Robert Coleman Arnett # # /Title:/ Dr # /Birth:/ 1846 in Chester Co., SC # /Death:/ 1908 in Fairfield Co., SC # /Census:/ 1880 Fairfield Co., SC # /Census:/ 1850 Fairfield Co., SC age 4 with parents # /Census:/ 1860 Fairfield Co., SC - age 15 with stepfather Wm. Mayfield # /Census:/ 1900 Fairfield County, SC # /Burial:/ 1908 Salem Presbyterian Church Cem, Fairfield, SC Father: John Quirns Arnette b: ABT 1804 in Chester Co., SC Mother: Eliza T Coleman b: 3 OCT 1817 Marriage 1 Mary Caroline Martin Evans b: ABT 1846 in SC * Married: 17 FEB 1874 in Fairfield Co., SC *Minnie Lee Evans* # /Birth:/ 6 JAN 1865 in Monticello, SC # /Death:/ 24 OCT 1923 in Columbia, Richland, SC # /Burial:/ Bethel ARP Cemetery, Winnsboro, Fairfield, SC Father: John Winn Evans Mother: Mary Martin Marriage 1 William Julian Elliott b: 25 JAN 1858 in Winnsboro, Fairfield Co, SC * Married: ABT 1889 in SC *Nancy Agnes Martin* # Birth: 1764 in Jackson Creek, Fairfield, SC, USA # Death: 1827 in Jackson Creek, Fairfield, SC, USA Marriage 1 Thomas Gladney b: 1749 in Kinbally, Skerry, County Antrim, Ireland Children 1. Joseph Gladney b: 3 OCT 1792 in Fairfield District, SC Edward Arnett & Catherine Querns The land involved was on Prather's Ck., south side of Tyger River. Apparently Edward had three sons - William, Edward, and Samuel. Samuel's dau. Nancy was the 2nd wife of William Glaze (Wilkes Co, GA) Edward Arnett´s will was filed in both Abbeville SC and WILKES COUNTY GA. Abbeville was part of the Old 96th District. I think it is possible that his father was the Edward Arnett living in Spartanburg. Abbeville was not far from Augusta GA where they could cross the river and get over to Wilkes Co. Oliver C. Arnett, son of Samuel Arnett and Ann Spears, lived with Benjamin Catching's daughter Ann Bird Catchings b. 9 OCT 1779 who had married William Ashmore and had one known child Mildred named after her mother. Oliver lived with his step mother. Benjamin Catchings was big.. in Georgia Benjamin was assistant county surveyor of Washington County, Georgia in 1784. In 1780 and 1782 he was assistant Judge of the County of Wilkes. He was a member of the legislature. Benjamin Catchings was granted 300 acres, 1781, 200 acres, 1784: 112 acres, 1792: and 112 acres, 1795. All on Little River in Wilkes County, Georgia, Benjamin Catchings, Esq., was a member of the General Assembly 1783 and 1784 and February 17, 1784, was paid 28 pounds for attendance. Sam D. Fanning, Ordinary, Washington, Ga. April 5, 1912. " These Arnette were kin to Gladney in SC, the Cullars, Glaze, and the Normans in GA, and some of these same surnames originally came from Maryland. --- Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Database (VPS): 090502-0, 05/02/2009 Tested on: 5/6/2009 11:35:52 AM (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com