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

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

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 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. # 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

In a message dated 10/16/02 12:02:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, SCUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Subj:SCUNION-D Digest V02 #75 > Date:10/16/02 12:02:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:SCUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com">SCUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com">SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:SCUNION-D@rootsweb.com">SCUNION-D@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > SCUNION-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 75 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [SCUNION] FW: SC-OLD96 list reques ["Mildred \"Mickey\" Fournier" < > mfo] > #2 [SCUNION] Howdy [Mark Murphy < > murphy@tiaer.tarleton] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from SCUNION-D, send a message to > > SCUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #1 > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 20:44:19 -0400 > From: "Mildred \"Mickey\" Fournier" <mfournier@atlantic.net> > To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000b01c274ad$29979780$d661d0d1@Mickey> > Subject: [SCUNION] FW: SC-OLD96 list request > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > 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 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. > > > > > > > # 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 > > ______________________________ > > Mickey, It looks as tho you have been "stone-walled" Once a bureaucrat has "DECIDED" (distant thunder) L&S, Bob Davis

Just rolling into this list. I'm researching the MURPHY name, particularly William B. MURPHY who is on the 1830 census. Hey John G., I see you're looking in Union Co. also. My notes say you were looking at Simon, Richard & Arthur MURPHY. Me too. I think Arthur's grandson William B. came down from Franklin Co. NC around 1820's and stayed in Union SC before moving on to Maury Co. TN in 1830s or so. Wm B.'s cousins ended up being part of the Donner party, Lemuel & others I think, grandkids? of Mark A. MURPHY. Ate their mother as I recall. Anyway. If anyone else researching these names or C.R. BASS, James COLLINS, HIGHT, BENTON, and others, drop me a line. Mark Murphy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/

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 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. # 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

For those that conduct research using the Cherokee County SCGenWeb Project pages, the web has been down for a couple days and we are aware and working on it. We've yet to hear from our web hosting service about the cause but hope that the pages will be back up very soon. Over the next few days, we will post up a mirror site by ftp to a new URL. Thanks for your patience... Carson Turner http://cherokee.ourfamily.com

Thanks. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: Toomean2@aol.com To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [SCUNION] Kennedy-Renfro Marriage Lookup Hi Rick, Marriage Licenses were not required in SC until 1911. I have checked a book titled: "Union County South Carolina Marriage Records" From Early Newspapers: 1851 -1912, Marriage Registers, Deed Books & Probate Records, published by Pinckney District Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society. I did not see your names listed in the book. Wish I could have helped, Lisa ==== 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

Looking for Miles SMITH in Union County SC. He married a Miss COOPER (given name unknown). They had at least four children: Cora born about 1868, Elizabeth or Lizzie born about 1870, Walter and Clyde. Death certificates of both Cora and Elizabeth state they were born in Union County SC. In 1937 Elizabeth was still living in Union SC and was married to a WILBURN. Walter and Clyde SMITH were living in Kings Creek (Cherokee County) SC in 1937. Will appreciate any information or assistance. Thanks, JON JNich57@aol.com

Hi Rick, Marriage Licenses were not required in SC until 1911. I have checked a book titled: "Union County South Carolina Marriage Records" From Early Newspapers: 1851 -1912, Marriage Registers, Deed Books & Probate Records, published by Pinckney District Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society. I did not see your names listed in the book. Wish I could have helped, Lisa

Hello, my name is Rick. My gggg grandparents were supposed to have been married in Union County, SC in 1805. I am told by another researcher of the Renfro family that a marriage license was purchased by John Kennedy to marry Nancy Renfro in Union County, South Carolina in 1805. I need to know if such a record is there and if it contains any info about him and her. I would be willing to pay any charges incurred in looking this up for me. I have reached a point in my research that I really need this info. Rick

I am not trying to start a virus discussion here but there are some pretty bad new ones going around. Please protect yourselves by making sure your virus protection is up to date and by NOT, NOT, NOT opening attachments unless it is something you were expecting and from a source you know to be reliable. Lets be careful out there, Your list mom, Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net

Microsoft'a e-mail (msn.com and Hotmail.com) seems to be down again. RootsWeb will automatically unsubscribe any address that has three consecutive "bounces." If any of you know any way, other than e-mail, to reach anyone with those addresses, you might tell them they may need to resubscribe. Thanks, Your listmom, Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfournier@atlantic.net

Hi, First time posting on the list, been lurking for a while. Am researching my Union ancestors on the Wallace side. William Wallace and Jennett Winter were my 4th great grand parents. They probably came to Union in late 1700's or early 1800's. I'm stymied on who their ancestors were or where they came from. Jennett is mentioned in "The Narrative History of Union County" by Allan Charles as owning 1288 acres in 1865. William and Jennett's daughter Caroline married Benjamin Herndon Rice. Their daughter Medora married William Wallace Duncan of Spartanburg. Their son Thomas Cary Duncan married Francis Adler Merriman and their daughter Medora Duncan was my grandmother. Would please like to share information with any connects to this line. Thanks. Jim Houston Hickory Creek, TX Researching Wallace, Rice, Merriman, Winter >

Thanks for your reply, Derrel. I have been on mailing lists for several years and I had never seen it this bad and was getting quite worried. It helps to know Rootsweb is the culprit. Grin! Again thanks.. Barb

Virginia....every list I'm on is quiet...Rootsweb had problems last weekend but I understand that everything is back to normal now. Derrell -----Original Message----- From: Tex [mailto:vatex@quik.com] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 4:50 PM To: SCUNION-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SCUNION] List Postings Is it just me or are the mailing lists on Rootsweb just very quiet? I have received very few postings in quite a long time. Could I have trouble or is it everyone not receiving postings. Please let me know... Barb Virginia ==== SCUNION Mailing List ==== The Piedmont Historical Society publishes a quarterly called UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY. http://www.angelfire.com/sc/piedmonths ============================== 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

Is it just me or are the mailing lists on Rootsweb just very quiet? I have received very few postings in quite a long time. Could I have trouble or is it everyone not receiving postings. Please let me know... Barb Virginia

My g g g great Grandparents Dr.Jean Baptiste (JOHN}BURELb.abt. 1700 in Ollioules France and Patience Hannah (BIRD}BUREL settled at a place called Goshen Hill.They rased their family there and are buried at the cemetery there. I can not find it on a map. Is the place still there? Where is it located? Was there a reason why it was called Goshen Hill? Vonda L. Belluso

Sorry about the redundancy, Vonda, but I meant to share this with the group. Go to this website http://www.topozone.com/ Type Goshen Hill in the "Place Name Search" and SC in the state slot, then push "search." It will take you to a listing of Goshen Hill place names, click the blue hyperlinked one, which takes you to a topographical map of the area, with longitude, latitude, elevation, and the name of the USGS Quad containing the information. Goshen Hill appears just south of Delta, north of Whitmire. Or since I already found it, just go to this link... http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=34.52111&lon=-81.56333 James Stone Topozone supporter (even though I don't get royalties or stock dividends from them!) veecee1 wrote: > > My g g g great Grandparents Dr.Jean Baptiste (JOHN}BURELb.abt. 1700 in > Ollioules France and Patience Hannah (BIRD}BUREL settled at a place called > Goshen Hill.They rased their family there and are buried at the cemetery > there. I can not find it on a map. Is the place still there? Where is it > located? Was there a reason why it was called Goshen Hill? > Vonda L. Belluso > > ==== 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

I am looking for info on Abraham Tooker Davis and wife, Frances White, their children, especially Samuel Sanford Davis and wife, and their son, Landrum Ezell Davis who was born 1867, worked a couple of years in Union in the early 1900's. Abraham lived later years in Boiling Springs, SC