These are some death certificates that I copied at the Camden Archives, Camden, SC. Hope they help someone. Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net ------------------------------------------------------------- Aiken Co., SC # 16663 Mrs. Della May Mundy b. Oct 27, 1877, Aiken Co., SC f. Richard Pennington, Aiken Co., SC (not possible) m. Miranda May , b. Aiken Co, SC (not possible) d. June 8, 1942, 11:15 pm Hypertension/chronic nephritis, uremia since 1939 occupation: housewife informant: Hastings C. Munday, Winsor, Aiken Co, SC burial: Winsor, SC June 9, 1942 Her mother, Nancy Miranda May, was the daughter of Amasa MAY b: October 14, 1794 SC d: October 13, 1881 Aiken Co., SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC and his 1st wife . +Nancy Miranda ROTTON/RAUTON b: Abt. 1798 SC m: Abt. 1824 d: Abt. 1846 Graniteville, Edgefield Co (now Aiken Co), SC Father: William Rotton Mother: Lydia Loveless. 1 Richard Anderson PENNINGTON Burial: Montmorenci Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC . +Nancy Miranda MAY b: July 22, 1835 Burial: Montmorenci Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC Father: Amasa May Mother: Nancy Miranda Rotton ..... 2 Amasa Martin PENNINGTON Burial: Montmorenci Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC ......... +Allie PADGETT Burial: Montmorenci Baptist Church, Aiken Co, SC The 1880 Census record for this family on my LDS CD's lists all of the 'children' kinship as 'other', and does not give birthplace of their parents, but does give birthplace of the Richare and Miranda Pennington as SC. I need to check the original. Are they not blood kin, but raised by the Penningtons??? ------------------------------------------------------------- Greenwood #16501 John Eldred Dorn b. Oct 28, 1858, Edgefield Co., SC m. Mary [?] Dorn Occupation: Farmer F: John Dorn, b. SC M: Margaret Ouzts, b. SC Informant: D. L. Dorn, Bradley, SC d. May 9, 1942, Callison Township, Bradley, Greenwood Co., SC cause of death: Cardiac Decom[___], senility Burial: Mt. Creek May 11, 1942 Undertaker: J. S. Strom, McCormick, SC ------------------------------------------------------------- Edgefield Co, SC # 12614 (typed in names/dates are very light and hard to read) Kate Williams Eubanks b. August 11, 1865, Edgefield Co., SC [widow] of W. C. Eubanks father: Preston Williams mother: Savannah Bowles d. Oct 25, 1949, Edgefield Co (cannot read town) usual residence Rural Collins, Modoc, SC Rt 1 cause of death: cerebral hemmorage due to [arteroschlorosis] Buried: Antiock Cem., Edgefield Co, SC. Informant: Paul E. Eubanks, Modoc, SC ------------------------------------------------------------- Greenwood Co, SC # 13187 Mrs. Mary Leona Coleman b. June 1, 1884, SC d. Nov 21, 1943, Greenwood, Greenwood Co, SC address: 156 Ware St., Greenwood, SC widow of Sidney A. Coleman father: Joseph Ramsey, b. Edgefield Co., SC Mo: Callie Ouzts, b. Edgefield Co, SC Informant: Mrs. Hardy Coursey, Greenwood, SC Burial: Edgewood Cem. By Blyth. Cause of death: Cerebral Hemmorage ------------------------------------------------------------- Greenwood Co., SC # 13193 Mrs. Corrie Price Rauton b. Sept 17, 1864 age 78,2,7, SC d. Nov 24, 1943, So. Greenwood, Greenwood Co, SC. Residence: 660 Kirksey Dr., Greenwood, SC Widow of (name not given) F: Robert Price, b. SC M. Mahala Skinner, b. SC Informant: Mrs. D. W. McCutceon, Greenwood, SC Undertaker: Blyth Service, Greenwood, SC Burial: Mt. Moriah, Nov 26, 1943 Cause of death: Cardio-Renal Vascular Disease. Secondary diagnosis: Senility Corrie Price was the 2nd wife of Alfred Rauton. This is the information that I have on this family. Would appreciate corrections and/or additions. 1 Alfred L. RAUTON b: 1854 in Edgefield Co, SC d: May 11, 1926 Burial: First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenwood Co . +Catherine 'Katty' BURNETT b: Abt. 1865 in SC m: Bef. 1879 d: 1888 Father: Thomas Jefferson Burnett Mother: Catherine ..... 2 Elliott David RAUTON b: April 14, 1879 in SC d: July 30, 1961 Burial: Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Greenwood, SC ......... +Hassie Marina WATSON b: October 1876 in SC. d: 1973 in Laurens Co, SC Burial: Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Greenwood, SC Father: Calvin Watson Mother: Paulina Howard ..... 2 Thomas Jefferson RAUTON b: March 05, 1880 in SC. d: September 27, 1947 Burial: Good Hope Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC ......... +Lillius Irene GLYMPH b: September 11, 1877 d: June 23, 1907 Burial: Good Hope Baptist Church, Saluda Co, SC ..... 2 Maggie RAUTON b: Abt. 1882 ..... 2 Henry RAUTON b: Abt. 1884 ..... 2 Leila C. RAUTON b: 1886 in SC. d: 1978 Burial: Good Hope Baptist Church, Saluda Co., SC *2nd Wife of Alfred L. ROTTON/RAUTON: . +Corrie PRICE b: September 17, 1864 in SC m: Aft. 1912 d: November 24, 1943 in So. Greenwood, Greenwood Co, SC Burial: First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Greenwood Co Father: Robert Price Mother: Mahala Skinner ------------------------------------------------------------- Abbeville # 3896 Grady Alexander Coursey b. April 21, 1946, Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC d. April 22, 1946, Abbeville, Abbeville Co, SC F: H.P. Coursey, b. Greenwood Co, SC M: Sybil Lee Dunaway b. Athens Ga. William A. Harris Funeral Home Cause of death: Prematurity ------------------------------------------------------------- This Mary Wait Riley's mother is a daughter of my ancestor Elijah Holloway who married 1) Mary Jordan and 2) Sophia Rowe. I have more info on the mother & father. Death Certificate - Greenwood Co, SC #17084 Mrs. Mary Waite Riley b. June 12, 1858, SC d. July 21. 1942 Greenwood Co, SC cause of death: cancer of the bowel, 14 mo. Also broke hip Feb. 11, 1941, no surgery. Address: RFD #1 Greenwood Widow - did not give husband's name but I have it as John Marion Riley. F: Henry Waite, b. SC M: Frances Holloway b. SC Informant: Mrs. R. S. DeVore, Greenwood, SC Burial: Damascus (Is this First Damascus Baptist Church Cem, Greenwood Co., SC) Blyth Funeral Home in charge. Who is Mrs. R. S. Devore? ------------------------------------------------------------- Death Certificate , Greenwood co, SC (forgot to write down number - just found this by accident - 2nd husband of my gg-aunt Lillie Jesse Coursey m 1) Cook 2) Campbell. Elijah J. Campbell b. 12/11/1858, Carlton, Ga f: E. J. Campbell, b. GA. m: Manerva Gentry b. GA. Married Lillie Coursey Informanat Mrs. W. or V. S. Malone, Greenwood d. July 9, 1942 - accident at home, Slipped on rug, cannot read actual cause of death, but notes a fracture of tibia & fibula. Burial: Coronaca, Greenwood Co, SC Ellis Funeral Home in charge. According to the Obituary of Mrs. Lillie Coursey Cook Campbell, Index-Journal, Greenwood, SC January 26, 1844, Mrs. W. S. Malone is a step-daughter. Mr. Campbell by a prior marriage, wife Mary ?, had the following children: "survived by a step daughter Mrs. W. S. Malone of this city, and two step sons, George C. Cook of Draper N.C. and Ervin Campbell of Greenwood." Ervin Campbell was the son of Eijah J. Campbell and his first wife, unknown to me at this time. Lillie Jesse Coursey married 1) Enock Cook (who had been married before) and they had a daughter, Alice Cook b. 1898 who married Ernest Boggero. Boggero's garage in Greenwood is owned by their son Nadell Boggero. Lillie Jesse Coursey Cook m 2) Elijah J. Campbell, who had been married before. She is not buried with either husband, but is buried at Magnolia Cem, Greenwood with her brother and wife, Charles and Hulda Rauton Coursey who are my great-grandparents. Any additional information on this family would be much appreciated. I am also a GENTRY researcher, and would be interested in whether the Minerva Gentry, mother of Mr. Campbell was connected to the Edgefield Gentry family. ------------------------------------------------------------- Aiken Co. Death Cert. #16658 Mrs. Lilla May Walker Baynham Widow of Mark Baynham, 309 Ga. Avenue, North Augusta, SC (about a block from my house growing up) d. June 22, 1942 age 60 years, 6 mo., 14 days Cause of death: Fractured neck - auto accident Hwy 25. Informant: Mrs. J. A. Baynham Buried: Sunsett Hill Cem., North Augusta, SC. Elliotts & Sons, Augusta Ga. In charge. ------------------------------------------------------------- Aiken Co., SC Death Certificate #01217 Ada Weatherford May b. August 22, 1911, Aiken Co, SC. d. Sept 17, 1949, Aiken Co, SC Widow of Eugene May f: W. H. Weatherford m. Ella Mook Informant: Mrs. Ella Weatherford. I believe that this Eugene May is the son of: 1 John Amasa MAY b: July 21, 1873 d: March 15, 1922 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Aiken Co., SC . +Martha Isobell "Mattie" RANDALL b: Abt. 1885 GA m: December 26, 1907 ..... 2 John MAY ......... +Louise ARIAL ..... 2 Virginia MAY ..... 2 Eugene MAY d: Bef. September 1949 ......... +Ada WEATHERFORD b: August 22, 1911 Aiken Co, SC d: September 17, 1949 Aiken Co, SC Burial: Bethany Cem, Aiken Co, SC Father: W. H. Weatherford Mother: Ella Mook I haven't worked on the other children yet. ------------------------------------------------------------- Edgefield Co, SC Death Certificate #012612 James Albert Ouzts b. Nov 22, 1886, SC married Alice Jackson f: Marion Ouzts b. Edgefield Co, SC m: ___ Parkman, b. SC d. Oct 11, 1949, Edgefield Co, SC buried East View Forgot to write down cause of death. Where is East View? Does he fit into this family below and a brother to Ida? 1 Francis Marion OUZTS . +Frances PARKMAN ..... 2 Ida OUZTS ......... +Elijah Melvin FAULKNER b: November 03, 1858 Father: Elijah Evander Faulkner Mother: Clarissa Holloway ............ 3 Fannie FAULKNER b: October 19, 1885 d: January 15, 1972 Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co, SC ................ +Charles Anderson FRIDAY -------------------------------------------------------------