The Bethel Cemetery can be found on the York County South Carolina Gen Web page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scyork/ click on internet links, then click on York County Archives or try: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/sca_york.html

I have tried the address for Bethel Presbyterian Cemetary and cannot make connection...Do you have another address??? Do you have other cemetaries listed in SC??? [email protected] Ruby

Dear Nell: I am sending what I know of the Faires/Adair family. I have also forwarded your message to Sharon Vega who lives in California and is a true Faires/Farris researcher. My own direct line is the Strain connection. Descendants of William Adair Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 ADAIR died in New Castle, Delaware. Children of WILLIAM ADAIR are: 2. i. JEAN2 ADAIR, d. November 05, 1807, York Co., SC. ii. RICHARD ADAIR. Generation No. 2 2. JEAN2 ADAIR (WILLIAM1) died November 05, 1807 in York Co., SC. She married JAMES FAIRES. He was born Bef. 1726 in Co. Antrim, Ireland, and died January 05, 1802 in York Co., SC. Notes for JAMES FAIRES: Information gathered by Sharon Ann Jones Vega and shared with Dorothy Chance All information Sharon has is from Sylvia Rhodes, Santa Fe, NM and CW and Betsy Farris Tremont, Mississippi _____________ Will of James Faries 1802 submitted by Wanda Rabb [email protected] to http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/far/Farris///will?read=2 Will of James Faries State of South Carolina In The Name of God Amen I James Faries of York County and State of South Carolina, being in my ordinary state of health and of sound memory Bless be God and Calling to mind the uncertenty of Life, Do this fifth day of Jenuary and in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and two make and publish thi my Last Will and Testament in manner following- 1st I give and Bequeat & Devise unto my beloved wife Jean two Negro, Grace and Dine, and two Mares named poll and sorral, and the third part of the Cattle with hir Bed and Bedding, and to Live on the plantation as long as she pleases, 2nd I Give and Bequeat into my son James Faries Two Negroes named Dan and Dan with the half of the Plantation and the third of the Cattle. 3rd I Give and Bequeat unto my son Fichard Faries, the other half of the plantation with Two Negroes Named Rodg and Sank with the third of the Cattle. 4th I give and Bequeat unto my grandson Elias faries one Black horse Coalt, 5th I Give and Bequeat unto my son William faries the Sorral Mares Coalt, 6th I Give and Bequeat unto my son Alexander faries five Dollars, 7th I give and Bequeat unto my Daughter Margret Married to David Strane five Dollars, 8th I give and Bequeat unto my Daughter Agnese Married to Benjamin Garrison five Dollare, 9th I Give and bequeat unto my Daughter Jean Married to John Andre as much as will pay the doctor Bill or bills, 10th I Give and bequeat unto my Daughter Susanah Married to John faries five Dollars 11th I give and bequeat unto my Daughter Ann Married to James faries five Dollars 12th and Lastly I Apoint my Wife Jean faries and my son James faries Executors of this my Last Will and testament in witness whereof I the Testator have unto this my last will and testament Set my hand and seal the Day and year first above written. Signed Sealed and Delivered by the Testator as and for his last will and Teatament in presence of us who w(e)ar James Faries (Seal) present at the signing and Sealing Thereof James Faires Rich'd Faires John Kerr Probated March 5, 1802 Case no. 56 File no. 146 Will Book "A" P-85 Children of JEAN ADAIR and JAMES FAIRES are: i. WILLIAM FAIRES/3 FARRIS, b. January 03, 1757, York Co., PA; d. July 16, 1828, Lauderdale County, Alabama. 3. ii. ALEXANDER FAIRES/ FARRIS, b. April 17, 1758, York Co., PA; d. December 17, 1841, Mississippi Co., MO. iii. NANCY AGNES FARRIS, b. October 24, 1759, York Co., PA; d. April 09, 1821, York Co., SC; m. BENJAMIN GARRISON. 4. iv. MARY FARRIS, b. April 22, 1761, York Co., PA. 5. v. MARGARET FARRIS, b. January 23, 1763, York Co., SC. vi. JEAN FARRIS, b. June 14, 1765, York Co., SC; m. JOHN FAIRES, Bef. 1802. vii. SUSANNAH FAIRES, b. February 12, 1767; m. JOHN FAIRES. viii. JAMES JR. FARRIS, b. August 11, 1768, York Co., SC; d. October 28, 1850, York Co., SC; m. MARY FAIRES, Bef. 1809. ix. ANN FARRIS, b. March 21, 1771, York Co., SC; d. 1802, York Co., SC; m. JAMES FAIRES. x. RICHARD HARD FARRIS, b. January 09, 1773, York Co., SC; d. July 30, 1855, Lauderdale County, Alabama; m. ELIZABETH DAY. Generation No. 3 3. ALEXANDER FAIRES/3 FARRIS (JEAN2 ADAIR, WILLIAM1) was born April 17, 1758 in York Co., PA, and died December 17, 1841 in Mississippi Co., MO. He married ELIZABETH STRAIN 1786 in York County, SC, daughter of DAVID STRAIN and CATHERINE WHITE. She was born Abt. 1758 in Colleton County, South Carolina, and died 1832 in Obion Co. TN. Notes for ELIZABETH STRAIN: Letter dated June 15, 1999 by William Boyce White, Jr. cites "Chester [County, SC] Deed Book A, page 213: (Jan. 2, 1786) Elizabeth Strain is deeding her "natural daughter Agnes Brown" one young Negro wench named Phillis, & a cow & a calf....witnesses were David Strain and Samual Brown." This action would have taken place when Agnes was around 2 years of age and probably before Elizabeth married Alexander Faires/Ferris. Children of ALEXANDER FARRIS and ELIZABETH STRAIN are: i. BENJAMIN STRAIN4 FAIRES/FARRIS, b. February 08, 1787, York Co., SC; d. September 11, 1860, Wolf Island, Mississippi Co., MO; m. ELIZABETH CROCKETT, Abt. 1820; b. January 31, 1797, South Caroliina; d. November 25, 1863, Wolf Island, Mississippi Co., MO. ii. CATHERINE FAIRES/FARRIS, b. April 16, 1789, York Co., SC; d. January 18, 1848. iii. DAVID WHITE FAIRES/FARRIS, b. April 09, 1794, York Co., SC; d. March 10, 1873, York Co., SC; m. SUSAN HARGROVE; b. Abt. 1829; d. January 17, 1878. iv. JAMES FAIRES/FARRIS, b. 1795, York Co., SC; d. 1873. v. ALEXANDER FAIRES/FARRIS, b. 1797, York Co., SC; d. York Co., SC; m. JENSU (JENSI?) UNKNOWN. vi. MARY "POLLY" FAIRES/FARRIS1, b. 1801, York Co., SC; d. 1853, Texas ??; m. GEORGE W. BROACH; b. Abt. 1803, South Carolina. More About GEORGE W. BROACH: Census: 1830, Obion County, TN vii. WILLIAM M. FAIRES/FARRIS, b. 1803, York Co., SC; d. September 17, 1830; m. JANE NEWTON (WHITESIDES) STRAIN, Bef. 1825; b. January 20, 1809; d. October 20, 1895, York Co., SC.. viii. RICHARD FAIRES/FARRIS, b. July 08, 1805, York Co., SC; d. October 15, 1849, Mississippi Co., MO; m. ETHALINDA HALL HARRIS, October 06, 1835; b. April 16, 1815; d. February 14, Hickman County, KY.. 4. MARY3 FARRIS (JEAN2 ADAIR, WILLIAM1) was born April 22, 1761 in York Co., PA. She married UNKNOWN BROWN. Child of MARY FARRIS and UNKNOWN BROWN is: i. POLLY4 BROWN. 5. MARGARET3 FARRIS (JEAN2 ADAIR, WILLIAM1) was born January 23, 1763 in York Co., SC. She married DAVID STRAIN Bef. 1802, son of DAVID STRAIN and CATHERINE WHITE. He was born Abt. 1762 in Colleton County, South Carolina, and died Aft. 1808. Children of MARGARET FARRIS and DAVID STRAIN are: i. ELIZABETH (BETSY)4 STRAIN, b. Abt. 1794; d. Aft. 1882; m. ALLEN RICHARDSON. ii. ALEXANDER STRAIN, b. 1798, Lancaster Co., S. C.; d. 1882, York Co., SC; m. (1) SARAH FARIS; b. 1798; d. 1843; m. (2) JANE ELIZABETH FORBES; b. 1822; d. 1887. Endnotes 1. Sharon Vega quotes "The Family of James Faires", 233, Written by Betsy and CW Farris. -----Original Message----- From: Nell Lewis <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 4:04 PM Subject: [SCYORK-L] Jean Faires b. June 14, 1765 >Jean Faires was my G-G-G-Grandmother. She was born June 14, 1765 I >believe in York, York, SC. I would love to be in touch with some of her >relatives to enable me to get to know something about her. She had a >son born, I believe, in York on June 8, 1790. It is possible there was >another son, perhaps named William, that stayed around the York SC area >when James moved Westward. I'd love to share family history with any of >the Faires family. >Nell Adair Lewis > >

I am looking for information on my G-G-G-Grandfather, John Adair. I don't know if he was born in York, York SC or not, but he married Jean Faires of York , I believe in York SC sometime in the 1780's. Their son James T. Adair was born June 8, 1790. There may have been another son by the name of William but I'm not sure. There may have been more children that I don't know about. I would love to have any information that anyone can give me or direct me on how to find out more about them. Thanks so much.

Jean Faires was my G-G-G-Grandmother. She was born June 14, 1765 I believe in York, York, SC. I would love to be in touch with some of her relatives to enable me to get to know something about her. She had a son born, I believe, in York on June 8, 1790. It is possible there was another son, perhaps named William, that stayed around the York SC area when James moved Westward. I'd love to share family history with any of the Faires family. Nell Adair Lewis

[email protected] wrote: > > A hardcopy of the 1850 York Co. census is (or was) available from the Broad > River Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2261, Shelby NC 28151-2261. Costs was > $25.00 They have census books from different periods from neighboring NC > counties as well. I think they still have a list of all their publications on > their website, but I am having trouble connecting to the web right now, so > can't give you that URL. I find it truly helpful to be able to sit at > leisure and study the surrounding families and look for names that were > misspelled etc. by having a hardcopy of the census. I am willing to do > limited lookups in my copy, but please limit your requests and don't expect > an immediate response (I do not get on my computer much during the week). > Janelle Dixon The BRGS is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncclevel/brgs.htm They have a list of books to sell and the 1850 York Census is on the list. The book list is linked to this site. Al H.

Lot's of links to Civil War Prison Camps can be found at: http://www2.netdoor.com/~52rcourt/civilw.htm

What state is Johnson Island in?

Does anyone know if there is a list of Confederte Officers held at Johnson Island in Lake Erie? I have seen their web site and there is not a list unless it has been added very recently. Nancy in SC

Hopefully this link will work better for Elmira Civil War Prison Camp: http://www2.netdoor.com/~52rcourt/elmiran.htm

The prisoner listing for the Civil War Prison at Point Lookout, with a searchable database of prisoners is at: http://www2.netdoor.com/~52rcourt/lookoutn.htm Point Lookout POW Descendants Organization can be found at: http://www.members.tripod.com/adm/popup/roadmap.shtml

Sorry I did look at the wrong one while putting in message. This one you look at the cesus yourself. http://www.Census-oneline.com/links/SC_datahtml This one is for lookups. @ names per E Mail. http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup/schtml Hope they are right. I tried the one you sent back and it worked. If you already are in part of the link then just put in what starts as being different. Maxine [email protected]

Maxine, thank you for posting the look-up lists for the York County SC 1850 census. Would you please check the addresses, are you sure they are correct? Do you really mean www.census-oneline.com or is it something else, like census-online.com or on-line.com?

Hi Census Lookers I had gone to the 1850 and put in Favorites several sites. http://wwwrootsweb.com/~uslookupschtml and http://www.census-oneline.com/links/sc_data.html don't forget the hard to see short line between sc and data. I hope as I checked i copied them right. let me know if not. I think I went to the 1850 census in the second one listed. Maxine in Wa [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 02, 1999 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [SCYORK-L] York County SC 1860 Census >Is there an 1850 census (York County) that can be downloaded so we can look >at it >and/or copy it? > >Can you give me an e-mail address to pull up the names on the 1850 and prior >census records for SC??? > >I am also quite interested in SC census records that would show Boutwell, >Jenkins, >Walters, and Blackledge. > >If anyone from the states of Georgia and Alabama reads my search please >contact >me .... Thanks! :o) >

A hardcopy of the 1850 York Co. census is (or was) available from the Broad River Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2261, Shelby NC 28151-2261. Costs was $25.00 They have census books from different periods from neighboring NC counties as well. I think they still have a list of all their publications on their website, but I am having trouble connecting to the web right now, so can't give you that URL. I find it truly helpful to be able to sit at leisure and study the surrounding families and look for names that were misspelled etc. by having a hardcopy of the census. I am willing to do limited lookups in my copy, but please limit your requests and don't expect an immediate response (I do not get on my computer much during the week). Janelle Dixon

Can someone please help? I am seeking info for William Davis and Sarah Sallie Smarr Davis. William of NC, served as Lt. Col. 1st North Carolina. William and Sarah had one known son, Amos Davis whom mar. Nancy Walton. After William's death, Sarah mar. Edward Tillman. I believe William is the son of Thomas Davis. William died in York Co., SC Thanks so much, Nancy

James, Culbert Means Laney was my GG-maternal Grandfather. He was born `1782 in Antrim, PA (Cumberland County) and moved (along with his parents and siblings) to York County, SC as a child and was raised there. In 1811 he moved to what is now Simpson County, KY. His father was John Laney who was the son of Joseph Laney (born in Ireland). Culbert had a son named William Laney, and also a brother named William Laney. If this is the Laney lineage you are researching, let me know and I'll send you everything that I have on this line. If your brother, Rudy, is also working on this line please give him my e-mail address. Have a happy and safe 4th of July, Bill Sanders Spring, Texas [email protected] James Laney wrote: >Bill, > I am also interested in the Laney's in the early 1800's. I am looking >for the ancestors of Colbert Means Laney reputed to be William Laney. >Would you have any information linking the two. Also I have a brother >working on the Laney family in your area. His name is Rudy Laney. > James Laney > >

Bill, I am also interested in the Laney's in the early 1800's. I am looking for the ancestors of Colbert Means Laney reputed to be William Laney. Would you have any information linking the two. Also I have a brother working on the Laney family in your area. His name is Rudy Laney. James Laney

Is there an 1850 census (York County) that can be downloaded so we can look at it and/or copy it? Can you give me an e-mail address to pull up the names on the 1850 and prior census records for SC??? I am also quite interested in SC census records that would show Boutwell, Jenkins, Walters, and Blackledge. If anyone from the states of Georgia and Alabama reads my search please contact me .... Thanks! :o)

When I wish to use an Internet address that someone has given me, I highlight the address, go to my edit button, click on copy, then go to my browser and click on the place where the address goes, and the go to the edit button and click pastel. That way I do not have to retype the address and do not make errors.