Moving down from PA DEl VA Md and NC... Need to find their route. Some came through Rutherfordton, Some came through Spartanburg, Union Newberry and some through York. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [SC-OPD] Marriage records in Pendleton District > > Thanks for the book suggestions. Unfortunately, I need > > marriage records for > > the mid to late 1700s. I cannot seem to find any > > sources for such records. > > Do you know where these people were in the mid to > late 1700s. It's very unlikely that they were in the OPD > in the mid1700s: that area had almost no white > settlement until after the Revolution as most, if not > all, of it was Cherokee territory until after 1776. Large- > scale settlement doesn't seem to have begun until > gold was discovered in the area in the late 1700s. > > There were gold "rushes" here in the Southeast > *long* *long* before Sutter found the stuff at > his mill in California. > > Elizabeth Whitaker > > ______________________________________________ > > Check Your Email From Any Where in the World! > > http://www.myemail.com > > Tell Your Friends about MyEmail.com! > ______________________________________________ > > > ==== 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. > > >