Carole, I have a feeling that my last message got lost in space. "My" Nesmiths merged into the Ferdons with the 1658 marriage of Joanna to John Ferdon (b. 1635). I BELIEVE she was the daughter of Lemuel (b. 1608) but am still trying to verify this. Any ideas you might have would be welcome. Best, nona ----- Original Message ----- From: <CarBurCo@aol.com> To: <SCWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 5:00 PM Subject: Re: SCWILLIA-D Digest V00 #25 NESMITH & NORTON > Nona, > > Did your NESMITH family by any chance emigrate from Williamsburg Co, SC to > Lowndes County or another south Alabama County? My NORTONS were from > Williamsburg and Georgetown and had friends named NESMITH. One of the NESMITH > sons fought in the WBTS (war between the states...or if you wish, the > American Civil War) from that state. I have the text of a letter written by > my great grandfather to his father which mentions the NESMITH man. So if you > think these might be yours, please let me know. > > Carole > > > n a message dated 1/26/00 10:30:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, > SCWILLIA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Nona Ferdon" <nona@ferdon.fsnet.co.uk> > To: SCWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <000901bf6847$ab5e1660$8508893e@default> > Subject: Re: Lee > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Elsie, > > could I butt in? Would it be a lot to ask for you to look see if FERDON or > NESMITH is on that list? > > Many thanks, >> > >