Michelle, Thank you very much. I would indeed love to a jpg of the house and anything else associated with it. I can hardly wait to see it. Do you also know if that book is still available? John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle M Wells" <mmwells@charter.net> To: <SCGREENW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 7:00 PM Subject: RE: [SCGREENW] Greenwood County Farm > Missy and John, > > Though growing up in Greenwood, I had never heard of the County Farm, but > you peaked my interest. I found a charcoal sketch of it by artist Shirley > Chason in the book "Greenwood County--The Artist's View, a project published > in 1976 by the Greenwood County Artists' Guild. > > The caption reads: "Located about five miles east of Greenwood on East > Cambridge Road stands what remains of the Old County Farm. Established by > Greenwood County about 1897 for the care of those poor and elderly people > incapable of caring for themselves, the farm was subsidized, and > "chain-gang" > labor was employed to work the farm to feed the occupants of the home. The > farm was discontinued in 1944 and the land is now owned by Mr. S. E. Adams, > Sr." > > I will be happy to scan the picture into a jpg. attachment if you are > interested. > Just e-mail me to let me know. Hope you and your Mom are happy and well, > Missy, > > Michelle Manley Wells > mmwells@charter.net > > > > > ==== SCGREENW Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >