This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/930 Message Board Post: Looking for info on Thomas Welsh Jones born in Abbeville ca 1790, married Martha Poythress Moseley. He and Martha had lots of children, he died ca 1838 in Ga. where the family raised their children. Any info would be appreciated. [email protected]

I found this online, and found it very informative. My thanks to this group for posting this in an effort to learn about our forefathers and foremothers. This information was collected as a part of the research done by the 25th Continental Regiment, a living history group. The regiment re-creates an American unit from 1776 that fought in the American Revolution. HOW THE SOLDIERS COOKED: We drew a day's ration of beef and flour, what was called a pound of each. The flour, perhaps, was not far from its nominal weight, but the beef was, as it always was in such cases, and indeed in all others in the army, not more than three fourths of a pound, and that, at the best, half bone. And how was it cooked? Why as it usually was when we had no cooking utensils with us, - that is, the flour was laid upon a flat stone and scorched on one side, while the beef was broiling on a stick in the fire. This was the common way of cookery when on the marches, and we could get anything to cook, and this was the mode at the time mentioned. After I had satisfied my hunger, I lay down upon the ground and slept... Private Joseph Plumb Martin, 1777 We arrived at Valley Forge in the evening ... I lay here two nights and one day and had not a morsel of anything to eat all the time, save half of a small pumpkin, which I cooked by placing it upon a rock, the skin side uppermost, and making a fire upon it. Private Joseph Plumb Martin, 1777 F[riday] 16 to T[hursday] 29. very Cold indeed / we git sum wheat that is [in] bags below ware we go after wood and burn it wich makith very good Coffe and selling sum of our thing we git sum money & so we have once in a while Sum Caffe. Private Jeremiah Greenman, February, 1776 [At the siege of Yorktown, Sarah Osborne] took her stand just back of the American tents, say about a mile from the town, and busied herself washing, mending, and cooking for the soldiers, in which she was assisted by the other females ... cooked and carried in beef, and bread, and coffee (in a gallon pot) to the soldiers in the entrenchment. Sarah Osborne, 1781 ************* RECIPES OF THE 18th CENTURY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD: At home, families in America cooked following the recipes handed down to them, or from English recipe books. The first American cookbook was not published until 1796, but English cookbooks had been re-printed in America before then. Breakfast Recipes: Indian Slapjacks One quart of milk, 1 pint of indian [corn] meal, 4 eggs, 4 spoons of flour, little salt, beat together, baked on griddles, or fry in a dry pan, or baked in a pan which has been rub'd with suet, lard or butter. Amelia Simmons, 1796 To make fried Toasts Chip a manchet [ a round loaf of fine bread] very well, and cut it roundways into toasts; then take cream and eight eggs, season'd with sack, sugar, and nutmeg; and let these toasts steep in it about an hour; then fry them in sweet butter, serve them up with plain melted butter, or with butter, sack and sugar, as you please. Eliza Smith, 1758 Meat Recipes: To broil Stakes When you have a very clear brisk fire, make your gridiron very clean, put some hot coals from the fire into a chafing dish, and place a dish over them, in order to receive your stakes when ready; take rump-stakes, which should be about half an inch thick; after you have thrown over them a little pepper and salt, place them on the gridiron, and do not turn them till that side be done; when you have turned them you will soon perceive a fine gravy laying on the upper part of the stake, which you must carefully preserve by taking the when ready warily from your gridiron, and placing them on the dish: Then covering the dish, send them hot to the table with the cover on. Some before they take the stake from the gridiron, cut into the dish a shalot or two, or a fine onion, and a little vinegar. Eliza Smith, 1758 To mumble Rabbits and Chickens Put into the bellies of your rabbits, or chickens, some parsley, an onion, and the liver; set it over the fire in the stew-pan with as much water mixed with a little salt as will cover them; when they are half boiled take them out, and shred the parsley, liver, and onion; tear the flesh from the bones of the rabbit in small flakes, and put it into the stew-pot again with a very little of the liquor it was boiled in, a pint of white-wine, some gravy, half a pound or more of butter, some grated nutmeg; when tis enough, shake in a little flour, and thicken it with butter. Serve it on snippets [pieces of toasted bread]. Eliza Smith, 1758 To stew a Rump of Beef Season your rump of beef with two nutmegs, some pepper and salt, and lay the fat side downward in your stew-pan; put to it a quarter of a pint of vinegar, a pint of claret, three pints of water, three whole onions stuck with a few cloves, and a bunch of sweet-herbs; cover it close, and let it stew over a gentle fire four or five hours; scum off the fat from the liquor. Lay your meat on sippets, and pour your liquor over it. Garnish your dish with scalded greens. Eliza Smith, 1758 Vegtable Recipes: To stew Cucumbers Pare twelve cucumbers, slice them as for eating, put them to drain, and lay them in a coarse cloth until they are dry; flour them, and fry them brown in butter; then put in some gravy, a little claret, some pepper, cloves, mace, and let them stew a little; them roll a bit of butter in flour, and toss them up; put them under mutton or lamb roasted. Eliza Smith, 1758 To dress Carrots. Scrape them very clean, and when the water boils, put them into your pot or sauce-pan; if they are young spring carrots, they will be boiled in a half an hour, but if large they will require an hour. Take them out, slice them into a plate, and pour over them melted butter. Eliza Smith, 1758 To dress Potatoes Put your potatoes into the sauce-pan with a proper quantity of water; and when they are enough, which may be known by their skins beginning to crack, drain al the water from them, and let them stand close covered up for two or three minutes; then peel them, plate them in a plate, and pour over them a proper quantity of melted butter: Or after you have peeled them, lay them on a gridiron, and, when they are of a fine brown, send them to table. Or you may cut them into slices, fry them in butter,and season them with pepper and salt. Eliza Smith, 1758 Dessert Recipes: Plain Cake. Three quarters of a pound of sugar, 1 pound of butter, and 6 eggs work'd into 1 pound of flour. [Bake in a loaf pan at 325 degrees F. for 75-80 minutes.] Amelia Simmons, 1796 A Nice Indian Pudding. No. 1. 3 pints scalded milk, 7 spoons fine Indian meal, stir well together while hot, let stand till cooled; add 7 eggs, half a pound of raisins, 4 ounces butter, spice and sugar, bake one and half hour. No. 2. 3 pints scalded milk to one pint meal salted; cool, add 2 eggs, 4 ounces butter, sugar or molasses and spice q.s. [quantum sufficit - as much as suffices] it will require two and half hours baking. Amelia Simmons, 1796 Apple Pastries to fry. Pare and quarter apples, and boil them in sugar and water, and a stick of cinnamon, and when tender, put in a little white wine, the juice of a lemon, a piece of fresh butter, and a little ambergrease or orange-flower water; stir all together, and when it is cold put it in a puff-paste and fry them. Eliza Smith, 1758 Puff Paste for Tarts. No. 5. One pound flour, three fourths of a pound of butter, beat well. Amelia Simmons, 1796 http://members.aol.com/Srlohnes/recipe.html Happy Holidays! Jane Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall!

My thanks to this group for posting this in an effort to learn about our forefathers and foremothers. I hope you learn as much from this information that has been so generously shared by the living history group mentioned, as I have. This information was collected as a part of the research done by the 25th Continental Regiment, a living history group. The regiment re-creates an American unit from 1776 that fought in the American Revolution. THE ISSUE RATION approved by the Continental Congress appears generous. The "General Orders" issued by General George Washington state what was supposed to be issued to the Continental soldier. Subsequent orders and journal entries indicate what was actually received as time went on. In general, the soldiers' diet appears monotonous. Their diet does not appear to meet today's dietary guidelines as depicted in a comparison of the modern "food pyramid": By order of his Excellency General Washington, a Board of General Officers sat yesterday in Cambridge, and unanimously recommended the following Rations to be delivered in the manner hereby directed - Viz: Corn'd Beef and Pork, four days in a week. Salt Fish one day, and fresh Beef two days. As Milk cannot be procured during the Winter Season, the Men are to have one pound and a half of Beef, or eighteen Ounces of Pork pr. day. Half pint of Rice, or pint of Indian Meal pr Week - One Quart of Spruce Beer pr day, or nine Gallons of Molasses to one hundred Men pr week. Six pounds of Candles to one hundred Men pr week, for guards. Six Ounces of Butter, or nine Ounces of Hogs-Lard pr week. Three pints of Pease, or Beans pr man pr week, or Vegetables equivalent, allowing Six Shillings pr Bushel for Beans, or Pease - two and eight pence pr Bushel for Onions - One and four pence pr Bushel for Potatoes and Turnips - One pound of Flour pr man each day - Hard Bread to be dealt out one day in a week, in lieu of Flour. General George Washington, General Orders Headquarters at Cambridge Mass., December 24, 1775. we wenent down the river Sorrel to Shambalee Fort, where we tried to get baked bread (no other provisions to be had hear) Lt. Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, Journal Entry Fort Chambly, Canada, May 14, 1776. they [the workmen] had only 12 ozs of pork 1 1/2 lb of Flower pr Day Lt. Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, Journal Entry Mount Independence VT, July 18, 1776. The Weather being so wet and Stormy all Last Night, the Commisary is to Issue one gil of Rum to Every non Commisioned Officer and Soldier now in Camp. [Note: this order repeats frequently throughout the summer and into the fall.] 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, July 19, 1776. As Live Cattle increce, the Commisary will Issue five Days Fresh and two Days Salt a Week. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, July 26, 1776. The Troops are to Receive 1 lb. Flower Beef or 1 lb. of pork per Man a Day Till further Orders. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, August 5, 1776. When there is not Beef, the Commisary will Isue a half a Pound of Porke 1 1/2 lb. Flour to each man Per Day til further Orders. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, September 1, 1776. The Commissary will issue three Sheep to each Regt. and two to the Corps of Artillery tomorrow Morning at 10 o'clock. The Commanding Officers of Regts. will see that the sick weak Soldiers of Regts. are supplyed with this Refreshment. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, September 27, 1776. Mr. Commissary Avery has orders to send directly from Saratoga one thousand Bushels of Turnips Potatoes, which will be served out to the Troops in due proportion upon their arrival at the Commissary Store. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders FortTiconderoga NY, September 29, 1776. It having been represented to the General that many regiments would at this season choose to lesson their ration of meat and supply it with vegetables if they could be permitted, is concerned for the health of the troops, and desires to gratify them in every reasonable request, induces him to direct that Cols. of such regiments as choose to adopt that plan signify to the Commy. Gen. and in two days afterwards the Quartermasters of such regiments be allowed to draw one quarter part of the usual rations in money to be laid out in vegetables. Orderly Book, General Orders Martin's Regiment - New Jersey Militia, July 22, 1776. ************* The PURCHASE of liquor from suttlers (people who traveled with the army to sell liquor to the soldeirs) and food from markets established in camp or nearby, supplemented the issue diet. Fruits and vegetables as well as liquor were purchased: Pine apples as large as a quart Mug, for 6d [d = penny, s= shilling] each. ... A vessel came in on the 19th loaded with the above. She brought 300 dozen of Pine apples - I went on board her this morning (23d) and chose two out of several Cartloads, for which I gave only 1s/ 5 1/2d - The most beautiful fruit I ever saw, and in flavour much superior to any in England. Lt. Mackenzie (British Army), Royal Welch Fusiliers Upon Arrival in New York City, June 29, 1773. No Person is for the future to presume to sell any Stores, or Liquor to the troops, unless he be first appointed Sutler to some Regiment, by the Colonel or Officer commanding the same... General George Washington, General Orders Headquarters at Cambridge, September 6, 1775. bought 50 lemmons Lt. Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin, Journal Entry Camp at Cambridge, February 15, 1776. No Suttler is to Sell Liquor to a Soldier after Sunset or Suffer them to be about their Huts after that time. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Camp at Crown Point, July 5, 1776. Various frauds, impositions and abuses being every day committed, by traders, and huksters, coming to this camp, the Quarter Master Gen. and his Assistant are immediately to regulate the prices to be paid for the several commodities brought to sell particularly, garden stuff, venison, cheese, butter and all manner of eatibles. For the future all persons bringing any of the above articles immediately for sale are to carry them to the foot of the glasee of the old fort where the markitt is constantly to be held - Should any person or person be detected monopolising or fore stauling the markitt, they will be punish'd by a Court Martial and have all their goods seiz'd for the sick of the hospital. The markett is to be opened every morning at 8 oclock and be allow'd to continue till Sun Sett. 4th Penn. Battalion Orderly Book, General Orders Ticonderoga, September 25, 1776. The two hundered bushels of onions just brought to the Carrying Place at Lake George are to be one half of them sold at the markett post upon the glacis of the old fort and the other half at the markett place in front of Col. Pattersons Regt. upon Mount Independence. 4th Penn. Battalion Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, September 29, 1776. ************* FORAGING, or gathering food from the surrounding countryside, was another way the soldiers could add variety to their meals. Not everyone wanted soldiers to find food this way: our People are not alowed to tread on the ground scarcely they are not alowed to get orsters out of the Cove one man forbid the soldery catching eales But he got nothing for that But Cryes. Lieutenant Joseph Hodgkins, Letter to His Wife Camp at Long Island NY, May 22, 1776. A Sergant and twelve men to be Draufted from the Main Guard tomorrow to be posted on the South Side of the Lake near McDonald's for the Security of his Property, as he Complains of the Destruction offered to his Peas and Potatoes by the Soildiers. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, July 29, 1776. Fishing in Battoes being Prejudicial to the men's Health, to the Service, to the Battoes, is positively Prohibited. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, July 31, 1776. Strayed yesterday from Head Quarters, a Fat Sheep belonging to the General. He has that Opinion of the Soldiers under his Command that they will return Him his sheep whenever they find it. 2nd New Jersey Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, August 16, 1776. Contrary to all good discipline and in dissobeydiance of the most possitive orders some officers and soldiers have presumed to shoot pidgeons and other game in and in about the several incampments. 4th Penn. Battalion Orderly Book, General Orders Fort Ticonderoga NY, October 10, 1776. ************* ITEMS SENT FROM HOME further added to what was issued, bought or foraged: ... I sent a suguer Box By Naty Dodge I wish you could fill it with suguar send it as soon as you can ... I should Be glad of Sum Coffee Lieutenant Joseph Hodgkins, Letter to His Wife Camp at Cambridge, June 20, 1775. These Comes per your scooner Capt. Ingraham with sundry Artikles for the Army I understood per Letter from Colo. Huntington that it was very difficult to Obtain green Sase [sauce] in N York so ordered a Box filled with Betes, Carriots, Puttatoes, and Turnups directed to your Care to be divided between your Self and Brothors in Camp ... have also sent a Box of Choice good Old Cheese . Jabez Huntington, Letter to His Son Addressed to Camp at New York, August 6, 1776. If there is a good Opportunity to send me a small Matter of Honey Tamarinds they will be very acceptable. Colonel Jedediah Huntington (HP/321) Letter to His Father From the Camp at New York, August 19, 1776. Happy Holidays! Jane Foley

--=======5D5947E7======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-74036685; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit For the Pressly/Pratt researchers. Connie PRATT, Louise - Mrs. Louise Pressly Pratt was born on Tuesday November 2, 1909 in Due West, SC and passed away on Tuesday December 23, 2003 at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She was the widow of S.B. Pratt, Jr. and the daughter of the late Pearl Overcash and John Bonner Pressly. A graduate of Erskine College, she taught first in Sharon, SC, where she met her husband. She retired from teaching at Lamb's Elementary School in Charleston Heights. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC. After the death of her husband in 1986, she made her home with her son and his wife, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Pratt, of Inman, until recent ill health and her move to Park Place in Spartanburg. She is survived in addition to her son by four grandchildren and four great grandchildren: Suzanne Louise Pratt and her husband Toscan Lahy and their daughters, Neve and Nina Lahy of Salt Lake City, Utah; Samuel Pressly Pratt and his wife Jan Hogan Pratt, and their children Pressly and Hogan Pratt, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; David William Pratt of Spartanburg and his fianc , Ashley Marcum of Lexington, Kentucky, and by Isabel Laurens Pratt of Jersey City, New Jersey. She was predeceased by her brother, William Laurens Pressly of Due West, SC. The family is at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Pratt at 2556 Compton Bridge Road, Inman, SC. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday December 27, 2003 at Roselawn Memorial Gardens conducted by Rev. Peter Waid of the Spartanburg Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. James Coad of Bonclarken, NC. Burial will be beside her husband in Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Inman, SC. It is suggested for those who would like to make a memorial gift, that those be made to Mobile Meals, P.O. Box 461, Spartanburg, SC 29304 or to the charity of one's choice. SEAWRIGHT FUNERAL HOME, Inman, SC. The Charleston Post & Courier, 12/24/2003 --=======5D5947E7======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-74036685 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.556 / Virus Database: 348 - Release Date: 12/26/03 --=======5D5947E7=======--

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shanklin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/929 Message Board Post: Looking for information relating to the ancestors of Thomas Shanklin. He died Feb. 27, 1829 in Abbeville, SC.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/829.2 Message Board Post: Harold, would to happen to know if you John Ball is connected to mine? My ancestor John Ball b: 1768 was the son of John Ball b: c 1740. His family was from Abbeville, SC. John Ball b: 1768 went to Clarke Co., Ga. and Cobb Co., Ga. 1840 and Randolph Co., Al. 1850. I lose him there. Hope there is some connection and hope to hear from you. Patricia Griggs Stricklin at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/261.271.260.266.367.1.1 Message Board Post: Carol my ancestor John Ball b: 1768 lived in Clarke Co., Ga. for a while. His son, John Dison Ball was born there in 1808. They both later left Clarke Co., Ga. John went to Cobb Co., Ga. in 1840 and in 1850 he was in Randolph Co., Al. Been told his family came from Abbeville. Is there any family relation bet. my Ball and yours? Patricia Griggs Stricklin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/829.1 Message Board Post: You can order will from the SC Department of Archives & History. Go to the website and email them and in a few wks. they'll tell you if they found the will and the cost for a copy of it. Pat

I am glad for your family. I know you feel a strong relief. Gloria Donaldson Wells [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Wright, Campbell, Mathis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/928 Message Board Post: Marcus Lafayette Williams married Jane unknown in about 1804 probably Abbeville Dist SC. Who was Jane? Looking for a connection. They move to Hickman Co TN before 1840. Not sure about that.

I am sorry I am so late catching up on my emails so that today is Dec 16 and your message was Dec 10. If it does not hurt too badly, please tell me what the verdict was. Gloria Donaldson Wells [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Head Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeB.2ACI/927 Message Board Post: I am searching for information regarding Peter Head. Born in the Chesterfield District, South Carolina in 1810/1811. His wife name is Sarah. His father's name is Thomas. Peter joined the war at age 52. He was discharged later with a disability. Peter and his wife Sarah lived in Forsythe, Georgia. If anyone out there can help me in my search please email me at [email protected] Thank you in advance. Angel Joseph-DeLawder

The verdict came in today around 4:00 pm, the defendant, who we all believe to be the trigger man in our son's murder was found "GUILTY" of murder. Tomorrow the punishment part of the trial will begin. This person who has smirked at us since the beginning, who believed that he was going to get away scott free, will for once get something back for his wrong doings. Don't misunderstand me, this person has NO remorse, thinks its all a joke, and seems proud from what we've heard about him bragging about wrongs hes committed, he is plain and simple, "bad news", and needs to be put away as long as the law allows. Thanks, David Christopher Sr. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

The trial portion on the murder of our son, David Christopher Jr., murdered 5-5-02 completed today. Tomorrow the closing arguments will take place, and the jury should retire to try and reach a verdict. This is in San Antonio, Texas for those that may not be up to date. We the family wish to thank all of you that have been with us through this. I won't claim that all the loose ends will be tied, but this is a major step for the family towards closure. Again, thanks for all of your help, support, and prayer. Thanks, David Christopher Sr. PS; This is only on one of the defendants, there will be at least one more trial, or plea to endure. Any friends that are in the San Antonio area that would care to drop by, we will be in the "old" Courthouse, down in the basement at the "Impact" Courtroom. Since the trial went so fast and the defense had no defense, I am hopeful that we will see a fast return on the deliberation as well. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/892.3 Message Board Post: Hello, does your index show a Uriah Brown? He was listed in the 1820 and 1830 Abbeville Cenus. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Clarke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/926 Message Board Post: Seraching for info on Uriah Brown who is listed in the 1820 Abbeville cenus living next door to a Joseph Brown. Uriah is also listed in 1830 and then in Darlington SC in 1840. I am trying to confirm he is the one that married a Milly Clarke from VA. I have related siblings to MIlly. Thanks

--=======6E4E4E47======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-BDD1E53; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I appologize if some of you get this message more than once, but we did want you=20 to know of the new book that will be available as of the 13th of Dec. Please join us and get your copy of the two volume book. Remembering Edgefield 1891 =20 The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society is hosting a book signing on Saturday, December 13, 2003 from 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. at the Tompkins Library (104 Courthouse Square). The public is invited and refreshments will be served. REMEMBERING EDGEFIELD =96 1891, by Tricia Glenn & Tonya Taylor, is the long-awaited two-volume book set, which takes an in-depth look at Edgefield following the arrival of the railroad in 1888. The tremendous boon to the town and county following this event is highlighted in colorful transcriptions from the 1891 Edgefield Chronicle. Other important documents of the period, are included in the book, such as a rare 1891 Edgefield Town Census, Court of General Sessions records, Grand Jury reports, the 1891 Sheriff=92s Jail Book and Minutes of the County Commissioners. Moreover, the authors have researched other South Carolina and Georgia newspapers to include their observations about the region during this significant revitalization period.=20 The books present a vivid picture of what it was like to live in Edgefield County, South Carolina in the year 1891, and provides a glimpse into the mind of a people clinging faithfully to the "glorious" principals of the Old South, at the same time as they are exclaiming over the thrilling wonder of the telephone and the great steam engines of the local cotton-oil mill. Included within the books is a rare collection of old Edgefield photographs and drawings, a pull-out map of the town as it looked in 1891, plus an index that lists over nine thousand sur-names and place-names.=20 Please do not reply to this email. For more information please contact the Tompkins Library at (803)-637-4010 or email [email protected] --=======6E4E4E47======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-BDD1E53 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.547 / Virus Database: 340 - Release Date: 12/2/03 --=======6E4E4E47=======--

My thoughts are with you. May God go with you through these coming days and weeks. I did not get in on the beginning of the troubles your son is having, but I did not like what you told us in the latest mail. Gloria Donaldson Wells

I am sending this info out to all of you to keep you informed as to the status of our son's murder trial. I don't know if these latest events are a cause for alarm, if its normal, but it is sudden and drastic. I happened to call the DA's office today checking for changes or info updates on the docket reading that we were supposed to have this coming Monday morning. I talked to our "victim's advocate" for the 175th District Court, and asked her about the docket call. She then proceeded to tell me the latest, saying that the trial was shifted over to the old Courthouse down in the basement in the "Impact" Courtroom. She said there would be no docket reading, that jury selection would start Monday, and that trial would start in the same Courtroom on Tuesday. She also informed me that our Judge that was to preside over the trial had been replaced with a retired Judge, Judge Priest. Also, the prosecutor that was set is also changed. The number 1 chair who was supposed to prosecute has been replaced by an assistant, and the attorney that served as the "intake" attorney will also assist. I don't know what all this means, maybe I should have checked that the defendants were still the same, as "EVERYTHING" else is different??? Different Courtroom?? (in BASEMENT in OLD Courthouse??) Different Judge?? (out of retirement??) Different Prosecutors?? Sudden and without notice?? It was Friday morning when I called, and they hadn't called us to inform us ANYTHING. I asked what were we going to do, learn about all of this when we showed for the docket reading on Monday, but was assured that they intended to call us that day, she said they had just learned about it themselves the day before. When I asked why this was happening, the only explanation I received was that the "Impact Courtroom" became available for use at the end of the year, and that our Judge from the 175th decided to shift our trial over to that basement, in the "old" courthouse. Is is just me, or does this seem odd to anyone else? Thanks to all of you, cousin's, researchers, friends all, for being here with us through this time, this is not easy, we appreciate having family and friends to lean on when all else seems dark. David Christopher Sr. and Family __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

They are in the pre 1790 AIS CENSUS INDEX. Can any one relate? Fred On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:30:31 EST [email protected] writes: > > In the message from Frederick Baird, #193. are listed various dates > where he > found information besides the census years. Where can one find > these records > in the off years? > Gloria Donaldson Wells > [email protected] > > > ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== > For in the book of Numbers is it writ, > When the man dies, let the inheritance > Descend unto the daughter. > > >