From: Nancy Custer <ncuster@mindspring.com> To: SCOCONEE-L@rootsweb.com <SCOCONEE-L@rootsweb.com>; SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com <SC-OLD-PENDLETON-DIST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 5:34 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Union Payroll Robbery >I am interested in a possible Union Payroll Robbery that may have taken >place in Pickens (now Oconee) County. There is a rather detailed story of >this in our family that was originally told by our great-grandfather who >claimed to have witnessed some or all aspects of the robbery and eventual >escape as a young child. All branches of the family have some version of >the story. Does anyone know how we could go about finding out if such a >robbery actually occurred and, if it did, what details have been documented? >The robbery may have occurred in western NC or NE GA but given what we know >of the family history, the area near Walhalla is the most likely guess. > >There is no buried or long lost treasure in our story though we think we >know who the robbers might have been. > >Nancy Custer > >