Does anyone have a connection to or have information on Thomas Shelton b cir 1780 and was in Fairfield County, SC in 1800 and 1810. Thomas lived near Mary Funderburgh the widow of Henry Funderburgh. This name is interesting to me because the deceased brother of my Dad was named Thomas Shelton Funderburk. This was about 5 or 6 generations later. Thanks, Gene Funderburk CGFunderburk@netscape.net

Here is a roll available from LDS -- has anyone transcribed this yet? If so, would you be willing to share with the forum and the Fairfield Co, SC website? Title Epitaphs from Fairfield County, South Carolina Notes Microfilm of typescript in the Carolinian Library in Columbia, South Carolina. Contains Presbyterian Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery, Episcopal Cemetery A.R.P. Cemetery, Cook Family Cemetery, Chappell Family Burial Cemetery, Antiock Methodist Church Cemetery, Jeffares' Family Burying Grounds, Coleman Family Burying Ground, Feaster Family Burying Ground, Beaver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Cool Branch Methodist Church, Shelton Family Burying Gound, Winnsboro Court House bronze tablet on wall of Court House, bronze tablet on old town clock in Winnsboro, granite stone with bronze tablet on Main Street of Winnsboro, Main Steet Confederate monument in Winnsboro, Old Bethel Church Cemetery, Old Horeb Presbyterian Church, Lyles Family Cemetery, Alston Family Cemetery, Kirkland Family Cemetery, Feaster Family Cemetery, Methodist Church Cemetery, Monticello Cemetery, McMeekin Family Cemetery, Furman and Davis Burying Ground, Pearson Family Burial Cemetery, Free Family Cemetery, Shiloh Methodist Cemetery Subjects South Carolina, Fairfield - Cemeteries South Carolina, Fairfield, Winnsboro - Cemeteries Format Manuscript (On Film) Language English Publication Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951 Physical on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. Film Notes Note - Location [Film] Epitaphs from Fairfield County, South Carolina - FHL US/CAN Film [ 22724 Items 9-11 ] C 2002 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

Have traced a line back to Hugh R. Aiken (born 1810 in Fairfield County) and Margaret Aiken (born1814 or 1820, Ireland) and family (seven children at this time) to the 1850 census with refs. numbers HN and FN #444 on page 453. Family still here in 1860 census without Hugh R. If you have any information on this family please let me know or who might know more on this line. Have just started on our S.C. Aiken line so don't know what is available here besides online material. John Williams, Controller Available Plastics, Inc. 5020 Beechmont Drive Huntsville, AL 35811 Tel (256)859-4957 Fax(256)851-7723

On June 21, 2005, Lee Ann Gerhart wrote: >Columbia, the State capital, was originally known as the Congarees >So, the road running from Sandy River to Congarees was the road from Sandy >River to Columbia! >Lee Ann Hi Lee Ann, I seriously doubt that the city of Columbia, the South Carolina State capital, was ever originally known as the Congarees. The South Carolina State capital was moved from Charleston, SC, on the Coast, to Columbia, SC, about 1786. I could be wrong, but I have never seen the City of Columbia or the State Capital called anything other than Columbia. The general 'area' where Columbia is located may have been called the Congaree Area, I don't know, for sure about that. If so, it was likely called that because of the Congaree Indians in that area. The Congaree River, which runs partially through and south of Columbia, SC, and West Columbia, SC, took its name from the Congaree Indian Tribe. The Congaree Indian Tribe were inhabitants of that entire area long prior to white settlers coming to that area. But......... Back to your original question, which was: Where is 'the road from Sandy River to Congaree' located? Could you give a little more detail as where you saw this notation?......such as in a particular land deed or what? ....what was the time-frame (year) that it was written? If you can give a little more detail about where you got that description, then some of us may be able to help more. John B. Windham Metairie, Louisiana

You are also right, the other was speaking in generalities since the sites were about the same. According to an Archivist in Columbia (whom I just called), there was a trading post at Cayce known as the Congarees which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Cayce is now a suburb of Columbia. The Congarees was important from 1650-1749. Columbia didn't exist until 1786. About the history of Columbia: For nearly a century before the creation of Columbia by the General Assembly in 1786, the site of Columbia was important to the overall development of the state. The Congarees, a frontier fort on the west bank of the Congaree River, was the head of navigation on the Santee River system. A ferry was established by the colonial government in 1754 to connect the fort with the growing settlements on the higher ground on the east bank. State Senator John Lewis Gervais of Ninety Six introduced a bill which was approved by the legislature on March 22, 1786 to create a new state capitol. Five commissioners were appointed to lay out the city near Friday's Ferry on the lands of John and Thomas Taylor, whose plantations then occupied the site. Lee Ann -----Original Message----- From: John B. Windham [mailto:j.b.windham@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:56 AM To: SCFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SCFAIRFI] RE: Shirer's Ferry & Road On June 21, 2005, Lee Ann Gerhart wrote: >Columbia, the State capital, was originally known as the Congarees >So, the road running from Sandy River to Congarees was the road from Sandy >River to Columbia! >Lee Ann Hi Lee Ann, I seriously doubt that the city of Columbia, the South Carolina State capital, was ever originally known as the Congarees. The South Carolina State capital was moved from Charleston, SC, on the Coast, to Columbia, SC, about 1786. I could be wrong, but I have never seen the City of Columbia or the State Capital called anything other than Columbia. The general 'area' where Columbia is located may have been called the Congaree Area, I don't know, for sure about that. If so, it was likely called that because of the Congaree Indians in that area. The Congaree River, which runs partially through and south of Columbia, SC, and West Columbia, SC, took its name from the Congaree Indian Tribe. The Congaree Indian Tribe were inhabitants of that entire area long prior to white settlers coming to that area. But......... Back to your original question, which was: Where is 'the road from Sandy River to Congaree' located? Could you give a little more detail as where you saw this notation?......such as in a particular land deed or what? ....what was the time-frame (year) that it was written? If you can give a little more detail about where you got that description, then some of us may be able to help more. John B. Windham Metairie, Louisiana ==== SCFAIRFI Mailing List ==== For directions to unsub http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/SC/fairfield.html ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx

Dear All -- Thought I'd share something I learned today which has been very helpful towards answering my second question (see previous email below): Columbia, the State capital, was originally known as the Congarees So, the road running from Sandy River to Congarees was the road from Sandy River to Columbia! Lee Ann -----Original Message----- From: Lee Ann Gerhart [mailto:lag@gci.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 5:11 PM To: 'SCFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com' Subject: Shirer's Ferry & Road I am trying to locate some roads in Fairfield County that were common landmarks in the 1780s, but must have been renamed by 1820 Mills atlas: 1. Shirer's ferry road (Did that become Ruff's ferry?) 2. Road to Sandy River (heading north) and to Congaree (heading South) (even though these are river names, I think both of these are referring to a place, but not sure) Does anyone know where these are? Thanks! Lee Ann

I am trying to locate some roads in Fairfield County that were common landmarks in the 1780s, but must have been renamed by 1820 Mills atlas: 1. Shirer's ferry road (Did that become Ruff's ferry?) 2. Road to Sandy River (heading north) and to Congaree (heading South) (even though these are river names, I think both of these are referring to a place, but not sure) Does anyone know where these are? Thanks! Lee Ann

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Looking for anyone related Jim E. Gladden, 21, farmer. The 1880 Fairfield census reflects his name as "Jim E" (it's a bit blurry, but I think it's Jim E.). The same census also lists a black female farm laborer by the name of Lottie Mack (approximately 18), appears to live at or around the same dwelling house. "Jim E" Gladden could easily be James Gladden (who seems to be listed on census lists before and after 1880) but I'm not certain. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Shawn Shawn E. Costley Amateur Genealogist MountVernonSlaves@hotmail.com Researching: The Jones Family, descendents of slaves from George Washington's Mount Vernon Plantation in Virginia The Costley Family of Sykesville Maryland The Gladden Family of Winnsboro SC _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Need to know parents of Bathsheba Jane Tidwell who married James Jameson, August 31, 1831. Believe she was born in Fairfield Co, but may have been born after her parents moved to GA. Her father may have been a William Tidwell who had a brother named Benjamin. If this is right, then her mother was named Amelia (?). Hope someone has proof of this. Thanks, JBell

Does anyone know exactly where Thomas Owen's mill was located where they could point me to its location on a modern day map (or the 1820 Mills map)? His land was on Wilkinson's Creek (now Free) and his son's grants show land adjacent to his on "Owen's Mill Creek." I didn't see any grants after the late 1770s that used the descriptor Owen's Mill Creek so I'm not sure which branch of the Wilkinson or where exactly it would have been.

Pelham Lyles identified the church on the 1876 map of Fairfield as the "Colored Church", but earlier, it was the Presbyterian Meeting House, around 1800. Its history doesn't seem to be written up anywhere. Lee Ann -----Original Message----- From: Paul Carter [mailto:crowcarter@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:10 AM To: lag@gci.net; SCFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SCFAIRFI] Baptist church records >From: Lee Ann Gerhart <lag@gci.net> >To: SCFAIRFI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [SCFAIRFI] Baptist church records >Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 22:40:53 -0800 > >Speaking of Churches, does anyone know anything about a Presbyterian >Meeting House? I am not speaking of the Ebenezer Presbyterian >(Brick MH), but one that was located on the road leading into the power >plant. If you were heading to Jenkinsville from the Little >River Baptist Church, about midway, you'd make a right to go to the power >plant. The site is right on the lake before you enter the >plant. > >Does anyone know anything about this old meeting house? > >Hello Lee Ann I don't know of a Presbyteruan Church at Parr but there was a Luthern Church built at the Parr plant during the constrution of the old steam plant. It was for the comunity of the people who were building the plant .There were 40 or so familes living in a small comunity on the site . This church was moved some time in the past year to some place near the Town of Balintine off of Hwg 76 .It is now a part of a Baptish Church.The basment of the old church is still there.Thes basment was used for the Sunday School. Paul Carter

Hello all, I just received 4 more rolls of microfilm of Baptist church records, Philippi Baptist church, Edgefield county, South Carolina, 1814-1917 Amiable Baptist church, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 1829-1904 Clear Creek Baptist church, Adams county, Mississippi 1813-1873 Salem Baptist church, Jefferson county, Mississippi 1815-1834 this brings my total to 17 rolls of Baptist church records now. I am ordering on a steady basis and will eventually have over 100 microfilm rolls. I will transcribe them as I can. It will be a slow process but well worth the wait. some of the other microfilm have supplied a great deal of valuable info. and some uncommon info. including deeds and traveling preachers in North Carolina from Tennessee, and a good number of death dates. I am getting film from the areas my RAWLS family travelled first, then will expand my collection to other areas. I hope to help others as I can as there have been NUMEROUS PEOPLE that have helped me over the years I would appreciate any info. on the families in these areas. many thanks BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS

Speaking of Churches, does anyone know anything about a Presbyterian Meeting House? I am not speaking of the Ebenezer Presbyterian (Brick MH), but one that was located on the road leading into the power plant. If you were heading to Jenkinsville from the Little River Baptist Church, about midway, you'd make a right to go to the power plant. The site is right on the lake before you enter the plant. Does anyone know anything about this old meeting house?

I am looking at a 1784 plat for John Pearson on the Broad River & Goodowens Creek near Jenkinsville and one of the neighbors is William Craig. Does anyone know anything about him?

Good morning. Please pardon the multiple posts. If someone has a full transcript of the LW&T of Grace HOWELL, 3 Mar 1987 -8 Jan 1836, d/o John HOWELL and Mary UNKNOWN, would they please share it with me? I am specifically interested in Grace's comments regarding her sister Martha. An abstract from Green's "History of Richland County"p. 304, under Will Book K, provides the following: "Page 90. Grace HOWELL. Will, December 19, 1835 - March 4, 1836. Wit.: James L. CLARK, M. R. HOWELL, E. BROWN. Ex.: Col. Wade HAMPTON, B. F. TAYLOR, Dr. John FISHER, Arthur H. REESE, J. L. CLARK. Sisters: Martha HOWELL, Sarah, m. REESE; Mary, m. REESE; Elizabeth, m. REESE. Brother: John, deceased. Nephew: Arthur H. REESE. Niece: Sarah, widow of John R. HOWELL." If someone knows the maiden surname of John HOWELL's wife Mary, that would be particularly valuable as well. I would very much like to contact Carol Busto of VA who has a HOWELL website. Does anyone have her current email address. An email to the address on her FTM website was returned as undeliverable. Any assistance greatly appreciated. Bob

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Hello all, I found this deed in the minutes of Hopewell Baptist Church Chester county, South Carolina, records today. Interesting. April 15th 1818 State of Indiana ________? county do certify unto all it may concern that MARY JULIAN, wife of GEORGE JULIAN, formerly MARY WALL, widow of DRURY WALL, decd., of CHESTER county, South Carolina, and her daughter, SARAH PRICE, formerly SARAH WALL, daughter of said DRURY WALL, to sell & dispose of land belonging to the estate of the decd., DRURY WALL in CHESTER District, state of South Carolina on ROCKY CREEK to JONAS BACKSTROM. By DRURY WALL, Jun. this 18th day of February 1818. more as I get it BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS

hello all, I only had 45 minutes to check out the "Crooked Run Baptist church records" today, but I got a few goodies, some I will have to get later, copies are 50 cents a page so I will have to pick and choose what I copy. "a list of the members of crookedrun baptist church who hold their meetings and administer scriptorials ordinances at the crooked run church 28th March 1838 taken from old book pages 399 and 402 1. JOHN TURNIPSEED DEAD 2. MARY YARBROUGH Died 18th April 1838 in the 70th year of her age 3. NANCY TURNIPSEED DEAD 4. CHRISTIANA STANTON Dismissed 5. RACHEL ONLY Dismissed 15th may 1839 6. AMY FREEMAN DEAD 7. JACOB BONY JR. Dismissed 19th may 1838 8. JOHN YARBROUGH, SENR. DEAD 9. JOHN YARBROUGH JR. DEAD 10. LICRUCRETIA BELL Dismissed 11. VINCENT BELL Dismissed 12. EDWARD YARBROUGH Dismissed 13. ELIZABETH YARBROUGH Dismissed 14. SOPHIA BELL Dismissed 15. MRS. ELIZABETH YARBROUGH 16. ELIZABETH SOUTER Dismissed 19th may 1838 {struck out} 17. MARSHAL McGRAW Dismissed 18. JEMIMA McGRAW Dismissed 19. LUCY BEARD DEAD 20. TIRZY LYLES ALIVE 21. PETER J. YARBROUGH Dismissed 22. MARY YARBROUGH Dismissed, DEAD 23. ABRAHAM McGRAW Dismissed nov. 17th, 1838 24. SUSANA McGRAW Ditto 25. NANCY FRAZIER DEAD STILL LIVING {Yes it does say that} 26. MARY YARBROUGH Baptised 18th july 1838 27. JULIA BONY Baptised 18th july 1838 28. CATHERINE FRAZIER Baptised 22nd july 1838 29. DANIEL SESTRUNK {Struck out} Baptised 19th august 1838, dismissed 16th march 1839 30. NATHAN LYLZ Ditto DEAD 31. EDWARD ANDREWS Baptised august 18th 1839 alive dead 32. MARTHA ANDREWS Ditto alive more later BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS

hello all, I have just received 12 microfilm rolls of church records for these counties and states for the years stated. I will begin transcribing them and adding footnotes as I can identifying as many as I can. I do NOT have a microfilm reader, and will have to go to the library and use theirs. It will take me a long time to transcribe all of them but I will do it as I can. I will save up to buy my own reader-printer so I can do it from home. I work 7 days a week from noon til after midnight so it will be a slow process, I will post as I can to the list an index or special records when deaths or marriages may surface, these records date from the 1770's to the mid to late 1800's in the places my RAWLS ancestors lived. perhaps I can help others as I search for my ancestors. thanks and look for updates as I can get them sent out BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS NORTH CAROLINA Sandy run baptist church, west Chowan ass. 1773-1804 Yeopin baptist church, chowan ass., 1791-1882 Cashie , Windsor, Bertie co., 1791-1924 Piney grove, Gates co., 1827-1878 SOUTH CAROLINA Little River, Fairfield co., 1794-1820 Crooked un, Fairfield co., 1834-1877, 1883-1907, 1944-1972 Hopewell, Chester co., 1813-1837 Beulah, Richland co., 1806-1883 TENNESSEE Mill creek, Davidson co., 1797-1814 Republican grove, Obion co., 1838-1860 Red River, Robertson co., 1791-1826 Hickman's creek, Smith co., 1840-1981 (scattered) Brown's creek, Haywood co., 1835-1881 I have more ordered and will order more as I can please help identifying families as I post to the list thanks