Jackie, That is so neat! I have several of those names in my Richardson data base but I had never tried to put it together. My G Grandfather was an overseer for the Richardson Plantation. Some of the Stones and related people married into the Richardsons. I am looking for information on a particular one. Perhaps you can help. I am looking for Charles M. Richardson (b. 1823) who m. Mary Ann Mercer (b. 1828). They had at least two sons, Dorcas and Randolph. I appreciate any help! Lonne ----- Original Message ----- From: <VisitHeaven@aol.com> To: <SCSUMTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [SCSUMTER-L] Burchull > Cindy, I read your E-mail about 10:00 A. M. this morning. Here are some > thoughts. I looked in the "The Cemeteries of Old Sumter DIstrict Vol II" > for anything to help you. I couldn't find anything. I started thinking. > Take this for what it is, my thoughts. There was a James Burchell Richardson > (1), whose father was General Richard Richardson (2), of American Revolution > fame, whose father was Richardson (3). Richardson (3) married a ???? > Burchell. General Richard Richardson (2) passed his mothers name to one of > his sons. James Burchell Richardson (1) (1770-1836) became the fourteenth > state governor of South Carolina, 1802-1804. Now here goes some of the > neatest information I have run across. That James Burchell Richardson (1) > had a brother named John Peter Richardson I. John Peter I had a daughter > names Elizabeth Peyre Richardson. This is the neat part. Elizabeth was the > niece of a governor, James Burchell Richardson (1). She was the sister of a > governor, John Peter Richardson II. She was the wife of a governor, Richard > Irvine Manning. She was the mother of a governor John Laurence Manning. She > was the aunt of a governor, John Peter Richardson III. She was the > grandmother of a governor, Richard Irvine Manning. I'm telling you all of > this to say that just maybe your ancestors named someone Burchill or Burchull > because they liked the name and they got it from a very politically powerful > family at the time. I have noticed that people would name their children > after especially famous military people, like Francis Marion, or Wade > Hampton. Do you understand what I am saying? Now I have no way of knowing > that any of this is true. I will be watching for a White, James White or > Alfred Burchill White while I am watching for other names. Tell me what you > think. This is all in the right time frame. Burchill was passed on to others > in this Richardson family. It has been passed on to as late as a Henry > Burchell "Punch" Richardson who died around 12 May 1997 and was born on 15 > Oct 1916. Henry Burchell "Punch" Richardson's obit says that he is survived > by two sons, one being Henry B. Richardson Jr. of Sumter. Guess what his > middle name is? Will be waiting to hear from you. Jackie > > > ==== 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 > >