This is a "Wallace"letter that was given to me by a Wallace cousin.It is,for sure,my Wallace line and seems to have a lot in common with what you are looking at.It is all that I have, but I do have it "sorted out" on my Family Tree program. Dale Note: My cousin had this research done(I think,in the 1940's)before genealogy had gotten very sophistocated. James Wallace came to America from north Ireland,probably went there from Scotland, and died 1724 in Warwick Co, Pa. He owned land in Philadelphia in 1683 bought from Wm. Penn. In 1700 he bought 500 acres in Philadelphia. In 1700 Chester Co stretched from Philadelphia indefinitely west. In 1701 he bought 500 acres in Chester Co. Though I have been unable to verify it, he claimed to be in direct lineage from Wm Wallace, the national hero of Scotland. In 1747 his son, Thomas Wallace, bought 130 acres in Chester Co. This Thomas Wallace had a son also named Thomas. The son Thomas was born 1744 and died 1824. He was a man of considerable means and seems to have been quite prominent in the area. Though his property seems to have been located principally in Chester Co he was apparently a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church of York Co at the time of his death since he is buried in that churchyard. His land was situated in the north section of Chester Co near the York Co line. He was a Revolutionary soldier being one of men of Marion, and his line has been accepted by the DAR. Born 1744 of Scotch descent in Chester Co, Pa he spent part of his life in Virginia from where he moved to Mecklenburg, NC. About 1778 he moved to Chester Co, SC, locating about eight miles north of the present town of Chester. Here he died 1824. This Thomas Wallace married in 1766 Margaret Lynn dau of James and Sarah Lynn. Margaret was born 1750 and died 1827 in Chester Co. She and Thomas are buried in Bethesda churchyard in York Co, SC. One of the seven children of Thomas and Margaret Wallace was Hugh Wallace born 1767 in Mecklenburg NC and died 1836 in York SC. He married Elvira Lynn dau of Wm and mary Lynn. She was born 1774 and died 1839. They are buried in Bethesda churchyard York SC. Hugh Wallace was a farmer and in faith a Presbyterian. One of the seven children of Hugh and Elvira Wallace was Wm Lynn Wallace born 1793 in Chester SC. He married Jane Gill Boyd whose grandmother was Maria Louisa Gaston of royal descent through Gaston de FoiX,the son of jean de Foix and Marie de Orleans sister of King Louis X11 of France. Soon after the death of his widowed mother in 1839 Wm Lynn Wallace moved with his wife and children from SC to what is now Tate Co, Ms. He died 1856, she died 1851 and are buried in Mt Zion cemetery. One of their seven children was James Hugh Wallace born Chester SC 1835. In early childhood with his parents he moved to what is now Tate Co. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1860 under his brother Capt Wallace. He enlisted in Capt Samuel Crockett's Co, (DeSoto Guards), 1 Reg't, 4th Brig, Mississippi Vols. This unit later became Co "G", 9th Ms Vols and in 1861 in Pensacola they were mustered into the regular Confederate Army as Co "A", 9th Ms Inf Reg where James Hugh served as Senior 2nd Lt. He was ordered back to DeSota Co to serve in the Conscript Servece.in 1863. In 1864 he re-enlisted in Co "D" 18th Ms Cav and was promoted to 2nd Sgt by Gen Chalmers personally and served the remainder of the war in that role. In 1866 he married Mary Francis Hawkins,dau of Dr Joseph Hawkins and Francis Minter. She was born 1844 and died 1925. He died 1915 and they are buried in Mt Zion cemetery. Ada Wallace was the dau of James Hugh Wallace and Mary Francis Hawkins and was born 1873 in Tate Co.Ms. and died 1958. She married John Cal Hancock who was born 1874 and died 1924.Their Children: Marguerite 1896- m Herman Burford John Bowan 1899-1957 m Nell Johnson Lucus 1902-1965 Never marrird William C 1904- m Iola Bowden Elizabeth 1907-1942 never married Kathleen 1909- m Correll Clayton William C.Hancock and Iola (Bowden)Hancock are my parents