From: rmbnc@juno.com To: SCGEORGE-L@rootsweb.com I am sending tis message again...the first was sent via my daughters email account...reply address would be wrong. Thanks RMB Original Message........... We are looking for information about our ancestors Capt. ______ Brisson and Hilduh Russ. Family oral history: Capt._____Brisson came to Georgetown, SC as a member LaFayette's party June 1777. We can find no mention of him as a military officer/soldier, therefore, we assume he was a member of the ship Victorie's crew (if associated with Lafayette at all). Other consideraion; Lafayette did not stay in Georgetown but a couple of days, leaving quickly to join up with Washington at Valley Forge. Capt. Brisson must have been in Georgetown for some time in order to meet, court,and wed Hilduh Russ, a local. What we know: They were married and moved to France. In a letter dated October 2, 1802, thier son, Anthony D Brisson, wrote his mother, Hilduh, and sent the letter to her in care of " John Russ at Barfield Mills on the River Pee Dee, South Carolina". From the letter we learn that his father had recently died in France and his mother and sister had just returned to South Carolina. He was living in Waltham, Mass, at the time with a family friend. In later NC Bladen County census records, he indicates that he too was born in France. He married Comfort Hester of Bladen County, NC, and they raised a family of nine children there. The eldest child was born in 1809. Are there records in Georgetown covering this period? We would like to find any information concerning this couple....his given name, thier marriage date/place, thier children, was John Russ her brother or father? Many questions left open in this branch of the family. Your help is appreciated. Thanks. Robert McLemore (Bob) Butler..Fuquay Varina, NC. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]