Joyce, not necessarily. Counties and districts were organized in militia districts for defense purposes in the early 1800s. It was similar to our county precincts today. You might notice that many districts had the names of their captain listed. This was the "well-regulated militia" of the 2nd amendment to our Constitution. Martha -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Luna [mailto:lunaallenjoyce@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:59 AM To: SCANDERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCAnderson] Need help. I have an address in my research which reads: Living 4th Regiment, Belton, Ancerson Co., SC. Would this mean the person was in the military? Thanks for your help, Joyce --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Martha, Thank you for explaining this to me, it does make sense. Sincerely, Joyce Martha Boggs <lmboggs@cox.net> wrote: Joyce, not necessarily. Counties and districts were organized in militia districts for defense purposes in the early 1800s. It was similar to our county precincts today. You might notice that many districts had the names of their captain listed. This was the "well-regulated militia" of the 2nd amendment to our Constitution. Martha -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Luna [mailto:lunaallenjoyce@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:59 AM To: SCANDERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCAnderson] Need help. I have an address in my research which reads: Living 4th Regiment, Belton, Ancerson Co., SC. Would this mean the person was in the military? Thanks for your help, Joyce --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.

Martha, Thank you for explaining this to me, it does make sense. Sincerely, Joyce Martha Boggs <lmboggs@cox.net> wrote: Joyce, not necessarily. Counties and districts were organized in militia districts for defense purposes in the early 1800s. It was similar to our county precincts today. You might notice that many districts had the names of their captain listed. This was the "well-regulated militia" of the 2nd amendment to our Constitution. Martha -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Luna [mailto:lunaallenjoyce@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 6:59 AM To: SCANDERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCAnderson] Need help. I have an address in my research which reads: Living 4th Regiment, Belton, Ancerson Co., SC. Would this mean the person was in the military? Thanks for your help, Joyce --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scander2/index.html ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click.