Do you know what the children's names were? I have some Hendrix relatives. I know they changed their names(spellings) alot back then. My Hendrix married a Kelley.

Hi I have an old letter written by D.W.(D.P.?)Spearman (three initial before Spearman) who was in Pickens co.SC at this time. to Daniel Carter Stewart,my ggrandfather,who was in Limestone co.Ala.?for a short time,before returning to Pickens co.SC.this was probably written in the early 1890s. (Part of this letter on the right side is missing,so I will put here what I can make out.) Does anyone have a connection to D.W.Spearman?any connection between this Spearman and a Martin? Thanks for any help Dear Brother and family yours of the 4th at hand and glad to hear you are all well satisfied at your new home,but sorry you have gone so far and glad you got there all right.if I am not mistaken there is 4 dollars and 030 cents behind if I am mistaken ......correct me. The ....is all right as far as ....... but if they have .......... I did not know............ Me and Mary ran into ? to Mack Cantrall at ....... last Sunday and saw several of our folks and heard from the (maybe Stewarts ?) ........all of them ......well and getting along well Edd Nelson is going to move within about six miles of us......... in about 1 mile of Liberty I will be apt to see them when they move All is well and sends their love and best wishes to to you all, write soon and let know how you are getting along. Yours respectfully D.W.P?.Spearman To D.C.Stewart and family Thank you for any information on this Spearman. Thanks for any help Gay ______________________________

Hi Sandy Thanks,I hope this helps. I have two email contacts for you on W.W.Martin,I am sending them copies of this message too. Linda Skelton and Dick Martin have emailed me recently on the W.W.Martin line,have you connected with them before? Thanks for any help Gay

Hi Gay.. In the letter you transcribed -- it mentions Edd Nelson.. He's my link to W. W. Martin.. Married Willie Ann Martin, W W's daughter.. It's really neat to read things written from so long ago.. Thanks Sandy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, August 05, 2001 11:52 AM Subject: [SCPICKENS] W.W.Martin >Hi Linda, > No replies yet. > I am trying to determine if W.W.Martin was related to or friends to my >ggrandparents Daniel Carter Stewart or his wife Sarah Elizabeth Susannah >Holcombe?Stewart,as the letters from him were addressed to them. > I suspect they were friends and that the terms son and daughter may have >been meant for friendly terms,still there is a question about that.Do you >have W.W.Martin's birthdate,he may have been too young to be her father or >step father? > I had a family member state they thought she may have been a Martin,although >I Have an old letter to a Pension Commissioner in Washington,DC. suggesting >that her father was a Samuel Holcombe,who may have inlisted in Dalonega >Ga.and died in a war, no date,possibly under (Capt.Wofford??), he also may >have been in the Mexican war. Her Mother returned from upper Ga. to her >family in Pickens co.Sc > Also wondering if W.W.Martin had a connection to a School on Martin School >Rd.near Mile Creek Rd.in Pickens co.SC. > My ggrandmother may have been a school teacher and lived off Mile Creek Rd. > > The heading on the letter,suggesting that W.W.Martin may have worked at this >courthouse goes, > > Office of > J.M.Stewart >Clerk of Court Common Pleas > > Pickens C.H.S.C. Oct 25th 1894 > > > I also have an old letter written by D.W.(D.P.?)Spearman (three initial >before Spearman) >to Daniel Carter Stewart. > (Part of this letter on the right side is missing,so I will put here what I >can make out.) > > Dear Brother and family >yours of the 4th at hand and glad to hear you are all well satisfied at your >new home,but sorry you have gone so far and glad you got there all right.if I >am not mistaken there is 4 dollars and 030 cents behind if I am mistaken >......correct me. >The ....is all right as far as ....... >but if they have .......... >I did not know............ > Me and Mary ran > into ? to Mack Cantrall at ....... >last Sunday and saw > several of our folks > and heard from the (maybe Stewarts ?) >........all of them >......well and getting along well >Edd Nelson is going to move within about six miles of us......... in about 1 >mile of Liberty >I will be apt to see them when they move > All is well and >sends their love and best wishes to to you all, > write soon and let > know how you are getting along. > Yours respectfully > D.W.P?.Spearman > To D.C.Stewart and family > Any ideas on who this Spearman is? >Thanks for any help >Gay > > >==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== >List problems? Contact the Pickens Co., SC List Mom [email protected] >Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >

I informed the Pickens researchers about old records in the basement at Pickens Co. Courthouse. There appeared to be an interest in someone attempting to index and file these records correctly. I went through nearly every file drawer when I was there looking for a particular record and thought I had found it. What I found was a suit by JOHN PULLIAM and YOUNG DAVIS against JOSHUA COX. It looks like Cox was written over Jones on the settlement cover sheet. JOSHUA Y. JONES also signed a "copy bill" dated 1842 at the bottom of the settlement sheet against JOSHUA COX. Suit was filed 1842 and settlement was made 1843. My distant cousin and his son were there last week and found the following. He said the Old Ledger on the bottom shelf read on page 137 - Joshua Y. Jones vs. Joshua Cox, dated April 14, 1845. CASE #485. He found the envelope #485, but the wrong case was inside. If someone would be so kind, when you are there - if you run across this case, we would like to have the information. We have a letter Joshua wrote in April, 1845 to his son, GABRIEL COX, in Georgia referring to this case. We have several people researching the family of Joshua Cox and this would be another piece in the puzzle..........Thanks, Gail

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Hi In a past posting,I wrote incorrectly that Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie"Martin (Anderson co.SC.Martins) was married to: Henry Burris Brookshire,that was supposed to be married to: Nathaniel Franklin Brookshire. Henry Burris Brookshire was their son,who married Lou Ella Prince. Sorry for the misinformation. Thanks Gay

Hi Linda, No replies yet. I am trying to determine if W.W.Martin was related to or friends to my ggrandparents Daniel Carter Stewart or his wife Sarah Elizabeth Susannah Holcombe?Stewart,as the letters from him were addressed to them. I suspect they were friends and that the terms son and daughter may have been meant for friendly terms,still there is a question about that.Do you have W.W.Martin's birthdate,he may have been too young to be her father or step father? I had a family member state they thought she may have been a Martin,although I Have an old letter to a Pension Commissioner in Washington,DC. suggesting that her father was a Samuel Holcombe,who may have inlisted in Dalonega Ga.and died in a war, no date,possibly under (Capt.Wofford??), he also may have been in the Mexican war. Her Mother returned from upper Ga. to her family in Pickens co.Sc Also wondering if W.W.Martin had a connection to a School on Martin School Rd.near Mile Creek Rd.in Pickens co.SC. My ggrandmother may have been a school teacher and lived off Mile Creek Rd. The heading on the letter,suggesting that W.W.Martin may have worked at this courthouse goes, Office of J.M.Stewart Clerk of Court Common Pleas Pickens C.H.S.C. Oct 25th 1894 I also have an old letter written by D.W.(D.P.?)Spearman (three initial before Spearman) to Daniel Carter Stewart. (Part of this letter on the right side is missing,so I will put here what I can make out.) Dear Brother and family yours of the 4th at hand and glad to hear you are all well satisfied at your new home,but sorry you have gone so far and glad you got there all right.if I am not mistaken there is 4 dollars and 030 cents behind if I am mistaken ......correct me. The ....is all right as far as ....... but if they have .......... I did not know............ Me and Mary ran into ? to Mack Cantrall at ....... last Sunday and saw several of our folks and heard from the (maybe Stewarts ?) ........all of them ......well and getting along well Edd Nelson is going to move within about six miles of us......... in about 1 mile of Liberty I will be apt to see them when they move All is well and sends their love and best wishes to to you all, write soon and let know how you are getting along. Yours respectfully D.W.P?.Spearman To D.C.Stewart and family Any ideas on who this Spearman is? Thanks for any help Gay

Hi Linda We may have emailed each other,when I was searching for info on Sarah Elizabeth"Lizzie" Martin,from the Anderson co.SC.Martins and who was married to Nathaniel Franklin Brookshire,he was from Habersham co.Ga. Some years after Nathaniel died during the civil war,Lizzie and her children moved from Batesville,Habersham co.Ga. back to her family in Anderson,SC.the children then migrated to Oconee,co.Pickens,co.Greenville,co.SC. Lizzie and Nathaniel were my gggrandparents on my Mother's side. On the Stewart line,my Father's side, I am also decended from Robert Stewart b.1749 Robert Stewart b.1785 Robert Stewart b.1815, Dec.15 Daniel Carter Stewart b.abt.1842 Marcus Daniel Stewart b.1881,Feb12 Prue Lee Stewart b.1905,Apr 30 Thanks Gay Stewart Beam

Hi Linda On your information below do you have any more information on the history of the school and bell and the connection to W.W.Martin or who may have operated the school. Thanks for any help Gay Subj: Martin School Date: 07/31/2001 1:06:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: [email protected] (Linda Skelton) To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] The bell from the Martin School was maintained in my husband's family until after the death of grandfather, Hovie Earle Martin d. 1989. His children chose to leave the bell in the area with a relative by another surname. Do either of you live in the Pickens, SC area? Dennis E. & Linda W. Skelton St. George, Dorchester Co., SC [email protected] Researching: WAGERS, HARBESON, PENDARVIS, INFINGER, MUSTARD, MARCHANT, TIMOTHY, SKELTON, CANTRELL, MARTIN, WINCHESTER, LYNCH, HERRON > It appears that W.W.Martin worked in the office of clerk of court > J.M.Stewart, Do you have any information on this? > Could he have had a connection to Martin School rd.too.? > Looking forward to hearing from you tomorrow. > Thanks > Gay >

Don't forget the Faith Clayton family research room at Wesleyan University in Central. --- SRodali <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello List, > I am planning a trip to Pickens, SC and wanted to > find out which library had the best selection of > material for genealogical research. According to > the county page there are 4 listed: Easley, > Central/Clemson, Sarlin Community, and Village. Do > each of them offer something particular? I'll be > trying to find the usual items, probate, will, > marriages (I know there aren't official records), > births and deaths. > Thanks, > Sandy > > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Pickens Co., SC List Mom > [email protected] > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit > http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Can anyone send me a link to the above page? thanks

The Easley Library has all the genealogy for the entire Pickens County Library system. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:20 PM Subject: [SCPICKENS] Pickens Libraries > Sandy, > I visited Easley and Pickens Libraries. Easley is by far the best. > They have a great genealogy section. You can park on the lot next to the > library. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I couldn't cover > everything in one day. > > Gail > > > ==== SCPICKEN Mailing List ==== > We have over 234 members of the Pickens Co., SC Mailing List. Posting back > to the list helps the whole group, not just one person. If we work as a team, > we'll succeed as a team. > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >

Dear List Members, I had a virus problem last evening and in cleaning my system I lost all e-mail messages that were in my inbox. If you have contacted me within the last week, needing help or asking a question, please re-send it to me [email protected] Kathleen Burnett List Mom

Hello all. My apologies for any who get this long note twice, as I'm posting it to two lists. "The Kennemer Book - A Great American Family" by Woody Anderson Kelley includes an extract of a court case about a land dispute between William H. Kennemore et al and Elias Kennemore et al. The extract is from a Supreme Court of SC ruling or hearing on 3-11-1887, on an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas Pickens County. I made it to the SC Archives for the SC Genealogical Society Summer Workshop last month, and I did some looking to try to find the original case as well as the appeal. The Archives doesn't have the actual Common Pleas court papers, but they did have the Pickens County Common Pleas Journals on microfilm # D1186, which included the timeframe of the original case. At the beginning of this microfilm roll, there is an alphabetical listing, and in that list I found the following entry: Kennemore W.H. vs Elias E. Kennemore et al .231.231.139. | 38 There was no explanation of what these numbers in the index mean, but on printed page 139 of the Common Pleas Journal Pickens County, SC (29) Sept Term 1886, I found the case. I did not find anything on pages 231 or 38. From my notes, here's some of what I found: "William H. Kennemore et al Plaintiffs v E E Kennemore et al Defts it is decreed that there was a valid and binding parcel partition between Moses Kennemore and George Kennemore in the Fall of 1859 of the land conveyed to them in Jan. 1859 by Lott Kennemore and referred to in the complaint, and that said partition was consummated by the sale of his part by Moses and the possession of his part by George. It is further adjudged and decreed that all of the land deeded by Lott Kennemore to his said two sons, Moses & George, except the two tracts deeded by Moses to Milton Mauldin on the nineteenth of September 1859, George & Lott Kennemore joining in the deed to perfect the title as shown by said deeds was in evidence fell to George & is libale to partition herein allotting to the defendant Elias E. Kennemore five-sevenths thereof as heir at law and purchaser, to the plaintiffs among them one seventh and to the defendants Judy Cantrell and ?Lucky? Phillips one seventh among them. ...." The good news is that this case gives me evidence that "my" Moses was indeed the son of Lott. The bad news is I couldn't find the appeal. I had the archivists pull the actual Supreme Court of Appeals Opinions book for 1882-1889 (their reference # S 216003). This book is a huge volume in which the clerk actually recorded the official opinions handed down by the Supreme Court of SC. This opinion book runs from stamped page 1, April Term 1882 with the first opinion filed May 27, 1992, through page 636, April Term 1889, opinion filed May 1, 1889. There is an index booklet inside this larger volume, and there was no Kennemore listed in the index (under any variant spelling that starts with C or K). Nonetheless, I manually looked through the actual opinion book from page 428 through the end, one page at a time, and I did NOT find any reference to an appeal of this Kennemore case from the Pickens Court of Common Pleas. As a matter of fact, I did not find any opinions at all dated March 11, 1887. So, I'm puzzled about the appeal mentioned in the Kelley Kennemer book. Has anyone else tried to find the original court records for the appeal to the Supreme Court mentioned in Kelley's book? If so, would you kindly provide the source citation so I could get copies of the appeal? Thanks in advance for any and all help. Judy

Sandy, I visited Easley and Pickens Libraries. Easley is by far the best. They have a great genealogy section. You can park on the lot next to the library. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I couldn't cover everything in one day. Gail

I'm really interested in whatever evidence you have to support your ideas. I certainly don't claim to be an expert, and I hope you won't be offended, but I'm not sure about some of the connections. a) James isn't the only candidate on the 1830 Pickens census; there's Celia (p.812) and John (p.39). There's also Andrew & Esther Mason, the couple I tend to favor as possible parents for "my" Elias; though they were in Pendleton District 1810-1820, Esther shows up on the 1830 and 1840 Anderson County census. b) On a will abstract from James Mason & Fanny McGee, they mention a son named Elias. However, he's listed as being in Kentucky--when "my" Elias never left the Pickens/Oconee area except to fight during the later years of the war. Elias himself told the newspaper this in 1918. c) In the same newspaper article, Elias stated that he served in Jenkins Brigade, Second SC Rifles Company "C" under Col. R. E. Bowen. A Mr. J.S. Lawless also served with Elias in that regiment. d) There is a younger Elias Mason (born around 1838) in the county, and it may be this one who served in the Company K with his brother James. e) I agree that there's probably a connection between Martha and Bennett Hyde, but I'm not sure it's father and daughter. A document from Greenville County suggests that her father was Absalom Hyde, and it's thought that Bennett's only child was a son named Ansel. f) On the 1850 Pickens census next to Bennett & Penny Hyde is a couple named Washington and Emily Mason. I don't know yet if he's related to "my" Elias. He outlived all his siblings, it seems, as none were mentioned in his will.

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I'm researching the Manley family, does anyone recognize them? William Manley - b. abt 1801 SC (he's on the 1850 and 1870 Pickens, SC census) married Cynthia ? - b. abt 1806 SC Their children: Lewis F. - b. abt 1829 SC Martha Emeline - b. 19 Sep 1834 Pickens, SC married Peter P. Chapman Gyra? or Lance (not sure of spelling) - b. abt 1837 SC Lucinda - b. abt 1840 SC Thomas J. - b. abt 1841 SC may have married Emeline ? William O. - b. abt 1844 SC Henry - b. abt 1846 SC Thanks, Sandy

Hello List, I am planning a trip to Pickens, SC and wanted to find out which library had the best selection of material for genealogical research. According to the county page there are 4 listed: Easley, Central/Clemson, Sarlin Community, and Village. Do each of them offer something particular? I'll be trying to find the usual items, probate, will, marriages (I know there aren't official records), births and deaths. Thanks, Sandy