Hi Miles, What a nice find. Are you related to the Lipfords? I guess my best suggestion would be to post your question to the Chester Mail list or the Chester query board to see if you can find someone related that may have some history on him. All I know was that he is listed as a Private in Co. H 24th SCV (see http://www.rootsweb.com/~scchest2/scchestermil.html )and he seems to have relatives (brothers?) that were listed as officers in the same Company. In Eugene Jones' history of the 24th Regiment, he simply lists WW Lipford as: Pvt. Co. H enlisted at Dalton, Ga April 16, 1864, wounded. Paroled at Greensboro, (NC) May 1, 1865. This would indicate he joined the regiment during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, and stayed with the regiment on harrassment of Sherman through South Carolina under the command of General Joe Johnson, and was paroled after Johnson surrendered in NC (much later that Gen'l. Lee's surrender at Appomattox). I am forwarding this email to the Chester List... perhaps some of his relatives will see the post and get back to you with more information. Mike McGarity Chester Admin. -----Original Message----- From: Miles Huskey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: SC Southern Cross I have acquired a Southern Cross of Honor bestowed on "W.W. Lipford" of the 24th SC Infantry (CSA). Any suggestions as to where I could find more info on him specifically? Thanks. Miles

Who is this Adam Wylie? Can anyone identify the following Adam WYLIE and family in Chester Co SC according to census records =1830 his age 50--60 =1820 his age 45 & up =1810 his age 26--45 ==1830 United States Federal Census== Wylie, Adam State: South Carolina Year: 1830 County: Chester Roll: M19_169 Township: Unknown Townships Page: 315 Image: 621 10010001--0010011 1 M under 5 1 M 15--20 1 M 50--60 1 F 10--15 1 F 30--40 1 F 40--50 neighbors James McFadden, Wm McFadden Jon. Neely, Thos. Hicks[?] ===1820=== Adam Wylie found in: Census Microfilm Records: South Carolina, 1820 State: South Carolina County: CHESTER Locale: NO TWP LISTED Series: M33 Roll: 120 Part: 1 Page: 85 210001 --- 21010 2 M under 10 1 M 10--16 1M 45 & up 2 F under 10 1 F 10--16 1 F 26--45 3 engaged in Agriculture neighbors Capt Geo Gill and Thos White Isabel Atkinson and John Gill ===1810=== Wylie, Adam View Image Online State: South Carolina Year: 1810 County: Chester Roll: M252_60 Township: Chester Village Page: 264 Image: 266 1 M 0--10 1 M 26--45 1 F 0--10 1 F 16-26 neighbors Wm Clinton, Jas. McFadden Jas Ashcraft, Thos Hines Jr. Thanks for your help Virginia [email protected]

Also interested in a Zion Church at Bullock Creek..............possible minister's name was Mr Bishop ................abt 1850. Also interested in a Williams or Grandison school in that same area. MP

Can anyone tell me the location of Downing Hill ( so named abt 1850) and still referred to as such in the early 1900's??? Probably somewhere around Fishing Creek or Bullock Creek in Chester or York County. Thanks MP

Here is the link to the U.S. Census database search engine. Last name alone is better than including Christian and Surname. Using both causes you to get LOTS of hits for the surname but also includes all hits with the Christian name and ANY OTHER SURNAME. http://www.us-census.org/search.html ******************************** William C. Lathan, Jr. Triangle, VA USA "What Is Past Is Prologue" http://www.wclathan.com/ [email protected]

[email protected] writes: > I found a search engine for Chester Co., SC census listings. Hi Bill, I would be interested in the Chester County SC census search. Jonnie in SC Enjoy Life - This is Not a Dress Rehearsal

BELL, BROWN, POWELL, WILSON, BOYD, ATKINSON Dear List: I would like to correspond with anyone working on any of the above families in Chester Co. SC. Valentine Bell d. 1799, leaving a will. He named his wife, Mary and children: John, William, James, Zephaniah, Valentine and Rachel, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah Powell, Mary Wilson, Nancy Boyd, and Fielder Atkinson. Some of these went to Madison Co. AL and then up into Maury and Lewis Co. TN. Thanks, Eva Walker Myer

Hello list, I sent a number of links to a lady looking for information on Adams in Chester ca. 1850. I was having email problems when I sent the message. AND, I lost her email address. I would appreciate her letting me know if it the message came through okay. If she did not get the series of links she should email me private, I still have them. I found a search engine for Chester Co., SC census listings. Bill ******************************** William C. Lathan, Jr. Triangle, VA USA "What Is Past Is Prologue" http://www.wclathan.com/ [email protected]

I was having a server problem. My server was not allowing me to post to this list because the spam protection saw Rootsweb and its relay system as spam. They said they would fix it today and this is a test to see if my posting work again. Thanks for your patience. Bill ******************************** William C. Lathan, Jr. Triangle, VA USA "What Is Past Is Prologue" http://www.wclathan.com/ [email protected]

Hello, list............. Has been awhile since I bothered the KNOX ancestors, out of Chester County, coming from Scotland by way of Ireland. I've had the good fortune to make the acquaintance of a researcher in Germany and he has been able to access the church records for my husband's paternal ancestors, both sides...............I'm back another 5 generations in some lines...................Glory Be. And I'm researching for him, his relatives (Niehaus) that emigrated to the USA close to my husband's people (RAKER/RAEKER and OBERTATE/OBERTOEDTE) KNOX >From James KNOX and Elizabeth Craig > > > to > > > their son Robert, b. 1758 in Balleymoney, Ireland. The family came to South Carolina, in 1767. Robert m. Elizabeth Gill in 1784 James, b. 1785 George Gill b. 1791 Mary John Eliz. Craig Joseph Robert and Elizabeth moved to Kentucky, stayed awhile in Franklin Co. / Frankfort, and then up into Gallatin / Carroll Co. About 1809 / 1810 -- Elizabeth died. In 1817, Robert married Mildred Bohannon, and there were more children. I have an Austin KNOX b. 1810 KY that belongs in this family...............but for the life of me, I have not been able to make James, b. 1785, or Robert b. 1758, the father of Austin. Austin is on the estate settlement of Robert's second wife in 1861 as an 'heir-at-law' as are two other men whose relationship I can not prove. Is anyone researching this line of KNOX people???????? I have just discovered a lady from my church that is descended from JANNET KNOX, dau. of James and Elizabeth Craig KNOX. Jannet married a Gaston. Jannet is a brother to Robert, b. 1758. Phyllis Counts Raker

Hello, Mike..... I did not receive your post about the document mentioned above.................................?? 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!

Bill, does he offer assistance to others who are doing research? Jeannine

Bill Lathan is having temporary posting difficulties to the list, so he asked that I post the following message on his behalf: I saw, George Moore, President of the Chester Genealogical Society mentioned in a posting by Mike McGarity, List Owner. Those interested in learning a little more about the President of the Chester Genealogical Society might want to check out this page: http://www.wclathan.com/biographies/lathan/george_h_moore.htm He's a really nice guy and hard worker for the society. He is a cousin of mine and without his help I'd never have been able to get as far as I have with my family history. Bill Lathan ******************************** William C. Lathan, Jr. Triangle, VA USA "What Is Past Is Prologue" http://www.wclathan.com/ [email protected]

Hi List members: For those of you that may be using the document I transcribed and posted last night, there is a problem with one of the descriptions. I was contacted by Ms. Louise Pettus, one of our local historians, and the text of her email follows. Her descriptions of the WAXHAWS mentioned in the text are far more correct and accurate that the document itself. I am going to send the item to Ellen Schuster at the CDGS so she can file it as an addendum to the document in question. For those of you researching the Waxhaws, Lancaster, etc. this correction is especially important: WAXHAW TOWNSHIP - ..was often referred to as a county. It was formed into LANCASTER in 1785 and included [present day] KERSHAW. It had 2 county seats, Camden and Lancaster. Most of the records at Lancaster were burned by General Sherman. Some records scattered over Camden Dist. and a few can be found in Mecklenburg and Anson Counties of North Carolina. >From Louise: I respectfully disagree with much of the above statement. The Waxhaws (the township came about AFTER Lancaster was a county) was a community, the second settlement in upcountry South Carolina. I have never seen it written that Waxhaw Township was ever referred to as a county--it is true that much more has been written about the Waxhaws prior to the Revolution than other parts of the county but that is because it produced famous people like Andrew Jackson, Gen. William R. Davie, Gov. Stephen Miller, etc. The first settlers came in 1751‹only the Long Canes settlement was earlier. The Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church was the first church in the upcountry (1755) and many famous people are buried in the churchyard. So, the Waxhaws merited attention but its SC limits were to the town of Lancaster to the south, 12 Mile Creek (the boundary with the Catawba Indian reservation) to the north and an uncertain boundary line with NC before 1772 which was drawn as it is now in 1813. The Catawba river is the western boundary of the Waxhaws and the rest of the county south of the Catawba Indian Land. South Carolina judicial districts were formed in 1768. One of the judicial districts was Camden. In 1785, when the State of South Carolina came into being, Camden District was divided into 7 counties: Clarendon, Richland, Fairfield, Claremont, Lancaster, Chester and York (including the "New Acquisition"). Kershaw County came about in 1791 formed out of the counties of Lancaster, Claremont, Fairfield and Richland counties with Camden as its county seat. Kershaw never had two county seats. The town of Kershaw was partly in Lancaster County and partly in Kershaw County until some time in the 1950s when the county lines were redrawn and the town of Kershaw was entirely in Lancaster County (done mostly in order to put the school district in one county). General Sherman's troops burned the probate court records but the deeds and surveyor's records survive along with some of the records of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions.

Seems my TEST woke you up too! Good, maybe the lines will open again. I wish so much to visit Chester. Wondering if you can tell me..... In all my research of my MARLIN/ADAMS lines and associated Morrow/Wylie lines I have never come across a TOWN that they all lived in. I've found Camden or Chester Dist. but nothing other than that. For anyone out there that might know of these families and can tell me where they may have lived in Chester I'd appreciate it. Unfortunately most seemed to moved out of there. My direct lines went to White Co. IL. Thanks, Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike McGarity" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: RE: [SCCHEST2] Just testing > My, my! This has been a quiet little list over the last few months. Has > everyone taken their > > "I'm so tired of this genealogy stuff" break at the same time?? There are > over 250 of you out there...... > > Well, I'd like to pass on a little information that may help some of you > who live close enough > to Chester to visit. I had the opportunity on Tuesday to visit the Chester > District Genealogical Society's > Library in Richburg, Chester Co. SC. If you haven't been there to try some > of your research yet, let me > pass along my regrets.. While the library is housed in a small room, the > collection is extensive and the > information is priceless. Ellen Schuster has re-catalogued the entire > collection, and things are much easier to > find than in the past. There are marriage record books listing SC marriages > from the early 1700's, (and deaths, too) > that are impossible to find any other way, since SC didn't require the > marriage / death certificates to be filed > with the court until 1911. There are complete family histories, historic > references, and the complete collection of > CDGS "Bulletins" from their inception in 1980. > > I met George Moore, the president of the Society, and he was extremely > helpful in pointing out the various > items and texts available, and offered to help in any way he could. These > folks are just wonderful, and they are all > volunteers. A reminder if you want to go - the Library is only open on > Tuesdays from 8:30 to 4:00. All other times > are by appointment. You can get the particulars off the main Chester web > page. > > Hang in there, fellow researchers! All you gotta do is pull out a couple of > your ancestor lists, and you'll get the > bug all over again! I have some great info on the evolution of county names > in SC that may help some of you that I will > pass on a little later. I got spurred on by a lady that wrote me last week > and asked me where WINTON County, SC > is/was? I never heard of it, but now I know it actually was a county in SC > that no longer exists... it is now Berkeley Co. > > Interesting stuff! More later... > > Mike McGarity > Chester Admin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janean Ray [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SCCHEST2] Just testing > > > No response required. Just testing my lists that I haven't had any activity > on. > > > ==== SCCHEST2 Mailing List ==== > The 40th annual reunion of the descendants of Samuel Joseph Curry > (May 13, 1849 - May 9, 1931) son of Robert M. Curry and Nancy Agnes Miller > Curry will be held at the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, 1600 Pleasant > Grove Road, Chester SC on OCTOBER 12, 2003. Church service will be at > 11:00AM followed by a picnic lunch at noon and business meeting at 1:00PM. > For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected] > > > ==== 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! >

Mike, are there volunteers who will do lookups at the library? I don't know that I will ever get to South Carolina! Thanks, Sandra

My Chester Co. lines are: Amos Tims > Joseph Tims > Elizabeth Tims Brown Vincent Brown > Charles Madison Brown James Atkinson > John Atkinson > Margaret Atkinson Robins/Robbins Valentine Bell > Fielder Bell Atkinson Matthew Woods > Susan/Susannah Woods Atkinson Col. Thomas Robins > Obediah Robins > Chelsea Robins/Robbins James Faucette > Margaret Faucette Woods

>From a document copied at the CDGS Library, Richburg, SC on Oct 14, 2003 Note : Items in [ ] are my additions to the copied list - hopefully to make some things clearer. I cannot verify the accuracy of this document, but all I have read points to this being very close, if not completely correct. If you have corrections, or recommended changes, or find problems, let me know and I will document them and try to send the CDGS an update. Author: Leonardo Andrea Title: Extinct Counties in South Carolina and Their Records BERKELEY COUNTY - A Colonial County... the records are in the Charleston Co. Court House....some in the Historical Commission in Columbia. The present Berkeley County, while it was a part of Colonial Berkeley, is a recent county. COLLETON COUNTY - A Colonial County... the records are in the Charleston Co. Court House....some in the Historical Commission in Columbia. The present Colleton County, while it was a part of Colonial Colleton, is a newer county. CRAVEN COUNTY - A Colonial County... the records are in the Charleston Co. Court House....some in the Historical Commission in Columbia. No county by the name of Craven now. [ Mike's note: CRAVEN County North Carolina is what is left of this county. Some early CRAVEN Co. records from upstate South Carolina can actually be found there in North Carolina] GRANVILLE COUNTY - A Colonial County... the records are in the Charleston Co. Court House....some in the Historical Commission in Columbia. No county by the name of Granville now. EXTINCT COUNTIES AFTER THE REVOLUTION LEWISBURG COUNTY - Formed in 1785 but after 1790 was united with Orangeburg County and all records were in Orangeburg. [ Mike's note: General William Tecumseh Sherman burned the records in 1865] WINTON COUNTY - After 1790 it was reformed and named BARNWELL COUNTY. Records in Barnwell Co. Courthouse. WINYAH COUNTY - was formed from Prince George County [or Parish] (in 1790 census) but was later renamed GEORGETOWN COUNTY. The records of WINYAH County were burned by [General] Sherman [in 1865]. KINGSTON COUNTY - was formed, or rather renamed from ALL SAINTS [PARISH] (in 1790 census of Georgetown District) but about 1798 Kingston was reformed into HORRY COUNTY. [Existing Records are in Conway Courthouse, except for the oldest records that were in Georgetown and burned by Sherman. LIBERTY COUNTY - was formed from Prince George and All Saints in 1785, but the name was later changed to MARION COUNTY. Records in Marion, SC. PRINCE FREDERICK COUNTY - ...was in Georgetown District in 1790 census. the records were in Georgetown and burned by Sherman.... In 1805 Prince Frederick County was renamed as WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY and all records after 1805 are in KINGSTREE, SC. WAXHAW TOWNSHIP - ..was often referred to as a county. It was formed into LANCASTER in 1785 and included [present day] KERSHAW. It had 2 county seats, Camden and Lancaster. Most of the records at Lancaster were burned by General Sherman. Some records scattered over Camden Dist. and a few can be found in Mecklenburg and Anson Counties of North Carolina. PENDLETON COUNTY - was formed in 1789 from Abbeville County. Records are in Anderson, SC. Pendleton was done away with about 1820, and the new counties of ANDERSON and PICKENS were formed. Later OCONEE COUNTY was formed from PICKENS COUNTY. WASHINGTON COUNTY (or DISTRICT) - was formed for a time and included parts of GREENVILLE, PICKENS, and OCONEE Counties. It was not in existence for very long. Records for lands granted are in Columbia. Other records scattered in SPARTANBURG, GREENVILLE, ANDERSON and PICKENS, SC PINCKNEY COUNTY (or DISTRICT) - was formed as a part of UNION COUNTY (In fact, most of UNION County was PINCKNEY DISTRICT) and parts of CHEROKEE, SPARTANBURG and even GREENVILLE on the Tyger River... the line was indefinite. Most of the existing records are in Union SC. DOWNS COUNTY - For a few weeks this was the name of [present] LAURENS COUNTY, but Capt. James Downs, for whom it was named, refused to allow his name to be used for a county, saying " The county needs to be named for a more distinguished man and I suggest it be named for the patriot Henry Laurens." Records at Laurens, SC SALEM COUNTY - This county was of indefinite lines. It was first a combination of CLEREMONT and CLARENDON Counties, others say SALEM came after CLEREMONT and CLARENDON. Some historians say SALEM was older than either CLEREMONT or CLARENDON. Most of the records of this county are in Sumter, SC. However, I [ the author] have found some of Salem's records in Camden, SC CLEREMONT COUNTY - was formed in 1785 (see 1790 census) In 1800 it was combined with CLARENDON forming the present SUMTER COUNTY. Records are in Sumter, SC CLARENDON COUNTY - It was formed in 1785 (see 1790 census) and was combined with CLEREMONT in 1799 to form SUMTER COUNTY in 1800. Records are in Sumter, SC. while a few are in Camden, SC. The present day CLARENDON COUNTY was formed just [before] the War Between the States, and named for the extinct county. CHERAW COUNTY - was formed in 1785. It was soon changed to CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. The first county seat was at Cheraw, SC and later moved to the village of Chesterfield. The records were all burned by Sherman in 1865. SAXE-GOTHA COUNTY - was formed from old ORANGEBURGH in 1785. The name was later changed to LEXINGTON COUNTY. The records are in Lexington, SC. The courthouse was burned by Sherman in 1865, but some books from 1825 on were saved. ALL SAINTS COIUNTY - see KINGSTON and HORRY PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY - see WINYAH and GEORGETOWN Counties.

My, my! This has been a quiet little list over the last few months. Has everyone taken their "I'm so tired of this genealogy stuff" break at the same time?? There are over 250 of you out there...... Well, I'd like to pass on a little information that may help some of you who live close enough to Chester to visit. I had the opportunity on Tuesday to visit the Chester District Genealogical Society's Library in Richburg, Chester Co. SC. If you haven't been there to try some of your research yet, let me pass along my regrets.. While the library is housed in a small room, the collection is extensive and the information is priceless. Ellen Schuster has re-catalogued the entire collection, and things are much easier to find than in the past. There are marriage record books listing SC marriages from the early 1700's, (and deaths, too) that are impossible to find any other way, since SC didn't require the marriage / death certificates to be filed with the court until 1911. There are complete family histories, historic references, and the complete collection of CDGS "Bulletins" from their inception in 1980. I met George Moore, the president of the Society, and he was extremely helpful in pointing out the various items and texts available, and offered to help in any way he could. These folks are just wonderful, and they are all volunteers. A reminder if you want to go - the Library is only open on Tuesdays from 8:30 to 4:00. All other times are by appointment. You can get the particulars off the main Chester web page. Hang in there, fellow researchers! All you gotta do is pull out a couple of your ancestor lists, and you'll get the bug all over again! I have some great info on the evolution of county names in SC that may help some of you that I will pass on a little later. I got spurred on by a lady that wrote me last week and asked me where WINTON County, SC is/was? I never heard of it, but now I know it actually was a county in SC that no longer exists... it is now Berkeley Co. Interesting stuff! More later... Mike McGarity Chester Admin -----Original Message----- From: Janean Ray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 2:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SCCHEST2] Just testing No response required. Just testing my lists that I haven't had any activity on. ==== SCCHEST2 Mailing List ==== The 40th annual reunion of the descendants of Samuel Joseph Curry (May 13, 1849 - May 9, 1931) son of Robert M. Curry and Nancy Agnes Miller Curry will be held at the Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church, 1600 Pleasant Grove Road, Chester SC on OCTOBER 12, 2003. Church service will be at 11:00AM followed by a picnic lunch at noon and business meeting at 1:00PM. For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

No response required. Just testing my lists that I haven't had any activity on.