Thomas Whitaker Briggs was born 26 Dec. 1810. His parents, Thomas Briggs & Jemima Jones were from Fairfield District but may have been in Newberry Dist at the time of his birth. The 1810 Fairfield Co. Census list Thomas Briggs with 1 male under 10 (Thomas W.); 3 M 26/45: Thomas would be 26, perhaps his brothers, Gray & John Briggs were with him (?). Gray & John were in Franklin Co. Miss. by 1812 (see "Some SC Genealogical Records" by J. Revill; also 1 F 16/26 Jemima, d/o Darling Jones, would have been 19. Thomas W. married 1st Sarah Ann Ragin (2 children) and 2nd Margaret Susan Spain (9 children, I believe). According to "History of Methodist Church in Summerton, SC", Dr. Briggs is buried at the rear of the pulpit in the church. He died March, 1883. How are you connected? I descend from his 1st daughter, Ann Ranson Briggs. Bet At 07:57 PM 7/8/98 PDT, you wrote: >All, > >I'm trying to dig up information about one Dr. Thomas W. BRIGGS, Sr,- >anything- but,particularly when/where he was born and when/where he >died. The last record I have of him is in the 1880 SC Census, Clarendon >County, St. Paul's township, at age 69. Also listed are: >Margaret, wife, age 56 >Thomas W, Jr, son, age 34 >Ashley, son, age 22 >Edward, son, age 19 > >The problem is Thomas BRIGGS seemed to be a popular name in the state. >Anyone have birth and death info on this Dr. BRIGGS? > >Also, for those interested, there's a nice photo of the BRIGGS home in >Summerton, SC in Allan Thigpen's new book on Potter's Raid. (Thanks to >Mayor Bubba for telling me about the upcoming book.) > >Thanks, >Damita Drayton Green >[email protected] > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >