Thanks for the lookup offer. Would you please look to see if there is a John Robert McManus and Nancy M Jant? Thanks, John Helms

Edmon SUTTON Zachariah SUTTON George SUTTON Flat Creek Township Thanks, David T. Sutton Hendersonville, N.C. [email protected]

> Hi Bill, > > Thank you for your offer to do looksups. I am seeking information about > my ggrandfather, John COOK (1860?-?). He would be in a household with > wife EMMA in LANCASTER. He was born in CAMDEN, SC. Dawn, Hate to tell you this, but he ain't in here. The "only" COOK household headed by a John was a John E. COOK, aged 51, with his wife Ann, living in Flat Creek Township, along with nine children. Bill

> I will do look ups for the Lancaster County 1850 census. I also have the > 1850 Chesterfield County cenus, and will do those as well. > > Valleri Kelley Thank you very much for the kind offer of lookups. Please look for Nathan[iel] GAY and his wife, called either Susanna or Margaret [nee WILLIAMS]. R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ [email protected] Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

Hi Bill, Thank you for your offer to do looksups. I am seeking information about my ggrandfather, John COOK (1860?-?). He would be in a household with wife EMMA in LANCASTER. He was born in CAMDEN, SC. He was a sheriff on the TN/NC border. I am sorry , but that is all the information that I know right now. All the best, Dawn

In an effort to generate at least a minimal flow of traffic on this slumbering list, I am going to see what happens if I offer to do lookups for folks from the 1880 Census in Lancaster County. This is for Lancaster County only for the 1880 Census only. PLEASE read and follow the "ground rules" for this: 1- FULL names must be given .......... no "blanket" requests for Smith's or whoever will be accepted 2- If at all possible, give the name of the township, if it's a fairly common name, or some other possible identifiers; approximate date of birth, wife's name or something else to help me narrow it down 3- Please do not send a full family history with the request........keep it as concise as possible 4- Mark it as 1880 LOOKUP OFFER in the subject line so that I can easily spot it 5- No more than three [3] names per request With your cooperation, this should run smoothly and I can try to help some folks find their folks. I will also be watching for any requests involving my families and will be all over whoever sends 'em in. R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ [email protected] Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

I will do look ups for the Lancaster County 1850 census. I also have the 1850 Chesterfield County cenus, and will do those as well. Valleri Kelley [email protected]

First of all, let me apologize to those who will get this more than once, as I am cross-posting it to several lists. If anyone has the Federal Census for 1790 for SC, could I please impose on you to send me the index for that census. I have most of the census itself, but not the index. This would greatly facilitate looking folks up. Thank you very much. R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ [email protected] Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

Looking for others who are researching the BAKER families of the Flat Creek Township area in the early to mid 1800s. Time to try to knock down this brick wall, with some help. R. W. [Bill] Hughes ©¿©¬ [email protected] Peoria, AZ Please see my homepage at: http://lightning.prohosting.com/~bhughes

If I remember correctly, I think most training in trades like this would have been by apprenticeship. He was probably sent to work for an established printer, who would have been willing to train him in the craft in return for a little free (or very cheap) labor. Purely guesswork, but I would imagine that most of the printers at that time probably would have been in the bigger cities, or more established areas. Most of the "frontier" probably wouldn't have been able to support a printer. Angie > -----Original Message----- > Can anyone tell me where a young boy would go > to be trained in the printing business ca 1790 in > NC or SC? He ended up printing the "Camden > Intelligencer" in Camden, SC in 1803 but I have > no idea where he might have picked up his > knowledge of this trade. His family lived in east TN > and evidently sent him "back east" to learn this > trade, possibly with relatives. So knowing where > he trained might help me nail down where this > family lived before moving to TN. > > Any input is welcome. > > > Vickie Elam White >

In a message dated 2/21/2000 8:12:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Purely guesswork, but I would imagine that most of the printers at that time > probably would have been in the bigger cities, or more established areas. > Most of the "frontier" probably wouldn't have been able to support a > printer. Yes, which is why I was asking about where such an apprenticeship might have occurred. Does anyone know what newspapers were around ca 1790 and how to go about finding out about their apprentices? I have contacted the SC and NC archives but received very little guidance. Vickie Elam White

Can anyone tell me where a young boy would go to be trained in the printing business ca 1790 in NC or SC? He ended up printing the "Camden Intelligencer" in Camden, SC in 1803 but I have no idea where he might have picked up his knowledge of this trade. His family lived in east TN and evidently sent him "back east" to learn this trade, possibly with relatives. So knowing where he trained might help me nail down where this family lived before moving to TN. Any input is welcome. Vickie Elam White

Looking for parents, siblings of: W. F. HAMMOND/S b ca 1806 SC (1860 Kershaw census) d 1866 SC, bur Hanging Rock Methodist Ch Cem., Lancaster Co, SC mar MEEKY/MICKEY BRUCE b 1812 SC (1850 Kershaw census) d 1896, Union Co, NC Thanks for your time & any help! Sarah Howell Studstill

1860 Hickory Head Post Office Lancaster Co., S.C. census lists: House 773 Edmon SUTTON age 31 Farmer Caroline SUTTON age 28 Female Edward SUTTON age 10 Male William SUTTON age 8 Male Mary SUTTON age 6 Female Zachariah SUTTON age 2 Male House 774 Sarah Roynolds age 85 Female Mary SUTTON age 61 Female Sarah SUTTON age 30 F. Seamstrefs Edmon W. age 3 Male Appreciate any information regarding these folks. Thanks, David T. Sutton Hendersonville, N.C. [email protected]

Thanks. I will look for Mr. Holcombe's book on my next visit. Cheryll

Dear Louise, Thank you very much for this information. I'm very excited to know that at least some deeds survived. My next step, I guess, is to either go to SC or hire a researcher. Thanks for giving me hope that there may still be some BLACK info to uncover! I appreciate your help. Sincerely, Cheryll Sumner

Brent Holcombe has published many SC extract of public records including Lancaster. Most public libraries have them, I am sure Mobile's great Public Library should have them. [email protected] wrote: > > Hello, > Can someone tell me if the Lancaster County Courthouse has any records > at all from before 1840? I have heard they all were destroyed during the > Civil War. ALL? Is that true? If so, where is the next best place to look? > I need to find deeds, wills, or land records from before 1840 for Hugh Black > or any other Black who lived in Lancaster County 1790-1836. Thanks. > > Cheryll Sumner [researching BLACKs] > Mobile, Alabama -- L. L. Scott, IBSSG L. L. Scott's Virtual Office: http://www.geocities.com/~llscott/ Peace: http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~llscott/peace.htm

Cheryll, You will probably get lots of replies to your query but I will try to answer, just in case. Sherman's forces came through in late February of 1865 an destroyed all of the wills and estate papers. The deeds were not touched. The reason for this is that the probate judge (then called the Ordinary) when he heard that the troops were headed toward Lancaster, had all of the papers under his charge loaded into wagons to protect them. The caravan was on its way to Haile Gold Mine when it was intercepted and all those papers were burned. The deeds narrowly escaped when the Federal forces were trying to set fire to the courthouse but a Confederate cavalry company dashed up and broke up the attempt. So, the land records you seek are available from the Clerk of Court's office. Louise Pettus ---------- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SCLANCAS] Courthouse Research >Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2000, 9:46 PM > >Hello, > Can someone tell me if the Lancaster County >Courthouse has any records >at all from before 1840? I have heard they all were >destroyed during the >Civil War. ALL? Is that true? If so, where is the next >best place to look? > I need to find deeds, wills, or land records from before >1840 for Hugh Black >or any other Black who lived in Lancaster County >1790-1836. Thanks. > >Cheryll Sumner [researching BLACKs] >Mobile, Alabama >

Hello, Can someone tell me if the Lancaster County Courthouse has any records at all from before 1840? I have heard they all were destroyed during the Civil War. ALL? Is that true? If so, where is the next best place to look? I need to find deeds, wills, or land records from before 1840 for Hugh Black or any other Black who lived in Lancaster County 1790-1836. Thanks. Cheryll Sumner [researching BLACKs] Mobile, Alabama

Unless there's another one in there, it should be the same creek. The area south of Kershaw is in Kershaw county--in fact, the county line was redrawn years ago to put all of Kershaw in Lancaster county, because it sat on the old county line. angie > -----Original Message----- > I need some help on an SC location: > > I used the USGS site to bring up a map of the area and the info > is confusing: it shows two Lick Creeks -- one in Lancaster Co. > and one in Kershaw Co., yet when I zoom in on the maps it looks > as if they are both in Lancaster Co. One Lick Creek lies to the > east of Elgin and the other is south of Kershaw but still in > Lancaster Co. > > Is this the same Lick Creek and it flows down through Kershaw? > > I appreciate any help. > > > > Vickie Elam White >