david did any of your gordans or colemans come to ms BBarkes barkesms@webtv.net bbarkesms@hotmail.com clay co ms

I am researching the names below and many of them were in Union Co. SC at one time especially GORDONS, POOLES, and COLEMANS. You can view most on my website below. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now

Hi Gayle, I am descended from John Inman Sr. and Sarah (Sally) Fielder thru their son John Inman Jr. & Winnie A. Going. Sarah was the daughter of Ruth Farmer and Thomas Fielder. Have not determined if Ruth Farmer was the widow of Forrest Farmer or their daughter. The Fielder / Farmers seem to have appeared ca. 1805-1806 from Virginia. Terry Jackson g.k.williams@charter.net wrote: > Hello, Anyone out there researching the Farmer family of Union Co, SC. Gayle > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > The Pinckney District Genealogical Society > (Union, Spartanburg & Cherokee Cos., SC) > P.O. Box 5281, Spartanburg, SC 29304 ($20/yr incl. Qtrly. publ.) > > ============================== > 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

Hello, Anyone out there researching the Farmer family of Union Co, SC. Gayle

----- Original Message ----- From: g.k.williams@charter.net To: SCUNION-L@rooteweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: Move to Arkansas In the winter of 1870-71 a group of about 70 people led by Rev. John J. Huckaby and his family went from Union, SC to Bogan Gist Plantation about 16 miles west of Helena, Arkansas. The Rev. Huckaby later established the Rehoboth Baptist Church, Phillips County, Arkansas. One of the couples was J. Franklin Shands and his wife, Elizabeth Farmer Shands along with their children; William A., Mary C., Mattie, and Nancy. Elizabeth was the daughter of Lawson and Nancy Wesson Farmer of the Dutchman Creek area of lower Spartanburg Co. SC right near the Union Co, SC border. Does anyone have more information on this group? Is there a list of all those who traveled to Arkansas? Martha "Patsy Farmer, a sister of Elizabeth Shands, evidently moved to Arkansas with her husband, Thomas M. Pruitt, a daughter, Sallie(Sarah) and her mother-in-law, Missouri Pruitt, after the 1870 census. In the 1880 census, Thomas Pruitt was a widower, in Sevier Co, Arkansas along with daughters, Sarah and Martha and a mother, Missouri Pruitt. Did they move out with the Huckaby group??? Hope someone out there knows about this group. Gayle

Somebody has a spam killer that it rejecting e-mail messages from RootsWeb. If anyone knows this person you might as them to add the list to their "friends list." Mickey -----Original Message----- From: quikcop@quik.com [mailto:quikcop@quik.com] Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:09 PM To: mfournier@atlantic.net Subject: [QRvatex]: [Old96] Our list QUIKCOP has arrested your e-mail message to a Quik customer, with subject "[Old96] Our list" Due to privacy and SPAM issues, you need to authorize yourself to continue to send e-mail to this person. You can easily do this by visiting the following web-page within the next 48 hours: http://q3.quik.com/cgi-bin/spamweb.pl?user=vatex&addr=SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.co m Enter your e-mail address on this web-page. The e-mail you sent will then be delivered. You specified the following "TO" and "CC" address(es) in your e-mail: SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.com

Ya'll won't believe this! Our list is operational. Somebody up there worked on Saturday morning! You can subscribe by sending mailto:SC-Old96-l-request@rootsweb.com to get each message as it is entered. If you prefer to get one large message per day, you can send mailto:SC-Old96-l@rootsweb.com. In either case, put one word in the body of the message: subscribe I haven't finished all my administrative stuff yet but it's perfectly okay to go ahead and use it. Thanks again to all of you! Tell your friends. Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net

Thank you Mickey for your efforts to get the list started. Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com Researching: WADE, HAMES -----Original Message----- From: Mildred "Mickey" Fournier [mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:46 PM To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCUNION] Old District 96 list Thanks to all of you, RootsWeb has reconsidered. Our list should be ready to go before the end of the day on Monday. I will send subscription info as soon as I have it for you.\ Many thanks to all of you! Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== Union Co. Historical Foundation P.O. Box 220 Union, SC 29379 ============================== 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

Thanks to all of you, RootsWeb has reconsidered. Our list should be ready to go before the end of the day on Monday. I will send subscription info as soon as I have it for you.\ Many thanks to all of you! Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net

Hi Robert Smith, Thank you for your kind words. I am a great believer that maybe folks will take more time to think before making a judgement on an issue if they can look at it from all sides. All I could see for having a SC-OLD96 List is a Win/Win situation. It would be wonderful for all of us who have a difficult time finding out where to look and also for Rootsweb who would like to have good, substantiated genealogical information. As politicians say and do, "Each Hand Feeds The Other." Thank you again and happy researching. Betty Betty

Betty; Your post is one of the best I have seen on any list for all the years I have been on these list. It is one of the most informative discussions on this subject I have read in my 45+ years of researching the SMITH family of Union Co. SC. Thank you very much for posting it here. Robert Fleet Smith III Victoria, TX BLRIC@aol.com wrote: > Re: Establishing a SC-OLD Ninety-Six List > > I, too, would like to express my disappointment to Rootsweb for not allowing > a SC-Old 96th List to be established, and would like to give what I feel are > reasonable reasons for having this. > > When the upper part of South Carolina was opened up for settlement after the > Revolutionary War and the Cherokee Indians ceded (or forced to move out) by > our government, many settlers from VA, NC, etc., acquired State land grants > to settle in the newly opened up old Ninety-Six District. It was not until > later that this District divided into counties or subdivided into Districts, > such as Pendleton District. Many of us are descended from these early > settlers and have a great deal of problem finding records to prove our > lineage. Records were recorded in many places, some of the recording sites > dissolved such as Pendleton District, and only through much research does one > know where to look for these records. I understand that some of the records > are recorded in North Carolina counties as the line between NC and SC was > definitive at that time. Only through many seminars from experienced > genealogists or perhaps through accidental finding such records and sharing > this knowledge allows many of us who are stuck to continue our research. I > am completely stuck on one of my lines, for 15 years in fact. > > As many of us who research in SC know, it is one of the most difficult states > to find records that many states take for granted. There are no marriage > license records, death records, nor birth records. You must look in Court > records, try to find old newspaper articles that may mention a death, > marriage or birth. The exchange of information between List members is > essential to help each other. Everyone does not have access to go to > Seminars and hear knowledgeable professional genealogist speak and give > suggestions where to look for these records. I want to give two suggestions > to these List Members that I never knew before: > > 1. According to Brent Holcombe, renowned genealogist for SC and NC, when > looking for records disposition of land when someone dies, if the estate is > less than $1,000.00, look in the Probate Records and they reflect how this > land was disposed. If the estate was more than $1,000.00, look in the > Minutes of Common Pleas and it would name the individual who owns the land > and to whom it was disposed. Both of these are the best place to find > information to prove lineage. Many people did not have nor leave a Will. > > 2. In lieu of a Will, the estate would have to settled Intestate. In my > great grandfather's case (he died in the Civil War) and he had not prepared a > Will, therefore, the small estate had to be settled Intestate after his > death. It was from the Court records, such as the information of letters, > correspondence, etc., between the family and the Court which offered me > proof of the marriage of my grandmother. In one of the letters, it stated > that she intermarried with William Robertson. That line was physical proof > of her marriage to my grandfather. It also gave me the name of my great > grandmother, Rebecca Jane, which the census only reflected R.J. > > There is one fly in this ointment, as the old saying goes, it is at different > time periods you must know where these Court Records were kept. At one time > there was a Court House for the Pendleton District for a period of time, some > of the SC counties were part of what became some of the NC counties later > when the line between the two states was determined. All the counties in the > Old Ninety-Six District have different places their records were kept. We > can all help each other and present our questions and another person may know > the answer. > > I realize that everyone looks at a questionable problem from their own > viewpoint. From my viewpoint, having an Old Ninety-Six Line would be a > tremendous help for me. > > Now, from the viewpoint of Rootsweb, which I understand is now combined with > Ancestry.Com (I may be mistaken about this, but I thought I read it > someplace), this should be a wonderful, worthwhile things for you because > your bottom line purpose is to acquire good, accurate genealogical > information that can basically be added to the already existing genealogy > that is for sale on Ancestry.Com. It would be a profitable venture for > Rootsweb. > > Just wanted to add my thoughts on this subject. > > Betty Rich > > ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== > To reach the list administrator: > mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net > > ============================== > 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

Bravo, Betty! Well said! -----Original Message----- From: BLRIC@aol.com [mailto:BLRIC@aol.com] Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 2:30 PM To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCUNION] Establishing a SC-OLD96 list. Re: Establishing a SC-OLD Ninety-Six List I, too, would like to express my disappointment to Rootsweb for not allowing a SC-Old 96th List to be established, and would like to give what I feel are reasonable reasons for having this. When the upper part of South Carolina was opened up for settlement after the Revolutionary War and the Cherokee Indians ceded (or forced to move out) by our government, many settlers from VA, NC, etc., acquired State land grants to settle in the newly opened up old Ninety-Six District. It was not until later that this District divided into counties or subdivided into Districts, such as Pendleton District. Many of us are descended from these early settlers and have a great deal of problem finding records to prove our lineage. Records were recorded in many places, some of the recording sites dissolved such as Pendleton District, and only through much research does one know where to look for these records. I understand that some of the records are recorded in North Carolina counties as the line between NC and SC was definitive at that time. Only through many seminars from experienced genealogists or perhaps through accidental finding such records and sharing this knowledge allows many of us who are stuck to continue our research. I am completely stuck on one of my lines, for 15 years in fact. As many of us who research in SC know, it is one of the most difficult states to find records that many states take for granted. There are no marriage license records, death records, nor birth records. You must look in Court records, try to find old newspaper articles that may mention a death, marriage or birth. The exchange of information between List members is essential to help each other. Everyone does not have access to go to Seminars and hear knowledgeable professional genealogist speak and give suggestions where to look for these records. I want to give two suggestions to these List Members that I never knew before: 1. According to Brent Holcombe, renowned genealogist for SC and NC, when looking for records disposition of land when someone dies, if the estate is less than $1,000.00, look in the Probate Records and they reflect how this land was disposed. If the estate was more than $1,000.00, look in the Minutes of Common Pleas and it would name the individual who owns the land and to whom it was disposed. Both of these are the best place to find information to prove lineage. Many people did not have nor leave a Will. 2. In lieu of a Will, the estate would have to settled Intestate. In my great grandfather's case (he died in the Civil War) and he had not prepared a Will, therefore, the small estate had to be settled Intestate after his death. It was from the Court records, such as the information of letters, correspondence, etc., between the family and the Court which offered me proof of the marriage of my grandmother. In one of the letters, it stated that she intermarried with William Robertson. That line was physical proof of her marriage to my grandfather. It also gave me the name of my great grandmother, Rebecca Jane, which the census only reflected R.J. There is one fly in this ointment, as the old saying goes, it is at different time periods you must know where these Court Records were kept. At one time there was a Court House for the Pendleton District for a period of time, some of the SC counties were part of what became some of the NC counties later when the line between the two states was determined. All the counties in the Old Ninety-Six District have different places their records were kept. We can all help each other and present our questions and another person may know the answer. I realize that everyone looks at a questionable problem from their own viewpoint. From my viewpoint, having an Old Ninety-Six Line would be a tremendous help for me. Now, from the viewpoint of Rootsweb, which I understand is now combined with Ancestry.Com (I may be mistaken about this, but I thought I read it someplace), this should be a wonderful, worthwhile things for you because your bottom line purpose is to acquire good, accurate genealogical information that can basically be added to the already existing genealogy that is for sale on Ancestry.Com. It would be a profitable venture for Rootsweb. Just wanted to add my thoughts on this subject. Betty Rich ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== To reach the list administrator: mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net ============================== 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

Re: Establishing a SC-OLD Ninety-Six List I, too, would like to express my disappointment to Rootsweb for not allowing a SC-Old 96th List to be established, and would like to give what I feel are reasonable reasons for having this. When the upper part of South Carolina was opened up for settlement after the Revolutionary War and the Cherokee Indians ceded (or forced to move out) by our government, many settlers from VA, NC, etc., acquired State land grants to settle in the newly opened up old Ninety-Six District. It was not until later that this District divided into counties or subdivided into Districts, such as Pendleton District. Many of us are descended from these early settlers and have a great deal of problem finding records to prove our lineage. Records were recorded in many places, some of the recording sites dissolved such as Pendleton District, and only through much research does one know where to look for these records. I understand that some of the records are recorded in North Carolina counties as the line between NC and SC was definitive at that time. Only through many seminars from experienced genealogists or perhaps through accidental finding such records and sharing this knowledge allows many of us who are stuck to continue our research. I am completely stuck on one of my lines, for 15 years in fact. As many of us who research in SC know, it is one of the most difficult states to find records that many states take for granted. There are no marriage license records, death records, nor birth records. You must look in Court records, try to find old newspaper articles that may mention a death, marriage or birth. The exchange of information between List members is essential to help each other. Everyone does not have access to go to Seminars and hear knowledgeable professional genealogist speak and give suggestions where to look for these records. I want to give two suggestions to these List Members that I never knew before: 1. According to Brent Holcombe, renowned genealogist for SC and NC, when looking for records disposition of land when someone dies, if the estate is less than $1,000.00, look in the Probate Records and they reflect how this land was disposed. If the estate was more than $1,000.00, look in the Minutes of Common Pleas and it would name the individual who owns the land and to whom it was disposed. Both of these are the best place to find information to prove lineage. Many people did not have nor leave a Will. 2. In lieu of a Will, the estate would have to settled Intestate. In my great grandfather's case (he died in the Civil War) and he had not prepared a Will, therefore, the small estate had to be settled Intestate after his death. It was from the Court records, such as the information of letters, correspondence, etc., between the family and the Court which offered me proof of the marriage of my grandmother. In one of the letters, it stated that she intermarried with William Robertson. That line was physical proof of her marriage to my grandfather. It also gave me the name of my great grandmother, Rebecca Jane, which the census only reflected R.J. There is one fly in this ointment, as the old saying goes, it is at different time periods you must know where these Court Records were kept. At one time there was a Court House for the Pendleton District for a period of time, some of the SC counties were part of what became some of the NC counties later when the line between the two states was determined. All the counties in the Old Ninety-Six District have different places their records were kept. We can all help each other and present our questions and another person may know the answer. I realize that everyone looks at a questionable problem from their own viewpoint. From my viewpoint, having an Old Ninety-Six Line would be a tremendous help for me. Now, from the viewpoint of Rootsweb, which I understand is now combined with Ancestry.Com (I may be mistaken about this, but I thought I read it someplace), this should be a wonderful, worthwhile things for you because your bottom line purpose is to acquire good, accurate genealogical information that can basically be added to the already existing genealogy that is for sale on Ancestry.Com. It would be a profitable venture for Rootsweb. Just wanted to add my thoughts on this subject. Betty Rich

Hello Vicki, I would like to express my opinion on your response below to Mildred Fournier wherein you do not think it makes sense to establish a SC-OLD96 list. It is totally beyond me why you would think it does not make sense. SC is to a large part the cradle of American genealogy for the 1760s-1780s. The Old 96 District is a critical part of this SC and US heritage and without it there is a genealogical research void. I request you reconsider your decision. Thank you, Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com Researching: WADE, HAMES >-----Original Message----- >From: Vicki Lindsay Thauvin [mailto:listmaster@rootsweb.com] >Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 6:50 PM >To: mfournier@atlantic.net >Subject: SC-OLD96 list request >Hello Mildred, >As this request do not make any sense to us at RootsWeb, we have decided to not create a list called SC- >OLD96.

Jarrett Walker posted a will in 1825 in Union Co, SC. He married a Sarah Dancy probably in VA and moved to Union Co prior to 1820. I have not documented his parents as yet. I suspect that his father was Thomas Walker, Jr of Spottsylvania, VA and his mother was Mary Beuford of Orange, VA. Would love to see documentation. Thomas and Sarah had two daughters Sarah and Martha that married 2 Weston brothers: Daniel Michael Weston and William White Burroughs Weston. These people lived in the part of Union Co that became part of Newberry Co in 1840. Any information on these people would be appreciated. Cal Campbell

Mickey, this is a copy of my e-mail to Rootsweb. Hope it helps. Harold in Florida

This e-mail is to register my support and desire for a new South Carolina Old 96 District List. South Carolina Old 96 District is a very specific area of South Carolina, currently served by several different South Carolina lists. This new list (SC-OLD96) would cover my entire area of South Carolina research. Currently, I have to subscribe to several different lists to get the coverage that this one list would provide. I firmly believe that there is many subscribers of various South Carolina lists, just as I do, that will strongly support this new list as an opportunity to consolidate their South Carolina research. I, for one, am a very senior citizen unable to travel to perform research, and greatly appreciate any efforts to make research easier. Thank you for this chance to voice my support for this new list. Harold McDonald Cantonment, Florida

Okay, ya'll, it seems everybody is in agreement. Anybody who is interested in the Old District 96 list, drop a note to: mailto:listmaster@rootsweb.com. It surely can't hurt. And thanks for the support! Mickey -----Original Message----- From: Laura Stewart [mailto:laroxstew@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:53 PM To: mfournier@atlantic.net; SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCUNION] FW: SC-OLD96 list request Ok, this is goofy to me on many levels. They could have said "at the present time we do not feel there is a need for the new list" or " you have not demonstrated enough evidence to warrant a new list" or, "could you please explain further" blah blah blah.. but "your request doesn't make sense" so we're not making a list ?!?!! Just out of curiosity.. did you send it to rootsweb in general or to the SC people? 'Cause a general roots web person in California might very well not understand the significance of Old 96 in SC. Maybe if a bunch of us write in requesting it, they'll realize they... just... wrong. ~LauraS .. all for an Old 96 list! "Mildred \"Mickey\" Fournier" <mfournier@atlantic.net> wrote: Re: the Old 96 list. I finally heard from RootsWeb. Their response is below as well as my answer to them. Mickey -----Original Message----- From: Mildred "Mickey" Fournier [mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 8:25 PM To: Vicki Lindsay Thauvin Subject: RE: SC-OLD96 list request I can't imagine why it didn't make sense. Do you all not know that much of upstate South Carolina was called "District 96." It encompassed present day Counties of Edgefield, Newberry, Abbeville, Laurens, Union and Spartanburg and part of Cherokee. I administer the Union County list and several of our members have expressed interest in the Old 96 list. I hope you will reconsider. Mildred Fournier Administrator of: ALLawren-l, SCUnion-l, Beavers-l, Lockett-l and Roden-l. -----Original Message----- From: Vicki Lind! say Thauvin [mailto:listmaster@rootsweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 6:50 PM To: mfournier@atlantic.net Subject: SC-OLD96 list request Hello Mildred, As this request do not make any sense to us at RootsWeb, we have decided to not create a list called SC-OLD96. # Type: County # List Description: The list will be used for genealogical and historical research. SC-OLD96 sc-old96 "Mildred Fournier" mfournier@atlantic.net dolphins -- Vicki Lindsay Thauvin RootsWeb Listmaster Listmaster@rootsweb.com ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== The messages on this list are archived and can be searched at: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ============================== 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com

It sure as heck couldn't hurt. Since Ancestry bought RootsWeb they have become much less interested in these lists. But sometimes the squeaking wheel gets the grease! Try it. Mickey -----Original Message----- From: HMcdon3900@aol.com [mailto:HMcdon3900@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:10 PM To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SCUNION] FW: SC-OLD96 list request I am also very much in favor of the Old96 list. Would it be a good thing for all of us that are interested in this list to send an e-mail to Rootsweb voicing our support? Harold in Florida ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== The Pinckney District Genealogical Society (Union, Spartanburg & Cherokee Cos., SC) P.O. Box 5281, Spartanburg, SC 29304 ($20/yr incl. Qtrly. publ.) ============================== 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

Sorry List. I intended to send the e-mail to Mickey Fournier. Harold in Florida