This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ExieLee14 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.beaufort/117.1.1.1.1.1.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Carol!!!!! I hope all is well!!! How are you? I have to go out today, but I hope you still have my phone number! And Len, if you're reading this as well, Carol you have my permission to give Len my number as well. Ok...thanks to a wonderful cousin in Florida researching Stephersons and Orrs I believe, I was given the gift of learning that my gr gr gr grandmother was a Rebecca Smith whom had children with a man by the surname Wilcox. Her sons went by Wilcox, and her daughters went by Smith....her daughter Eliza Smith married my great great grandfather Barnabas (Barney) Primus! I cried when she read the information to me. She found it on footnote.com ALSO posted there was information on the family her daughter Anna Maria Smith married....they were Jacksons! To further tangle everything up, there were other Primus/Jackson/Wilcox marriages! Here it is from the source: Name: Smith, Rebecca; Born: Born free in Beaufort County; Parents: Father was enslaved, mother was free; Children: Sarah Jane Smith, 39 years old, Eliza married to Barney Primus, 38 years old, Maria married to Thomas Jackson, 36 years old, Frances Willcox, 32 years old and John Willcox, 30 years old. Biographical Information: Rebecca Smith, a free African American, was 59 years old when she filed a claim for livestock and food taken from her farm in Blountsville, a community of free African Americans in Beaufort County. Her farm, containing 65 acres (45 of which were cultivated), was located at the junction of the Port Royal and the Savannah and Charleston Railroad in Beaufort County, S.C. At the time she filed her claim, she had lived at Blountsville for 6 years. Before then she lived on her farm on the Cooosawhatchie Swamp, three miles above McPhersonville. She moved to Blountsville after the Union army broke them up on the farm. She was free born and never married. The father of her children, a Mr. Willcox, was a northern white man. By the laws of the state a white man could not marry a colored woman. At the time of her filing she had 5 children alive: Sarah Jane Smith, 39 years old, Eliza married to Barney Primus colored, 38 years old, Maria married to Thomas Jackson, colored, 36 years old, Frances Willcox, 32 years old and John Willcox, 30 years old. Rebecca Smith's father was a slave and her mother was born free. Her mother owned property in her own right and left some property to Rebecca. Rebecca carried on the farm with her children and increased the property while Mr. Willcox contributed to their support, consequently the property claimed in this petition was her own sole property. Witnesses: Aleck Newton, 60 years old, a free born African American living in Early Branch Station Port Royal Rail Road, about 4 miles from Blountsville. He had lived there for 30 years. Walley Smith, 49 years old, born free. Brother of the petitioner, living at Blountsville near Yemassee. Before and during the war he lived with his sister Mrs. Rebecca Smith on her farm at Coosawhatchie Swamp. John Willcox, 30 years old, Rebecca's son and born free. He lived with his mother Rebecca Smith on her farm at Blountsville. Before and during the war he lived with his mother on her farm on the Coosawhatchie Swamp, 3 miles above McPhersonville. Thomas Jackson, a free born African American. He worked his own farm and lived at Blountsville near Yemassee" Now you see why I cried as she read this to me........ If you don't still have my number, please email me and I'll get to to you again! I so hope you're doing well! Love Yolanda! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.