This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLACK, Springs, Sims, Vickery, Hood Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACI/1485 Message Board Post: Burned courthouses and destroyed records have made it almost impossible to trace my BLACK ancestry, but I believe my BLACKs migrated from Lancaster Co. South Carolina to Butler Co. Alabama in the 1830s. My ggg-gm was Mary BLACK who showed up as a widow with seven children on the 1840 Butler Co., Alabama census. I'd appreciate information anyone has on any of the following BLACKs, since I believe they are somehow related to mine. I don't have much proof of anything, so I made some notes of dates, guesses, and questions in brackets next to the census info. 1790 Lancaster Co. SC Hugh BLACK [Senior] 1 white male over 16 years of age [Hugh--born before 1774] 0 white males under 16 2 white females of any age [wife and daughter?] Next door to Hugh Black in 1790 was-- Ananias BLACK 1 white male over 16 [Ananias] 3 white males under 16 [sons of Ananias or sons of his daughter?--b. 1774-1790] 2 white females of any age [wife and daughter?] There were NO OTHER families at that time (1790) in Lancaster Co. with the surname BLACK. --- 1800 Lancaster Co. SC Ananias BLACK, p. 14 1m over 45 [Ananias--born before 1755] 1f over 45 [Franky--born before 1755] next door to-- Charles BLACK, p. 14 1m u10 1m 16-26 [Charles--b. 1774-1784] [son of Ananias? or grandson?] 1f 16-26 Hugh BLACK, p. 10 3m u10 [born 1790-1800] 1m 26-45 [Hugh--b.1755-1774] [brother or son of Ananias?] 1f u10 [born 1790-1800] 1f 16-26 [daughter?--born 1774-1784] 1f 26-45 [Hugh's wife?--born 1755-1774] Thomas BLACK, p. 12 1m u10 1m 10-16 2m 16-26 1m over 45 [Thomas--born before 1755] [Where does he fit in?] 1f 10-16 1f 16-45 [Thomas's wife?] 7 slaves [Thomas Black next door to Richard Springs] Will BLACK. p. 12 1m 16-45 1m over 45 [Will--born before 1755] [Thomas's brother?] 1f 16-26 5 slaves -------- 1810 Lancaster Co. SC Hugh BLACK , p. 3 2 1 1 1 _ _ _ 1 1 _ _ _ John BLACK p. 6 2 _ _ 1 _ 1(?) _ _ 1 _ _ 7(?) Thomas BLACK p. 6 (next door to John BLACK above) _ 1 _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ 1 _ 8 -------- 1820 Lancaster Co. SC Ananias BLACK p. 166 (transient-engaged in manufacturing), age 26-45 [b. 1775-1794] [not the same one as above] Elinor BLACK, p. 166 1f 16-26 1f over 45 [b. before 1775] Hugh BLACK [Jun.?], p. 167, age 16-26 (transient?-engaged in agriculture) [b. 1794-1804] Hugh BLACK, [Senior] p. 164 1m 10-16 [b. 1804-1810] 1m 16-18 [b. 1802-1804] 2m 16-26 [b. 1794-1804] 1m over 45 [Hugh--born before 1775] 1f over 45 [Hugh's wife?--b. before 1775] [4 in agriculture, no slaves] John BLACK, p. 166 1m 16/18-26 [b. 1794-1802/4--Hugh's son? Related to Elinor? (same page) or Lydia on next page?] 1f 16/18-26 Lydia BLACK, p. 167 2m u 10 2m 10-16 1f 26-45 [Lydia--b. 1775-1794] 2 engaged in agriculture -------- 1830 Lancaster Co. SC Ananias Black, p. 69 2m u5 1m 50-60 [Ananias--born 1770-1780--could be same as one from 1820 census] 1f u5 1f 20-30 Hugh BLACK, Jun., p. 80 2m u5 [b. 1825-1830--could be Elijah and Charles F. Black, later in Butler Co. AL] 1m 30-40 [born 1790-1800--Hugh--believe he's same one in Butler Co. AL in 1840 and 1850] 1f 20-30 1f 30-40 [born 1790-1800--believe this is Sarah Black, wife of Hugh, later in Butler Co. AL] Hugh BLACK, Sen., p. 74 1m u5 [b. 1825-1830] 1m 20-30 [b. 1800-1810] 1m 60-70 [Hugh--born 1760-1770] 1f 50-60 Jane Black, p. 61 1m 15-20 1f u5 1f 5-10 1f 20-30 John BLACK, p. 75 [close to Robert and Hugh, Sen.] 1m u5 [b. 1825-1830] 1m 20-30 [b. 1800-1810] 1m 30-40 [b. 1790-1800, son of Hugh? brother of Robert? the one in Butler Co. with land 1837?] 1f u5 1f 5-10 1f 30-40 Liddia BLACK, p. 97 [probably Lydia of 1820 census] 2m 15-20 2m 20-30 1f 40-50 [b. 1780-1790] Robert BLACK, p. 74 [next door to Hugh Black, Sen.] 1m u5 [Hugh L. Black?-- b. 1825-1830] 1m 5-10 [James M. Black?--b. 1820-1825] 1m 30-40 [Robert, b. 1790-1800] 2f u5 b. 1825-1830 [Susan Julia and Elizabeth Bethena?] 1f 5-10 b. 1820-1825 [Sarah Eleanor?] 1f 20-30 [b. 1800-1810, Mary?] Mary Black 1840 Butler County, Alabama Census 2 males, 5-10 yrs. old [b. 1830-1835] [Lytle and Robert] 1 male, 10-15 yrs. old [b. 1825-1830] [Hugh] 1 male, 15-20 yrs. old [b. 1820-1825] [James M.] 2 females, 10-15 yrs. old [b. 1825-1830] [Susan Julia, Elizabeth Bethena] 1 female, 15-20 yrs. old [b. 1820-1825] [Sarah Elenor] 1 female, 30-40 yrs. old [b. 1800-1810] [Mary] Living near the Blacks in Lancaster County, SC in 1830 were some of the same SIMS family who migrated to Butler Co. AL and also some McCrorys and Vickerys and possibly Hoods. Ervin, George, Ashburn, and Harville Sims were near (p. 72) Hugh Black, Sr., and Robert Black on the 1830 Lancaster Co. Census. On same page 74 were Furney Sims, Mary Sims, and a Sharid Sims (born 1770-1780). There were several men named Sherod Sims later in Butler Co. The census of 1850 Butler Co. Alabama shows a Stephen Sims, age 68, and his wife Rhoda, and one child living next door to my ggg-gm Mary Black, born in SC c. 1802. -------- 1840 Lancaster Co. SC [no BLACKs found in index] ---- 1850 Lancaster Co. SC #593 C. BLACK 50 f SC N. Black 25 f M. Black 20f H. Black 18m #999 A. BLACK 25 m SC N. Black 23 f L. Black 9/12 f #419 J. BLACK 44 m mulatto carpenter SC living in the CHESTER household