Rebecca Roscoe, aks Rebecca Rasco, died February 8, 1923 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery in Chesterfield County S.C. Her death certificate states that she was a resident of Cole Hill Township and that she was born in 1843. At the time of her death, she was single and residing in her home. Her death certificate also identifies her mother as being Jane Roscoe of S.C. The information on her death certificate was provided by T. P. Gulledge. Rebecca appears in all censuses of Chesterfield County from 1860 through 1920. Her age recorded on these censuses is not consistant from decade to decade and could have her born anywhere between 1825 and 1845. The censuses never shows an adult man in her household and nearly all of the censuses indicates that she was always single. Never the less she had four known children: Margaret "Maggie" Roscoe, born about 1856-58 died after 1880; Josephine Roscoe, born about 1857, died before 1870; William Joseph Rascoe, born October 1, 1868, died June 3, 1930; and Virginia Jane "Jennie" Roscoe born October 28, 1874 and died either July 12, 1956 or December 7, 1956. None of the daughters of Rebecca's appears to have married however the oldest daughter, Margaret, appears to have been the mother of at least two children, Ann Elizabeth Roscoe and Archie Roscoe. Ann Elizabeth Roscoe was born October 27, 1874 and died January 16, 1966. Ann had a daughter, Maggie Roscoe, apparently out of wedlock, on August 15, 1901. Later Ann Elizabeth, also called "Lizzie" married Isaac Donahue on September 4, 1920 and may have had four or five other children. Ann's daughter married Arlee Wallace. Undocumented and unproven family traditions say the Rebecca Roscoe was a sister of Joseph Franklin Roscoe (1843 - March 24, 1917) of Chesterfield County and a daughter of an unknown Roscoe female and an Indian man named Joe Johnson. I have found circumstantial evidence which indicates that Rebecca may have been a daughter of a Jane Roscoe and and unknown father with the sur-name of Minder. It is believed that Rebecca was a grandaughter of a Minda Rasco and a niece of Oliver and Riley Roscoe of Chesterfield County. The 1860 census list Rebecca's race and that of her two daughter, Margaret and Josephine as Mulatto. Later censuses list them as being white. When Rebecca's son, William Joseph Rascoe married Catherine Parker aks "Kitty Purvis", in April of 1887, they were charged with the crime of "Intermarriage of Races", Catherine being white and William Joseph being alleged to be of another race. Can anyone on this list prove or disprove any of the above or add anything else? Can anyone prove who the father of Rebecca Roscoe was and who the father or fathers of Rebecca's children was? I am also seeking information on any and all Roscoe or Rascoe families especially those that were in the Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Richmond, and Anson County areas prior to 1850. Any help would be appreciated. James R. Rasco