http://howdycousin.com/civilwar/orrsroster.html <--NEW LINK WITH ADDITIONAL NAMES I am asking all list members to please go to the site and check for family members that they may have that served in the CSA.* If you do find one then we would like the following information: * The easiest way to search for names is to use your FIND IN PAGE button located under the EDIT menu. Type in your family name you are looking for and click find. Birth Death Who married to & when Photos Short Bios Letters Burial Site Battle information Anything that you think will help make the pages better for other researchers. You may send any or all of the upper listed information. If you do not find your family member listed but know they served in the CSA then please send me the info and I will post it. At this time please do not send questions to me if you do find a family member listed. (such as what company, battle information, etc, most of these I will not know) Dawn and I are still putting together information and I think that most of your questions will be answered on the pages. We also have several Civil War buffs that are helping us out that will be taking questions when the pages are published. :) Dawn and I both would like to thank all of you who are helping us in this research! Traci Parsons-Holder

I have been sorting through my Mother's saved obituaries. If you are interested in any of these names, PLEASE email me privately and I will email you the obituary. I will list the date if it is on the obit and some of the basic surname information and location here. Some will be recent and some very old. I will list a few at a time. Edith Lucille Thrift Hunnicutt - Long Creek, SC - died January 3, 1993 - 73 yrs. old. daughter of William John Franklin and Lillie Joanna Phillips Thrift Colie Joe Wilbanks - Long Creek, SC - died October 19, 1992 - 75 yrs. old. son of Gus and Savannah Blackwell Wilbanks. Shirley Ann Matheson - Long Creek, SC - died May 18, 1998 - 53 yrs. old Edith Lee Deaton Haggerty - Westminster, SC - died October 26, 1994 - 76 yrs. old Grace Brock Cowan - Walhalla, SC - April 26, 1971 - 86 yrs. old daughter of Wade and Elena Duncan Brock. (my grandmother's half-sister) Andrew Jackson Brock - Laurens, SC (no date on obit) - 56 yrs. old native of Lavonia, Ga., son of Arthur William and Willie Mae Sockwell Brock Again, please email me privately. Gail Boyle, Bel Air, Maryland

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Howdy All!, I have thrown up a site at http://www.howdycousin.com/civilwar.htm to help Dawn Cabe and I gather information for the Civil War site for Pickens Co., SC. (this will encompass more counties though) I am asking all list members to please go to the site and check for family members that they may have that served in the CSA.* If you do find one then we would like the following information: * The easiest way to search for names is to use your FIND IN PAGE button located under the EDIT menu. Type in your family name you are looking for and click find. Birth Death Who married to & when Photos Short Bios Letters Burial Site Battle information Anything that you think will help make the pages better for other researchers. You may send any or all of the upper listed information. If you do not find your family member listed but know they served in the CSA then please send me the info and I will post it. At this time please do not send questions to me if you do find a family member listed. (such as what company, battle information, etc, most of these I will not know) Dawn and I are still putting together information and I think that most of your questions will be answered on the pages. We also have several Civil War buffs that are helping us out that will be taking questions when the pages are published. :) Dawn and I both would like to thank all of you who are helping us in this research! Traci Parsons-Holder

When I received notification of this free site for the weekend there was not mention of areas we could not reach - but it seems there are. I am sorry - I should have checked out the entire site before I passed it on to you. Today's schedule is so full that I just took the word of this company because it is so well known If I had waited to check it out you would not have received notice regarding it from me until late on Saturday. I will be more careful from now on. Kathleen Burnett List Mom > Join and support RootsWeb, home of the Smith list and many other > genealogy lists and resources - go to http://www.rootsweb.com/ > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett

To honor Independence Day, Ancestry has madea close to 50 military databases of free for the weekend. You don't have to be a subscriber/member. To view the complete list of databases, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/militaryDBs.htm Kathleen Burnett List Mom

History of Crescent Hill Baptist Church - submitted by Jimmy Epperson, who did a wonderful job!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/crescenthill.htm Deed Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/ The following deeds were transcribed by Cheryl Chastain White, from the source records. Thank you Cheryl!!! Book A-B, p. 97 W.H. Chastain to Mary E. Hunter Book A-B, p. 98 W.O. Willard to Henry Chastain Book A-B, p. 484-485 Jacob Chastain to Wm. Sutherland & James Keith Book B-1, p. 13-14 Benjamin Chastain to Gabriel Benson Book B-2, p. 99-101 Miles M. Norton, C.E.P.D. to Temp. Chastain Book B-2, p. 630-631 Estate of Temperance Chastain Book B-2, p. 631-632 I. H. Philpot to Van S. Jones Et al and J. A. Chastain Book D-1, p. 591 Maxwell and Edward Chastain to William Alexander Edens Book D-1, p. 592 Maxwell & Edward Chastain to William & Alexander Edens Book E-2, p. 45-46 John A. Chastain, Lucinda Chastain, J.D. Burgess to Mary A. Chastain Book F-1, p. 482-483 Abraham Chastain To William Southerland Book F-2, p. 425-426 Maxwell Chastain to Abner B. Chastain Book F-2, p. 426-427 Maxwell Chastain to Jahue J. Chastain Book G-1, p. 20-21 Miles M. Norton C.E.P.D. to Wm. & Alex. Edens Book G-1, p. 22-23 Miles M. Norton C.E.P.D. to W. L. Keith Book G-1, p. 96-97 Hembree Moore to Nancy S. Chastain Book G-1, p. 97 Nancy S. Chastain to John A. Martin Book M, p. 47-48 Abner D. Chastain to William Chastain Book M, p. 49-50 Abner D. Chastain to John Chastain Book U, p. 90-91 Abner Chastain to J. F. Hayes Will Records http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/ Last Will and Testament of Caleb Barton, March 9, 1936 Last Will and Testament of John Field Last will and testament of Susan Anderson Marriages by bride: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/marriagebride.htm Elijah DeForrest Miller md. Anna Rebecca Stone on 3 June 1883. Source: >From a Bible presented to Elijah DeForrest Miller by his father, Morris M. Miller, (Bible printed in 1881) Sumitted by Dolores Pringle, Thank you Dolores!!! Marriages by groom: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/marriagegroom.htm Elijah DeForrest Miller md. Anna Rebecca Stone on 3 June 1883. Source: >From a Bible presented to Elijah DeForrest Miller by his father, Morris M. Miller, (Bible printed in 1881) Sumitted by Dolores Pringle

I saw a posting regarding Wade Wilson and Rachel Brock from J.A. Wilson My reply message was returned and I would love to reach this person. I have a great deal of information regarding Rachel Brock. She was my great-grandmother. I would love to hear from you J.A. Wilson or anyone else from this branch of the Wilson /Brock Tree. Just a brief note: Rachel Christine Elcain/Elkain was born July 12, 1872 in Wagner Township, Oconee Co., SC. She married Wade Pressley Brock in 1892 and married Wade Wilson Feb. 16, 1930. Rachel died March 10, 1940. According to my records she had 1 son Clarence from the marriage to Wade Wilson. The children from the marriage to Wade Pressley Brock were: Willie Carson Brock, J.D. Andrew Brock, Alma Eva Lilly Brock (my grandmother), Luther Herman Brock, John Thomas Brock, Ralph Raymond Brock and Willie Brock. I would love to hear from you all. Gail Boyle, Bel Air, Maryland

The great house of Everton (those genealogical publishers) have a daily email for those who request it (free). A special edition came out today with a report that the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have added a place on their web site to download FOR FREE their genealogical software application. It's the Personal Ancestral File, version 4.0, their latest version. It's written for Windows 95/98/NT and your computer must have a 486/66 processor or higher, 16 -32 megabytes of RAM, 20 megabytes of free hard drive space, a 256 color display (600 x 800 recommended). Go to www.familysearch.org and click your mouse on the "What's New" button at the top left. When the next page comes up, click on "free download of Personal Ancestral File 4.0". Then click on "Downloadable family history products" link. You have to read and agree to the license agreement and fill out a form with your name and address. Download is approximately 3.5 megabytes in size. Good luck, everyone. Remember, this page and this offer will undoubtedly be in great demand. So, please be patient. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Researching info on Wade H. Wilson 29 Oct.1880-13 Dec.1953 who married Rachel Brock about 1901-1902 in Salem,oconee,sc.they had 2 sons Malachi wilson born in 1903-1921,Clarence Clinton Wilson born May 3,1905 -May 1969(grandfather) who married Nellie Lee STONE in 1925 in Greenwood,SC. Know Rachel died before 13 Dec.1953,but that is all known about her. Trying to find out who her parents were,& if she had any siblings. Thank you. nk = you.

Looking for info on my GG-grandmother Harriett Lusk born abt 1845 in Pickens District,SC(present day Oconee) she married Malachi Hamilton 'BOB' Wilson abt 1866. They had the following children according to the LDS sight: A.S.E. Wilson born 18 Jan.1867 oconee,sc died ? Henry A. born 21 Oct.1870 Jackson,NC D-unknown Malichi Wilburn born 08 Jan.1872 Oconee D unknown David W. born 13 Aug.1876 -oconee-1969-oconee Wade H. born 29 Oct.1880 Salem-13 Dec.1953 Salem Ggrandfather Richard S. born 1882 Salem-11 Sep 1967 Salem I got a copy of the obituary for Wade & Richard wilson listing Bob & Harriett Lusk WILSON as Parents.Listed Dave W.&Wilburn as brothers.No listing for A.S.E. Wilson. Wilson. =20

Civil War Soldiers names are now indexed for the surnames begining with: A, B, C, G, M, Mc, P - others are partially indexed and there is an additional data base to check your surnames in. LINK - http://howdycousin.com/civilwar/ If in your genealogy research you find someone that died between 1861-1865, more than likely they were killed in battle. (men only) Again if you have info to contribute, PLEASE do!! Thank you to all who have submitted their information, your info is now posted on the surname page! ie, Parsons would be indexed under "P" Warm Regards, Traci Parsons-Holder

I am searching for information on Wm. Richards, in his death announcement , in the minutes of the meeting of The Hightower Baptist Association, at Liberty Baptist Church , Dawson County , Ga. in Aug.1867. It states that he " attached himself to the Coneross Baptist Church , Pickens Distrist , South Carolina , in March 1811, being then about 34 years of age." Can anyone help me here, does this church still exist,and if so exactly where is it located , is there possibly records that old. Also what Association was it in. I have no information whatsoever about Wm's parents but his wife was Dysey Cobb of Lincoln County, N.C. Anything appreciated, I have pretty good info on the next six generations if anyone should want it. Thanx, <A HREF="http://www.LeonRichards@Smileyface.com">LeonRichards@Smileyface.com </A> or <A HREF="http://www.pawdee@aol.com">Pawdee@aol.com</A>

I normally don't send out web site address but this one is one you will want to keep. I received an e-mail correspondence from a researcher on one of my other lists. The message was in German. Not reading German I decided to find a way. This was is located at http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate I can not believe how easy it works. You can translate English to German or German to English. You can do the same for French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Be sure and bookmark it for future use. Merci de tout votre support. Liste Mom De Kathleen Burnett Des Meilleurs Voeux

Howdy All!!! Thanks to all our special volunteers who are working on projects! Anyone can take information of the web site and use it for their own, but it takes a SPECIAL person to donate time to help this site grow. A warm heartfelt thank you from Dawn and I to our volunteers! The site is growing fast and we still need YOUR HELP with some projects! Please contact me if you can help in any way! Don't forget the QUERY page, please check them weekly and see if you can help someone out with their research! **********RECORDS UPDATES http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/ ********* 1849 Keowee Courier - deaths, submitted by Kristy Smith (she is also working on marriages, and gathering information for the Civil War soldiers of Pickens Co) Last Will and Testament of Elisha Alexander (Sr.), 1832 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Paper from the estate of Esther Miller, 1851 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Will and Papers from the estate of Isaac Miller, Sr., 1850 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Last Will and Testament of Stephen Young, 1829 - submitted by Dolores Pringle ******* CIVIL WAR PAGE UPDATES http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/ ******* Orr's Rifles Through the Eyes of J. F. J. Caldwell- Contributed and edited by Steve Batson http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/brigade.htm Summary of Pickens Co., SC, CSA Companies and the men who served - Contributed by Steve Batson http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwsummary.html Bios of CSA soldiers surnames: FREE, GILSTRAP, CRAIG, BOGGS, HOUSTON, FISHBURNE, WHEELER, TODD, ALBERTSON, STRAUSS, HUNNICUTT, McCLELLAND, GRIFFIN, HUNNICUTT, SC Civil War links - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwlinks.html Books about South Carolina in the War Between the States - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwbooks.html How To's & Faq's http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/howto.htm Including: How to submit information to this web site How to research records for those who served in the Civil War What are Regiments, Units, Corps etc? How do I get a FREE marker for my Confederate Veteran? How can I get a Memorial Service for my Confederate Veteran? *************************** COMING SOON ***************** Crescent Hill Baptist and Griffin Baptist Church History's - Jimmy Epperson Richard Wright "Dick" Simpson Biography - M. L. Osborne (This is a wonderful story!!)

Looking for any info on the ROCHESTER family of Oconee and/or Pickens County, SC. My ggggrandmother was Sarah ROCHESTER, m. Andrew EXTINE abt 1860. They later moved to Sylva, NC. I am told there is a ROCHESTER book and would also love a copy. Thanks, Earl

> >My family is from the Old Pendleton District. To make things easier, I will >list each name separately. > >GANTT-- >Edward GANTT (dob unk) m Leola CHASE (dob unk). Both were from Oconoee Co. >They had several children, one of whom is my gfather: Harold Woodrow Gantt >(b Oct 4, 1913 d May 21, 1992) m Ressie Viola Willimon (b Oct 11, 1915) > >I would appreciate any information on Edward Gantt's father (and beyond), >who was a (the?) judge of the Old Pickens Courthouse. Also, any information >on >Leola Chase's parents would be appreciated. > > > > >

> >My family is from the Old Pendleton District. To make things easier, I will >list each name separately. > >WILLIMAN-- >I have found my ggggggrandfather Jacob Williman (d Aug 5, 1820 Charleston, >SC). >I know that he was born in Epping, Krupfalz, Germany and that he married >Maria Magdalena Speidel (d Dec 11, 1811 Charleston, SC) on June 27, 1772 in >Charleston, SC. She was born in Germany, too. > >I would appreciate any information on Jacob or Maria's ancestors from >Germany! > >SMITH-- >My ggrandfather Walter Berry WILLIMON (note the name was changed!) (b Aug >15, 1885 in Pickens Co d Jul 4, 1933 in Picens Co) m Dora Lee SMITH (b Nov >7, 1893 in Pickens Co d May 22, 1983 in Pickens Co). Her parents were James >Benson SMITH and Sarah WILSON. > >Any additional informaiton on SMITH and WILSON would be appreciated. > > >

CHEEK, Cindy b 1875 d Oconee Co. SC Husband: her 1st cousin James R. CHEEK dau Ada Jane CHEEK BROCK COX b ca 1900 d 1979 Walhalla m John Henry COX 1927, BROCK man unknown

I am researching the following lines: LAY ( Charles Middleton Lay 1759-1829 m. Nancy Freeman 1760-1847 had a son James abt. 1782 (no death date) m. Elizabeth McKinney b. abt. 1795 had sons Jeptha, Archelaus and Charles Middleton). I am trying to determine whether the 1st Charles (1759) is the son of a David Lay from Wilkes & Pittsylvania Co. VA m. Susannah Gibson. I have Charles & James' wills & census data to prove their children & spouses but nothing prior to Charles except a mention in the LFGA web page. Any Revolutionary War service??? Also, I would like to know what happened to Jeptha. I have him married to Mary Holland but nothing more. I found in a family bible the mention of a "Mit" Lay. Is this the Charles Middleton Lay born from James? MCCAREY ( James McCarey 1823-1888 m. Elizabeth Hector 1833-1879 had a son John Patrick McCarey 1869-1912 m. Mary Joanna Lay 1871-1851) I have James being from Cushendale, County Antrim, Ireland from my grandmother's notes and Elizabeth Hector from Aberdeen, Scotland from a letter. Elizabeth arrived in Charleston sometime in the mid 1800's and lived with a Kennedy family there until married. She had a brother John Hector. I would love to trace back into Scotland and Ireland for both of these(HECTOR & McCAREY) but have had no luck. I also have James having two previous wives, one being Catherine O'neill. Any information or confirmation would be appreciated. There is little info out there that I can locate. KEYS ( Peter Keys 1761-1835 m. Martha Gordon 1776-1859 had a son James Crawford Keys 1813-1895 m. Louisa Downs Lewis 1817-1899). James served in the CSA along with two sons Robert and Peter. After the war he would wrongly convicted of the murder of three Union soldiers along with his son Robert. James was sentenced to death and Robert sentenced to life by a military tribunal under the command of General Sickles. Both sentences were eventually commuted by President Andrew Johnson, which involved Sec. of War Stanton, a federal judge to force the release from Sickles and a congressional investigation of the trial and subsequent acts by Johnson. I would like any information regarding the circumstances of the incident at Browns Ferry and the trial. My theory is that similar incidents of Johnson's forgiving behavior towards the South may have led to his impeachment. THOMPSON (Captain Charles Thompson 1799-1873 m. Mahala Gaines 1805-1878 had a son Col. Robert Anderson Thompson 1828-1914 m. Valinda Staritt who signed the Ordinance of Session of SC). Firstly, I do not know anything about Charles' rank as Captain, whether it was a local militia or for the War of 1812, Also, according to R.W.Simpson, Charles father was William who died somewhere in Alabama and his father was James who came from Ireland to NY then to SC. I have no proof and would love to confirm this. I did find correspondence in the Caroliniana Library that Robert Anderson Thompson wrote implying that Simpson's work was correct. Some people I have spoken with dispute this line. HELP!! Who do I believe? Mahala Gaines is from the sane line of Gaines that owned the plantation that the Gaines Mill battle was fought. I am certain that most South Carolinians that fought in the war fought at that battle, including the Keys, Thompsons and maybe the Lays. KNOX ( My Knox line is actually from Wayne Co. GA and before that from Pitt Co. NC; Reddick Knox 1791-1858 m. Ruhama Taylor 1791-1870 moved to Wayne Co., GA in the early 1800's) Is there a connection to the Pitt Co., NC Knox line to the Pendleton area Knoxes? I think that many Knoxes in the Pendleton area came from the Mecklenberg, NC Knoxes but I can't establish a link. Any help would be appreciated. ame from the Mecklenberg, NC Knoxes but I = can't establish a link. Any help would be appreciated.