LORIS Mack S. Todd S. Sgt. Mack S. Todd, 75, of Brookie Lane, died Wednesday, July 25, 2001, at home after an illness. He was born in Horry County, a son of the late Edward McDuffie and Mannie Bryant Todd. He was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and retired from the Air Force in 1968. He served in the South Pacific during World War II and served in the Korean conflict and Vietnam. He received two Bronze Stars and a Presidential Citation. He was a lifetime member of the DAV of Loris and a member of the Aynor VFW Post 10713. Survivors include his wife, Margaret Dale Bone Todd; three daughters, Jo Ann T. Gore and Kathy T. Watts and her husband, Howard, both of Conway, and Marlene T. Fowler and her husband, Berkley, of Tabor City, N.C.; two brothers, Paul D. Todd of Loris and R.B. Todd of Conway; a sister, Betha T. Cox of Loris; seven grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. He was predeceased by two sons, James "Eddie" Todd and David "Ray" Todd. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. A graveside service with full military honors will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Thelton Powell will officiate. Memorials may be made to Beulah Baptist Church, 2651 Highway 66, Loris, SC 29569.

The State (Columbia): Friday, July 27, 2001 Snow Daniel MULLINS (--) Services for Margaret Snow Daniel, 85, will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Cedardale Cemetery directed by Cox-Collins Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 7-9 this evening at the home of Nancy and Bob Mottern, 1375 Horseshoe Road. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Hospice of Georgetown, 2591 Fraser Street, Georgetown, SC 29440, or to Mullins First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 443, Mullins, SC 29574. Mrs. Daniel, widow of William H. Daniel Jr., died Thursday, July 26, 2001, in Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown.

That sounds like another dreaded virus that's going around. Be very careful about opening anything up!

This is a known attempt to Hack your computer... Very BAD worm that wipes drives... Do NOT open any attachments

Peggy and other List Members, What Peggy describes here is a virus/worm named "SirCam" that is making the rounds with lightning speed and it's doing so because the virus uses your email address to send out one of your files, located in your "My Documents" directory, to any email address it finds in your personal Address Book as well as email addresses found in your Temporary Internet files folder. This means that the virus/email will be send to folks you know, have corresponded with, but also to folks who have their email address on a web page. (Guess who's received a bushel of these so far. <G>) DO NOT CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT no matter what it's named or who the email is from, it will infect your PC. If you received the email but didn't open the attachment (like Peggy), no problem. Just delete the email and empty the Trash. If you opened the attachment, however, you've now got the virus and will need to get assistance in removing it from your anti-virus software vendor. The email always has a Subject line of the name of the file it's sending and the message looks like: >Hi! How are you? > >I send you this file in order to have your advice > >See you later. Thanks Hang in there everyone. Victoria

Dear list, This is off the subject, but I am curious if anyone else has received the following e-mail>> Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks This always comes with an attachment, which I never open. I have received 3 and they are all by different people. The addresses are dakotaangel@ndsupernet.com (Dakota Angel) blue@pilot.msu.edu (Richard Blue) blean4life@jps.net (Vicki Herring) If anyone knows what is going on, please let me know. Peggy Price

Hello List! Mildred, I am so glad that you shared the Sullivan Ballou letter. I apologize for the sarcasm and rude comments that some on this list made to you. Frankly, this letter reminds me that this is how it felt to fight a war, never mind which side. I too had relatives who fought for the Confederate side, and some I'm sure who fought for the Union side. War isn't pretty for anyone. Thanks for this bit of history. Guess what, I know this is the Marion Co. List, and I'm still glad I read Sullivan's letter! Linda Hull

Cathy wrote: <<Jo, does this Marion, Florida, mean Marion Co., Florida? >> That is just the way it reads in the Marion County, SC Deedbook: Marion Fla. But you will notice that the county of record is Jefferson County, Florida. Then the document was brought to Marion County, SC and recorded here. The way it reads, I would suspect that Marion Florida is a town in Jefferson County. It did NOT say Marion County Florida, cause I remember it caught my eye when I first read it in the deedbook. Of course, it could have been that terribly careless courthouse clerk again, who maybe wrote Florida when he meant to write South Carolina? I just took a look at mapquest.com. There is a Marion, Florida about midway between Tallahassee and Jacksonville. Could it be that Jefferson County covered that area in 1849? I think Leon was cut from Jefferson, or was it vice versa? There is quite a bit about Absolom Jolly and Rhoda Goodyear on the Alachua (sp?) County, Florida Genweb page. At least there was. Haven't looked there in awhile. I'm not sure if anyone has figured out who her parents were. Moses Hill, originally from Robeson, sold out his lands in Marion (SC) on Little Pee Dee River near the Horry County line in 1830 to Hardy Lewis, and moved with several of his relations to Jefferson County, FL. With him were his daughter Elizabeth Stephens (divorced wife of Ebenezer Stephens of Robeson), his grandson-in-law David P.F. Newsom, who had owned large tracts of land on both sides of the river around present day Gilchrist Bridge (in fact, Gilchrist purchased the old Newsom tracts around the bridge). (Per various Robeson and Marion County deeds and census records, Jefferson County FL census records. Also Jefferson County, FL will of Moses Hill courtesy of Harry Jones.) I'm sure others from this area went to Jefferson as well. Just can't remember who. Jo Church Dickerson

In a message dated 7/26/01 6:07:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mundenal@home.com writes: > The name Absalom caught my eye as I was looking at some census sheets last > nite. in 1850 Marion there was a family , Absalom Jolly 24M, Rhodah 21F and > William 1M. If it helps !! > Yes, Al, that is the same Absalom Jolly & Rhoda Goodyear Jolly. They moved to Putnam/Alachua County, Florida, around 1860 with my Great Great Grandfather, Laban Price, who was born in Marion District, SC. Cathy

The name Absalom caught my eye as I was looking at some census sheets last nite. in 1850 Marion there was a family , Absalom Jolly 24M, Rhodah 21F and William 1M. If it helps !! ----- Original Message ----- From: <CathyHrmon@aol.com> To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [SCMARION-L] Re: Surname GALE / GALES > In a message dated 7/25/01 3:22:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > JoChurchD@aol.com writes: > > > > 1849 10/15 SAMUEL GALE to N. PHILLIPS > > Marion County, SC Deedbook V/157 > > Samuel Gale of Marion Florida (sic) to N. Phillips; Power of Attorney; > > 15 Oct 1849; Power of Attorney; ..appt N. Phillips of Marion SC true & > > lawful > > attorney...to act in my stead...Signed: Samuel X Gale at Marion Fla.; > > wit: > > John G(rain?) Esqr., Clerk of Circuit Court for Jefferson County in State > > of > > Florida; rec: 7 Mar 1850. > > > > > Jo, does this Marion, Florida, mean Marion Co., Florida? Or do you know? > Marion Co., FL is the Ocala area near where I grew up. Jefferson Co. is the > Tallahassee area. Not overly close to each other. But this caught my > attention. Especially with all the common factors to my family. Laban Price > put Allen in the Crutchelow school in Marion District, SC in that same > Crutchelow Branch area that the earlier deed referred to. Rhoda Goodyear > married Absalom Jolly (who also put children in this school) and they moved > to Putnam Co., FL (Putnam Co. borders Marion Co. FL) at the same time > together with my Laban and are all buried in the same cemetery in the small > town of Melrose, FL. William P. Goodyear and his wife, Louisa are also > buried in this cemetery. I believe this William is Rhoda's nephew, but am > not sure. Just curious. > Cathy > > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > To search the SCMARION-L Archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter SCMARION >

In a message dated 7/25/01 3:22:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, JoChurchD@aol.com writes: > 1849 10/15 SAMUEL GALE to N. PHILLIPS > Marion County, SC Deedbook V/157 > Samuel Gale of Marion Florida (sic) to N. Phillips; Power of Attorney; > 15 Oct 1849; Power of Attorney; ..appt N. Phillips of Marion SC true & > lawful > attorney...to act in my stead...Signed: Samuel X Gale at Marion Fla.; > wit: > John G(rain?) Esqr., Clerk of Circuit Court for Jefferson County in State > of > Florida; rec: 7 Mar 1850. > > Jo, does this Marion, Florida, mean Marion Co., Florida? Or do you know? Marion Co., FL is the Ocala area near where I grew up. Jefferson Co. is the Tallahassee area. Not overly close to each other. But this caught my attention. Especially with all the common factors to my family. Laban Price put Allen in the Crutchelow school in Marion District, SC in that same Crutchelow Branch area that the earlier deed referred to. Rhoda Goodyear married Absalom Jolly (who also put children in this school) and they moved to Putnam Co., FL (Putnam Co. borders Marion Co. FL) at the same time together with my Laban and are all buried in the same cemetery in the small town of Melrose, FL. William P. Goodyear and his wife, Louisa are also buried in this cemetery. I believe this William is Rhoda's nephew, but am not sure. Just curious. Cathy

Thank you Doris for the thoughts on the Ballou letter. I like YOUR reply. Dan -----Original Message----- From: wacmaw <wacmaw@weblnk.net> To: SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [SCMARION-L] The Sullivan Ballou Letter >Mildred >Thank you for sharing this beautiful love letter. Even though I enjoyed >reading this letter, I feel as if I invaded their privacy by reading it. I >could have been written by any of a million men that was in service to his >county, during any war, and facing death each day. I know Sarah must have >cherished this letter to her death. My husband has been dead for 18 years, >I still have ever letter he wrote me during the time he served our county. >Doris

Mildred Thank you for sharing this beautiful love letter. Even though I enjoyed reading this letter, I feel as if I invaded their privacy by reading it. I could have been written by any of a million men that was in service to his county, during any war, and facing death each day. I know Sarah must have cherished this letter to her death. My husband has been dead for 18 years, I still have ever letter he wrote me during the time he served our county. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mildred Venitucci" <emvee@kingwoodcable.com> To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 1:59 PM Subject: [SCMARION-L] The Sullivan Ballou Letter > This came from a friend, and I wanted to share it. Mildred > > The Sullivan Ballou Letter > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > My very dear Sarah: > > The indications are very strong that we will move in a few days - > perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel > impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be > no more. > > Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure - > or it may be one of sever conflict and death to me. Not my will, but thine, > O God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for > my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence > in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. > I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the > government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through > the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing - perfectly > willing - to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this > government, and to pay that debt. > > But, my dear wife, when I know that with my own joys I lay down nearly > all of yours, and replace them in this life with cares and sorrows - when, > after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself, I > must offer it as their only sustenance to my dear little children - is it > weak or dishonorable, while the banner of my purpose floats calmly and > proudly in the breeze, that my unbounded love for you, my darling wife and > children, should struggle in fierce, though useless, contest with my love of > country? > > I cannot describe to you my feelings on this calm summer night, when > two thousand men are sleeping around me, many of them enjoying > the last, perhaps, before that of death - and I, suspicious that Death is > creeping behind me with his fatal dart, am communing with God, my country, > and thee. > > I have sought most closely and diligently, and often in my breast, for > a wrong motive in thus hazarding the happiness of those I loved, and I could > not find one. A pure love of my country and the principles I have often > advocated before the people and "the name of honor that I love more than I > fear death" have called upon me, and I have obeyed. > > Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with > mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of > Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on, with > all these chains, to the battlefield. > > The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come > creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have > enjoyed them so long. And hard for me it is to give them up and burn to > ashes the hopes of future years when, God willing, we might still have lived > and loved together, and seen our sons grow up to honorable manhood around > us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but > something whispers to me - perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little > Edgar - that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not, my dear > Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me > on the battlefield, it will whisper your name. > > Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I have caused you. How > thoughtless and foolish I have often times been! How gladly would I wash out > with my tears every little spot upon your happiness, and struggle with all > the misfortune of this world, to shield you and my children from harm. But I > cannot. I must watch you from the spirit land and hover near you, while you > buffet the storms with your precious little freight, and wait with sad > patience till we meet to part no more. > > But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen > around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the garish day and > in the darkest night - amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours - > always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be > my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit > passing by. > > Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for thee, for we > shall meet again. > > As for my little boys, they will grow as I have done, and never know a > father's love and care. Little Willie is too young to remember me long, and > my blue-eyed Edgar will keep my frolics with him among the dimmest memories > of his childhood. Sarah, I have unlimited confidence in your maternal care > and your development of their characters. Tell our mothers I call God's > blessing upon them. > > O Sarah, I wait for you there! Come to me, and lead thither my > children. > - Sullivan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Major Sullivan Ballou of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry was killed at the > first battle of Bull Run on the 21st of July, 1861. > > > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > To search the SCMARION-L Archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter SCMARION >

The State (Columbia): Thursday, July 26, 2001 Margaret Wilcox LAKE VIEW (--) Services for Margaret Beatty Price Wilcox will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bear Swamp Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 7-9 this evening at the funeral home. Cooke Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Wilcox died Wednesday. Born in Conway, she was a daughter of the late William Hyman and Carolyn Vereen Price. She was the Director of Nursing at Mullins Hospital. Surviving are her daughter, Lois Page; granddaughter, Shawn Horne; grandson, Stephen Page; great grandchildren, Hunter, Tristian Horne; brother, James Price.

The State (Columbia): Thursday, July 26, 2001 Rose Rogers MULLINS (--) Services for Rose Lee Clark Rogers, 59, will be held at 3 p.m. today at Cox-Collins Funeral Home with burial in Stephens Cemetery. Mrs. Rogers, wife of Frank Rogers, died Tuesday in McLeod's Regional Medical Center. Born in Marion Co., she was a daughter of Henry Clark and Minnie Barrentine Clark. She was a member of Tranquil United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband; parents; sisters, Carol Brown, Millie Lewis; brothers, Leon Clark, Johnny Clark, Jerry Clark; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Marilyn Louise Rogers.

The State (Columbia): Thursday, July 26, 2001 Gladys Belk MULLINS (--) Services for Gladys Harrelson Belk, 80, will be held at 2 p.m. today, July 26, 2001, at Meares Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marin Lynch officiating. Entombment will follow in Palmetto Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Memorials may be made to Mullins First Baptist Church, 303 N. Main St., Mullins, SC 29574. Meares Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Belk died Tuesday, July 24, 2001, in Myrtle Beach Manor. Born in Horry Co., she was a daughter of the late William Harrelson and Frances Stevens Harrelson. She was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are her sisters, Eva Lee Oxner of Mullins, Brookie Conner of Murrells Inlet. She was predeceased by brothers J.N. Harrelson, Hudson Harrelson; sisters, Retha Harrelson, Thelma LaDue.

On a recent posting to the Marion List I inadvertently added an extra name to the Barfields listed in the 1763 Bladen County, NC Tax List. I have since gone back and pulled out the list, which I should have done before sending out that message. Upon looking at the list again, I also re-discovered that it was in loose alphabetical order, thus was almost certainly a copy of some previous document or loose returns. The Bladen tax list, including all Barefields shown in 1763, reads more fully and much more accurately: Barefield David 1 - - 1 Barefield Richd. Joshua Nathan Barefield & Josia 4 2 - 6 Barefield Roger 1 - - 1 The first number given is white polls. Unsure of other three numbers, column headings are illegible on my copy from the NC Archives. Some would be black polls, male and female. White females were not taxed. ===================================================== You will notice that Thomas Barfield/Barefield was NOT on that list - wishful thinking on my part, I suppose. Sincere apologies. If you have forwarded the original message to anyone, please be kind and forward this one as well. Jo Church Dickerson

In reply to Windy: I am not aware of any old gravestones for the Gale family. The Gale family has puzzled several local researchers for many years now. Though I don't know of anyone left here who descends from them, they had apparent connections to several local families, notably the Goodyears and Harrelsons. As you are aware, they left the area in the 1840s. They left few records, and those they left only increase the puzzle, and do little to solve it. It is delightful to find someone on the list searching for them. All below is based on my own original research in the local records and my abstracts of same, except where noted. The Gales were in the area that became Hillsboro Township (East of Little Pee Dee River and south of the state line) from at least about 1786 to the 1840s. Then the name disappeared from the local records. There is a record of an early Samuel Gale in the 1790 census of Prince George Winyaw Parish (see below). That is his only appearance in the local census records. He would seem to be the same Samuel Gale whom later deeds show owned lands in 1786/1791 near Little Pee Dee River. There is reference in one later deed that Samuel Gale owned lands in 1791 in the fork of Little Pee Dee & Drowning Creek. These lands were near Crutchelow Bay or Crutchelow Branch. (Marion Deedbook G/31, Enos Tart, Sheriff to Jacob Grice dated 1816, 3000 acres granted to Alexander Thompson in 1791, bounded in 1791 by Samuel Gale, John Price, & Joshua Barfield; and plat obtained from SC Archives for survey of 3000 acres surveyed for Joshua Barfield, and granted to Archibald Thompson in 1791, showing same bounding landowners as named in deed.) Also, there is reference in later deeds to a land grant to Samuel Gale in 1786. (I don't have a copy of this plat.) This land was sold by Thomas Scott to Benjamin Hays in 1804, 100 acres granted to Samuel Gale on 2 Oct 1786. These lands may be the same mentioned in the grant to Alexander Thompson, or they may be other lands. Thomas Scott resided on Bear Swamp, just a little below Gaddy's Mill. But his kinsman, Pharoah Scott owned lands near Crutchelow Bay and Crutchelow Branch, thus it may have been the same tract mentioned in the Alexander Thompson grant and related deed mentioned above. (Marion Deedbook I/209, Utley's Abstracts by Sutcliffe, Thomas Scott to Benjamin Hays dated 1804.) The only later males I have seen with the name Gale were Solomon, Samuel, and Harrison Gale. I have seen nothing showing their relationship to each other. Harrison Gale owned lands near Hayestown / High Hill / Gaddy's Mill area. Solomon Gale also had lands in that area, as well as near the Little Pee Dee River. I have seen nothing else to connect Harrison Gale to the other two, except for the fact that they were here about the same time, and lived not too many miles from each other. There are several deeds that seem to connect Solomon and the later Samuel Gale somehow to the Goodyear family. Specifically to one Luraney Goodyear (is she the same person as Lurana Gale of 1820 census?), whose identity remains unknown. One close friend suspects that this Luraney Goodyear later married to Timothy Harrelson, son of Benjamin, but I believe that's impossible - she was much older than the Luraney who married Timothy Harrelson, as she was shown owning lands with Solomon Gale in 1807. (Marion Deedbook D/72 & D/79, dated 1807: John Newsom to John Ford mortgage, and John Ford to John Newsom selling lands that included some estate lands of William Goodyear, but excepting 140 acres of lands transferred to Solomon Gale & Luraney Goodyear.) In 1820 there was a Lurana Gale listed in Marion census, age over 45 (see below), but no Luraney Goodyear was found. In 1820 Luraney Goodyear sold 70 acres of land - including lands granted to John Ford and lands granted to George Miller - to Samuel GOODYEAR, and were sold 12 years later by Samuel GALE to Lovet Goodyear (see note following deed abstract, below). On that same date in 1821 ( ! ) she also sold lands to Love Goodyear. In 1832 Samuel Gale sold those lands he had from Luraney, along with some other lands he owned, to Lovet Goodyear, who apparently took all three of these deeds to the courthouse to be recorded. 1821 08/31 LURANEY GOODYEAR TO LOVE GOODYEAR Marion County, SC Deedbook O/123 Luraney Goodyear to Love Goodyear $100/70a; 31 Aug 1821; on NE side of Crutcheloe Swamp ..being p/o/a T of 100a gr to George Miller 7 Jul 1788 ..warrant..; signed: Lurany X Goodyear; wit: Francis Floyd JQ; pr: none; rec: 10 Feb 1833. 1820 08/31 LURANEY GOODYEAR TO SAMUEL GOODYEAR Marion Deedbook O/125 Lurany Goodyear to Samuel Goodyear, both of Marion District; 31 Aug 1820; $100/40a & 30a; on NW side of Crutchelow Swamp lying in a long square being p/o/a T of 500a? or 300a? gr to John Ford also 30a more being p/o/a tract of 100a gr to Geo Miller 7 Jul 1788 to be laid out on the W side of the tract the length of the line joining the abovementioned 40a...; signed: Lurany Goodyear; wit: Francis Floyd QU; pr: none; rec: none given. (IMPORTANT NOTE: The name Samuel Goodyear is as given in the title and text of this deed as recorded in the Marion Deedbook. However, no Samuel Goodyear has ever been found in any other record for Marion County. In addition, Samuel GALE sold this land to Lovet Goodyear in 1832. Please see note following deeds. -jcd) 1832 11/27 SAMUEL GALE TO LOVET GOODYEAR Marion County, SC Deedbook Q/97 Samuel Gale to Lovet Goodyear; $100, 3 tracts; 27 Nov 1832; in the fork of LPDR & Drowning Creek on Crutcheloe Branch ..1/40a on W side Crutcheloe Swamp p/o 500a tract gr to John Ford; 2/100a gr to George Miller on 7 Jul 1788 to be laid off on W side of this tract..3/85a p/o/a grant to Archd. Odom on 5 Jan 1789; signed: Samuel X Gale; wit: John Yelverton, Francis Floyd QU. (I believe there are four possibilities. Possibility 1/There really was a Samuel Goodyear, and he sold this land to Samuel Gale. I find this the least plausible of the explanations - that deed should have been included when Lovet Goodyear carried these deeds to the courthouse for recording. Possibility 2/There was no Samuel Goodyear, this was the clerk's error, and the name was really Samuel Gale. This sort of error is often seen in the recorded documents. However, the name written in error by the clerk is rarely used throughout the deed, as was the case in this document. Possibility 3/Samuel Gale sometimes used the name of Samuel Goodyear. Given the confusion around Luraney Goodyear / Lurana Gale, I think there is some reason to suspect this might have been the case. However, then the later deed of Samuel Gale to Love Goodyear should have also shown the name Samuel Goodyear to be legal. Possibility 4/The name of Samuel Goodyear was inserted in error or misunderstanding by whomever drew up the original deed for them, and the parties involved never read the deed - or perhaps couldn't read? Regarding the date, the deedbook clearly says 1820. However, on the exact same date, one year later, the deed of Luraney to Lovet Goodyear was executed. Leads me to wonder if the clerk might not have made error copying one of the dates.) By 1849 Samuel Gale was in Florida, disposing of the rest of his lands in Marion County, SC. 1849 10/15 SAMUEL GALE to N. PHILLIPS Marion County, SC Deedbook V/157 Samuel Gale of Marion Florida (sic) to N. Phillips; Power of Attorney; 15 Oct 1849; Power of Attorney; ..appt N. Phillips of Marion SC true & lawful attorney...to act in my stead...Signed: Samuel X Gale at Marion Fla.; wit: John G(rain?) Esqr., Clerk of Circuit Court for Jefferson County in State of Florida; rec: 7 Mar 1850. In 1849 Samuel Gale's lands were sold to Elias B. Ford, deed signed by N. Phillips, atty for Gale: "...on east side of LPDR on which I the sd Gale formerly lived said to contain 262a..." (Marion County, SC Deedbook V/111.) Benjamin Harrelson who died in 1840 named his daughter, Mary Gale, in his will. It is widely believed, (and perhaps proven by someone else, but not by me yet, though I find it logical) that Mary Harrelson's husband was Samuel Gale. (Per original will of Benjamin Harrelson dated 1840 in Marion County Probate Roll #357. This will has been posted to the Marion County SC Genweb page.) GALE Family in Marion County, SC Census Records: (There are many online websites that will explain the census age categories.) (These include ALL the Gales I could find in census) 1790, Prince George Winyaw Parish: (from Heads of Families) Gale, Samuel 12200 1800, Liberty County: (from Marty Grant's wonderful website) Gale, Solomon, 21110-21110-0-0 1810, Marion District: (from microfilm by jcd) Gale, Marium 10010-10100-0-0 page 37 Gale, Maryan 02100-01001-0-0 page 14 Gale, Soloman 11101-20100-0-0 page 31 1820, Marion District: (per printed volume by Lois Turner Silva) Gale, Lurana 020100-02101-0-0 1830, Marion District: (per printed volume by Carolyn Prater Ward) Gale, Harrison 10001-10001 (other free & slaves not given) Gale, Samuel 10001-00001 (other free & slaves not given) 1840, Marion District: (per printed volume by Carolyn Prater Ward) Gale, Harrison 111001-12001 (other free & slaves not given) Gale, Samuel 01101-23001 (other free & slaves not given) 1850, Marion District: No surname Gale found in census. 1860, Marion District: No surname Gale found in census. Once again, many clues, little data on relationships. This one seems especially confusing. I am drawn to this Luraney Gale/Goodyear question because I have a Miller line, and am most curious as to how Luraney came into the lands of George Miller. Also interested due to Mary Harrelson Gale being sister or half-sister of my own ancestor, Martha "Pattie" Harrelson Thompson. Hope Windy will jump into the fray, share her information on the Gale family, and let's see if we can come up with any thing more on them. The names of the children of Samuel Gale would be most welcome, along with any other details of his family. A number of other local families went to Jefferson County, Florida. Perhaps we can find some connections among them? Jo Church Dickerson

We have the best group in the world, bar none...... Hats off to you all! Sandra

Hi y'all, It's official -- all the "blanks" on the Marion County Wills page are now filled in. It's time for a group hug. Thanks to the efforts of so many of you, Will Books 1 and 2 are now online. That's 258 Wills, I believe, and 235 of those have been added since February of this year! The highest number of Wills added in a single month was 92 for May, followed by 86 in March. Zowie! Every little bit that each of us adds makes our virtual library that much better and I thank ALL of you who have contributed. Special recognition goes to an amazing group of ladies for their extraordinary efforts in getting so many of the Wills transcribed. Between them, these ladies transcribed 193 Wills: Francine Jones, Betty Jo Stewart, Donali Howell, Cynthia Fore Miller, and Roberta Hayes King. It's been a privilege to work with you on our "Wills Project" and a treat to get to know you better. You've done exceptionally fine work and a lot of it!!! Please stand up and take a bow. Cheers, Victoria Victoria Proctor Marion County SCGenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html Dillon County SCGenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/dillon.html