In a message dated 4/30/2003 3:57:58 PM Central Standard Time, kenbelc@attbi.com writes: > Does anyone know what a "Cross of Honor" was. > In the late 1890's and early 1900's, the United Daughters of the Confederacy awarded the Southern Cross of Honor medal to ex-Confederate soldiers who were members of the United Confederate Veterans in recognition of their devotion to the southern cause.  It was strictly honorary, granted upon request. My great-grandfather had one. This Virginia site has a picture of a Southern Cross of Honor. Scroll down a little past halfway to see it. <A HREF="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/hearts/end.html">Hearts at Home: End of an Era</A> Nelda

Nice website. I'll get back. The URL is http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/hearts/end.html I hope this helps. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <TennCookie@aol.com> To: <SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [SCSPARTA] Honors for Some Spartan Confederates > In a message dated 4/30/2003 3:57:58 PM Central Standard Time, > kenbelc@attbi.com writes: > > > Does anyone know what a "Cross of Honor" was. > > > > In the late 1890's and early 1900's, the United Daughters of the Confederacy > awarded the Southern Cross of Honor medal to ex-Confederate soldiers who were > members of the United Confederate Veterans in recognition of their devotion > to the southern cause. It was strictly honorary, granted upon request. My > great-grandfather had one. This Virginia site has a picture of a Southern > Cross of Honor. Scroll down a little past halfway to see it. <A HREF="http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/hearts/end.html">Hear ts at Home: > End of an Era</A> > Nelda > > > > > ==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== > Newcomers: Please introduce yourself to the list and tell us about your Spartanburg County interests. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.473 / Virus Database: 271 - Release Date: 4/17/03

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIZEMORE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EgB.2ACI/2629.2 Message Board Post: Diane, Which SIZEMORE family are you researchding? Joy

While reading Lisa's posting of "The Free Lance" Issue: May 1, 1903 part 1, it dawned on me that it has been 100 years since that was published. Nineteen-three was 38 years after the war. Some questions that come to mind. What was the ceremony all about and why so few soldiers included? How many of those soldiers can we identify today? Was that all that could be identified then? Seems like very few compared to those that were buried in the county. How many have been identified that are buried in the County? How many of those identified still have descendant that read these postings? MEMORIAL DAY CROSSES OF HONOR Memorial Day will be celebrated here this year by the bestowal of a number of crosses of honor upon Confederate Veterans by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The exercises will take place in Converse ***** auditorium on May 11, as May 10 falls on Sunday. The crosses will be bestowed upon the following: A. J. ABBOTT: Abbott Andrew Jackson Hampton's Legion, Co. C and transferred to Holcombe Legion, Co. C. Ssurvived the war and died sometime before 1907 and is buried at Magnolia Cem spartanburg. A.W. JONES: Jones Aquilla Served for 6 months in 5th Reserves, Co. G. Survived the war and was married to Lucretia. Don't know when he died or where he was buried. J. G. BEACHAM: Beacham Jesse G. Served in 2nd Cavalry, Co. E. survived the war. Born 7/8/45 and died aft 1910. drawing pension in 1910. Dudley MULLINS: Mullins, Dudley served in 13th Infantry, Co. I. Survived the war. Born 1832 and don't know when he died. Wife's initials were E. A. J. F. BROWN: Brown, J. Franklin served in 13th Infantry, Co. E Killed at Jericho Ford VA, 5/23/64. J. G. POOLE: Poole, James Giles, Seved in Mangault's Light Artillery, Co I and Gist Guard, co. A Survived the war was born in 1846. Died before 1907 and is buried at Oakwood Cem Spartanburg. His widow Kittie was drawing a pension in 1919. H. (?) C? CATHCART {second initial may be C.}: Either Cathcart, Hamilton Hampton or Hampton H. Cathcart. served in 3rd Inf., Co. D and 5th Reserves Co. H. Died of disease while in 3D on 8/24/64 at Petersburg, V. Buried at Blandford Ch Petersburg, VA. Born 12/3/20 and married to Frances Jane Farmer. The difference with Henry H. Cathcart is that he was in 3rd Battalion, Co. D and was KIA 7/1/64, Petersburg. Buried at Blandenburg Ch Petersburg . S. B. REID: Reid, Samuel B. 1st State Troops, Co. I. Born 12/13/46 and died before 1919. His widow Della U.was drawing a pension in 1919. T. R. CONCH (COUCH?): I have no Conch in the records, but this is probably Couch, Tolliver R, Served in 18th Infantry, Co. E. Born 1839 and died after 1907. Drawing a pension in 1907. Sanford REYNOLDS: Reynolds, Sanford S. Served in 14th Infantry, Co. E. Born 6/15/45 and died 3/4/19. Buried at Green Pond Baptist Reidville with a CSA Marker on the grave. Wifee was Martha J. T. H. DODD: Can't identify a T. H. Dodd. Have 6 Dodds on my list .W. A. ROGERS: Probably Rodgers, Washington who serve in 5th Reserves, Co. E.from 8/1/63 1/1/64. Is said to have Deserted. Born 1828 and died before 1870. His widow Adelia A. Hammett was living at Reidville and drawing a pension in 1919. A. J. ELMORE: Elmore Andrew Served in 5th Reserves Co. E from 8/63 to 2/64. Born 1814 and died after 1870. Don't know where buried. J. M. STONE: Stone, James Madison served in 18th Infantry, Co. E. Born 1/3/35 and died after 1910. Drawing a pension in 1910. Warren FARMER: Farmer Warren served in 3rd Infantry Co. D. Born 11/25/40 and died 3/26/15. His widow Sarah Vaughn was living in Pauline in 1919 and drawing a pension J. M. STRIBLING : Stribling , James Madison Servws in 18th Infantry Co. E Born 10/1/31 and died 7/17/04. Buried at New Unity Baptist Woodruff. There is a CSA Marker on the grave. His widow Martha A. Walker was drawing a pension in 1910. Y C. B. FOSTER: Foster, Christian Bookter Served in 13 Infantry Co. C. Born 12/22/42 and died after 1910 . Drawing a pension in 1910. E. D. TUTTLE: Can't identify. No Tuttle in data base E. G. FOWLER: Not sure which: Fowler, Eber or Elias Fowler. Both Served in 1st (Hagood's) Infantry, Co. H. Elias died of disease 12/15/62 at Lynchburg , VA. T. H. WEST: West, Thomas Henry. Served in 3rd Infantry Co. K. Lived at Glenn springs and died after 1919. Drawing pension in 1919. R. D. GALERAITH {this name is hard to read}: Galbrith Robert D. (note spelling) Served in 4th Infantry Co. G. Living in Spartanburg in 1919 and drawing aa pension. J. L. WEST: West, John L. Served in 18th Infantry Co. E. Born 1/13/45 and died after 1910. On 1910 Pensionn list. T. J. HALL: Hall, Thomas J Served in 13th Infantry Co. F. Born 1837 and in 1919 was living in Inman and drawing a pension.. P.D. WILLIS: Can't identify. J. F. HARVEY: Don't have a J. F., but do have a couple of soldiers that might be this person J. L. WOFFORD: Wofford, Joseph Lewellyn Served in 5th Infantry, Co. K in 1861-62 the 13th Infantry, Co. E. and Command & Staff. Discharged for disability after wounds at Fredricksburg, VA. Born 1/17/33 and died 7/19/12. Have two wives listed Letita E. Petit and Elizabeth L. J. F. JEFFREYS: Have no Jefferys in records, but have a few Jefferies. No J. F. In starting this I obviously misunderstood what was intended by issuing a Cross of Honor to these men. I thought they were honoring the dead , not the dead and the living. I thought it was a grave marker that is seen on some Confederate graves. Does anyone know what a "Cross of Honor" was. Being wrong in my assumption of what was happening causes some of the questions I hoped to answer to be less relevant. Here is what I did find out. What was the ceremony all about and why so few soldiers included. The above statement shows that I do not know what the ceremony represented. How many of those soldiers can we identify today? I am quite sure I have identified 20 of the 27. Was that all that could be identified then? NO. Landrum's History of Spartanburg had been published in 1900 and it contained many of the Confederate's names and units. You would think the Daughters of the Confederacy would have that list. My numbers for Spartans that served is at least 5112 and of these some 1378 died during the war. Seems like very few compared to those that were buried in the county. How many have been identified that are buried in the County? Not sure of the exact numbers, but it is in excess of 1,000 people. How many of those identified have descendants that read these postings? Hope some of the readers can help with this and those not identified. Thanks for the Free Lance articles Ken Belcher

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2581.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes they were in unmarked graves, I was hoping you could fill in the blanks for me, I know one was a boy and one was a girl but that's all. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2581.2.1 Message Board Post: There are several Taylors buried in the church cemetery, but no children for Guy Thomas Taylor. They could be unmarked graves. I show Boyd Guy Taylor - 12/10/1887 - 11/22/1936.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2581.2 Message Board Post: If you have the history of the church- how about the cemetery? I am looking for the names that belong to two graves that belong to children of Guy Thomas Taylor and Nell A. They were born/ buried between 1935 and 1942. Appreciate it.

Henry Dixon Smith was the son of John Smith & Ellen McElrath. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parker" <aharwellp@hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:55:41 -0400 To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCSPARTA] Re: Dixon Smith / Mary Wood Re: Does anyone know where Dickson fits into the Smith family of Spt.? I know Re: of two separate Smith families (one came from PA and one from VA) and have Re: quiet a bit on each but I don't have Dixon/Dickson in my files. Re: Re: Ann Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Surnames in Genealogy in my direct line: Harwell, Frey, Morris, Holloway, Re: Dunn, Re: McCrary, Finch, Riddle, Cheek, Smith, Williams, Cook, Blake, Hudson, Re: Jefferson, Jones, Re: Shipp, Field, Soane, Bolling, Judkins, Pettaway, Gray, Robertson, Burton, Re: Thomson, Moore, Lawson, Fair, Rush, Temple, Chambliss, Fortune, Kennedy, Re: McKinney Re: Edwards, Harris, Gurgunay, Giles, Re: Parker, Pritchard, Symons, Page, Fry, Shattuck, Daniel, Dorris, Stark, Re: McDaniel, Woads, Re: Fain, Mercer, Taylor, Loftin, Lanier, Johnson, Jackson, Farrar, Branch, Re: Allman, Reynsford, Re: Addie, Sparks, Baugh, Hatcher, Newporte, Reynolds, Walgrave, Percy, Re: Jurnigan, Re: Jennings, Bowman, Brookes, Byrd, Clark, Drury, Calthorpe, Stapleton, Re: deLaPole, Cheney, Stafford, Beauchamp, deAudley, deClare, deMortimer, Re: deLongspee,Mainwaring, and others. Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: >From: wcampbell114@hotmail.com Re: >To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com Re: >Subject: [SCSPARTA] Re: Dixon Smith / Mary Wood Re: >Date: 25 Apr 2003 19:09:27 -0600 Re: > Re: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Re: > Re: >Classification: Query Re: > Re: >Message Board URL: Re: > Re: >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2631.1 Re: > Re: >Message Board Post: Re: > Re: >1860 SC, Spartanburg Census pg. 372 (pg 355 on ancestry.com) (handwritting Re: >was hard to read) Re: >Dickson Smith 39 Re: >Mary 28 Re: >Elenor 20 Re: >Caroline 18 Re: >Emily 16 Re: >Elgin 15 Re: >? (male) 14 Re: >John 12 Re: >Mary 10 Re: >? (female) 8 Re: >? (female) 5 Re: >? (male) 4 Re: >Martha 2 Re: >Sallie 2 months Re: > Re: > Re: >==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== Re: >If you need to unsubscribe send mailto:SCSparta-l-request@rootsweb.com with Re: >one word in the bottom of the message: unsubscribe We hope you will join Re: >us again soon. Re: > Re: >============================== Re: >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, Re: >go to: Re: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Re: > Re: Re: Re: _________________________________________________________________ Re: Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* Re: http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Re: Re: Re: ==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== Re: Your list administrator is Mildred "Mickey" Fournier. If you have a problem, feel free to contact me at: mfournier@atlantic.net Re: Re: ============================== Re: To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: Re: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Re: -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

"The Free Lance" Issue: May 1, 1903 part2 LOCAL AND PERSONAL --Miss Mary E. GOSSETT, who has been running the Magnolia Hotel, has given it up. --Dr. I. CRIMM will be at the Spartan Inn for a few days longer and can be consulted by those needing glasses. --Miss Florence FOSTER of Fair Forest has been summoned to Valdosta, Ga., on account of the illness of her sister, Mrs. M. L. SMITH. --Geo. W. TRAYLOR, a well known Spartanburg boy will be with the Harris Springs Hotel this season. --A warrant was issued today before Magistrate GARRIS for the arrest of John RICHARDS, colored, charged with violation of contract. --Henry W. THOMSON has accepted the agency for Jones & Laughlin, large steel manufacturers of Pittsburg, Pa. --Chas. B. YEAGER of Danville, Va., has been appointed an agent for the Virginia Life Insurance Company at Clifton. Frank C. POSEY has been added to the local force of the same company. --Ed TYLER, colored, who stabbed a white passenger on the Clifton car recently was given a hearing before Magistrate WALKER of Glendale today and bound over for court. HARRELSON NEWS: [April 27] --Misses Eddie and Eula WOFFORD of Rockford recently visited this section. --Master Lanham STRIPLING of Hebron, has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Reginald HARELSON. --Mr. WOFFORD and children spent Sunday at Enoree. --H. Fitzhugh HARRELSON and sister, Miss Nettie left last Thursday for a visit to Greenwood and other parts of the state before their return. --T.A. WEIR brought a graphophone through this section last week which amused many of his friends. --Horace HARRELSON spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Buffalo. --Mrs. R. M. STRIPLING of Hebron, spent Thursday with Mrs. R. P. HARRELSON. CRESCENT: [April 27] --Mrs. E. T. WESTMORELAND has returned home after spending a week with her uncle, J. D. DARBY of Jeb. The famous painting of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph IZARD of South Carolina executed by COPLEY in 1774, was sold at Charleston Tuesday to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, by the late Gabriel MANIGAULT. It is understood that he picture brought $8,000. INMAN ITEMS: [April 30] --J.Z. MIMS a prominent young man of Sumter, and a possible candidate for matrimony, has been visiting here this week and some of our own young men are threatened with nervous prostration. BERRY BRIEFS: [April 18] --Last Sunday morning as Thomas GOWAN and Charlie EMORY were driving a young mule it became frightened and ran away throwing both out of the buggy and bruising them considerably. --J. C. WALL, who has been visiting relatives and friends in this community, returned home this week. --Miss Lula SEAY of Cherokee, who has been visiting the family of E.E. CHAPMAN, returned home today. --D. H. FOWLER of Lolo was in this section last week hunting cotton for Lolo Cotton Mill, but it seems to be scarce. --Misses Melissa BLACKWELL, Meda BISHOP and Clemmie CANTRELL were the guests of Miss Minnie BISHOP, as were J. V. WALL, W.B. CANTRELL and Robert McKELVY. --E.C. CANTRELL, who has been confined to his room with mumps was able to be out today. WOODRUFF NOTES: [April 27] --Miss Lela DARWIN is quite sick. --Miss Lora JONES is at home from Limestone College on account of illness. --Mrs. W. H. GRAY and her little daughter, Lucile, are expected home from Baltimore this week. --Dr. S. D. PARSONS is sick. free post Lisa

"The Free Lance" Issue: May 1, 1903 part 1 SPARTANBURG BOY SUCCESSFUL In the competitive examination which closed in this city Saturday evening, Clyde R. ROBINSON of this county won the scholarship to the naval academy at Annapolis, Haskell DIAL of Laurens is first alternate with Wallace CARSON of Spartanburg second and S.M. WILLIAMS of Greenville third alternate. The examination was a most rigid one and consumed all of Friday and Saturday. The successful contestant is a Clemson College student and a member of the sophomore class. NEW TEACHER OF VIOLIN Miss Marie DENHAM has been elected by the trustees of Converse College to the position of teacher of violin. Miss DENHAM is from Boston but has been teaching recently in Nova Scotia. She was a pupil of Dr. ALLEN, the famous teacher of violin and is herself an artist of note. She succeeds Miss JOHNSON who resigned recently. MEMORIAL DAY CROSSES OF HONOR Memorial Day will be celebrated here this year by the bestowal of a number of crosses of honor upon Confederate Veterans by the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The exercises will take place in Converse ***** auditorium on May 11, as May 10 falls on Sunday. The crosses will be bestowed upon the following: A. J. ABBOTT A.W. JONES J. G. BEACHAM Dudley MULLINS J. F. BROWN J. G. POOLE H. (?) C? CATHCART {second initial may be C.} S. B. REID T. R. CONCH Sanford REYNOLDS T. H. DODD W. A. ROGERS A. J. ELMORE J. M. STONE Warren FARMER J. M. STRIBLING C. B. FOSTER E. D. TUTTLE E. G. FOWLER T. H. WEST R. D. GALERAITH {this name is hard to read} J. L. WEST T. J. HALL P.D. WILLIS J. F. HARVEY J. L. WOFFORD J. F. JEFFREYS PACOLET: Mrs. Naomi KIRBY is quite ill at her home and her friends and loved ones are at her bedside expecting her death at any time. HOLLY SPRINGS NOTES: [April 25] --Farm work has been greatly retarded by excessive rains. --Rev. L. C. EZELL visited friends in this community last week. --B. F. HARLEY is attending court as Greenville this week. --Mr. and Mrs. S. J. BABB of Tucapau have been visiting friends this week at this place. "A smile and a frown come at the same price, but the former pays happy interest on the investment" GREENVILLE {Highlights} Henry SUDDATH was pardoned from the state penitentiary. He was convicted of rape. It was alleged that he had committed rape upon the person of his wife's sister, Jane CENTER. J. A. WRIGHT of the firm Wright & Patman, a local beef market, attempted suicide yesterday by cutting his throat and severing the veins in his arms. The act is said to be the result of despondency over financial circumstances. EXCITING RUNAWAY Coroner Foster had a very thrilling experience Wednesday at 10 o'clock while sitting in a chair in front of the office of his son, R. F. FOSTER on Magnolia street. A horse attached to a single buggy in which there was no driver at the time, broke away from a post in front of CUDD's stable on Magnolia street and dashed up towards the monument at a high rate of speed. Just as the animal reached a point opposite where Coroner FOSTER was sitting, it made a sudden turn and ran directly towards Mr. FOSTER. The coroner fell towards the left on the sidewalk in an effort to get out of the way. The animal slipped on the sidewalk and the buggy was wrecked. Charles CHRISTMAN who was standing near Mr. FOSTER saw that he was unable to get up, having only one arm and he accordingly went to the rescue and dragged Mr. FOSTER out of his perilous position just as the horse reached the spot where he was sitting. Mr. Foster was considerably shaken up by the accident but escaped serious injury. Had it not been for the presence of Mr. CHRISTMAN, the results as far as Mr. FOSTER is concerned might have been quite serious. [top portion of this cut off] . . . It appears that while murder mad form the effects of liquor YOUNG decided to kill himself, his wife and his two little children. He imagined that an act of this kind would solve all of his difficulties. The more liquor he drank the more firmly he became rooted to the conviction that the thing to do was to kill his wife and children first and to kill himself afterward. Possibly during the time he spent chasing his wife, armed with a butcher knife, the effects of the liquor began to die out and his naturally healthy mental faculties asserted themselves. At any rate, after inflicting a few flesh wounds upon the mother of his children and failing to accomplish his purpose a change seemed to come over him. He dropped the knife and was lost for a time in profound meditation. A happy idea flashed through his mind. Instead of killing his wife and children first and then killing himself , he decided to kill himself first and then but happily he did not pause to reason but went out and hanged himself. For this final act YOUNG deserves some measure of credit. He certainly did the right thing at the right time. Let all murderous lovers, husbands and fathers go and do likewise. {I'm not sure if this is local or not} free post Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lewis/Turner/Dempsey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/1678.1 Message Board Post: Hi,I noticed your query on Peter Lewis.I'm researching the family of SETH LEWIS&Betsy TURNER.I've heard that Peter may have been Seth's brother.Have you any info. on the Seth Lewis family?I'm particularly interested in one of his sons named Jehu that supposedly married a DEMPSEY.They show up on the 1840 census in the Spartanburg(96th district)Thanks in advance for your help.My email is teacherrnr@hotmail.com or mkj2@earthlink.net. Mark

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/EgB.2ACI/2636 Message Board Post: I am looking for any informatin concerning Natalie M. Braden. She was born in 1916 and passed away in 1991. It is believed that she may have been born in New Hampshire and is the daughter of Norman and Iva McRae. I have a picture dated 1968 and would like to find anyone who can confirm that the lady in the picture is Natalie McRae Braden. The front of the picture says " us Bradens" and is a picture of a family of four-an older couple and a young man and woman possibly in their 20's. Anyone who has any information please e-mail me.

"The Free Lance" Issue: April 24, 1904 MRS. S. S. WOOD DYING Pacolet, April, 22-News from the home of S.S. WOOD, three miles out, is that his wife, Mrs. Emma WOOD, is dying. She had a stroke of paralysis Monday and has not been conscious since. Her death has been expected so it is not a surprise to her many friends. All that medical skill could do has been done. "It has finally been decided that the formation of the human ear gives no clues to personal characteristics, so people with big ears can be happy again." THE LIGHTNING'S WORK The bolt of lightning which struck the home of J. P. BELUE Monday afternoon, came very near being fatal in its results and did considerable damage. Mrs. BELUE and young BELUE, who is about 15 years old were rendered wholly unconscious for some time and the boy's right leg was temporarily entirely paralyzed. His right trouser leg was cut off about the hip as cleanly as if done by a knife and from there split to the bottom. He was severely burned in the leg also. The bolt evidently came down an iron pipe that is used as a stove flue. It broke the bricks that support the cooking stove, split a shelf in a closet on which stood a [cut off] SOME INMAN ITEMS: [April 17] --Eight hundred cords of pine wood belonging to J.P. STEVENS of Spartanburg was recently destroyed by fire near here. --Miss Rose CAMP of Limestone College is at home here on a short visit. --Misses Bessie and Lettie HARMON of the Spartan Mills are visiting home folks near here. --Misses Ollie and Myrtle HANNON visited Mrs. CLEMENT at the Calmat Hotel this week. --A large number of children are being summoned to attend the trial of Professor PITTS in Spartanburg at the next term of court as witnesses. --John Dean HALL who is traveling in North Carolina this spring, is spending a few days at home on account of the slight illness of his wife. --G. O. DOGGETT, the well known and popular drummer, was here today. --A. F. BURTON is here hunting up delinquent tax payers. --Mr. RHEINHART of Jonesville was here last week in the interest of the Woodmen of the World and succeeded in adding several new members to the Inman camp. HEARD AT HEBRON: [April 21] --On last Saturday night some one stole a hog from Henry GWINN. The hog was in a pen near the house. Nothing has been heard from the rogues yet. --Last week a gentleman came through this community looking out a route for a railroad. He thinks the road will come through this section. There is also talk of a cotton factory at Nesbitt Shoals. [A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Burdock Blood Bitters is the natural, never failing remedy for a lazy liver] THE PITTS CASE NEXT WEEK The case of Reuben B. PITTS, charged with the murder of young Edward FOSTER at Inman, will be called in sessions court here on May 4. The work of summoning witnesses is about completed. It is understood that from twenty to thirty witnesses will be summoned from Inman to testify in the case. The report that a change of venue would be petitioned for is emphatically denied here today. THE BILL AGAINST GOSNELL The grand jury at the United States court in Greenville yesterday found a true bill against Jack GOSNELL, the white man arrested near Whitney some weeks ago by the dispensary constables. GOSNELL's team was seized and also a quantity of liquor. The trial of GOSNELL will probably come off within a few days. BACK TO THE FARM Representative Jesse M. MAHAFFEY is the phraseology of the latest novel, is "Back on the Farm". Mr. MAHAFFEY has secured control of a large farm in the Roebuck section and has moved there for the summer. He will cultivate the land, planting mostly in cotton. free post Lisa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/906.951 Message Board Post: I just discovered that my gggrandmother was JEMIMA WILLIAMS. One source gives her parents as JW & N WILLIAMS. She married LANDY HEWITT,son of James Hewitt, abt.1840 in the Spartanburg/Laurens area of SC. On the 1850 Spartanburg census she is listed as JANE age 33, but my ggrandmother's death certificate gives her name as Jemima. Do these initials sound familiar? I'm at a standstill right now.

Does any one know these folks? They were alive in 1842 and associated with the probate of Thomas Williamson's will.This was the Thomas Williamson with the daughter Mary Ann. Any help would be appreciated.

Does anyone know where Dickson fits into the Smith family of Spt.? I know of two separate Smith families (one came from PA and one from VA) and have quiet a bit on each but I don't have Dixon/Dickson in my files. Ann Surnames in Genealogy in my direct line: Harwell, Frey, Morris, Holloway, Dunn, McCrary, Finch, Riddle, Cheek, Smith, Williams, Cook, Blake, Hudson, Jefferson, Jones, Shipp, Field, Soane, Bolling, Judkins, Pettaway, Gray, Robertson, Burton, Thomson, Moore, Lawson, Fair, Rush, Temple, Chambliss, Fortune, Kennedy, McKinney Edwards, Harris, Gurgunay, Giles, Parker, Pritchard, Symons, Page, Fry, Shattuck, Daniel, Dorris, Stark, McDaniel, Woads, Fain, Mercer, Taylor, Loftin, Lanier, Johnson, Jackson, Farrar, Branch, Allman, Reynsford, Addie, Sparks, Baugh, Hatcher, Newporte, Reynolds, Walgrave, Percy, Jurnigan, Jennings, Bowman, Brookes, Byrd, Clark, Drury, Calthorpe, Stapleton, deLaPole, Cheney, Stafford, Beauchamp, deAudley, deClare, deMortimer, deLongspee,Mainwaring, and others. >From: wcampbell114@hotmail.com >To: SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [SCSPARTA] Re: Dixon Smith / Mary Wood >Date: 25 Apr 2003 19:09:27 -0600 > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2631.1 > >Message Board Post: > >1860 SC, Spartanburg Census pg. 372 (pg 355 on ancestry.com) (handwritting >was hard to read) >Dickson Smith 39 >Mary 28 >Elenor 20 >Caroline 18 >Emily 16 >Elgin 15 >? (male) 14 >John 12 >Mary 10 >? (female) 8 >? (female) 5 >? (male) 4 >Martha 2 >Sallie 2 months > > >==== SCSPARTA Mailing List ==== >If you need to unsubscribe send mailto:SCSparta-l-request@rootsweb.com with >one word in the bottom of the message: unsubscribe We hope you will join >us again soon. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

In a message dated 4/25/2003 9:12:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, wcampbell114@hotmail.com writes: > 1860 SC, Spartanburg Census pg. 372 (pg 355 on ancestry.com) (handwritting > was hard to read) > Dickson Smith 39 > Mary 28 > Elenor 20 > Caroline 18 > Emily 16 > Elgin 15 > ? (male) 14 > John 12 > Mary 10 > ? (female) 8 > ? (female) 5 > ? (male) 4 > Martha 2 > Sallie 2 months > Descendants of Henry Dixon Smith 1 Henry Dixon Smith b: December 28, 1820 d: April 06, 1876 . +Lottie Emily Wood b: August 12, 1816 d: July 21, 1853 ...... 2 Henry Dixon Smith, Jr. ...... 2 Eleanor C. Smith b: 1841 d: Bef. 1866 .......... +George F. Lewis ...... 2 Nancy Caroline Smith b: 1842 d: Bef. 1866 .......... +Gordon Wakefield ...... 2 Emily F. Smith b: 1843 d: Bef. 1866 .......... +W. L. Morgan ...... 2 Eliza M. Smith b: 1844 d: Bef. 1866 .......... +William Burdett ...... 2 Thomas Jefferson Smith b: May 01, 1846 d: April 17, 1928 .......... +Laura A. Morgan b: December 23, 1861 d: January 04, 1925 ...... *2nd Wife of Thomas Jefferson Smith: .......... +Cornelia Ann Leonard b: January 03, 1853 d: June 29, 1887 ...... 2 John W. Smith b: 1848 d: Aft. 1866 ...... 2 Mary Anna Smith b: March 28, 1850 d: January 13, 1931 .......... +William Thomas Hendrix b: March 29, 1850 d: March 13, 1930 ...... 2 Henrietta Nettie Smith b: September 02, 1852 d: April 04, 1927 .......... +James Alexander McHugh b: January 30, 1853 d: January 02, 1912 *2nd Wife of Henry Dixon Smith: . +Mary M. Wood b: January 22, 1832 d: February 17, 1912 ...... 2 Lottie Smith b: March 29, 1855 d: June 08, 1930 .......... +Sim Cole b: December 23, 1858 ...... 2 Nicholus Smith b: 1856 ...... 2 Martha Smith b: 1858 ...... 2 Sarah B. Smith b: March 31, 1860 d: July 28, 1919 .......... +Miles F. Floyd b: May 29, 1868 d: March 02, 1929 ...... 2 Michael N. Smith b: November 23, 1866 d: January 10, 1942 .......... +Mary Etta Waddell b: February 21, 1872 d: April 28, 1947 ...... 2 Annie H. Smith b: December 23, 1868 d: March 24, 1903 .......... +George Thomas Johnson b: April 23, 1867 d: December 09, 1957 ...... 2 Corrie Smith b: March 25, 1871 d: May 19, 1953 .......... +Edward C. Waddell b: August 06, 1857 d: November 26, 1924 ...... 2 Benjamin Perry Smith b: June 13, 1875 d: June 19, 1960 .......... +Nannie Lula Hall b: May 07, 1880 d: October 23, 1921

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2631.1 Message Board Post: 1860 SC, Spartanburg Census pg. 372 (pg 355 on ancestry.com) (handwritting was hard to read) Dickson Smith 39 Mary 28 Elenor 20 Caroline 18 Emily 16 Elgin 15 ? (male) 14 John 12 Mary 10 ? (female) 8 ? (female) 5 ? (male) 4 Martha 2 Sallie 2 months

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Foster, Tanner, Powell, Dodd. Morris that I know of. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgB.2ACI/2618.1.1 Message Board Post: Martha that I am seeking infor on was married to one of the Foster boys. Not sure of time line but he was in war of 1812 so he would have been older then the one you have. But Martha had several brothers and I have found that they all kept naming their children the same names gen after gen. Spartanburg area and countys to the west and south including Union. Feel like sharing info? Tanner

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/EgB.2ACI/2475.2.2 Message Board Post: Do you know the names of any children for James and Susan?