Posted on: Laurens Co. SC Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Laurens/10286 Surname: RODGERS, HUNTER, ABERNATHY, HUNT, EVELEIGH, EVERLEIGH, RUTLEDGE, YOUNG, SAXON, CRUMPTON, DAVIS ------------------------- In lieu of a simple "I don't know," I will give you what could qualify as the most round-about, vague answer you've ever heard to a simple question. Your question was: Do you know if there is a Rodgers family connection to the Eveleigh, Abernathy and Hunt families? Here's my answer: (1) I (thanks to others' work which they have shared) can connect a Rodgers family of Laurens Co. with a Hunter family of Laurens Co.; (2) I can connect the Abernathy family of Newberry Co. with the Hunter family of Newberry Co.; (3) I can connect the Abernathys of Newberry Co. with the Hunts of Newberry Co., (4) I do not know at this time if the Hunters of Laurens Co. connect with the Hunters of Newberry Co., (5) I know nothing about the Eveleigh/Everleigh family except that Nicholas Eveleigh/Everleigh "of Edgefield" is mentioned in the 1763, 1764, and 1786 land deals recorded in Laurens Co. referring to tracts of land called "The Horse Shoe." (1) According to Dan Crumpton ([email protected]), Tabitha "Tabbie" Rodgers married John Hunter (1768-1835) of Laurens Co. in 1788. Tabbie was the daughter of William (and Frances) Rodgers who wrote his will in 1799. Witnesses were R. L. Rodgers, John Saxon and Luke Crumpton. John Hunter "became Judge of Superior Court and maintained a home in Charleston, as well as a large plantation in Laurens Co....he owned the best horses and saddle gear in the state." Only one child, daughter Zelpha, lived to adulthood; she married John H. Crumpton of Greenville in 1806. Dan's references include Charleston Gazette Dec.1, 1806 and "Colonial Families of the Carolinas" (pp. 31-35). (2) Two sons of Nathan Hunter, Sr. and Mary Young of Newberry Co. SC married Abernathy sisters (daughters of John Abernathy who married Rhoda Davis in 1775 in Newberry Co. SC). I can name names, if anyone is interested. (3) John and James Abernathy (brothers) of Newberry (Old 96 District) appeared in the 1790 census. Their father died when they were still children. Their mother Elizabeth married Michael Hunt who came to SC from NC before the Am. Rev. John and James and Michael Hunt are mentioned in a Laurens Co. land deal when John and James were still children. Elizabeth died in 1797 in Newberry, we think, but we don't know where she is buried (nor her son John). John's widow (Rhoda Davis Abernathy) is buried at Macedonia Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Chambers Co. AL. (4) Valeria Wigington ([email protected]) is not aware of a link between the Hunters of Laurens Co. and the Hunters of Newberry Co. She descends from Nathan Hunter, Sr. and Mary Young of Newberry Co. who are buried at an Associate Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery in Newberry Co. SC. "...doubt if related....There were Hunters here long before Nathan came." I do not yet know if John Hunter (1768-1835), planter of Laurens Co. and Superior Court Judge, was related to John Hunter (1760-1802) "of Laurens Co." who served as a U. S. Senator from SC in the 1790's (buried in Newberry Co. at Little River Cemetery, 14 miles west of Newberry, SC). Can someone confirm or deny that they were related? Who was John Hunter who died in 1825 on Horseshoe Plantaion SC (and where is that)? (5) nothing + nothing = nothing much / nothing much = Nicholas Eveleigh "of Edgefield" was a planter in 1763 / I would like to know if the EVELEIGHs were Quakers. Thank you for the info. (new to me) that my ancestor John Abernathy was executor of the estate of N. Eveleigh in 1793 (when John was in his mid-30's). I welcome corrections and comments. Mary in TX