This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1470.1 Message Board Post: "The Press and Standard" is not publishing anything on line. Larry Ulmer of Columbia, SC has gone through the microfilm at the Colleton County Library and created the web site indicated that makes it a lot easier for some one to find the full articles in "The Press and Standard" issues that are on microfilm.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RAYSOR, RISHER, STOKES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1470 Message Board Post: Anne Race posted a message about this on another message board, but I don't think it got posted to this board or the Colleton Co mailing list. The Press and Standard is publishing online births, marriages, deaths, that are currently on microfilm at the Colleton library. This is great information! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pressandstandard/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1449.1.1 Message Board Post: THANK YOU - Erik, PLEASE, e-mail me at waldo2001@earthlink.net Sincerely, Helen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ncB.2ACE/1449.2 Message Board Post: Helen, I am the archaeologist with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in TN & NC and am currently doing research on the operations of the W.M.Ritter Lumber Company in Hazel Creek, Proctor, NC (located within the park boundaries). I don't know if you knew this or not, but William Ritter sat on the War Appropriations Board from WW1 -WW2. His operations were the largest hardwood lumber production company in the world at the time. In fact, hardwood flooring was exported to Europe. There are many interesting stories about this man and his life. I can fill you in later. I have several leads which might provide you with the location. First, the National Archives in Maryland probably has maps of the sawmill. Most lumber companies using mainlines of railways were required to file with the federal government for interstate commerce reasons. Second, I would try the Records Manager for Georgia-Pacific. GP bought out the Ritter Lumber Company and hence acquired some of the records. I am planning a trip down to Atlanta to visit GP in the next several weeks to see what they have. If I find anything that might be of use to you, I will forward it to you, provided you provide me with your e-mail address. Another alternative might, be the State Historic Preservation Office of South Carolina. States maintain historical documents such as site locations, photographs and other archival materials. I am sure they would be interested in your pictures. I hope this helps and will keep you posted. As always,EK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ncB.2ACE/1449.1 Message Board Post: Helen, I am the archaeologist with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in TN & NC and am currently doing research on the operations of the W.M.Ritter Lumber Company in Hazel Creek, Proctor, NC (located within the park boundaries). I don't know if you knew this or not, but William Ritter sat on the War Appropriations Board from WW1 -WW2. His operations were the largest hardwood lumber production company in the world at the time. In fact, hardwood flooring was exported to Europe. There are many interesting stories about this man and his life. I can fill you in later. I have several leads which might provide you with the location. First, the National Archives in Maryland probably has maps of the sawmill. Most lumber companies using mainlines of railways were required to file with the federal government for interstate commerce reasons. Second, I would try the Records Manager for Georgia-Pacific. GP bought out the Ritter Lumber Company and hence acquired some of the records. I am planning a trip down to Atlanta to visit GP in the next several weeks to see what they have. If I find anything that might be of use to you, I will forward it to you, provided you provide me with your e-mail address. Another alternative might, be the State Historic Preservation Office of South Carolina. States maintain historical documents such as site locations, photographs and other archival materials. I am sure they would be interested in your pictures. I hope this helps and will keep you posted. As always,EK

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1466.1.1 Message Board Post: I have a copy of the will of Amelia Ann Stokes Appleby. My Great Grandfather, Peter Ridley Appleby, and William Preston Appleby, his brother, both married daughters of Joel and Mary Larisey. Joel Larisey rented a mansion on the Glover Estate for the double wedding. Research into the Appleby family is difficult as some names are repeated from generation to generation. Gail Appleby Cannon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chalmers, Geddes, Raysor, Montgomery, Fishburne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1469.1 Message Board Post: .....Continued from Post #1 First Scots Presbyterian Church. Marcel Survey #2 ca. 1938 by Elizabeth Marcel Stone 1 ___________________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the memory Of Genl. John Geddes Who departed this life The 4th March 1828 Aged 51 years and 2 months Also of Mrs. Annie Geddes Wife of Genl. John Geddes Died 29th August 1806 Aged 17 years 4 months and 23 days. Harriet Geddes Only daughter of Genl. John & Harriett Geddes Died 11th October 1827. John Geddes, Jr. Eldest Son of Genl. John & Harriet Geddes Died 4th of March 1828 His remains lie beneath the Tomb Of Gilbert Chalmers At the N.W. Corner of this Square Elizabeth Sarah Anne Geddes Daughter of Gilbert C. and Caroline Geddes Died 22nd Oct. 1811 Aged 3 years and 12 days Stone 2_________________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the memory of Henry Geddes Who was borne in the County of Tyrone, Ireland Within a mile of Cookstown Landed in Charlestown, So. Ca. 24th Aug 1773 And died 18th Jany. 1819 Aged 76 years ALSO of Elizabeth Geddes His Wife Died the 10th. Aug 1811 Aged *59 years. Henry Geddes, Jr. Died the 18th Oct. 1812 Aged 31 years. Mrs. Ann Montgomery Died the 19th Feb 1825 Aged 4? Years. George Washington Geddes Died the 20th Oct. 1834 Aged 39 years B.R. Montgomery, M.D. Died at Key West **James Geddes Died the 20th Oct. 1836 *Marcel Survey typewritten reads Aged 59 years, earlier handwritten 1888 transcription clearly reads 39 years. **Marcel survey omits this last individual. Earlier 1888 transcription has a blank between Henry Geddes, Jr. with the notation in pencil of (also 2 others) then it continues with James Geddes. Stone 3 ________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the Memory Of Robert Geddes, Esq., Departed this life on the 29th day of June 1812 In the *58th year of his age ALSO Near him lie his two infant daughters Amelia Ann and Elizabeth Dunlap Geddes The former of whom died on the 30th of June 1803 Aged 2 months and 9 days The latter on the 12th July 1807 Aged 6 months and 13 days. (*The 1888 transcription clearly notes “in the 38th year”, while the 1932 Marcel survey is typewritten “in the 58th year”.) Stone 4 ______________________ CHALMERS Sacred to the memory of his beloved & Affectionate wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Chalmers, who died Jan. 17th 1820, age 31 yrs, and of his three infant children Ann Montgomery Chalmers - abt June 4th 1816; Et 1 year & 7 mo Henry James Chalmers, abt Aug 8th 1818, Et 1 yr & 20 days Caroline Geddes Chalmers, abt Dec 3, 1819, et 6 trs & 10 mo. This marble is erected by an afflicted husband & father. True to the love of their dear mothers breast. Her infants welcome and partake of her rest. The --? sweets near her cold bosom lie; May heaven renew them in a brighter sky. The following transcriptions are from “A Register of the Tombstones in the Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. Taken in the year 1888 by Committees Of Ladies of the Congregation At the insistence of the Pastor Rev. W. J. Thompson, D.D. and chronologically arranged and transcribed by him as herein found and presented to the church for future reference. Many graves have disappeared and their slabs with their inscriptions have been so broken or effaced as to be illegible. The Church at one time owned it’s hearse and team, and buried it’s dead in it’s own yard almost exclusively until the middle of this century. Stone 5 ___________________ 1805 CHALMERS The melancholy tribute of a Bereaved son To the memory of his departed Parents Gilbert and Sophia Chalmers Gilbert was born at *Loartgally, Scotland and died in Charleston in August 1805. Et 59 years He had resided in this City 37 years, was honest, useful and respected, the partner & founder of a numerous family. Sophia Chalmers his venerable widow attained the age Of 62 years and departed this life amid the tears of her offspring 1st January 1822 This stone is also inscribed by his surviving brother to the remains of David Chalmers Son of Gilbert and Sophia Chalmers, who died February 11th, 1820 Et. 29 years Thus death rega????? all this life had given And mortals pass away from earth to heaven. (*Loartgally is particularly hard to read and could be Loastgally, Loartigally, Loastigally, Loartrgally and other combinations. I did initial research but was unable to locate a place name in Scotland similar to this word)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chalmers, Geddes, Raysor, Montgomery, Fishburne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1469 Message Board Post: Elizabeth Sophia Chalmers was born in 1809 in Charleston. She wed James M. Raysor, son of Michael & Eleanor Risher Raysor. They had the following children: James M., Jr, Leonidas M, George Washington, Harriet, Henry Chalmers, Elizabeth Sophia, Sarah Chalmers, Rebecca Octavia, and Benjamin Stokes Raysor. All of their 5 sons served in the CSA, one being killed and another sustaining “severe injuries”. For more information on James M. Raysor, see Pat Sabin’s excellent Raysor History site at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~raysor/ In this document I concentrate on the Chalmers/Geddes side of the family, which is where I was able to further our research during my recent trip. Elizabeth S. Chalmers was the daughter of Henry James Chalmers b. 1787 Charleston and Elizabeth Geddes b. 1789 in Charleston. He and Miss Geddes married on Nov 8, 1807. Elizabeth was their first child. Other children following include Harriet Anna Chalmers who married Robert Fishburne. Caroline Chalmers, Ann Montgomery Chalmers and Henry James Chalmers, Jr. Headstone Inscriptions from Chalmers/Geddes burials in First Scots Presbyterian Church, Charleston: Bev’s Notes: These huge stones are tall (perhaps 8 feet), marble and thin, appearing at one time to be laying on the ground or perhaps as tablets on a mausoleum. All the Chalmers/Geddes burials were in the location of the current fellowship hall. All the stones were removed in the 1950’s and were pressed into the brick walls surrounding the churchyard) No attempt to remove the bodies was made and the fellowship hall was built directly over the cemetery. Thankfully an attempt was made to preserve the stones and these can now be seen as one walks the churchyard - memorial stones are pressed into buildings, walls, fences, etc. Even the children’s playground is “fenced” with these large stones, including the Chalmers stone. Interestingly these stones contain the names of multiple family members instead of one stone per family member. Sometimes the family relationships aren’t clear until further genealogical inspection, such ! as the listing below of John Geddes, Jr. Rather than resting with his father, his remains rest “beneath the tomb of Gilbert Chalmers” who would have been his maternal grandfather. Some are virtually unreadable and it was only the good fortune of descendants that in 1888 the ladies of the Church did a thorough transcription of the stones. Their handwritten records are available in the church office and were invaluable in deciphering the information on the weathered stones. See Post # 2 ................

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Raysor, Chalmers, Geddes, Montgomery Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1468 Message Board Post: I found many tidbits in my research on the Chalmers/Geddes families, that may be interesting to the descendants of James M. Raysor and Elizabeth Sophia Chalmers. >From "The Buildings of Charleston" by Jonathan H. Poston are the following entries: 60-64 Broad Street, Confederate Home Constructed ca.1800, additions ca 1835, 1900-10; earthquake repairs 1887. This large complex stretches through the block from Broad Street to Chalmers Street and is a nineteenth century amalgamation of several different properties and buildings. On the site of a house formerly leased to a royal lieutenant governor the core of the front portion was built by GILBERT CHALMERS, a well-to-do carpenter, as a double tenement. Inherited by Chalmer's daughter and her husband, Gov. John Geddes of Ashley Hall Plantation, the building housed President James Monroe when he spent several weeks in Charleston in 1819. (on the front of the home is a plaque which also gives a short history of the home. It was used as a Home for Mothers, Widows and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers. By 1880 the home housed several hundred aged or infirm widows and a teacher's college for fifty-two women) The fancy iron grillwork on the front of the house is all original. Another article about the house told of a duel taking place in the street in front of the house between John Geddes, Jr. and another man after the election of his father to the Governor's office. John Geddes, Jr. was shot through both thighs and the other man was killed. Directly adjoining the 60-64 broad street home which is still beautiful is a less imposing building at 56-58 Broad. constructed ca. 1800 and 1798, respectively; altered 1890. Built by the attorney John Geddes, this double building originally served both residential and commercial functions. From 1869 to 1874, 58 Broad St housed the National Freedman's Savings Bank. Interestingly, the Broad Street Homes back up to Chalmers Ave., named for Dr. Lionel Chalmers who lived on that street. I have not yet found the connection between Gilbert & Lionel Chalmers, but it is likely there, as they would have shared back yards. Another interesting note: Elizabeth Chalmers uncle, Gov. John Geddes bought the island of Key West in the early 1800's. Upon his arrival there he found that he had been victim to what has been called "Florida's 1st Land Scam". The owner of Key West had evidently sold the property simultaneously to Gov. Geddes and another man. After extensive court battles, the land was deemed owned by the other and John Geddes lost his fortune. Note on the earlier tombstone inscriptions, his son-in-law Dr. Montgomery "died at key west".

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Raysor, Chalmers, Geddes, Fishburne, Montgomery Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1467 Message Board Post: Elizabeth Sop

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1466.1 Message Board Post: The photograph on page 273 of the book ENLISTED FOR THE WAR incorrectly identifies Capt. Joseph Koger Risher as Captain James Koger Risher. On page 280 is a group photograph of Confederate veterans taken at Bamberg, SC in which he is correctly identifed as Joseph K. Risher. Both pictures had been given to the author by Otto Warren of Orangeburg, Otto Warren is J. Otto Warren, Jr. a great grandson of the captain. There is some confusion about the captain. Some people credit his uncle Joseph Koger Risher (1807-1868) with the captain's Confederate service. Some indciate the captain was the son of the older man. Captain Joseph Koger Risher, CSA was the son of Francis Fontaine Risher and Harriett Williams Risher. Francis and Harriett were first cousins. After the death of Francis, Harriett Williams Risher married George Warren. Her grave in the Warren-Key Cemetery on the edge of Williams, SC simply identies her as Harriett A. Warren. Otto Warren, Sr. was a direct descendant of George Warren and Harriett Williams Risher Warren. Otto's wife was Sarah Kinsey. Sarah was a granddaugther of the captain and thus a direct descendant of Harriett and her first husband, Francis. Sarah Kinsey Warren wasa child of Dr. Charles Kinsey and his second wife Lula Risher. Lula was a daughter of Captain Risher. So all of Dr. Kinsey's children born in his second marriage were grandchildren of Captain Joseph Koger Risher. Dr.. Charles Kinsey was first married to Ella Havillah Williams, daughter of Henry Allen Williams and Martha Anne Risher Williams. Ella's grandfather was Joseph Koger Risher (1807-1868), the captain's uncle. The children born druing Dr. Charles Kinsey were the great grandchildren of the older J.K. Risher. So there was Dr. Kinsey with two groups of children. One group calling Joseph Koger Risher great grandfather and the other group refering to him as grandfather and they weren't talking about the same man. At one time I was under the impression that Capt. William Preston Appley was a son of David Clinton Appleby and Amelia Stokes. Apparently, Capt. William Preston Appleby was a son of James Preston Appleby and his first wife. James' second wife was Eleanor Stokes. Sarah O. Appleby, wife of Richard Risher, Jr. apparently was a child of David Clinton Appleby and Amelai Stokes. Amelia being a sister of William Stokes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1459.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I purchased their book on "Lower Colleton Cemeteries" and was impressed with the quality of work and thoroughness. Their directions were precise and accurate and it was indespensible in my research. I would like to see the society receive permission to update the Bryans Upper Colleton Cemeteries book. So much work was undertaken that shouldn't have to be duplicated. As for errors, there are quite a few - but through the test of time we researchers have managed to pick out each and every error and argue them over until we're all satisfied with the correct entry. This "bug-testing" would be valuable if they were to re-do the Bryan's book. I would like to see more emphasis place on identifying and PRESERVING the endangered graves that exist. Particularly those of veterans of all our wars. These gravesites that exist on private lands. Perhaps public pressure, if applied correctly by local groups could induce some measure of protection not currently afforded to these little spots. Encouraging property owners to set aside that small bit of land and allow it to be protected should be top priority. As the years pass and development begins as it inevitably will, we may well lose the chance. As long as a cemetery is in existance it can be inventoried. Save now, inventory later.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1466 Message Board Post: The book, "Enlisted for the War" by Eugene W. Jones", has a good picture of Captain James K. Risher, Company commander of Company E. This book is a history of the Infantry - 24th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. Also it lists 6 Applebys' Albert R. Appleby D.C. Appleby Peter R. Appleby - my ggrandfather Felix Vivian Appleby A.C. Appleby Morgan Thomas Appleby - Raised and commanded "Appleby's Company" prior to becoming Co. C, 24th Regiment. The first three names on the list, along with William Preston Appleby were sons of David Clinton Appleby and Amelia Ann Stokes. Morgan Thomas Appleby was the father of Felix and Adrian Conner Appleby. Gail A. Cannon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1459.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the reply. I passed the information on to Sherry. The Old Saint Bartholomew Genalogical Socity has completed two cemetery books. One listing lower Colleton County cemeteries. Another listing burials in Live Oak Cemetery in Walterboro. They are curently working on a book that will list Negro cemeteries in Colleton County. After that my understanding is the group will work on a book about the cemeteries of Upper Colleton County. Its been about 30 years since the Bryans completed their book CEMETERIES OF UPPER COLLETON COUNTY. The society intends to list burials that have taken place since then. Also, they hope to include cemeteries overlooked an/or not listed by the Byrans. (Unfortuantely, they probably won't be able to publish a correct copy of the Bryan's book. Awful lot of errors.) Hopefully they will be able to include the Raysor Cemetery mentioned in one of your recent postings.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1459.1.1 Message Board Post: I forgot to call her this morning! I called her at home on my way out of town, but got no answer or recording. I made a mental note to call her this morning and let her know to check with the research librarian at the Colleton library. Jamie was kind enough to make duplicate copies of the book, one for the Society and one for the library. The book is in his office with Sherry's name and Old St. Bartholomew's copy on a pink note on the outside of it. He was quite helpful during my research. -Bev

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1459.1 Message Board Post: Just got an email from the president of the Saint Bartholomew Genealogical Society. Who did you leave the genealogical society's copies of the material mentioned with?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William Stokes can be found in the 1860 census. Reading the census is like reading a roll call of Company G, 4th South Carolina Cavalry. Included in Stokes' household was 2 month old Sarah Risher. Don't know who her parents were. A letter written on 2 June 1864 concludes on the bottom of page 142. One reads, "Capt A., Lieut. Gen Williams, and R. Risher's company safe." Capt A. was William Preston Appleby; R. Risher was Richard Risher, Jr.In footnote 128, Halliburton indicates the only Williams that was a Confederate general was Brigader General John S. Williams who was serving in Georgia at the time the letter was written. It doesn't make any sense that a general was serving in Appleby's company. More than likely Halliburton misread what Stokes had wriiten. The colonel more than likely wrote Lieut. Hen. Williams. Henry Allen Williams was serving in Company G, 4th SC Cav at the time the letter had been written.. Generally his highest rank has been shown as sergeant but he may have been an actting liieutenant at the time Stokes wrote the letter. Henry Williams was not a blood kin of Stokes but they were related by marriage. Henry's wife Martha Anne Risher, sister of Sgt. William Benajmin Risher, was a cousin of Stokes. Tom Williams served as a 2nd lieutenant under Stokes and Appleby. Tom was a son of Abraham Williams and Harriett Risher Williams. He was a first cousin of William Stokes. Tom had married Elizabeth Kirkland. To the best of my knowledge they had no children. In 1895 he had become a postmaster and it is said it was then that he named the town of Williamsafter himself. His house still stands in Williams, SC. Elizabeth was the first person to be buried in what has become known as the Williams Town Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I couldn't agree with you more regarding the Gen. William Stokes book. It reads so familiarly to me, the names of people like old friends. Mr. Halliburton should indeed have familiarized himself with the familial patterns of the Stokes' relatives and Colleton in general before writing the book. He may have had a much greater understanding of what he read in those letters home. And could possibly have helped the uninformed reader better understand the very personal nature of Gen. Stokes military duty, relationship to his soldiers, and the personal losses and grief when he had to write to his wife of yet another death from their very tightly knit community. I was so tempted to continue typing when I transcribed those few pages. The names on the page prior to the information on Junius Risher's death were plucked right from the Colleton census. I saw deaths of young men from the area, not simply soldiers to Gen. Stokes, but friends and relatives. People who lived within a few farms of his own. Their loss and afflictions were to Wm Stokes what Mr. Halliburton's book fails to portray in his indifference to those names found within the letters. They were personal. We find Sheridan, Smoak (Smoke), Fontaine, Spell, Williams, Risher, Liston, Jacques, Hill, Hiers, Guess, Glover, Carter, Canady, Campbell, Byrd, Appleby and so many more occupying his letters to his wife back home. These were not strangers to him. These were family members, past present and future. His blood and his ties to all that were familiar and comforting. The book is wonderful, but much more so when read with the eyes of one familiar to William Stokes' world. -Bev

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3.1.1 Message Board Post: There is a lot of good information to be learnt from SADDLE SOLDIERS and a lot more could and probably should have been included. Unfortunately Mr. Halliburton apparetnly did not leave Virginia Military Institute while working on the book. He shoudl have made a road trip to SC. Willim Stokes was a son of Williams Stokes and Ann Risher Stokes. His maternal grandparents were Benjamin Risher, Sr. and Mary Fontaine. Knowing this helps explains his relationship to William Benjamin Risher and Richard Risher, Jr. (Besides being a first cousin of Stokes, Richard Risher, Jr. was married to Sarah Appleby a niece of the colonel. Sarah's mother was Stokes' sister.) Halliburton only indicates Stokes lived in St Bartholomew Parish near Branchville, SC. The Stokes residence was on what is now known as SC 61/'Augusta Highway. The Buck Head Hunting Club is on SC 61 about 2 miles east of US 21. The Stokes home was about .33 miles further on the right. Stokes lost 5 children while living in Colleton County, three during the War Between the States. They are buried in the Stokes-Tucker/Williams Stokes Cemetery. After the war, Stokes moved to what is now Hampton County, SC formerly a part of Beaufort County. he purchased a palnatation nown as Early Branch. In footnote #173, Halliburton wrote, " Ted Jack is not identified. The latter is a neighbor known as Doctor." I don't know who Ted Jack was but Doctor was not only a neighbor, he was Stokes' brother Doctor Peter Stokes. Doctor Stokes signed the Ordinace of Secession. He was married to E. E. Anna Williams daughter of James Allen and Ann Williams. Anna Williams Stokes pased away in Feb. 1865 after giving birth to a daughter. The daughter passed away 14 years latrer. Anna Williams brother Dr. Paul Williams, a Methodiast minister, was married to Elizabeth Barnes. Paul was in his early 40's when he passed away in 1863. In CEMETERIES OF UPPER COLLETON COUNTY, SC, the Bryans indicate that Dr. Stokes married Paul's widow in 1881. Actually they were married earlier than that and one gets the impression from the 1870 census that they were married. Dr. Paul Williams and Elizabeth Williams were the parents of Sergeant Major James E. Williams who is mentioned in several of William Stokes earlier letters. In a letter written 28 May 1862, Stokes mentions the untimely death of James Williams due to illness. James was only 20. He was buried in the James Allen Williams/Stokes-Connor Cemetery in Colleton County. (At least two of Dr. Peter Stokes daughters married Connors.) James Williams remains were brought home by Garland M. Yancey who was not a native of SC but Louisiana. Not sure when he came to SC. Yancey married Sarah Caroline Williams, daughter of Paul and sister of James. By the late 1800's the Yancey's had moved to the Orlando area of Florida. One of their sons was named Paul Williams Yancey. Garland Yancey is mentioned in several of the early pages of the book and on pages 48-49 is a letter he wrote to Stokes. Bob Jacques' death is mentioend on page 194. Jacques was married to Elizabeth Risher. It is believed that Elizabeth was a sister of Richard Risher, Jr. On page 110 is a letter in which Stokes indicates to his wife that Captain Appleby would write Sallie. Halliburton's impression was Appleby was courting a daughter of Stokes. Stokes married Elizabeth Boulware in 1856, their oldest daughter Sarah would have ben a very old seven years in 1863 when the letter was wrtten. I doubt if Appleby was couritng Stokes' daughter. In a letter written on 14 Oct 1864, the death of Dr. Fontaine,Medical Director of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, is mentioned.. This was Dr. John Boursiquot Fontaine. Dr. Fontaine was the son of Edmund Fontaine, Sr. John had graduated from medical school in 1860 when he was 19 years old. He was about 24 at the time of his death. His father owned Beverdam. It was at Beverdam that JEB Stuaret last saw his wife before his fatal wounding at Yellow Tavern. Dr. John Fontaine was a great great grandson of the Rev. Peter Fontaine, Sr. and great great great grandson of James Fontaine. Willim Stokes was a great great grandson of the Rev. Francis Fontaine, Sr., brother of Rev. Peter Fontaine , Sr. (As mentioned earlier, Willim Stokes was a grandson of Mary Fontaine Risher. Mary's father was Francsi Fontaine, Jr.; her great granfather was Rev. Francis Fontaine, Sr.) SADDLE SOLDIERS is a fascinating book as one discovers relationships not pointed out by the editor.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3.2 Message Board Post: Richard Risher, Jr's wounding is mentioned in the book SADDLE SOLDIERS, Sandlapper Press, edited by Lloyd Halliburton, 1993. Most of the book consists of letters written by William Stokes to his wife Elizabeth Boulware during the War of Northern Aggression. Stokes was the youngest son of Williams (the "s" isn't a typo) Stokes and Ann Risher. Ann was a daughter of Benjamin Risher, St and Mary Fontaine. Stokes was a first cousin of Richard Risher, Jr. As you mentioned Richard's wife was Sarah Appleby. Sarah's mother Amelia was a sister of William Stokes. Stokes was captain of a company known as Hammond's Hussars, Stokes' Company, Appleby's Company and Company G, 4th SC Cavalry. Stokes rose in rank from captain to major to lieutenant colonel. His original company would be led by William Preston Appleby during most of the war. In a letter written on 2 Oct 1864, Stokes wrote that Sergeant Richard Risher had been wounded in the left leg and that the leg was amputated. .William Risher was going to take Richard home. William was the eldest son of Joseph Koger Risher(1807-1868). Another letter written on 11 Oct 1864 indicates that William Risher had returned to camp. A sergeant on the Weldon Railroad would not allow William to board the train with Richard. Richard was sent on to Wilson. NC. A letter dated 30 October 1864 indicates that Stokes had learnt of Richard's death. Almost a moth later, Stokes wrote on 29 Nov that he had just learnt of the death of Junius (Richard) from William Risher and I. Liston. Willim Stokes, William Risher, and William Appleby survived the war. William Risher had a younger brother Henry. Henry Risher served in the 1st SC Infantry, Hagood's Brigade. Henry lost his life near Petersburg, Virginia in July 1864. Henry never married and has no direct descendants.