This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FdB.2ACE/484.1.2.1 Message Board Post: We got the book from my husband's uncle whose mother was related to the Mc William Meek McElwee's father was William McElwee, III. born near Petersburg in that part of Brunswick Co., VA which is now Greenville County, on Feb 28, 1761 and died in York Co., SC Nov 15, 1854. He married Rachel Newman b. 1766, sister of Jonathan Newman in York Co., SC Jan 13, 1785. The Newman family was of Scotch-Irish extraction and settled in VA in 1635, part of the family later moving to North Carolina (Old King William Homes and Famlies, by Peyton Neale Clarke, 1897). Rachel and William III were married Jan 113, 1785 and had 13 children: John (Jan4,1786' doed Oct 10, 1788; Mary b. Feb 7, 1790; Febecca b. Jul 12, 1792; Jonathan Newman b. Mar 8, 1795; Elizabeth b. July 17, 1797; Naomi July 7, 1799; William Meek b. April 1, 1802; Nancy Agnes May 23, 1804; Rachel Nov 12, 1806; Eleanor Feb 2, 1809; James May 30, 1811 and Amelia May 23, 1815. Rachel McElwee died in York Co., SC Oct 17, 1833 age 67. She is buried next to her husband in Bethany Churchard. William III joined Sumpter's Partisans Corps in 1780 just before Clinton took Charlestown, SC. His first fight was with a band of Tories under Huck. The Tories were defeated. He was then commissioned a Lieutenant. He found with Sumpter's men in the engagements at Rocky Mount, Hanging Rock, Fishing Creek, and Blackstocks. Being at home on leave of absence with the Battle of Kings Mountain started he voluntarily fought with his countrymen in the battle. The inscription on his tombstone in Bethany Churchyard, York Co., SC reads: "Sacred to the memory of William McElwee, Esquire, who departed this life Nov 15, 1854 in the 93rd year of his age, being a revolutionary soldier in the war of 1776. Congratulations, you can now be a member of the DAR if you are related to him. This booklet was compiled in 1959 by Col. Pinckney Glasgow McElwee, 4200 Cathedral Ave., NW Washington, D.C> A great, great, great grandson. It's title is GENEALOGY of WILLIAM MCELWEE, II of Clarks Fork of Bullocks Creek of York County, SC. This was given to Cynthia Ella Carrol, my husband's grandmother. Hope this helps. Linda In York, SC there is an hold school that has turned into the Historical County of York, SC. Ask for the "Hart Collection." Mr. Hart worked in the County Court House his whole life and recorded in small pages every family living in York County, one family per page with full names and birthdates of each person in each household with births, marriages, deaths if it happened in York Co.,