Herb, I would very much like a copy as well if you don't mind. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "Gerre Byrd" <ggengard@comcast.net>: -------------- > Herb, I'm not "Deborah"; I'm Gerre Byrd, a HENDRICK descendant (Moses & Ruth > ECHOLS HENDRICK). My friend is the KEASLER/KESLER. I'd love to have a copy > of your write-up to share with my friend, Jim KESLER. > > Gerre > > -----Original Message----- > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of herb_316 > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:11 PM > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME > > > Dear Deborah, > > I'm not sure which Henry Keasler you are talking about. Is it the one with > two wives and the last one Smith? I'm kin to this set of Smiths. > > There is a good record I wrote up on this Henry Keasler in this recent > Anderson County SC Heritage book for Ann Keasler Heller. It also takes the > connectivity back farther in time. > > If interested let me know and I wll send you a copy. > > Herb_316@Belsouth.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gerre Byrd > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME > > > Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good > friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a > Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but > can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > Gerre Byrd > > -----Original Message----- > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept > andunmaintained by CU > > > Hello Herb, > You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in > Lebanon. > I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family > members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of > years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack > Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry > farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the > house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was > delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted > any > information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal > about > it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said > about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they > intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often > but, > as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. > I > don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As > you > say, there's plenty of mon! > ey, so > wonder what happened. > Linda D. > -------------- Original message from "herb_316" > : -------------- > > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. > Andrew > > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently > occupied and > > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of > the home > > and site. > > > > > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential > for > some > > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was > peeling > > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all > loose > > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the > out > > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell > but > the > > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to > view > the > > interior. > > > > > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like > CU did > > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired > and > needs > > to be torn down." > > > > > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the > State > > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to > not > take > > care of the property. > > > > > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon > Road, > near > > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from > this > > location.. > > > > > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson > Station on > > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once > stately > > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC > upstate > > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the > Hartwell > > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in > 1965. > > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold > Hunnicutt > > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one > example > > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did > for > the > > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has > been used > > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are > about > 2 > > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out > and > > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole > place > needs > > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has > fell out. > > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do > anything. > > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. > Well > if you > > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask > yourself > > what about our Heritage? > > > > > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain > his old > > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is > Hopewell. > > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is > Hopewell. > But > > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept > up > and > > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display > for all > > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major > historical > > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it > for > > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > > > > Herb Hendricks > > Retired NASA Physicist > > 2418 Lebanon Road > > Pendleton, SC 29670 > > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > > 864 2616636 > > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, > Rochester > > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Dear Gerre, Sorry about the confusion. I can't send an attachment on Rootsweb. If you want a copy of the Keasler article send me your own e-mail address. If I put it in tje bpdy it would be to big another Rootsweb problem. A little fill in on the Keasler Family. 4. John Henry Keasler m 2nd Letty Laura Catherine Smith 5. Annie Laura Keasler m W. K. Moore. 6. Ann Moore m Heller. Note: Ann Moore Heller' daughter has documented a lot of this family. If any interest I can put you in contact with her. I run the Hendricks DNA Project and am very familiar with the Moses Hendricks m Susannah family. However during his time in what is now Pickens Co., SC there was another Hendricks Family there, mine, James Hendricks m Jane? If any interest let me know and I can put you in touch with kin to Moses Hendricks m Susannah. Any other questons on my old Pendleton District Families just ask. Mine are mainly Hendricks, Major, Smith (2 X), Martin, Baker, Barton, Griffin, Craig, etc., etc. God Bless. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist 2418 Lebanon Road Pendleton, SC 29670 Herb_316@Bellsouth.net 864 2616636 Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project Secretary Hendricks Family Association Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerre Byrd To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Herb, I'm not "Deborah"; I'm Gerre Byrd, a HENDRICK descendant (Moses & Ruth ECHOLS HENDRICK). My friend is the KEASLER/KESLER. I'd love to have a copy of your write-up to share with my friend, Jim KESLER. Gerre -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of herb_316 Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:11 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Dear Deborah, I'm not sure which Henry Keasler you are talking about. Is it the one with two wives and the last one Smith? I'm kin to this set of Smiths. There is a good record I wrote up on this Henry Keasler in this recent Anderson County SC Heritage book for Ann Keasler Heller. It also takes the connectivity back farther in time. If interested let me know and I wll send you a copy. Herb_316@Belsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerre Byrd To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. Look forward to hearing from you. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept andunmaintained by CU Hello Herb, You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in Lebanon. I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you say, there's plenty of mon! ey, so wonder what happened. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "herb_316" <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home > and site. > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the > interior. > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs > to be torn down." > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take > care of the property. > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > location.. > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself > what about our Heritage? > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > 2418 Lebanon Road > Pendleton, SC 29670 > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > 864 2616636 > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks a bunch, Linda. -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 7:41 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Gerri, Here is the website I mentioned earlier; http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/g/Debra-K-Page/index.html. This research was done by another Keasler cousin and it is very good. Hope it helps. Linda D. -------------- Original message from <cat5hall@msn.com>: -------------- > Gerri, > > What is the birthdate of your Henry Keasler and who was his wife. My > husband has Keaslers/Keslers that were in SC, then removed to GA and back to > Greenville/Anderson area. > > Henry Keasler b. c1805 > m. Lucinda Wardlaw > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Gerre Byrd" > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM > To: > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME > > > Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good > > friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a > > Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but > > can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. > > > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Gerre Byrd > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > > mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM > > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept > > andunmaintained by CU > > > > > > Hello Herb, > > You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in > > Lebanon. > > I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family > > members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of > > years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack > > Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry > > farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the > > house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was > > delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted > > any > > information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal > > about > > it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said > > about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they > > intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often > > but, > > as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. > > I > > don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As > > you > > say, there's plenty of mon! > > ey, so > > wonder what happened. > > Linda D. > > -------------- Original message from "herb_316" > > : -------------- > > > > > >> > >> > >> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > >> Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > >> > >> > >> GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > >> > >> > >> > >> It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. > > Andrew > >> Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently > > occupied and > >> is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of > > the home > >> and site. > >> > >> > >> > >> I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for > > some > >> one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > >> maintaining our Heritage in SC. > >> > >> > >> > >> When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was > > peeling > >> off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > >> sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all > > loose > >> and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > >> building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell > >> but > > the > >> front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to > >> view > > the > >> interior. > >> > >> > >> > >> To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like > > CU did > >> for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired > >> and > > needs > >> to be torn down." > >> > >> > >> > >> I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the > > State > >> and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to > >> not > > take > >> care of the property. > >> > >> > >> > >> To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon > >> Road, > > near > >> Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from > >> this > >> location.. > >> > >> > >> > >> I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson > > Station on > >> Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once > > stately > >> and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > >> historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC > > upstate > >> homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > >> Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the > > Hartwell > >> Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in > > 1965. > >> The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold > > Hunnicutt > >> residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one > > example > >> is that the roof is showing rust. > >> > >> > >> > >> I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did > >> for > > the > >> Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has > > been used > >> on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about > > 2 > >> inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out > > and > >> buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place > > needs > >> painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has > > fell out. > >> It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > >> > >> > >> > >> I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do > > anything. > >> They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well > > if you > >> look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask > > yourself > >> what about our Heritage? > >> > >> > >> > >> Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain > > his old > >> home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > >> > >> > >> > >> In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is > > Hopewell. > >> There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. > > But > >> having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > >> Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > >> > >> > >> > >> I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept > >> up > > and > >> maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display > > for all > >> to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major > > historical > >> attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > >> > >> > >> > >> If not please tell me why. > >> > >> > >> > >> Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it > >> for > >> maintaining our SC Heritage. > >> > >> > >> Herb Hendricks > >> Retired NASA Physicist > >> 2418 Lebanon Road > >> Pendleton, SC 29670 > >> Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > >> 864 2616636 > >> Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > >> Secretary Hendricks Family Association > >> Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, > > Rochester > >> Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > >> > >> Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in > >> the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am at work now. When I get home I can send you the address of a website that has tons of Keasler history. ld -------------- Original message from "Gerre Byrd" <ggengard@comcast.net>: -------------- > Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good > friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a > Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but > can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > Gerre Byrd > > -----Original Message----- > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept > andunmaintained by CU > > > Hello Herb, > You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in > Lebanon. > I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family > members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of > years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack > Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry > farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the > house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was > delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any > information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about > it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said > about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they > intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, > as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I > don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you > say, there's plenty of mon! > ey, so > wonder what happened. > Linda D. > -------------- Original message from "herb_316" > : -------------- > > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. > Andrew > > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently > occupied and > > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of > the home > > and site. > > > > > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for > some > > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was > peeling > > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all > loose > > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but > the > > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view > the > > interior. > > > > > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like > CU did > > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and > needs > > to be torn down." > > > > > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the > State > > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not > take > > care of the property. > > > > > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, > near > > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > > location.. > > > > > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson > Station on > > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once > stately > > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC > upstate > > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the > Hartwell > > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in > 1965. > > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold > Hunnicutt > > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one > example > > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for > the > > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has > been used > > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about > 2 > > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out > and > > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place > needs > > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has > fell out. > > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do > anything. > > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well > if you > > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask > yourself > > what about our Heritage? > > > > > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain > his old > > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is > Hopewell. > > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. > But > > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up > and > > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display > for all > > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major > historical > > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > > > > Herb Hendricks > > Retired NASA Physicist > > 2418 Lebanon Road > > Pendleton, SC 29670 > > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > > 864 2616636 > > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, > Rochester > > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Herb, I'm not "Deborah"; I'm Gerre Byrd, a HENDRICK descendant (Moses & Ruth ECHOLS HENDRICK). My friend is the KEASLER/KESLER. I'd love to have a copy of your write-up to share with my friend, Jim KESLER. Gerre -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of herb_316 Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:11 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Dear Deborah, I'm not sure which Henry Keasler you are talking about. Is it the one with two wives and the last one Smith? I'm kin to this set of Smiths. There is a good record I wrote up on this Henry Keasler in this recent Anderson County SC Heritage book for Ann Keasler Heller. It also takes the connectivity back farther in time. If interested let me know and I wll send you a copy. Herb_316@Belsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerre Byrd To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. Look forward to hearing from you. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept andunmaintained by CU Hello Herb, You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in Lebanon. I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you say, there's plenty of mon! ey, so wonder what happened. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "herb_316" <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home > and site. > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the > interior. > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs > to be torn down." > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take > care of the property. > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > location.. > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself > what about our Heritage? > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > 2418 Lebanon Road > Pendleton, SC 29670 > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > 864 2616636 > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I suspect we are talking about the same line. James KESLER is a friend of mine. I need to get his paperwork that I helped him with a few years ago. I won't see Jim and Sue 'til April 26th. They lived in Conyers, GA for years. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of cat5hall@msn.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:50 AM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Gerri, What is the birthdate of your Henry Keasler and who was his wife. My husband has Keaslers/Keslers that were in SC, then removed to GA and back to Greenville/Anderson area. Henry Keasler b. c1805 m. Lucinda Wardlaw -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerre Byrd" <ggengard@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME > Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good > friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a > Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but > can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > Gerre Byrd > > -----Original Message----- > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept > andunmaintained by CU > > > Hello Herb, > You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in > Lebanon. > I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family > members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of > years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack > Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry > farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the > house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was > delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted > any > information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal > about > it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said > about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they > intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often > but, > as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. > I > don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As > you > say, there's plenty of mon! > ey, so > wonder what happened. > Linda D. > -------------- Original message from "herb_316" > <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM >> Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU >> >> >> GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 >> >> >> >> It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. > Andrew >> Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently > occupied and >> is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of > the home >> and site. >> >> >> >> I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for > some >> one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for >> maintaining our Heritage in SC. >> >> >> >> When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was > peeling >> off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something >> sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all > loose >> and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out >> building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell >> but > the >> front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to >> view > the >> interior. >> >> >> >> To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like > CU did >> for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired >> and > needs >> to be torn down." >> >> >> >> I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the > State >> and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to >> not > take >> care of the property. >> >> >> >> To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon >> Road, > near >> Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from >> this >> location.. >> >> >> >> I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson > Station on >> Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once > stately >> and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not >> historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC > upstate >> homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe >> Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the > Hartwell >> Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in > 1965. >> The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold > Hunnicutt >> residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one > example >> is that the roof is showing rust. >> >> >> >> I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did >> for > the >> Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has > been used >> on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about > 2 >> inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out > and >> buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place > needs >> painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has > fell out. >> It is a disaster waiting to rot also. >> >> >> >> I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do > anything. >> They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well > if you >> look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask > yourself >> what about our Heritage? >> >> >> >> Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain > his old >> home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. >> >> >> >> In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is > Hopewell. >> There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. > But >> having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is >> Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. >> >> >> >> I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept >> up > and >> maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display > for all >> to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major > historical >> attraction if handled correctly and maintained. >> >> >> >> If not please tell me why. >> >> >> >> Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it >> for >> maintaining our SC Heritage. >> >> >> Herb Hendricks >> Retired NASA Physicist >> 2418 Lebanon Road >> Pendleton, SC 29670 >> Herb_316@Bellsouth.net >> 864 2616636 >> Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project >> Secretary Hendricks Family Association >> Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, > Rochester >> Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks >> >> Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Deborah, I'm not sure which Henry Keasler you are talking about. Is it the one with two wives and the last one Smith? I'm kin to this set of Smiths. There is a good record I wrote up on this Henry Keasler in this recent Anderson County SC Heritage book for Ann Keasler Heller. It also takes the connectivity back farther in time. If interested let me know and I wll send you a copy. Herb_316@Belsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerre Byrd To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. Look forward to hearing from you. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept andunmaintained by CU Hello Herb, You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in Lebanon. I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you say, there's plenty of mon! ey, so wonder what happened. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "herb_316" <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home > and site. > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the > interior. > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs > to be torn down." > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take > care of the property. > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > location.. > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself > what about our Heritage? > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > 2418 Lebanon Road > Pendleton, SC 29670 > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > 864 2616636 > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gerri, What is the birthdate of your Henry Keasler and who was his wife. My husband has Keaslers/Keslers that were in SC, then removed to GA and back to Greenville/Anderson area. Henry Keasler b. c1805 m. Lucinda Wardlaw -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerre Byrd" <ggengard@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:07 AM To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens & the KEASLER HOME > Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good > friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a > Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but > can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. > > Look forward to hearing from you. > > Gerre Byrd > > -----Original Message----- > From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of > mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM > To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept > andunmaintained by CU > > > Hello Herb, > You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in > Lebanon. > I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family > members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of > years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack > Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry > farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the > house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was > delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted > any > information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal > about > it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said > about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they > intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often > but, > as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. > I > don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As > you > say, there's plenty of mon! > ey, so > wonder what happened. > Linda D. > -------------- Original message from "herb_316" > <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM >> Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU >> >> >> GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 >> >> >> >> It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. > Andrew >> Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently > occupied and >> is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of > the home >> and site. >> >> >> >> I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for > some >> one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for >> maintaining our Heritage in SC. >> >> >> >> When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was > peeling >> off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something >> sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all > loose >> and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out >> building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell >> but > the >> front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to >> view > the >> interior. >> >> >> >> To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like > CU did >> for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired >> and > needs >> to be torn down." >> >> >> >> I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the > State >> and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to >> not > take >> care of the property. >> >> >> >> To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon >> Road, > near >> Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from >> this >> location.. >> >> >> >> I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson > Station on >> Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once > stately >> and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not >> historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC > upstate >> homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe >> Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the > Hartwell >> Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in > 1965. >> The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold > Hunnicutt >> residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one > example >> is that the roof is showing rust. >> >> >> >> I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did >> for > the >> Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has > been used >> on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about > 2 >> inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out > and >> buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place > needs >> painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has > fell out. >> It is a disaster waiting to rot also. >> >> >> >> I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do > anything. >> They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well > if you >> look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask > yourself >> what about our Heritage? >> >> >> >> Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain > his old >> home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. >> >> >> >> In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is > Hopewell. >> There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. > But >> having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is >> Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. >> >> >> >> I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept >> up > and >> maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display > for all >> to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major > historical >> attraction if handled correctly and maintained. >> >> >> >> If not please tell me why. >> >> >> >> Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it >> for >> maintaining our SC Heritage. >> >> >> Herb Hendricks >> Retired NASA Physicist >> 2418 Lebanon Road >> Pendleton, SC 29670 >> Herb_316@Bellsouth.net >> 864 2616636 >> Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project >> Secretary Hendricks Family Association >> Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, > Rochester >> Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks >> >> Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Linda, please tell me more about the KEASLER line. I have a very good friend by the name of Jim KEASLER. I helped him trace his line back to a Henry KEASLER in SC. Is this your line? I have no records to share, but can get them from Jim when we meet in Athens the end of this month. Look forward to hearing from you. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mizzldnsc@bellsouth.net Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:27 PM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept andunmaintained by CU Hello Herb, You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in Lebanon. I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you say, there's plenty of mon! ey, so wonder what happened. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "herb_316" <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home > and site. > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the > interior. > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs > to be torn down." > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take > care of the property. > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > location.. > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself > what about our Heritage? > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > 2418 Lebanon Road > Pendleton, SC 29670 > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > 864 2616636 > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Herb, You helped me a couple of years back finding the Keasler home there in Lebanon. I am surprised to hear this about Hopewell House. I and several family members got permission from Clemson to go through the home a couple of years ago. We wanted to do so because my great grandfather, Johnny Mack Landreth, was overseer there for many, many years when it was the Cherry farm. My grandmother, Vivian McAbee, spent most of her childhood in the house and we had heard many things about it. The gentleman at CU was delighted to hear from us, said they had plans to restore it and wanted any information we had. My uncle, now in his 80s, remembered a great deal about it from when he was a little boy. They tape recorded everything he said about where the orchards and outbuildings were. We were told that they intended to renovate it and open it for tours. We check ever so often but, as you say, nothing seems to have been done. I am saddened to hear this. I don't remember the gentleman's name that took us through the house. As you say, there's plenty of mon! ey, so wonder what happened. Linda D. -------------- Original message from "herb_316" <herb_316@bellsouth.net>: -------------- > > > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM > Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU > > > GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 > > > > It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew > Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and > is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home > and site. > > > > I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some > one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for > maintaining our Heritage in SC. > > > > When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling > off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something > sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose > and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out > building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the > front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the > interior. > > > > To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did > for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs > to be torn down." > > > > I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State > and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take > care of the property. > > > > To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near > Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this > location.. > > > > I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on > Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately > and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not > historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate > homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe > Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell > Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. > The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt > residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example > is that the roof is showing rust. > > > > I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the > Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used > on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 > inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and > buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs > painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. > It is a disaster waiting to rot also. > > > > I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. > They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you > look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself > what about our Heritage? > > > > Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old > home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. > > > > In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. > There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But > having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is > Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. > > > > I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and > maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all > to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical > attraction if handled correctly and maintained. > > > > If not please tell me why. > > > > Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for > maintaining our SC Heritage. > > > Herb Hendricks > Retired NASA Physicist > 2418 Lebanon Road > Pendleton, SC 29670 > Herb_316@Bellsouth.net > 864 2616636 > Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project > Secretary Hendricks Family Association > Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester > Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks > > Visit the Greenville County, S.C. GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~scgreenv/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCGREENV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: Golden Corner GenWeb Project To: herb_316 ; american-revolution@rootsweb.com ; alblount@rootsweb.com Cc: Simon, Anna ; Clayton Room ; Hyde, Paul Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:24 AM Subject: Re: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU Herb, I think that you might find that your concerned with a battle, that you've already lost... President James Barker of Clemson University jbarker@CLEMSON.EDU, told me that he does not have the available funding or necessary manpower to maintain their university-owned historical properties. Such as - 1. Beautiful Fort Rutledge DAR Memorial Marker 2. Restored General Andrew Pickens Slave Cemetery 3. Not talked about VP John C. Calhoun Slave Cemetery 4. Disgraceful looking Oak Treaty Memorial Site 5. Rotting Andrew Pickens Jr.'s Hopewell Plantation House. Paul, Thank you for this report. Your work is of real value to Clemson. We have recently taken two significant steps in recognizing important events in Clemson University's history. I have made life appointments to a group of Clemson alumni to develop and execute a plan for Cemetery Hill. Further, we have established a permanent position for a University Historian. A search is currently underway to fill this important position. I am very pleased that our future holds a much brighter place for important events and places in Clemson's history. I hope this information is helpful. Best wishes. Jim Barker By the way, in front of the Hopewell house was the Slave quarters. A while back, the area got plowed-over and a storage area put there. Next WILL BE the house. The Hopewell Slave Cemetery now resides within their Poultry Center - right across the street. (I realize that when you want to recruit minorities, the last thing you want to acknowledge is owning on-campus Slave cemeteries. However, these folks helped make our nation great and they should not be forgotten with the passing-of-time. Oh yes, do you know what happened to Calhoun's Slave Cemetery, that they don't want to acknowledge or talk about?) Pickens Plantation (Slaves) (N) Clemson University Poultry Center GPS = N34 39.414 x W82 50.247 Eagle Scout Cemetery Restoration Hopewell Plantation (Slaves) (N) Clemson University C248A C248BB s/a Paul M Kankula - NN8NN (Pickens County annexed this Oconee land in 1986) Brandon J Blake Same as C248a 30 Mar 2003 Feb 2003 Images Images In 2003, I asked Barker for a memorial marker, so that it could be placed at their Pickens Slave Cemetery - he said the he didn't have the available funds. HOWEVER, just down the road is (12) Granite tombstones that brag about his Soccer Team's Winning Games..! Oh yes ... the Hopewell Roadside Memorial Marker is currently being stored in the Old Stone Church for safe keeping by Knight Cox of C.U.. It's an expensive sign that was being vandalized. Maybe Paul & Anna at the Greenville News might want to be of help - their newspaper has written past stories about the university, that have produced results. Like stopping the asinine process of them releasing hundreds of balloons at the beginning of each home football game, that litters & desecrates our beautiful upstate area. I have no vested interest in this area, other than living here. However, I do know right from wrong and I feel this historical property neglect is wrong. I find it difficult to understand why such a beautiful and apparently a very well-managed university, would actually allow this to take place. Maybe it's because they simply don't want to look back, but focus on where their going? There's simply too many gifted folks working at this university, for them not to come up with a solution. While I'm on a roll... Years ago, Seniors were allowed to walk in the old Little John Basketball Arena - this was a wonderful health benefit! Then the university built this expensive Student Exercise Center, that they now wanted Seniors to pay-to-use. At that time, the expense for my wife & I, almost equaled a monthly Social Security check... So now it's necessary for us to talk outside in the freezing rain and scalding heat - using their outdoor track, that's located right next to their brand new Indoor Track & Field Building, that normally sits vacant. By the way, I'm 6'2"/300 lbs. and students were bumping into me when I tried using their elevated indoor walking track at their Exercise Center - I would hate to think what would happen to a 120 lb. 80 year old woman! So many concerns - so few answers... Regards, Paul M Kankula - NN8NN gcgenweb@bellsouth.net Seneca, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: herb_316 To: american-revolution@rootsweb.com ; alblount@rootsweb.com Cc: Golden Corner GenWeb Project ; Clayton Room Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:26 AM Subject: Fw: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home and site. I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for maintaining our Heritage in SC. When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the interior. To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs to be torn down." I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take care of the property. To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this location.. I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example is that the roof is showing rust. I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. It is a disaster waiting to rot also. I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself what about our Heritage? Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical attraction if handled correctly and maintained. If not please tell me why. Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for maintaining our SC Heritage. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist 2418 Lebanon Road Pendleton, SC 29670 Herb_316@Bellsouth.net 864 2616636 Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project Secretary Hendricks Family Association Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks

Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:15 AM Subject: General AndrewPickens home being unkept and unmaintained by CU GENERAL ANDREWS PICKENS HOME "HOPEWELL" 4-6/2008 It was interesting to see the Old Pendleton Newsletter article on Gen. Andrew Pickens and his home. Hopewell.. However Hopewell is not currently occupied and is in a bad state of repair, witnessed by many pictures I have taken of the home and site. I had been by Hopewell and am currently watching it for the potential for some one to be doing something to keep the home up and as a notable place for maintaining our Heritage in SC. When I visited "Hopewell" I found the brickwork in disrepair, paint was peeling off the outside walls. A room upstairs had the window open and something sticking in it - a pure source for rot. The front porch boards were all loose and not kept in repair. Numerous holes in the boards in the wall, the out building was rusting away. The main roof had been replaced on Hopewell but the front porch roof needs to also be replaced. I did not get a chance to view the interior. To me it said CU is just waiting for it to rot down, so one can say like CU did for Col Simpson's old home outside of Pendleton, "It can't be repaired and needs to be torn down." I personally thinks it is a disgrace for all the money CU gets from the State and other sources, from their documents over $646 Million per year, to not take care of the property. To back up what I say here is another example you can see on Lebanon Road, near Mack Smith's Store in Anderson County, SC. I live about 1/4 mile from this location.. I went by to review the agriculture equipment auction at the Simpson Station on Lebanon Road. Joe Douthit, a true benefactor to Clemson U., had a once stately and well up kept two story home for his residence on the property, not historical in the same aspect as Hopewell, but reminiscent of old SC upstate homes. CU has owned this property since about 1965 when they bought Joe Douthit's old farm from the residue of the payments by the Feds for the Hartwell Lake land CU owned before flooding. They gave $300/acre for the land in 1965. The home has been rented since that time as well as the old Harold Hunnicutt residence on the Douthit station, which is also in need of repair, one example is that the roof is showing rust. I walked around the old Joe Douthit home taking pictures just as I did for the Hopewell place. At Joe Douthit's home it seems no repairs or paint has been used on the place since 1965. The roof is rusting out, mold and moss are about 2 inches thick on other parts of the roof, the front porch is rotting out and buckling, the top deck porch and veranda area is rotting, the whole place needs painting. The chimney has holes showing through it where the grout has fell out. It is a disaster waiting to rot also. I went to OP District Commission. They said it is not our place to do anything. They claimed CU was going to do repairs on Gen. Andrew Pickens home. Well if you look around at the Perks for the faculty and the students at CU you ask yourself what about our Heritage? Are we not proud of General Andrew Pickens to at least save and maintain his old home place? We need someone at CU that cares about SC Heritage. In addition there is no historical marker on the road showing it is Hopewell. There are no markers in the yard or on the home that says it is Hopewell. But having been born here and lived a few years here I and others know it is Hopewell, the home of General Andrew Pickens.. I ask simply why can't General Andrew Pickens old home Hopewell be kept up and maintained, and furnished like Tom Clemson's old home and put on display for all to view who are proud of their SC Heritage? It would make a major historical attraction if handled correctly and maintained. If not please tell me why. Please help get this item on the CU agenda of doing something about it for maintaining our SC Heritage. Herb Hendricks Retired NASA Physicist 2418 Lebanon Road Pendleton, SC 29670 Herb_316@Bellsouth.net 864 2616636 Group Administrator Hendricks DNA Project Secretary Hendricks Family Association Current Research Families; Major, Smith, Craig, Hendricks, Eskew, Rochester Web site = http://www.familytreedna.com/public/hendricks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waynemelton69 Surnames: Watson, Moore, Robbs Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6548/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For those who follow early families in Greenville Co, Edward Watson was the only Watson on the 1790 census. Recent acqusition of land, Estate, and will records has helped to Identify his descendents. Edward had Two Sons Named Edward Jr, and John Watson. Edward Jr was Married to Lucy and had at least two daughters. One was Nancy Watson who Married John Moore. John Watson had 4 sons named Edward, Charles B., Thomas and William. I come from the Thomas line. There were other children in these families also. If you have a connection or wish more information please contact me here or by email. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

does anyone have any information on the following family? 1 Lemuel J. Langston b: Abt. 1815 in SC .. +Martha b: Abt. 1812 in SC d: Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Greenville Co., SC ....... 2 Madison Langston b: 1833 ....... 2 Elias Langston b: 1835 ....... 2 Samuel Langston b: 1841 ........... +Emaline b: 1847 ....... 2 Hannah Langston b: May 1845 d: March 01, 1907 in Greenville, SC ........... +Felix Gossett d: Bef. 1900 ....... 2 Susan Elizabeth Langston b: 1846 any information appreciated leigh c smith **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: SUZMAT Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6546.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Pelzer is located in Anderson Co SC near the Greenville/Anderson County line. This is SW of Donaldson AFB which was located just off US Highway 25 south of Greenville. If you know the exact date of the crash, the Greenville County Public Library may be able to help you with articles and information from The Greenville News and/or The Greenville Piedmont. The News was the morning paper and The Piedmont the afternoon paper. They are both on microfilm at the library. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LyndaLeah Surnames: Brumm Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6547/mb.ashx Message Board Post: We were told that most of the crew died, in the air crash, my Dad died in...\donald H. Brumm. A hard thing for me to deal with in 1959 as it is now... It apprears 6 survived Does anyone have the time to help me find these people ? 1 was from Greenville, but this may be that he was just stationed there ?? Lynda Leah Brumm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LyndaLeah Surnames: Brumm Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6546/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Among the survivors of air crash was a Leonard Sells who lived in Pelzer, South Carolina. Does anyone know where this is ? Leonard was injured in the crash. He was born about 1932. Can anyone find info on him for me ?? Lynda Brumm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bglenn2 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/3608.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Marshall Morton Sr for whom I need siblings and Parents was born about 1755. Too young to be your ancestor, however he had a son Marshall Jr, and many descendants named Marshall for many generations. Where did Wallace White Morton live? Who were his parents? We may tie these together in some way. THANKS Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kalohu Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/3608.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If this is the Marshall Morton whose youngest brother was Wallace White Morton, born 1884, he would be my great, great uncle. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: yjamesb Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/1924.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i actually photo copied her obituary while i was in greenville. she is the daughter of quill vester and ella wilson browning. QVB is the son of george washington browning. i have been working on the descendents of mary browning. i am from the asbury/andrew jackson browning line. he is the brother of george washington browning. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.