Larry, I have not read Woodmason's books yet. Sounds like they will make interesting reading. Where is "Sandy Bluff"? I have a great S.C. ATLAS & GAZETTEER which shows all the little towns and country roads, but I couldn't find Sandy Bluff. Speaking of churches, there is the prettiest church on a back road leaving Clio, SC but is actually in Dillon Co. (once Marion Co.) not far from Minturn and Sinclair's crossroads. It is very old and has a huge cemetery loaded with Scottish names. I believe it is the Carolina Presbyterian church. I think it has been there a very long time. I do not know if the cemetery has been charted/listed or not. Haven't checked lately. I am glad to know Julia Bradford is back. I had a note from her a year or so ago that she was leaving. Guess she decided to return. Thanks for all the other information on the churches. What is at Oak Grove in the way of churches? Cemeteries? By the way, I have no information on the Rev. John R. Little/Ella Berry family and would certainly welcome any you might like to share. I have the parents of John R. Little, which were Daniel Little (b. 1818) and his wife, Mary Ann Medlin (b. 1816) Married 1837. Joanne H.

>Hi, Joanne, I was delighted that through this list, specifically with the help of Jo Church Dickerson, I feel like I know the location of Sandy Bluff. I still want to make it to that location one day! If you find where Highway 301 crosses the Great Pee Dee River (basically near the small community of Pee Dee) and then go upstream a few miles, on the Marion County side, that's where it would be. My understanding is that there is a bluff but that the community extended for three miles or so along the river. It thinks that's what Bishop Gregg wrote. It wouldn't be on today's maps because it is extinct as a community today. Your mention of Carolina Presbyterian Church reminds me that in the cemetery there there is buried a Robert WEBSTER b. June 20, 1850, d. December 16, 1937 and his wife Susan C. b. September 10, 1856 d. July 8, 1929. I think but have not been able to prove that this Robert Webster was the brother of my great grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Webster who lived in Marlboro County and married a McDuffie (there's the Scottish connection again). An earlier census suggests that the Robert who was the brother of my ggrandmother was born ca. 1852. A later estate settlement in 1903 indicates that her brother Robert was in Marion County in 1903. I just have not had confirmation for any descendants that this was the same Robert buried there at Carolina. I think some of the children of the Robert and Susan who were buried at Carolina were named E. Gary (wife Hattie), C. M. (wife Esther), Laura E., Robert, Alfred (wife Fannie), and Walter D. Webster. I think names of others in this general family included Casper M. Webster, Fannie A. Webster, Mary Webster Coyle, Margaret W. Pope, Mollie A. Webster, Emma Kate W. Darden, Sue W. McGirt, Russel C. Webster, Clyde M. Webster, Hattie J. Webster, Christian W. Gunter, Gary Webster Jr., Annie Laurie W. Summerlin, James Robert Webster. I have tried to follow some leads to get in touch with descendants of these folks but so far have not been successful so if you have any clues out there, please let me know. I don't know if any still live in the vicinity of Dillon. The center of Oak Grove has Bethesda Southern Methodist Church with its cemetery and another church. When I was growing up I thought the other church was a Baptist church, and I thought it was named Olive Branch. I think it's name now is Little Bless, and I am not sure but I think it may be a Holiness Church. There is a cemetery there too. Someday I hope to get information on Uncle Jake and Aunt Fannie Belle (Little) Jones on the computer and would be glad to copy to you. Larry Larry, >I have not read Woodmason's books yet. Sounds like they will make >interesting reading. Where is "Sandy Bluff"? I have a great S.C. ATLAS & >GAZETTEER which shows all the little towns and country roads, but I couldn't >find Sandy Bluff. Speaking of churches, there is the prettiest church on a >back road leaving Clio, SC but is actually in Dillon Co. (once Marion Co.) >not far from Minturn and Sinclair's crossroads. It is very old and has a >huge cemetery loaded with Scottish names. I believe it is the Carolina >Presbyterian church. I think it has been there a very long time. I do not >know if the cemetery has been charted/listed or not. Haven't checked >lately. > >I am glad to know Julia Bradford is back. I had a note from her a year or >so ago that she was leaving. Guess she decided to return. > >Thanks for all the other information on the churches. What is at Oak Grove >in the way of churches? Cemeteries? > >By the way, I have no information on the Rev. John R. Little/Ella Berry >family and would certainly welcome any you might like to share. I have the >parents of John R. Little, which were Daniel Little (b. 1818) and his wife, >Mary Ann Medlin (b. 1816) Married 1837. > >Joanne H. > > > >==== SCMARION Mailing List ==== >Dillon County SCGenWeb site: >http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/dillon.html