Neville Major's book has recently also been published > in 1998 by > James Russell William Major, a retired professor at Emory University in > Atlanta, Ga. > which offers not much new genealogically but a lot of more details about the > King and Queen, Caroline and Culpeper Major families. > > Being a Major family researcher I has found records where family members > searched > back to the US Archives in 1900 to solve the mystery of John Major of > Newberry and > Abbeville Co., SC. However with better mobility and access to records the > current > SC Genealogy records on this John Major marrying Martha Elizabeth Epps were > refuted > years ago. > > One way you do it as there is an Eppes Society in Virginia which has every > record > conceivable well documented on the Epps Family. Not until 1834 did a Major > family member > marry an Eppes. SC Major researchers keep saying Martha Elizabeth Epps is > the daughter > of Richard Epps. Just read the records as to who his daughters married. Also > chase down > some of the John Major men in Virginia and see where they are and where they > went, it is > fairly easy with more records accessibility than ever before. > > However people keep going back to old family histories and using them over > and over again > never taking the trouble to find out if they are correct. Some people never > even get out > of SC in their record search. > > Some people never try to correlate all the various family connections that > one family has > with other families. Doing this gives you a clue many many time what may not > be right or may be > wrong. This gives you a hint to dig into real records that have some meat in > them such as > official records of Counties and states. > > When I was growing up in the Pendleton area of Anderson Co., SC, there was a > person in upper > SC who used to write stories of the old times. They were fun to read and to > let your imagination > run wild but they were not factual. Some of the stories are still available. > That is what you find when > you read a lot of the old SC family histories. Those who go to SC Genealogy > meeting and learn > how to do research find the fruits of their work often rewarded with actual > records that are > often surprising. When you just live in old verbal family history you have > just what happened > to Moses Hendricks m Susan (Glen?) of Pickens, SC and my John Major of > Newberry and Abbeville Co., SC. > > God Bless. > > HerbHendricks > [email protected] > > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > POST !! POST !! 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