Glenna, Avatine is definitely a given name. I had a great great aunt named Frances Avatine Caughman who born in Orangeburg County in 1862... Carter ************************** Glenna Kinard wrote: > Is anyone familiar with the name of Avatine? > > My gg grandmother's name was M. Emily Avatine McCants. I do not know if > Avatine is a surname; I have not run across it as a given name. > > She was from Fairfield County SC and married Rev. Charles M. PORTER. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks for any clues, > Glenna > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > RESEARCHING: Porter, McCants, Cobb, Martin, Rawlinson, Gill, Higgins, Scott, > Harrison, Fetner; and Bryant, McDade, Dillard, Tolleson, Wells, Baxter, > Eaves; and Kinard, Wise, Thaxton, Vickers, Patton, Hubbard, Wilkins, > Long/Lang, Latta (Branch 28), Mauldin, Dismukes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > ***** QUOTING SHOULD END ABOVE THIS LINE ***** > Email help@scroots.org if you have comments about the SCRoots Forum. > SCRoots The South Carolina Genealogy Forum. http://www.scroots.org/ > > ============================== > Know the town name but not the county? Look it up at: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi