I am looking for information on the following names in Oconee County. SMITH, LEE, GASOWAY (GASSAWAY), SHED (SHEDD), LEE Most originate in the Long Creek. The Smiths coming from Rabun Co., Georgia. My father's side of the family is the SMITH line. I'll only mention the most recent. Henry Smith b. 1832 in Ga. married Betty Dockins b. 1828 in Ga. Their son Calvin Cicero Smith b. 1849 in Ga. married Elizabeth Justus b. 1847 in Ga. Their son Russell Clinton Smith b. June 13, 1881 in Rabun Co., Ga. married Polly Jane Lee in Oconee Co., SC. They are both buried at Long Creek Baptist Church. Russell and Polly were my grandparents. Polly's parents were Marcus Davis Lee and Nancy Mahala Gasoway. The parents of Marcus Davis Lee were John Lee Jr. born Dec. 25, 1833. He married Polly Shed b. April 16, 1835. I have enjoyed reading the Heritage Book of Oconee County. I have a lot of relative in the book. My family on both sides Cobb and Smith are in the book. Of course there would be a mix up - my parent's pictures were switched with my grandparent's pictures. Thank you for any information. Gail Boyle, Bel Air, Maryland

In a message dated 11/21/98 8:58:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, kburnet@efortress.com writes: << SCOCONEE-L@rootsweb.com >> I am looking for information on the following names in Oconee County. Most originate in the Long Creek/Mountain Grove area. My mother's side of the family is the COBB line. I'll only mention the most recent. Robert Cobb b. April 22, 1938 died Oct. 2, 1921. He is buried at Mountain Grove Baptist Church. He married Nancy R. Long b. June 15, 1840 died Aug. 11, 1924. She is also buried at Mountain Grove. Their son is my great-grandfather. Wade Hampton Cobb b. July 11, 1877. He married Fannie Moore b. Sept. 1874. They are both buried at Mountain Grove. Their son Mish Cobb was born April 15, 1895 he died in 1960. He married Alma Brock born January 16, 1898 she died in 1979. He is buried at Mtn. Grove and she is buried at Long Creek Memorial Cem. On this side of the family I am looking for information on: LONG, COBB, MOORE, THRIFT, COX I have more detail about their brothers and sisters / sons and daughters however, I am in the middle of moving and don't thave the information close by. I have enjoyed reading the Heritage Book of Oconee County. I have a lot of relative in the book. Thank you for any information. Gail Boyle, Bel Air, Maryland

DORSEY/KELLEY A good idea! I am only looking for one, or possibly two, names in Pickens/Oconee Counties. However, I have a very complex problem. I have written it here before but will repeat in case there are new list members. Apologies to those who have read it before. I am searching for the family of E. H. DORSEY who, I believe, left Wallhalla in the early 1860's. His wife was Louisa. I have documentation that my great-great grandmother was Louisa Bouknight. (I also have Ivan Bauknight's book on the Bauknights and can trace that line back to the late 1500's thanks to Ivan.) John and Louisa had at least one child in SC, John A. (circa 1866. My great-grandfather was John Alexander). E. H. 26, Louisa 22, and John A 4 were in Wallhalla for the 1860 census. E. H. was a farmer. In a house nearby were, Peter DORSEY 55, born NC, Mary A. 24, born SC and Wm. H., 2, and John W. 1. Backing up in SC, I went to the 1850 census for Pickens County. There were three households with the name DORSEY and two with the name DORSY. One of the families is surely the same family enumerated twice because of a move. They are John H. DORSEY, 26, blacksmith, born NC, Sarah, 17, William O. 6/12, Amanda, 16, born and Margaret Riley, 10. The next DORSEY family was John DORSY 78, born NC, Mary 76, born NC, Mary, 50, born NC, Peter 40, born NC. Also living with them was Alexander Shields, 14, born NC. Also found Andrew Dorsey, 26, born SC, Nancy, 18. And in a different house, Andrew DORSEY, 22, born SC, Isabell, 18, and Amanda, 15. (I think all the Amanda's were the same person just moving around but, of course, can't prove that.) I suppose it is even possible the two Andrews were the same. The story gets confusing at this point. Apparently E. H. got into some trouble somewhere. Perhaps he didn't care to fight in the Civil War. There are several family stories-one includes shooting a sheriff and one involves slaves set on revenge. Most people favor the sheriff story. More recently, a lady from another list has sent me the following account from a letter someone had found in an attic in the Midwest, "To show you just how ticklish things were, I will tell you about what happened to a man by the name of DORSEY. A short time previous to this he went out to Pickens, S.C. to live. His wife had a child and some old women were joking her about naming him Jeff Davis, and others were calling him Abe Lincoln. From that it went abroad that he had named it Lincoln, so a mob got together and called on and nearly whipped him to death, thinking he was a UNIONIST. So he moved back to GEORGIA and the people of the 426th Militia District organized to put down such acts during the excitement that prevailed, just as a home guard would." I wonder if there is any way to corroborate that. At any rate, between 1860 and 1870, E. H. DORSEY disappears from SC, GA, and TN. It appears that he changed his name to Harvey KELLEY and moved to Cumberland County, Tennessee with a stopover in Georgia. I don't know where he stayed but there is a group of Dorsey's in Clayton, Co. Ga. who appear to have migrated from Burke, Co., NC as a result of the Cherokee Land Lottery in 1834. Though I do not have documentation of this name change, it is supported by strong family tradition in several branches of our Kelley family who had not been in touch for many years. I have not been able to connect the E. H. Dorsey in Wallhalla with any other Dorseys. It is an intriguing mystery but I wouldn't mind if someone threw me another clue! In addition, I suspect that the Kelley name may have come from some other connection--perhaps his mother (just guessing here). So I am also interested in the KELLEY name for both Pickens and Oconee County. I have a lot of information about the Dorsey family in America. I can match up a lot of the people in NC, SC, and GA with a very detailed genealogy of a Dorsey family who originated (in this country anyway) in Maryland. I just can't fit E. H. Dorsey in anywhere. I will gratefully accept any and all clues! Nancy Custer -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Burnett <kburnet@efortress.com> To: SCOCONEE-L@rootsweb.com <SCOCONEE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 5:58 PM Subject: Roll Call >Dear Subscribers: > >To activate our list which has been a little slow lately, I would like to >suggest a roll call for Oconee County surnames only. > >Kathleen Burnett >List Mom > >

Dear Subscribers: To activate our list which has been a little slow lately, I would like to suggest a roll call for Oconee County surnames only. Kathleen Burnett List Mom

There is no need to respond to this message. I am just checking to see if all the addresses on our list are current. Kathleen Burnett Listowner

Listmembers, The above are my families which lived in Pickens District and Oconee County from the late 1700's through the 1800's. If you have any information or connections please contact me. Sheila Casper casperfamily@mosquitonet.com

Looking for any Head relatives in Oconee. Donna B

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Hi Everyone! Last week I got into a conversation on the Virginia Roots list about the circuit-riding preacher, Lorenzo Dow. Lots of us have a Lorenzo Dow 'Somebody' in our data. Since I have a lot of information about the 'original' Lorenzo Dow, they asked if I would post a web page about him. He was born in 1777 in Coventry, CT. Well, I ran home from work and put up the Lorenzo Dow page after supper! I hope you find it interesting. He was something! I can just see him jumping out of a church window onto a horse and riding away shouting that he would be back one year from the day! He did, too! The site is: http://www.acun.com/dentons The link to the article about Lorenzo Dow is about half way down the first page. I hope you enjoy the stories! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

William Kelly and Sarah Frazier married 9 June 1824, he from SC and she from NC. We believe they lived in Pickens Co, later Oconee Co. Seeking marriage license, 1830 and 1840 census records, deeds, wills, parents' names -- in short, anything! Or, advice on where to search myself. They reportedly had 8 children while living in SC: Sanford abt. 1830, John 1833, Martha 1836, Mary 1838, William H. 1840, Thomas D. 1842, Sarah 1844, James Burrough 1845. Then they moved to Franklin Co, GA. I hope to visit SC in early November and would appreciate any information or advice. James Burrough was my g-grandfather. Please respond to tbay@columbus.rr.com Thank you, Fran Bay P.S. We think Owen was his brother. He and wife Harriet reportedly had 5 children born in SC and also moved to GA.

The 1830 census of Pendleton Cty.list a William Oakley, ( GGGrandfather ) Where William and family came from is a great mystery.In 1830's they move to Abbeville Cty. where Wiliam is listed in the 1840 census as being in Mfg. & Trades. William dies in the 1840's and Catherine his widow moves back to Pendleton Cty. in the 1850's. My GGrandfather John Oakley bought land and farmed around the Tunnell Hill Post Office area. He married Sarah J. Gibson. Catherine buried a son & daughter in this area. My grandfather buried a daughter in this area during the Civil War. Where was the Tunnell Hill Post Office ?? Where are the churches or graveyards ?? Where would William work in Mfg. & Trades?? Does anyone know anything about this family?? Thank You for your time and trouble. Derrell Oakley Teat

Hi! I thought I would let y'all know that I have a lot of Carolina families represented in my database at my web site for the Denton and related families. There are over 15,000 people in the database, plus a lot of other information on the site. If any of you have Dentons in your lines, I would love to hear from you! There are also some down-loadable gedcom files for families other than Denton that I have in my at-home database, such as Hunt, Moore, Plumlee, Cooper, Chastain, O'Dell, French, Shipman, Baker and Huff. All of these families intersect in some way with the Dentons, but have a great deal more information in the individual gedcoms than is on the database at the site. There is a lot of other information on the site as well that you might find interesting, as well. The address is: http://www.acun.com/dentons I hope you find something of value! Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook

Does anyone know what happened to the Oconee Co., SC Web Site. Kathleen Burnett

I found a notation in an 1812 widow's pension request for Elizabeth (Reese) Butler (husband - Moses) about a Henry Reece. The year was 1878. One daughter, Jane Reid, appeared to swear that her father and mother were married until he died in 1855 and that Elizabeth hadn't remarried. At the same time, the husband of another daughter, Mary Ann Low, was called upon to testify to the same information. A man named Henry Reece, age 69, who lived in Oconee County, South Carolina, swore that he had known Elizabeth for 58 years. If anyone knows anything about this man, I'd appreciate the information. I'm actually searching for the family of Elizabeth Reese Butler, but Henry may be a link. There was a Henry D. Reese on the Pendleton CO, SC, censuses of 1810 and 1820. Could he be Henry of Oconee's father? Thanks, Judy Dixon Judith H. Dixon Joplin, MO dixonj@ipa.net http://www.ipa.net/~dixonj/

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>Sorry to send this to the list but Mary Lusks madmansmom@aol.com mail >bounced. It seems that most AOL mail is bouncing this weekend. >Mary, >I have much on your REBECCA ELIZA CORBIN m. NATHAN BOONE LUSK. I got >this from William Clyde Whitten, Jr., author of "Peter Corbin of >Pendleton, SC District and Descendants" book. >Please send what you have on this family. >Descendants of Rebecca Eliza Corbin > > >Generation No. 1 > > 1. Rebecca Eliza2 Corbin (William (Billy) Frank1) was born Dec 31, >1841, and died Jun 10, 1893. She married Nathan Boone Lusk Nov 4, 1858 >in Pickens Co. SC. > > >Notes for Nathan Boone Lusk: >William Clyde Whitten, Jr., author of "Peter Corbin of Pendleton, SC >District and Descendants" said "I have seen a photograph of NATHAN BOONE >LUSK and ten of his children taken in front of a log house in Marshall >Co. AL about 1917. REBECCA ELIZA (CORBIN) LUSK is not in the >photograph. >His gravestone does not have dates, but it does say he served in Co. G, >12th S. C. Inf., C. S. A. > > Children of Rebecca Corbin and Nathan Lusk are: > 2 i. Mary Jane3 Lusk, born Nov 14, 1859 in Oconee Co. SC. She married >Willy Hefner M. Johnson. > 3 ii. Thomas Benton Lusk, born Apr 28, 1862 in Oconee Co. SC; died Feb >7, 1935 in Rice, TX. He married Margaret C. Mahaley. > 4 iii. Rose Lusk, born Nov 11, 1864. She married Zack Langford. > 5 iv. Leonard Lorenzo (Len) Lusk, born Mar 16, 1869; died 1926 in >Troup, TX. He married Nancy Wright. > 6 v. Emma Josephine Lusk, born Apr 27, 1874. She married Lumpkin. > 7 vi. Ella Launa (Lunnie) Lusk, born Jul 23, 1876. She married Al >Reynolds. > 8 vii. Mark Edgeworth Lusk, born Sep 8, 1878; died Nov 8, 1959. He >married Etna Jolly. > 9 viii. Frances Rebecca (Fannie) Lusk, born Feb 2, 1882. She married >Tom Rice. > 10 ix. John Samuel Lusk, born Feb 2, 1882; died Oct 28, 1958 in >Marshall Co. AL, Minerville. > 11 x. Will Lusk. > > >Thanks, >David S. Payne >Searching for surnames: ALLISON, CORBIN, CRAIG, CROW , DEAN, GRAY, FOWLER, HALEY, HENSON, NEWTON, PARKER, PATTERSON, PAYNE, REID, WEST, WOODALL >Check out the Franklin Co. GA Will Page/Paynes >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/franklin.htm > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi All, I'm looking for anything on my WEST family. The WEST cemetery is just north of Oconee State Park on Hwy. 106. I descend from Martha (Mattie) Catherine WEST m. William Miles FOWLER. Descendants of Soloman West 1 Soloman WEST 2 John WEST, Rev. Born: 1798 in South Carolina Died: Jul 21, 1889 in Oconee Co. SC Fact 1: Pastored Bethlehem Baptist Ch. Mountain Rest, SC Fact 2: Buried in West Cem. North of Oconee St. Park on Rt.106 .... +Elizabeth A. REID Born: 1797 in SC Father: Mother: ... 3 John (E.) Redmond WEST Born: Aug 9, 1831 in Walhalla, South Carolina Died: Apr 13, 1895 in buried at West Family Cemetery, Walhalla, S.C. ....... +Dicy (Dessie) Malissa CRAIG? Born: Apr 17, 1837 in South Carolina Married: Abt. 1857 in SC Father: Mother: ...... 4 Martha (Mattie) Catherine WEST Born: May 11, 1868 in Georgia Died: Jul 3, 1903 in buried at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee Co. S.C. Fact 1: 1903 died having baby .......... +William Miles FOWLER Born: Apr 22, 1869 in Oconee County, South Carolina Died: May 1937 in buried at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee Co. S.C. Father: Elija W. FOWLER Mother: Emily Malinda (Eddy) CORBIN ...... 4 James WEST Born: 1858 ...... 4 Mary M. WEST Born: 1860 ...... 4 Elizabeth J. WEST Born: 1862 ...... 4 John T. WEST Born: 1864 ...... 4 Robert S. WEST Born: Abt. 1866 ...... 4 William G. WEST Born: 1872 ...... 4 Archie WEST Born: 1873 ...... 4 Cora D. WEST Born: 1875 ...... 4 Rhoda O. WEST Born: 1877 ... 3 Jane WEST Born: 1820 ... 3 Mary WEST Born: 1823 ... 3 Hannah WEST Born: 1824 ... 3 Solomon WEST Born: 1825 ... 3 James WEST Born: 1827 ... 3 Martha WEST Born: 1830 ... 3 Robert WEST Born: 1834 ... 3 Cynthia WEST Born: 1835 ... 3 Sarah WEST Born: 1839 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi All, I'm looking for anything on my CORBIN, FOWLER, and WEST family. I descend from William Miles FOWLER. I have more on some CORBINS in the Oconee Co. SC area and some went to NE Georgia. I find some of my CORBINS and FOWLERS in Cashiers, NC area too. The WEST cemetery is just north of Oconee State Park on Hwy. 106. I have a book on the Peter CORBIN family written by William C. Whitten of Clemson, SC. 1 William (Billy) Frank CORBIN Born: 1808 in South Carolina .. +Belona (Lona) WHITMIRE Born: 1814 in Kentucky Married: Jan 17, 1831 Father: Samuel WHITMIRE Mother: 2 Emily Malinda (Eddy) CORBIN Born: Oct 4, 1846 in South Carolina Died: Apr 22, 1896 in Jackson Co. NC Fact 1: buried at Corbin Family Cemetery, near Salem, SC .... +Elija W. FOWLER Born: 1840 in Georgia Died: 1919 in Macon Co. NC Married: Dec 26, 1867 Father: Alfred FOWLER Mother: MARY(POLLY) Fact 1: buried at Iotta Baptist Ch. Cemetery, Franklin, NC ... 3 William Miles FOWLER Born: Apr 22, 1869 in Oconee County, South Carolina Died: May 1937 in buried at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee Co. S.C. ....... +Martha (Mattie) Catherine WEST Born: May 11, 1868 in Georgia Died: Jul 3, 1903 in buried at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church Cemetery, Walhalla, Oconee Co. S.C. Father: John (E.) Redmond WEST Mother: Dicy (Dessie) Malissa CRAIG? Fact 1: 1903 died having baby ... *2nd Wife of William Miles Fowler: ....... +Mary DAVIS Father: Mother: ... 3 John Franklin FOWLER Born: May 1, 1871 in Oconee Co. SC Died: May 30, 1945 in Stone Co. AR Fact 1: buried Norwick's Chapel, Mountain View, AR ....... +Dora C. BRYSON Born: May 2, 1879 Died: Sep 24, 1941 Father: Mother: ... 3 Sarah Frances (Fannie) FOWLER Born: Mar 10, 1874 in Oconee Co. SC Died: Jun 29, 1959 in Jackson Co. NC, Cashiers, NC ....... +Thomas BRYSON Born: Sep 20, 1866 Died: Jan 11, 1948 in Jackson Co. NC, Cashiers, NC Father: Mother: ... 3 Wade Hampton FOWLER Born: Sep 28, 1876 in Oconee Co. SC Fact 1: Moved out West and buried there. ....... +Maude KIMBROUGH Father: Mother: Fact 1: Moved out West and buried there. ... 3 Daisy Texanna (Anna) FOWLER Born: Jul 14, 1879 in Oconee Co. SC Died: Sep 22, 1965 in Jackson Co. NC Fact 1: buried in Lower Zachary Cem. Cashiers, NC ....... +William (Willie) Hicks MCCALL Born: Apr 30, 1872 Died: Jan 5, 1961 in Jackson Co. NC Married: Dec 23, 1892 in Oconee Co. SC Father: Mother: Fact 1: buried in Lower Zachary Cem. Cashiers, NC ... 3 Mary Verona FOWLER Born: May 4, 1887 Died: Abt. 1887 in Oconee Co. SC Fact 1: Twin to Manda Fact 2: buried in Corbin Cem. above Salem, SC ... 3 Manda Belona FOWLER Born: May 4, 1887 Died: Abt. 1887 Fact 1: twin to Mary Fact 2: buried in Lower Zachary Cem. Cashiers, NC ... 3 Leannor? Cornelia FOWLER Born: Jun 11, 1887 Died: in Macon Co. NC 2 Betsy CORBIN Born: Oct 2, 1832 in SC 2 James Daniel CORBIN Born: Aug 5, 1834 Died: Dec 31, 1862 in Richmond VA Fact 1: Mar 20, 1862 joined CSA Co. A, First (Orr's)SC Rifles. Fact 2: 1862 died from gunshot wounds. Fact 3: buried in Hollywood Cem. Richmond, VA .... +[1] Frances Elizabeth (Fannie) NICHOLSON Born: Oct 15, 1839 Died: Nov 19, 1925 Father: Benjamin (Bennie) NICHOLSON Mother: Sarah PRICE 2 William Franklin CORBIN Born: Apr 5, 1836 Died: Nov 20, 1899 Fact 1: 1899 Buried in Corbin Cemetery, Salem, SC (see Peter Corbin Book p.16) .... +[1] Frances Elizabeth (Fannie) NICHOLSON Born: Oct 15, 1839 Died: Nov 19, 1925 Father: Benjamin (Bennie) NICHOLSON Mother: Sarah PRICE 2 John Samuel CORBIN Born: May 2, 1839 2 Rebecca Eliza CORBIN Born: Dec 31, 1841 2 Sarah Alberta CORBIN Born: May 28, 1844 2 Henrietta CORBIN Born: 1846 2 Martha Jane CORBIN Born: Nov 14, 1848 2 Lemuel Taylor CORBIN Born: May 28, 1851 2 Mary Alice (Mollie) CORBIN Born: Jun 24, 1854 2 Harriet Susan Adeline CORBIN Born: Jun 26, 1856 Thanks, David S. Payne Searching for surnames: ALLISON, CORBIN, CRAIG, CROW , DEAN, GRAY, FOWLER, HALEY, HENSON, NEWTON, PARKER, PATTERSON, PAYNE, WEST, WOODALL Check out the Franklin Co. GA Will Page/Paynes http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/franklin.htm ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

To: Alicia and Byron and others interested in these surnames in Oconee Co., SC. Hunnicutt family in Oconee County Long Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Long Creek, SC James Will Hunnicutt b. May 5, 1918 Isa P. Hunnicutt b. Aug. 12, 1914 d. Jan. 20, 1971 Stone family in Oconee County Damascus Baptist Church, near Long Creek, SC Celia Stone age 103 James A. Stone b. Aug. 11, 1816 d. Sept. 23, 1883 James P. Stone b. July 17, 1861 d. Dec. 21, 1889 Martha J. Stone b. June 4, 1844 d. Feb. 14, 1891 Mountain Grove Baptist Church (my relatives) Vera Virginia Stone b. Nov. 13, 1924 d. Sept. 19, 1944 Bessie Stone b. 1899 d. 1980 Robert Lee Stone husband of Bessie Stone b. July 28, 1894 d. Jan. 13, 1957 ***Note: Bessie Stone (Rachel Elizabeth "Bessie" Cobb) daughter of George Washington Cobb and Rachel Woodall. Vera was her daughter. George Washington Cobb was the brother of my Great Grandfather Wade Hampton "Hamp" Cobb. I hope this information helps someone. Gail Boyle, LaPlata, Maryland