Please excuse the fact that some are going to get multiple listings of this message. I am hoping that some of you can and will help me with my family. This has been a fun hobby, but now I am really hoping to find some new facts as we just found out my mother, the last living Coursey of our direct line, has lung cancer. I would love to be able to present her with a more completed family history. She has traveled with me, tromped thru cemeteries, and worked with me for the past 7 years on much of our genealogy. I doubt if she will be able to continue this for long. First query concerns a line I have little on. I will post some other names later, rather than overwhelming the lists with so many questions. My gg-grandfather John Franklin Coursey had a son John Henry Coursey. I am trying to find out some more about this line. Here is all I have: Descendants of John Henry Coursey 1 John Henry COURSEY b: May 20, 1871 in SC d: January 11, 1934 Burial: Phillipi Baptist Church, between Johnston and Trenton (Hwy 25), Edgefield co., SC . +Mary Cornelia JACKSON b: May 14, 1873 in SC d: April 17, 1951 ..... 2 Annie COURSEY b: February 14, 1893 in SC d: February 26, 1966 ......... +Rufus A. YONCE b: November 21, 1893 d: July 10, 1973 ..... 2 Minnie Gertrude COURSEY b: January 16, 1895 in SC d: January 31, 1911 Burial: Phillipi Baptist Church, Edgefield Co, SC ..... 2 Effie (Ethel) COURSEY b: November 1897 in SC d: September 13, 1987 ......... +Herbert Eustace THURMOND b: February 08, 1898 in SC d: October 16, 1982 ..... 2 Mary COURSEY b: Abt. 1900 in SC ..... 2 William COURSEY b: Abt. 1906 in SC ..... 2 Cornelia Ruth COURSEY b: December 26, 1907 in SC d: February 10, 1941 Burial: Phillipi Baptist Church, between Johnston and Trenton (Hwy 25), Edgefield co., SC ......... +Unknown MANOS names of the childen came from the 1910 and 1920 Aiken Co. census records. Marriages and specific dates came from cemetery record books. I am working on the ancestors of my g-grandfather Charles Franklin Coursey who married Hulda Rauton. John Henry Coursey is a brother to Charles Franklin Coursey. My direct line and their siblings (the report does not print marriages of siblings, so I typed in names but not dates) as follows: Direct Descendants of Ewell/Newell Coursey 1 Uel/Ewell/Newell COURSEY b: Abt. 1818 in SC d: Bef. 1870 . +First Wife UNKNOWN b: Bet. 1820 - 1825 m: Bef. 1835 d: Bef. 1850 ......... 2 Unknown Daughter COURSEY b: Bet. 1830 - 1835 ......... 2 John Franklin COURSEY b: September 26, 1838 in Shaws Township, Edgefield Co, SC d: March 26, 1912 in Assume Saluda Co, SC Burial: Dry Creek Baptist Ch, Ward, Saluda Co., SC ............. +Lina DEAN b: April 16, 1838 in Assume Edgefield Co., SC m: Abt. 1862 d: June 28, 1914 in Assume Saluda Co, SC Burial: Dry Creek Baptist Ch, Ward, Saluda Co., SC Father: Robertson (Robinson) Dean Mother: Bramblee B. Mitchell ..................... 3 William Pope COURSEY b: August 04, 1865 in SC d: May 28, 1933 m. Florence Watson ..................... 3 Charles Franklin COURSEY b: June 12, 1869 in Edgefield Co, SC d: April 16, 1932 in at home, Oak St., Greenwood, Greenwood Co., SC Burial: Magnolia Cem, Greenwood, SC. ......................... +Hulda Eva RAUTON b: January 16, 1874 in Aiken Co., SC m: Abt. 1890 in Probably Edgefield or Aiken Co, SC d: May 05, 1948 in Taylors, Greenville Co, (Chick Springs) at the home of her daughter Burial: Magnolia Cem, Greenwood, SC. Father: William S. Rotton/Rauton Mother: Elmina Burnett *............................... 4 Odell Cornish COURSEY b: April 24, 1892 in Johnston, Edgefield Co, SC d: August 09, 1963 in Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Augusta, Ga. ................................. 4 Nelle Rhame COURSEY b: August 31, 1894 in Edgefield Co. or Saluda Co., SC d: March 19, 1963 in Greenville, Greenville Co, SC Burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC ................................. 4 Lina Mae COURSEY b: August 20, 1896 in Johnston, Edgefiled Co., SC d: September 1959 in Alexandria, Va. Burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville Co, SC m. William Dillard. ................................. 4 David Pope DECOURSEY b: March 30, 1899 in Saluda Co., SC d: July 02, 1967 in Greenville, SC Burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Greenville, SC m Mayme Elizabeth Schriever Dominique ..................... 3 John Henry COURSEY b: May 20, 1871 in SC d: January 11, 1934 Burial: Phillipi Baptist Church, between Johnston and Trenton (Hwy 25), Edgefield co., SC m. Mary Cornelia Jackson ..................... 3 Lillie Jesse COURSEY b: March 26, 1878 in Edgefield Co, SC d: January 25, 1944 in At home, Greenwood Co., SC Burial: Magnolia Cem, Greenwood, SC. m 1) Enoch P. Cook 2) Elijah J. Campbell. ..................... 3 Walter A. COURSEY b: February 05, 1882 in Edgefield Co., SC d: November 10, 1930 in Greenwood Co, SC Burial: Spann UMC, Ward, Saluda Co., SC m Carrie Salter ......... 2 William H. COURSEY b: July 25, 1841 in Edgefield Co, SC d: December 08, 1915 in Aiken Co, SC Burial: Graniteville Cem, Graniteville, Aiken Co. SC . +Elizabeth UNKNOWN b: Abt. 1832 m: Abt. 1847 d: Bef. 1880 Father: Speculation ......... 2 Mary Jane COURSEY b: Abt. 1848 in SC m. Michael Arthur ......... 2 James W. COURSEY b: Abt. 1851 in SC ......... 2 Franklin N. (?Newel) COURSEY b: Abt. 1856 in SC m. Sally/Cally Unknown ......... 2 Hulda (Elizabeth?) COURSEY b: Abt. 1858 in SC ......... 2 Jesse COURSEY b: Abt. 1862 *Odell Coursey was my maternal grandfather. I have much more info. about other lines, and will be glad to share data. I am accumulating all Coursey data, trying to make as complete a tree as possible. Would love to hear from anyone who has information on any Coursey family that connects to the Old Edgefield Dist (which includes Aiken, McCormick, Saluda, Edgefield and Greenwood Co, SC) You never know when the little piece of info. that you have - in a Bible Record, a memory, a family album, or your own personal research might be the missing clue to connect a new line. Billie S. Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net