PAGAN DOWNING JONES McDOWELL BROWN Pagan & Downing migrated from PA c. 1765 to Chester Co., SC; Jones was in Chester earlier but may have come from NJ with SIMPSON kin; McDowell & Brown came from Ireland in 1820. Would welcome discussion with other researchers. Nan Roose Lancaster, PA

Ann Did your IVYs happen to come down from Virginia? Especially interested in any IVYs in Southampton Co Va. Virginia W Turner [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:02 PM Subject: [SCCHEST2] Roll Call > TODD > COPELAND > IVY > > Ann in Atlanta > > > ==== SCCHEST2 Mailing List ==== > If you have a Family Reunion scheduled that ties in with Chester County, SC, please > email me at [email protected] and I will post your information on our > website and here on the list! > >

Hi everyone, Here goes: Patton Barnett Douglass From PA to NC\SC about 1760. Take care, Judy Minihan Vancouver, WA

TODD COPELAND IVY Ann in Atlanta

My likes are Gladden Dye Heath Caldwell Jackson I also dabble in McKeown John D. Caldwell P. O. Box 1021 Warner Robins, GA 31099-1021 [email protected]

Hello List, I am researching the following surnames in Chester Co., SC: KIDD, HAYES Thanks and happy hunting, Linda Garland Hayes

My Chester County direct lines are: WALLACE GILL WALKER MARION BOYD LOWREY ESTES TERRY (not documented) with several lateral lines of: HARDE(I)N HALL Margie

Liles/Lyles Cockrell/Cockril Trussell There is a Liles/Lyles Reunion scheduled October 8 through 10 at the old Feaster Boarding School which is just south of the Chester County line in Fairfield Co. Anyone needing additional information, please let me know and I can put you on the distribution list when the newsletter goes out.

My Chester Co. families are: Robins Atkinson Tims Faucett Woods Brown Bell Cook and allied lines

I am researching the following families in Chester County Johnson Rowell Orr (Have not connected my Orrs to the Chester Co. Orrs) Allied lines McKinney McFadden Cherry Knox In York County Smith Pankey (Allied line) Peggy Carey Dumas, Arkansas [email protected]

ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD A ROLL CALL. NAMES RESEARCHING ARE: ANDERSON REID MC CULLOUGH KELSEY PAGAN ELLIOTT CLARK MILLS MCCAMMON WILLIFORD WEIR/WARE DRENNEN CHAMBERS FUDGE AND THE LIST GOES ON SALLY ANDERSON

Marlene, I also have McKees on my tree. Mine were covenanters in Page county IA starting to arrive there in 1855. David McKee was minister of the Harlan township congregation for over 25 years and wrote a book about the first 25 years of this congregation. He and his wife and several children are buried in the church cemetery. See my response to Phyllis about getting information.I have pictures of these gravestones on the usgenweb.com website. Glewn Stevenson Holmen WI

Phyllis, The Knox and Crag lines were covenanters who came with Rev. Martin from county Antrim Ireland in 1772 as did several relatives of mine. These familys intermarried as they were all covenanters. Several familys left SC for Preble county OH prior to and right after the war of 1812. There were three congregations of coventers in Preble county. I took and posted pictures of relatives gravestones from these three cemeterys on http://ohpreble.ohgenweb.net/cemetery.htm they went from threr to Bloomington and Washington county IN and left there for IA in the mid 1840s to the late 1860s. They then went to congregations in Louisa and Des Moines countys in IA. Many left there for Page county IA after a flu and yellow feaver outbreak in 1854-1858.My GGGreatgrandfather died there in 1854 as did a grandson of his innjust two weeks prior.His widow left with two of her grown sons for Page county in 1855. In Page county there are covenanters buried in the Covenanter and Spring Grove cemeterys. I took pictures again of relatives in tyhese cemeterys and they are posted on the usgenweb.com website for IA. I have several IN pictures also but they are not posted as I have not yet found a place to post them. Many other covenanters moved to KS in the 1870s through the 1890s. I also have many tombstone pictures for their graves in KS. There are many writeups for Craigs and Knoxs and other coventer familys in the Page county Covenanter cemetery book. I have a copy. This information can also be accessed from the Nodaway Valley Museaum in Page County IA. I brlieve they have a website and a volenteer can find and copy cemetery book pages you might be intereseed in. Glen Stevenson Holmen WI

Still looking for info on William Rogers, b. 1790 in Chester Co., SC, son of Clayton and Betilda Sadler Rogers. Wm. pretty certainly was in Henry Co., TN, in 1850 and 1860, apparently died before 1870. One of his children was Jefferson C. Rogers, b. 1820 somewhere in TN. JC married Nancy Adaline Carder (cq) and was in Bledsoe Co., TN, in 1850, with children James M., 2.5, and Ephraim Hicks and David F., both 2 months. Appreciate any help in locating this William. Jay Rogers in San Antonio TX (who's been tracking William for 17 years.

Hello, Bill and all............. I am among the guilty.....I haven't posted here for some time. I am researching the KNOX line out of Chester co. Robert Knox, b. 1758 in Balleymoney, Ireland, was one of the children of James Knox, and Elizabeth Craig. Robert m. Elizabeth Gill, and his family moved up thru Kentucky...................settling in Franklin co. for awhile. Elizabeth Gill died --quoting--"about 1809". He then married Mildred/Millie Bohannon in 1817, and moved up to Gallatin Co. where Robert d. in 1836. Millie died in 1860/61. Many children from both marriages. MY PROBLEM: I have an Austin Knox b. 1810 KY, I'm sure in Franklin co. ********************************************************** Who is his father ???????????? Is it Robert and Elizabeth Gill Knox ? OR Is Austin the son of James, (the oldest son of Robert and Elizabeth), and his wife Mary McCreary, who m. in 1805 in Franklin co. ???????????? There is only one child in the household, male, u5, on the 1810 census, Franklin Co., with James and Mary? Means there would have been no children born to that marriage from 1805 to 1810. Or Is it possible that Elizabeth Gill KNOX died in Feb 1810 with Austin's birth, and Austin was in the care of James and Mary ?? ************************************************************ I know I have the right family, because Austin is on the estate settlement of Millie Bohannon Knox, 2nd wife of Robert, as an heir at law. Much as I've looked, I cannot find a will for Robert, b. 1758, or James, b. 1785. nor can I find reference to ANY children for James I know this is a problem that I will probably solve in Kentucky research..........................Is any one else working on Robert's line. Appreciate any input................................................ Phyllis Counts Raker ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Is there anyone besides me who is researchin the McKee family of Chester County. I am a descendant of William Robert McKee, who I believe was the son of John McKee and his second wife, Agness. I think John McKee was the son of William McKee of Chester and Mecklenburg Counties. William Robert McKee was born about 1785. John and William McKee received land grants in Chester County in the mid 1700s. Based on John McKee's will, for which the bond, posted by his wife Agness McKee, was dated 24 July 1794, John had 6 children, Samuel Collins McKee, who may have been the son of a first wife, and William, Susannah, John, Martha and James, who I believe to be the children of Agness. I would like to consult with any one researching this family to see if we can come up with solid proof of the generational connections. Marleen Van Horne

I haven't seen any postings in the last couple of days. What gives? Everyone on vacation? ******************************** Bill Lathan, Jr. (William Clark Lathan, Jr.) Triangle, VA USA "What Is Past Is Prologue" http://www.wclathan.com/

Our friend and writer Shirley Gleicher of the Chester County Herald (Published August 25, 2004) wrote about the burnt meeting house cemetery, you can read it at: http://www.heraldonline.com/chesterctyherald/story/3761091p-3367839c.htm l or see below: Cemetery a peaceful retreat There are many things that can be done on a day that is supposed to reach more than 90 degrees. One of the best things I have ever done is travel to a place where neglected graves and county history rest in the shade-covered ground. There was quietness in the Burnt Meeting House Cemetery that touches the imagination and the heart of the visitors. Sunlight filtered over gravestones that are more than a century old. There was no sound of cars or boom boxes. It was a serene feeling accented only by the private chirping of chickadees as they planned their day. If you allowed your imagination to run free, you could well see lines of mourners as they walked huddled together to bury the well-known and the not so well-known names familiar to all of us in this year of 2004. This quiet, sacred place was located where the Fishing Creek Meeting House once stood before it was destroyed by a forest fire. The Rev. Richardson's congregation continued to bury their families there until July 1901, when W.H. Fudge was the last person interred. The names that stand so proudly in that quiet place rush through our memories, and we see them in the pages of the telephone books today. These family names live on and their heirs are a vital part of our community. Don't we all know a Culp, a Ferguson, a Fudge, a Gaston, a Hefley, a McCreary, a McFadden, a McKinney, a Nichols, a Nunnery, a Dunlap or a White? These designations have built our history and our place in America, and all of those names can be found in this sweet old cemetery. As all things that grow old need care and attention, so does this place. Trees have fallen over graves, stones are broken, weeds and grass hold little pesky bugs that invade socks and pant legs. It is unprotected and needs a fence to control its boundaries. A stone wall has fallen into disrepair and should, if possible, be rebuilt. All of this takes money. Although the Boy Scouts have done a remarkable amount of work here, the things that are needed now are beyond their capabilities. The group of folks in the county who try so valiantly to preserve these honored places need exactly $2,780 to put up a fence that will protect the graves and the sweet land that surrounds them. So if you find any extra change in your pockets, please contribute. It's a place of remarkable peacefulness and history that can easily be protected by contributions that will not be missed a few days after the giving. Please send contributions to CDGS, P.O. Box 336, Richburg, SC 29729. The heirs, the ones who have passed on and the chickadees will surely be grateful for your support.

----- Original Message ----- From: Wallace Smith To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: John Miller Smith Hi! everyone, Here's the story. My great grandfather John Miller SMITH (b. 31 July 1824, d. 3 Mar 1905) is buried in the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in the Baton Rouge area of Chester Co. SC next to his wife Dorinda HARDIN Smith (b. 9 May 1838, d. 3 Mar 1892). I am satisfied that I have accurately placed her in the Chester Co. SC HARDEN/ HARDIN family as the daughter of George HARDEN and Margaret Elizabeth WALKER, granddaughter of John HARDEN and Hannah BOYD, great granddaughter of Henry Wilkins HARDEN and Elizabeth Ellen SEALY. They allegedly had 12 or 13 children, but only 6 lived to adult years, i.e., Victoria A. (b. 19 Dec 1855), James Hamilton (b. 19 July 1861), Thomas William "Will" (b. 20 Nov 1863), John Walker (b. 25 Oct 1870), my grandfather, Frazier McC. (b. 13 Sept 1873), and Holmes Hardin (b.17 May 1877). Problem: I have not been able to find John Miller SMITH's parents, siblings. I find him on the 1870 Chester Co. SC Census, "born in SC" and the 1880 Chester Co. SC Census, "born in SC", but have not been able to find him on the 1850 or 1860 Chester Co. SC Censuses. His wife Dorinda first surfaces in the 1850 Chester Co. SC Census as 12 year old "Dorinda" in the home of her parents, George and Margaret E. HARDIN. I can find neither in the 1860 Chester Co. SC Census and they would have been married by then because the 1870 census lists three children, the oldest being 14 year old Victoria, followed by James and Thomas. Interestingly, in 1870 Dorinda is now listed as "Adeline", age 27. In the 1880 census Victoria is out of the household, already married to A. Quay Allen, but the boys are listed:James, Thomas, Walker, Frazier and Holmes.Here Dorinda is listed as "Jane", age 42. I have considered that Dorinda, Adeline, and Jane are 3 different people, but Dorinda lived until! 1892 and is buried next to John M. SMITH and both headstones say "wife of" and "husband of". Also, there is no oral family history of there being three wives for John Miller SMITH. I finally decided to search the 1860 census in surrounding counties (Union, Fairfield, Lancaster, and York) with no likely John Smith until I came across the York Census which reported a John Smith, age 28, farmer, b. York Dist. SC, wife D. A. Smith, age 23, no place of birth listed at the bottom of one page. At the top of the next page are two children: first is what looks like Amelda, age 5, M and John, age 2, male, both born York Dist. SC. This household is next door to the household of Violet Smith, age 70, Amelene Smith, age 41, Elizabeth Hand, age 26, and John Hand, age 5. I believe that Violet Smith is the widow of William Smith, b. about 1785, York Co. SC, d. after 12 Mar. 1851. Although the 1860 York Co. John Smith's age of 28 is at great variance with John Miller Smith's birthdate of 1824 ( on his grave marker), I have learned that age reporting on censuses can be off considerably. BUT, I was struck with the wife's name Here, in 1860, it's D.A. Smith. Could that be Dorinda Adeline, who was known by her nickname or familiar name of "Jane"? Could Amelda be the same as Victoria A., even though Amelda, age 5, is listed as a male? Lots of questions, lots of hypothesizing. Anyone out there know anything about the family of William and Violet Smith of York Co. that would helpme decide whether my John Miller Smith fits in with their John Smith. I would appreciate any help, ideas, connections, criticisms. Thanks in advance! Wallace Smith in New Orleans

Thank you, Every little bit helps. Are there unmarked graves in the church cemetery? If not, then he was probably buried at the homesite. Jane "E. Y. Turner" <[email protected]> wrote: Jane I checked the Woodward Baptist Church cemetery list and did not find any WHITTEDs listed. However, on page 299 of ''Colvin and Allied Families'' by Ethelle and Baker Colvin, Hurley Printing & Stationery Co., El Dorado, AR ....... there is yet another spelling* [probably transcription error] of your ''Nazerus'' Whitted >> The Chester [SC] News October 26, 1950 Dedication Service Sunday . . . . text omitted . . . . . . the history of the church . . . was written and read by Arthur Cornwell . . . . ''If we look back to 1789, we will see the beginning of this church, for on that date the church was constituted. The present brick building was erected in 1830. Previous to that time there were two wooden structures. The first church was down on Sandy River on land owned by Eli Cornwall. Then in 1800 it was decided to move the church to a more convenient location. The second church was built in 1803, because it was under date of October 11, 1802, the one and one-forth acre of land were purchased from John Franklin. This purchase was made by Elder William Woodward, Richard Evans, Eli Cornwell, Daniel Price, Henry Carter, Mason Huey, Jacob Dunagan, Nobley Coates, and *NEGUENS WHITTED*. These men were trustees appointed for the purpose of buying a site for the church. The amount paid to John Franklin was three hundred dollars. This deed was witnessed by Jacob Bennett and Charles Boyd. It is recorded in the office of Clerk of Court in Deed Book I, pages 111, 112, and ! 113, under date of October 11, 1802. It is, therefore, probably that the second wooden church was a temporary structure -- serving until a brick church could be built. This second wooden church was erected beyond the cemetery in the direction of Chester. Tradition has it that the brick used in the present edifice was brought from England. Elder William Woodward, for whom the Woodward Baptist church was named, was the son of Thomas Woodward of Fairfield County. William Woodward was born in 1763 and died in 1820. A tablet on the walls of the church bears this inscription ''October, 1830 Sacred to the memory of Elder William Woodward, who departed this life in the year of our Lord 1820, on the 23rd day of July; Aged 57 years, 9 months and 18 days. This tablet is erected to His Memory by this church, which was planted by his instrumentality through the indulgence of a kind Providence, A D 1789. He was, also, the means of planting some, and building up many of the neighboring Baptist churches. In consideration of his many virtues this church has unanimously consented to be known for the future by the name of the '' Woodward Baptist Church of Christ. . . . . text omitted . . . The official old records of the church were unfortunately lost in a fire some years ago, when the home of Mrs. Lily Mobley Douglas burned. The first pastor I can find record of was the Rev. George Washington Pickett. He was called in 1853. Mr. Pickett was born in King George County, Virginia, August 30, 1828, and died April 15, 1907. He moved to Texas in 1871. When Mr. Pickett was pastor of Woodward church he lived in the old Eli Cornwall house, which was situated on the plantation now owned by the family of Mrs. Nanie Hardin Wilks. The old Cornwall graveyard is not far from the site of this house.'' << ==END== Sorry I could not be of more help on WHITTEDs. Virginia Turner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane De Bruin" To: Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [SCCHEST2] Whitted/Woodward Baptist Church To:E.Y. Turner-Lookup > Hi Margie, > I know just what you mean but I don't think on this man that I have two records that transcribe the name the same way. I thought one carved in stone would at least give me something to reference for a starting point. > Jane > > Margie wrote: > I no longer count on headstones for accuracy. My gg grandmother's 1855 > headstone reads "Margret" and all documents found (including one written > by her father) spell it with the usual 'a' (Margaret). Also, although > she died before I was born, all my life I've known that my grandmother's > name was Annie Belle. All of her children, including my dad knew this > and talked about it often. That is what is on her marriage and death > certificates. I discovered only about 3 years ago that her 1933 > headstone shows "Anabell". Go figure. > > Jane De Bruin wrote: > > >Virginia > >I just found the posting below on a search of the archives today. Would you please check the Woodward Baptist Church cemetery for any Whitted burials? The name "Neugene Whitted" (listed below as being involved in the transaction establishing the church property) interests me particularly. My line is through Gideon Whitted who appears in the 1810 and 1820 Chester Co Census through his son Davis C. Whitted. By 1830 he has moved into GA and died there in 1835. There are only three or four Whitted families in Chester that early, John, William, Gideon, and Nazerus-this name is spelled every way you can imagine in documents and Whitted frequently is transcribed as Whitehead or Whithead, even as Whitten. Of these, Nazerus appears to be the only one old enough to be Gideon's father, if he is. Also, if you know, is the name "Neugene" from an inscription or a transcription. If it is carved in a stone, it might represent the most accurate name we have so far. > >Thanks for any help you can give, > >Jane > > > >========================================================================= > >Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 21:42:54 -0400 > >From: "E. Y. Turner" > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: [SCCHEST2] WRIGHTs buried at Woodward Bapt. Chur. Cemetery > >Content-Type: text/plain; > >charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >WRIGHTs buried at Woodward Baptist Church Cemetery, > >Chester Co SC > >location: 5 miles from Chester on Ashford Ferry Road > >======================================= > > > >S P Wright/July 11, 1852 -- June 5, 1911 > > > >Samuel W. Wright/ Aug 25, 1847 -- June 15, 1927 > > > >Mary M. Price Wright/died July 16, 1923 -- aged 75 years > > > >Eli C Wright, Co A 6th SC Inf. CSA [no dates] > > > >Lizzie S Price/died Dec, 1891 - 65 years > >Is she related to Mary M Price Wright? > > > >Thomas E Wright/died Sept 4, 1873 -- aged 60 years/4 mos/15da > > > >J. C. Wright/b. Sept 21, 1844 -- d. Sept. 18, 1882 > > > >Who are the above WRIGHTs? > > > >looking for relatives of Mabrey/Mayberry WRIGHT > >His WRIGHTs are buried in WRIGHT Family Burying Ground > >same part of Chester Co. > > > >''Woodward Church was ''constituted'' 1789. > >The present small brick building was erected in 1830. > >The land upon which it is built was bought from John Franklin. > >The transaction was made through Elder William Woodward, > >for whom the church was named, and Richard Evans, Eli Cornwell, > >Daniel Price, James Hughey, David Trussell, Henry Carter, Mason Huey, > >Jacob Dungan, Nobley Coates, and Neguene Whitted. > >The deed was witnessed by Jacob Bennett, and Charles Boyd.'' > > > >above data from Inscriptions and History of Woodward Baptist Church and Cemetery, > >by Mrs. John G White and Mrs. J. R. Carson, 1942. > >[Camden Archives, Camden, SC] > > > >======================================================== > > > >Anyone need a look up in Woodward Baptist Cemetery for deaths before 1942, let me know. > > > >Virginia Turner > >[email protected] > > > >-------------------------------- > >End of SCCHEST2-D Digest V03 Issue #78 > >************************************** > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Do you Yahoo!? > >New and Improved Yahoo! 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