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    1. [Old96] Researching: PALMER, SHIPP, CALDWELL, TURNER, ROBERTSON, KUHN, FANNIN/FANNON
    2. I am researching the following families: PALMER/PALMORE: The Palmers/Palmores evidently came from Virginia to the upper Old 96th District after the Revolutionary War. There were a few Palmer families that were in the Pendleton District and remained there after Anderson and Pickens Counties were created from the Pendleton District. My grandmother, Nancy Elizabeth Palmer, b: 1853, Townville, Anderson Co., SC. She married William A. ROBERTSON, b: abt 1848 in Franklin Co., GA. After the Civil War, they moved to Gregg County, TX. She was the only child James W and Rebecca Jane Palmer. James was died at Point Lookout, MD, Prison at the very end of the Civil War. James W. Palmer's parents were Chandler Palmer and Martha Thomas Palmer. I am stuck in knowing who was Chandler's father. There were so few Palmer's in the Old Pendleton District. Some believe, with no proof, that Jesse (shown in Pendleton) was Chandler's father. However, the name Jesse was never carried down in this family, and allows me to believe that possibly some other Palmer was the father. I understand that there was a Quaker church in the Old Ninety-Six District, and it moved and the whole congregation followed to Ohio or Indiana. In grasping for straws in my search, I wonder if his father could possibly be a member of that church that moved. When I was a child, we visited my aunt's home and looked at pictures and the women had large white collars and their hair was pulled up on top of their heads. It seems that some had on a white bonnet. They looked different from what we had ever seen. ROBERTSON: My grandfather, William A. Robertson, from Franklin Co., GA, not far from Anderson Co., SC where my grandmother was from. I would like to find out from anyone that has his name in their line. His parents were: Henry W. Robertson, b: ca 1823, NC wife: Catherine B. Clark, b: ca 1828, Franklin Co., GA (d: abt 1851) Issues: William A. Robertson, b: ca 1848, GA, d: 1900, TX Samuel Robertson, b: ca 1849, GA (d: abt 1851) John Wiley Robertson, b: ca 1851, GA I have been unable to find an instrument that ties Henry W. Robertson with the other Robertson's that are in Franklin Co., GA or in SC. I did, however, find some genealogies that had a Henry W. Robertson, son of John Robertson and Susannah Webb. I would like to know if there is someone else that is researching this line and would make contact with them. This line ties into the James "Horseshoe" Robertson line, according to the genealogy that I found. I had almost forgotten my Fannin/Fannon line. My Swiss ancestor from Orangeburgh County, SC, married Mary Fannon/Fannin/ing. My gggg grandfather, Lewis Kuhn, married Mary Fannon after the Revolutionary War. I had set her line aside, however, I would automatically look at Fannin's when I researched other lines. Recently, I pulled out the folder that I had accumulated info over the years and realized that the only Fannin/Fannon/Fannings in SC were in Orangeburgh Co., SC, and that was where the ancestors of the famous JAMES FANNIN who fought and died in the Texas Revolution was from. I had info that the original Fannin that came to SC lived and owned land in Cherokee Co., SC. James FAnnin died at Goliad, but had fought along with Gen. Sam Houston and David Crockett. Of course, in Texas, the Battle of the Alamo and the Battle of Goliad were an important part of our history. Anyone researching the Fanning/Fannin/Fannon family? Would like to hear from anyone that might suggest another place to look. Betty

    11/29/2002 06:22:21