Anne, My G'G'Grandmother was Mariah Monk from South Carolina (could be Orangburg) She married Hezekiah Byrd probably abt 1815 and had two sons, Josiah Walton and Edward Washington Byrd and moved to Mississippi in abt 1825. Was wondering if you may have run across her in Your "Monk" Lines Melvin Byrd s---- Original Message ----- From: Anne Crocker <annec@mindspring.com> To: <SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] SC Migrations/re Pontotoc/Cass > Hey, Mary, > > My mother's family is from Brindlee Mountain--the DODDs and the > MONKs. Do/did you know any of them? > > Anne > > >If there WAS BLACK SANDY SOIL on Sand Mountain, it was sure gone by the > >time I was born in 1933. Most of the good farms (those not taken by the > >TVA) were in the valley between Sand Mountain & Brindlee Mountain (where I > >grew up). Both mountains have pale yellow sandy soil. We always heard > >about the black dirt in the black belt in the southern third of the state > >and envied their bountiful crops. Mary > > > ==== SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST Mailing List ==== > Kindness is contagious, pass it on. > List Admin - Donna - dbrand@itexas.net >