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. 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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. 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