Lake Hartwell affected both GA & SC. The graves of David Sloan and family had to be moved. Their homesite, settled after the Revolution, is under water. Fortunately, a descendant, took pictures of the old home in the 1930s when he raised money among descendants to clean up the family graveyard. So the original tombstone was moved to the new site. His wife, Susannah Majors Sloan's, tombstone had to be replaced with a newer one. Nancy Chapman Crayton -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Burnett [mailto:kathleenburnett@earthlink.net] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 7:42 PM To: SCPICKEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCPICKENS] Old Homestead on the Tugaloo River It is possible. If I could locate the homestead or figure out where it was then I would have a better idea. Why do you ask about it being under water. Did something happen that changed the water course of the river? Kathleen Elizabeth Whitaker wrote: > Is it possible this location is now under water? > > Elizabeth Whitaker > > --- Kathleen Burnett <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > In 1822 Almon Powell purchased 300 acres from > > Richard Holden on Tugaloo > > River in Pendleton District. This area became > > Pickens County. Then in > > 1835 he purchased additional land along Brasstown > > Road in two different > > places along the above mentioned 300 acres. There > > is record of their > > homestead being on this property. > > > > I have never been able to find the burial place of > > Almon and his wife > > Elizabeth Powell. My question is, are there any old > > homesteads along > > the Tugaloo River which could be this old? I am > > wondering if there are > > family grave yards that have not been surveyed.. > > > > Almon Powell died in Horse Shoe, Pickens Co., SC > > 1857 and Elizabeth died > > between 1860 and 1970. > > > > Kathleen Burnett > > > > > > ______________________________