I'm afraid I am unfamiliar with "The Ruins". But let's see if the list can help out. You might also try contacting the Sumter County Museum and Archives...219 W Liberty St...Sumter, SC 29150-5115 (803)773-9144. That phone number might be a little old. For a some good insight into Sumter check out Cindy Rideway's work at the http://www.rootsweb.com/~scsumter/index.html. If you find out anything, I'd be interested in hearing about it! ----Original Message Follows---- From: Huguenaute <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:29:26 EST To: [email protected] Subject: Sumter memories Do you remember a house called "the ruins"; I'd appreciate knowing anything about the Sumter area... But especially about this house. I had a Sumter address for the place and have heard from a Jamestown SC source that it's just a rundown pile of junk yet was shown a video by an Ohio Mayrant descendant of a lovely old place and told that it was our ancestor's home... "The Ruins" in Sumter SC. My ancestors Dr James Norvell and Elizabeth were supposed to have built it; I'm in VA and don't think I've ever even been to Sumter. If you have such a memory would you reply to the list/digest and so I might get some response to this query include this my profile: Diane Gibbs (Stratton) Gambrell "Dolly" SC GENEALOGY Marital Status: [mixed marriage Low-country Charleston /Upstate SC] BA English Art at Winthrop University [College then] Rock Hill York SC; BS EE at Clemson University MacLaptop PowerBook 1400c Occupation:actively researching French Huguenots: AVANT AVENT BERTHIER BRYANT DUBOIS on husband's side; GAILLARD MAYRANT LESERURRIER LeSERURIER LeCOURE LeGER VICENS and others on my side. Compiling: ascendants of Dillon South Carolina family: SELLERS/STACKHOUSE and Anderson South Carolina family: GAMBRELL/JENKINS on husband's side [using screenname GAMBERELLE e-mail: <<[email protected]>>] Compiling: ascendants of Rutland Vermont family: BOWEN/STRATTON on father's side and of Greenwood South Carolina family TAYLOR/GIBBS on mother's side. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com