This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------349C9BCD69EDDF40859D5D96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I haven't sent very much to the list lately but now I've got a question and need help. I descend from Joseph Holden, who was born about 1809 in South Carolina, and Ethelinda (unknown). I haven't been able to find anything further on this Joseph in either Horry or Marion Counties so far. However, I've now found that a Richard Holden, who was born in 1777 in North Carolina and died in 1842 in Habersham County, Georgia, married Sarah Barnes in Pendleton District, South Carolina, about 1797. This Richard Holden had a son named Joseph who was born about 1811 in South Carolina. Now, the help needed is: Does anyone know anything about this Joseph Holden who was the son of Richard and Sarah Barnes Holden? I had thought that Joseph's father was John Holden who married Alice. However, now I'm not sure if this is correct or not. Does anyone have anything which might help me determine the correct parents of my Joseph Holden? I'm including the information I have on my Joseph's family (if I've done it right) for ya'll to review. I sure need all the help I can get cause I can't seem to find out for sure who his father was. Thanks for any help anyone can offer, Dianne --------------349C9BCD69EDDF40859D5D96 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Holden.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Holden.TXT" Family Group Record ============================================================ Husband: Joseph HOLDEN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: abt 1812 Marion County, South Carolina B: Death: aft 1880 South Carolina E: Burial: SP: Marriage: SS: Father: John HOLDEN (b bet 1780 and 1790) Mother: Alice (b bet 1780 and 1790) ============================================================ Wife: Ethelinda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: abt 1820 South Carolina B: AKA: Efalina E: Death: SP: Burial: ============================================================ Children ============================================================ 1 M James HOLDEN Birth: bet 1843-1848 South Carolina B: Death: E: Burial: SP: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 M Harmon HOLDEN Birth: bet 1845-1850 South Carolina B: Death: E: Chr: SP: AKA: Armon Holden Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 F Emma Debton HOLDEN Birth: bet 1848-1852 South Carolina B: Chr: E: AKA: Emadetta Holden SP: Death: Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 F Joanna Josephine HOLDEN Birth: Jan 1852 Marion County, South Carolina B: Death: E: AKA: Josie Holden SP: Burial: Spouse: Jesse B. PERRITT (m 1875) SS: SUBMITTED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 F Jane HOLDEN Birth: 1858 South Carolina B: Death: E: Burial: SP: Marriage: SS: ============================================================ Prepared 1 May 1999 by: Linda D. Moore 18232 Smoke House Ct. Germantown, Md. 20874 301-540-7756 ============================================================ FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Joseph HOLDEN General(1,2,3): ! The 1830 census shows: John Holden as Head of Family, with: 1 free white male of five and under ten 2 free white males of ten and under fifteen 1 free white male of fifteen and under twenty 1 free white male of forty and under fifty 1 free white female of five and under ten 1 free white female of fifty and under sixty It would appear that Joseph is the 1 free white male of fifteen and under twenty and that James is one of the 2 free white males of ten and under fifteen. By 1840, John appears to be dead since there is no record of him on the 1840 census. In the 1850 census, Joseph is shown as a farmer with $250 in real estate. It shows: Joseph, 36, M, Farmer, $250, Marion, SC; Efalina, 24, F; James, 7, M; Arman, 5, M; Emadetta, 2, F In the 1860 Census, Joseph is shown as a Miller with $300 in real estate and $100 in personal property. The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC WIFE NOTES: Ethelinda General(1,4): ! The 1850 Census shows: Joseph, 36, M, Farmer, $250, Marion, SC; Efalina, 24, F; James, 7, M; Arman, 5, M; Emadetta, 2, F The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC CHILD NOTES: James HOLDEN General(1,4): ! The 1850 Census shows: Joseph, 36, M, Farmer, $250, Marion, SC; Efalina, 24, F; James, 7, M; Arman, 5, M; Emadetta, 2, F The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC CHILD NOTES: Harmon HOLDEN General(4,1): ! The 1850 Census shows: Joseph, 36, M, Farmer, $250, Marion, SC; Efalina, 24, F; James, 7, M; Arman, 5, M; Emadetta, 2, F The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC CHILD NOTES: Emma Debton HOLDEN General(1,4): ! The 1850 Census shows: Joseph, 36, M, Farmer, $250, Marion, SC; Efalina, 24, F; James, 7, M; Arman, 5, M; Emadetta, 2, F The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC CHILD NOTES: Joanna Josephine HOLDEN General(5,6,7,4,8,9,10): ! The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC 1870 Census gives spelling of last name as Parrit. The 1880 census shows: Jessie B., W, M, 56, Farmer, SC; Josie, W, F, 28, SC; Washington, w, M, 22, SC; Fletcher, W, M, 14, SC; Conaby, W, M, 11, SC; Labenon, W, F, 7, SC; Loureta, W, F, 4, SC The 1900 Census, taken in June 1900 shows: Jessie, Head, White, Male, Date of Birth March 1822, Age 78, Married, for 25 years, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Farmer, Can Read, Can Write, Speaks English, owned home, mortgaged, farm, schedule #21; Josie, Wife, White, Female, DOB Jan 1852, Age 48, Married, for 25 years, 5 children, 4 living, POD SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Cannot Read, cannot Write, speaks English; Lubena, Daughter, White, Female, DOB June 1873, Age 26, Single, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Farm Laborer, Can read, Can Write, Speaks English; Laura E., Daughter, White, Female, DOB May 1876, Age 24, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Farm Laborer, Can Read, Can Write, Speaks English; Josephine, Daughter, White, Female, DOB June 1880, Age 19, Single, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Farm Laborer, Can Read, Can Write, Speaks English; Cora, Daughter, White, Female, DOB August 1888, Age 11, Single, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC, Farm Laborer, Not Employed 1 Month, Attended School 1 Month, Can Read, Can Write, Speaks English; Evander Holden, Grandson, White, Male, DOB June 1893, Age 6, Single, POB SC, POB of Father SC, POB of Mother SC CHILD NOTES: Jane HOLDEN General(4): ! The 1860 Census shows: Joseph, 48, M, W, Miller, $300, $100, SC' Ethalinda, 40, F, W, SC; James, 12, M, W, SC; Harmon, 10, M. W, SC; Emma Debton, 8, F, W, SC; Joanna J., 6, F, W, SC; Jane, 2, F, W, SC SOURCES 1. 1850 U.S. Census, Marion Co., SC. 2. 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., SC. Roll. #1223. 3. 1830 U.S. Census, Marion Co., SC. 4. 1860 U.S. Census, Marion Co., SC. 5. Death Certificate. of Cora Perritt, daughter. 6. 1900 U.S. Census, Horry Co., SC. Vol. 30, ED 62, Sh. 2, Line 42. 7. J. Milton McDonald. McDonald's & Perritts of Marion County, SC. 8. 1870 U.S. Census, Marion Co., SC. 9. 1880 U.S. Census, Horry Co., SC. 10. Presented by Miss Bonnie E. Perritt and presented through Chief Red Jacket Chapter. Personal Letters of Genealogical Value Perritt Family Marion County, South Carolina - Clarke County, Mississippi located in Mississippi DAR Miscellaneous (Family) Records, Vol. 1, 1982. MSDAR Mrs. Williams S. Murphy, State Regent; Mrs. C. L. 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I've been comparing the information posted in the land records section at http://www.hchsonline.org with my Delorme South Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer and was wondering how the entries in the plat books were made. For example the entry in book C page 43 has "William B. Graham: 1,000 acres on NW side of Waccamaw R. near Pleasant Meadow Sw., bd. by William Graham, Felix Powell, vacant, Edward Conner, John Patterson and Nicholas Prince." How were "neighbors" listed; clockwise or counter clock wise? When dealing with large tracks of land what would vacant indicate? Using octagon shapes I've plotted out some just as a very rough general reference. Any thoughts? Dow :-) Researching my GRAHAMs of Horry County SC and Wayne County GA

Hey All, Just wanted to tell you I plan to send more "Martin" names from the cemetaries but I haven't had a chance to work on it lately (will try next week). I have been going through some stuff and found a couple of "interesting" things. For all of you looking for your earliest "Martin" anscestor.. I now know that John Martin (in 1790 Prince George's Parish census) had 4 sons under age 16, and 3 or 4 daughters at the time the 1790 census was taken. I know Isaac Martin was a son and Edie (Edith Martin who married David Skipper) was a daughter. I believe there was a John Jr too(I've seen records listing my John as John Sr.)..this leaves 2 sons I don't know about. And, I think Isaac was one of the younger boys. I also looked again at Isaac Martin and Jane McCracken's children...it just looks strange to me that she was still having kids in 1868. I believe the first 5 kids showed up in the 1850 census (but didn't find this family on 1860)..It looks (from their ages..that she took a little break during the Cival War) the next census I saw was 1880. By that time Isaac had died (abt 1871) and she has the 3 younger ones living with her..not only her age bothers me but the other boy's were named from the Bible. I wonder if they were grandchildren. Anyway, just thinking out loud.. Wanda Descendants of Isaac Martin 1 Isaac Martin 1820 - Abt. 1871 .. +Jane McCracken Abt. 1818 - ......... 2 John Martin Abt. 1840 - ......... 2 Nancy Martin Abt. 1842 - ......... 2 Daniel H. Martin 1842 - ............. +Victoria Jordan ......... 2 Jane Martin Abt. 1844 - ......... 2 Elizabeth Martin Abt. 1846 - ......... 2 Charlotte Martin 1849 - ............. +Isaac Jordan ......... 2 James Robert Martin 1853 - 1925 ............. +Eliza Jane Mincey 1857 - 1928 ......... 2 Matthew I. Martin 1856 - 1928 ............. +Mary G. Hyman 1859 - 1911 ......... 2 George W. Martin 1858 - ............. +Margaret Moore ......... 2 Jefferson Davis Martin 1861 - 1921 ............. +Helen Cooper 1865 - 1949 ......... 2 William Bryant Martin 1868 - 1927 ............. +Bailey "Annie" Cooper 1871 - 1950

I am researching the Bufkin family. I know that they were in Horry County in 1800. Some of my Bufkin family names are Josiah, Benjamin, John, and Frances. I would appreciate any help. Sandy Metz

I recently acquired some information regarding my 2nd Great-Grandfather, David W. HERRING, and his participation in the 26 SC Infantry. According to the abstract, he was captured at Farmville, Va. on April 6, 1865 and was released at Newport News, Va. on June 15, 1865 after signing Oath of Allegiance. Does anyone know of any battle at Farmville, or prison persons may have been placed in, and is there a copy that can be obtained of this Oath of Allegiance that persons had to sign? Thanks, A. Brock KG4AGD http://www2.cybercities.com/g/genealogy/ A Few of the Surnames I'm Researching: BROCK, HUCKS, MCCORMICK, STALVEY, HERRING, RHEM, ISLER, BEASLEY, BARBOUR, MANNING, RAYNOR, WOODALL. Key Individuals I am wanting more information on: Joseph BROCK, died in Jones Co., NC 1803 John Isler BROCK, died in Craven Co., NC 1832 Curtis BROCK, son of John Isler BROCK David W. HERRING, in Horry Co., SC in 1860

Martin's I found in Cemetaries posted at Horry Site. MARTIN Mollie L. Cedar Creek(or Stroud)Cemetery Jan. 24 1936 April 2 1944 MARTIN Albert T. Cedar Creek(or Stroud)Cemetery Oct. 2 1905 Aug. 8 1981 MARTIN Thurman Cedar Creek(or Stroud)Cemetery Dec. 29 1937 June 16 1938 MARTIN Furman H. D.D. Th.D. Cedar Grove Cemetery L.L.D. For 53 years a pastor & evangelist of the Missionary Baptist Church in NC VA & SC trustee of Furman University] 7 Aug 1860 - 9 Feb 1936 Hendrick Theodocia E. MARTIN Cedar Grove Cemetery [w/o W. J. Hendrick] 15 Jun 1859 - 25 Dec 1899 MARTIN Lula R. Rogers Cedar Grove Cemetery [w/o Rev. W. D. MARTIN] 6 Apr 1827 - 24 Jun 1904 MARTIN W. D. (Rev.) Cedar Grove Cemetery 27 Aug 1818 - 20 Feb 1885 MARTIN William D. Cedar Grove Cemetery Jul 1857 - 6 Jan 1929 MARTIN Edgar Leon Centenary United Methodist [PVT US Marine Corps Res WWII] 28 May 1912 - 26 Sep1969 MARTIN Pearly L. Centenary United Methodist 8 Mar 1915 - 28 Oct 1979 MARTIN _____ Centenary United Methodist [inf. s/o Pearly and Zeddie MARTIN] 13 Dec 1961 MARTIN Ernest BETHEA Centenary United Methodist 1936 - 1991 (FD) MARTIN John M. Centenary United Methodist 8 Mar 1885 - 28 Aug 1943 MARTIN Retha M. Centenary United Methodist [w/o John M. MARTIN] 24 Nov 1897 - 16 Sep 1991 MARTIN Zeddie C. Centenary United Methodist [w/o Pearly L. MARTIN?] 13 Aug 1915 - 1992 (FD) MARTIN Ask Creekside aka Oak Grove Cemetery 12 May 1835 - 22 Jan 1899 MARTIN Elizabeth A. Creekside aka Oak Grove Cemetery 25 Mar 1836 - 4 Jun 1906 Quattlebaum Sue MARTIN Lakeside Cemetery 1885-1966 (Daughter of James Norman & Laura Martin) MARTIN Joseph McClellan Lakeside Cemetery 1888-1961 MARTIN Ollie Lakeside Cemetery 1889-1927 (Wife of C. H. MARTIN) MARTIN Mary 0. Lakeside Cemetery 1880-1939 MARTIN Kathleen Elliott Lakeside Cemetery 1885-1961 (Wife of Joseph McClennan MARTIN) MARTIN George H. Lakeside Cemetery 1894-1943 MARTIN ___ Mount Herman Baptist 12/24/1908 (inf. s/o I. Mc.& L. E. MARTIN) Johnson Fannie MARTIN Mount Herman Baptist 11/30/1889--2/27/1960 (w/o Henry M. Johnson Brown Mary MARTIN Mount Herman Baptist 5/29/1891--11/11/1944 Brown Flossie MARTIN Mount Herman Baptist 4/1/1909--10/21/1984 (w/o Ithel Brown) MARTIN Isaac Mc. Mount Herman Baptist 7/4/1869--1/27/1912 MARTIN Inez L. Lundy Mount Herman Baptist 2/13/1917 MARTIN Lollie E. Moore Mount Herman Baptist 10/4/1870--5/3/1946 (w/o Isaac Mc MARTIN) MARTIN Clarkie V. Mount Herman Baptist 5/15/1905--4/24/1950 (w/o S. W. MARTIN) MARTIN Clarence C. Mount Herman Baptist 10/12/1919-10/22/1996 MARTIN Samuel Walter Mount Herman Baptist 5/2/1900--6/17/1945 MARTIN Freddie Sandy Plain United Methodist (son of J. H. & E. V. MARTIN)b. 6 Nov 1916 d. 10 Nov 19l6 MARTIN Louisa L. Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 11 Jan 1841d. 1 Mar 1895 MARTIN Martie Sandy Plain United Methodist (Son of Joel Mack MARTIN) b. 23 Nov 1911 d. 18 May 1912 MARTIN Frazier Venoy Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 11 Apr 1922d. 27 Feb 1950 (Married Elneida Jane GASGUE 2 Dec 1945) MARTIN J. M. Sandy Plain United Methodist (Son of H. D. & Lizzie MARTIN) b. 23 Sept 1923 d. 10 Apr 1927 MARTIN John T. Sandy Plain United Methodist Son of J. H. & E. V. MARTIN) b. 23 Oct 1917 d. 17 Apr 1929 MARTIN Harvey D. Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 25 Nov 1900 MARTIN Lara Jane Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 21 Apr 1866d. 28 May 1949 MARTIN John H. Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 20 May 1893 d. 23 June 1971 MARTIN Viola W. Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 19 July 1892 MARTIN Grover C. Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 23 Nov 1914 d. 4 Dec 1943 MARTIN Infant Sandy Plain United Methodist son of J. H. & E. V. MARTIN b. 15 Dee 1930 d. 17 Dec 1930 MARTIN Joel Mc. Sandy Plain United Methodist (Son of L. J. MARTIN) b. 30 Jan 1887 d. 13 Oct 1918 MARTIN Lizzie Dix Sandy Plain United Methodist b. 15 May 1904 d. 7 May 1965 MARTIN Leon Sandy Plain United Methodist (Son of H. L. & M. E. MARTIN)b. 4 July 1948 d. 5 July 1948 MARTIN Baby Patrick R. Sandy Plain United Methodist 12 Mar 1972 MARTIN Nellie L. Waccamaw Presbyterian [d/o Sol & Alice Mew MARTIN] 9 Nov 1918-23 Nov 1918 MARTIN Frances Adeline Waccamaw Presbyterian 1882-28 Oct 1947 MARTIN Solomon H. Waccamaw Presbyterian [Pvt US Army WWI] 9 May 1894-16 May 1978 MARTIN Alice Mew Waccamaw Presbyterian [w/o of Solomon H. MARTIN] 14 Apr 1901-5 Sep 1986 MARTIN Beatrice SKIPPER Waccamaw Presbyterian [w/o George Henry MARTIN?]16Feb1895-29 Mar 1982 MARTIN Molsie M. [Lula] Waccamaw Presbyterian [w/o Henry Buck MARTIN] 29 Apr 1858-9 Jul 1937 MARTIN Olivia Maude Waccamaw Presbyterian 21 Dec 1896-1 Oct 1924 MARTIN Mellie Frances Waccamaw Presbyterian [d/o Sol & Alice MARTIN] 10 Feb 1925-19 Jan 1926 MARTIN George Henry Waccamaw Presbyterian 1 Mar 1886-25 Feb 1962

Hey all, I just want to warn all of you of a scam. You may recieve an email from someone you don't know advertising something you don't want. It may have an email for you to respond to "it says" to get off thier mailing list. Or it may say something like: To immediately be removed from future mailings please call "a phone number is here" (This is a remove line only!) Do not respond to these ads at all. This is their way of finding out the email address they have (from who knows where) is still valid. it will not take you off their mailing list and will just lead to more junk mail. Wanda Martin listowner for Schorry-l@rootsweb.com

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. John Locke (1632-1704)

Okay I got the first message from the White mailing list, someone sent it in and I thought all you good people would enjoy reading it, so here is another reply, to straighten out the truth. PB -----Original Message----- From: Ann White <anbanana@jps.net> To: WHITE-L@rootsweb.com <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 4:00 PM Subject: [WHITE-L] Re: Life in the 1500's >These are funny but wildly untrue. A lot of folklore sayings did come the 16c. >and maybe these did come from a later century. I happen to be an Elizabethan >reenactor and our has done extensive research. I hope you don't mind me picking >this apart. This is partly from a draft to another list I'm on which was >similar. The part about Shakespear and Hathaway wasn't on it so let me just say >that people generally got married at the same age we do now. The exception was >royals and nobles who were betrothed sometimes as early as birth to show the >intention of forming an alliance. > >Actually I find the truth to be more amazing than fiction. Look at the >circumstances under which QE1 found herself on the throne (only don't go to the >new "ELIZABETH" to look. Savagely inaccurate that movie was). Odds were >against it. > >> >> > > Life in the 1500's: >> >> > > >> >> > > Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath >> in May >> >> > > and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were >> starting to >> >> > > smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the b.o. >> >> > > >> >> > > Baths equalled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house >> had the >> >> > > privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, >> then the >> >> > > women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the >> water >> >> > > was so dirty you could actually loose someone in it. Hence the >> saying, >> >> > > "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water". >> > >Quaint story but inaccurate. The analogy means don't discard the good with the >bad. It was considered unhealthy to bathe frequently. That was a French >thing. QE1 took a bath about once a month. Your first bath was on your birth >day. Your second was on your wedding day. Your third would be after you died. >Other than that, total immersion in water was rare. Although hands and face >were washed regularly. People would go to a barber to have nits combed out. >Fabrics were heavily scented. Pomanders were carried. On their wedding day >brides would carry a traditional garland of Rosemary and Roses. They wore make >up too. Lots of it poisonous. > >You know "Ring around the Rosies"? It's a song about the Plague. The first >line refers to the sores on the body: A bright red sore with a ring around it. >Kinda like huge Ringworm marks. >Pockets full of Posies: Why, to mask the smell of one's rotting flesh, of >course. >Ashes, ashes, we all fall down: They believed if you got the ashes of burnt >plague victims on you, you would get the plague as well. > >> >> >> > > Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood >> underneath. >> >> > > It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets... >> dogs, cats >> >> > > and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs lived in the roof. When it >> rained >> >> > > it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off >> the >> >> > > roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs," > >Dogs wouldn't have been able to get on the roof. They would've immediately fell >off due to the pitch of the roof (which was constructed with sticks, not >straw). They probably would've slept in the house in a bed on winter nights for >warmth. Hence the phrase "Three dog night" to inticate cold. Cats were for >catching mice, they weren't pets. They would've been in the barn. > >> >> > > >> >> > > There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This >> posed a >> >> > > real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could >> really mess >> >> > > up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big >> posts and >> >> > > hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem. Hence those >> beautiful >> >> > > big 4 poster beds with canopies. > >If a family was so poor as to have a house with a thatched roof this bed would >not have existed for them. The family bed was probably built into a corner of >the house, it may have had a straw mattress or have been only a rough mat with a >sheet and coverlets of dagswain or hop-harlot. BTW, there was no such thing as >privacy. Even the Queen had her Ladies sleep with her in the same room. > >> >> > > The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, >> hence >> >> > > the saying "dirt poor". The wealthy had slate floors which would get >> >> > > slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor >> to help >> >> > > keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more >> thresh until >> >> > > when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A >> piece of >> >> > > wood was placed at the entry way, hence a "thresh hold". > >Part of this could be right. They did have dirt floors. Nearly everyone put >rushes on the floor. Even in the palace. And changed them regularly. Carpets >existed but were mostly to cover tables and cupboards. > >> >> > > They cooked in the kithen in a big kettle that always hung over the >> fire. >> >> > > Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly >> ate >> >> > > vegetables and didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for >> dinner >> >> > > leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start >> over the >> >> > > next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there >> for a >> >> > > month. Hence the rhyme: peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas >> porridge >> >> > > in the pot nine days old." > >I don't know about the rhyme but I think the reference is wrong. I can't >remember. True the peasants didn't get much meat but they also didn't eat >mostly vegies. It was mostly black bread and cheese and eggs. Leeks, parsnips, >cabbage, beans, parsley and yes, peas. Salt was only for the nobles, except for >Michaelmas and Christmas when they would let their servants partake of it. >Nobility mostly ate meat. Vegies were called Herbs and were considered the fare >of only the very poorest. It's enough to make your arteries harden just >thinking about it. Almost everyone was malnourished and had vitamin C >deficiency. > >> >> > > >> >> > > Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when >> that >> >> > > happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and >> hang it >> >> > > to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really >> bring >> >> > > home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and >> would >> >> > > all sit around and "chew the fat." > >This is true although I wouldn't call it a sign of wealth so much as a sign that >the Lord had truly blessed them with plentiful times. People weren't so >ambitious as they are now. If you were born a peasant it was God's will and >that was fine. What you hoped for was a good harvest. > >> >> > > Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid >> content >> >> > > caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most >> often >> >> > > with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes... for 400 years. >> >> > > >> >> > > Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers - a piece of >> wood >> >> > > with the middle scooped out like a bowl. > >Wow! I haven't heard about the lead. I knew that they considered tomatoes to >be poisonous but I believe they were rethinking it toward the end of the 16c. >After all, all those foreigners were eating them and not dying. > >> Trencher were never >> washed and a >> >> > > lot of times worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy >> trenchers, they >> >> > > would get "trench mouth. > >> >> > > Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom > >> of the >> >> > > loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the >> "upper >> >> > > crust". > >The wealthier you were the whiter your bread was. Usually there was a community >oven where you could bake your bread. In cities you could buy bread. When >bread was baked for the Queen they scraped off the burnt pieces and some lucky >bugger would get to sell these scraps. > >> >> > > Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would >> sometimes >> >> > > knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road >> would >> >> > > take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out >> on the >> >> > > kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around >> and eat >> >> > > and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of >> holding >> >> > > a "wake". >> >> > > >> >> > > England is old and small and they started running out of places to >> bury >> >> > > people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take their bones to >> a house >> >> > > and re-use the grave. In reopening these coffins, one out of 25 >> coffins were >> >> > > found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had >> been >> >> > > burying people alive. So they thought >> >> > > they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin >> and up >> >> > > through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit >> out in the >> >> > > graveyard all night to listen for the bell. Hence on the "graveyard >> shift" >> >> > > they would know that someone was "saved by the bell" or he was a >> "dead >> >> > > ringer". > >All of the above about death and burials is untrue for the 16c. If you really >want to know about this century from people who have done the research check out > >http://ren.dm.net/ and look in the Compendium of Common Knowledge or for >Shakespeare http://www.folger.edu/ > >I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble. I just wanted to set the record >straight. > >Ann White > >> >> > > > >==== WHITE Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >..........................WHITE MAILING LIST........................... >A GOOD PRACTICE IN MESSAGING IS TO LIMIT 'PER LINE' CHARACTERS TO 65-75 >MANY OLDER SYSTEMS USE SMALLER SCREENS AND CLIP LONGER LINES EVERY TIME >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > >

I don't know who wrote this but it's pretty neat! Princess Life in the 1500's----- > > Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. She married at the >age of 26. This is really unusual for the time. Most people married >young, like at the age of 11 or 12. Life was not as romantic as we may >picture it. Here are some examples: > > Anne Hathaway's home was a 3 bedroom house with a small parlor, which >was seldom used (only for company), kitchen, and no bathroom. > > Mother and Father shared a bedroom. Anne had a queen sized bed, but >did not sleep alone. She also had 2 other sisters and they shared the bed > also with 6 servant girls. (this is before she married) They didn't >sleep like we do lengthwise but all laid on the bed crosswise. > > At least they had a bed. The other bedroom was shared by her 6 >brothers and 30 field workers. They didn't have a bed. Everyone just wrapped >up >in their blanket and slept on the floor. They had no indoor heating so >all the extra bodies kept them warm. > >They were also small people, the men only grew to be about 5'6" and >the women were 4'8". SO in their house they had 27 people living. > > Most people got married in June. Why? They took their yearly bath in > May, so they were till smelling pretty good by June, although they were >starting to smell, so the brides would carry a bouquet of flowers to >hide their b.o. > > Like I said, they took their yearly bath in May, but it was just a big > tub that they would fill with hot water. The man of the house would get >the privilege of the nice clean water. Then all the other sons and men, >then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then >the water was pretty thick. Thus, the saying, "don't throw the baby out >with the bath water," it was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. > > I'll describe their houses a little. You've heard of thatch roofs, >well that's all they were. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood >underneath. They were the only place for the little animals to get warm. So >all the > pets; dogs, cats and other small animals, mice, rats, bugs, all lived >in the roof. When it rained it became slippery so sometimes the animals >would slip and fall off the roof. Thus the saying, "it's raining cats >and dogs." Since there was nothing to stop things from falling into the >house they would just try to clean up a lot. But this posed a real problem >in the >bedroom where bugs and other droppings from animals could really mess >up your nice clean bed, so they found if they would make beds with big >posts and hang a sheet over the top it would prevent that problem. That's >where those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies came from. > >When you came into the house you would notice most times that the floor >was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, that's where >the saying "dirt poor" came from. The wealthy would have slate >floors. That was fine but in the winter they would get slippery when they >got wet. >So they started to spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. >As the winter wore on they would just keep adding it and adding it >until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. SO they >put a piece of wood at the entry way, a "thresh hold". > > In the kitchen they would cook over the fire, they had a fireplace in >the kitchen/parlor, that was seldom used and sometimes in the master >bedroom. > > They had a big kettle that always hung over the fire and every day they > would light the fire and start adding things to the pot. Mostly they >ate vegetables, they didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for >dinner then leave the leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and >then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew would have food in it >that had been in there for a month! Thus the rhyme: peas porridge hot, peas >porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." > > Sometimes they could get a hold of some pork. They really felt special >when that happened and when company came over they even had a rack in >the parlor where they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. > That was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the > bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and they >would all sit around and "chew the fat." > > If you had money your plates were made out of pewter. Sometimes some of > their food had a high acid content and some of the lead would leach out >into the food. They really noticed it happened with tomatoes. So they > stopped eating tomatoes, for 400 years. > > Most people didn't have pewter plates though, they all had trenchers, > that was a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. They >never washed their boards and a lot of times worms would get into the wood. > After eating off the trencher with worms they would get "trench mouth." > > If you were going traveling and wanted to stay at an Inn they usually > provided the bed but not the board. > >The bread was divided according to status. The workers would get the >burnt bottom of the loaf, the family would get the middle and guests >would get the top, or the "upper crust". > >They also had lead cups and when they would drink their ale or whiskey. >The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. > >They would be walking along the road and here would be someone knocked >out and they thought they were dead. So they would pick them up and take them >home and get them ready to bury. They realized if they were too slow >about it, the person would wake up. Also, maybe not all of the people >they were burying were dead. So they would lay them out on the kitchen table >for >a couple of days, the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait >and >see if they would wake up. That's where the custom of holding a "wake" >came from. > > Since England is so old and small they started running out of places to >bury people. So they started digging up some coffins and would take >their bones to a house and re-use the grave. They started opening >these coffins and found some had scratch marks on the inside. > > One out of 25 coffins were that way and they realized they had still >been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their >wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie >it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night to >listen for the bell. That is how the saying "graveyard shift" was >made. > > If the bell would ring they would know that someone was "saved by the > bell" or he was a "dead ringer".

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Dear Folks, In the following..it says that James Lambert bought 530 acres of land from the heirs of Henry Avant. But does this imply John Elvis and Richard Gallavant were heirs? 313(K184) James Lambert, blacksmith to Cader Hughes. $1000. 200 acres known as Gallavants Ferry (gr. to John Elvis) and 330 acres (gr. to Richard Gallavant 6 Jan 1817) purchased by Lambert from heirs of Henry Avant, decd. 8 Nov 1838. 7 Oct 1840. S/James Lambert. W/Ed. B. Wheeler, Thomas Sessions. Dower: Zilpha Lambert 8 Oct 1840. Aff. Thomas Sessions. 31 Oct 1840. Recd. 30 Nov 1840.

Need information on the Branton family from Conway and Gallivants Ferry, Horry Co. This branch left Horry Co. about 1915. They moved by railroad car to McColl, Marlboro Co. SC. Names of - James Monroe Branton and wife Eliza Caden Cannon are of particular interest, they are GRANDPARENTS, Eliza died of the Influenza outbreak in 1918. Her parents were George and Elizabeth Cannon. Any help would be greatly apprieciated.. E-Mail Jelibne2@aol.com Thank You

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2E5DAF734D5813A0719D59A5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wanda, I thought I'd send you what I have anyway...just in case you might be interested. This is what I had on the Josiah Lewis I wrote about before. Please let me know if and when you find out for sure what his wife Hill's first name was. I would love to put it in my database too. Dianne --------------2E5DAF734D5813A0719D59A5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Josiah.TXT" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Josiah.TXT" Family Group Record ============================================================ Husband: Josiah LEWIS, JR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: B: Chr: E: Will (proved): 12 Nov 1832 Horry District, South Carolina SP: Death: abt 12 Nov 1832Horry County, South Carolina Military: Revolutionary Occupation: Deputy Surveyor Burial: Marriage: SS: Father: Josiah LEWIS (b 17 Feb 1728) Mother: Ann MULLINGTON (b 5 Apr 1734) Other spouse: HILL SS: Other spouse: Mary NORTON SS: ============================================================ Wife: Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: ============================================================ Children ============================================================ 1 F Susannah LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 F Sarah LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Spouse: William SPEARS SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 F Eleanor LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Spouse: Israel ROBERTS SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 M Samuel LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 F Martha LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 F Ruth LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Marriage: SS: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 F Elizabeth LEWIS Birth: B: Chr: E: Death: SP: Burial: Spouse: Daniel MCQUEEN, JR. SS: ============================================================ Prepared 26 Apr 1999 by: Linda D. Moore 18232 Smoke House Ct. Germantown, Md. 20874 301-540-7756 ============================================================ FAMILY NOTES HUSBAND NOTES: Josiah LEWIS, JR. General(1,2,3,4,5,6): ! In the SC Archive files, it states "Josiah Lewis....33 days Militia duty as Sergeant in Genl. Marion's Brigade...Commended 20th Sept. 1782 under Lt. Valantine Rowel of Col. John Baxter's Reg't." Josiah, Sr., had grant of 1000 acres on the District (?) side of Little Peedee in Gunters Islands, bounded by William Hengway & Mark Reynolds, John Richards, sd. River onJanuary 5, 1803. Josiah granted 58 acres between North and South prong of Chinners Swamp, bordered by Samuel Lewis, Moses Floyd, granted to Abraham Skipper. Note: Sent by W. Hem. on September 24, 1811. He gave land to Thomas Akin Beaty, 11 years old, as shown in the deed book which states "[dated] 23 Oct 1809..Josiah Lewis of Horry District, Deputy Surveyor...$1.00 by John Beaty release unto Thomas Akin Beaty son of said John Beaty..145 acres part of tract of 1958 acres granted to David Causey 6 May 1793...sold to Josiah Lewis...deed dated 19 Feb 1805...[signed] Josiah Lewis." Will of Josiah Lewis: "This twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Proved the last Will & Testament of Josiah Lewis, late of Horry District dec'd by the Oath of George Elvis one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same: In the Name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Lewis, of Horry District in the State of South Carolina, calling to mind the mortallity of my body & Being Sensible I have to die do make ordain constitute & appoint This my Last Will & Testament. (viz) Item first -- I give my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors. Item 2nd -- I give my Soul in the hands of God, expecting at the general resurrection to receive the same again and (illegible) the things that God has been pleased to bless me with of the blessings of this world, I do dispose of in the following manner (viz). Item 3rd -- I give and bequeath unto Martha Lewis who has been my Beloved wife the cattle she owned before I married her & by her ungreatfull treatment toward me in making her elopement from my Bed & Board and not to be my wife any more it not my wish she should have any more of my estate. Item 4 -- I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susanah Lewis all the land upon which my buildings are lying between the turn of each prong of Chinners(?) Swamp my hand mill with one half the kitchen furniture & one ox one plow two hoes and one large chest. Item 5 -- I give & bequeath unto the isue of the body of my Elinor Roberts all my land on the north side of the turn of the north prong of Fhintr(illegible) Swamp from the mouth of the blue water branch upward. Item 6. I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Matildean Lewis one bed & furniture. All the rest of my estate it is my wish should after my just debts is paid should be equally divided between my three daughters Elinor Roberts, Susanah Lewis, & Sarah Spears and my executors authorized to convey my full estate. Item 7 I nominate and appoint Isaac Roberts, William Spears & George Elvis my executors and Susanah Lewis Extrix to this my last will & testament. Witness my hand & seal the 27th March one thousand eight-hundred and thirty and 54(?)th of the Independence of the United States of America. Sealed Signed Acknowledged signed Jo. Lewis (seal) to be the last will & testament In the presents of us -- George Elvis Ordinary's Office Recorded Wm. Spears Oct. 18th 1833 and (illegible) his Jeremiah X James John Durant mark" WIFE NOTES: Martha General(1,7,3): ! According to Josiah's will, Martha was left only the cattle with which she came into the marriage since she was "by her ungreatful treatment toward me in her elopement from my bed and board and not to be my wife any more, it is not my wish she should have any more of my estate." ! Will of Josiah Lewis: "This twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Proved the last Will & Testament of Josiah Lewis, late of Horry District dec'd by the Oath of George Elvis one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same: In the Name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Lewis, of Horry District in the State of South Carolina, calling to mind the mortallity of my body & Being Sensible I have to die do make ordain constitute & appoint This my Last Will & Testament. (viz) Item first -- I give my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors. Item 2nd -- I give my Soul in the hands of God, expecting at the general resurrection to receive the same again and (illegible) the things that God has been pleased to bless me with of the blessings of this world, I do dispose of in the following manner (viz). Item 3rd -- I give and bequeath unto Martha Lewis who has been my Beloved wife the cattle she owned before I married her & by her ungreatfull treatment toward me in making her elopement from my Bed & Board and not to be my wife any more it not my wish she should have any more of my estate. Item 4 -- I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susanah Lewis all the land upon which my buildings are lying between the turn of each prong of Chinners(?) Swamp my hand mill with one half the kitchen furniture & one ox one plow two hoes and one large chest. Item 5 -- I give & bequeath unto the isue of the body of my Elinor Roberts all my land on the north side of the turn of the north prong of Fhintr(illegible) Swamp from the mouth of the blue water branch upward. Item 6. I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Matildean Lewis one bed & furniture. All the rest of my estate it is my wish should after my just debts is paid should be equally divided between my three daughters Elinor Roberts, Susanah Lewis, & Sarah Spears and my executors authorized to convey my full estate. Item 7 I nominate and appoint Isaac Roberts, William Spears & George Elvis my executors and Susanah Lewis Extrix to this my last will & testament. Witness my hand & seal the 27th March one thousand eight-hundred and thirty and 54(?)th of the Independence of the United States of America. Sealed Signed Acknowledged signed Jo. Lewis (seal) to be the last will & testament In the presents of us -- George Elvis Ordinary's Office Recorded Wm. Spears Oct. 18th 1833 and (illegible) his Jeremiah X James John Durant mark" CHILD NOTES: Susannah LEWIS General(1,8,3): ! ! Will of Josiah Lewis: "This twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Proved the last Will & Testament of Josiah Lewis, late of Horry District dec'd by the Oath of George Elvis one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same: In the Name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Lewis, of Horry District in the State of South Carolina, calling to mind the mortallity of my body & Being Sensible I have to die do make ordain constitute & appoint This my Last Will & Testament. (viz) Item first -- I give my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors. Item 2nd -- I give my Soul in the hands of God, expecting at the general resurrection to receive the same again and (illegible) the things that God has been pleased to bless me with of the blessings of this world, I do dispose of in the following manner (viz). Item 3rd -- I give and bequeath unto Martha Lewis who has been my Beloved wife the cattle she owned before I married her & by her ungreatfull treatment toward me in making her elopement from my Bed & Board and not to be my wife any more it not my wish she should have any more of my estate. Item 4 -- I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susanah Lewis all the land upon which my buildings are lying between the turn of each prong of Chinners(?) Swamp my hand mill with one half the kitchen furniture & one ox one plow two hoes and one large chest. Item 5 -- I give & bequeath unto the isue of the body of my Elinor Roberts all my land on the north side of the turn of the north prong of Fhintr(illegible) Swamp from the mouth of the blue water branch upward. Item 6. I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Matildean Lewis one bed & furniture. All the rest of my estate it is my wish should after my just debts is paid should be equally divided between my three daughters Elinor Roberts, Susanah Lewis, & Sarah Spears and my executors authorized to convey my full estate. Item 7 I nominate and appoint Isaac Roberts, William Spears & George Elvis my executors and Susanah Lewis Extrix to this my last will & testament. Witness my hand & seal the 27th March one thousand eight-hundred and thirty and 54(?)th of the Independence of the United States of America. Sealed Signed Acknowledged signed Jo. Lewis (seal) to be the last will & testament In the presents of us -- George Elvis Ordinary's Office Recorded Wm. Spears Oct. 18th 1833 and (illegible) his Jeremiah X James John Durant mark" CHILD NOTES: Sarah LEWIS General(1,9,3): ! Will of Josiah Lewis: "This twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Proved the last Will & Testament of Josiah Lewis, late of Horry District dec'd by the Oath of George Elvis one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same: In the Name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Lewis, of Horry District in the State of South Carolina, calling to mind the mortallity of my body & Being Sensible I have to die do make ordain constitute & appoint This my Last Will & Testament. (viz) Item first -- I give my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors. Item 2nd -- I give my Soul in the hands of God, expecting at the general resurrection to receive the same again and (illegible) the things that God has been pleased to bless me with of the blessings of this world, I do dispose of in the following manner (viz). Item 3rd -- I give and bequeath unto Martha Lewis who has been my Beloved wife the cattle she owned before I married her & by her ungreatfull treatment toward me in making her elopement from my Bed & Board and not to be my wife any more it not my wish she should have any more of my estate. Item 4 -- I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susanah Lewis all the land upon which my buildings are lying between the turn of each prong of Chinners(?) Swamp my hand mill with one half the kitchen furniture & one ox one plow two hoes and one large chest. Item 5 -- I give & bequeath unto the isue of the body of my Elinor Roberts all my land on the north side of the turn of the north prong of Fhintr(illegible) Swamp from the mouth of the blue water branch upward. Item 6. I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Matildean Lewis one bed & furniture. All the rest of my estate it is my wish should after my just debts is paid should be equally divided between my three daughters Elinor Roberts, Susanah Lewis, & Sarah Spears and my executors authorized to convey my full estate. Item 7 I nominate and appoint Isaac Roberts, William Spears & George Elvis my executors and Susanah Lewis Extrix to this my last will & testament. Witness my hand & seal the 27th March one thousand eight-hundred and thirty and 54(?)th of the Independence of the United States of America. Sealed Signed Acknowledged signed Jo. Lewis (seal) to be the last will & testament In the presents of us -- George Elvis Ordinary's Office Recorded Wm. Spears Oct. 18th 1833 and (illegible) his Jeremiah X James John Durant mark" CHILD NOTES: Eleanor LEWIS General(1,10,3): ! Will of Josiah Lewis: "This twelfth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Proved the last Will & Testament of Josiah Lewis, late of Horry District dec'd by the Oath of George Elvis one of the Subscribing witnesses to the same: In the Name of God, Amen. I, Josiah Lewis, of Horry District in the State of South Carolina, calling to mind the mortallity of my body & Being Sensible I have to die do make ordain constitute & appoint This my Last Will & Testament. (viz) Item first -- I give my body to the ground to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my executors. Item 2nd -- I give my Soul in the hands of God, expecting at the general resurrection to receive the same again and (illegible) the things that God has been pleased to bless me with of the blessings of this world, I do dispose of in the following manner (viz). Item 3rd -- I give and bequeath unto Martha Lewis who has been my Beloved wife the cattle she owned before I married her & by her ungreatfull treatment toward me in making her elopement from my Bed & Board and not to be my wife any more it not my wish she should have any more of my estate. Item 4 -- I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susanah Lewis all the land upon which my buildings are lying between the turn of each prong of Chinners(?) Swamp my hand mill with one half the kitchen furniture & one ox one plow two hoes and one large chest. Item 5 -- I give & bequeath unto the isue of the body of my Elinor Roberts all my land on the north side of the turn of the north prong of Fhintr(illegible) Swamp from the mouth of the blue water branch upward. Item 6. I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter Matildean Lewis one bed & furniture. All the rest of my estate it is my wish should after my just debts is paid should be equally divided between my three daughters Elinor Roberts, Susanah Lewis, & Sarah Spears and my executors authorized to convey my full estate. Item 7 I nominate and appoint Isaac Roberts, William Spears & George Elvis my executors and Susanah Lewis Extrix to this my last will & testament. Witness my hand & seal the 27th March one thousand eight-hundred and thirty and 54(?)th of the Independence of the United States of America. Sealed Signed Acknowledged signed Jo. Lewis (seal) to be the last will & testament In the presents of us -- George Elvis Ordinary's Office Recorded Wm. Spears Oct. 18th 1833 and (illegible) his Jeremiah X James John Durant mark" CHILD NOTES: Samuel LEWIS General(1,3): CHILD NOTES: Martha LEWIS General(1,3): CHILD NOTES: Ruth LEWIS General(1,3): CHILD NOTES: Elizabeth LEWIS General(1,3): SOURCES 1. D. F. Inman. Inman Genealogy. 2. Will. of Josiah Lewis Proved November 12, 1832 and recorded 1833 in Horry District, SC. 3. Edward Stanley Barnhill. The Beatys of Kingston. 4. Revolutionary Files, SC State Archives. No. 4550. 5. Horry Co., SC, Deed Book B. pg. 221. 6. Abstracted by Catherine Heniford Lewis. Horry District Commissioner of Location Plat Book A, B, C, 1802-1831. (Horry County Memorial Library microfilm reel AV12920. The lead in on the file indicated that the spine of the original was marked "Plat Book A & B, 1802-1827, Horry County, SC." It was microfilmed in 1976. Publication No. 3. Waccamaw Records, 5010 Idlewood Drive, Macon, GA 31210-2936 and 1409 8th Avenue, Conway, SC 29526. 1988. 7. Will. of Josiah Lewis proved November 12, 1832 and recorded 1833 in Horry District, SC. 8. Ibid. of Josiah Lewis proved November 12, 1832 and recorded 1833 in Horry District, SC. 9. Ibid. of Josiah Lewis proved November 12, 1832 and recorded 1833 in Horry District, SC. 10. Ibid. of Josiah Lewis proved November 12, 1832 and recorded 1833 in Horry District, SC. --------------2E5DAF734D5813A0719D59A5--

I thought some of you would be interested in this info! Colony of South Carolina Records of 1716 to1783 JORDAN , Adam 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT JORDAN , James 1716 Colony, SC Petitioner Willtown JORDAN , Thomas 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT LOVE , Matthew 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT LARIMER , David 1783 Colony, SC Loyalists No Twp Listed LARIMOR , Edward 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , Amos 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , Amos 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , Daniel 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , John 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , Peter 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT RICHARDSON , William 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT SINGLETON , Colonel 1772 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , John 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , John 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , Joseph 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , Matthew 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , Matthew 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , Richard 1716 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp. Listed SINGLETON , Richard 1717 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp Listed SINGLETON , Robert 1775 Colony, SC Resident No Twp Listed SINGLETON , William 1716 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp. Listed SINGLETON , William 1717 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp Listed

Hey Folks, Here's the answer from the archives on Gallivant's Ferry but I'm still confused. Wanda ************ To: wanda@thuntek.net Subject: Gallivant's Ferry Rights to operate a ferry on Little Pee Dee River at what was known as Elirsee's Landing were first granted to Richard Gallevan in 1792. His ferry rights were re-charted in 1795 and 1808. In the 1795 statute giving him ferry rights his name is given as Richard Gullivan, and in 1808 it is given as Richard Gallivant. Paul R. Begley Archivist SC Dept. of Archives and History 8301 Parklane Road Columbia, SC 29223 (803) 896-6205 Begley@scdah.state.sc.us

Looking for information on Randal Foley, b. Est. bet. 1840-1850--lived in Horry County, SC (don't know place of birth). I know that he had at least one brother, but don't know the name. Would like to know if there were other siblings, other children, his parents, and information on his wife Sally Edwards who was probably born about the same time. Descendants of Randal Foley 1 Randal Foley .. +Sally Edwards ......... 2 Florence Melody Foley 1869 - 1945 ............. +Benjamin Franklin Cox 1877 - 1967 .................... 3 Attie Arjane Cox 1898 - 1980 ........................ +William Mayo Hardee 1896 - 1985 .................... 3 Dewey Belton Cox 1899 - 1975 ........................ +Luttie Adel Small 1905 - 1982 .................... 3 Randall Hyman Cox 1901 - 1952 .................... 3 Hattie Mae Cox 1903 - 1990 ........................ +Davis Albro Stevens 1902 - 1980 .................... 3 Addie Leah Cox 1906 - 1993 ........................ +Samuel Goram Hardee 1908 - 1973 .................... 3 Kirby V. Cox 1910 - 1955 ........................ +Elea Faircloth 1915 - Marion Banks McGee BANKS, BARNHILL, COX, HARDEE, JARRELL, NORRIS, SOLES. WARD. WEST <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/~marionbmc/">http://www.geocities.com/~marionbm c/ </A> <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/g/Marion-B-Mcgee/index.html">ht tp://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/g/Marion-B-Mcgee/index.html </A>

The following is all I found at the Horry Site last week that showed Gallivant as a "surname". I'm not sure how one reads these things but from the second one listed below we see that Richard's father was "James". It also discusses land that has been in there family 26 years. As it was dated 1798..I guess this tells this family has at least been over here since 1772. Can someone out there explain what the last listing below says (where it mentions heir of Henry Avant) Thanks, Wanda **************** 180 David Rowland to James Dawsey of Liberty Co. 10 shillings. 500 acres, NE side Little PeeDee, S side Lake Sw., bd. by James Dawsey, Wm. McQueen, Daniel McQueen (from gr. to Rowland 5 Sep 1796) 25 Jan 1797. S/David Rowland. W/John Hullum, Richard Galivant [Gallevant, Gallivant]#. PS/25 Jan 1797. Recd. 23 Mar 1804. Richard Galivant of Kingstown Co. to James Dawsey. $30. 50 acres on Little Pee Dee, bd. by William Dawsey, Sr., Wm. Greer, Samuel Corking, land held by Richard and his father James Gallivant 26 years (conveyance from Samuel Corking lost in war) 27 Dec 1798. S/Richard Gallevant, Mary Gallevant. w/Ebenezer Skipper#, Milla [Milley] Elvis. Receipt. PS/2 Feb 1799. Recd. 23 Mar 1804. John Graham, Jr. to David Rowland. $200. 556 acres NE side Little Pee Dee on Mill Swamp, bd. by Moses Floyd, Junr., Thomas Dawsey, William Dawsey, Senr., surv. for John Dawsey (3 grants: 40 acres to William Dawsey, Senr. 5 Sep 1791, 448 acres to William Dawsey, Jr. 7 Sep 1789, 28 acres to Moses Floyd 5 Mar 1791). 21 May 1801. S/John Graham, Junr. W/Richard Gallavant#, Daniel McQueen. PS/11 Oct 1802. Dower: Mrs. Dotey Graham 26 May 1804. Recd. 3 Oct 1804. 300 William McQueen and Judith McQueen. L/GS/A to God and people called Methodist, to Richard Galivant, William Palmer, David Rowland, William McQueen, James Galevant, Peter Skipper and Daniel McQueen, trustees. 1 @, pt. of large tract gr. to John Russ, and conveyed through several hands to said William McQueen. NE side Little Pee Dee, N side Savanah C., and on head of Piney Br., a prong of Howells Br. 22 Mar 1806. S/William McQueen, Judith McQueen. W/Ezekial Skipper#, Nathan (x) Hardwick. PS/7 Apr 806. Plat S/D. Rowland 22 Mar 1806. Recd 13 Apr 1807. 22 John Graham to Henry Avant. $250. 653 acres, two tracts: 375 & 278 acres (the plantation on which I now live and the other the water grist mill belonging to the Graham land gr. in 2 large surveys, one to Wm. Dawsey, Jr. & other to Moses Floyd or his agencies, Abraham Skipper and George Lewis, who conv. premises to Thomas Dawsey, who conveyed them to me.) 18 Sep 1820. S/ John Graham. W/ Willis Rawls, Richard Gallivant. Aff. Richard Gallavant 1 May 1821. Recd 9 Oct 1821. 313(K184) James Lambert, blacksmith to Cader Hughes. $1000. 200 acres known as Gallavants Ferry (gr. to John Elvis) and 330 acres (gr. to Richard Gallavant 6 Jan 1817) purchased by Lambert from heirs of Henry Avant, decd. 8 Nov 1838. 7 Oct 1840. S/James Lambert. W/Ed. B. Wheeler, Thomas Sessions. Dower: Zilpha Lambert 8 Oct 1840. Aff. Thomas Sessions. 31 Oct 1840. Recd. 30 Nov 1840. *********** end..

Hi Everybody: Need to get a copy of the INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC QUARTERLY (JANUARY 1970) just found out that it has a report on the family of WILLIAM B. COOPER of Cool Springs. Can anybody help? Mike Check out my new Web Site, might find some Best, Cooper's, Farrier/Farrior, Fennel/Fennell, Ivey, Moseley, Southerland. All lines have root's in DUPLIN COUNTY, NC , SAMPSON COUNTY, NC & HORRY COUNTY, SC. Mike Cooper PO Box 1264 Palatka, Fl 32178-1264 904-325-5441 E-Mail: FirstFrontier@gbso.net URL: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/2544

Does anyone have access to the Horry Co Census Records 1850 I am looking for Barsdil, John, and William LOVELL not sure which twp they lived in but would like to have there family info off the census, I looked on this census, before and couldn't find anything. Thank you, Princess