----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr Constance T McNeill" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Lee and Billie Jones" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:46 AM Subject: RE Forrest Genealogy > Jack may have been confused on the William's in the Forrest Line. > > I have William R Forrest as the son of William Forrest and his wife Gilley > MNU. the Elaine and Elizabeth are sisters of William R Forrest. not > daughters. Connie, that is what I have as well for the parents of William R., so if I typed it another way, I may a mistake. Here is an outline including some of Jack's info. but also other info. that I have gathered. Do you want a registry or info. on any of these folks? Sending to list to correct any error that I had in my other report. Descendants of William 'Buck' Forrest 1 William 'Buck' FORREST b: Abt. 1791 NC . +Gillieannia 'Gilly' GOODWIN b: Bet. December 23, 1791, SC [SEE MORE at end] ..... 2 Thomas Jefferson FORREST b: Abt. 1817 SC d: December 29, 1887 Burial: Thomas Jefferson Forrest Family Cem., Saluda Co, SC ......... +Caroline HODGE b: Abt. 1839 SC ............ 3 William T. FORREST b: Abt. 1858 SC ............ 3 Sallie E. FORREST b: Abt. 1870 SC ............ 3 John E. FORREST b: Abt. 1875 SC ..... 2 Elze Bland FORREST b: August 1819 SC ......... +Mary ROGERS b: Abt. 1824 ............ 3 Simeon FORREST b: Abt. 1842 ............ 3 James FORREST b: Abt. 1847 ............ 3 Sallie FORREST b: Abt. 1850 ............ 3 Cynthia Joanna FORREST b: October 06, 1853 d: March 24, 1911 Burial: Mt. Olive Cem., Johnston, Edgefield Co, SC ................ +Jesse Jarrott EDWARDS b: January 04, 1852 d: October 18, 1914 Burial: Mt. Olive Cem., Johnston, Edgefield Co, SC Father: William 'Billy' Edwards Mother: Milberry Clark ............ 3 William T. FORREST b: Abt. 1858 ............ 3 John FORREST b: Abt. 1861 ............ 3 John L. FORREST b: Abt. 1861 ..... *2nd Wife of Elze Bland FORREST: ......... +Sarah J. b: August 1839 SC ..... 2 Rebecca FORREST b: Abt. 1822 ......... +? WARREN ..... 2 John M. FORREST b: Abt. 1824 Edgefield Co, SC ......... +Sarah Ann/Amanda KEMP b: Abt. 1830 Edgefield Dist, SC d: Sumter Co, GA Father: Wilson Kemp Mother: Sarah ............ 3 Luke Bland FORREST b: April 09, 1848 Edgefield Co, SC ................ +Amanda Harrison MILLER ............ 3 Phoebe Annie FORREST ............ 3 Elizabeth FORREST b: Abt. 1853 ............ 3 William Green FORREST b: Abt. 1858 ............ 3 James Larkin 'Luke' FORREST b: Abt. 1861 ..... 2 William R. FORREST b: Abt. 1825 SC Burial: William R. Forrest Fam. Cem., Saluda Co, SC ......... +Margaret Ann HERRIN b: Abt. 1825 Father: Herrin Mother: [Drucilla Herrin] ............ 3 Henry Jacob FORREST b: February 09, 1863 SC d: May 27, 1914 Burial: Mt. of Olives Cem., Johnston, Edgefield Co, SC ................ +Caroline Ethel (Carrie) MAY b: October 14, 1863 Edgefield Co, SC d: October 09, 1931 Watson's township, Saluda Co, SC Burial: Mt. of Olives Cem., Johnston, Edgefield Co, SC Father: Charles Manly May Mother: Caroline Susan Stevens ..... 2 Ann FORREST b: Abt. 1832 ..... 2 Elaine FORREST b: Abt. 1832 ..... 2 Ellen FORREST b: Abt. 1834 ..... 2 Elizabeth FORREST b: Abt. 1836 Regarding Gilly: The Goodwin name was sent to me by Jack Campbell along with the following.. The following was sent by Jack F Campbell <[email protected]>, April, 2004. Seems to be a letter from Becky, mother of Gillie.... On December 23, 1791, as she had promised, Becky delivered our second baby girl. We named her Gillianna, and it didn't take long before the boys shortened that name to Gillie. They say that in the spring a man's fancy turns to love. I think that's exactly what happened to old man William Forrest's son, William Jr. He was known in these parts as Buck. I don't think a Sunday went by in the spring and summer of 1814 that he wasn't plopped out on our west porch making moon eyes at Gillie. Buck was twenty, a little pudgy, had a head full of bushy, red hair and a face full of freckles. Becky surprised me on one of those Sunday afternoons when she turned to me with a serious look on her face and said, "For the life of me, I can't see what Gillie sees in that boy. He's nice and polite enough, but I swear, he's got to be the ugliest boy in South Ca'lina." I replied, "Becky, you can't really mean that; from the looks of things he's probably gonna be our next son-in-law." I was right. Gillie and Buck were married at our house on September 23, 1814. We now have eight wonderful grandchildren. Harris and his wife, Mary, have a son, Warren, born in 1808, and a daughter, Nancy, born in 1810. Wiley and Amy Bledsoe Goodwin have a daughter, Caroline, born in 1808. Gillie and Buck Forrest have a boy, Jefferson, born in December, 1815, and a boy, Elza, born in September, 1816, both of 'em redheaded as a peckerwood. Of course, William and Mary have Harriet, Jack, and Simpson. Becky and all the women folk were in the process of setting the tables on the west porch when we saw two more carriages crossing the creek. Both were loaded with younguns. In the first one was Gillie and Buck Forrest. They now have four children, Jeff, Elza, Ellen, and Rebecca, six months. Little Rebecca was dead to the world when they got here, but that didn't keep Becky from taking her and sitting down to rock and talk baby talk to her newest namesake. In the next carriage was Charity and Dempsey Hatcher, with their children, Jackson, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Little Dempsey. The only families that wouldn't consider moving were those of Tom Wright and Buck Forrest. Tom's folks were in their late seventies, and he said he just couldn't leave them right now. Same thing with Buck. They didn't say it this way, but I knew they didn't want to leave all the land they would get when their folks died. Frances and Gillie will be broken hearted when they find out. Billie