This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reily/So. Carolina/Mississippi/Louisiana Classification: Bible Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CdB.2ACE/218 Message Board Post: Archibald McDonald and Margaret 1750's Author: Barbara Branum Date: 23 Nov 2005 7:12 PM GMT Surnames: Reily/So. Carolina/Mississippi/Louisiana Classification: Bible Post Reply | Mark Unread Report Abuse Print Message Author: Barbara Branum Date: 23 Nov 2005 6:53 PM GMT Surnames: Reily/So. Carolina/Mississippi/Louisiana Classification: Bible Post Reply | Mark Unread Report Abuse Print Message I have letters and will about Arch. and Margaret McDonald. I have another letter writen in Oct. 26, 1905, by Wm. A. Jelks! Much more about McDonald's and Reily's. 1907 Reily Letter Author: Barbara Branum Date: 23 Nov 2005 5:22 PM GMT Surnames: Reily/So. Carolina/Mississippi/Louisiana Classification: Bible Post Reply | Mark Unread Report Abuse Print Message This is a letter that I, Orville Wainwright (Wain) Reily, III, got from my Great Aunt, Mary Gustavus Reily (Mrs. E. B. Moore) of Winnsboro, Louisiana. She got this letter from her Uncle William Boatner Reily, Sr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Centreville, Miss. Nov. 27, 1907 Mr. Wm. B. Reily Dear Sir and Cousin: In answer to your letter to my mother, who is 75 years' old and not able to answer. I send you the records we have in the old Bible. Grandpa Samuel Reily had 12 children, as you can see. I have heard my father, Wesley Reily, say that Great Grandpa Robert Reily came from Ireland to South Carolina and finally settled here where I live now. I live in the house that he built in 1820 and I am using water from the old brick well that he made. Grandpa Samuel Reily had 12 children and only 6 left descendents. They were Isaac, Martha, John Y., Cantey, Morgan and Wesley. John Y. I believe is your grandfather and Wesley was my father. He had 13 children and four are living now. I am the only Reily living here in Wilkerson County. I would be glad to have you come up and see me. I live two miles from Centreville, Miss. and will meet you at Centreville any time you will come. Yours truly, J. D. Reily -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Samuel Reily, son of Robert and Ann Reily, was born on Black River, Clarendon Co., S.C., Sumter Dictrict, on March 04,, 1767. Martha McDonald, daughter of Arch. and Mary McDonald, was born on Santee River, S.C., Williamsburg District, on Sept. 04, 1770. Children of Samuel and Martha Reily: 01- Isaac McDonald, was born on Sunday morning on Black River, Sumter Dist., S.C. Jan 02, 1791. 02- Margaret Anne, was born Sunday night, same place, Jan. 06, 1793. 03- Martha Mary, was born on Santee River, S.C., Feb. 02, 1795. 04- Samuel Warburton, was born at same place, March 02, 1797. 05- John Young, was born Sunday morning, same place, Oct. 19, 1798. 06- Joseph Cantey, was born same place, Jan. 27, 1801. 07- William Robert, was born same place, Aug. 11, 1804. 08- Mary Ann, was born same place, Sept. 20, 1806. 09- Sarah Susana, was born in S.C., Aug. 10, 1808. 10- Margan Sabb, was born in Mississippi Territory, Wilkinson County, Sunday morning (Cornite Creek), Jan. 12, 1812. 11- Wesley, was born same place, Aug. 04, 1814. 12- Eliza Nelson, was born same place, March 05, 1816. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages: Samuel Reily and Martha McDonald were married Dec. 24, 1789. Martha Mary Reily and James B. Richardson were married March 19, 1812. Isaac M. Reily and Mary Bowman were married on Dec. 16. 1819. Isaac M. Reily and Amy I. Higginbotham were married on April 05, 1825. John Y. Reily and Mrs. Mary Higginbotham, nee Mary McNeely, were married July 30, 1825. Margaret Ann Reily married Ira Bowman. Sarah Susan Reily married John DeLoach. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths: Samuel Reily died May 12, 1822. MarthaMcDonald Reily died Dec. 04, 1850. Samuel Warburton Reily died Dec. 20, 1816. William Robert Reily died aug. 26, 1827. Joseph Cantey Reily died Dec. 07, 1852. Wesley Reily died Sept. 01, 1873. Eliza Neilson Reily died Aug. 18, 1889. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note by Wain Reily (11-23-2005) E-mail: owr3@hotmail.com In J. D. Reily's letter he says that Robert came to Miss. Terr. This is a mistake. Robert died in So. Car. and Samuel is the on that came to Miss. and built the house. Some of the property and the old home site are still in the family. The old grave yard is on this property with head stones. Some of his dates are not correct. I think that he wrote them down wrong. We know this from some other documents, other Bibles, and letters. I have a very good lead on where the Bible is that he used and I plan to go see it in the very near future. I will post other letters as I get the time. Wain Reily