Thank you for the information on the Sawmill Baptist church, Jeff. I believe , after reading everything, that the first group to break away from the Welsh Neck group had some kind of meeting house in Cheraw Hill, organized in 1782, and the group that broke away from it organized the Old Sawmill Baptist Church which was probably built on the two acres of land stated in Capt. Phillip Pledger's records as being given to the "Baptist Church" in 1785. Pledger's son- in- law, Tristram Thomas is buried there with his second wife. It states that Rev. Joshua Lewis preached at both Cheraw and Sawmill and died ca. 1812, and is buried at Old Sawmill. The congregation built a new Sawmill in 1820, but left it to go into the new city limits where the new courthouse was being built with a new church in 1832 which is probably the Thomas Memorial Baptist. At any rate, the old Sawmill Church predates Cashway by about three years, which was organized by Moses Pearson and some of his friends : " Moses Pearson then helped established the Cashaway Neck Church of Christ on the banks of the Great PeeDee River in Marlboro Co. in 1788 near the border with Darlington Co and next to the present Hwy. #34. The members had broken away from The Welsh Neck church and had been meeting at Pearson's house until they arranged for the land and building of the Cashaway church. Moses Pearson & Joseph Allison, for ten pounds sterling, bought one acre of land from John Brown near Brown's Mill on Cleveland Hill for said church. Other names as witnesses: Matthew M. Murfee, Jesse Brown, Rachel Pearson, attested to before Tho. Evans in 1792. It seems like I saw something along the way that pointed to Pledger having a mill. Will have to dig further. Joanne

BENNETTSVILLE - Services for Franklin Eugene "Gene" Quick, 61, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Mission of Faith Holiness Church, Wallace, with burial in McCall Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Whitner-Evans Funeral Home. Mr. Quick died Friday, March 8, 2002. Born in Marlboro Co., he was a son of the late William Thomas Sr. and Lena Graham Quick. He was a textile employee with Delta Mills and was Holiness. Surviving are son, Kenny Odom; daughters, Wanda Jean, Tabatha, Debra Jean Quick; brothers, Ernest W., James E. and wife, Loretta Quick; sister, Lynn Quick; five grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Roger Carol and William Thomas Jr. Quick; sister, Allie Mae Quick Creech and a brother-in-law, Arthur Claude Creech

Hi Joann Marlboro County was formed in 1785, that's when the first Courthouse was built nearby in the Carlilse community, so this date coincides with the new construction there. There are early settler graves there, my Great,Great,Great Grandfather Major Richard Dudley, a doctor, died in 1823 and was buried there. But he was disinterred a year later, and moved to what is now known as Evergreen Cemetery in Bennettsville, after his widow, Ann Newberry Dudley, bought the first lot in Bennettsville and had built the Marlborough Inn, across from the new Robert Mills designed Courthouse. The sawmill was known as Dudley's sawmill, presumably owned by Richard, but I don't know if he built it, or bought it from someone else. I would guess that it dated back to the creation of the Carlilse comminity in the late 1780's, and that he bought it after he moved there from N. Carolina around 1815. At 09:16 PM 3/8/02 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone have any good information on the "old Sawmill Baptist church" >other than what is in the local history books? I have seen a couple of >references to it being built in 1820, but another page states that Rev. >Joshua Lewis preached there up until his death in 1812 and his grave may >still be seen at "Old Saw Mill". (page 231, J.A.W. Thomas's "HISTORY OF >MARLBORO CO., SC". I am trying to determine if the two acres of land >Capt. Phillip Pledger gave to the "Baptist church" in 1785 might be the land >Old Sawmill was first built on, and maybe that is why the connotation is >used "Old Sawmill". I am guessing it was rebuilt in 1820, according to page >245, ..".the Baptist living in the town at that time worshipped at Saw Mill >and had just built a new church there in 1820. On page 234-35, " In >September, 1832, this entry was made upon the minute book ; "The church met >at new meeting house in Bennettsville." This is when the congregation >decided the town was going to start growing around the new courthouse. >According to the history books, this is now an African-American church, but >there must be some old graves of the early settlers around somewhere. And >the Pledger land was in that area. Would appreciate hearing from anyone >with further information on it's early history. This area is on the east >side of the Pee dee River and about three miles north of the road leading >from B'sville to Society Hill > >Joanne Harley >New Bern,NC >harleyclan@coastalnet.com > > >

Does anyone have any good information on the "old Sawmill Baptist church" other than what is in the local history books? I have seen a couple of references to it being built in 1820, but another page states that Rev. Joshua Lewis preached there up until his death in 1812 and his grave may still be seen at "Old Saw Mill". (page 231, J.A.W. Thomas's "HISTORY OF MARLBORO CO., SC". I am trying to determine if the two acres of land Capt. Phillip Pledger gave to the "Baptist church" in 1785 might be the land Old Sawmill was first built on, and maybe that is why the connotation is used "Old Sawmill". I am guessing it was rebuilt in 1820, according to page 245, ..".the Baptist living in the town at that time worshipped at Saw Mill and had just built a new church there in 1820. On page 234-35, " In September, 1832, this entry was made upon the minute book ; "The church met at new meeting house in Bennettsville." This is when the congregation decided the town was going to start growing around the new courthouse. According to the history books, this is now an African-American church, but there must be some old graves of the early settlers around somewhere. And the Pledger land was in that area. Would appreciate hearing from anyone with further information on it's early history. This area is on the east side of the Pee dee River and about three miles north of the road leading from B'sville to Society Hill Joanne Harley New Bern,NC harleyclan@coastalnet.com

Ron, Mary Bridges Stubbs David was born in ab 1762 in Maryland. In the Thomas book it tells of John's wife and Mary or Mollie as she was called coming from Maryland to SC. John Stubbs, Jr. died in 1792 and Mary died in 1839. I am descended from their youngest daughter Dorcas M. Stubbs who married Joshua Moses Odom. Dorcas and Joshua Moses Odom had one daughter Mary Ann Odom who married Spencer J. Strickland. Spencer and Mary Ann are my g-g-grandparents. Spencer J. Strickland was the executor of Mary Bridges Stubbs David's estate. I have copies of it and the estate papers of John Stubbs, Jr. I use a library computer so I don't always have my information available to me. I will send you all the children of John and Mary Bridges Stubbs, Jr. next time I come to the library. Hope this will be the beginning of sharing information. ---------------------------------------------- Original Message From: ""<RBul1865@aol.com> Subject: [SCMARLBO-L] Mary Bridges Stubbs David Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 03:00:46 EST > >In a message dated 3/5/02 7:58:38 AM, DOR@white-star.com writes: > ><< Hi Ronald, > >I too am descended from the Bridges of Marlboro County. John and Mary >Bridges Stubbs, Jr. are my 4th g-grandparents. I have a lot of Bridges >information and would be glad to share any I have with you. > >Doris Strickland Blythe >Charlotte, N. C. >> >================= >Hello Cousin Doris and thanks very much for your kind offer to >share information. Actually, I am also interested in the Stubbs >family, about which I know very little, but need to because of >their close connections to the Bridges and Conner families. > >I have just sent out a message to the Marlboro list thanking the >many kind folks on the list who have written to me with useful >information, while telling thwm of my attempt to catch up with >my replies. > >I would love to have any information that you could conveniently >copy into the body of an e-mail, but I have a Macintosh computer >and am having problems trying to open attached files that some >have sent me, as it seems that my computer cannot handle >documents written in Microsoft Word, which most are. > >I am happy to learn that Mary Bridges and John Stubbs had children. >I knew that the Thomas history said that they had been married >before she married John David and had daughter Eliza at age 46, >but I did not know if she had Stubbs children. I am glad that she >did, and I know that you are even more pleased. I looked up Eliza >David Bridges in the census of 1860 and found her age then to be >54, which would place her birth in 1806. If her mother, Mary Bridges >Stubbs David, was 46 in 1806, then she would have been born in >1760, give or take a year. However, I had a kind member of the >Marlboro list send to me directly the information that Mary Bridges, >daughter of John Bridges, Sr, was born on 17 Dec. 1781 and that >she died on 17 Jan 1828. I wrote back asking if these exact dates >came from a Bible record, and the reply was that it probably came >from a grave stone, and those from such an early time are rare, > >If she was really born in 1781, then the Rev. Thomas in his history >was off on his dates by some 20 years, it would seem. Then again, >he did have trouble now and then in keeping John Bridges and son >William straight. I am not complaining, though, because it is wonderful >to have material collected as early as 1890 from persons who still >remembered having heard stories in their youth from men who had >served in the Revolutionary War. > >Can you help me on the birth date of Mary Bridges? I would also love >to hear more about the family that she had with John Stubbs, Jr, >as well as about John himself. Thanks for your kind offer. It is very >good, indeed, to communicate with new cousins, even those in which >the degree of kinship uses up most of the fingers on one hand. Let's >see, of the top of my head, I almost underestimated here, as I believe >that you would be my 5th cousin, once removed, as I am one >generation closer to John Bridges, Sr, than you would be. That is still >treasured kinship, even if I did learn about it only this week. > >Best regards, Ron Bullock > >P. S. - I have just admitted my lack of knowledge about computers >in this and a previous message to the list, so I might as well confess >now that I do not know how to access archive messages on lists such >as that for: CONNER-L@rootsweb.com. Might I ask someone at their >convenience to tell me how to do this? > > _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com

In a message dated 3/6/02 12:29:58 PM, emvee@kingwoodcable.com writes: << Here it is, Ronald, cut and pasted. It will probably wrap. I am also a KLUTZ on the computer. My daughter teaches me on a need to know basis. Mildred Descendants of Benjamin Bridges, SR>> ...........material Omitted.................... =========== Thanks very much, Mildred, as you came through loud and clear this time. Moreover, I simply love what you have done. Rather than listing one name after another down through the generations in some kind of GED COM format, you have told the story of the descendants of Benjamin Bridges in a wonderful manner. You are right, I believe that music did run in the early Bridges families, but it ran out before being handed down to me. I believe that I mentioned in an earlier posting that a violin called "Old Charleston" was brought from SC to AR when the family moved there. My Bridges families were Methodist, as was at least the Methodist preacher in your family. My gg-grandfather, John Bridges (b. 1807) - the son of William Bridges and the grandson of John Bridges, Sr - gave the land for the establishment of the New Hope Methodist Church in Clark Co, AR, about 1860. He had a desire to see that the church was set just so in relation to north and south. In order to accomplish his purposes, he set the corner stone at night in order that it could be aligned by a sighting on the North Star. The cemetery was located behind the church, which has long since disappeared, so that it now sets back in the woods perhaps a quarter of a mile. It is fenced and was well kept when I was there about 5 years ago in the quiet of an early morning. After listening to the birds sing and catching a glimpse of a deer, I though that this was not a bad place for John Bridges and many members of his family to rest. John Bridges lived until 1895, and my eldest uncle remembered him from his childhood as a very active and alert old gentleman. Like the musical talents, I am afraid that the good early "Bridges genes" had weakened by the time that they got to me. Thanks very much for the information, Mildred. We will need to do a little more work to see if we can figure out exactly how Benjamin and John Bridges, Sr, were related, but they were probably brothers, as you have supposed. I hope that it will be all right with you if I send this to the Marlboro list. My best regards, Ron Bullock

SURFSIDE BEACH - Robert Craig Deaver, 63, of Cypress Drive, died Monday, March 4, 2002, at home. He was born Feb. 21, 1939, in Bennettsville, a son of the late Howard and Lou Fowler Deaver. He was an Army veteran. and a hotel manager. Survivors include his wife, Hannah Burns Deaver; two daughters, Shawne Cassidy and her husband, John, of Conway and Stephanie Lyles and her husband, Ron, of Timmonsville; three brothers, Howard Deaver Jr. of McCall, Ronnie Deaver of Surfside Beach and Gwyn Deaver of Sarasota, Fla.; and three grandchildren, Hailey and Hanna Cassidy and Grace Lyles. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. today at Belin United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care Choice, 410 Mill St., Suite 401, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464, or the Veterans Affairs Hospital, Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge.

In a message dated 3/5/02 7:58:38 AM, DOR@white-star.com writes: << Hi Ronald, I too am descended from the Bridges of Marlboro County. John and Mary Bridges Stubbs, Jr. are my 4th g-grandparents. I have a lot of Bridges information and would be glad to share any I have with you. Doris Strickland Blythe Charlotte, N. C. >> ================= Hello Cousin Doris and thanks very much for your kind offer to share information. Actually, I am also interested in the Stubbs family, about which I know very little, but need to because of their close connections to the Bridges and Conner families. I have just sent out a message to the Marlboro list thanking the many kind folks on the list who have written to me with useful information, while telling thwm of my attempt to catch up with my replies. I would love to have any information that you could conveniently copy into the body of an e-mail, but I have a Macintosh computer and am having problems trying to open attached files that some have sent me, as it seems that my computer cannot handle documents written in Microsoft Word, which most are. I am happy to learn that Mary Bridges and John Stubbs had children. I knew that the Thomas history said that they had been married before she married John David and had daughter Eliza at age 46, but I did not know if she had Stubbs children. I am glad that she did, and I know that you are even more pleased. I looked up Eliza David Bridges in the census of 1860 and found her age then to be 54, which would place her birth in 1806. If her mother, Mary Bridges Stubbs David, was 46 in 1806, then she would have been born in 1760, give or take a year. However, I had a kind member of the Marlboro list send to me directly the information that Mary Bridges, daughter of John Bridges, Sr, was born on 17 Dec. 1781 and that she died on 17 Jan 1828. I wrote back asking if these exact dates came from a Bible record, and the reply was that it probably came from a grave stone, and those from such an early time are rare, If she was really born in 1781, then the Rev. Thomas in his history was off on his dates by some 20 years, it would seem. Then again, he did have trouble now and then in keeping John Bridges and son William straight. I am not complaining, though, because it is wonderful to have material collected as early as 1890 from persons who still remembered having heard stories in their youth from men who had served in the Revolutionary War. Can you help me on the birth date of Mary Bridges? I would also love to hear more about the family that she had with John Stubbs, Jr, as well as about John himself. Thanks for your kind offer. It is very good, indeed, to communicate with new cousins, even those in which the degree of kinship uses up most of the fingers on one hand. Let's see, of the top of my head, I almost underestimated here, as I believe that you would be my 5th cousin, once removed, as I am one generation closer to John Bridges, Sr, than you would be. That is still treasured kinship, even if I did learn about it only this week. Best regards, Ron Bullock P. S. - I have just admitted my lack of knowledge about computers in this and a previous message to the list, so I might as well confess now that I do not know how to access archive messages on lists such as that for: CONNER-L@rootsweb.com. Might I ask someone at their convenience to tell me how to do this?

In a message dated 3/4/02 8:57:53 AM, emvee@kingwoodcable.com writes: << Ronald- I am also researching BRIDGES in Marlboro County-Benjamin Bridges m. Rebecca Stubbs. I will be happy to share what I have-I think it has already been posted on this list, so I won't tire everyone with another posting-but will send to your email address. Probably our two BRIDGES were brothers. Mildred Brady Venitucci >> ===================== Thanks for your message, Mildred, but I am sorry to say that I have not been able to open your attached file. I down loaded it, but then when I tried to open the file my Macintosh computer told me that it could not find the Microsoft Word application needed to open the file. I hate it when computers are not able to talk to one another. My old Macintosh computer had a translator program that would open other files, but if this newer i Mac does, I haven't been able to figure it out. I don't know that much about computers. Maybe if I sent this to the Marlboro list someone could tell me how to open it, but I hate to announce to the whole list about my very limited computer knowledge. Having said all of that, I have looked at the family of your Benjamin Bridges posted on the Internet, and there is no doubt in my mind that this Benjamin is the person listed on the 1800 census of Marlboro County, age 26/45, with one male under 10, three females under 10, and one 26/45. There was a Francis Bridges in the same age range, and the History of Marlboro by Rev. Thomas specifically says that Frank Bridges was a kinsman of my John Bridges, Sr. I feel certain that your Benjamin Bridges was another kinsman. If he was not a brother, then he was a nephew or some close relative for sure. The fact that he married Rebecca Stubbs convinces me of that. Do you know how she connects to the Stubbs family? I would guess that she might have been named for Rebecca Conner Stubbs, wife of John Stubbs, Sr. You evidently saw my message to the Marlboro list reporting that Ira Bridges (son of William) married Margaret Jane Stubbs (b. 1815), daughter of David Stubbs (b. 1785). Two of the sisters of William Bridges married into the Stubbs family, as well, so I feel sure that you Benjamin is from this same family. Maybe someone on the list could help us with the Stubbs family, as I know very little about them, so I hope that you will not mind if I change my plans and send this message to the list after all. My goodness, I grew up using a wooden slide rule with which to do calculation, so I should not be expected to know much about computers. I have had a number of very nice responses to my previous message to the list (most coming to me directly) and have fallen behind with my replies, so sending to the list would give me a chance to say thanks and that I am working to catch up. One kind person wrote to tell me that John Bridges, Sr, was born in Talbot Co, MD, by or before 1750. A tax record is available for the entire state of MD in 1678 and I believe that there were only two persons with the Bridges name in the state: Thomas and Richard Bridges, both in Talbot County. I have the feeling that in one of these names I am probably looking at the great-grandfather of John Bridges, Sr, of Marlboro. If the blanks could be filled in, the Bridges roots in Maryland might run almost as deep as that of Cottingham. Mildred, if you would please be so kind, maybe you could take portions of your Bridges file that you sent as an attachment and copy and paste them into the body of as many e-mail messages as necessary. Would that be too much trouble? Sorry to the Marlboro list for all of the inside talk here, but please accept my thanks to your kind responses to my previous message. Best regards, Ron Bullock

Does anyone have access to newspapers in Marlboro County? Couls someone please do a lookup? I would like to have the obituaries for: William Franklin (Frank) TAYLOR 6 July 1854 - 6 Dec 1928 Amanda Bottoms TAYLOR 19 May 1853 - 26 July 1940 John Alexander TAYLOR 21 May 1885 - 11 Apr 1963 Lollie May TAYLOR 5 Oct 1891 - 3 Feb 1959 They are all buried in Brownsville Cem. Thank you! Jackie I am a Volunteer of Random Genealogical Kindness @ <http://www.raogk.org/> Researching Taylor, Smith, Davis, Maris, Perry, Routledge, Switzer, Bottoms/Longbottoms

I don't know if you have this info already ot not. I'm not a Bridges researcher myself. But our familes probably knew each other since 2 of the school teachers were Coxes. I'm really curious about the 2 male names I wasn't sure of. page 127A Ira Bridges age 50 male Farmer estate $2000 born SC Margarit age 33 f born SC Peter W ? age 16 male born SC attended school Charles T age 14 male born SC attends school Anna J age 12 female born SC attends school Henry P age 10 male born SC attends school James Caldwell age 8 male born SC attends school Joseph C age 6 male born SC Lucy Jane age 4 feamle born SC William age 1 male born SC page 131B Alfred Bridges age 33 male farmer estate $400 born SC Sara age 28 female born SC Franklin age 11 male born SC attenda school (Berig_w ? ) age 9 male born SC. Sorry I can't figure out the handwriting here. attends school Eliza jane age 7 female born SC attends school page 155B William D Bridges age 48 male farmer Estate $3000 born SC Eliza age 43 female born SC page 157B John Bridges age 43 male farmer estate $1200 born SC Elizabeth age 38 female born SC John H age 15 male born SC attends school Wiiliam I age 13 male born SC attends school Navtorie ( another handwriting problem) age 11 male born SC attends school Emeline C age 9 female born SC attends school Henry E age 7 male born SC attends school Albert age 5 male born SC attends school David age 3 male born SC Edward age 1 male born SC thanks, Tammy

Hi Ronald, I too am descended from the Bridges of Marlboro County. John and Mary Bridges Stubbs, Jr. are my 4th g-grandparents. I have a lot of Bridges information and would be glad to share any I have with you. Doris Strickland Blythe Charlotte, N. C. ---------------------------------------------- Original Message From: ""<RBul1865@aol.com> Subject: [SCMARLBO-L] Bridges of Marlboro County Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 04:47:15 EST >Greetings to the Marlboro County list: > >My ancestors there are: Bridges, Hargrove, Cottingham, Ammons, >and Conner, for sure, and Beverly, almost certainly. I am new to the >list, but will send this message in a form from which any part wanted >can be posted on the Marlboro Web Page by the List Coordinator, with >the remainder being omitted. My best regards, Ron Bullock, descended >from the Bridges of Marlboro County. >=========================== > > > Posted by Ronald Bullock (RBUL1865@aol.com) > > > Will of William Bridges > >The State of South Carolina >In the name of God, Amen. > > I William Bridges of the District of Marlborough and State >Aforesaid, do make, ordain and constitute this My Last Will and >Testament, revoking all others heretofore made by me - > In manner & form following, that is to say > >First. I give and devise to my beloved son Thomas Bridges, >all the tract of land on which I now live (except one hundred and >twenty acres to be laid off on the North West side of said tract) >to him and his heirs forever. > >Second. I give and devise to my beloved son Alfred Bridges, >one hundred & twenty acres of land to be laid off on the North >West side of land on which I now reside, being the same excepted >in the first clause, to him and his heirs forever. > >Third. I will and devise that all of my Negroes be sold after my >death, on a credit of two equal annual installments, and the money >arising from the sales of such Negroes be divided in the following >manner, viz. To my daughter Harriet Covington, wife of John Covington, >two hundred dollars; To my daughter Charlotte Beverly, wife of William >Beverly, two hundred dollars; To my daughter Ann Cottingham, wife >of James Cottingham, two hundred dollars; and one hundred dollars each >to my sons James Bridges, William D. Bridges, and Wiley Bridges. > >Fourth. I will and devise that all the rest and residue of my estate of >what kind soever be equally divided, share and share alike, among all >my children, viz James Bridges, Ira Bridges, William D. Bridges, John >Bridges, Wiley Bridges, Alfred Bridges, Thomas Bridges, Harriet >Covington, Charlotte Beverly, and Ann Cottingham. > >Fifth. I nominate, constitute, and appoint John Bridges, John >Covington & Ira Bridges my lawful executors of this My Last Will and >Testament. > > Signed by: William Bridges > > >Signed & Acknowledged, Published & Declared >by William Bridges to be My Last Will & >Testament in the presence of us & we sub- >scribe the same as witness in the presence >of each other this 7th Nov. A. D. 1845. > >William Munnerlyn >Alexander Sutherland >William R. Long > > >Proven 6 Aug. 1849 > >--------------- >Notes: The wife of William Bridges had died by 7 Nov. 1845. >She was Charlotte Cottingham, daughter of Charles Cottingham, >whose will made in 1817 has been posted on this Marlboro site. > >The given names in this will are of interest. The wife of Charles >Cottingham was Nancy Ann Conner. She was almost certainly >the daughter of Thomas and Ann Beverly Conner. > >One Bridges daughter was named Charlotte (for her mother), a son >was named William D. Bridges (for his father), and Thomas and Ann >Bridges were likely named for the grandparents of Charlotte >Cottingham Bridges (Thomas and Ann Beverly Conner, parents of >Nancy Ann Conner Cottingham). Son John Bridges was named for the >father of William Bridges. The mother of William Bridges is unknown, >but Harriet might not be a bad guess. > >Son-in-laws William Beverly and James Cottingham were no doubt >related to the family of Charlotte Cottingham Bridges, but exactly >how is unknown. > >Son-in-law John Covington is the person quoted at length as Col. >John Covington in the book by Rev. J. A. W. Thomas on "A History >of Marlboro County." According to this book, the mother of John >Covington was Nancy Bridges (a sister of William Bridges), who had >earlier been married to a Mr. Conner and had children named Ira and >Nancy Conner. It could be that a grandparent of William Bridges had >the name Ira, because William also had a son by this name. > >Rev. Thomas also related how Mary Bridges had first married John >Stubbs and later became the fifth wife of John David. She was said >to be 46 and Mr. David 62 when their daughter Eliza David was born, >and we are told that she later married William D. Bridges (named above >as a son of William Bridges). They can be found in the census of 1860 >Marlboro, where it can be seen that Eliza Bridges was 54 and her >husband 58. Some arithmetic reveals that the mother Mary Bridges >of Eliza David Bridges was born in about 1764. > >Mary was the daughter of John Bridges, Sr, though, not of William, >so Rev. Thomas was incorrect in one of the places where she was >mentioned. However, it is wonderful to have such early recollections >of Marlboro County, as information is given here that could be learned >in no other way. From the information above, it can be seen that it >was not unknown for cousins to marry in these families. That leads >to some interest in the full name of William David Bridges, where >David is not usually thought of as a possible surname, but >considering his marriage to Eliza David does make one wonder about >who the wife of John Bridges, Sr, might have been. > >John Bridges, son of William, was my gg-grandfather. He and brothers >Ira, Alfred, and James had moved to Clark Co, AR, by 1860. John >married Elizabeth Hargrove, daughter of Newell Hargrove and Levica >Ammons, who was the daughter of Joshua Ammons. Rev. Thomas gave >high praise to the service of Joshua Ammons in the Revolutionary War, >going so far as to say that he carried General Marquis LaFayette to >safety after he had been wounded. My grandmother (granddaughter of >John Bridges and Elizabeth Hargrove) was named Levia for her great >grandmother, Levica/Levia Ammons. > >Ira Bridges married Margaret Jane Stubbs, likely a distant cousin as the >sister Rebecca of Thomas Conner married John Stubbs, Sr, and it was >John Stubbs, Jr, to whom Mary Bridges had been married before she >married John David. Margaret Jane Stubbs (born 26 June 1815) wrote >in a fine hand in her family Bible in which she listed the names of her >parents as David Stubbs (born 1 April 1785) and Ann McDaniel (born >23 Jan. 1793). She mentioned one son, Joel C. Bridges (born 14 May >1844), who smothered to death in cotton on 27 Oct. 1851. They were >still in Marlboro Co. at that time, so it could be that they grew cotton >and had a large tank for its storage. > >The Bridges families came to Arkansas with many items that were >brought from Marlboro. One such item was a violin that was called >"Old Charleston," so perhaps that is from where it came. Another >item was a clock with all wooden works inside that had printed on >the back: "Made by Seth Thomas." Perhaps that was a clock >company or maybe it was made by a local person from the same >family from which Rev. Thomas of the Marlboro history came. > >It is of some interest that William Munnerlyn witnessed the wills >of: James Cook in 1826 (who was the father of Mary Ann Conner, >wife of Wilson Conner, the son of Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly); >Lewis Stubbs in 1844 (another son of John Stubbs, Sr, and Rebecca >Conner, and the husband of the sister Elizabeth of William Bridges); >and William Bridges in 1845. He must have had some connection to >the Bridges, Conner, and Stubbs families. These wills and the Bible >record of Mary Ann Cook Conner are all found on this Marlboro >County site. It is from that Bible bought in Savanna, GA, on 8 Feb. >1804 for $4 that much of the information known about the Conner >family comes. Would we not all wish that our ancestors had spent >their money so well? > >The wife of Charles Cottingham was known to be Nancy Ann Conner, >and they had a son named Conner Cottingham. A married daughter >named in the 1817 will of Charles Cottingham was Nancy C. Cook, >and the "C" in her name was very likely to have been Conner - not >Cottingham, since none of the other married daughters had a >middle initial. Also, in 1803, the eldest son of Charles Cottingham, >Jonathan (who was married to the sister Sarah of William Bridges), >gave a son the name Wilson Conner Cottingham. Wilson Conner was >the son of Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly, and it seems very likely >that he was given this name in honor of the only brother of his >mother's left alive at this time. > >I go into all of this detail, because one can look on the Internet and >find that others have claimed the daughter Nancy Ann of Thomas >Conner and Ann Beverly as their ancestor, but this Nancy was >married to Charles Cottingham. I have to smile as I write this, >because of thinking about what our ancestors might think about >their names floating around in cyberspace in the year of 2002 >during a big tug of war to keep them from being snatched away >by others. > >These families had earlier associations in Dobbs Co, NC, as on the >tax rolls there in 1769 were John Bridges (father of William), and >Thomas Conner. John Beverly (father of Ann Beverly Conner) was in >Johnston Co. as early as 1745, with that being the parent county >from which Dobbs was taken in 1758. It seems likely that this was >the area in which Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly married. > > > > _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com

BENNETTSVILLE - Services for Paul Rembert Daniels, 51, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Whitner-Evans Funeral Home with burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Visitation is from 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Daniels died March 3, 2002. Born in Marlboro Co., he was a son of Pauline Dailey Daniels and the late Paul Daniels. He was a machine operator with Delta Mills and was a Methodist. Surviving are wife, Betty Daniels; son, Paul Daniels; daughter, Susan Daniels; mother; brothers, John, Mason and Bradford Daniels; sisters, Barbara Allen and Juliette Lane; two grandchildren

Ronald- I am also researching BRIDGES in Marlboro County-Benjamin Bridges m. Rebecca Stubbs. I will be happy to share what I have-I think it has already been posted on this list, so I won't tire everyone with another posting-but will send to your email address. Probably our two BRIDGES were brothers. Mildred Brady Venitucci

Greetings to the Marlboro County list: My ancestors there are: Bridges, Hargrove, Cottingham, Ammons, and Conner, for sure, and Beverly, almost certainly. I am new to the list, but will send this message in a form from which any part wanted can be posted on the Marlboro Web Page by the List Coordinator, with the remainder being omitted. My best regards, Ron Bullock, descended from the Bridges of Marlboro County. =========================== Posted by Ronald Bullock (RBUL1865@aol.com) Will of William Bridges The State of South Carolina In the name of God, Amen. I William Bridges of the District of Marlborough and State Aforesaid, do make, ordain and constitute this My Last Will and Testament, revoking all others heretofore made by me - In manner & form following, that is to say First. I give and devise to my beloved son Thomas Bridges, all the tract of land on which I now live (except one hundred and twenty acres to be laid off on the North West side of said tract) to him and his heirs forever. Second. I give and devise to my beloved son Alfred Bridges, one hundred & twenty acres of land to be laid off on the North West side of land on which I now reside, being the same excepted in the first clause, to him and his heirs forever. Third. I will and devise that all of my Negroes be sold after my death, on a credit of two equal annual installments, and the money arising from the sales of such Negroes be divided in the following manner, viz. To my daughter Harriet Covington, wife of John Covington, two hundred dollars; To my daughter Charlotte Beverly, wife of William Beverly, two hundred dollars; To my daughter Ann Cottingham, wife of James Cottingham, two hundred dollars; and one hundred dollars each to my sons James Bridges, William D. Bridges, and Wiley Bridges. Fourth. I will and devise that all the rest and residue of my estate of what kind soever be equally divided, share and share alike, among all my children, viz James Bridges, Ira Bridges, William D. Bridges, John Bridges, Wiley Bridges, Alfred Bridges, Thomas Bridges, Harriet Covington, Charlotte Beverly, and Ann Cottingham. Fifth. I nominate, constitute, and appoint John Bridges, John Covington & Ira Bridges my lawful executors of this My Last Will and Testament. Signed by: William Bridges Signed & Acknowledged, Published & Declared by William Bridges to be My Last Will & Testament in the presence of us & we sub- scribe the same as witness in the presence of each other this 7th Nov. A. D. 1845. William Munnerlyn Alexander Sutherland William R. Long Proven 6 Aug. 1849 --------------- Notes: The wife of William Bridges had died by 7 Nov. 1845. She was Charlotte Cottingham, daughter of Charles Cottingham, whose will made in 1817 has been posted on this Marlboro site. The given names in this will are of interest. The wife of Charles Cottingham was Nancy Ann Conner. She was almost certainly the daughter of Thomas and Ann Beverly Conner. One Bridges daughter was named Charlotte (for her mother), a son was named William D. Bridges (for his father), and Thomas and Ann Bridges were likely named for the grandparents of Charlotte Cottingham Bridges (Thomas and Ann Beverly Conner, parents of Nancy Ann Conner Cottingham). Son John Bridges was named for the father of William Bridges. The mother of William Bridges is unknown, but Harriet might not be a bad guess. Son-in-laws William Beverly and James Cottingham were no doubt related to the family of Charlotte Cottingham Bridges, but exactly how is unknown. Son-in-law John Covington is the person quoted at length as Col. John Covington in the book by Rev. J. A. W. Thomas on "A History of Marlboro County." According to this book, the mother of John Covington was Nancy Bridges (a sister of William Bridges), who had earlier been married to a Mr. Conner and had children named Ira and Nancy Conner. It could be that a grandparent of William Bridges had the name Ira, because William also had a son by this name. Rev. Thomas also related how Mary Bridges had first married John Stubbs and later became the fifth wife of John David. She was said to be 46 and Mr. David 62 when their daughter Eliza David was born, and we are told that she later married William D. Bridges (named above as a son of William Bridges). They can be found in the census of 1860 Marlboro, where it can be seen that Eliza Bridges was 54 and her husband 58. Some arithmetic reveals that the mother Mary Bridges of Eliza David Bridges was born in about 1764. Mary was the daughter of John Bridges, Sr, though, not of William, so Rev. Thomas was incorrect in one of the places where she was mentioned. However, it is wonderful to have such early recollections of Marlboro County, as information is given here that could be learned in no other way. From the information above, it can be seen that it was not unknown for cousins to marry in these families. That leads to some interest in the full name of William David Bridges, where David is not usually thought of as a possible surname, but considering his marriage to Eliza David does make one wonder about who the wife of John Bridges, Sr, might have been. John Bridges, son of William, was my gg-grandfather. He and brothers Ira, Alfred, and James had moved to Clark Co, AR, by 1860. John married Elizabeth Hargrove, daughter of Newell Hargrove and Levica Ammons, who was the daughter of Joshua Ammons. Rev. Thomas gave high praise to the service of Joshua Ammons in the Revolutionary War, going so far as to say that he carried General Marquis LaFayette to safety after he had been wounded. My grandmother (granddaughter of John Bridges and Elizabeth Hargrove) was named Levia for her great grandmother, Levica/Levia Ammons. Ira Bridges married Margaret Jane Stubbs, likely a distant cousin as the sister Rebecca of Thomas Conner married John Stubbs, Sr, and it was John Stubbs, Jr, to whom Mary Bridges had been married before she married John David. Margaret Jane Stubbs (born 26 June 1815) wrote in a fine hand in her family Bible in which she listed the names of her parents as David Stubbs (born 1 April 1785) and Ann McDaniel (born 23 Jan. 1793). She mentioned one son, Joel C. Bridges (born 14 May 1844), who smothered to death in cotton on 27 Oct. 1851. They were still in Marlboro Co. at that time, so it could be that they grew cotton and had a large tank for its storage. The Bridges families came to Arkansas with many items that were brought from Marlboro. One such item was a violin that was called "Old Charleston," so perhaps that is from where it came. Another item was a clock with all wooden works inside that had printed on the back: "Made by Seth Thomas." Perhaps that was a clock company or maybe it was made by a local person from the same family from which Rev. Thomas of the Marlboro history came. It is of some interest that William Munnerlyn witnessed the wills of: James Cook in 1826 (who was the father of Mary Ann Conner, wife of Wilson Conner, the son of Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly); Lewis Stubbs in 1844 (another son of John Stubbs, Sr, and Rebecca Conner, and the husband of the sister Elizabeth of William Bridges); and William Bridges in 1845. He must have had some connection to the Bridges, Conner, and Stubbs families. These wills and the Bible record of Mary Ann Cook Conner are all found on this Marlboro County site. It is from that Bible bought in Savanna, GA, on 8 Feb. 1804 for $4 that much of the information known about the Conner family comes. Would we not all wish that our ancestors had spent their money so well? The wife of Charles Cottingham was known to be Nancy Ann Conner, and they had a son named Conner Cottingham. A married daughter named in the 1817 will of Charles Cottingham was Nancy C. Cook, and the "C" in her name was very likely to have been Conner - not Cottingham, since none of the other married daughters had a middle initial. Also, in 1803, the eldest son of Charles Cottingham, Jonathan (who was married to the sister Sarah of William Bridges), gave a son the name Wilson Conner Cottingham. Wilson Conner was the son of Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly, and it seems very likely that he was given this name in honor of the only brother of his mother's left alive at this time. I go into all of this detail, because one can look on the Internet and find that others have claimed the daughter Nancy Ann of Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly as their ancestor, but this Nancy was married to Charles Cottingham. I have to smile as I write this, because of thinking about what our ancestors might think about their names floating around in cyberspace in the year of 2002 during a big tug of war to keep them from being snatched away by others. These families had earlier associations in Dobbs Co, NC, as on the tax rolls there in 1769 were John Bridges (father of William), and Thomas Conner. John Beverly (father of Ann Beverly Conner) was in Johnston Co. as early as 1745, with that being the parent county from which Dobbs was taken in 1758. It seems likely that this was the area in which Thomas Conner and Ann Beverly married.

MCCOLL - Services for Barbara Hunt Locklear, 42, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Mt. Elam Baptist Church with burial in Rogers Cemetery. Visitation is from 6-8 tonight at Rogers Funeral Home. Mrs. Locklear died March 1, 2002. Born in Marlboro Co., she was a daughter of Girtha Brooks Hunt and the late Nathaniel Hunt. Surviving are mother of McColl; husband, James Locklear of McColl; sons, James Locklear of McColl, Christopher Locklear; brother, Charles Brooks of McColl; sisters, Linda Ward of McColl, Bertha Hopkins of McColl, Brenda Jacobs of McColl; grandson, Kyle Locklear.

Victoria, Thank you very much for keeping an eye out for me on the Rasco / Roscoe surnames. I appreciate it very much. I already had this information. I am not sure if any of these Rascoes and Roscoes are related to me in any way. My line of the family left Bertie County North Carolina in 1794 and moved west into Tennessee and Kentucky. None of my direct line of Rascos were ever in South Carolina. I am interested in all branches of the Rascoe family and that is my primary reason for trying to learn more about those who were in Marlboro/Chesterfield in the 1790 to date. Those lines and mine may tie in with each other back in Bertie or Hyde Counties North Carolina of possibly Northampton County Virginia late 1600's to late 1700's. I believe but have not proven that the James Rasgo (sic) that was listed in the Cheraw District in the 1790 census was in Wayne County N.C. in 1786 and prior to that in Bertie County. The Aquilla Rasco listed in the 1850 census of Richmond County N.C. was either a son of James or John Rasco. Aquilla sold 170 acres of land on Lightwood Knot Creek in Marlboro County to James Steen on February 2, 1826, recorded May 22, 1826 in Deed Book "M" page 370. Aquilla moved just across the North Carolina line into Richmond County, Wolf Pit District. He is listed in all the censuses in that county beginning in 1830 through 1870. He died and left a will in Richmond County. Most of the Roscoes you found in the Mark Creek and Mary Love Cemeteries in Richmond County are descendants of the John Rasco who was born about 1796 in Marlboro County through his son John Rasco and his son George Washington Roscoe. Note the name began to change from Rasco to Roscoe after the War Between the States. The present day Roscoes in Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Richmond and some other near by counties are related to the earlier Rascoes of Marlboro County. My problems are trying to prove and place these various Rascoes/Roscoe in their proper family groups and determine how each group is related to the others. Also to prove how the Rascoes in Marlboro County prior to 1850 were related to each other, identify all the children and wives and to prove where these Rascoes originated at and who their parents were. Not a small task but I an other across the country whose ancestor left Marlboro County about 1820 and moved to Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and Kentucky are working on this. I have been since the early 1970's. Part of the difficulty is the fact that there are no marriage records and very few other records coupled with the fact that None of the present Roscoe in that part of the country either don't know anything about their ancestors, don't care to know, or don't want other to know. Anyway thanks once again for your help, time, and effords on my behalf. I do really appreciate all you have done for me and look forward to hearing from you again with more info you come across. Best regards, Your friend, James R. Rasco

Does anyone know if this survey is available for purchase? Jane in KY citadl65@earthlink.net > > The cemetery surveys of Woodford Sherrill and Jack Ingram, completed > in 1989, are online at the Richmond County NCGenWeb site courtesy of > R. Carol McLean: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/cemeteries.htm > Lots of old Marlboro County names can be found over in Richmond > County. > > There's a search engine located on Myrtle's main page which > you will find useful when searching for your Marlboro County > ancestors: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/index.html > > Cheers, > Victoria >

Mr. Roscoe, As you know I keep my eyes peeled for Roscoes, Rascoes, etc. and in looking at the 1850 census for Richmond County, NC I found the following household (#394) in Wolf Pit District. Aquiller Rashco, 56, male, farmer, SC [b. about 1794] Nancy Rasco, 45, female, NC Henry Cole, 21, male, farmer, NC Jane Cole, 13, female, NC You may have already seen this but the spelling is a bit different so I thought I'd send it along. Do you think this Aquilla Rashco could be your kinfolk? Also, I found some ROSCOEs in two cemeteries on the Richmond County web site, though the burials are roughly in the late 1800s, perhaps too late to be your line. MARY LOVE CEMETERY, p. 5: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/marlove5.htm Marks Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/markscrkcem.htm Hope there's a nugget for you. Cheers, Victoria

Hi y'all, The cemetery surveys of Woodford Sherrill and Jack Ingram, completed in 1989, are online at the Richmond County NCGenWeb site courtesy of R. Carol McLean: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/cemeteries.htm Lots of old Marlboro County names can be found over in Richmond County. There's a search engine located on Myrtle's main page which you will find useful when searching for your Marlboro County ancestors: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrichmo/index.html Cheers, Victoria