My name is David Christopher, I have a favor to ask of all you Abbeville, OLD 96 researchers. If in your research you should come across ANYthing, marriages, wills, deeds, court records, birth records, anything with the Christopher surname, could you do me a favor and forward a copy to me, or email me and let me know a URL that I can go to. I already have a fair amount, you know the public stuff, a couple of abstracts, census 1820-30, a few marriage records. I am looking for death, burial records, church records, etc. You can send it to the Abbeville message board, chances are I will see it, or you can email me @ srunreal@yahoo.com. If I can ever be of help to any of you, just let me know. I have limited resource, so don't expect anything great, but I will give a try, or if I can't handle it, I will ask one of the good researchers I know to take a look at it, no promises on results. I will put some info below here to kinda recap what I already have, if anything you run across ties in with a Christopher name, keep me in mind. Thanks, David Christopher ps, I am also interested in John W Ponder b 1897 and Sallie May Ponder b 1898 children of John Ponder b May 1841 & Maggie May Johnson. They were in the 1900 census Abbeville Co SC and he was employed at a Cotton Mill. Looking to find parent info on either of these two. ------- Ralph Griffin Christopher comes from Rutherford Co., NC to Abbeville around 1803, leaves for Greene County, Ga. around 1806-07. In 1820, he's back in Newberry as a medical student under C.B. Atwood. In 1822 he marries Miss Anne T. Chiles, daughter of Thomas Chiles Esquire, Abbeville District, South Carolina. A year later they move off to Alabama. We know that David Christopher was made guardian of two minor Christopher boys, William, and Buckner Griffin Christopher in 1818. CHRISTOPHER, (MINORS) -- Box 106, Pack 2692: On Apr 6, 1818 David CHRISTOPHER, John DAVIS, James COBB bound unto Taliferro Livingston Ord. Abbeville Dist. sum $2,000. David CHRISTOPHER made grn. of Wm., Buckner Griffin CHRISTOPHER, minors under 14 yrs. We know that in Census data 1820/1830 David is on the same page with a John Davis, John Davis appears as over 45 years of age with a female also over 45. David Christopher is on the same page with 3 male kids under 10, 1 under 16, himself under 26, 1 female under 16, and his wife I assume, also under 26. William Christopher is also on the 1820 census, different page, 1 male, 2 females all under 10, while both he and his wife are under 26. ----- Later I pick up an Orbit book index that gives us this little bit of info: Baptist Christian Index 1822-79 Christopher, Rev. David see Christopher S.S. Christopher, Jesse G., 36Yrs. d. 5-5-1873 Greene Co. Christopher, Mrs. Nancy 43Yrs. w of William Christopher, d. 9-20-1855, White Plains Christopher S.S. b. 13-17-1830, Abbeville District, S.C. s of Rev. David Christopher d. 3-8-1868 Macon Co. Ala. Christopher, William see Christopher, Nancy ------- Baptist Christian Index 1880-99 Christopher, Martha see Christopher, Willie Christopher, William H. see Christopher, Willie Christopher, Willie (Miss) 16yrs, b. 9-20-1882 d. of William H. and Martha Christopher d. 11-24-1898 joined White Plains Baptist Church 8-1895 It tells us the David, father of S.S. Christopher is a Reverend, and that his son S.S. was born in Abbeville in 1830. Now I am not 100%, but this has to be the same David Christopher of 1818. Surely, if David Christopher is a Baptist minister there must be some records from the church. Then we get this: Name:Stephen S Christopher Spouse:Minerva C Moltrie Marriage Date:30 Apr 1856 County:Macon State:Alabama Performed by Name:R M Sanders Source information: Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research Showing Stephen Christopher in Macon County, Alabama. I am told Ralph Griffin Christopher mentions Buckner Griffin Christopher to be his Nephew in his will. Ralph dies in 1839 In Greene County, Alabama, son of Ambrose Christopher. S.S. Christopher dies in 1868, Macon County, Alabama, son of Rev. David Christopher. ---- And I would really like to find out where Elizabeth is buried, and when she died: 1. David CHRISTOPHER. Child of David CHRISTOPHER is: + 2 i. Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER died in Abbeville, SC. ---- Descendant Register, Generation No. 2 ---- 2. Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER (David CHRISTOPHER1) died in Abbeville, SC. She married William FINCH 21 JAN 1780 in Mecklenberg Co., VA, son of Brothers FINCH and Sarah VAUGHAN. He was born ABT 1753, and died 11 APR 1811 in Clarke Co GA. Children of Elizabeth CHRISTOPHER and William FINCH are: + 3 i. John FINCH died 1831. + 4 ii. Brothers FINCH was born ABT 1785 in SC. 5 iii. Christopher FINCH was born ABT 1790 in Newberry Co., SC, and died ABT 1859 in Scott Co., MS. He married Elizabeth DUNGAN 24 FEB 1818 in Clarke Co., AL. She was born ABT 1795, and died AFT 1870. + 6 iv. William FINCH was born ABT 1791, and died BET 1881 AND 1882 in Clay Co., GA. 7 v. Sally FINCH. She married Anderson BURT 20 MAR 1809 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. 8 vi. Elizabeth FINCH. She married Samuel BYRD 2 SEP 1809 in Oglethorpe Co., GA. ----- Sorry, don't mean to dump so much info out, but its more to let you know what we already have, and some of what we are looking for...... ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469