Cleland may have come from a shortened version of McCleland. Saw it written somewhere I can not recall.

Hey, wait a minute. I've been lurking on this list for quite some time watching names go by. Suddenly it occurred to me that I have a Cleland way back in my family. I have a Hannah Cleland married to Charles Plunkett. She died in Newberry County in 1794. Then there's a Robert Cleland who married Sarah Jane Plunkett, Hannah's granddaughter. He may have been a distant cousin. I don't have the year for that, but I'd estimate the marriage it to be ca1790 using 20 years per generation. This may be the Robert Cleland mentioned by Amy Gilreath. Jerry Crumly Pensacola

Thanks for putting where you are from Jerry. That way I know you are not familiar with the Cleland families where I live. I am only a short distance from Newberry,SC and Mountville,SC I have distant cousin where I live,Clinton,SC, and as far as I know they were all from around Mountville,S.C. where my mother was raised. She was the one told me we were kin to them. I haven't worked that line yet but know it must be in my Chase/Riser/Smith connection from that area. When we used to go to the same campground and got to talking kinfolks it seems as though it might have been through a Smith line, but if you have some names I will be glad to ask my cousin. He knows alot about the family kinfolk and other cousins who have migrated to Florida who go camping with them in N.C. are also very knowledgeable. libpitts@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Crumly" <a-celt@home.com> To: <SCNEWBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [SCNEWBERRY] Cleland Family ... > Hey, wait a minute. I've been lurking on this list for quite some time > watching names go by. Suddenly it occurred to me that I have a Cleland way > back in my family. I have a Hannah Cleland married to Charles Plunkett. She > died in Newberry County in 1794. Then there's a Robert Cleland who married > Sarah Jane Plunkett, Hannah's granddaughter. He may have been a distant > cousin. I don't have the year for that, but I'd estimate the marriage it to > be ca1790 using 20 years per generation. This may be the Robert Cleland > mentioned by Amy Gilreath. > > Jerry Crumly > Pensacola > > > ==== SCNEWBER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >