-----Original Message----- From: Bill Liles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 6:07 PM To: 'Mike McGarity' Subject: RE: [SCCHEST2] Migration I have been told that Arromanus Liles (Lyles), a child of one of my ancestors, Ephraim Liles (Lyles) was the first "white" child born in the SC upcountry, being born on Beaver Creek circa 1740 near where it empties into the Broad River near the present day community of Blair, just below the present day Chester County line. Does anyone have any information on this? Bill Liles -----Original Message----- From: Mike McGarity [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SCCHEST2] Migration Janean, You are dead on with that. The upcountry of South Carolina was settled in the 1740-60 time frame by Scots-Irish Presbyterians that migrated down the old Wagon Road from the northern colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as Virginia and other states north.......They tended to name their new places after their old home places. York, Chester and Lancaster Counties of SC are named for their counterparts in Pennsylvania, which, in turn, were named for the old "counties" in Scotland and Ireland. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Janean Ray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SCCHEST2] Migration Would it be feasible that often times later formed counties were named for earlier counties from another state as people migrated. I've seen where family have come from somewhere in Ireland, England etc only to find they lived in a county here in the U.S. of the same name. There is Chester Co. PA and Chester Co. S.C. and wondering if those that maybe arrived here early in PA then migrated to S.C. where a new Chester Co. was formed. Janean ==== 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! ==== 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!