JUST IN from my dear friend Jean Park. How's this for clearing the fog? If I am mistaken, and it won't be the first time, I am abjectly sorry. Why don't we all send Cindy "thinking of you" cards but for god's sake don't say WHY!!!! Oh, that wouldn't be too cool because we still dont know ... oh! just send it! Annie > >Ann, Cindy lives at 346 Tranquil Rd. in Greenwood. Her telephone # is 864 >223 6226. You know, don't you, that she has been gallantly battling cancer >for a number of years. The dr.s thought she would have been dead by now, >but she has this tremendous faith. I think she has just had another scan >and they have found it in her lung, but I think her liver is clear >now......She is so well thought of. ZIP is either 29646 or 29649. I don't >know if she has e mail or not. Love, JJP > >Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > >> jean, when you have a chance, please tell me how i can get in touch with >> cindy boggero... she is/was on County Council. I can' rememeber whether >> her married name is Polatty or Marcengill (as in sam). >> >> a phone number would be great! e-mail address would be better. >> >> thanks, no rush. ann > >

Annie, Sorry but no to horseshoes and baseball. I do know quite well the "stinkhole" you refer to though, and Park's seed co. You were a couple of years ahead of me in school I do believe. I got to be a smart-aleck along about the ninth grade. Knew more that the parents and adults above me. I finally had to repeat the eleventh grade and didn't get sprung until 1964 with a certificate (missed by .5 when I broke my hand my senior year and couldn't make up all my typing tests - Mrs. Hellams). Took me a few years to figure out that education was much more than I thought it was worth and I forced myself to get my GED in the Navy and finally a degree through various colleges (such as University of Maryland, etc.) at different duty stations. Nope, don't remember Billy. Do remember Andy and Wayne though. Mrs. Wells was probably my best teacher ever. No problem about sending our notes on to others. I'm getting too old to worry about being embarrassed now. Thanks for the welcome home and it is sure nice to talk to someone from the area again. I have been back through several times and even stopped in to talk to the lady who now owns our old home on Elizabeth Ave. Sounds pretty interesting about you writing a screenplay. Good luck and hope it's a big success. John Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > The old brain cells are never what they used to be, John Turner. > Otherwise, I would at least be able to visualize you. Did you, by chance, > used to play baseball with us up behind Grandmother's chicken house or join > us in Sunday afternoon horsehoes at Andy and Wayne's? <SNIP>

OK, I'm BUSTED! What CLARIFICATION? You should have been in one of my earlier discussions with Billie in re: the Great Greenwood Wife-Swaps, so you'll understand that now I'm thinking, "OK! Polatty sounds right!" The only Polatty I recall was "Scoopy", who was much older than me and a lifeguard at the old Rec Center on Sprolls Ave.! If Cindy and/or Sammy (or worse, their spouses, if I am wrong!) are listening, I may never be able to go home again. In the meantime, let's discuss the schools. WHO is your dad and what year(s) was he at GHS, where we used to sit in Mrs. Reynolds' 10th-grade biology class at 11:15 and count the cars on the 11:12 freight train that came up the tracks at Circular Street? I graduated in 1962 -- oh! God, I'm old! The new high school opened about 1971 or 72, so there couldn't have been a lot of time between us. Maybe if you ask him who were the Swingin' Medallions when he was there it would help us time-wise. Do you know that gracious old school building is now CONDOS? As I understand it, each classroom was converted into a studio apartment; some are connected and are multi-room deals. Now, you tell us your Dorns and I'll tell you mine. Omigod, Polatty! How could I be so wrong? annie >Now you folks are talking! :) > >I am researching the BOGGEROs because the matriarch of the Greenwood family >(Mary Alice FREEMAN) was first married to George BANES. My husband descends >from the first husband (dau Florence BANES m. Thomas Oliver DORN), but I >'collect' BOGGEROs in order to figure out the FREEMANs. Sure would love some >help from the BOGGEROs!! [Billie and I have talked before about her seeking >COURSEY info.] > >I grew up in Greenwood, but did a year at Emerald (back when it was a Jr. >High -- the same building my father went to as a HS) and 2 yrs at Northside. > >I have heard Barry BOGGERO's name because of his business, but I thought his >sister was Cindy BOGGERO POLATTY, not C. B. MARCENGILL? >Thanks for clarification, >Bonnie Ferguson Butler >PS -- I get this in digest mode, so forgive me for interjecting so late. >complete surname list:

The old brain cells are never what they used to be, John Turner. Otherwise, I would at least be able to visualize you. Did you, by chance, used to play baseball with us up behind Grandmother's chicken house or join us in Sunday afternoon horsehoes at Andy and Wayne's? I am in the process of writing a screenplay from Jean Jones Park's wonderful book "Water Under the Bridge: For my Children". She married William John Park, who ran the old Geo. W. Park Seed Co. on Spring Street, back behind us, on what they called "Lake Parkton". My grand-daddy called it "that stinkhole", and we only later figured out that he must have named it unkindly to keep us from deciding to go swimming there. Do you by any chance remember Jean and William John's son Billy? They used to live at the corner of W. Creswell and Spring Street. If so, I will start forwarding your notes to her as well as I am sending them behind your back, my sneaky self admits, to my cousin Wayne, his wife Diane and their son Randy and Rob. They've had an interesting life, but I'll leave it to them to decide whether to fill you in on it. Yeah, I know... just when you think you've found a veritable fountain of knowledge and gossip... but it's their life and their business to decide whether to share. It will come as no surprise to you, and I don't think he'll mind that I mention this, that Rob, a very talented and sensitive guyas well as a good-as-Greenwood-raised football player, has now taken up TEACHING! And is no doubt thrilled to know that his grandmother -- can you really imagine that "Mrs. Wells" is now a great-grandmother? -- was your inspiration. She certainly has been mine. My husband is a medically retired Navy SEAL from 'Nam, but we don't talk about that a lot. we do, however, have high regard for the Navy, and for Wayne Wells' sake, the Army as well. He'd never forgive me if I didn't say that! Our son Jim is a hardware programmer for a GE-subsidiary up in Greenville, and he periodically e-mails us photos of what he's working on. This kid definitely needs a LIFE! Glad to have you home, sailor. Annie At 04:43 PM 10/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Annie, > >Bingo is right. I thought we would make a connection but the old brain >cells aren't what they used to be you know. > >I'm currently a Sr. Technical Editor/Writer for Raytheon Systems, Inc. >in Greenville, TX. We moved here from San Diego, CA after retiring from >the Navy in 1985. > >Please give your Aunt my hellos and I think she just might remember me. >John >

Now you folks are talking! :) I am researching the BOGGEROs because the matriarch of the Greenwood family (Mary Alice FREEMAN) was first married to George BANES. My husband descends from the first husband (dau Florence BANES m. Thomas Oliver DORN), but I 'collect' BOGGEROs in order to figure out the FREEMANs. Sure would love some help from the BOGGEROs!! [Billie and I have talked before about her seeking COURSEY info.] I grew up in Greenwood, but did a year at Emerald (back when it was a Jr. High -- the same building my father went to as a HS) and 2 yrs at Northside. I have heard Barry BOGGERO's name because of his business, but I thought his sister was Cindy BOGGERO POLATTY, not C. B. MARCENGILL? Thanks for clarification, Bonnie Ferguson Butler PS -- I get this in digest mode, so forgive me for interjecting so late. complete surname list: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/u/t/Bonnie-Ferguson-Butler/

Annie, Bingo is right. I thought we would make a connection but the old brain cells aren't what they used to be you know. I'm currently a Sr. Technical Editor/Writer for Raytheon Systems, Inc. in Greenville, TX. We moved here from San Diego, CA after retiring from the Navy in 1985. Please give your Aunt my hellos and I think she just might remember me. John Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > At 04:37 AM 10/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >Northside first, then Southside. Had Mr. Tommie for Science. MR. WAR W. > >A. Rufus was principal at Southside then. When I knew Barry and Jimmy, > >I lived on Elizabeth Ave. behind Self memorial. Went to Blake > >Elementary then. Hung around with Billy Hancock and the Wells boys > >(Mrs. Wells was school teacher at Blake, Husband owned the Milk company ><SNIP>

At 04:37 AM 10/10/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Northside first, then Southside. Had Mr. Tommie for Science. MR. WAR W. >A. Rufus was principal at Southside then. When I knew Barry and Jimmy, >I lived on Elizabeth Ave. behind Self memorial. Went to Blake >Elementary then. Hung around with Billy Hancock and the Wells boys >(Mrs. Wells was school teacher at Blake, Husband owned the Milk company >there on Main). > >Later lived outside town on Circle Drive. Is Massengill your maiden >name? > Bingo! My grandmother always said that if you were truly southern you could establish mutual friends with two questions and kinship by the third question... the implication being that if you couldn't, this person is not worth talking to. The teacher is my Aunt Mary Ellen Wells, who now lives (with that same old rascally husband, my Uncle Jack) 20 minutes from us. They get along pretty well, and we check on them often. They built the house at the corner of West Alexander and Elizabeth Ave. (which was named for my grandmother). My parents Dr. Paul and Lila Massengill bought their house when Pet transferred Jack to Alabama. My cousin Andy died February a year ago. Among all came to the visitation, I was probably most glad to see Nicky Nichols, Barry "Booger-Row", and Ted and Dusty Strickand. Andy is buried, Suzanne will be interested to learn, out at the old Bethlehem Cemetery. that's what his wife Linda wanted; her family is there, and I cannot for the life of me remember her maiden name! What are you doing now and where are you? Annie

Northside first, then Southside. Had Mr. Tommie for Science. MR. WAR W. A. Rufus was principal at Southside then. When I knew Barry and Jimmy, I lived on Elizabeth Ave. behind Self memorial. Went to Blake Elementary then. Hung around with Billy Hancock and the Wells boys (Mrs. Wells was school teacher at Blake, Husband owned the Milk company there on Main). Later lived outside town on Circle Drive. Is Massengill your maiden name? Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > At 05:05 PM 10/9/2000 -0500, John W. Turner wrote: > >Ann, > > > >It's not boring at all for someone who lived the first 21 years of their > >life in and around Greenwood. It's refreshing to hear about the it > >again for a change. > > > >The Index-Journal addy is: http://www.indexjournal.com/ > > > > > > > OK, John W. Turner. Don't give me too many clues at once. I want to > figure this out all by myself. > > 1. You lived in and AROUND Greenwood for the first 21 years of your life. > 2. You know/knew Barry Booger-Row AND Jimmy Coursey. > Clue: Northside or Southside? I'm guessing Southside. Did you have Mrs. > Bailey for science? > > ==== SCGREENW Mailing List ==== > Greenwood County was created in 1897 from portions of Edgefield and > Abbeville Counties. > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/

At 05:05 PM 10/9/2000 -0500, John W. Turner wrote: >Ann, > >It's not boring at all for someone who lived the first 21 years of their >life in and around Greenwood. It's refreshing to hear about the it >again for a change. > >The Index-Journal addy is: http://www.indexjournal.com/ > > > OK, John W. Turner. Don't give me too many clues at once. I want to figure this out all by myself. 1. You lived in and AROUND Greenwood for the first 21 years of your life. 2. You know/knew Barry Booger-Row AND Jimmy Coursey. Clue: Northside or Southside? I'm guessing Southside. Did you have Mrs. Bailey for science?

At 03:34 PM 10/9/2000 -0400, you wrote: >I was curious about the lake because part of my family is buried in Greenwood >County in Bethlehem Cemetery near Coronaca and some in the Chaney Cemetery >off Highway 702. And some of the others are in Cross Hill as mentioned. > >Suzanne Suzanne: I've gone to the family cupboard and pulled the Wells family book, if only to keep me occupied while my husband naps and I await "urgent" return phone calls I made around 10 a.m. I've been with my mother to Cross Hill only a couple of times. She pointed out the little cemetery, which is on the left-hand side of Hwy. 72; there is a marker there of some kind, and I believe that the church is further up the hill and across the road. It may even be a Methodist Church. My known Cross Hill ancestors are Balls, Hollingsworths, and Wells, with the Hitts thrown in as cousins, which relates to the punchline of an embarrassing incident which occurred early in my public life and cannot be truly appreciated unless you were there! The Ball line stems from William Ball IV of England and I of Virginia through Moses Ball IV, whose fifth son Joseph G. was born somewhere in Kentucky, married Sally Something-or-other and had at least three boys and one daughter, the lovely Martha, who was born 7-12-1846 at Cross Hill for what is described as "no apparent reason". The lovely Martha, unaccountably called "Mattie", was in the neighborhood long enough, it appears, to become the sweetheart of William Jefferson Wells, our family's most famous "character" at present; then she moved with her parents to Pontonoc County in the Great State of Mississippi when she was about three years old. Finding no one there but Mississippians, she gave her heart to Christ and was united with the Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Her uncles, the Rev. Lewis Ball and R.W. Ball, who are not even mentioned in the original Ball Family listing, remained in the Cross Hill area and are mentioned in her obituary notice. Descendants of these uncles lived in the two matching Victorian houses on what was the "Main Street" of Cross Hill. One of them made a violin for my mother. My mother is a talented musician and a better-known artist. I took piano for 6 years without noticeable results and studied violin for three months before my teacher quit to start picking up all the litter along her street and would routine drag it into public meetings to embarrass elected officials. She was known far and wide as "the litter lady" and "the woman who tried to teach Ann Wells to play the violin". When I was 16, I performed a ukelele solo in a benefit concert for the Greenwood Rescue Squad, and they lost money for the first time ever! W.J. Wells-by-damn-bull, as he was affectionately known by people who have told me stories about him that have embarrassed me as long as I can remember, was born 1-16-1846 at Cross Hill to Aaron Wells (whom I've always heard was a doctor) and the gentle Elizabeth Hollingsworth, whose mother, as I may have mentioned was a Hitt. He and "Miss Mattie" had 10 children, the youngest being my grandfather Claude Lamar Wells, who was only 17 when his mother died. Four years later, Grand-daddy wed my grandmother, the terrific, Methodist Episcopalian Levica Elizabeth Nicholls over the vocal objections of almost every one in his hard-rock Baptist family. Except Aunt Myrt. Then follows some 20 pages of listings of their "progeny", some of whom are pretty neat people and a few of whom are Methodist or Episcopalian. One was Presbyterian for awhile, but it didn't last long. Scary as it is to imagine, we are spread out through much of the South and parts of Virginia. One of us started out on a "back to Africa" kick when it cool... but then he found out he is not African! His status with the Immigration Service is still unclear. Among the reasons that members of your family might have moved across the river into Stoney Point and Coronaca could have been that Greenwood, after it was created in 1858, became the hub of seven or eight railroads and a center of commerce. By comparison, the Newberry, Laurens, Hodges railroad only went as far as Due West. However, when the Interstate Highway System came through, Laurens and Clinton were close enough to the ancient trail of the Cherokee (which is coincidentally the shortest distance between Greenville and Columbia) to have exits named in their honor. Greenwood, on the other hand, still has the Widest Main Street in the World! And since they've taken all the train tracks up through the middle of town, it would be a great place to live if we hadn't already moved away long ago. You may be interested to know that The Index-Journal newspaper in Greenwood can be found on the web, but I forget the site.... just look for newspapers and then SC and then Greenwood. The paper now calls its "living" section "Life in the Lakelands" in a transparent effort to make all those people who have moved out to the lake year-round feel that they should subscribe. Once in awhile, something interesting happens. Or you might at least enjoy reading the obits. You don't have to put this on the RootsWeb. It's probably too boring. Annie

Ann, It's not boring at all for someone who lived the first 21 years of their life in and around Greenwood. It's refreshing to hear about the it again for a change. The Index-Journal addy is: http://www.indexjournal.com/ Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote: > > At 03:34 PM 10/9/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >I was curious about the lake because part of my family is buried in > Greenwood > >County in Bethlehem Cemetery near Coronaca and some in the Chaney Cemetery > >off Highway 702. And some of the others are in Cross Hill as mentioned. > > > >Suzanne > > Suzanne: > > I've gone to the family cupboard and pulled the Wells family book, if only > to keep me occupied while my husband naps and I await "urgent" return phone > calls I made around 10 a.m. > > I've been with my mother to Cross Hill only a couple of times. She pointed > out the little cemetery, which is on the left-hand side of Hwy. 72; there > is a marker there of some kind, and I believe that the church is further up > the hill and across the road. It may even be a Methodist Church. > > My known Cross Hill ancestors are Balls, Hollingsworths, and Wells, with > the Hitts thrown in as cousins, which relates to the punchline of an > embarrassing incident which occurred early in my public life and cannot be > truly appreciated unless you were there! > > The Ball line stems from William Ball IV of England and I of Virginia > through Moses Ball IV, whose fifth son Joseph G. was born somewhere in > Kentucky, married Sally Something-or-other and had at least three boys and > one daughter, the lovely Martha, who was born 7-12-1846 at Cross Hill for > what is described as "no apparent reason". The lovely Martha, > unaccountably called "Mattie", was in the neighborhood long enough, it > appears, to become the sweetheart of William Jefferson Wells, our family's > most famous "character" at present; then she moved with her parents to > Pontonoc County in the Great State of Mississippi when she was about three > years old. Finding no one there but Mississippians, she gave her heart to > Christ and was united with the Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Her uncles, > the Rev. Lewis Ball and R.W. Ball, who are not even mentioned in the > original Ball Family listing, remained in the Cross Hill area and are > mentioned in her obituary notice. Descendants of these uncles lived in the > two matching Victorian houses on what was the "Main Street" of Cross Hill. > One of them made a violin for my mother. > > My mother is a talented musician and a better-known artist. I took piano > for 6 years without noticeable results and studied violin for three months > before my teacher quit to start picking up all the litter along her street > and would routine drag it into public meetings to embarrass elected > officials. She was known far and wide as "the litter lady" and "the woman > who tried to teach Ann Wells to play the violin". When I was 16, I > performed a ukelele solo in a benefit concert for the Greenwood Rescue > Squad, and they lost money for the first time ever! > > W.J. Wells-by-damn-bull, as he was affectionately known by people who have > told me stories about him that have embarrassed me as long as I can > remember, was born 1-16-1846 at Cross Hill to Aaron Wells (whom I've always > heard was a doctor) and the gentle Elizabeth Hollingsworth, whose mother, > as I may have mentioned was a Hitt. > > He and "Miss Mattie" had 10 children, the youngest being my grandfather > Claude Lamar Wells, who was only 17 when his mother died. Four years later, > Grand-daddy wed my grandmother, the terrific, Methodist Episcopalian > Levica Elizabeth Nicholls over the vocal objections of almost every one in > his hard-rock Baptist family. Except Aunt Myrt. > > Then follows some 20 pages of listings of their "progeny", some of whom are > pretty neat people and a few of whom are Methodist or Episcopalian. One > was Presbyterian for awhile, but it didn't last long. Scary as it is to > imagine, we are spread out through much of the South and parts of Virginia. > One of us started out on a "back to Africa" kick when it cool... but then > he found out he is not African! His status with the Immigration Service is > still unclear. > > Among the reasons that members of your family might have moved across the > river into Stoney Point and Coronaca could have been that Greenwood, after > it was created in 1858, became the hub of seven or eight railroads and a > center of commerce. By comparison, the Newberry, Laurens, Hodges railroad > only went as far as Due West. However, when the Interstate Highway System > came through, Laurens and Clinton were close enough to the ancient trail of > the Cherokee (which is coincidentally the shortest distance between > Greenville and Columbia) to have exits named in their honor. > > Greenwood, on the other hand, still has the Widest Main Street in the > World! And since they've taken all the train tracks up through the middle > of town, it would be a great place to live if we hadn't already moved away > long ago. > > You may be interested to know that The Index-Journal newspaper in Greenwood > can be found on the web, but I forget the site.... just look for newspapers > and then SC and then Greenwood. The paper now calls its "living" section > "Life in the Lakelands" in a transparent effort to make all those people > who have moved out to the lake year-round feel that they should subscribe. > Once in awhile, something interesting happens. Or you might at least enjoy > reading the obits. > > You don't have to put this on the RootsWeb. It's probably too boring. > > Annie > > ==== SCGREENW Mailing List ==== > Greenwood County was created in 1897 from portions of Edgefield and > Abbeville Counties. > > ============================== > Search over 64,000,000 records in the Social Security Death Index: > http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/

If you say hi, also say hello for me. I knew barry and Jimmy both. John ann wells massengill wrote: > > Posted on: Greenwood Co. SC Queries > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/Greenwood/18 > > Surname: wells, harrison, nicholls, ball, donaldson > ------------------------- > > How i wish I could find the greenwood telephone directory! contact cindy > boggero marcengill, a member of greenwood county council, and ask her if > i am mistaken to recall that she and her brother barry are cousins of vicky > coursey drinkard and jimmy coursey. And say I said hi! > > ==== SCGREENW Mailing List ==== > Greenwood County was created in 1897 from portions of Edgefield and > Abbeville Counties. > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/search > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

In a message dated 10/9/00 11:16:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, NICOJAK@ftc-i.net writes: << The dam at Buzzard's Roost, which is just off S.C Hwy 34 between Ninety Six and Chappells, was very famous for the time it was built. >> Well, now I know why the microfilm showing the rights of way for the first power lines in Greenwood and Laurens Counties referred to the area as Buzzard's Roost. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the list. I have a number of cousins, grand-aunts buried at the old Cross Hill Baptist Church Cemetery on Highway 72. At least that is what it is called in Leland Bolt's book. Today there is a sign there stating First Baptist Church of Cross Hill. I was curious about the lake because part of my family is buried in Greenwood County in Bethlehem Cemetery near Coronaca and some in the Chaney Cemetery off Highway 702. And some of the others are in Cross Hill as mentioned. Suzanne

Posted on: Greenwood Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/Greenwood/19 Surname: ------------------------- susan, this is ann. i responded directly to you earlier because i could not access this page. bethlehem cemetery is closest to the town of coronaca (pron. corn-acre). the rock presbyterian church is pretty dominant in this area and is the mother church of several other presbyterian churches, but i believe the bethlehem cemetery was the old methodist cemetery. the church is no longer there, but moved to coronaca.

Posted on: Greenwood Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/Greenwood/18 Surname: wells, harrison, nicholls, ball, donaldson ------------------------- How i wish I could find the greenwood telephone directory! contact cindy boggero marcengill, a member of greenwood county council, and ask her if i am mistaken to recall that she and her brother barry are cousins of vicky coursey drinkard and jimmy coursey. And say I said hi!

At 03:18 PM 10/8/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Just recently, I discovered that the dam creating Lake Greenwood was built in >1939. Is there a source that lists the property owners whose land was taken >for the lake? And were any cemeteries located in the area covered by the >lake? > >Suzanne Collins Matson > > Hi, Susan. This is Ann Wells Massengill, delighted that Greenwood County has gotten a query... or maybe I just haven't gotten any other mail since I joined. The dam at Buzzard's Roost, which is just off S.C Hwy 34 between Ninety Six and Chappells, was very famous for the time it was built. I remember seeing old postcards showing the dam and saying something about "... was the highest dam in the (world?)" at the time. If you can locate the dam and the lake on an Atlas, you will see that the land taken for the long lake came out of both Greenwood and Laurens Counties, with a little thrown in from Newberry County. Therefore, records of land transactions would be in one of those counties. The dam was built to be operated by the old REA (Rural Electrification Administration), which operated as a electric power cooperative. In the late 1960s, the voters sold the REA to Duke Power Company. It is possible that Duke Power may have inherited those records as well. The last time we were home (evacuating last fall from Hurricane Floyd), we noticed substantial growth up around the lake, and I'm sure this is true on all sides. There is a precedent in this state for having land taken for a lake BUT NOT USED returned. This case was played out in nearby McCormick County at Clark's Hill Dam, now known by some as the (what else?) Strom Thurmond Lake and Dam. The families were not, as I recall, compensated for their land nor was unused land returned to them. Depending on how far back your family connection to that area goes, you night check out Margaret Watson's book, titled something like "Highways and By-Ways of Greenwood County", which covers family histories prior to about 1820. Her reproductions of early maps of the entire area are terrific! I'm sure the book is available through inter-Library Loan. I USED to know a little about almost every family in the county and will be glad, if you would send me the specific names you have, to see if I can further direct you. I seriouly doubt that there were any known cemeteries covered by the lake; of course, there could have been some known only through various family archives, but the land is a deep valley along the Saluda River and several large tributaries, which were know to flood, so I can't imagine any one would have knowlingly buried anyone there... but I wouldn't swear to it. My great-grandfather, William Jefferson Wells, was a native of Cross Hill in Laurens County. His family is buried up the hill from the lake on the Laurens County side. Annie

Posted on: Greenwood Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/SC/Greenwood/17 Surname: BRYANT, BURNETT, CARTER, COURSEY, DEAN, GENTRY, HOLLOWAY, KIRKLAND, LOVELESS, MAY, MITCHELL, RAUTON, REYNOLDS, ROWE, SCURRY, STEVENS, WITHERS, POSSIBLY HILL  ------------------------- I am researching the Courseys of Old 96th Dist, Edgfield Co, to Saluda Co, to Greenwood Co, SC. I have a lot of information on the two oldest children of John Franklin Coursey as outlined below, but am seeking information on Lillie Jesse Cook Campbell, sister who is buried beside my g-grandfather Charles Franklin Coursey at Magnolia Cem, Greenwood SC. It is my understanding that she is connected to the Boggeros in some way, and that she retired from the Self Mills in Greenwood. I have no further information on her and would like to find out more. Of course, any Coursey information would be most welcome and will gladly share any information I have on the above surnames. Billie Jones Descendants of John Franklin COURSEY     1   John Franklin COURSEY b: September 26, 1838 d: March 26, 1912 Assume Saluda Co, SC/ .  +Salina (Lina) DEAN b: April 16, 1838 d: June 28, 1914 Assume Saluda Co, SC/ .... 2   William Pope COURSEY b: August 04, 1865 d: May 28, 1933/ ........  +Florence Florilla WATSON b: Abt. 1871/ .... 2   Charles Franklin COURSEY b: June 12, 1869 d: April 16, 1932 Greenwood, SC/ ........  +Hulda Eva RAUTON b: January 16, 1874 d: May 05, 1948 Taylors, Greenville Co, (Chick Springs)/ .... 2   John Henry COURSEY b: May 20, 1871 d: January 11, 1934/ ........  +Mary Cornelia Jackson b: May 14, 1873 d: April 17, 1951/ .... 2   Lillie Jesse COURSEY b: March 26, 1876 d: January 25, 1944/ ........  +John COOK b: September 1869/ ....  *2nd Husband of Lillie Jesse COURSEY: / ........  +CAMPBELL / .... 2   Walter A. COURSEY b: February 05, 1882 d: November 10, 1930/ ........  +Carrie b: July 09, 1874 d: January 08, 1946

Just recently, I discovered that the dam creating Lake Greenwood was built in 1939. Is there a source that lists the property owners whose land was taken for the lake? And were any cemeteries located in the area covered by the lake? Suzanne Collins Matson

Does anyone know when Lake Greenwood came to be? I am interested in finding the names of property owners affected as well as cemeteries that were located within that area. Suzanne Collins Matson

Thanks again Judy