Hello Kim, My g.g.grandfather John HERRING and his first wife Catherine ______ were living in the Big Creek district between 1855 and 1865. They are shown in the 1860 census with son L.W. I've never been able to identify his wife's maiden name nor what happened to their son L. W. which I'm fairly certain stood for Lewis Williams. John's father was Isaac HERRING who lived a few miles north of Saluda. Isaac, born in 1789 in N.C. was a schoolteacher in the Saluda area between 1815-1870 and worked in a local saddle shop when school was closed so the children could work the farms. Isaac also had a son Jonithan, b. 1828 who married Amanda Evans. Jonithan and Amanda lived and raised their family in the area all their lives while John and 2nd wife Lucinda REAMES Herring migrated with all of their family except son Jefferson Davis to the Hokes Bluff area of Alabama ca 1882. I would be interested in anything that you run across regarding the HERRINGS or the CHAMBLEE families in this area. My CHAMBLEE family also lived in the Anderson, S.C. area. Don Herring Birmingham, AL At 01:15 PM 7/18/2000 -0700, you wrote: >I am in the process of posting a number of more specific messages about the >Big Creek community, near present-day Williamston, on the Saluda River side >of Anderson Dist. SC. > >But I invite anyone who has ancestors or knowledge of the Big >Creek/Stantonville/Calhoun/Williamston/Belton/White Plains area to contact >me. I am writing my PhD dissertaton in American history on the Big Creek >community, 1800-1865. This will eventually be published as a book. > >My ancestors are from the area; they include Halbert, Welborn, Pickle, >Wilson, Harper, Gambrell, and Lindley. However, this study is not a >genealogy--I am looking for information on all the local families who >settled there following the Revolution. > >I am glad to share the data I've collected, and hope to add more so that I >can tell an honest and compelling story about the Saluda River side of >Anderson County before the Civil War. > >Many thanks, Kim >kimwilson@mail.utexas.edu > > >==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== >Remember the Subject line >and amend it to reflect >what's in your message.