I coming in late to the discussion. I Googled Drace PhotoCompany, SC and found this. Someone may have already come across it: A publication from South Carolina University, December 1978..Volume 24, pages 21 and 22: Drace Photography Shop was operated on Emma Street (now called Trade Street) of Greer from 1895, when Charles W. Drace came from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, until his death in September, 1928. Photography was then most often called "viewing." Several of the pictures used in the Centennial Edition were those taken by Photographer Drace. I realize that you are trying to identify pictures so this won't help with that. I hope that you are successful. I'm wondering if the Greer newspaper would like to put some of the photos in the paper to see if someone might recognize them ss being family members. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue & Jack" <jmcope@cox.net> To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:16 PM Subject: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC No, John, none are Medlocks, none of these photos have information with them, I just know the woman who started this box was Nelle Gentry married to Wyatt Oscar Copeland and the names I listed are ancestors of theirs. I'm hoping to find someone related who may have doubles or be able to identify some of them. Thank you so much for the information about Greers, Barbara, my husband is also related to the Greers and Blakelys, Greers on his mother's side and Blakelys on his Copeland side. I'll have to look for the books you mentioned!! We're going to Greer this weekend to see my mother in law, she also lives in Greer and her mother was a Greer!! She's 85 years old and may be able to answer my question about the Drace Photo Company. She gave us the photos after her husband died since they're related to the Copeland family, not the Greer side. Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA Message: 2 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 08:14:11 -0500 From: "John" <jwt@geusnet.com> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <200705091314.l49DEA7a009445@mail.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sue, Would there happen to be any Medlocks listed? Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue & Jack Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:09 AM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in all). Thanks for any suggestions Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA Message: 3 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:49:26 -0400 From: Barbara Bell <barbell126@alltel.net> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <320c329f1cc71dac9933dcb7fbf9658c@alltel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sue, In early 1873, the Airline Railway was completed and the first trains came through Greer's Depot. The railway was built to accomodate shipment of cotton, phosphate (fertilizer) and to import staple and fancy goods to general merchants. It was called Greer's Deport for another 20 years ("and, by oldtimers, "Greer's" well into the twentieth century") (excerpt from Ray Belcher and Joada Hiatt's book "Greer, From Cotton Town to Industrial Center" published by Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc., 2 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC 29401) in 2003. (to order caLL 1-888-313-2665). The interesting thing is that the name "Greer" came from a man who never lived within the town area. Greer is on the line that separates Greenville and Spartanburg Counties and was originally the boundary between Cherokee hunting grounds and settlers. After the Revolution, the state government created a land commission to allot the territory to veterans and others. Colonel John Thonas and Henry Hughes were aong the most prominent early settlers of the area. The boundary was called the "Indian Boundary Line", then the "Old Boundary Line" and finally "Buncombe Road" with its terminus in Asheville, NC. Part of the area that later became Greer was owned by James Manning Greer, who swapped his land to the railroad for a team of mules and wagon with an agreement for the right of way. Actually the man who did the most to establish Greer, except give it his name, was William Terry Shumate, a wounded veteran, former sheriff, businessman, and a railroad speculator. After buying the land from Manning Greer, he divided his tract into lots and offered them to the public (1873). IN OCT. 1873, Greer's Depot was established, consisting of a two-room depot, house, barn, and outbuildings built by James Blakely. All of this info. is from the book mentioned above. Also, there is a pictorial book, "Greer" under "Images of America" which was done by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and which includes pictures of Drace Studies, Charles Drace"s home and also Charles and Fanny Drace. The Drace's were a family of well-known photographers. I don't know if any of the Drace family are still in the photo business but my Mother lives in Greer and I can find out from her, if you like. Hope this helps. I was born and raised in Greer. Born a Dillard. Barbara Bell 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

No, John, none are Medlocks, none of these photos have information with them, I just know the woman who started this box was Nelle Gentry married to Wyatt Oscar Copeland and the names I listed are ancestors of theirs. I'm hoping to find someone related who may have doubles or be able to identify some of them. Thank you so much for the information about Greers, Barbara, my husband is also related to the Greers and Blakelys, Greers on his mother's side and Blakelys on his Copeland side. I'll have to look for the books you mentioned!! We're going to Greer this weekend to see my mother in law, she also lives in Greer and her mother was a Greer!! She's 85 years old and may be able to answer my question about the Drace Photo Company. She gave us the photos after her husband died since they're related to the Copeland family, not the Greer side. Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA Message: 2 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 08:14:11 -0500 From: "John" <jwt@geusnet.com> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC To: <scgreenv@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <200705091314.l49DEA7a009445@mail.rootsweb.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sue, Would there happen to be any Medlocks listed? Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue & Jack Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:09 AM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in all). Thanks for any suggestions Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA Message: 3 Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:49:26 -0400 From: Barbara Bell <barbell126@alltel.net> Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <320c329f1cc71dac9933dcb7fbf9658c@alltel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sue, In early 1873, the Airline Railway was completed and the first trains came through Greer's Depot. The railway was built to accomodate shipment of cotton, phosphate (fertilizer) and to import staple and fancy goods to general merchants. It was called Greer's Deport for another 20 years ("and, by oldtimers, "Greer's" well into the twentieth century") (excerpt from Ray Belcher and Joada Hiatt's book "Greer, From Cotton Town to Industrial Center" published by Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc., 2 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC 29401) in 2003. (to order caLL 1-888-313-2665). The interesting thing is that the name "Greer" came from a man who never lived within the town area. Greer is on the line that separates Greenville and Spartanburg Counties and was originally the boundary between Cherokee hunting grounds and settlers. After the Revolution, the state government created a land commission to allot the territory to veterans and others. Colonel John Thonas and Henry Hughes were aong the most prominent early settlers of the area. The boundary was called the "Indian Boundary Line", then the "Old Boundary Line" and finally "Buncombe Road" with its terminus in Asheville, NC. Part of the area that later became Greer was owned by James Manning Greer, who swapped his land to the railroad for a team of mules and wagon with an agreement for the right of way. Actually the man who did the most to establish Greer, except give it his name, was William Terry Shumate, a wounded veteran, former sheriff, businessman, and a railroad speculator. After buying the land from Manning Greer, he divided his tract into lots and offered them to the public (1873). IN OCT. 1873, Greer's Depot was established, consisting of a two-room depot, house, barn, and outbuildings built by James Blakely. All of this info. is from the book mentioned above. Also, there is a pictorial book, "Greer" under "Images of America" which was done by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and which includes pictures of Drace Studies, Charles Drace"s home and also Charles and Fanny Drace. The Drace's were a family of well-known photographers. I don't know if any of the Drace family are still in the photo business but my Mother lives in Greer and I can find out from her, if you like. Hope this helps. I was born and raised in Greer. Born a Dillard. Barbara Bell

Sue, In early 1873, the Airline Railway was completed and the first trains came through Greer's Depot. The railway was built to accomodate shipment of cotton, phosphate (fertilizer) and to import staple and fancy goods to general merchants. It was called Greer's Deport for another 20 years ("and, by oldtimers, "Greer's" well into the twentieth century") (excerpt from Ray Belcher and Joada Hiatt's book "Greer, From Cotton Town to Industrial Center" published by Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc., 2 Cumberland St., Charleston, SC 29401) in 2003. (to order caLL 1-888-313-2665). The interesting thing is that the name "Greer" came from a man who never lived within the town area. Greer is on the line that separates Greenville and Spartanburg Counties and was originally the boundary between Cherokee hunting grounds and settlers. After the Revolution, the state government created a land commission to allot the territory to veterans and others. Colonel John Thonas and Henry Hughes were aong the most prominent early settlers of the area. The boundary was called the "Indian Boundary Line", then the "Old Boundary Line" and finally "Buncombe Road" with its terminus in Asheville, NC. Part of the area that later became Greer was owned by James Manning Greer, who swapped his land to the railroad for a team of mules and wagon with an agreement for the right of way. Actually the man who did the most to establish Greer, except give it his name, was William Terry Shumate, a wounded veteran, former sheriff, businessman, and a railroad speculator. After buying the land from Manning Greer, he divided his tract into lots and offered them to the public (1873). IN OCT. 1873, Greer's Depot was established, consisting of a two-room depot, house, barn, and outbuildings built by James Blakely. All of this info. is from the book mentioned above. Also, there is a pictorial book, "Greer" under "Images of America" which was done by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce and which includes pictures of Drace Studies, Charles Drace"s home and also Charles and Fanny Drace. The Drace's were a family of well-known photographers. I don't know if any of the Drace family are still in the photo business but my Mother lives in Greer and I can find out from her, if you like. Hope this helps. I was born and raised in Greer. Born a Dillard. Barbara Bell On May 9, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sue & Jack wrote: > I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but > probably > related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and > more. > There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one > photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end > of the > city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know > if > this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying > people > in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to > open it > if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 > photos in > all). Thanks for any suggestions > > Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA > > > 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 recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in all). Thanks for any suggestions Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA

Sue, Would there happen to be any Medlocks listed? Thanks, John -----Original Message----- From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue & Jack Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:09 AM To: scgreenv@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCGREENV] C W Drace Photo Greers, SC I recently acquired a box of photos, many of them unidentified but probably related to Copeland, Gentry, Burns, Brissey, Donaldson, McClimons and more. There are some daguerreotypes, some post cards, and a lot have this one photo company on the frames. When did Greer drop the s from the end of the city's name, I know it was once Greers Station, and does anybody know if this photo company still exists or how I would go about identifying people in these photos? It seems to be a treasure chest without a key to open it if I can't identify the people in these photos (probably over 150 photos in all). Thanks for any suggestions Sue Copeland in Warner Robins, GA 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MYAPRILGIRL Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/4136.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found it on Ancestry.com. I put in Advill Horton in the records search engine and up it came. I have no idea were Ancestry came up with it, they had it in 'HISTORIC RECORDS'. Wish I could have been more help to you. Cheryl 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.

Hi fayleen44, Do you want info from the Greer Citizen in general, or from this particular issue? The South Carolina Room at the Greenville County Library has the Citizen on microfilm for 1922-2005 (and the actual newspapers for 2006 & 2007), but the coverage is very spotty up until the early 1970s. We do have the issue referenced in Mr. Cathcart's post. According to John Clifton Gaines' SC death certificate, his father was James Gaines and his mother Nancy Singleton. He was born in Georgia on 10 December 1880, and was a shoe maker by trade. He was interred at Judson Cemetery. If you'd like a copy of this certificate, you can contact me off-list and I'll send you our research request form. As for early South Carolina marriages, there are a number of potential sources for information -- newspaper announcements, estate records, church records... If you have any questions or need further assistance, please feel free to contact me at cdulmage@greenvillelibrary.org -- best of luck with your research! Sincerely, Cori Dulmage Carolina First South Carolina Room Greenville County Library System cdulmage@greenvillelibrary.org (864) 242 5000 x2269 ________________________________ From: scgreenv-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon 5/7/2007 4:14 PM To: SCGREENV-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCGREENV] The Greer Citizen - June 9, 1931 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fayleen44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/4138.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How can I find info from this newspaper? 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. 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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fayleen44 Surnames: Gaines Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6469/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Anyone have any info on John Clifton Gaines b 1880 d 1933 lived in greenville with his wife(Cannie) and 8 kids. thanks in advance. 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: fayleen44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/4136.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How did you find this sc marriage info? since they didnt start keepin records till 1911?? I need to find my ggrandparents.........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: fayleen44 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/4138.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: How can I find info from this newspaper? 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.

I am looking for any of the BOYD clan to join me at the BOYD tent at the Greenville Games st Furman University on June 9. If you are a BOYD or connected to the BOYD family contact me please. Dave Boyd, aka Pharmasaurus Rx Greenville, SC daveboydjr@mindspring.com VP, House of Boyd Society, Inc. Member #640, South Carolina Convenor Should you be interested in joining the Society, there is a downloadable membership application available here: http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/join.html http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/hobsapp.pdf

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: spearson55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6441.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: THanks Cathy. You said "there was a Janie E. that died in Anderson in 1918 but I checked and it wasn't her." On the rootsweb Anderson Co web site it says on Emily's tombston the initials, "J.E. Wooten". Are you sure this is not her? 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: Cathygriff Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6441.1.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The death date was from the cemetery and yes it was in Anderson County. She could have had a death certificate but under a different spelling of her name. I know everyone after 1915 was supposed to have a Death Certificate but I have ran across several people that a death Certificate could not be found for, so she may be one of those few. Cathy 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: spearson55 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6441.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cathy, What were you looking at exactly when you found Emily Griffin Wooten's death date as you listed in your response to me? Did it say she died in Anderson Co.? If so how then could there not be a death record? Very puzzled. Thanks, Steve 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: sarahwhitefeet Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6454.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: there's a website I've used to get SC death certificates: www.scdeathrecords.com 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: sarahwhitefeet Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6441.1.2.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a website where you can order certificates for deaths from 1915-1955. I've used it several times and they are prompt and the price is right: www.scdeathrecords.com Hope this helps! 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: P_Etris Surnames: Cooper, Allred, Cox, Atkins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/3807.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Boyce Bailey was my grandmother, Alice Cooper-Atkins' brother. I have lots of info on this family. Boyce's parents were Jason Joseph Cooper, and Edith J. Allred. Your grandmother was Daisey Nell Cox. Edith and Jason had twelve children in all, one who died as an infant, but all the others I have marriages. I have my grandmother Cooper's family bible, dating from 1888 when our great-grandparents were married at Thicketty, SC. Now Cherokee County SC. 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.

Source: Greenville News Date: 30 January 1921; Sunday pg 12B DROPS DEAD AT MOUNTAIN HOME "Uncle Dick" Gosnell, Aged 76, Succumbs To Sudden Heat Attack C.A. Gosnell, aged 76, popularly known as "Uncle Dick" Gosnell and one of the best known citizens of the upper part of the county, dropped dead at his home in Glassy Mountain township last Wednesday afternoon. The funeral was held Friday and interment took place in the cemetery of Piney Grove church. Mr. Gosnell ate a hearty dinner Wednesday and was apparently in his usual robust health a short time before heart failure caused his sudden death. After dinner he went out and fed his horse, then returned to the house and while standing before the fire place in his room he suffered the fatal attack. He almost fell in the fire, a young boy living with him catching him as he was about to drop into the blaze. The deceased was one of the county's road overseers, looking after the repairing of the highways in his community for a number of years. He is said to have had and prepared several years ago the native grown black walnut lumber from which the coffin in which he was buried Friday was made. SOURCE: Greenville County, South Carolina Death Certificate # 698-A Charles A. Gosnell male, white, wid. Birth: May 18, 1846 Age: 74 years, 8 months, 8 days Occupation: Farmer Father: Peter Gosnell Mother: Caroline Howard Informant: Wilburn Howard Death: January 26, 1921 Cause: none listed Burial: January 27, 1921 at Piney Grove Undertaker: none listed Charles A. Gosnell was married twice: 1) Margaret Malinda Plumbley ( 29 Oct 1848 - 10 Jul 1898) d/o Wesley and Rebecca Womack Plumbley 2) Elizabeth Bridgeman (25 Mar 1852 - 29 Dec 1915) SOURCE: Greenville County, South Carolina Death Certificate # 23695 Glassy Mountain Township Elizabeth Gosnell female, white, married Birth: don't know month or day, 1850 in Greenville County Age: 65 years Father: McCollough Bridgeman Mother: Rebecca Durham Informant: Charles Gosnell, Saluda, NC Death: December 29, 1915 Cause: pneumonia fever Burial: December 29, 1915 in Piney Grove Cemetery Undertaker: None listed Charles, Malinda and Elizabeth Gosnell are all buried at Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. (Li sted in the Henderson Co, NC Cemetery book pg 211 as CASNELL) The graves were moved there when the Greenville watershed was established. It is right inside the NC line by Mt. Page Church. We hope this helps someone. Kelly Jane Moon O'Hara and Cathy Griffith ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lch10281 Surnames: Hines, Burton Classification: cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.southcarolina.counties.greenville/6468/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Good article in todays (04/23/2007) paper about state cemeteries. Check out the article under "Cemetery bill could lay concerns to rest". I will not elaborate, just take the time to read. Check www.Greenvilleonline.com" Thanks, larry hines 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.

Last Confederate Soldier of Area, R.W. Pickens, Passes Greenville News, 20 February 1948, pg 10, Friday Easley, Feb 19 -- The old Confederate veteran, Robert W. Pickens, who was 100 years old last August 31, died today. He insisted at the Confederate reunion at Pickens last June that that would be his last. He was right. His health had been failing since his birthday and finally death stopped the flow of reminiscences for which he was famous. Mr. Pickens, who served in Company G, Second Battalion of the South Carolina State Reserves during the War Between the States, was one of four remaining Confederate veterans in South Carolina and the only one left in the Piedmont section. In his latter years his hearing became affected and he would inform listeners he was "deaf as a thunder-struck mule". ATTENDED REUNIONS He was the main attraction at the annual Confederate reunion that is held each year in Pickens on Jefferson Davis' birthday and year after year he met with the members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In more recent years it was customary for the reunion to be held at the home of Mrs. T.J. Mauldin. At these reunions Mr. Pickens always was called on for "remarks" and he would talk for varying periods, always winding up his talk with a song or two of his own composition. Last year he told the group he hoped that when all the Confederate Veterans were gone, the organization would change U.D.C. to mean "United Daughters of Christ". NO GRUDGE HELD Mr. Pickens never spoke of Grant and Lincoln with the same reverence noted when he mentioned Gen. Robert E. Lee, but he made it clear he held no grudge against them. Mr. Pickens was Anderson County's oldest resident. He died at the family home near Pickens Chapel Church at 12 noon. He had been in declining health for several years and seriously ill for only a short time. ANDERSON COUNTY NATIVE He was the a native and lifelong resident of Anderson County and was a son of the late Colonel William C. and Julia Welborn Pickens, pioneer Anderson County residents. He served in Company "G" Second Battalion, South Carolina State Reserve. Mr. Pickens was a member of the Pickens Chapel Methodist Church. Survivors are three sons E.W. Pickens, Easley, T.W. Pickens, Slater, Prof. A.L. Pickens, Gainesville, Ga; two daughters, Mrs. Girvinia LaBoon, Taylors, and Mrs. Lura P. Garrison, Anderson County; one sister, Mrs. Irene Whitaker, Greenwood; 21 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pickens Chapel Methodist Church. Rev. S. E. Julian will officiate assisted by Rev. J.F. Farr. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The following will serve as active pallbearers: Frank Pickens, Jr., Reynolds Pickens, Marion Pickens, Wade Pickens, Dewey Shehan, Sr, and David Garrison. The body is at the home. _____________________________________________ I have no information on this man but hope this may help someone. If anyone knows the last Confederate veteran of Greenville County, please let me know who it was. Kelly Jane O'Hara, Greer, SC OHARA555@aol.com ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.