This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gC.2ACE/330.332.343.603 Message Board Post: Wendy, I'm not related to this family. However, I searched Ancestry, and found the following information about the Abneys. 1850 Census The Dist., Edgefield Co., SC Holley Abney 50 F W $300 b. SC Amanda Abney 23 F W b. SC Matthew Abney 14 M W b. SC James Abney 19 M W b. SC Enumerator's Note: Dwarf Bigah? Abney 5 M W b. SC Elvira Abney 3 F W b. SC Edney Abney 33 F Mul b. SC Elizabeth Abney 10 F Mul b. SC 1850 Census The Dist., Edgefield Co., SC JohN Wooton 34 M W Farmer $600 b. SC Martha Wooton 34 F W b. SC Massoma? Wooton 8 F W b. SC Millege Wooton 6 M W b. SC Martha Wooton 4 F W b. SC Ebney Abney 30 F Mul b. SC Elizabeth Abney 10 F Mul b. SC 1860 Census Edgefield Dist, Edgefield Co, SC Jerrot Abney 42 M Mul Mechanic $1740 $317 b. SC Holley Abney 60 F Mul $600 b. SC Edney Abney 40 F Mul Domestic b. SC Mathew Abney 22 M Mul b. SC Lydia Abney 18 F Mul b. SC Elvira Abney 14 F Mul b. SC Lewis Abney 16 M Mul Cripple b. SC Pickens Abney 7 M Mul b. SC Jerrot Abney 1 M Mul b. SC Benjamin Kemp 23 M Mul Shoe Maker b. SC Betsey Kemp 18 F Mul b. SC Emma B. Kemp 2 F Mul b. SC Savannah Kemp 2mon F Mul b. SC 1870 Census Hamburg, Edgefield Co., SC C. C. Turner 22 M B Blacksmith b. SC Jane Turner 25 F B Keeping Home b. SC Sarah Turner 12 F B Not Occupied b. SC Berry Turner 7 F B At Home b. SC Jarret Abney 12 M B Not Occupied b. SC 1870 Census Saluda, Edgefield Co., SC Colmeb? Abney 15 M B farm Laborer b. SC Jerry Abney 55 M B Farm Laborer b. SC Jane Abney 40 F B Farm Laborer b. SC Ann Abney 11 F B Farm Laborer b. SC Hampton Abney 9 M B At Home b. SC Sumter Abney 6 M B At Home b. SC Mat Abney 2 M B At Home b. SC 1870 Census Saluda, Edgefield Co., SC Green Scurry 70 M B Farm Laborer b. VA Wade Abney 25 M B Farm Laborer b. SC next-door Amanda Abney 22 F Mul Farm Laborer b. SC Octavia Abney 5 F Mul At Home b.SC 1880 Census Source Information: Census Place Augusta, Richmond, Georgia Family History Library Film 1254163 NA Film Number T9-0163 Page Number 339D Elisabeth ABNEY Self W Female B 43 SC Londress SC SC Keller ABNEY Dau S Female MU 19 SC Domestic Service SC SC Jarrett ABNEY Son S Male B 13 SC Domestic Service SC SC Julia ABNEY GDau S Female MU 10M GA GA SC SC Dept of Archives & History Series Number: S165015 Year: 1856 Item: 00014 Date: 1856/11/20 Description: CULBREATH, LEWIS, PETITION TO BE REFUNDED A CAPITATION TAX PAID FOR ELIZABETH ABNEY, A FREE BLACK, WHO WAS UNDER AGE. (4 PAGES) Names Indexed: ABNEY, ELIZABETH (FREE BLACKS)/ABNEY, HOLLY/CULBREATH, LEWIS/ Locations: / Type: PETITION/ Topics: TAXES, FREE BLACKS/