Not much coming from Chesterfield County these days. Hardly see any updates to the Chesterfield County Genealogical Website, nothing on the "New" WWW. Chesterfieldroots.com web page, and very little activity on this mailing list. Where are all those 100 plus members? James R. Rasco seeking data on the Rasco, Roscoe, and Ruscoe families

Personally, I'm still hitting brick walls, but I'll try again to see if anyone can help me with the following murder mystery. I am trying to find some information concerning two individuals who could possibly be my great-great grandfather and his brother who were possibly involved in a murder in Chesterfield County in the early 1800's. Because the courthouse in Chesterfield was burned in 1865 many records that may solve this mystery have been lost. I am looking for ANY leads! Here is what we know: (From South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, SC General Assembly Acct. General, 1814, #2, 2 Nov 1814, Benj. Outlaw) 1811 February To Benjamin Outlaw To [for] Garding [guarding] William and Jerimiah Chanceller on a charge of murder being of by Constable William Betts To the Court or of the District of Chesterfield which is twenty five miles and then further by said William Betts who then was deputized by the Sheriff [of] said District to cari [carry] the said Jeremiah and Gilliam Chanceller before his honour [honor] Joseph Brevard in Camden, Kershaw District which is fifty three miles and from thence back to Chesterfield District by order of Judge Brevard before James Blak[e] the Justices of Quoroin to be Bailed which is 28 miles in the whole eight days at 100 [$1.00?] per Day_______ $ 8 April To atten[d]ing Court two Days in behalf of the State against the said William and Jerimiah Chancellor on the said charge being bound by recognizance 2 November To two days attendance 2, 1812 2 April term To two days attendance 2 ____ $14 No. 221 Benj. Outlaw Guarding Pris[oners]., etc. $14, Not allowed by law.6; $8. Judge Brevards order should be produced. --->> Note: I have not identified this Benjamin Outlaw, but there were several in the census records for 1790, 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 in Chesterfield and Darlington Districts of South Carolina. Were these two men the ones who were in the 1790 census for Cheraws District and in the 1800 and 1810 census for Chesterfield District? They were not in the 1820 census. Was Jeremiah the one who, according to descendants, was born in 1760 in South Carolina; was in Alabama in 1818 and died in 1831 in Autauga County, Alabama? Was William, my ancestor who drew land in Monroe County, Georgia in the land lottery of 1822, the William Chancellor of the 'murder mystery'? Or was it his father? Or was there no connection? My William Chancellor, Sr. was in Washington County, Georgia in the 1820 census, his age given as under 45, which would have made him being born no later than 1775. However, the 1830 census for Monroe County lists him as Head of the Household, age between 40 and 50, making him born between 1780 and 1790. (We know the enumerators were not too careful about listing a person's age, so this is open for debate) If anyone can shed ANY light at all on this "Murder Mystery" I would love to hear from you. Best Regards, Elizabeth Chancellor Warner Robins, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jrrasco@aol.com> To: <SCCHESTERFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:11 PM Subject: [SCCHESTERFIELD] Well! > Not much coming from Chesterfield County these days. Hardly see any updates > to the Chesterfield County Genealogical Website, nothing on the "New" WWW. > Chesterfieldroots.com web page, and very little activity on this mailing > list. > > Where are all those 100 plus members? > > > James R. Rasco > > seeking data on the Rasco, Roscoe, and Ruscoe families > > > ==== SCCHESTERFIELD Mailing List ==== > A 'roll call' by any other name is still just a list of surnames. Please, no roll calls on this list! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >