Thanks Ann for the info. I am contacting several of the folks whose addresses/emails you sent. You stated: > It is possible that Mary Leona Coleman was the mother of Florence (?) > Coursey (Mrs. Hardy Coursey) whose husband died about 1950. I think that the above paragraph is in error. I believe that Mary Leona Coleman was the mother of Mary Ailene Coleman who was Mrs. Hardy Coursey. I believe the Florence you have in mind is Florence Watson who was the wife of William Pope Coursey, father of Hardy Coursey. Hardy and my grandfather were 1st cousins. My mother and I attended a William Pope Coursey reunion several years ago and met so many wonderful new family members. We were able to get pictures of my g-grandparents, and my gg-grandparents from a desc. of William Pope Coursey, my gg-uncle. > Dorn: > Any time you run across a Dorn with Callison Township Connections in the > same paragraph with the Stroms, you are high-cotton aristocracy. I would > hope that Watson Dorn (864-227-3202) could help you make these connections. > I know his older brother William > Jennings Bryan Dorn, US Congressman for 30 years, is no longer >able to have conversation. The Yellow Pages list the law firm of Callison, >Dorn, Thomason and Knott and shows a photo of Watson in which he appears to be > still alive -- toll-free # 1-800-1276; email: callisondorn@earthink.net I have been working with one Watson Dorn thru email comparing info. He has sent me a lot of good info., some of which I still do not had time to work with. I do not know if he is the Watson Dorn that you speak of or not, but since you posted the info. to the Greenwood site, he may get in touch to tell you he is very much still here. > >Elijah J. Campbell > >b. 12/11/1858, Carlton, Ga [Carlton is in present-day Madison County, GA > -- just west of the Braod river and the backwaters of the J. strom Thurmond > Lake and dam, formerly known as "Clarke's Hill Lake" in honor of Gen. > Elijah Clarke, a Georgia native and hero of the American Revolution. It is > possible that this Elijah may have been named for someone named for him.] I am familiar with Madison Co. and the area. My husband's family ended up there from Hall, Banks, and Oglethorpe Co. and his Uncle lives in Danielsville now. > [I have a vague recollection that the Ellis Funeral Home was in Calhoun > Falls or maybe Abbeville SC -- find no current listing. To my knowledge, > the only cemetery in Coronaca (which is really four miles east) is the old > Bethlehem Cemetery. I could be very wrong, but Bethleham UM Church (phone > 864-229-1370) may be able to confirm.] The funeral home I am speaking of is on the right of the RR. tracks going north into Greenwood. Harley bought out the old Ellis Funeral home, or Ellis bought out Harley. Can't remember now. > [The Good Hope Baptist Church, Saluda County, is in the township of Mayson > between Greenwood and Saluda. It is an old church -- they have in the past > ten years built a new church and demolished the original building just > before it was built. It is a pleasant trip -- the cemetery is on the right > of Hwy 178, and the church is on the left about 1/2 mile toward Saluda. I'm > guessing about 5 miles below the Greenwood County line at the sign > "Mayson", which is the old name of the crossroads. The church phone number > is 864-445-2055] I have been to this cemetery and have deep roots there, as the May Crossroad area seems to be related to the Charles May family, and he is one of my ancestors. > The term "South Greenwood" applies to the Mathews Mill Village built in > the 1900s and subesequently taken over by James C. Self I (Greenwood Mills) > who married Lura Mathews, and undertook to save the mill during the > Depression on behalf of the Bank of Greenwood. The village called "South > Greenwood" was a model village built of brick homes rented by the week, > with schools and churches provided by the mills. As the farm economy > evaporated, many people moved into mill housing and took jobs there, for > which they were always paid in cash.) Thank you for this. Many of my Edgefield ancestors ended up in Graniteville working at those mills or moving to Greenwood and working there. It is interesting to learn some of the history. Billie Jones Camden, SC tjones@camden.net