So glad to hear that your daughter is doing better. It will just take a bit of time for Ross to gain his strength. I know it must be very difficult to leave him in hospital. Our weather bad here too, but not minus temps. Was 10 here night before last, 17 last night. We had about 6" of snow Wed. and it is still on the ground, altho the roads are clear except where shading all day. As for will for Union Co., you could contact the Union Co. folks or the State Archives for the info. I checked the State list of genealogical societies, and find a Pinckney Dist, PO Box 5281, Spartanburg, SC 29304. There may be a web site for them. Try going to USGENWEB, click on State map, SC, UNION Co. and see what comes up. I would think this is the gen. Society it would fall under, as in 1791-1799 It was a Separate Dist off of Old Ninety Six Dist. After that time the larger districts were abolished and the various counties, which were called individual Districts at the time rather than counties, were formed. The Probate records for all counties are on microfilm at the State Archives. If I had the time right now to go and look for them for you, I would, but I am just swamped with other resp. like helping Mom, and my Friends of the Camden Archives responsibilities. I have lots of backed up emails. Just saw yours and wanted to check on the Baby. SC STATE ARCHIVES: SC Department of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Rd. Columbia, SC 29223 803-896-6100 http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm Our local archives has some information on just about all counties, but I have not ever looked for Union Co. info. Why not post to the following lists: SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com SC-Roots-L@rootsweb.com SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.com Ask the same question you asked me, and also ask about sites that focus on Union Co. There are a lot of Union Co. queries. That area got a lot of folks from NC who later moved to Edgefield, but I checked my Edgefield Thomas and Walker files and did not see the names you mentioned. If you can get dates for these folks, it would help. Good luck Billie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Geniesleuth@aol.com> To: <tjones@camden.net> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: Baby Update > Hi Billie, > > They tried some new medication on Teri and she will be home today, they > think. > > Baby still doing well, is actually trying to take a bit of breast milk from a > premie bottle. Teri was pumping out milk for him, have no idea if they can > freeze it or not, forgot to ask. Ross will remain at the hospital for > another two weeks, estimated. Teri sure hated to go home and leave him > there. She will miss being able to walk down the hall to see him anytime she > wants to. With this freezing weather, she will not be able to run back and > forth to the hospital so easily. Wind chill was -12 here this morning. We > are northeast of B'ham by about 18 miles, so is colder here. > > I wonder if you could tell me where I could get a copy of a Union County, SC > will? From my book, "South Carolina Index of Wills" found a James Thomas, > Book 1, page 42, Union County. I am trying to help a distant cousin who was > born and lives in Australia. We are almost certain that is either the father > or relation to her ancestor, James V Thomas, b abt 1812 in Union County > Checked my "SC Jury Lists 1718-1783" book and was one listed there in 1783 as > being in Old Ninety-Six District, from which Union County was formed, but the > jury book also listed a John Thomas and also a John Thomas, Jr., also Old > Ninety-Six District, which are the only ones that are from the same area with > surname of Thomas, but no will listed on those in the index book on wills > That is the only James Thomas that I found in the will index book, but did > find a M. C. G. Thomas, Book C, page 274, and also a William Thomas, Book C, > page 214, which are the only other Thomas' listed at all in the wills book > from Union County, SC. Should probably get all three, any idea of the cost > per will, or does it depend on the amount of pages in the file? She is > connected to me through her HILL line from Chickasaw County, MS, who married > into my POUNDS line in Chickasaw County, MS. She also has Thomas/Hill > connections here in AL, took some photos for her at a cemetery in Blount > County, AL where some of her ancestors are buried. She can find a few things > on the net, but her server does not give her easy access to a lot of them, > nor does she have access to books and/or records. Quite a genealogical > handicap. I would greatly appreciate an address that I can write to, or an > e-mail address where I can find out the cost and where to write to try and > help her out. Her father was b MS, her g-parents b MS, g-grandparents in AL, > and then the rest goes back to SC. Some lady in FL was helping her out some, > but she was not really turning loose of too much info that will help her out. > Got the death cert on her Elizabeth Thomas/Hill (d Cullman County, AL at age > of 109 in 1930) which gave the parents names, James V Thomas and Eleanor > (Nellie) Walker, who was also b SC. We found them on the Jefferson County > Census here up to 1870 (close to the Blount County, line). Sarah Annie > Elizabeth (Thomas) Hill died at her son's house in Cullman County (also on > the Blount County line) have the obit on that one, and stated her death date > and her age., which we really lucked out there. Would have never dreamed she > lived to be that old. > > Any advice you can give me will be greatly appreciated. Just have not > ordered anything from SC before. > > Thanks, Judi >