Hello South Carolina Researchers: As most of you are aware the question of genealogical frauds and hoaxes must be of concern to genealogists and researchers since so much information out there is very questionable. We have several pages on our web sites that will be of great help to you in understanding what the problems are. We have updated one of the pages in our Fraudulent Lineages area. The page in question is titled; BEWARE OF THE SOURCE HOAX Many of you are quite aware of some of some of the ways frauds and hoaxes are committed and you may need to review your lines to see if possibly they may contain some of the situations we cover. The URL for this page is; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/hoax.htm For those of you who are AOL members you may have trouble connecting to many pages that may come up with a message such as "Page Does Not Exist" and you can cure that by using your browser feature of Copy and Paste the URL to your browser and then enter from there. There are many other pages listed within this section and all may be viewed freely by everyone. The very best to you and yours. Harold Oliver America's First Families

I claim not that these are correct and free of errors, but that they were compiled in earnest by a cousin of my grandmother, the daughter-in-law of Sallie Eugenia Collins, and handed down to me in earnest. I am just transcribing them and posting them here in hopes something will ring a bell and I will meet cousins I never met before. --Jessica Thompson Eustice Of Durham, NC (search for me on Google, I am for-real.) Generation Five Martha Jane Harrison and Elbert Harling had the following children: At the present writing I have info on a Frank S. Harling and Nora Harling only. 1. Frank s. Harling married Mary _____. Second marriage was to Mary Faulkner in 1880 at Graniteville, S. C. by reverend homas Walker. He died Jan 14, 1930. 2. Noral Harling born October 20, 1861, died March 3, 1936. My husband remembers very pleasantly Nora Harling, as she was a spinster lady who visited his mother. Mary Susannah Harrison and James Collins had the following children: 1. Mary Ann Collins b. 1846 2. Gibson Harrison Collins b. 1848 3. James Pickens Collins b. 1850 4. Sara Eugenia Collins b. 1852 5. Susan Maria Collins b. 1854 6. Thomas Efford (Effort?) Colllins b. 1857 7. Edward Collins b. 1859 1. Mary Ann Collins born Oct. 2, 1846, died Jan 18, 1850 2. Gibson Harrison Collins. Born July 17, 1848 died ____. This is “Tone” or “Toney”. At age of 15 he ran away and joined the Confederate States Army. He died many years later in the Confederate Home in Atlanta, GA. No info on whom he married. 3. James Pickens Collins born September 27, 1850 died Jan 26, 1936. He is buried at Johnston, S.C. He married Susan Morrison. [He was Jessica Thompson Eustice’s great grandfather. My grandmother has added in her own writing that he married a second time, Mary Josephine Holley. ] 4. Sara Eugenia “Sallie” Collins: Born Nov. 18, 1852, died October 12, 1926. She is buried in Graniteville. Sara Eugenia worked in the weave room of the Graniteville Mfg. Co. and there met William Marion Martin who also worked there. They were married at home in Graniteville about 1880. Wm Martin was on the Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church in Graniteville. We have a charming picture of Sallie, Bill and their three children.[sic] My Husband says he remembers being all dressed up for the occasion of going to Augusta to have their pictures made. He was nine, Brother five, and baby sister was posed sitting on mama’s lap. Some sixteen or seventeen years later Wm Martin went to Alabama to live, marrying there and has a family in Sylacauga, Ala. He is buried in Sylacauga. I do not know if the Tillman family ever lived close to the Collins family, but I do know that Francis Miller Tillman who afterwards became a Mrs. Simpson was a lifelong friend of Sara Eugenia Collins Martin. As an old lady Mrs. Simpson also lived in Graniteville, and is remembered by Mary Glover Cooper. On a recent visit to South Carolina we went to the old Simpson Home. It is in a very bad state of repair and will not stand much longer. It was interesting to note how it was put together wilth wooden pegs instead of nails. There was also an interesting staircase which we did not dare ascend fearing the walls would fall on us. Mrs. Tillman says this was Chester. From there we went to the cemetery where the Tillman family is buried. This is near the Presbyterian Church called “High View”. It is built on a hill and was organized May 20, 1877. We noted at the time that it did not have a gallery for slaves, but were unaware of the reason. Station was established at the invitation of B.R. Tillman and his sisters at the Pavillion of the Hussars near the residence of Mr. Tillman. The Church was built on Tillman property and dedicated in November 1883. From there we went to Lanham Springs. This was a favorite picnic grounds of the early days, and here was held a reunion of survivors of Company I and Company K of the 24th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers commanded by General Ellison Capers, Sept 4, 1891. Congressman Geo. Tillman was present and Gov. Tillman was present. (correct). Since the Harrison men and their relatives and our grandfather Collins were in the 24th of the S.C. Volunters, it is interesting to note here that they saw hard service and served in Hood’s Tennessee Campaign and especially the battle of Franklin. 5. Susan Maria Collins born Dec. 16, 1854 died September 1917. She married William John Glover (Born june 19, 1839, died May 26, 1901) married at Graniteville, S.C. sbout 1874. Both she and William Glover are buried in Graniteville Cemetery. While we were in South Carolina, Mary Cooper showed us some early pictures of her father and mother. We also have an interesting later picture of Susan Collins Glover. 6. Thomas Effort (Efford?) Collins born April 10, 1857, died Jan 24, 1923. Married Jane Owens (born 1856 died 1932.) They were married in 1876 and both are buried at Graniteville. 7. Edward Collins born 1859 died May 10, 1923. Married Anna Lott. They are both buried in Graniteville. Elizabeth Harrison and Limuel Alexander Hamilton had the following children: 1. James Crack Hamilton (married Elizabeth Horton) 2. Sallie Hamilton married Whitman Lanier Have no information on the children of Elizabeth Harrison Hamilton by her second marriage to W.T. Mathis. No info as to children of John E. Harrison. No info as to children of Geo. A. Harrison No info as to children of Charles H. Harrison No info as to children of Thomas H. Harrison James William Harrison and _________ Harrison had the following children: 1. James Harrison 2. Ida Harrison 3. Lucinda Harrison Generation six: Children of Frank S. Harling and Mary Harling : No issue Children of Frank S. Harling and Mary Faulkner Harling were: 1. Hancie Eugene Harling 2. Alonso Jerome Harling 3. Mary Lee Harling 4. George Franklin Harling 1. Hancie Eugene Harling born March 27, 1881 married Mary Davis. 2. Alonso Jerome Harling born July 28, 1882 married Myrtle Powell 3. Mary Lee Harling born Feb 7, 1885 married Jas. C. Carter. 4. George Franklin Harling (No dates or info) Children of Gibson Harrison Collins and _______ Collins were: 1. Thomas Collins 2. Ed Collins 3. DeVille Collins No further info on them Children of James Pickens Collins and Susan Morrison Mary Josephine Holly Collins were: 1. Mona May Collins 2. Adelaide Zelma Collins [1.Mona May Collins married Charles Wall, then J.C. Porter, then _____ Allen. No children 3. Adelaide Zelma Collins married Dave Giboney, then Col. Harold Sydenham. Her children were Barbara Mona Sydenham, and Mary Louise Sydenham.] Children of James Crack Hamilton and Elizabeth Horton Hamilton were: 1. David Gilchrist Hamilton married Eva Odem 2. Benjamin Horton Hamilton married Lottie Bryan 3. William Hamilton married Sophronia Day 4. Roxy Hamilton married Wm. Franklin 5. Minnie Hamilton married Felix Day 6. Kate Hamilton married Will Mosely 7. Mary Hamilton married Walter Sorgee 8. Limuel Hamilton married Eula Wingard 9. Sallie Hammilton died young 10. Arthur Hamilton died young 11. Florence H. Hamilton died young All Hamiltons are deceased except Mary Hamilton Sorgee. [at the time this was originally written] All are buried in Graniteville, S.C. except Florence Hamilton who is buried in Edgefield, S.C. Children of Sallie Hamilton and Whitman Lanier were: 1. Susan Lanier married Jesse Harrison 2. Docia Lanier married ____ Franklin (deceased) [sic] 3. Walter Lanier (deceased) [sic] 4. Robert Lanier 5. Annie Lanier married John Seigler Children of Sara Eugenia Collins [grandma’s aunt] and Wm Martin were: 1 James William Walter Martin 2. Jesse Hartwel Martin 3. Cornelia Barsheba Martin 1. James William Walter Martin, born Oct. 21, 1882 in Edgefield. He was named for his great grandfather, grandfather, and also his father. A few years after graduating from Citadel College in Charleston S.C., degrees B.S. and C.E., he married Lillian “Lilly” Hunter, daughter of the distinguished physician and surgeon Dr. Benjamin Waggoner of Charleston S.C. The Hunter family at one time lived in Edgefield. S.C. and Dr. Hunter brought my husband into this world [sic] and remained his closest friend until his death. My Husband says many times Dr. Hunter reminisced about belonging to the “Red Shirts” and has often told him tales of the Ellenton riots. The marriage of Lilly Hunter Martin and James Martin was early dissolved. Lilly Martin for a time lived in North Augusta, later Florida, and died in New Orleans, La. After her death James Martin who by that time had come to Alabama, Married Lillian Fritz of Mobile, Ala. March 7, 1932. In World War I, James martin was Capt. Engineers Corp. and was honorably discharged Dec. 21, 1918 (Official roster of S.C. Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Was 1917-18 Charleston County). 2. Jesse Hartwell Martin, born Aug, 17, 1886 died Oct. 13, 1918 during the flu epidemic prevalent at that time. Buried in Graniteville, S.C. Married Lessie Slayton who remarried after his death and she died Dec. 24, 1945 3. Cornelia Barsheba Martin known as “Nela” was named Cornelia for her aunt Cornelia Martin. She was four years younger than Jesse. She lived in Alabama with her father and married Dr. Joe Moore of Birmingham Ala., who was also her cousin. She was a very beautiful lady with a soft wistful expression, to judge from her photograph. She has been dead for many years, and was divorced at the time of her death. Children of Susan Maria Colins and William John Glover were: 1. Hazeltine Virginia “Hattie” Glover 2. William Eugene Glover 3. Isabelle Glover 4. Mary Susannah Harrison Glover 5. Thomas Edward Glover 1.Hazeltine Glover died young 2. William Eugene died young 3. Isabelle Glover died young 4. Mary Susannah Harrison Glover born at Graniteville, S.C. Nov. 11, 1883 married John Hankins Cooper (Born Hogansville, Ga., Nov 23, 1882) at Graniteville. S.C. July 22, 1908 in the Methodist Church by Rev. J.M.Wright. 5. Thomas Edward Glover born april 11, 1881, Married Hattie Cook, 2nd Marie Frazier (divorced) and 3rd Mrs. Cassie Busby. He served in World War I. Children of Thomas Effot Collins and Jane Owens Collins were: 1. William Edward Collins married 1901 Mary Hamilton who died in 1943. She was born in 1879. Then he married Nora Bolt (born in 1869.) William Edward Collins died Nov. 1949 Children of Edward and Anna Lott Collins were: 1. Edith Collins married Rober Norris of Augusta, Ga. (deceased). We have [sic] a picture of Edith in a group which included Sara Eugenia Collins Martin and her son Jesse Hartwell Martin. -----Original Message----- From: First Families [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Genealogy Sourcing Errors Hello South Carolina Researchers: As most of you are aware the question of genealogical frauds and hoaxes must be of concern to genealogists and researchers since so much information out there is very questionable. We have several pages on our web sites that will be of great help to you in understanding what the problems are. We have updated one of the pages in our Fraudulent Lineages area. The page in question is titled; BEWARE OF THE SOURCE HOAX Many of you are quite aware of some of some of the ways frauds and hoaxes are committed and you may need to review your lines to see if possibly they may contain some of the situations we cover. The URL for this page is; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/hoax.htm For those of you who are AOL members you may have trouble connecting to many pages that may come up with a message such as "Page Does Not Exist" and you can cure that by using your browser feature of Copy and Paste the URL to your browser and then enter from there. There are many other pages listed within this section and all may be viewed freely by everyone. The very best to you and yours. Harold Oliver America's First Families ==== SCEDGEFI Mailing List ==== List owner Charmaine Riley Holley [email protected] proud sponsor of rootsweb.com