In Search of JJ: Mark II My cousins and I have tried desperately to come up with a data trail leading to the discovery of the ancestors of our GGG Grandfather, John J. Ross (JJ), but have, so far, mostly drawn a blank. So, we have decided to try another tack. All we know about JJ is that he was (allegedly) born in VA in 1898. He (allegedly) married in NC. His wife (our GGG Gm) was named Telitha (according to the 1850 census), and they settled in the middle of SC (Richland/Kershaw County) and raised a rather large family (all of whom we know of). Now, I doubt if Telitha was that common of a name, even in 1800, so, what we want all of you good, intelligent, helpful people to do is scratch your brains (and data bases) and see if you can find trail back from a Telitha Unknown (or, preferably, known, actually), who was born about 1800, married a guy named JJ Ross who was (apparently) passing through NC from VA on his way to SC. When you find this little gem-stone of information, please let one of us know. Now, we don't need anything in particular after JJ and Telitha got to central SC (to what became Blaney after the railroad went through) except for maybe where they are buried. Especially JJ. He was the pastor at the Harmony Baptist Church in Blaney for many years, but when he died, they apparently lost him. In fact, there are apparently no (known) records for anybody associated with the Harmony Church (and its predecessors, the 25 Mile Creek Baptist Church and Bear Creek Baptist Church) who died while a member until JJ's oldest daughter Nancy was buried there in 1891. Not good. Where ARE these people? I have looked high and low, personally 'stomped' all the cemeteries in the area (and, yes, I DID look in the Kershaw County Cemetery Survey books), talked to anybody who would listen (and quite a few who wouldn't) and came up totally empty. (A lot of people just want to look and feel superior, since they already KNOW where all their ancestors are.) I also talked to Furman University up in Greenville, and they are helping, but JJ is still M.I.A., and we still don't have a clue who his or Telitha's parents were. So, we throw ourselves on your mercy. PLEASE HELP US!! There are 20,000 people holding their breath out there waiting for us to find the 'Rosetta Stone' so we can 'Break the Code' and get over the 'Wall.' Oh, yeah, let's please NOT get off on a tangent regarding the name/location/population and so forth regarding the name Blaney (or Elgin as it is now called), because I already KNOW there are two towns in SC Called Elgin. The one I'm referring to is the one formerly called Blaney on US 1 between Camden and Columbia. It's the one my G Grandfather S.W. Rose was the Mayor of for so many years, so I know the coordinates down to the milimeter thank you very much. Besides, that "other Elgin" is up in Lancaster County on US 521, as I recall. Wrong Elgin. Cheers, Bob Ross CINCDEUCE@ISLC.NET

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I am looking for the Casey Family Cemetery just south of Whitmire. Can anyone on this list tell me where it is? Wanda Norman CASEY, NORMAN, RAY

STATON'S My mother was Jessie Staton born 11 Dec 1918-died Oct 19 1979 in Duluth,Gwinnett Co.Ga. buried in Cross Plains Baptist Church cemetary, Forsyth Co.Ga.-married Robert(J.W.) Anderson on 7 Aug 1939 .Jessie's siblings were Frank Staton b.25 Dec 1913(He had children Frankie,J.E.,Tony,Dorothy,Evelyn & Francis),Bessie Staton b. 28 Feb 1916-d.1981(She m. Charlie Hayes and had children Barbara & Charlene) ,William E. Staton b.16 Mar 1921-d.31 Jan 1987(He married Elizabeth and had children Diana & David) ,Samuel Staton b.20 Aug 1923-d.(He married Ann and they adopted one son) ,Madge Staton b. 19 Apr 1926-d.She married Jude Moon and they had children Stanley & Ray) ,Kate Staton b. 23 Nov 1928-d.(She had children Larry Staton,Brenda Heard and ? Outz) ,Ovaline Staton b. 27 May 1932-d.(She married Clyde Brock and had children Olinda & Reba) Jessie Staton's parents were Earnest Albert Staton b.Mar 4 1896-d.Nov 14 1934 in Fulton co,Ga. buried at Cross Plains Baptist Church cemetary, Forsyth Co,Ga. and Nancy Jane(Nannie)Kendrick b. l Mar 1891-d.Dec 25 1984 Duluth,Ga.,buried Cross Plains Baptist Church cemetary,Forsyth Co,Ga. Earnest & Nancy Jane were married at Chicopee,Ga. on 2 Jul 1911. Earnest Albert Staton's siblings were James W. Staton b.May 1890(He had a son,James also),May Staton b.Apr 1892(She had a daughter,Dora May),Lula Staton b.Dec 1896(Lula married Robert Armour)(They had son's,Sylvanis,Bidus Willy & A.C.)(Sylvanis had son Bruce Armour),Hubert F.Staton b.26 Jun 1900-d.31 Oct 1992(Hubert married Emily Viola on 25 Mar 1929.Emily Viola b.15 Aug 1912-d.10 Oct 1992.Hubert & Emily Viola are Buried at Cross Plains Baptist Church cemetary, Forsyth Co.Ga),Elizabeth Staton(Lizzy),Grover Staton b.2 Apr 1912-d.Apr 1983 in Cumming,Ga.,M.Lucy(Children Minnie Lee and Ernest Staton) and Myrtie Staton b.Jan 1899(Myrtie's married a pappalardo from Rome,Ga. and had children,Vener who married George Staton,Lucille,Frances,Josephine,Helen,T ony,Sam,Thomas and Emily Jane). Earnest Albert Staton's parents were Abner J. Staton b.17 Sep 1868-d. 1942,buried at Cross Plains Baptist Church,Forsyth Co.Ga.and Lela Emily Sutton b.Nov 1875-d.Nov/Dec 1934,buried at Cross Plains Baptist Church cemetary, Forsyth Co.Ga.They were married in 1888.(lela Emily was supposedly from Ireland) Abner J. Staton's siblings are Alice M. Staton b.19 Oct 1864,Nancy Staton b.8 Dec 1866,Mary S.A. Staton b.12 Feb 1870,Alfred H. Staton b.17 Nov 1875,Andrew K. Staton,10 Nov 1877,Mealinda C. Staton,B. Aug 10 1880,James W. Staton b. 8 Dec 1882,Cicero C. Staton b.21 Nov 1884,Giles C. Staton b.18 Oct 1886,and Jasper F. Staton b. 22 Feb 1888. Abner J. Staton's parents are James Fleming Staton b.2 Oct 1836-d.23 Jul 1888-m. Sintha Caroline Eubanks on 3-12-1863 Hall Co.Ga. Both are buried at Concord Baptist Church cemetary, Clermont,Hall Co.Ga. James Fleming Staton's siblings were william Staton b.ca 1840,Mary Staton b. ca 1840,Nancy C. Staton b. ca 1845,George Taylor Staton b. ca 1847, Rachael Linda Staton b. ca 1849,Willis Hopson Staton b. 15 Nov 1851, Sarah Ann Staton b. ca 1853, Christopher C. Staton b. Jan 1856, Jasper N. Staton b. 22 Apr 1858, Minerva Jane Staton b. 1860.Step siblings were Minnie Lena Staton b. May 1885 and Lona C. Staton b. 26 Jan 1890. James Fleming Staton's parents were Willis Staton b.31 Jul 1818-d.1913-buried in Staton/Standridge family cemetary in woods near Hall/white Co.Ga.line. and Amy Clemons b.ca 1820 in Ga.Willis 1st married Amy Clemons 8-25-1836 in Habersham Co.Ga.Willis married 2nd Mary Carrol. Willis Staton's parents were James Fleming Staton b.1791 in Va.-d.1880 and Nancy Whitmire b.1792 in Whitmire,S.C.-d.ca 1882 James Fleming Staton's parents were James Staton b. ca 1760 in Va.-d.ca 1823 Accomack Co.Va. He married Esther? James Staton's parents were Warrington Staton b. 1716 in Va.-d.1761. He married Catherine Crippin in 1736.(Catherine b.Accomack Co.Va.)(Catherine's parents were Thomas Crippin & Elizabeth Bayley) Warrington Staton's parents were Joseph Staton Jr.b.1689 in Accomack Co,Va.-d.Dec 5th 1724-m. Susanna Warrington on 25 Apr 1715 in Accomack Co.,Va..Susanna b.1686 in Accomack Co.,Va.-d.1725. Joseph Staton Jr's parents were Joseph Staton Sr B.1666 in Milford,Sussex Co. Deleware-d.1710 in Accomack Co.Va.-M.Jane Stockley in Accomac Co.,Va in 1687.Jane Stockley b.1663 in Accomack Co.,Va. Joseph Staton Sr's parents were John Staunton/Staton b. 1644 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England-d.in Delaware-M.Anne Mathews 1665.Anne b.1646 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, England.(Anne Mathews father was John Mathews). John Stauton/Staton's parents were Marke Staton b. ca 1610 in England and Elizabeth Kirby. They were married 2 Sep 1629 in London, England. For further info contact Sam Anderson at Email: Chiefsam@Webtv.net For other family lines go to http://www.angelfire.com/ga/hallco or http://www.angelfire.com/ga/gaancestors

Howdy! There are some questions that I'm sure many of you can help me with. :) As I'm sure you are all aware, I'm the new county coordinator for Newberry Co, http://www.rootsweb.com/~scnewber/ . Thank you to all who have sent me mail with your wonderful comments! Now to the questions and things that are needed for the website! 1. Who all would like to assist in keeping the pages up? The areas where we could use some help are: * Churches - we need a list put together of the churches in the area * Cemeteries - list of the cemeteries * Books about Newberry Co. * Is there a Genealogy Society there? * Addresses and phone numbers that would be important to a researcher. * Newspapers - past and present newspapers in Newberry Co. * Look up volunteers - if you have books, cemeteries that you have transcribed, etc., we can really use your help! We are limiting the lookups to TWO per person, so you will not be flooded with lookups. * Some one who lives in the area or often goes there to research. (I need to ask you some questions to help me out with trying to get the pages up and running) * People who can write about the local history. (and you do not have to be a writer :) Im not and I get by. * Funeral Homes list - past and present * Historical points of interest. * People who can transcribe small projects * People who can help with the census transcription project. (this one is a bit more detailed) * Someone who can take one of the military conflicts and put together a small history and the list of men from Newberry or who lived in Newberry Co at one time who served. (Those are American Revolution, War of 1812, War Between the States, Spanish American War, W.W.I, W.W.II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War) * If you have a personal web site with family pertaining to Newberry Co, please send me the link along with the families you are researching in caps and alphabetically listed, i.e. ADAM, GRAHAM, SMITH, TURNER, VANDERPOOL and I will put it on the links page :) And last but not least, I know each of you has at least one will, land or probate, marriage, bible, or death record sitting around in your files that you can send to be added in the records. It takes all of us to make this happen, I can not do this all by myself and I really need your help! Please consider donating a small part of your time to benefit not only yourself but the other researchers! List owner, please contact me privately. Warm Regards, Traci Parsons-Holder