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. 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