Hey Elisabeth and Mike, this is Aileen in Lancaster! We exchanged data when Michael was working at the Wal Mart store here. It is good to hear from you again. How are ya'll doing? Aileen AGNorris@infoave.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <ET6173@aol.com> To: <SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 16-November-2003 10:15 Subject: [SCLANCAS] Rape Family > Hello, > > My name is Elizabeth Taylor. My husband and I have been researching his > family for several years now and one of those lines include the Rape family. > You will definitely find the book on the Rape family at the Lancaster library. > His lineage is as follows: > > Michael Paul Taylor Born: 10 Sep 1975 > Phyllis Naomi Funderburk Born: 4 May 1949 > Norris Elizabeth Rape Born: 3 Jan 1926 > William Washington (Doc) Rape Born:6 Apr 1882 Died:9 Aug 1962 > David Clark Rape Born:15 Nov 1854 Died:31 Jul 1931 > Isacc Stewart Rape Born ~1824 Died:? > Charles Rape Born: ~1797-1800 Died:? > > Any links? Contact us via the list please. Thank you, > Elizabeth > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Penny, according to the Confederate Records for Lancaster District, Lewis J. (J.L.) Dunlap, (age 35) was killed at Gettysburg. Later in the book, it says that "Sergeant Matthew L. Dunlap so severely wounded in the battle of Hawes Shops, has since died. Additional casualties from Captain John C. Foster's Company from Louisa Court House, S. F. Massey (my great-great-uncle), John Brown, and Lonnie Dunlap." So there are two more "L" Dunlaps. Unless the "Lonnie" is Lawrence, there isn't a Lawrence listed in the Lancaster Confederate Records book. I believe the Matthew L. is the son of John N. Dunlap, because in the 1850 census there is a 7 year old male so listed. Hope you solve the mystery about Nancy; but I'm certain that if Miss Nancy Crockett told you something about the Lancaster Dunlaps it is correct. Alice -----Original Message----- From: Penny Ladnier [mailto:penny@costumegallery.com] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:06 AM To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCLANCAS] LISTOWNER POST - Thanksgiving Dinner What a wonderful topic! My guest would be my great-grandmother Nancy M. Belk. She is the keeper of many, many family mysteries. Her husband, Lawrence Dunlap died a couple of days after the Battle of Gettysburg where he was injured. Nancy collected pension on him until she died. I have all the documentation on this. Nancy had four children after he died and she gave all of them the name of Dunlap.... one of these kids was my grandfather. I have not found documentation that she remarried, even on her death certificate, it stated she is the widow of Lawrence. I did find in the 1870s or 1880s she purchased property and one of the witnesses to the purchase was Lewis Dunlap. I haven't found a Lewis Dunlap anywhere in the area or Waxhaw, NC. My grandfather's middle name is Lawrence, and ironically he named one of his son's Lewis. Nancy moved to Rock Hill in 1900, the same time my grandfather did. My grandmother and grandfather separated in the 19teens... Grandma wrote in her bible that he died when they separated. But my father saw him a couple of years afterwards. Other Lancaster cousins, saw my grandfather in the early 1920s. We have no idea what happened to my grandfather... so Nancy could really answer a lot of questions if we had her for dinner. BTW, old Nancy Crockett (Dunlap historian) told me about 10 years ago, "If there were four illegitimate Dunlaps in Lancaster County, I would know about it. And there wasn't any!" So it leaves a lot to the imagination. I have often wondered if Lawrence really did die in the ACW or not. Was he the mysterious Lewis Dunlap? If not, who is the father of Nancy's last four children. Also where did my grandfather go after separating with my grandmother? I would also like to know what was her relations with Samuel Robinson, her neighbor. Nancy and her children inherited some personal belongings from the man. She also purchased several of his personal affects at auction, including his family bible after his death. Nancy Belk Dunlap, truly a woman of mystery of Lancaster County! Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery & Costume Classroom http://www.costumegallery.com/fotodate/ Photo-dating service for the Genealogist www.costumeclassroom.com [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Plugit.com Virus Scanners (http://www.plugit.com)] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi, I've been thinking about this question for a little while now. I would invite Solomon Poer and William Kennington and Susan Poer Kennington. By the 1840's Solomon Poer was a widower living in Bowie county, Texas. But, he had moved to Bowie county, Texas from Lancaster county, South Carolina. >From what I've been told he was making a visit to a daughter in North Carolina. He started on that trip and never came back. I would really like to know how far he did get on his trip. William E. Kennington, born around 1801 in South Carolina according to the 1850 census, married Susan Poer. Susan was the daughter of Solomon Poer who was mentioned above. >From William and Susan I would really like to know...What did you name your daughter born around 1850? In the 1850 census she is just Infant Cannington. In 1860 she is F. A. Kennington, 10 years old and born in Texas. I've been told that she was Frances Arleva Kennington and that she married Thomas W. Taylor around 1874. Thomas and Frances were my great-great-grandparents. Sincerely, Lisa Taylor __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Hello, My name is Elizabeth Taylor. My husband and I have been researching his family for several years now and one of those lines include the Rape family. You will definitely find the book on the Rape family at the Lancaster library. His lineage is as follows: Michael Paul Taylor Born: 10 Sep 1975 Phyllis Naomi Funderburk Born: 4 May 1949 Norris Elizabeth Rape Born: 3 Jan 1926 William Washington (Doc) Rape Born:6 Apr 1882 Died:9 Aug 1962 David Clark Rape Born:15 Nov 1854 Died:31 Jul 1931 Isacc Stewart Rape Born ~1824 Died:? Charles Rape Born: ~1797-1800 Died:? Any links? Contact us via the list please. Thank you, Elizabeth

I believe their is a Rape Family book in the Lancaster Public library. I haven't been there in years, but I am sure that is where I found it. Afraid I was not documenting too well in those days, though I know some where have the photocopies of pages of Peter Sr. who married about 1779. Daughter, Catherine (abt 1764) married David Funderburk. Do note in my database she has an LDS Ancestral file #. You may find some info at http://www.familysearch.org Title The Rape family tree Stmnt.Resp. compiled by Nell Taylor Norvall Authors Norvell, Nell Taylor, 1927- (Main Author) Notes Includes index (listing Rappe and other variant spellings). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Includes Craig, Funderburk, Gordon, Hancock, Laney, Morgan and related families. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Peter Rape (d.1788/1789) moved from Pennsylvania to what is now Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and married twice. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas and elsewhere. . > > I would love to get hold of old church records for the area of Monroe, > Waxhaw and Mineral Springs. We know that Henry R. Rape was born in 1830 in > this area. His father, John Rape, built the Arbor at Mineral Springs Camp > Ground in that same year, they were said to have lived four miles from the > camp ground. Other family members have said that the family had moved back > to NC after my grandmother was born and that he died there. > >

Penny, thank you for your interest. My missing great grandfather died in or about 1879 we believe in Union County, NC. My grandmother told her children that her daddy died when she was seven years old, that is how we calculated the year of death. There are on SC death certificates for that time frame. I would love to get hold of old church records for the area of Monroe, Waxhaw and Mineral Springs. We know that Henry R. Rape was born in 1830 in this area. His father, John Rape, built the Arbor at Mineral Springs Camp Ground in that same year, they were said to have lived four miles from the camp ground. Other family members have said that the family had moved back to NC after my grandmother was born and that he died there. Yes, I have gathered death certificates from both the Vital Statistics Office and the SC Department of Archives and History in Columbia. That is how I learned the name of my paternal grandfather's mother. Her name was incomplete on several of her children, some had her last name but no first name, others had Mary or Ellen only with no last name. Then on my grandfather's funeral record from the funeral home, I found her name. That with all the pieces from the death certificates verified her full name. My great grandmother Mary Jane Howell Rape (my original Thanksgiving guest) was buried at Longtown Presbyterian Church in Fairfield County, SC, in an unmarked grave. The older of my aunt's attended the funeral in 1919 and knew the location of the grave. We were able to get permission from the Session of the church and the family collected money at our family reunion to pay for a headstone. We marked her grave seventy-seven years after she was buried. I am proud of our family for doing this for her. Aileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Ladnier" <penny@costumegallery.com> To: <SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 15-November-2003 01:31 Subject: [SCLANCAS] Finding lost relatives at the turn of 20th Century > Aileen, > > Have you tried accessing the SC death records from the SC Dept. of Vital > Statistics? They start around 1900/1910 and go through 1959. They are > online... sorry, I can't find my bookmark of the URL. Maybe someone has it. > Usually on the death certificate is stated the name of the cemetery. That's > how I found my great-grandmother burial place. She is in an unmarked grave > in Lancaster. This church doesn't have its early records for the cemetery. > A newspaper obituary of a great uncle says that two of his brothers are > buried there too. I know their graves are unmarked because I have been to > the cemetery. Which makes me wonder how this church knows that they aren't > burying someone on top of my relatives. > > If you see one of your relatives on the SC death listing, then you can order > the certificate. The website doesn't give full details. But the > certificate itself, does list the person's parents names. I have to give SC > credit, their death certificates are very detailed. > > For those missing Lancaster relatives around the turn of the 20th Century, > there was a migration to Rock Hill, York County, around 1900-1905 to work in > the textiles mills. Many women and men became weavers and spinners. The > Rock Hill City Cemeteries are online too. They are very organized and easy > to use. I have seen city directories of Rock Hill from the early part of > the century. Valuable information in them. The directories are not online. > Rock Hill City Cemeteries: > http://www.rhmaps.ci.rock-hill.sc.us/website/rh_cem/viewer.htm > > Penny Ladnier > Owner, The Costume Gallery & Costume Classroom > www.costumegallery.com/fotodate/ > www.costumeclassroom.com > > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Plugit.com Virus Scanners (http://www.plugit.com)] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ahh, no brainer for me either. Elijah Horton, my gggrandfather. And of course he should bring his wife and family. Elijah was born about 1798, married......somebody......had some kids, only one of whom, Elizabeth, is known to have survived. Elijah later married Fannie Reeves who could have been born in South Carolina or Tennessee. (Conflicting census reports.) They moved to Shelby Co., Alabama in the 1840s. Any of my Shelby County cousins on the list? Anyway, back to Elijah. I'd so love to know what brought him to Alabama. Who was his first wife? What happened to her? Where is she buried? Did any of his other children from the first marriage survive? Who were his parents? His life is such a mystery. I'm not a bit farther - further? - than I was when I first started this 15 years ago. Are there any Lancaster Co. Hortons here with any insight? Wanda Craft - Sylacauga, Alabama Antiques, collectibles, vintage and new jewelry, and decorating ideas http://www.snapdragonantiques.com "If everything's under control, you're going too slow." Mario Andretti

Here's the URL for the site, where you can do a search. http://www.scdhec.net/vr/di/default.htm

I would invite my Grandmother Maud Ada Vincent Bowers. I never had the pleasure of knowing her. She passed away at the young age of 36. Many say that I favor her and I'm proud to say that I see a resemblance too. Grandmother Bowers died when she miscarried her 8th child. I would love to have her join us and meet my family and see my Mom again. My Mom was only 4 years old, when her mother passed. It would be wonderful to get to know her and have her meet my family. She was the daughter of Francis Willis Vincent and Elizabeth H. Phillips. I would ask lots of questions and hopefully find out more about her Grandmother, Mary Vincent (a single mother of 7 children) and her Great Grandfather Willis K. Vincent. My page dedicated to my Grandmother Maud Ada Vincent Bowers http://geocities.com/gardenia354/HJBowers Susan Mahoney

I would invite my great grandfather John K Fleming (1836-1887) and his wife Julia Harper. I want to ask John K questions about his father (Archibald) and mother. John (Julia's husband ) died March 25, 1887 and Julia's mother (Charlotte Delilah Cousar) died the next day, March 26, 1887. They are all buried in Lancaster County. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol C-H" <cch@netdoor.com> To: <SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: [SCLANCAS] LISTOWNER POST - Thanksgiving Dinner > Those of us who are in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. If > you could have ONE of your ancestors - one you never met - who lived in > Lancaster County, South Carolina, join you for Thanksgiving dinner (or, if > you are in a country other than the USA, for a family feast sometime this > month), which ancestor would you invite? > > Please send a post to the list and tell us who, and why - and please > remember to tell us the years that this ancestor lived in Lancaster County, > South Carolina. > > > Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

"Penny Ladnier" <penny@costumegallery.com> wrote: >Aileen, > >Have you tried accessing the SC death records from the SC Dept. of Vital >Statistics? They start around 1900/1910 and go through 1959. They are >online... sorry, I can't find my bookmark of the URL. Maybe someone has it. Here's the url: http://www.scdhec.net/vr/ __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

Aileen, Have you tried accessing the SC death records from the SC Dept. of Vital Statistics? They start around 1900/1910 and go through 1959. They are online... sorry, I can't find my bookmark of the URL. Maybe someone has it. Usually on the death certificate is stated the name of the cemetery. That's how I found my great-grandmother burial place. She is in an unmarked grave in Lancaster. This church doesn't have its early records for the cemetery. A newspaper obituary of a great uncle says that two of his brothers are buried there too. I know their graves are unmarked because I have been to the cemetery. Which makes me wonder how this church knows that they aren't burying someone on top of my relatives. If you see one of your relatives on the SC death listing, then you can order the certificate. The website doesn't give full details. But the certificate itself, does list the person's parents names. I have to give SC credit, their death certificates are very detailed. For those missing Lancaster relatives around the turn of the 20th Century, there was a migration to Rock Hill, York County, around 1900-1905 to work in the textiles mills. Many women and men became weavers and spinners. The Rock Hill City Cemeteries are online too. They are very organized and easy to use. I have seen city directories of Rock Hill from the early part of the century. Valuable information in them. The directories are not online. Rock Hill City Cemeteries: http://www.rhmaps.ci.rock-hill.sc.us/website/rh_cem/viewer.htm Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery & Costume Classroom www.costumegallery.com/fotodate/ www.costumeclassroom.com [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Plugit.com Virus Scanners (http://www.plugit.com)]

I would invite my great grandmother Mary Jane Howell. She was born in 1846 one hundred years before me. She was a daughter of William and Mary Howell of Lancaster, SC. She married Henry R. Rape on Dec 23, 1860 in Lancaster. She and Henry had five children Margaret Mary Frances, William I., Samuel D., James L., and Mary Armentha. The last mentioned was my grandmother. I have never been able to find the burial place of Henry Rape and would love to ask grandmother Rape where she hid that man! Also their sons William and Samuel died at a young age, where were they buried? Louise thank you for starting this wonderful thread. Aileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise Pettus" <lpettus@cetlink.net> To: <SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 12-November-2003 21:37 Subject: Re: [SCLANCAS] LISTOWNER POST - Thanksgiving Dinner > I'd invite Drury Watson (1740-1829) to my Thanksgiving dinner. Drury > Watson was born in Prince Edward Co. Va in 1740. He came to live with his > daughter Susannah and her husband, James McKnight Morrow, at an unknown date > but it is known that the Morrows were living on Six Mile Creek in Indian > Land by 1788. Watson was in Lancaster County at least by 1804 as shown by > court records. > Drury might have some war stories to tell. He was a lieutenant in the > Virginia militia in 1779-80. But, since he was known far and wide as a great > fiddler and dancer, I suspect that on a festive occasion like Thanksgiving > he might break out the fiddle and favor the assembled group with a tune or > two. > > Louise Pettus > > From: Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> > Reply-To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:05:34 -0600 > To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCLANCAS] LISTOWNER POST - Thanksgiving Dinner > Resent-From: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:56:54 -0700 > > > Those of us who are in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. If > you could have ONE of your ancestors - one you never met - who lived in > Lancaster County, South Carolina, join you for Thanksgiving dinner (or, if > you are in a country other than the USA, for a family feast sometime this > month), which ancestor would you invite? > > Please send a post to the list and tell us who, and why - and please > remember to tell us the years that this ancestor lived in Lancaster County, > South Carolina. > > > Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Dear 3rd great grandparents Samuel Smith Huey and Sara "Sally" Hagins Huey. Please join my family for dinner and to celebrate your 186th wedding anniversary (29 Jan 1817 in Lancaster Co. SC). Samuel, I would like to also include your parents, but, Sarah, would you please invite your parents and siblings? I think your parents were James Hagins and Jane Ross but I would like to know for certain. Sarah, were your siblings Jane who married John Nelson? Joseph who married Nancy? Margaret who married Jesse Craig? Mary who married Able Nelson? We could talk about your life in Georgia after leaving South Carolina. We could also talk you your children and, in particular, your daughter, Martha Jane Huey, who married Baswell Bankston in Harris Co. GA. After all Martha Jane and Baswell were my 2nd great granparents and I would like to find where Baswell is buried and how he died. We are looking forward to your visit. Your descendant, Adrienne in California

I'd really like to invite my 4xgreat-grandfather, Henry Shute, Sr. (b 1766 - d bet 1797-1819) and ask him where in the world he came from!! Was he really born in Germany or is that just speculation? And what is his relationship to Jochiam & Gottlieb Schutz who were born in Germany and are all listed on several legal documents with Henry?? Besides his son, Henry Jr., who were those other 6 children that I have no idea as to their names or where they went!! And last but not least, I'd like to warn him to start using a wagon and not ride that horse that he's going to fall from. Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: <SCLANCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <SCLANCAS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:02 PM Subject: SCLANCAS-D Digest V03 #125

This is such a neat question. I'd invite my gr-gr grandfather Lemual Albert Phillips and my gr-gr-grandmother Belle. I would ask all sorts of questions-where did you meet and marry? Were you happy all of your lives? How did the Civil War change your lives? Why did you leave Lancaster Cty and move to Monroe County Tennessee? So many questions and so few answers. Frances

Since we are inviting ancestors to our Thanksgiving Dinner this year I'd also like to have Mary Deason over for dinner also. She is the wife of Joel B. Small. I don't know anything about Mary so there are many questions I have for her. I don't know who her parents were or where/when she was born or died she seemed to have appeared and disappeared too. She is my 2nd great grandmother. She and Joel had 10 children. I love giving our ancestors invitations to Thanksgiving Dinner this year. Sheryl Rowell Townsend To: SCLANCAS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCLANCAS] LISTOWNER POST - Thanksgiving Dinner Those of us who are in the USA will soon be celebrating Thanksgiving. If you could have ONE of your ancestors - one you never met - who lived in Lancaster County, South Carolina, join you for Thanksgiving dinner (or, if you are in a country other than the USA, for a family feast sometime this month), which ancestor would you invite? Please send a post to the list and tell us who, and why - and please remember to tell us the years that this ancestor lived in Lancaster County, South Carolina. Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/

I believe my guest would be Samuel TYNES (brother of my gggg-grandfather Robert Fleming Tynes), who appears in Lancaster and Kershaw area records from 1775 to 1797 and then vanishes, with no probate or other records to indicate what happened or who his family was. I'd ask him whom he married and who his children were. I've sort of assumed that any stray Tyneses in north-central South Carolina are his, since I *think* I've nutted out the families of his brothers Fleming and William, and I don't *think* there were any other Tyneses of Samuel's generation floating around. But I'd sure like to make sure. I'd also ask him what he was thinking when he switched sides in the Revolutionary War, becoming a Tory colonel in 1780. Finally, I'd ask about his ancestors. I know his parents (William Tynes and Patience Davis, both of whom died in Granville County, North Carolina), but that's all. My guess is that they were from Hanover or Caroline County, Virginia, and that Samuel was born there. In return for all this information, I'd let him know that many of his descendants have become prosperous and respectable members of their localities, who have not shied away from proudly claiming this once-disgraced Tory colonel as their ancestor. -- Mark James <tmarkjames@yahoo.com> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree

Louise, Don't worry about it, you and your brother have helped me over the years. The VA state archives has a massive collection, also the state historical society. Hanover is part of the Richmond metro. The Valentine Museum, where I did my internship, also has a massive collection. I am friends with the curator of manuscripts and photographs. Oh, the state archives also has a nice bible collection. So I will check there too. Do you know what part of Hanover your relative is from? Sure wish we could switch locations for a week. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery & Costume Classroom www.costumegallery.com www.costumeclassroom.com [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Plugit.com Virus Scanners (http://www.plugit.com)]

My honored guest would have to be my 2nd great grandfather - Francis Marion Denton a Confederate Private in the Cavalry of Rutledge's Regiment - born abt 1831 in Lancaster District South Carolina. Francis Marion was wounded and captured in battle in Virginia and died in a Military Hospital in Washington D.C. 1864. I don't know how much turkey he'd have time to enjoy - having to listen to my zillions of questions! "Who were your Mother and Father?"(both born in SC) " How did you and Elizabeth Jane (his wife) meet? [born 1828 NC] "What was Elizabeth Jane's maiden name?'' "What do you remember of your children - John, Bartlett, Franklin, Mary Frances and Joseph Lane , when they were young and all growing up in Lancaster County?" Tell me , tell me, tell me !!!!! Thank you for such a generous question - best wishes to all. Beverly Denton Rice