Maryellen: and group: I was intrigued with your message: As I have ancestors that followed a like path and circumstances. First: Tell about regulatores and why they would go to SC (abbeville,like mine did) and the to Ga.(like mine did) One more question for you. Do you know what SEARCHERS were in the Rev. War?Perhaps one more question> How much did POLITICS dictate some of their moves?(For instance LOYALISTS) lOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU Thanks Fred baird On 2 Apr 2004 13:48:29 -0700 [email protected] writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Riggin/s, Maddox/ux, Davis, Atkinson, Broughton, Boyce, > Teague, Culum, etc. > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/949.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Please tell me about your Porters...I have a cluster of names which > begin in 1660 VA and go to MD. They leave MD about 1760 and go to > the Granville,Bute ,Orange, Guilford, Edgecombe Cos in NC.They are > suspected Regulators, soooo, they leave for SC about 1770 or so and > mostly settle in Abbeville. After the Rev War, when GA starts > handing out land to Vets from anywhere...the bulk move out. From > 1730, some Porter or another keeps popping in and out of the > cluster...they live next door, they buy at an estate auction, they > witness this and that. In 1730, a crucial character in my lineage > is harbored by a Porter. Please tell me about your Porters. > Maryellen > > > ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== > The breath no sooner left his father's body, > But that his wildness, mortified in him, > Seem'd to die too; yea, at that very moment > > >

Fred, this is really scarey...#1, I have Beairds in my line...#2 North and South Carolina both had Regulators...a vigilante/like group that florished in the Western part of both states. At issue was the lack of Government in the "outlands". There were no Courts within resonable reach. thus no "justice" to be handed out. These hard working folks were encouraged to be a buffer zone walling out the rough stuff from the good established folks in the eastern sections that had real estate to watch over. Thus, the C.of E. people in the East let those new Presbyterians and Methodists into the Colony to be fodder for the bad guys.They were prayed upon by gangs of the pillage and rape and murder variety.And the Indians frequently tried to wipe them out. As no troops or Courts were present, they up and took care of their own...thus, the Regulators that patrolled and hung their own criminals. There was such a major fuss that Gov Tryon in NC went out to put down the Regulators. Go put the Battle of Alamance on Google and read....Tryon's actions were considered "over the top" even for Royalists and the upshot was...the court system was expanded and some help was offered to bring the wilder elements under control. However...Tryon's actions against what many saw as fine British citizens, in my oppinion led to the Carolinas's being very early into the fray of the Rev War. Tryon began the practice of confiscating the land and property of dissidents. South Carolina was close to run to, near to family left behind, similar in terrain and background of the settlers, and sympathetic to the problems of frontier life. They too had big Regulator actions. And, in my opinion, South Carolina always seems to welcome the sort of people who, if given a multiple choice test, just always seem to select "other' for the dogone right of it! I don't imagine whether they lost their land by confiscation, or sold out to get to a better political climate, many of these folks had much to start on when they left.I know I have folks living in SC, and there is no sign of them in any land records.These people owned land in NC. Prices must have been low in NC when so many pulled out..I suspect they either tennant farmed. or just hired on as labor to someone else.Most of the land here is Royal grant or bounty under the headright system. I don't suppose people who fought against the Crown in NC were likely to pick up bounty land emigrating to SC.I see in old maps some huge holdings in the out in the middle of no where territory up until 1776 when the Royal grants stopped.Sombody had to be working all this land. Many people clearly had land that did not abut...it would take half a day to just get from one field to another....there has to be lots of people here we are not seeing signs of. Georgia was the state that most suffered from "seasoning". ( the time it took for people to adjust to a new climate and it's diseases.) The sapping heat, malaria, water shortages were all hard on the rained-on people of cold England.Many died. Oglethorpe really marketed the land.Please remember. Georgia was never a Colony. It was a Trusteeship. A board of men in England underwrote the entire financial undertaking. No King ever took over GA like happened in VA, and made it a Royal Colony. Oglethorpe, a member of the board, put his money where his mouth was and came over to run the area first hand. No middle man for him. Mosquitos not withstanding. free land to Vets and a lottery for other folks had to be a dream...a new start...a real life...I'd go to GA too. I have absolutely no clue what Searchers were in the Rev War...sounds like a land based pirate on supply duty.Just a guess. As for Loyalists...each state handled the Real property of Loyalists in individual manners. Many states just stripped them bare and schlepped them off on Eng ships. They had auctions and a good time was had by all picking over the spoils. Maryland, for one, did not confiscate the Loyalists' land. I have Loyalist ancestors who never left, though there is a bit of sleight of hand as to who paid the taxes for a while. This isn't always the case though. I suspect Maryland, which thanks to the Chesapeake, was really under the guns of England for many years of the war, always had a large percentage of Loyalists and there was no question of dumping all that land on the market.I really am not sure why MD let it's Loyalists make their own choice.( To leave or stick it out after the war)However, that's a subject to explore another day...I'm getting tired of listening to me. Maryellen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Baird" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: Re: [Abbeville] Re: Porters in early Abbeville > Maryellen: and group: > I was intrigued with your message: > As I have ancestors that followed a like path and circumstances. > First: Tell about regulatores and why they would go to SC (abbeville,like > mine did) and the to Ga.(like mine did) > One more question for you. Do you know what SEARCHERS were in the Rev. > War?Perhaps one more question> > How much did POLITICS dictate some of their moves?(For instance > LOYALISTS) > lOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU > Thanks > Fred baird > On 2 Apr 2004 13:48:29 -0700 [email protected] writes: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: Riggin/s, Maddox/ux, Davis, Atkinson, Broughton, Boyce, > > Teague, Culum, etc. > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GeB.2ACI/949.1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Please tell me about your Porters...I have a cluster of names which > > begin in 1660 VA and go to MD. They leave MD about 1760 and go to > > the Granville,Bute ,Orange, Guilford, Edgecombe Cos in NC.They are > > suspected Regulators, soooo, they leave for SC about 1770 or so and > > mostly settle in Abbeville. After the Rev War, when GA starts > > handing out land to Vets from anywhere...the bulk move out. From > > 1730, some Porter or another keeps popping in and out of the > > cluster...they live next door, they buy at an estate auction, they > > witness this and that. In 1730, a crucial character in my lineage > > is harbored by a Porter. Please tell me about your Porters. > > Maryellen > > > > > > ==== SCABBEVI Mailing List ==== > > The breath no sooner left his father's body, > > But that his wildness, mortified in him, > > Seem'd to die too; yea, at that very moment > > > > > > >