This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/29.652.656 Message Board Post: My e-mail address has changed to samdebh@aol.com - dhutto

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Epting Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1133 Message Board Post: Still searching for any information someone might have. Thanks. Connie P.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmidt, Friday, Lexington Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1132.1.1 Message Board Post: Is there a transcription of the cemetery and can they markers be read when the lake is down?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmidt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1132.2.1 Message Board Post: There is a reference to Thomas Schmidt on pg 207 in Saxe Gotha Neighbors Book. Thomas had 200 acres on Ragnous Crk.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sheppard, Oswald, Oswalt, Banks, Griffith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/21.222.1 Message Board Post: Mr. Shultz, I saw you had Sheppard listed in your list of names. Did any come from South Carolina? I looking for a Lewis Sheppard. Would appreciate any Sheppard info. Thanks, Hope Creasman oldgoat@mindspring.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Harmon, Leaphart, Schealy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1132.2 Message Board Post: My ancestors lived on High Hill Creek. Do you have any information or connection to Thomas Smith (Schmidt). He was the first of 3 Thomas Smiths in my line. I believe he was born in Germany before 1748 and came to Charleston, S.C. but not sure. He was married to Anna Catherine Harmon and they settled on High Hill Creek. I have pretty good information on their descendents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1132.1 Message Board Post: The Bethel (Lutheran) Church on High Hill Creek was founded in ~1754, incorporated in 1788. Location was within Lexington County on the north bank of the Saluda, apparently near the western boundary of (modern) Lexington county. The site is currently underneath Lake Murray.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wessinger, Schmidt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1132 Message Board Post: Where is High Hill Creek Cemetery? Underwater? Near what road? http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wbb001&id=I12333

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Taylor, Hutto, Godwin, Mack, Surkey, Hoffman, Goodwin, Moorer, Spires, Sightler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1131 Message Board Post: Date: N.D. Description: INHABITANTS OF ORANGEBURG AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES, PETITION ASKING FOR THE REPEAL OF AN ACT DIRECTING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTIES TO OPEN AND KEEP IN REPAIR A PUBLIC ROAD RUNNING FROM NEAR TOMS CREEK ON THE OLD STATE ROAD TO NINETY-SIX ROAD NEAR SLAB LANDING ON EDISTO RIVER. (6/5 PAGES) Names Indexed: STURKIE, D. A./SPIRES, W. N./GOODWIN, CHARLES/SIGHTLER, G. W./LAIRD, A. S./GOLSON, JOHN/FRIDAY, ADAM/TAYLOR, P. B./HUTTO, JAMES/SURKEY, D. J./GOODWIN, J. C./GODWIN, T. P./GOODWIN, L. H./MOORER, J. R./SURKEY, Z. A. W./WILLIAMS, ARNEL/JONES, S./GODWIN, H. R./MACK, J. B./HOFFMAN, J. H. Locations: ORANGEBURG COUNTY/LEXINGTON COUNTY/TOMS CREEK/EDISTO RIVER Type: PETITION/ Topics: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS/STREETS, ROADS, AND HIGHWAYS/SLAB LANDING/LANDINGS/NINETY-SIX ROAD Source: www.archivesindex.sc.gov

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Refo, Drafts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1129.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello! I didn't even know that Charles Refo and Sarah Starr had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth, but I have lots of information about the other people in the family. My grandfather was Henry Baron Refo, grandson of Charles Sr. (Mary Elizabeth would have been his aunt) . Martha's maiden name was Parmenter--she and Charles married in 1849. Here's my information on the Refo family: Caesar Refo was the ancestor of Refos in Amaerica. He was from Bordeaux, France, born ca. 1791. He came to the U.S. in the early 1800s. He married Eliza McLeo, also from France (although her name suggests not), in 1814. Caesar died in 1845, and is buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Augusta, GA. Eliza died in 1859 at the age of 65, and is also buried at Magnolia Cemetery. Caesar and Eliza's children were: Amelia (1814-1830) Caroline (1817-1830) Harriet (1819-1862) Charles (1821-1882) - see below Alexander (1823-1824) Sarah Cecilia (1826-1910) William McCoy (1828-1873) Theodore Edward (1831-1891) Adolphus Louis (1834-1862) Susan Amelia (1838-1865) Charles Refo Sr. was married twice. Charles' first wife was Sarah Starr, whom he married 19 November 1845 in Richmond Co., GA. After her death in 1848, he married Martha Parmenter in 1849. Charles' children were: Charles Jr. (b. 1846) Henry Bascom (b. 1850) Sarah (b. 1852) Miles (b. 1854) Martha (1856-1883) Caroline (b. 1859) Davis Beauregard (b. 1861) Baron DeKalb (b. 1863) Charles Jr. cerved in the Confederate army was a private soldier in the 22nd SC Regiment. Davis Beauregard was married to Forence Antoinette Drafts in 1890. Their children were" Drafts (b. Dec. 8, 1890) Charles Lawrence (b. June 16, 1893) Harvey Carlisle (b. Dec. 10, 1895) Henry Baron - my grandfather (b. Feb. 1, 1898; d. April 1993) Wesley Luther (b. August 26, 1900) Davis Jennings (b. August 26, 1903) I'd be very interested to know anything else about Mary Elizabeth and her descendents.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Refo, Starr, Moseley, Dyson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/1129.1 Message Board Post: I do not have any link to your Florence Drafts who married Davis B. Refo, but I am looking for information on the ancestry of Charles L. REFO/REFOE/RIFO, Sr. who married Sarah A. STARR in Richmond County, GA on November 19, 1845 and Martha A. (MNU) in Edgefield County, SC c1852. According to census records, Charles would have been born c. 1821. Charles L. and Sarah A. Starr Refo had C. L. Refo, Jr., born c1846 in Augusta, GA; Mary Elizabeth Refo, b. c1848, Edgefield County, SC and Henry Baron Refo, born c1850, Edegfield County, SC. Evidently Sarah Refo died after Henry's birth and Charles remmarried to Martha MNU. Charles and Martha Refo had: Sarah, b. c1854; Miles P., b. c1855; Martha A., b. c1856; Amelia, b. c1857; Caroline, b. c1859; Davis Beauregard, b. c1861; Baron D., b. c1863, and Letitia, b. c1866. Charles L. Refo, Sr. served in Co. A, 22nd SC Infantry Regt. from Edgefield County during the Civil War. After mustering out, he was called up to the Reserves to serve in ! Co. I, 2nd SC State Troops for 6 months from 1863-1864. The family moved to Fairfield County, SC sometime between 1865 and the 1870 census. I do not know when Charles L. Refo died, but his widow, Martha, was living with her son-in-law's family (McWalters or McWatters) at the 1900 census in Chester County. My line is through Mary Elizabeth Refo, b. c1848, the daughter of Charles Sr.'s first marriage, but ANY information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Do you know Martha's maiden name?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/338.1 Message Board Post: I would love to know more about the ancestory prior to the 1760's. Please e-mail me at danmurph@murphybrownllc.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sightler, Sturkie, Geiger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACI/35.1.1 Message Board Post: I am researching the Sturkie family and I am curious about a note from some of my research which probably originated from Wilson O. Shealy. It said that Dorcas' husband Paul Silas Cephas Sturkie was "killed by Geiger at the mill." Do you know what this refers to?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1121.1 Message Board Post: Write or call the Probate Court Probate Court Lexington County 139 East Main Street Lexington, SC 29073 Phone: 952-7718

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1125.2 Message Board Post: Hi, While checking for messages regarding my family I saw your query regarding look-up. Did not see any response to your query so looked thru my old newspapers and found the one that you wanted which is: NOAH BECK Eastover - Services for Noah W. Beck, 81, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, at Greater Columbia Funeral Services Chapel with entombment in Celestial Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum. Visitation is 5-9 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Beck died March 17, 2003. Born in Winston-Salem, NC, he was the widower of Josephine C. Beck. He was a loving father and very dedicated to his family. Surviving are daughter, Cindy Hatchell; sons, Billly, Roy Beck; two sisters and six brothers. THE STATE, Thursday, March 20, 2003, Page B6, Col 2-3 A bit more info was in the OBITUARIES NOTICES on March 18, 2003. He lived at 300 North Royal Tower Drive, Irmo, SC. You may be able to obtain further information by contacting the funeral home directly. Their address is : Greater Columbia Funeral Services, 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC. Phone: 803-255-7272

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: James, Thompson, Woods, Jeffcoat, Hires, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1130 Message Board Post: Seeking info on Louise Thompson James m to Unknown James. Louise is a distant relative. She is the daughter of John Wes Thompson and Lucy Rebecca Jeffcoat Thompson, both deceased. Email Willie Hires direct. My email address is papabear112003@yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Drafts, Refo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1129 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about my great-grandmother, Florence Antoinette Drafts, who married Davis Beauregard Refo in 1890. They lived in South Carolina, perhaps in Lexington. She was born in about 1870 and died in 1948 in Cobb Co., Georgia. According to my grandfather, Florence was of German ancestry. I'm hoping someone can help me find the names of her parents and other relatives. Thank you!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams (but this should work with ANY name and place) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1125.1.1 Message Board Post: The info I am about to give MAY be of use to you; you will have to use the link and check to see if your STATE is on the orange map, click that, scroll down the list of states to the one you want, then find the newspaper you want, CHECK that box, then scroll to "ADDITIONAL SEARCH OPTIONS, follow the instructions to search for the name, date etc. I live in Columbia SC, and I found "last week' look-up" at www.newslibrary.com Go there and follow my instructions: what I used was: Chose South Carolina on orange map; a new page appears with a list of participating newspapers. Scroll to your desired state - look at newspapers there and CHECK the box of the one you want; scroll to ADDITIONAL SEARCH OPTIONS and CHECK the Option you want. I didn't know anything except what was in the Look-up, so I ch ose "STATE,The" because (happily) the Look-up had specified Columbia and that's where The State is published. You may have to work a little harder with your look-up if you don't know a DATE or which State or City your individual lived. I chose the bottom one, and entered the date of death in the first boxes, then entered the date I did the look-up. Enter the individual's "NAME" "anywhere" and "OBITUARY" "anywhere"..... This will make sense when you see the page. I may have put the items in the wrong order, but you will see it all there. AFTER you Submit, WAIT and a page will come up with at least one or two RESULTS; if the name you want is not one of the ones given, scroll just a little way to where it instructs (My words may be wrong) CHECK HERE FOR COMPLETE ARTICLE (I had problems here) and a page with all the obituaries within the range of dates you gave. I hope you find what you want. Follow the instructions if you want to PURCHASE a copy for $2.95. Now you take it from there!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: George, Smith, Metts, Koon, Rister Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1128 Message Board Post: I am trying to find info on an Elizabeth "Polly" GEORGE. Her daughter, Mary Manasas SMITH b. Nov 3, 1868 d. jun 21 1929 was married (May 30, 1886) to Walter M. METTS, son of George METTS and Elizabeth SEASE. According to a family narrative, Polly GEORGE was the only daughter in a home full of boys. The story say that when "Old Man George" died, he left all of his property to the eldest sons. The other boys got mad and sowed the gardens with grass. I have found Andrew GEORGE in the 1850 census that would match the above situation. This is the Andrew GEORGE that was married to Nancy RISTER and had a son named Joel Sandford GEORGE. Polly GEORGE was the second wife of Thomas SMITH. Thomas was married to a Miss KOON before Miss GEORGE, with whom he had two sons. As the story goes, Thomas SMITH returned from service in the Civil War finding his wife (Miss KOON) and one of his sons dead. The living son was supposedly named Jim. Any help would be greatly appreciated

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AgB.2ACI/1125.1 Message Board Post: i am lookin for dennis williams jr. who was buried on 4/5/03 .he lived n durant mississippi 39063.caused could have been(heart failure,overdose)age round 40-45..i may b off with some info(but this is very close to it)name n adress is 100% correct(close friend) holmes county