The Confederate Monuments of Georgia site has been updated, especially the Savannah pages. I hope everyone will check it out. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pines/3093 Enjoy and please share it with others. Thanks Faye

Pam, You are right. Do not pay attention to me. I just started the research on Richbourg this week. I was confused and trying to type from memory. But you have to have something up there to work with :) Janet At 08:55 AM 1/20/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi again Janet >I wanted to ask you about the marriage of Claude and Ann 's son Claudius to >Elizabeth. Do you know anything about this such as a date of marriage? I >have Claudius marriage to Unity Rigdill Fox in 1740 so was guessing that >maybe Elizabeth was a first or second wife. >Take care >Pam >----- Original Message ----- >From: Janet Gardner <jgardner@tca.net> >To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 6:21 AM >Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] Sumter County Map > > >> Wow! Do you share or What! I've been on this mailing list such a short >> time and have already met several cousins. >> >> I am willing to share any and everything I have. However, that is not >much >> compared to what you have done. Below is my descent from Claude >Richbourg: >> >> Claude Richbourg m Ann Chastain >> Their son, Claudius Richbourg m Elizabeth >> Their son, James Joel Richbourg m Rebecca >> Their daughter, Elizabeth Richbourg m William Gerald >> Their son, James G. Gerald m Artia Loflin >> Their daughter, Emily S. Gerald m John Wesley Clayton >> Their son, Robert Clayton m Carrie O. Stafford >> Their son, Hiram Clayton m Evie Eubanks >> Thier son, Percy Clayton m Eva Loyd >> Their daughter, Janet Clayton Gardner (me!) m Quinton Dean Gardner >> >> Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald went to Amite County Mississippi. >> Their granddaugher, Emily S. Gerald Clayton and her husband were married >in >> Livingston Parish, Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. >> John was from that part of Louisiana. Robert's family moved to Houston, >> Texas in 1918. However, they traveled from Texas to Louisiana during the >> next 25 years. Finally settling in Houston. This is where I was born and >> reared. >> >> I have information from Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald. Actually >> from William's father, Rev. Gabriel Gerald, Baptist Minister at High Hills >> of Santee. I have their children on down to my generation. Documenting >> the family from Amite County, Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas. >> >> Try my homepage at http://pages.tca.net/jgardner. >> >> Thanks again, >> Janet >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 08:46 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >> >Hi Janet >> >just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. >Claudius >> >Richbourgh and his wife Ann. >> >This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for >> >you. >> > >> >Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV >revoked >> >the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants >to >> >persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England >> >first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on >the >> >James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about >> >1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above >Richmond. >> >About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of >> >Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were >> >accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as >> >pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy >> >differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number >left >> >and settled on the Trent River in NC. >> > >> >The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the >> >Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on >> >September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in >> >eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his >> >compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where >Huguenots >> >had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French >village >> >of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in >> >Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When >> >Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already >there >> >by the name Pierre Robert. >> > >> >Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina >> > Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the >> >character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of >> >the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of >> >Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep >and >> >fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. >> >Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. >> >He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years >> >without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the >> >maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated >a >> >removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The >infirmities >> >of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and >Richebourg >> >was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in >the >> >pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original >manuscript >> >in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in >Charleston >> >(however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) >and >> >breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the >dispensation >> >of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching >> >death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of >his >> >descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance >is >> >known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." >> > >> >Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch >until >> >Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, >page >> >133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican >church >> >in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. >Subsequently, >> >its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, >> >Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion >and >> >forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the >> >sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology >> >and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary >> >Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society >of >> >the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the >Anglican >> >church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and >remove >> >him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed >his >> >error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg >> >"temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his >> >Calvinistic ways. >> > >> >The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile >north >> >of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This >village >> >did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets >at >> >this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the >> >orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable >> >agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. >> >Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by >> >cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As >> >more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and >disappeared, >> >and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area >in >> >July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except >a >> >simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot >where >> >the church stood. >> > >> >His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. >> >The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June >02, >> >1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his >will, >> >which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de >> >Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and >> >usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful >personality >> >of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate >himself >> >to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to >baptize >> >without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He >> >administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. >> > >> > A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 >> >Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. >> >Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by >adoption. >> >Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) >> >wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the >church >> >door after services. >> > >> >Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee >> >River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. >> > >> >I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a >copy >> >of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. >> > >> >If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most >> >certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv >will >> >but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to >see >> >if they have it in their archives in Charleston. >> >Best regards >> >Pam >> >boan@mciworld.com >> > >> > >> > >> >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >> >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >> >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >> >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >> >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >> >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> > >> > >> >> >> ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >> Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >> If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >> of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >> You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Hello Everyone! Just want to let you know that The Sumter County Genealogical Society has a web page at www.geocities.com/scgs2000. There's not much there yet, but there is a membership application that you can print out, fill in and mail with you check to become a member. Membership includes free use of the research center as often as you can get there, a subscription to The Black River Watchman, free queries in the Watchman, and discounted copy costs at the research center. There is also a book sale list which includes all the books and maps that we have for sale. They can be ordered by mail. The costs are listed for each book along with the address. We have an extensive collection at the research center of over 6000 books and files. We also have access to The Sumter Museum Archives which is housed in the basement of the same building. Come and check us out when you can! Nancy Hughes Archivist

Hi again Janet I wanted to ask you about the marriage of Claude and Ann 's son Claudius to Elizabeth. Do you know anything about this such as a date of marriage? I have Claudius marriage to Unity Rigdill Fox in 1740 so was guessing that maybe Elizabeth was a first or second wife. Take care Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Gardner <jgardner@tca.net> To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] Sumter County Map > Wow! Do you share or What! I've been on this mailing list such a short > time and have already met several cousins. > > I am willing to share any and everything I have. However, that is not much > compared to what you have done. Below is my descent from Claude Richbourg: > > Claude Richbourg m Ann Chastain > Their son, Claudius Richbourg m Elizabeth > Their son, James Joel Richbourg m Rebecca > Their daughter, Elizabeth Richbourg m William Gerald > Their son, James G. Gerald m Artia Loflin > Their daughter, Emily S. Gerald m John Wesley Clayton > Their son, Robert Clayton m Carrie O. Stafford > Their son, Hiram Clayton m Evie Eubanks > Thier son, Percy Clayton m Eva Loyd > Their daughter, Janet Clayton Gardner (me!) m Quinton Dean Gardner > > Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald went to Amite County Mississippi. > Their granddaugher, Emily S. Gerald Clayton and her husband were married in > Livingston Parish, Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. > John was from that part of Louisiana. Robert's family moved to Houston, > Texas in 1918. However, they traveled from Texas to Louisiana during the > next 25 years. Finally settling in Houston. This is where I was born and > reared. > > I have information from Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald. Actually > from William's father, Rev. Gabriel Gerald, Baptist Minister at High Hills > of Santee. I have their children on down to my generation. Documenting > the family from Amite County, Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas. > > Try my homepage at http://pages.tca.net/jgardner. > > Thanks again, > Janet > > > > > > > > > At 08:46 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Janet > >just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. Claudius > >Richbourgh and his wife Ann. > >This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for > >you. > > > >Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV revoked > >the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to > >persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England > >first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on the > >James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about > >1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above Richmond. > >About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of > >Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were > >accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as > >pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy > >differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left > >and settled on the Trent River in NC. > > > >The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the > >Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on > >September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in > >eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his > >compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where Huguenots > >had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village > >of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in > >Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When > >Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already there > >by the name Pierre Robert. > > > >Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina > > Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the > >character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of > >the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of > >Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and > >fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. > >Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. > >He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years > >without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the > >maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a > >removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The infirmities > >of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and Richebourg > >was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the > >pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original manuscript > >in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in Charleston > >(however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) and > >breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation > >of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching > >death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of his > >descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance is > >known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." > > > >Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch until > >Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page > >133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican church > >in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, > >its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, > >Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and > >forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the > >sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology > >and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary > >Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of > >the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican > >church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and remove > >him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his > >error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg > >"temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his > >Calvinistic ways. > > > >The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile north > >of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This village > >did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets at > >this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the > >orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable > >agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. > >Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by > >cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As > >more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and disappeared, > >and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in > >July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except a > >simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot where > >the church stood. > > > >His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. > >The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, > >1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, > >which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de > >Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and > >usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality > >of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate himself > >to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize > >without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He > >administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. > > > > A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 > >Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. > >Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by adoption. > >Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) > >wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church > >door after services. > > > >Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee > >River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. > > > >I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a copy > >of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. > > > >If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most > >certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv will > >but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to see > >if they have it in their archives in Charleston. > >Best regards > >Pam > >boan@mciworld.com > > > > > > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Thanks Ken, I would love to have the address. My Richbourg line is Elizabeth Richbourg who married, William Gerald. She was the daughter of James Joel Richbourg. James was the son of Claudius Richbourg. Claudius Richbourg was the son of Claude Richbourg. Elizabeth and William Gerald left SC about 1810-1812 and ended in Amite County Mississippi. William Gerald was the son of Rev. Gabriel Gerald a Baptist minster at the High HIlls of Santee. I would be looking for any Gerald in the cemeteries as well. Thanks for your time and consideration. Janet At 07:00 AM 1/20/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Janet, >Just thought I would you know, that Sumter Co. Genealogical Society has >surveyed the Sumter and Clarendon Co. cemeteries a few years back. These >books are available from the Society. I have a lot of Richburg info from >this area, would be willing to see if I have any one you are looking in my >data base. If you would like either book let me know and will send you the >address where to send for them. Many Richburg/Richbourg's in both books. >Ken >-----Original Message----- >From: Janet Gardner <jgardner@tca.net> >To: SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 6:24 AM >Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] Sumter County Map > > >>Wow! Do you share or What! I've been on this mailing list such a short >>time and have already met several cousins. >> >>I am willing to share any and everything I have. However, that is not much >>compared to what you have done. Below is my descent from Claude Richbourg: >> >>Claude Richbourg m Ann Chastain >>Their son, Claudius Richbourg m Elizabeth >>Their son, James Joel Richbourg m Rebecca >>Their daughter, Elizabeth Richbourg m William Gerald >>Their son, James G. Gerald m Artia Loflin >>Their daughter, Emily S. Gerald m John Wesley Clayton >>Their son, Robert Clayton m Carrie O. Stafford >>Their son, Hiram Clayton m Evie Eubanks >>Thier son, Percy Clayton m Eva Loyd >>Their daughter, Janet Clayton Gardner (me!) m Quinton Dean Gardner >> >>Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald went to Amite County Mississippi. >>Their granddaugher, Emily S. Gerald Clayton and her husband were married in >>Livingston Parish, Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. >>John was from that part of Louisiana. Robert's family moved to Houston, >>Texas in 1918. However, they traveled from Texas to Louisiana during the >>next 25 years. Finally settling in Houston. This is where I was born and >>reared. >> >>I have information from Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald. Actually >>from William's father, Rev. Gabriel Gerald, Baptist Minister at High Hills >>of Santee. I have their children on down to my generation. Documenting >>the family from Amite County, Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas. >> >>Try my homepage at http://pages.tca.net/jgardner. >> >>Thanks again, >>Janet >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>At 08:46 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >>>Hi Janet >>>just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. >Claudius >>>Richbourgh and his wife Ann. >>>This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for >>>you. >>> >>>Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV >revoked >>>the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to >>>persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England >>>first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on >the >>>James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about >>>1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above >Richmond. >>>About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of >>>Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were >>>accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as >>>pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy >>>differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left >>>and settled on the Trent River in NC. >>> >>>The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the >>>Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on >>>September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in >>>eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his >>>compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where >Huguenots >>>had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village >>>of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in >>>Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When >>>Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already >there >>>by the name Pierre Robert. >>> >>>Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina >>> Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the >>>character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of >>>the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of >>>Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep >and >>>fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. >>>Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. >>>He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years >>>without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the >>>maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated >a >>>removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The >infirmities >>>of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and >Richebourg >>>was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the >>>pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original >manuscript >>>in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in >Charleston >>>(however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) >and >>>breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation >>>of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching >>>death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of >his >>>descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance >is >>>known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." >>> >>>Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch >until >>>Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page >>>133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican >church >>>in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, >>>its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, >>>Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and >>>forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the >>>sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology >>>and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary >>>Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of >>>the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican >>>church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and >remove >>>him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his >>>error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg >>>"temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his >>>Calvinistic ways. >>> >>>The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile >north >>>of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This >village >>>did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets >at >>>this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the >>>orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable >>>agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. >>>Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by >>>cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As >>>more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and >disappeared, >>>and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in >>>July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except >a >>>simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot >where >>>the church stood. >>> >>>His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. >>>The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, >>>1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, >>>which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de >>>Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and >>>usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality >>>of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate >himself >>>to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize >>>without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He >>>administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. >>> >>> A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 >>>Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. >>>Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by >adoption. >>>Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) >>>wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church >>>door after services. >>> >>>Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee >>>River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. >>> >>>I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a >copy >>>of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. >>> >>>If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most >>>certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv >will >>>but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to >see >>>if they have it in their archives in Charleston. >>>Best regards >>>Pam >>>boan@mciworld.com >>> >>> >>> >>>==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >>>Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >>>If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >>>of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >>>You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >>>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >>> >> >> >>==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >>Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >>If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >>of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >>You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Hi Janet, Just thought I would you know, that Sumter Co. Genealogical Society has surveyed the Sumter and Clarendon Co. cemeteries a few years back. These books are available from the Society. I have a lot of Richburg info from this area, would be willing to see if I have any one you are looking in my data base. If you would like either book let me know and will send you the address where to send for them. Many Richburg/Richbourg's in both books. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Janet Gardner <jgardner@tca.net> To: SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, January 20, 2000 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] Sumter County Map >Wow! Do you share or What! I've been on this mailing list such a short >time and have already met several cousins. > >I am willing to share any and everything I have. However, that is not much >compared to what you have done. Below is my descent from Claude Richbourg: > >Claude Richbourg m Ann Chastain >Their son, Claudius Richbourg m Elizabeth >Their son, James Joel Richbourg m Rebecca >Their daughter, Elizabeth Richbourg m William Gerald >Their son, James G. Gerald m Artia Loflin >Their daughter, Emily S. Gerald m John Wesley Clayton >Their son, Robert Clayton m Carrie O. Stafford >Their son, Hiram Clayton m Evie Eubanks >Thier son, Percy Clayton m Eva Loyd >Their daughter, Janet Clayton Gardner (me!) m Quinton Dean Gardner > >Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald went to Amite County Mississippi. >Their granddaugher, Emily S. Gerald Clayton and her husband were married in >Livingston Parish, Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. >John was from that part of Louisiana. Robert's family moved to Houston, >Texas in 1918. However, they traveled from Texas to Louisiana during the >next 25 years. Finally settling in Houston. This is where I was born and >reared. > >I have information from Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald. Actually >from William's father, Rev. Gabriel Gerald, Baptist Minister at High Hills >of Santee. I have their children on down to my generation. Documenting >the family from Amite County, Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas. > >Try my homepage at http://pages.tca.net/jgardner. > >Thanks again, >Janet > > > > > > > > >At 08:46 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi Janet >>just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. Claudius >>Richbourgh and his wife Ann. >>This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for >>you. >> >>Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV revoked >>the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to >>persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England >>first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on the >>James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about >>1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above Richmond. >>About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of >>Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were >>accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as >>pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy >>differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left >>and settled on the Trent River in NC. >> >>The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the >>Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on >>September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in >>eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his >>compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where Huguenots >>had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village >>of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in >>Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When >>Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already there >>by the name Pierre Robert. >> >>Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina >> Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the >>character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of >>the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of >>Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and >>fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. >>Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. >>He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years >>without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the >>maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a >>removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The infirmities >>of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and Richebourg >>was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the >>pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original manuscript >>in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in Charleston >>(however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) and >>breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation >>of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching >>death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of his >>descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance is >>known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." >> >>Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch until >>Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page >>133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican church >>in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, >>its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, >>Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and >>forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the >>sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology >>and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary >>Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of >>the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican >>church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and remove >>him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his >>error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg >>"temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his >>Calvinistic ways. >> >>The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile north >>of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This village >>did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets at >>this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the >>orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable >>agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. >>Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by >>cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As >>more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and disappeared, >>and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in >>July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except a >>simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot where >>the church stood. >> >>His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. >>The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, >>1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, >>which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de >>Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and >>usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality >>of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate himself >>to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize >>without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He >>administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. >> >> A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 >>Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. >>Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by adoption. >>Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) >>wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church >>door after services. >> >>Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee >>River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. >> >>I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a copy >>of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. >> >>If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most >>certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv will >>but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to see >>if they have it in their archives in Charleston. >>Best regards >>Pam >>boan@mciworld.com >> >> >> >>==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >>Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >>If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >>of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >>You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Ms. Wallace, Thanks for the info., I will contact the Genealogical Society for a copy of the map. Janet At 10:14 AM 1/19/00 EST, you wrote: >Concerning a county map of Sumter Co. The Sumter Co. Genealogical Society >sells a replicated 1821 map of Sumter Co. (not cluttered up by highways). It >does not show cemeteries. I am told that modern geophysical maps which you >order from the US government shows those, although I have not spent a lot of >time with the newer maps. This 1821 map is a large map and requires a >mailing tube if you want it unfolded. > >I come from a place with not much respect for cemeteries. People died on the >trail, and they were lucky to get a wooden cross, which time and termites >frequently destroyed. Therefore, it is rare I find a headstone in the rural >areas where my folks lived. > >Good luck!!! > >Evelyn W. Wallace >a member of Sumter Co. GS > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >To unsubcribe from the SCSumter mailing list send a one word message, unsubscribe to: >SCSumter-L-Request@rootsweb >If you are subscribed to the Digest mode send your unsubcribe message to: >SCSumter-D-request@rootsweb.com > >

Wow! Do you share or What! I've been on this mailing list such a short time and have already met several cousins. I am willing to share any and everything I have. However, that is not much compared to what you have done. Below is my descent from Claude Richbourg: Claude Richbourg m Ann Chastain Their son, Claudius Richbourg m Elizabeth Their son, James Joel Richbourg m Rebecca Their daughter, Elizabeth Richbourg m William Gerald Their son, James G. Gerald m Artia Loflin Their daughter, Emily S. Gerald m John Wesley Clayton Their son, Robert Clayton m Carrie O. Stafford Their son, Hiram Clayton m Evie Eubanks Thier son, Percy Clayton m Eva Loyd Their daughter, Janet Clayton Gardner (me!) m Quinton Dean Gardner Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald went to Amite County Mississippi. Their granddaugher, Emily S. Gerald Clayton and her husband were married in Livingston Parish, Louisiana where they spent the rest of their lives. John was from that part of Louisiana. Robert's family moved to Houston, Texas in 1918. However, they traveled from Texas to Louisiana during the next 25 years. Finally settling in Houston. This is where I was born and reared. I have information from Elizabeth Richbourg and William Gerald. Actually from William's father, Rev. Gabriel Gerald, Baptist Minister at High Hills of Santee. I have their children on down to my generation. Documenting the family from Amite County, Mississippi to Louisiana to Texas. Try my homepage at http://pages.tca.net/jgardner. Thanks again, Janet At 08:46 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Janet >just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. Claudius >Richbourgh and his wife Ann. >This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for >you. > >Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV revoked >the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to >persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England >first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on the >James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about >1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above Richmond. >About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of >Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were >accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as >pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy >differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left >and settled on the Trent River in NC. > >The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the >Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on >September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in >eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his >compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where Huguenots >had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village >of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in >Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When >Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already there >by the name Pierre Robert. > >Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina > Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the >character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of >the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of >Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and >fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. >Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. >He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years >without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the >maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a >removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The infirmities >of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and Richebourg >was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the >pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original manuscript >in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in Charleston >(however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) and >breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation >of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching >death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of his >descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance is >known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." > >Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch until >Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page >133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican church >in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, >its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, >Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and >forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the >sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology >and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary >Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of >the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican >church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and remove >him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his >error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg >"temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his >Calvinistic ways. > >The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile north >of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This village >did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets at >this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the >orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable >agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. >Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by >cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As >more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and disappeared, >and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in >July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except a >simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot where >the church stood. > >His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. >The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, >1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, >which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de >Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and >usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality >of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate himself >to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize >without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He >administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. > > A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 >Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. >Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by adoption. >Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) >wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church >door after services. > >Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee >River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. > >I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a copy >of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. > >If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most >certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv will >but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to see >if they have it in their archives in Charleston. >Best regards >Pam >boan@mciworld.com > > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Julie, Thanks for the map site. If I can assist you in anyway let me know. Janet Clayton Gardner, Huntsville, Tx At 08:11 AM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >hi janet - try <http://mapping.usgs.gov/> happy hunting. i've just >discovered some RICHBOURGs on a twig of my family tree. > >julie thames howell, jax, fla >surnames: THAMES and DUDLEY > >Janet Gardner wrote: > >> Hi! >> My name is Janet Clayton Gardner. I have just discovered Claudius >> Richbourg and Anne Chastain to be my ancestors. >> >> Also, Rev. Gabriel Gerald from the High Hills of Santee. >> >> I am looking for a good map of Sumter County that would give cemeteries. >> >> Can anyone help me locate a good researchers map? >> >> Janet >> >> ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >> Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >> If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >> of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >> You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

-----Original Message----- From: Janet Gardner <jgardner@tca.net> To: SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 7:37 AM Subject: [SCSUMTER-L] Sumter County Map >Hi! >My name is Janet Clayton Gardner. I have just discovered Claudius >Richbourg and Anne Chastain to be my ancestors. > >Also, Rev. Gabriel Gerald from the High Hills of Santee. > >I am looking for a good map of Sumter County that would give cemeteries. > >Can anyone help me locate a good researchers map? > >Janet > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Hell-o Janet: The Sumet Gen. Society has one for sale aprox cost 3. 00. If you are a subscriber to the Black River Watchman, it is listed in their for sale items. There are Richbourg's located on it. Its the 1825 Sumeter District or County, map. William R. Benbow

Hello, There is a third book out by Dr William C. Simpson, Jr called "The Huguenot Trail: The Life and Descendants of The Reverend Claude Philippe de Richebourg and His Wife Anne Chastain" and it has extensive research on the Reverend and over 20,000 descendants listed with an index at the back of volume 2. It is an excellent book for anyone interested in Rev Richebourg and his history. I contributed my line which is from Claudius Richbourg and his wife Unity also. The price of the two volumes is $70.00 and can be ordered from Dr Simpson who is a United Methodist minister who lives in Burlington, NC. He is always on the lookout for news descendants so if you haven't contributed your line he will be glad to have it for his next revision of the descendants. If anyone is interested in purchasing the book or contributing their line to him let me know and I will give you his address. Terry boan wrote: > Hi Janet > just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. Claudius > Richbourgh and his wife Ann. > This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for > you. > > Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV revoked > the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to > persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England > first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on the > James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about > 1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above Richmond. > About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of > Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were > accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as > pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy > differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left > and settled on the Trent River in NC. > > The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the > Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on > September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in > eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his > compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where Huguenots > had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village > of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in > Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When > Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already there > by the name Pierre Robert. > > Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina > Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the > character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of > the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of > Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and > fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. > Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. > He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years > without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the > maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a > removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The infirmities > of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and Richebourg > was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the > pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original manuscript > in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in Charleston > (however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) and > breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation > of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching > death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of his > descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance is > known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." > > Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch until > Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page > 133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican church > in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, > its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, > Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and > forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the > sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology > and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary > Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of > the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican > church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and remove > him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his > error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg > "temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his > Calvinistic ways. > > The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile north > of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This village > did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets at > this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the > orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable > agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. > Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by > cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As > more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and disappeared, > and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in > July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except a > simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot where > the church stood. > > His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. > The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, > 1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, > which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de > Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and > usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality > of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate himself > to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize > without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He > administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. > > A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 > Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. > Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by adoption. > Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) > wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church > door after services. > > Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee > River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. > > I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a copy > of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. > > If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most > certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv will > but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to see > if they have it in their archives in Charleston. > Best regards > Pam > boan@mciworld.com > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi Janet just wanted to say hello and that I too am a descendant of the Rev. Claudius Richbourgh and his wife Ann. This is what I have on them so far. Hope there may be something new for you. Claude was a Huguenot minister who fled France after King Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685. This revocation subjected the Protestants to persecution under the Roman Catholic church. He probably went to England first and then to Manakin Town, Virginia(about 20 miles from Richmond on the James River) about 1699 or 1700. Manakin Town had been etablished about 1690 by william of Orange on the James River about 20 miles above Richmond. About 700 Huguenots came to Manakin Town in 1699 under the leadership of Marquis de la Muce. They sailed from Gravesend, England and were accompanied by their pastor, Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, who served as pastor at Manakin Town, until his departure to NC in 1708. Unhappy differences of opinions had arisen at Manakin Town, so a great number left and settled on the Trent River in NC. The Huguenots were driven from their settlement on the Trent River by the Tuscarora and Coree Indians, who unexpectedly took to the war path on September 11, 1711 and brutally massacred 111 of the white population in eastern NC. As a result of this tragedy, Richebourg and some of his compatriots moved to the Province of South Carolina in 1712, where Huguenots had preceded them. Richebourg settled in the center of the French village of Jamestown on a high bluff abutting and overlooking the Santee River in Berkeley county, SC. His home was near the Huguenot church. When Richebourge arrived, there was a pastor of the Huguenot church already there by the name Pierre Robert. Dr. George Howe, History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina Columbia SC, 1870): writes about Claude Phillip de Richbourg:" the character which has been transmitted to us of this persecuted minister of the gospel, exhibits as its peculiar trait a devotedness to the cause of Christ. He appears to have been a man of unobtrusive manners, of deep and fervent piety, and of a serious temper of mind. Adversities and poverty seem to have been his portion in the lot of life. He seems to have lived, after his removal to SC, for two or three years without a spiritual charge, and without any pecuniary resources for the maintenance of his family; and, we are informed by Humphrey, contemplated a removal out of the colony on an account of his great want. The infirmities of age creeping upon him, Pierre Robert resigned his charge, and Richebourg was called by the congregation to succed him in 1715. He continued in the pastorship until his death in 1718-19. His will ( the original manuscript in the French lanuage) is still preserved in the Public office in Charleston (however when I tried to obtain a copy it was not to be found - 7-1999) and breathes the true spirit of the Christian, resigned under the dispensation of Province, steadfast in the faith, and triumphant at his approaching death. His wife, Anne Chastain, and six children survived him. some of his descendants, who are not numerous, have attained wealth: and in instance is known of any of them having been destitute of the comforts of life." Dr. Howe believes that the church at Jamestown stayed a Huguenot chuch until Claude died, but Dr. Hirsch, who wrote, The Huguenots of Colonial SC, page 133- 134, believes that the Huguenot church converted to an Anglican church in 1706 at the request of its French founders and members. Subsequently, its pastor, Pierre Robert took Anglican orders and so did his sucessor, Richebourg. Richebourg, accepted ordination in the Anglican communion and forsook the Calvinistic theology, but he continued administering the sacraments in the French language in accordance with Calvinistic theology and liturgy, which greatly angered the Anglican clery. The Commissary Johnston, the chief representative in the Province in SC of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and adjunt of the Anglican church, threatened to "deprive Richebourg of his cure and salary and remove him from the province unless he desisted"; that Richebourg "confessed his error and promised never to commit it again"; and that Richebourg "temporarily submitted" to Johnston's demand but soon returned to his Calvinistic ways. The French village of Jamestown on the Santee was located about a mile north of the existing municipality of Jamestown in Berkeley County. This village did not prosper because the Santee River was subject ot frequent freshets at this point and the climate was not healthful. As the years passed, the orginal French settlers died, and their progeny moved to more favorable agricultural areas in the Parish of St. John's Berkely, the Parish of St. Stephen's and Craven County, where they achieved substantial property by cultivating indigo and reice, the money crops of the age and region. As more years passed, the village and the church disintegrated and disappeared, and their site was recaptured by wilderness. Mr Ervin visited the area in July of 1971, and found nothing there indicating its historic past except a simple monument erected by the Huguenot Society of SC to mark the spot where the church stood. His will is dated January 15, 1718-1719, and died soon after he wrote it. The exact time of his death is not known. He was still living on June 02, 1718, because on that day Pierre St. Julian of Berkeley Co. made his will, which gave a legacy of twenty pounds to "Monsieur Claude Philippe de Richebourg, Minister." He was widely mourned however for his piety and usefulness to the parish. This is a testament to the forceful personality of Richebourg, for , unwilling after the Act of 1706 to accommodate himself to the Anglican forms, this French-Anglican clergyman continued to baptize without the sign of the cross and without godfathers or godmothers. He administered the communion kneeling, sitting or standing. A book titled "ST. James Santee Plantation Parish 1685-1925" (975.791 Bridges-Published 1997) referring to the church records does mention Rev. Claude P. Richbourgh. A Roman Catholic by birth and an Anglican by adoption. Richebourg did not always win approbation, for Francis LeJau (1665-1717) wrote in 1712 of swords being drawn after a divisive quarrel at the church door after services. Claude Phillipe de Richebourg, was in the area of St. James on the Santee River during the Yamassee unrisings of 1715. I am descended through their son Claudius and his wife Unity. I have a copy of his will from the archives in SC if you would be interested in that. If you have anything else that you are willing to share I would most certainly appreciate the information. I tried to get a copy of the REv will but the archives can not find it so next will try the Huguenot church to see if they have it in their archives in Charleston. Best regards Pam boan@mciworld.com

hi janet - try <http://mapping.usgs.gov/> happy hunting. i've just discovered some RICHBOURGs on a twig of my family tree. julie thames howell, jax, fla surnames: THAMES and DUDLEY Janet Gardner wrote: > Hi! > My name is Janet Clayton Gardner. I have just discovered Claudius > Richbourg and Anne Chastain to be my ancestors. > > Also, Rev. Gabriel Gerald from the High Hills of Santee. > > I am looking for a good map of Sumter County that would give cemeteries. > > Can anyone help me locate a good researchers map? > > Janet > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

Hi! My name is Janet Clayton Gardner. I have just discovered Claudius Richbourg and Anne Chastain to be my ancestors. Also, Rev. Gabriel Gerald from the High Hills of Santee. I am looking for a good map of Sumter County that would give cemeteries. Can anyone help me locate a good researchers map? Janet

Concerning a county map of Sumter Co. The Sumter Co. Genealogical Society sells a replicated 1821 map of Sumter Co. (not cluttered up by highways). It does not show cemeteries. I am told that modern geophysical maps which you order from the US government shows those, although I have not spent a lot of time with the newer maps. This 1821 map is a large map and requires a mailing tube if you want it unfolded. I come from a place with not much respect for cemeteries. People died on the trail, and they were lucky to get a wooden cross, which time and termites frequently destroyed. Therefore, it is rare I find a headstone in the rural areas where my folks lived. Good luck!!! Evelyn W. Wallace a member of Sumter Co. GS

Regina, this is the best I can do for now. In a Brunson book, on page 34, it says-------E.8 Valentine, daughter of Isaac III (Brunson) and Suzanna Ellender Brunson m. Jeremiah Pitts and died in 1828. Jeremiah Pitts died in 1841. F.1 John J. Pitts went to Montgomery County, Alabama. F.2 Joseph Middleton Pitts m. Adelia Amanda Diggs and dies in 1835. F.3 Dr. James Madison Pitts m. Mary A. Mellette in 1842. She was the daughter of Peter Mellette. G.1 Valentine Pitts m. Isaac A. McKagin. G.2 Peter Mellette Pitts (d.1925) m. (1)____________Yeadon. H.1 Yeadon Pitts. H.2 Katie Pitts m. William Moultrie DeLorme. I.1. Pitts DeLorme I.2 Mountrie DeLorme. There are more children of Isaac III and Suzanna Ellender Brunson but I don't see any names close to what you are looking for. Jackie

There's a copy currently for sale ... but ck out the price! - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Lowery, Irving E.: Life on the old plantation in ante-bellum days; or a story based on facts, with brief sketches of th ; The State Co. Columbia, SC 1911 186p., front., first printing. African American author. Lowerey was born a slave in Sumter County, SC, was a beneficiary of the freedman's schools, entering the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1867. In the early 1870s, he completed his studies at Wesleyan, then resumed his preaching in South Carolina. This book is divided into two sections: his memories of the plantation, and what he describes as 'Signs of a better day for the Negro in the South', based on an acceptance by Blacks of White paternalism African American South Carolina 1900S 1890S Religion Offered for sale by Bolerium Books, ABAA at US$495.00 ******************** Charles L. Dibble ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Peyton" <Robert.Peyton@msdw.com> To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 14:36 Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] CSA > Rev. I.E. Lowery is an ancestor of mine. Is there an extra book out there ( LIFE > > ON > > THE OLD PLANTATION IN ANTE-BELLUM DAYS written by Rev. I.E. Lowery,) that I > can purchase. > > Rob > > nhughes wrote: > > > Thanks for the suggestion, Gene. We already have a copy. > > > > Nancy Hughes > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Genewelch@aol.com> > > To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:41 PM > > Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] CSA > > > > > Faye, > > > > > > Thanks for the info. Hope you will not object to my passing on to an > > > African-American friend. I understand there was a James Russell who was > > a > > > freeman and African-American that served in CSA in Walterboro, SC. This > > info > > > was printed when the NAACP wanted the Confederate Monument at the > > Walterboro > > > Courthouse removed from the courthouse grounds. > > > > > > Perhaps the Sumter Genealogical Society should look for a copy of LIFE > > ON > > > THE OLD PLANTATION IN ANTE-BELLUM DAYS written by Rev. I.E. Lowery, a > > former > > > slave on the Frierson plantation who removed to Columbia, SC. I know this > > > book is out of print but perhaps someone could find it in a specialty > > shop. > > > I would surely be willing to contribute toward the purchase price. It's > > > likely the book would be of use to our African-American genealogy > > researchers > > > but the book depicts life in slavery as far less restrictive then most > > have > > > assumed... > > > > > > Regards, > > > Gene > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

Rev. I.E. Lowery is an ancestor of mine. Is there an extra book out there ( LIFE ON > THE OLD PLANTATION IN ANTE-BELLUM DAYS written by Rev. I.E. Lowery,) that I can purchase. Rob nhughes wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, Gene. We already have a copy. > > Nancy Hughes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Genewelch@aol.com> > To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] CSA > > > Faye, > > > > Thanks for the info. Hope you will not object to my passing on to an > > African-American friend. I understand there was a James Russell who was > a > > freeman and African-American that served in CSA in Walterboro, SC. This > info > > was printed when the NAACP wanted the Confederate Monument at the > Walterboro > > Courthouse removed from the courthouse grounds. > > > > Perhaps the Sumter Genealogical Society should look for a copy of LIFE > ON > > THE OLD PLANTATION IN ANTE-BELLUM DAYS written by Rev. I.E. Lowery, a > former > > slave on the Frierson plantation who removed to Columbia, SC. I know this > > book is out of print but perhaps someone could find it in a specialty > shop. > > I would surely be willing to contribute toward the purchase price. It's > > likely the book would be of use to our African-American genealogy > researchers > > but the book depicts life in slavery as far less restrictive then most > have > > assumed... > > > > Regards, > > Gene > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. > If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list > of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

-----Original Message----- From: Carl Webster <carl@yourlink.net> To: SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2000 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] BENBOW >My ggggf, John McCoy (1748-3 Jan 1818) had a daughter, Tabithia McCoy, who married a BENBOW. They had a son named John Benbow. Anybody on the List recognize the names and know anything about the BENBOW descendants. The McCoys were residents of Sumter District and had large land holdings in the Puddin Swamp area of Sumter District. > >Carl Webster/Merritt Island, FL > > >==== SCSUMTER Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb has a search engine available for its mailing lists. >If you don't know which list you'd like to search, check out the list >of lists hosted by RootsWeb at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ >You can search the message archives of the SCSumter list at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Hell-o Carl; please contact me regarding Tabitha McCoy, I may have who you are looking for, Her Husband and 6 children, one of which is named John. Contact me at wbenbow@rexnet.net Tabitha born about 1786? married August 03, 1804 Sincerely William R. Benbow

My ggggf, John McCoy (1748-3 Jan 1818) had a daughter, Tabithia McCoy, who married a BENBOW. They had a son named John Benbow. Anybody on the List recognize the names and know anything about the BENBOW descendants. The McCoys were residents of Sumter District and had large land holdings in the Puddin Swamp area of Sumter District. Carl Webster/Merritt Island, FL