In a message dated 7/17/01 8:20:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Femail85@aol.com writes: > The paper was hand cut to have designs at the > top and bottom. I have it framed in an 18x15 frame in such a way that both > sides of the letter can be read. I would love to know more about this young > woman :-) Do you have any clues? I will try to scan it but I really don't > think it will work. > I just scanned it and it DID work!!! What a surprise :-) You won't be able to read the writing but I can write it out for you or anyone else interested. At least you can see her hair, flowers and how the paper is cut :-) Jane

In a message dated 7/17/01 7:17:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JoChurchD@aol.com writes: > . I have > good reason to suspect early Barfield connections to my Horn, Miller, > Brewer, > Cook, and Hayes lines. But not an ounce of proof so far.... > > Howdy Joe Church Dickerson! I was happy to see Hayes listed in your line. I have an old love letter written by Lucinda Hayse (That is how she spelled it), her spelling left a lot to be desired :-) It was written in 1846 (or could be 1886) can't really tell. She speaks of gaddys mill. She wrote the letter to my great grandfather :-) She braided a long length of her hair to make a circle. In that circle she cut out red material to resemble a rose and green material for the leaves. The paper was hand cut to have designs at the top and bottom. I have it framed in an 18x15 frame in such a way that both sides of the letter can be read. I would love to know more about this young woman :-) Do you have any clues? I will try to scan it but I really don't think it will work. Thank you so very much for the information on the Barfields :-) That was a whole lot more than I had to begin with :-) Jane

Reply to Jo: Thanks. My Mother was born there. She just had the name a little wrong. Betty Jo

In reply to Jane: There is no well done, comprehensive history of the Barfield family available, not in print and not online. Sellers is about as good as it gets. There are numerous websites and charts with information on Barfields all over the southeast, including Marion and Robeson Barfields. I have found these sites woefully ailing in good, concrete, cited research. However, some idea of the family may be obtained by doing a web search on google.com or some other search engine for "barfield and marion" or "barfield and robeson". Don't forget the alternate spelling of Barefield. Beware of bald statements of descent with no cited sources. And you won't find many sources. Briefly, the Barfield descendants in and from Marion/Dillon all seem to descend from one or the other of the two Richard Barfields who had early land grants in Bladen/Robeson County. The earliest of these Richards was the one who had a land grant on Ashpole Swamp in 1757. This grant was shown by later deeds to have been near the confluence of Hogg Swamp with Ashpole. This Richard Barfield and his wife Mary moved to South Carolina, apparently between 1763 and 1769, and in 1769 sold his land grant on Ashpole. There are clues, mighty small clues indeed, that some of this Richard's sons may have been Joshua, Nathan, Thomas, and Josia Barfield. This is from the 1763 Bladen tax list, where all those 5 male Barfields are shown in one household. It has not been ruled out that Richard might have been brother or some other relation of the others, rather than their father. Another clue is that all of those Barfields (except for Josia who is never heard of again, and Richard, who was arguably deceased by 1786) were shown in the 1786 tax list for Captain Odom's Company, Prince George Winyaw Parish, in what was to become Dillon County, indicating that whole family group may have moved to Marion. Thus they would be the Barfields "in the fork of Drowning Creek and Little Pee Dee River" as discussed by Robert Bass and many other biographers of Francis Marion. They are the only Barfields for whom record has been found in the fork of Drowning Creek and Little Pee Dee prior to the Revolutionary War. There was another Richard Barfield who had a land grant about 1784 in Bladen/Robeson, over on east side of Hogg Swamp, also not far from the confluence with Ashpole. This Richard was kind enough to leave a will dated 1785, naming his wife Ann and his children. Descendants of that Richard Barfield, mostly through his son Willis Barfield, still reside on his lands in that area. Two of this Richard's sons, Elisha and Shadrach, later moved to Marion County, where they had land grants bounding or near Joshua Barfield, near present day Gaddy's Mills, and not far from the homesite of Barrett Barfield Senior. It remains a matter of conjecture just how this newer Richard was related to the earlier Richard who moved from Bladen/Robeson to Marion. Many theories exist, and many counties in North Carolina have been searched for evidence, but nothing conclusive identifying these two Richards has ever been found. They may have been father and son, uncle and nephew, cousins - who knows. There was also, in Bladen/Robeson, a Charles Barfield with land grants on Ashpole Swamp by 1769, and a David Barfield on Old Field Swamp (Fairmont area), also very early. Most if not all of their male descendants seem to have left this area. There is little to indicate that any Barfields other than descendants of the younger Richard, and the elder Richard along with his family, ever resided in what became Dillon County. There were some Barfields in the western part of old Marion County, and in that part of Marion that became Florence County, near Pamplico, and there is some indication that those Barfield families were closely connected to the Barfields of present day Dillon County. Again, however, little has been found that sheds light on concrete family relationships. It is stated (not surmised or guessed at, but stated as fact) on a number of online Barfield sites that the tory captain Jesse Barfield was son of a Solomon Barfield, that he came down from some distant NC county at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. I find this theory patently absurd. There is nothing in the records to suggest that the Tory, Captain Jesse Barfield, was anything but a homegrown Barfield. I find it most unlikely that a stranger with distant family connections came here and immediately commenced to getting himself elected militia captain, and getting at least a couple of hundred locals to follow him in the campaign against the patriots. In my own opinion, and I stress OPINION here, he was quite likely a son or grandson of the earlier Richard of Bladen/Robeson (perhaps the same as Josia, or perhaps a son too young to be taxed in 1763), who moved with his family to what was to become Marion/Dillon (just a matter of a few miles), became quite popular, was elected captain of the Loyalist Militia, and led men he grew up with - neighbors and relations - against Francis Marion and Maurice Murphee. As noted above, there is some speculation that the Josia in the 1763 tax list may have actually been Jesse. However, no proof of this has ever been found. I have a copy of the original 1763 tax list from the NC Archives. The handwritten list actually reads Josia, with great clarity. While the old, extant list may be an early copy of some original tax returns, and Josia may be a clerk's mistake in copying Jesse, without knowledge of any "original" prior to the list, this line of reasoning rapidly becomes an exercise in futility. Likewise, no proof has ever been found that Barrett Barfield Senior was a son of Captain Jesse Barfield. Sellers, of course, speculated that he was son or nephew of Captain Jesse. And there was an anonymous entry in Bethea's AKPD stating that Barrett was son of Captain Jesse (which statement, in my opinion, was probably based entirely on Sellers' speculations). But NO PROOF, not even a convincing clue, has ever been found. Small clues abound, like the location of Barrett's lands adjoining a land grant to Joshua Barfield, the same Joshua who paid taxes on and apparently administered on the estate of one Jesse Barfield in 1786. The fact that Barrett Senior sold that land grant of Joshua's when he sold his own adjoining lands in about 1838 and moved to Macon Co, Georgia. And the fact that Barrett Senior named one of his oldest sons Jesse. But not so many clues that they add up to a preponderance of the evidence. Barrett Senior's father remains unknown. Barrett's father could have been Captain Jesse, or one of his brothers, or perhaps even some other Barfield. I have been through ALL the Barfield entries in the Marion deedbooks up to 1885 and most of the early Bladen and Robeson Barfield deeds. Through all the early Barfield wills and estates in Bladen, Robeson, and Marion. Through all the land grants and plats for Barfields in all three counties. Through all the census records, and numerous other Marion records, court records and such. Many clues, nothing conclusive. They left many documents, but little trace of their family connections. It is true that we only know of the four descendants of Barrett Senior remaining in the Dillon County area. But the Barfields in this area prior to 1850, both in Robeson and in Marion, were numerous.Young male Barfields in the early census records had a habit of leaving the area about as soon as they reached manhood (perhaps because of the Tory business). It is amazing how many of them were found unnamed in their father or mother's household in an early Marion or Robeson census record, only to disappear in the next census, leaving not a mention of their name in the local records. However, there were just as many early Barfield women. And I would suppose that many of them married and either remained in the area with their families, or moved west, leaving adult children here. There have been many many Barfield daughters born around here since 1757. I'm certain they left a number of descendants. We just don't know who they were... I suspect many of us have Barfield grannies back there somewhere. I've been looking for her for for a long time now - my unknown Barfield granny. I have good reason to suspect early Barfield connections to my Horn, Miller, Brewer, Cook, and Hayes lines. But not an ounce of proof so far.... Other local families who were in close proximity to the Barfields, and may have early Barfield connections (prior to say 1800) were Adams, Barnes, Elvington/Yelverton, Ford, Grantham, Hill, Jones, Lee, Lewis, Moody, Page, Smith, Thompson, and others . Jo Church DIckerson << the Barfield family in Dillon County is today represented only by the descendants of WritBarfield and three of his sisters who married into the Goodyear and Rogers families. Does anyone have a history of the Barfields? Celia Barfield Rogers was my great great grandmother. I don't have much information on the Barfields or on Celia. Anyone that can help, it would be greatly appreciated :-) Thanks Jane------Femail85@aol.com >>

In reply to Betty Jo: Barnesville is in Robeson County, NC, near the town of Orrum, maybe about 10-15 miles from the SC state line. Don't know how long the small community has been called Barnesville, but my newly-wed grandmother lived at Barnesville with her parents in 1918 while my grandfather was in France. Jo Church Dickerson >> Has anyone ever heard of a community in NC by the name of Barnwell or Barnville? I think it must have been just over the line. This should have been in the early 1900's. >>

Helen, That was a real find. You have made a lot of people very happy. Thanks from many of us. Has anyone ever heard of a community in NC by the name of Barnwell or Barnville? I think it must have been just over the line. This should have been in the early 1900's. Thanks, Betty Jo Stewart

Thank you all for your letters of appreciation. Like Jo, I have wondered where the Dillon Herald accessed these lists. There was no hint in the paper. Just the heading and the lists. I tried to get actual copies of the articles at the paper but they told me those issues were too brittle to copy. I am searching the Dillon Herald on microfilm trying to find an article for a subscriber so if I run across anything else as interesting as this I will be sure to post it. Also, I have just returned from doing a lookup at the Latta Library and they have the 1880 census in book form. This is a little easier on the eyes than searching the microfilm. I will be glad to do look-ups in that book. Helen

>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 10:15:42 -0600 >From: "Toni Allen" <tiallen@corecomm.net> >To: <Hbmoody@aol.com>, <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> >Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [SCMARION-L] Parnassus Church membership taken from The Dillon Herald > >To Helen Moody >Heartfelt thanks for all of your church membership >listings, but especially for this Parnassus one. >It lists my g. grandmother, Isabella McLeod and my >g.g. grandmother, Catherine McLeod. And Elizabeth >Smith and Isabella Bodiford! >Something I would not have been able to find since >I live so far away. >Toni McLeod Allen in Michigan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Hbmoody@aol.com> >To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:10 PM >Subject: [SCMARION-L] Parnassus Church membership taken from The Dillon >Herald > > > > "Pastors and Church Members of Long Ago" > > > > Parnassus (Blenheim) September 12, 1935 issue of The Dillon Herald, >Dillon, > > SC > > > > Male > > > > W. R. Smith, L. E. > > D. Matheson, C.L. > > J. Galloway, C. L. > > James Spears > > John S. McRae > > Thomas R. Barnett > > W. Pearson > > Thomas Pearson > > Jobesh W. Townsend > > Samuel Townsend > > Light Townsend > > Asa J. Chadwick > > Thomas Chadwick > > James Barnett > > John Townsend > > William Brown > > B. K. Henagan > > John Cain > > Henry DeBerry > > John Bridges > > > > Female Members > > > > Lydia Spears > > Deborah Spears > > Ann Stubbs > > Elizabeth J. Townsend > > M. E. Spears > > Margaret Spears > > Ann Cox > > Fereba Kinney > > Elizabeth Townsend > > Kezia Townsend > > Ann Townsend > > Ann C Townsend > > Sarah Townsend > > Mary Ann Townsend > > Clarissa Barnett > > Mary Barnett > > Rebecca Galloway > > Sara Pearson > > Mary Pearson > > Martha Pearson > > Ann Medlin > > Eliza Griffin > > Annis Pearson > > Elizabeth Pearson > > Elizabeth Hasken > > Margaret A. Hasken > > Susan Brown > > Mary Henagan > > Lucecia Miles > > R. A. Levingston > > Charity Wilkins > > Harriet Wilkins > > Charlotte Wilkins > > Mary Gray > > Mary Ann Gray > > Eliza Ann Gray > > Sarah DeBerry > > Elizabeth Bridges > > Mary McRae > > Mary Ann McRae > > Margaret McRae > > Christian Bristow > > Sarah McKay > > Catherine McLeod > > May McLeod > > Isabella McLeod > > Elizabeth Smith > > Isabella A Boddiford > > Sarah Beasley > > Mary Weatherly > > Elizabeth John > > Lydia McColl > > May John, Sen. > > May John, Jr. > > Nancy Chadwick > > Elizabeth Huggins > > Sarah McAllister > > > > ______________________________

Millers Methodist Church is located Norht East of Mullins and still has an active Membership. Millers Metodist Church Cemetery is immediately adjacent to the Church Bldg. It is well maintained and is enclosed by a fence. My Grand Father and other ancestors are buried there. Ernie

Hopewell Methodist Church is located at Fork, in Dillon County. The cemetery is located a little outside of Fork, going toward Mullins, across Hwy 41 from the McDuffie Cemetery. Very difficult to date this cemetery due to names in the community repeating, but I'd say possibly about the same time period as the others, perhaps 1840-1850? Helen, you done real good! Most of these appear to be Methodist churches. I wonder if all these membership lists may have been originally published in some denominational type publication, and the Herald had access to that old publication? I doubt the Dillon Herald actually had access to separate early membership lists of all these churches, all from the same time period. Jo Church Dickerson ============== Helen Moody wrote: September 12, 1935 issue of The Dillon Herald Hopewell (Fork) Class # 12 Male members: D. John L. Smith, L.E. John C. Huggins, L.P. Samuel Edwards Benjamin Shooter Elisha Harrelson E. T. Huggins Evan Huggins Alfred Owens Female members: Mary Shooter Nancy Huggins Rachel H. Smith Sarah Shooter Ann Cribb Mary C. Huggins Rebecca Whitehead Elizabeth Martin Martha Anderson Ann Lee Nancy McDuffie Margaret Cribb Emily Whitehead Kady Rogers Nancy Huggins Mary Owens A. Owens Nancy Lambert Nancy Rogers Christian Rogers Catherine McQuage Ann B. McQuage Martha Edwards Ann B. McQuage Catherine Harrelson

+++ I find David on the tax list of 1794 and again in the 1800 census. At that time there are..... 2 females above 45 1 male 26/45 3 males 15/25 1 male & 1 female 0/10 At the same time there is a John.... 1 male 1 female 26/45 1 male 1 female 10/15 1 male 0/9 On a map of 1815 of Marion Co, I find two HAMILTONs listed in the Marion area. also looking for a Martha/Mattie WIGGINS b/1870 m/Evandor HAMILTON b/1866 m/1890. >From Sellers book, he mentions an old William with sons Wm & Whittington and an old John with sons John & Tristram. No mention of David. Can any one share info for these families? Any assistance appreciated Audrey AudeeG@aol.com

I can't say for sure, but Campbells in Marlboro were Presbyterian so this is probably presbyterian ? -----Original Message----- From: Lou and Elona Kisala [mailto:alasik@gnv.fdt.net] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 5:58 PM To: SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCMARION-L] Miller's Church membership taken from The Dillon Herald Does anyone know the denomination of this church? Is it still an active church and does it have a cemetery associated with it? Thanks! Elona ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hbmoody@aol.com> To: <SCMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:18 PM Subject: [SCMARION-L] Miller's Church membership taken from The Dillon Herald > Millers (Mullins) September 12, 1935 issue of The Dillon Herald > > "Pastors and Church Members of Long Ago" There is no date of membership. > > Male members; > D. S. Edwards. L. D. > Richard Edwards, L.D. > James Campbell EX. Dead > Theophilus Campbell > Gadi Campbell > Jeremiah Campbell > D. Carmichael > Willis Huggins > Lewis Harrelson > A. C. Carmichael > John Campbell > Steven Smith > William Oltman > > Female members > > Mary Campbell > Celia Campbell > Elizabeth Campbell > Patience Campbell > Martha Edwards > Nancy Edwards > Elizabeth Cribb > Molsey Campbell > Elizabeth Huggins > Martha Huggins > Orrey Campbell > Samatha Cribb > Susanah Martin > Susanah Martin, Jr. > Mary Carmichael > Nancy Carmichael > Celia Harrelson > Sarah Harrelson > Nancy Olston > Sarah Edwards > Sarah Perritt > Addie Martin > Armanthia Campbell > Margaret Carmichael > Emaline Campbell > Mary Huggins > Mary Bryant > Mary Smith > > > ==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== > To search the SCMARION-L Archives: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter SCMARION > ______________________________

Lisa, I too, am a decendent of Mourning Van Pelt. Could you please send me your email address, and here is mine so we can exchange info. h1218@albemarlenet.com Thanks Dayle

Helen, These church membership lists are goldmines. What a find!!! Some of these records probably do not exist any more. Thank you so much for posting all of this. The Parnassus list is wonderful. I have a secret project going right now that I plan to post as soon as I finish it. Joanne Harley

Many thanks for posting the Church Lists. I have deduced that the list(s) for Liberty Chapter Church (This was the the old Stackhouse chapel in Little Rock that later was succeeded on the same site by St Pauls Methodist Church South) name the parishioners within the period 1841 to 1846. Wesley Stackhouse married Lucretia Bethea Meakins on 26 July 1841 and Herod Stackhouse who married Nancy Roper was dead in 1846. Bill in Baltimore

The list for ST. Andrews was pre 1832. Thomas Moody died in 1832 and he was listed as a member. On checking I can even say pre November 1828. Elizabeth Turbeville and Hugh Moody were married in November 1828. There are three Elizabeth Moodys on the list. One was the wife of Thomas and one the wife of Hugh. I haven't figured out who the third one is as yet. Helen

The church lists are great. Many thanks to the poster!! I tried to do the same thing Marty did with the Miller's Church list with the Bethlehem list--that is, to estimate the date. I believe that that one too is from the 1840's. Larry Jones

Thanks for all those wonderful lists! I found my B.K. Henagan, John Bridges (who is he in relation to my Benjamin?) and Mary Henagan. Wish we had some dates, but I am happy for what I found!! It doesn't take a lot to get us excited, does it? Something to share-a "cousin" was asked by someone why she spent so much time looking around cemeteries. "Dead people," she replied, "don't have an ATTITUDE!" Mildred

Uh-oh. With the exception of Mt. Andrew, I believe the churches you asked about, Elona, are on the updated page not yet uploaded. Sorry 'bout that, blush, blush. In my best Gilda Radnor voice... "never mind" Victoria

Elona, All these churches and their denominations and the links to cemetery data can be found on the Marion and Dillon County web sites: Marion County SCGenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/marion.html Dillon County SCGenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/dillon.html Cheers, Victoria At 06:57 PM 7/16/01 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know the denomination of this church? Is it still an active >church and does it have a cemetery associated with it? Thanks! > >Elona Rogers Kisala