This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gunter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZcB.2ACE/383.1 Message Board Post: The first part of your question is easy enough. Charles Wilson Gunter was a son of Wilson R. Gunter [25 Dec 1813 - 20 Mar 1896] who married Athsiniah Jordan. Wilson and his second wife are buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church which is southwest of Batesburg in Aiken County. Who Wilson R.'s father was is a mystery. I have been working on Gunters in the area for about 25 years and have accounted for most of them. It is most likely that he was a grandson of Joshua Gunter, the ancestor of virtually all the Gunters who lived from Columbia to Augusta before 1900. Theodocia Sawyer was a daughter of Winfield Scott & Susanne (Creed) Sawyer. Email me back so we can talk more.

To: LBUFF@MINDSPRING.COM Regarding the Gunter family. [original message below my message] Altho I have no direct connection to The Gunter lines, I have some information on them. Is this the Gunter family you are writing about? Descendants of Wilson R. Gunter 1 Wilson R. GUNTER b: December 25, 1813 d: March 20, 1896 Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC . +Zenith UNKNOWN b: Abt. 1815 ..... 2 Julian GUNTER b: Abt. 1835 ..... 2 Leroy GUNTER b: Abt. 1838 ..... 2 Catherine V. GUNTER b: Abt. 1841 ..... 2 Matilda GUNTER b: Abt. 1844 ..... 2 David A. GUNTER b: Abt. 1846 ..... 2 Charles W. GUNTER b: August 11, 1849 d: September 22, 1922 Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC ......... +Theodosia E. UNKNOWN b: October 02, 1857 d: May 25, 1933 Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC *2nd Wife of Wilson R. GUNTER: . +Elizabeth PITTS b: February 26, 1829 in of Edgefield Co, SC m: Aft. 1862 d: September 24, 1904 Father: Thomas Pitts Mother: Irena Holston/Holstein Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC NOTE: I don't have the last name for Theodosia, whom you called Theodocia Sawyer. Do you have source documentation for her maiden name. I am also a JORDAN researcher, so I am interested in the Athsiniah JORDAN you named, and sources as well. I have the following census records for Wilson R. Gunter that shows his two wifes: CENSUS: 1850 Edgefield Co, SC, p. 116A, hh# 1754/1758 Gunter W. R. 38 M Omnibus Driver 600 SC Gunter Zenith 35 F SC Gunter Julian 15 F SC attended school Gunter Leroy 12 M SC attended school Gunter Catharine V. 9 F SC attended school Gunter Matilda 6 F SC attended school Gunter David A. 4 M SC Gunter Charles W. 1 M SC Watts John 24 M Dresser SC Watts Catharine 18 F SC This seems to be him in 1870, still married to Assenith (probably the spelling) W. R. Gunter, head, 56, M W SC Asshinia Gunter, wife, 48, F W SC Charles Gunter, son, 20 M W SC John Gunter, son, 18, M W SC Gomillion M. Gunter, son, 14, M W SC Susannah Gunter, dau, 13, F W SC Therefore Elizabeth Pitts Raborn did not marry Wilson Gunter until after 1870. So where was she in 1870? CENSUS: 1880 Wards township, Aiken, South Carolina, p. 288A [Source:FHL Film 1255218 National Archives Film T9-1218] Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Wilson R. GUNTER Self M M W 66 SC Occ: Farmer Fa: SC Mo: SC Elizabeth GUNTER Wife F M W 50 SC Occ: Keeps House Fa: SC Mo: SC William B. RABORN SSon M S W 18 SC Fa: SC Mo: SC Francis GOMILLION GDau F S W 16 SC Fa: SC Mo: SC I have the following on the family of his 2nd wife Elizabeth Pitts Raborn. Descendants of Thomas Pitts 1 Thomas PITTS b: Abt. 1796 d: 1864 . +Irena HOLSTON/HOLSTEIN b: Abt. 1810 Father: Moses Holson/Holstein ..... 2 Mary Ann PITTS b: Abt. 1828 ......... +Thomas JONES b: Abt. 1817 ..... 2 James PITTS b: Abt. 1829 ..... 2 Elizabeth PITTS b: February 26, 1829 in of Edgefield Co, SC d: September 24, 1904 Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC ......... +William Marshall RABORN b: Abt. 1826 in Edgefield Co, SC m: Abt. 1851 d: January 07, 1863 in CW prison camp in Murfreesboro, Tenn Father: William Raborn Mother: Susannah Lovelace ............ 3 Joseph Abney RABORN b: Abt. 1852 d: Bef. 1946 ................ +Berthena GOFF b: in of Edgefield Co d: Bef. 1946 ............ 3 Thomas Pitts RABORN b: October 12, 1853 in SC d: April 15, 1926 in Aiken Co, SC Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC ................ +Elizabeth CULLUM b: May 22, 1858 in Edgefield Co, SC d: September 01, 1936 in Aiken Co, SC Father: William Cullum Mother: Annie Clark Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 James Raeford RABORN b: October 11, 1855 in Edgefield Co, SC d: November 25, 1928 in Aiken Co, SC Burial: Shiloh Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC ................ +Martha Marina CULLUM b: September 08, 1861 in of Edgefield Co., SC m: Abt. 1878 in Edgefield Co, SC d: May 16, 1917 in Aiken Co, SC Father: William Cullum Mother: Annie Clark Burial: Shiloh Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC ............ 3 Henry A. RABORN b: Abt. 1857 d: Bef. 1870 ............ 3 William Bryan RABORN b: August 20, 1861 in Edgefield Co, SC d: March 27, 1928 in Aiken Co, SC ................ +Celia BELL b: November 06, 1869 in GA m: Aft. 1880 d: February 06, 1945 in Aiken Co, SC Father: William Bell Mother: Mary Ann Tinnely Burial: Aiken Co, SC ..... *2nd Husband of Elizabeth PITTS: ......... +Wilson R. GUNTER b: December 25, 1813 m: Aft. 1862 d: March 20, 1896 Burial: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cem., Aiken Co, SC ..... 2 William PITTS b: Abt. 1834 ..... 2 Malachi PITTS b: Abt. 1836 ..... 2 Milledge PITTS b: Abt. 1838 ..... 2 Idonea Merina PITTS b: Bet. 1840 - 1843 ......... +Henry L. WINN ..... 2 Thomas PITTS b: Abt. 1842 ..... 2 Catherine PITTS b: Abt. 1846 Note and sources are available upon request. Hope someone can do the same for me with the wifes surnames mentioned at the begining. Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net My Old Edgefield District, SC Surnames - most back to at least the 1790 Census: Ninety Six Dist, Edgefield Co., SC: Bryan/Bryant, Burnett, Carter, Coursey, Dean/Deen, Gentry/Jentry, Holloway, Hill, Jordan, Kirkland, Loveless, May, Mitchell, Rotton/Rauton/etc., Reynolds, Rowe/Roe, Scurry, possibly Withers. Also: Hardy, Rivers, Watkins who were in Edgefield for a short time before moving to the Warren Co., Ga area. Some of the Related lines thru siblings: Adams, Arthur, Bean, Boggero, Broom, Cogburn, Cockroft, Cook, D ozier, Holmes, Lott, Raborn, Still, White, Youngblood and many more. ----- Original Message ----- From: <LBUFF@MINDSPRING.COM> To: <SCAIKEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:30 PM Subject: [SCAIKEN] Re: GUNTER, Charles W. and SAWYER, Theodosia > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Gunter > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZcB.2ACE/383.1 > > Message Board Post: > > The first part of your question is easy enough. Charles Wilson Gunter was a son of Wilson R. Gunter [25 Dec 1813 - 20 Mar 1896] who married Athsiniah Jordan. Wilson and his second wife are buried at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church which is southwest of Batesburg in Aiken County. Who Wilson R.'s father was is a mystery. I have been working on Gunters in the area for about 25 years and have accounted for most of them. It is most likely that he was a grandson of Joshua Gunter, the ancestor of virtually all the Gunters who lived from Columbia to Augusta before 1900. Theodocia Sawyer was a daughter of Winfield Scott & Susanne (Creed) Sawyer. Email me back so we can talk more. > > > ==== SCAIKEN Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >