And to add my bit: The Fleetwood Rice listed below m. Elizabeth Lewis Dean (daugher of Moses Dean and Narcissa Lewis). Elizabeth b. Sept 15, 1823, Dean, SC, d. Aug. 1, 1862, Smith County TX. Lots of others in Dean family went to Smith County about then...as did others from Anderson. Beverly Dean Peoples Adeasonsm@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 3/30/01 11:50:58 AM Atlantic Standard Time, > kimwilson@mail.utexas.edu writes: > > << "Asenath" was a Rice/McGee given name. >> > > Let muddy the waters some more: > > WILL OF HEZEKIAH RICE > (Called Hezekiah Rice, Sr. in oath)...wife Polly Rice...children...Polly > Clinkscales...Ibzan Rice...Thomas L. Rice...Amaziah Rice...William Magee and > ASNETH, his wife...children of dec'd son, Hezekiah Rice...Abner H. Magee and > his wife, Louisa...Fleetwood Rice...Wiley Latimer and his wife, Irena Smith. > Executors: Son, Amaziah and son-in-law, Abner H. Jabee. Dated 5 April 1846. > Wit.: John R. Towers > Harrison Latimer > George W. Nelson > Probate: 18 Jan. 1860. > > Maybe there is a connection between the May family and the Rice family??? > > A. Deason Smith in SC > Researching SMITH, KENNEDY, ELROD, DEASON, McGILL, LUSK, VAUGHN, HUGHES, > MOORE, EVANS, RAY, COOPER, HUFFMAN, POSEY, ADAIR > > ==== SCANDERS Mailing List ==== > Anderson County, South Carolina SCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scanders/anderson.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library