This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IeB.2ACI/52.1.1.3 Message Board Post: Do you know of any Fisher's in Walterboro? My gmother was a Smalls and marrried a Fisher. I believe the lived on Ritter street.If you know of any please respond back or e-mail me liteeyez18@yahoo.com Thanks

I am interested in information on my ancestor Demetrius Augustus Bland, born in SC 1821, reportedly in Beaufort County. Some sources say his father was Richard Bland of Beaufort County. He married Lucy Elizabeth Glaze in Avoyelles Parish, LA in 1854 and died 1903 in Shreveport, LA, having spent 20 or more years in east Texas beginning in the early 1860s. Thanks, Ray Bland The Woodlands, Texas

Looking for information on the family of "Billy Harris" aka John William Harris aka J. W. Harris.lived in Lake/Sumter County of Florida area during the period 1868 to 1918.he was from the Beaufort/Colleton County area of South Carolina, born 1855.his first wife was Nancy C. Watson, born 1855, daughter of William Jordan Watson & Susan Wilson, from Georgia.Susan Wilson's brother was George Milford Troupe Wilson.Troupe Wilson aka G. M. T. Wilson is found on the 1880 census for Orange County, Florida, including his wife, Lizzie aka Mary Elizabeth, and their children - Tibitha, Milford, Dosea, & Tampa.George T. Wilson was a country preacher who rode horseback to the churches on his circuit.in 1884 G. M. T. Wilson has a land grant in Sumter County, Florida.the 1885 Florida State Census Index for Sumter County, Florida lists on page 0149: G. M. T. Wilson, M. Wilson, M. E. Wilson, Milton Wilson, Tampa Wilson, Theo. Wilson, & Tobiato Wilson.Tampa Wilson married Lucia J. McDonald & their family is on the 1930 census for Volusia County, Florida.Milton Wilson is on the 1920 census for Duval County, Florida.his sister Tabiah (?) Wilson Revels is living with him.after the death of Nancy C. Watson Harris, "Billy Harris" married Tryphenia Wilson McDuffie.Tryphenia Wilson is the daughter of G. M. T. Wilson.she is on the 1870 census for Clinch County, Georgia, with her parents.Tryphenia Wilson's first husband was Archibald McDuffie/McDuffy.they married 1877 in Lowndes County, Georgia.the 1885 Florida State Census Index for Sumter County lists on page 0149: A. T. McDuffie, Asa McDuffie, & Tryphon McDuffie.Spurgeon McDuffie, Sr. is the son of Arch McDuffie & Tryphenia Wilson McDuffie.children of Nancy C. Watson & John W. Harris are: Oscar Samuel Harris, Susan Ida Harris, Thomas Jefferson Harris, Sarah E. Harris, Josephine Harris, Margaret Lillian Harris.children of Tryphenia Wilson McDuffie & John W. Harris are: Ovida Harris, Eva Harris, & John William Troupe Harris.these families lived in Orange, Sumter, Lake, Polk, Hernando, Pasco Counties of Florida. Other allied families: Langdale, Guthrie, Roberts, Davis, Costine, Douglass, Caddin, Hancock, Sloan, Tyre, Kirkland, Glover, King, McCall, Cooper, Griffin, Marsh, Thomas, Williams, Hopson, Futch, Combee, Barker, Snyder. Would appreciate any clues/leads anyone might have on these families. Thank you for your time!! 05 May 2003 bgh

HARRIS FAMILY FROM BEAUFORT/COLLETON AREA OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO FLORIDA Looking for ancestors & descendents of William Harris & Celia Roberts Harris. William & Celia Roberts Harris & their family are on the 1850 census for Colleton County, SC. For the 1870 census, they are in Polk County, Fl. Family members also settled in Lake, Sumter, Orange, Hernando, Pasco, Lee, Palm Beach, Hardee, & Highlands Counties of Florida. Allied family surnames are: Davis, Roberts, Costine, Hancock, Cadden/Caddin, Douglas/Douglass, Tyre/Tyer, Glover, Jamerson, Deacles/Deecles, Langdale, Guthrie, Combee/Cumbie, King, Watson, Wilson, Cooper, Griffin, McCall, McDuffie, Bryant, Kirkland, Hansel, Gaffney, Futch, Williams, Hopson, Snider/Snyder, Merritt, Crosby, Simmons, Butler, Thomas, Johns, Carlton, Barker, Tyner/Tiner, Miller, Tanner, Knox, Sloan, Fisher, & many more yet to be discovered. Everyone seems to know John William Troop Harris, born 1897 in Mascotte, Lake County, Florida, & his father, John William "Billy" Harris, born 8 May 1855 in South Carolina - died 7 November 1918 in Pasco County, Florida / buried in Dukes Cemetery, Groveland, Lake County, Florida. Do you?? Would appreciate any clues/leads on this family that you can share with me. Thank you!! BGH 15 June 2003

I am researching Elizabeth C. Langdale, daughter of John C. Langdale & Jane Guthrie...I suspect that Elizabeth married William H. Harris...they are family 861 on the 1860 census for Colleton County...family 859 is Jane Langdale & family 860 is J. W. M. Langdale...I suspect that the son of William H. Harris & Elizabeth C. Harris - William, age 6 - is my great grandfather...his death certificate gives maiden name of Langdale for his mother, but no given name is listed... Do you have any info that you could share with me that might give me some clues/leads on Elizabeth C. Langdale? Thank you!!

Does anyone know what the criteria is for the title of Planter? I think I read somewhere (but where?) it was given when someone owned 22 slaves, enough to plant 200 acres. A person not meeting this standard would be a farmer. I need this information for a footnote so I will need to quote the source. Thanks for any help, Dottie Smith

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.4 Message Board Post: Went by Beth Israel Cemetery on Bladen Street in Beaufort and localted Manny's grave. He has a small tombstone, at the top it shows MANNY below that David Palmer , Star of David below his name, on one side 1920, on the other 1982. No tombstone or other marker for Pearl.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.3 Message Board Post: This is Pearl Palmer's obiutary, Pearl was Manny's widow. Palmer, Mrs. Pearl M., 79, of Beaufort, S.C., Died December 27, 2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Widow of David "Manny" Palmer. Graveside services will be held Sunday, December 30, at 1:00 P.M. at Beth Israel Cemetery. Mrs. Palmer was born on January 30, 1922 in Bronx, New York to the late Muarray Margone and Rachael Cohen Margone. She was a resident of Beaufort since 1959. Was the owner and operator of The Yankee Restaurant for 25 years and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by two sons: William "Billy" Palmer of Beaufort, Robert "Shorty" Palmer of Cape Coral Florida, and three grandchildren. Anderson Funeral Home is in charge. Pearl being a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary is probably an indication that Manny had served overseas during WW II. Also, Manny's obit indicates he had been survived by two grandchildren, Pearl's indicates three.

Update: Another Google search found the following page for the Beaufort National Cemetery. Source: http://www.interment.net/data/us/sc/beaufort/beaunat/index_fafoo.htm Data: Folk, Robert H, b. 03/04/1924, d. 11/10/1994, US Army, CPL, Res: Beaufort, SC, Plot: 22 0 154, bur. 11/14/1994 Depending upon where google.com gets their info, this may be the Mr. Folk mentioned in my previous post. Ed Malphrus <emalphrus@yahoo.com> wrote: I recall a Mr. Robert Folk who was my principal at Beaufort Elementary School in the mid '70s. A quick lookup for "Robert Folk Beaufort" on google.com returned the following (perhaps son & father?): Robert H Folk 2102 Wilson Dr Beaufort, SC 29902 Robert W Folk 1814 Carolina Ave Beaufort, SC 29906 Good luck in your research. donaldkwood@hotmail.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/82 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the Folk family in Beaufort. Thank you. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/82 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the Folk family in Beaufort. Thank you.

I recall a Mr. Robert Folk who was my principal at Beaufort Elementary School in the mid '70s. A quick lookup for "Robert Folk Beaufort" on google.com returned the following (perhaps son & father?): Robert H Folk 2102 Wilson Dr Beaufort, SC 29902 Robert W Folk 1814 Carolina Ave Beaufort, SC 29906 Good luck in your research. donaldkwood@hotmail.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/82 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on the Folk family in Beaufort. Thank you. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

As mentioned earlier in this thread, I did some volunteer work with Billy Palmer many years ago in Beaufort and he was at WJWJ then. Here's their contact info: WJWJ-TV16 925 Ribaut Rd Beaufort, SC 29902-5441 var version = new String(navigator.appVersion);if(navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){if (version.toLowerCase().indexOf("mac") != -1){document.write(" ")}}Phone:(843)524-0808 Another contact is Gerhard Spieler, "THE" local Beaufort historian who has documented the area for as long as I can remember. He lives just blocks from where The Yankee restaurant was located. Not sure if he replies to individual inquiries but it's worth a shot. He has been writing articles for The Beaufort Gazette for over 30 years so that might be a good place to look him up: The Beaufort Gazette 1556 Salem Rd. P.O. Box 399 Beaufort, SC 29901 (843) 524-3183 gazette@beaufortgazette.com ckf069@cs.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Does anyone know what David Manny Palmer looked like, or where he was stationed in WWII.? Someone had mentioned that his son works for WJWJ in Beaufort, I checked for a phone listing but found none, maybe someone may know how to reach him. Thanks so much. Christine ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Does anyone know what David Manny Palmer looked like, or where he was stationed in WWII.? Someone had mentioned that his son works for WJWJ in Beaufort, I checked for a phone listing but found none, maybe someone may know how to reach him. Thanks so much. Christine

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.2.1 Message Board Post: Read and reread the obituary before posting it and noticed one thing that was left out. The posting indicates that Manny was survived by his wife Mrs. Pearl Palmer, the article indicates that she was Mrs. Pearl Margone Palmer.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.2 Message Board Post: Manny Palmer's obituary appeared in the Tuesday 4 May 1982 edition of "The Beaufort Gazeete." Many of us who knew him were not aware that his name was David Palmer until the obituary appeared in the newspaper. The obituary indicates he passed away on Saturday so that would be 1 May 1982. The obituary is as follows[please excuse the typos, also, I had to do a double look at the years mentioned in the sentence about predictied presidential victors-those are the years shown in the article]: MANNY PALMER, RESTAURATEUR, DEAD AT 61 David M. Palmer, a well known restaurateur who often fed his customers food for thought is dead at 61, In a community that can claim no typical citizen, Mr. Palmer's egalatarian restaurant, The Yankee, has served lunch for two decades to a cross-section of Beaufort that is as great an attraction as the food. "Manny himself was a great attraction. He liked to philosophize and talk politics. He kept up with current events," said Sen. James Waddell, Jr., a close personal friend whose office is not far from The Yankee. Mr. Palmer died Saturday in Beaufort County Memorial Hospital. Services were at 2 P.M. today ar Beth Israel Cemetery. Instuctors at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort considered Mr. Palmer "well read," and a challenge to debate said Dean Darwin Bashaw. Mr. Palmer kept up with classes at USC-B and once designed a special sandwich for the visit of USC President James Holderman, Bashaw said. During The Yankee's lunch rush and from a bar stool within reach of the telephone, Mr. Palmer would discourse grandly on a variety of subjects, between orders to go. Insiders credited Mr. Palmer's shrewd business skills for The Yankee's reasonable prices. What The Yankee lacks in decor - missing floor tiles, rocky tables and an intriguingly cluttered bar - it makes up for in clientele. Mr. Palmer's customers occassionally provided a unique cross section of the Unitred States as well. Each presidential election year, he held "The Yankee Poll" - a pre-election straw ballot by his cutomers that proved uncannlly accurate in three of the past four elections. The poll not only predcited victories by Jimmy Carter in 1976 and by Richard Nixon in 1972 and 1978. - it missed the final margin by less than a a percentage point. The poll also predicted Roanld Reagan's landslide victory in 1980 - although Palmer commented, " this is a crazy election...I just don't think the poll will be accurate." Mr. Palmer himself, a World War II veteran of the U. S. Army Air Coprs and a native of Atlantic City, N.J. was anything but shy about his political opinions. "Manny was very frank about who he supported...I doubt there were many politicians who came into town and didn't visit there...simply because Manny talked to so many people," Sen. waddell said. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Pearl Palmer of Beaufort; two sons, William Palmer of Columbia and Robert Palmer of Tennessee; his mother Mrs. Ada Brooks Palmer of Columbia; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Ehrenberg of New Orleans, La. and two grandchildren. The family suggests that those who wish may make memorials to the American Cancer Society. Anderson Funeral Home was in charge. That is the end of the obitaury. Since 1982, Mrs. Pearl Palmer and Sen. James Waddell have passed away. Back then Beaufort Memorial was still one story, now its is multiple stories high. And sadly The Yankee was torn down and a Boys Club is now on the site. Maybe someday the people of the community will remember the importance of The Yankee and erect a historical marker near the site. It shouldn't be forgotten.

Hi, Ah... fond memories of The Yankee!!! We used to stop in at lunch (from the local University campus), have a meatball sub & a cold beer, and shoot some pool. Billy Palmer was at WJWJ in the 80's... not sure about now. We used to volunteer together on local theatrical / dance tech crews, but I've been moved away for 10+ years. Good luck in your search and thanks for rekindling old memories! Ed Malphrus robjnil@hargray.com wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Palmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.1 Message Board Post: Believe the David Palmer of Beaufort that you are seeking an obit for was known as Manny to most who knew him. Manny operated The Yankee which was on Boundary Street. Among other things, The Yankee was known for having some of the best sandwhiches in town including The Yankee Burger. After Manny's death his wife Pearl operated The Yankee for a few years until there was a dispute over the lease. The Yankee was torn down in the mid 90's and a Boys Club was built on the site. Pearl passed away about a year ago. If memory serves me right Manny came to Beaufort in the late 50's or early 60's. He was originally from New Jersey. Most of us remember Pearl and there was a son who used to help out in The Yankee. Believe the son is still living in Beaufort and currently employeed by WJWJ, the local PBS station. Manny was laid to rest in the Hebrew cemetery on bladen Street. His obituary appeard in the local newspaper, "The Beaufort Gazette" which I believe was only published 5 days a week in 1982. Their web site is http://www.beaufortgazette.com/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Palmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81.1 Message Board Post: Believe the David Palmer of Beaufort that you are seeking an obit for was known as Manny to most who knew him. Manny operated The Yankee which was on Boundary Street. Among other things, The Yankee was known for having some of the best sandwhiches in town including The Yankee Burger. After Manny's death his wife Pearl operated The Yankee for a few years until there was a dispute over the lease. The Yankee was torn down in the mid 90's and a Boys Club was built on the site. Pearl passed away about a year ago. If memory serves me right Manny came to Beaufort in the late 50's or early 60's. He was originally from New Jersey. Most of us remember Pearl and there was a son who used to help out in The Yankee. Believe the son is still living in Beaufort and currently employeed by WJWJ, the local PBS station. Manny was laid to rest in the Hebrew cemetery on bladen Street. His obituary appeard in the local newspaper, "The Beaufort Gazette" which I believe was only published 5 days a week in 1982. Their web site is http://www.beaufortgazette.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/81 Message Board Post: Can someone look up an obit for my grandfather David Palmer who died in May 1982 in Beaufort. I will gladly pay any expenses. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/80 Message Board Post: Can someone look up an obit for my grandfather David Palmer who died in May 1982 in Beaufort. I will gladly pay any expenses. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IeB.2ACI/79 Message Board Post: Can someone look up an obit for my grandfather David Palmer who died in May 1982 in Beaufort. I will gladly pay any expenses. Thank you.