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Volume I January 1983 Number 1

Meditations 2

History of Bethlehem Church 3

Spartanburg in 1809 8

Early History of Liberty United Methodist Church 9

Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery 16

Lawson Fork Home Guards 20

Fairview Baptist Church Membership Roll 1852 21

Goforth Family Bible 23

1860 Spartanburg District Mortality Census 24

Commissioners of Poor Account 1848-1849 26

War of 1812 Pensioners 29

Pennington Family Cemetery 29

1870 Masonic Notices 30

Humorous Epitaphs 31

Gleanings 32

Queries 33

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Volume I April 1983 Number 2

President's Page 35 Original Newspapers at the Spartanburg County Library 36 Early Spartanburg County Schools 37 Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes 47 Grave of Hero Is Marked by D.A.R. 57 Bethel Presbyterian Church Monument Inscription 59 Mount Calvary Church to Observe 100th Anniversary 60 Alverson Family Reunion 61 Last of Union County Confederate Veterans 62 Cowpens Woman Recalls Adventures of the Civil War 63 Confederate Dead at Farmville, Virginia 65 Claim Agency 66 Immigration 67 [Methodist] Conference Appointments 68 White Family Record 69 Some 1867 Death Notices 70 Bates-Fitch Family Cemetery 71 Brockman Family Cemetery 72 Horton Family Cemetery 74 Littlejohn Family Cemetery 74 William Tuck Family Cemetery 75 Williams-Parris Family Cemetery 76 Willis Family Cemetery 76 McClimons Memorial 77 Moved to Texas 78 Marriage Notices from the Carolina Spartan 79 Historical Events 86 In Memoriam 87 1860 Spartanburg District Mortality Census 88 1883 Greenville City and Street Tax Ledger 91 Appointments by the Legislature for Spartanburg District 95 Gleanings 96 Queries 98 Library Acquisitions 99

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Volume I July 1983 Number 3

McMaken's Tavern 101 Thorne Memorial. 102 Smith-Stone Connections 103 Blalock Family Burial Ground 105 Kuykendal Family Burial Ground 106 Martin Family Burial Ground 106 Meek Family Burial Ground 109 Sims Family Burial Ground 109 Two Deaths Sadden People of Seneca 111 Brown Family Bible 112 Some Marriage Notices from the Anderson Intelligencer 113 Fatal Accident 114 Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes 115 1860 Union District Mortality Census 120 1860 York District Mortality Census 126 1883 Greenville City and Street Tax Ledger 132 Joe Crews Shot 136 Holland-Fowler Marriage 136 Unclaimed Letter Lists 137 Kansas Emigrants 138 1912 Oconee County Confederate Pension Roll 139 Society News 144 Queries 145 New Exchanges 150

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Volume I October 1983 Number 4

President's Page 151 Old Piece of Cloth from an Old Spinning Wheel 152 The Story of Mt. Bethel [Methodist] Church [Laurens Co.] 153 The James Hilliard Grigg Family Record 155 Some Forefathers of Anderson County 156 Death of a Centenarian 160 Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes 161 Wm. Hendrix, Pioneer Founder of Abner Creek Baptist Church 166 Chauga (Shoal Creek) Baptist Church Membership List 167 Will of William Sea 169 Will of Edward Musgrove 171 Goude1ock-Jefferies Family Burial Ground 172 Manning Family Burial Ground 174 Willson-White-Carroll Family Burial Ground 175 The Return of the Dead 176 Did You Know? 176 1912 Pickens County Confederate Pension Roll 177 McE1rath-Seay Family Record 182 1860 Chester District Mortality Census 183 Smith Memorial 188 1883 Greenville City and Street Tax Ledger 189 Queries 193 Book Review 200

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Volume II January 1984 Number 1

President's Page 1

Library Acquisitions 2

Captain Wm. Nathaniel Austin, Sr. of "Gilder" Plantation 3

Some of the Forefathers of Anderson County 8

Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes 12

Crocker Bible Record 18

Salem Presbyterian Churchyard 19

Johnson Family Record 30

1860 Greenville District Mortality Census 31

Henry Houser House 36

The Will of Henry Houser of South Carolina 36

1912 Union County Confederate Pension Roll 39

Miscellany 44

The Family of William and Mary Allen Millwood 45

Society News 46

Queries 47

Book Reviews 50

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Volume II April 1984 Number 2

President's Page 51 New Exchanges 52 Some of the Forefathers of Anderson County 53 Bethany [Presbyterian] Church 59 English Monarchs 60 Chester Medical Doctor Has Practiced Since 1909 61 The Crook Family 63 Jonathan Crook Forgotten Frontiersman 66 Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes 71 Early Membership in the Holly Springs Baptist Church 76 Editor's Note 80 Trinity Methodist Churchyard 81 Babbtown, Laurens County 85 Elias Mitchell Family Burial Ground 86 Moss Family Burial Ground 86 Mullinax Family Cemetery 87 Beasley Family Cemetery 87 Egger Family Record 88 Belcher-Bishop-Gregory Bible Record 89 Caldwell Bible Record 90 1860 Pickens District Mortality Census 92 WPA Church Record Survey for St. John's Lutheran, Walhalla 95 Book Reviews 97 Society News 98 Meetings 98 Queries 98

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Volume :ii July 1984 Number 3

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 President's Page  Grandpa Crook Was a preacher  Arnold Notes  Burton Family Notes  New Exchanges  New Genealogical Service Available  Veterans ... Buried in Pickens Cemetery  Some of the Forefathers of Anderson County  Grindall  Simpsonville News  Lockhart  Death of Mrs. Mamie G. Gambrell  Our Brave Adairs  Daniel White (1761-1848) -A Time-Line Family History - Concluded  Arledge-Higgins Family Bible Record  Olivet Presbyterian Churchyard  Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes  Queries

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Volume :ii October 1984 Number 4

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  Newspapers on Microfilm  Church Celebrates Its Hundred Years of Useful Service  James Whitten  The Nathaniel Harbin Goss Family  Goss Bible Record  Historic Sketch of the "United Laurens Riflemen"  List of the Laurens Volunteers  Thomas Bridges Family Burial Ground  WPA Life .Histories: Judge J.H. Yarborough & W.S. McLure  Some Studdard-Stoddard Papers  Miscellaneous Papers  Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes  1912 Anderson County Confederate Pension Roll  Day Family Cemetery  1820 Chester District Census  Book Reviews  Queries

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Volume :iiu January 1985 Number 1

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  Newspapers on Microfilm  Old Pinckneyville McLure  Graves  Duckett Family Cemetery  Phillip Chambers of South Carolina  Spartanburg County Court of Common Pleas Minutes  46th Annual Wyatt Reunion  Correction  1820 Chester District Census  1912 Anderson County Confederate Pension Roll  Queries

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Volume :iiu April 1985 Number 2

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  Book Reviews  William Byars/Byers of the Revolutionary War Period  Youth Crushed to Death  Will of Anna P. Hardy  Morgan Grave  Patrick Family Burial Ground  Narrow Escape  Spartanburg County Potter's Field  Gist Family Record  Barron-Bynum-Baxter Bible Record  W.F. White Family Bible Record  Cresent  1850 Slave Owners of Pickens County  Queries

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Volume :iiu July 1985 Number 3

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  York County Voter Registration for 1869  Narrative of Ex-Slave William Pratt  Will of Leonard Pratt  Miller Family Record  Moss Family Burial Ground  Anderson County Marriages  Mount Lebanon Baptist Church History  Burnt Factory Cemetery  Crime in Spartanburg County  Rods, Poles, etc  1850 Slave Owners of Pickens District  Hemminger Cemetery  Minutes & Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church  Family Record  Family Record  1872 Anderson County'Deliquent Tax Notice  Obituary of Elizabeth Sharp  Queries

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Volume :iiu October 1985 Number 4

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  Society News  Asbury Methodist Church: 200 Years of Area History  Moses McCarley's Last Will and Testament  Anderson County Marriage and Death Notices  McDowell Bible Record  Bygone Oconee County  1912 Chester County Confederate Pension Roll  Obituaries of Confederate Veterans  1842 Temperance Convention Delegates  Union County Cash Book 1837-1872  Brown Family Bible Record  Hobby Family Cemetery  Minutes of Bethabara Baptist Church  Family Record  Family Record  1872 Anderson County'Deliquent Tax Notice  Obituary of Elizabeth Sharp  Queries

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Volume :IV January 1986 Number 1

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  Members and Their Family Names of Interest  Some of the Footprints af Gecrge Allen  Cherokee Indians First Lived Here (McCormick County)  The de la Howe Cemetery  Eight Venerable Veterans of Anderson, S.C.  Obituary of Martha Mary Blank  Comunity News  How to Preserve Old Newspaper Clippings  The ~ Census of Union District  Gazetter of Spartanburg County  1850 Slave Owners of Pickens County  1912 Chester County Confederate Pension Roll  Minutes & Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church 1801-1881  Abstracts from The Greenville Enterprise December 6,1871  Abstracts from The Yorkville Enquirer 1867  Wilson and Beauford Family Cemetery  Estate of William Berry  Happenings in Newberry-1873  Queries April 1986 Page 1 of 1

Volume :IV April 1986 Number 2

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 President's Page  William Smith Family Cemetery  Grandfather of Wallie Simpson is Buried in Greenwood County  Fowler-Seahorn Marriage  Members and Their Surnames of Interest  The 1850 Census of Union District  Gazetteer of Spartanburg County  1850 Slave Owners of pickens County  Minutes & Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church 1801-1881  Abstracts from The Yorkville Enquirer 1867  Abstracts from Acts Relating to Roads, Bridges and Ferries  Oconee County Happenings  Queries

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Volume IV July 1986 Number 3 President's Page 66 Members and Their Surnames of Interest 67 1850 Census of Union District 72 Barksdale Family Cemetery 74 Williams Family Cemetery 74 Chandler Family Cemetery 74 Minutes and Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church 1801-1881 75 Revolutionary War Pension Claim of David Kerr 76 1850 Slave Owners of Pickens County 77 Abstracts from The Yorkville Enquirer 1867 79 Gazetteer of Spartanburg County 80 Simpson Burying Ground 81 Old Liberty Baptist Church 82 McCormick County Cemeteries 84 The Blacksburg Shooting 86 Book Reviews 87 Notices 88 Queries 89

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October 1986 Page 1 of 1

Volume :IV October 1986 Number 4

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

 Book Review  Members and Their Surnames of Interest  South Carolinians in the 1850 Census of Hunt County, TX  1850 Census of Union District  Bates Cemetery  Cromer Bible Record  Gazetteer of Spartanburg County  Chester County Deed Book C  Minutes and Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church 1801-1881  Abstracts from The Yorkville Enquirer 1867  1850 Slave Owners of pickens County  Final Settlements  Oconee County Coroner Inquests 1869-1871  Halifax County I Va. Powers of Attorney  Queries

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Volume V January 1987 Number 1 Book Reviews ii

1850 Census of Union District 1

1897 Cherokee County Voter Registration 6

Chester County Deed Book C 9

1825 Free School Report for Abbeville District 13

Wofford Family Cemetery 15

Minutes and Roll of Bethabara Baptist Church 1801-1881 16

Oconee County Coroner Inquests 1869-1871 20

Tranquil Methodist Church 25

Queries 26

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Volume V April 1987 Number 2 List of Deceased Persons Kept by James Anderson of Greenville 31 Cooper Family Bible 33

Obituary of Dr. William Henry Belton 36

Death of Robert McCarter 36

The Farrow Family of Laurens County 37

Suicide of an Aged Citizen 42

Gazetteer of Spartanburg County 43

1897 Cherokee County Voter Registration 44

Williams Family Cemetery 46

1850 Census of Union District 48

Queries 53

Unveiling of a Revolutionary War Marker 57

Notice of a Genealogical Tour 57

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Volume V July 1987 Number 3

1850 Census of Union District 58

1897 Cherokee County Voter Registration 63

Robbs Family Cemetery 65

Some Notes on the James Lyles Family of Newberry 66

Chester County Deed Book C 67

Becknell Bible Record 72

Campbell Bible Record 74

Hopewell Methodist Church Organized in 1830 75

Notice of Genealogical Research Tour to North Carolina 78

Gazetteer of Spartanburg County 79

Queries 81

Book Reviews 83

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Volume V October 1987 Number 4

Letter from the Editor i

Obit Notice of Cherokee County's Last Confederate Veteran 84

Abstracts from the Anderson Intelligencer Newspaper 84

1850 Census of Union District 86

1897 Cherokee County Voter Registration 90

R.L. Lee, Pioneer Mill Operator 92

Jourdan/White Power of Attorney 93

Did You Know? 93

Will of Henry Machen 94

Enoree Baptist Church Petition to Incorporate 95

Upper Baptist Church of Dunkins Creek Petition 95

Cotton Mill News 96

Report of Committee on the Death of Elder James Whitten 97

Schools Established in Laurens County 98

Chester County Deed Book C 99

Queries 101

Notices 104

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Volume VI March 1988 Number 1

1850 Census of Union County 1

Abstract of an Index of Loyalist Claimants in SC 3

Chester County Deed Book C 4

Marriages from the Baptist Courier 5

1897 Cherokee County Voter Registration 6

A Civil War Cartee Letter 8

Will of Judith Crain 9

Union County Almshouse as Found in the 1910 Census 9

Queries 10

Two Anderson County Death Notices 14

Obit of John P. Caldwell, Confederate Veteran 15

Bartlett Owen Memorial From Alabama 16

New Newsletters 17

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Volume VI June 1988 Number 2

Death Dates from Oconee County Coroner Inquests 1901-1915 18

1850 Census of Union District 20

Up-Country Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts 24

Foster Family Cemetery 27

Queries 28

Arphax Whitten Bible Record 31

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Volume VI September 1989 (Error:Should be 1988) Number 3 Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 33

Abstract of the Rev. War Pension Application of George Watts 43

Abstract of War of 1812 Pension Application of Joseph Liles 44

Book Reviews 44

Two Chester County Naturalizations 45

Patterson Family Cemetery 46

Queries 47

1850 Census of Union District 50

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Volume VI December 1989 (Error:Should be 1988) Number 4 South Carolina Revolutionary Service of David Weir 52

Spartan Married in New York 52

Coroner's Inquests and other Papers for Spartanburg County 1803-1908 53

Sketch of Nathan Berry 57

Items from an Anderson Newspaper 58

Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 59

Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 62

Queries 64

Notification of Brengle Newsletter 67

Thomas Bridges Family Burial Ground 67

Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 68

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Volume VII March 1990 Number 1

Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 1

Wingo Bible Record 4

Coroner's Inquests and Other Papers for Spartanburg County 5

Queries 9

Notices 11

Book Review 11

Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 12

Early Oconee County Jurors 14

Unindexed Deeds from Spartanburg County 15

Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 17

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Volume VII June 1990 Number

Queries 20 Member's Death Notice 21 War of 1812 South Carolina Service of John Lyles/Liles 22 Coroner's Inquests and Other Papers for Spartanburg County 23 Obituary of Saunders B. Griffin 25 Obituary of Col. Herbert Hammond 25 Will of John Arnold of New berry County 26

Charter Members of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, Newberry, SC 26

Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 27 Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 29 Conveyance Abstracts from Pendleton 31 Obituary of Maj. W. 0. Sturkey 32 Death Abstracts Spartanburg County 33 Bailey Family Record 34 Gleanings 36 Notice of Rose Genealogical Research Conference 37 Marker of Benjamin Lindsey Abney 38

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Volume VII September 1990 Number 3

Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 39

Items from the Greenville Enterprise 41

Confederate Soldiers' obituaries 42

Sentiment of a Union Veteran 43

Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 45

Queries 47

McDaniel-Shands Marriage 49

Power of Attorney 49

Governor's Pardon for South Carolina Regulators, 1771 50

Gleanings 52

Coroner's Inquests and Other Papers for Spartanburg County 54

Items from the Greenwood Journal 56

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Volume VII _ December 1990 Number 4 Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 58 Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 60

Pendleton District Writs of Attachment 61 1835 Property Return Abstracts for Anderson County 63 12 Rev. War. Pension Applications Given in Laurens Co. 63

Abstract of Court Trials of Some Klan Members from York Co. 65 Items from the Greenville Enterprise 66 Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 67 Coroner's Inquests and Other Papers for Spartanburg Co. 69

Indents from South Carolina 71 Items from the Greenwood Journal 73 Queries 75 Two Persons From Pickens Who Died in Spartanburg County 76

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Volume VIII March 1991 Number 1

Abstracts of Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, SC 1

Coroner's Inquests and Other Papers for Spartanburg County 3

Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 5

Reedy River Baptist Church Membership Rolls 1799, 1813, 1818 7

Ingram/Ingraham 8

Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 10

Members and Their Surnames of Interest 12

Did You Know? 15

Shettlesworth Family Bible 16

Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery 17

Queries 18

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Volume VIII June 1991 Number 2

Chester County Naturalizations 1802-1832 20 Cherokee County Cemeteries Bolin-Ramsey Family Cemetery 22 Clary Family Burial Ground 22 Darwin Family Burial Ground 23 Deal Family Burial Ground 23 Dickson-Patterson Family Burial Ground 24 Ellis Family Burial Ground 24 Farr Family Burial Ground 24 Garner Family Burial Ground 25 Goforth Family Burial Ground 25 Gordon Family Burial Ground 26 Goudelock-Jefferies Family Burial Ground 26 Heathcock Family Burial Ground 28 Hopewell Presbyterian Churchyard 28 Howser Family Burial Ground 29 Pendleton District Court Marriage Bonds, 1790-1795, 1798-1799 30 Some Laurens County Death Certificates 31 Pickens Co. Estate Loose Papers File Numbers 1-50 (1829-1834) 32 Company A [12th Regt.] Confederate Soldiers 34 Gleanings Light Dawning on the Dark Corner 38 Greenville Teachers of Public Schools (1872) 40 Greenwood County Court Proceedings (1895) 41 Major Kirby Was Asst. Postmaster (1913) 42 Greenville County Notices (1871 and 1872) 43 Mary R. Smith Obituary (Spartanburg; 1913) 46 Abstracts from the Confederate Veteran Mrs. Georgia Moore De Fontaine (Abbeville Co.) 49 Gen. Ira P. Jones (Abbeville Co.) 50 Lieut. J.C. Presly (Abbeville Co.) 51 William H. Garrett (Laurens & Newberry Cos.) 51 Col. John Luther Branch (Abbeville Co.) 51 Louis Henry Russell (Abbeville Co.) 51 Rev. Albert Allison James (York, Union & Spartanburg Cos.) 52 Benson F. Hardin (Chester Co.) 52 John Wilkinson (Abbeville Co.) 53 Gen . Zimmerman Davis (Fairfield Co.) 53 Judge Alexander Cheves Haskell (Abbeville Co.) 54 Samuel A. Cook (Chester Co.) 54 Lieut-Col. I.G.-McKissick (Union Co.) 54 The Late Gen. P.M.B. Young (Spartanburg Co.) 55 George I.C ... McWhirter (Newberry Co.) 56 Dr. William Henry Belton (Newberry Co.) 56 Clerical Acts of Rev. John D. McCollough 57 The Appeal in the Matter of the State v. R. S. Moore (York Co.) 58 Bastardy Processes forSpartanburg County 59 Coroner's Inquests andOther Papers for Spartanburg, County 61 Published quarterly in March, June, September and December. SEE BACK COVER FOR LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE Copyright 1991 by the Piedmont Historical society UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY AND HISTORY

Volume VIII September 1991 Number 3

Coroner's Inquest and Other Papers for Spartanburg County 71 Chester Methodist Church Pastors 1831-1897 77 History of the Methodist Church at Chester (1897) 79 Abstracts from the Confederate Veteran Saunders B. Griffin (Laurens & Newberry Cos.) 83 Capt. Charles E. Coffin (Aiken Co. & Augusta, Ga.) 83 Col. M. C. Dickson (Pendleton, Abbeville & Laurens Cos.) 83 John M. Russell (York Co.) 84 Brig. Gen. John Leroy Logan (Abbeville Co. & Greenwood) 84 Hon. Jesse C. Madden (Laurens Co.) 85 David L. Walker (Edgefield Co.) 85 Leland M. Spears (Newberry Co.) 86 Thadeus S. Duncan (Newberry Co.) 86 Allan Motes (Laurens Co.) 86 James A. Lathrop (Newberry Co.) 86 Misfortune in Using Titles (W. F. Jackson, Yorkville, S.C.)- 87 Gen. John Dunavant's Grave (Chester Co.) 87 Nine Uncles in Confederate Service 87 Deaths in Hattiesburg (miss.) Camp, U.C.V. (James B. F. Bruce of Laurens County) 88 Amzi W. Gaston (Spartanburg Co.) 88 Col. W. Preston Hix (Laurens Co.) 88 Confederate Flag Reminiscence by W.R. McKinny, Greenwood, S.C. 89 Capt. W. G. Fewell (Pickens District) 90 Capt. George B. Lake (Edgefield, S. C.) 90 How General Sedgewick Was Killed (Thomas Burgess) 90 S. S. Crittenden, Maj. Gen. U.C.V., S.C. (Greenville) 91 77 Years Ago (City of Spartanburg) 93 Minutes of Goucher Baptist Church 1810-1859, Cherokee Co., SC 94 Writs of Attachments 96

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Volume IX January 1995 Number 1 Pinckney District Coroner's Inquisitions 1793, 1795-1796 1

_The Enterprise _and _the Mountaineer Issue of Dec. 4, 1889 2

Goucher Baptist Church Minutes Jan. 10, 1810-Nov. 10, 1858 11

Laurens District Court of General Sessions Minutes 1800-1810 14

Newberry Naturalization Papers 18

Presidential Pardons for Upstate Confederates 1865-1867 20

Upstate Afro-American Confederate Pensioners in 1928 31

Upstate District Officials in 1859 34

Queries 39 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume IX April 1995 Number 2 The Greenwood Journal Issue of February 6, 1896 41

Laurens County Court of General Sessions Minutes 1800-1810 48

Polling Places for 1850 52

Presidential Pardons for Confederates 60

Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Constituted August 14, 1818, Spartanburg Co.) 64

The Guthrie Family (A Synopsis) 68

Queries 70

Ancestor Fairs 80

Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County) 81

A Station for Prosperity (Newberry County) 84

Book Review The Long Journey: A Family History 1687-1991 86

Research in the N. C. Archives: A Workshop 87

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Volume IX July 1995 Number 3 An 1824 Foster Letter 88 The Catawba Indians: Tribal Lists from 1849 (Greenville, Chester, and York) 89 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County) 92 Pendleton District General Sessions Minutes 1823-1832 94 The Autobiography of William T. Harvey 95 Book Reviews 97 Laurens District Free Men of Color Petitions for Guardianship 98 Oconee County Coroner Inquests 1869-1871 99 Personal and Medical History of James A. Strange (Lunatic Asylum Records) 102 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 103 John Young Rev. War Pension and Family Bible Record 106 An Important Notice 109 Spartanburg Militia Court Martials 110 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 113 Abbeville 1850 Mortality Census 115 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 118 York District Court of Common Pleas Journal 1800-1808 122 Spartanburg County Divorces 123 Washington Baptist Church Minutes (Greenville County) 124 Queries 125 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume IX October 1995 Number 4 Inquest of George Williams, Deceased (Laurens County) 138 Anderson District Bastardy Bonds 139 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 141 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 143 Lewis Cannon of Spartanburg County 145 The Lewis Cannon Bible Record 145 The Lewis Cannon Estate File 146 Laurens District Free Men of Color Petitions for Guardianship 149 Legitimizations and Name Changes 150 Pendleton District Marriage Bonds 1792-1799 (Anderson, Pickens & Oconee Counties) 151 Going to Arkansas (Newberry County) 152 Pendleton District Depositions 1801-1827 (Anderson, Pickens, & Oconee Counties) 153 Pendleton District Vagrancy Trials (Anderson, Pickens, & Oconee Counties) 153 Chester District General Sessions Journal for 1801 155 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 157 Spartanburg County Divorces 160 Temperance Convention Delegates 162 Newberry District Estrays Sold 1787-1840 164 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 166 Cherokee County Coroner's Inquests 1897-1903 169 The John P. Sellers Family Bible Record 170 Elizabeth Johnson Death Certificate (Greenville, Laurens, & Spartanburg Counties) 172 Abbeville 1850 Mortality Census 173 A Pinckney District Witness Oath 175 John Tomson's Death Certificate (Union & York Counties) 175 Queries 175 Book Reviews 185 Notices 187 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume X January 1996 Number 1

Insane Asylum Patents from Abbeville (County) 1 Slave Court Records: An Unused Source (Anderson County) 2 The Descendants of Elder Zechariah Blackwell 3 An Antebellum Newberry Letter (Newberry County) 8 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 10 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 13 Laurens District Court of General Sessions Minutes 1800-1810 16 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 18 The Barnett Family Bible Record 20 Will of John Smith of Laurens District 21 A Guardian for Joshua Saxon (Laurens County) 22 The Robert Brown Family Bible 22 Gleanings 25 Chester District Equity Court Records Indicies 1820-1874 29 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 30 N ewberry District Estrays Sold 1787-1840 32 Queries 34 The Stovall Family Association 41 Chester District Court of General Sessions Journal for 1801 42 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume X April 1996 Number 2

Presidential Pardons for Confederates 43 A Tenant Farmer Agreement (Greenville County) 46 Confederate Veteran of Laurens Taken By Death 47 Old Carolina Veteran Dies in Oklahoma (Union County) 48 Idle Moments in an Old Library (Union County) 49 Pinckney District Correspondence (Spartanburg, Union, and York) 50 Pinckney District Court of General Sessions Peace Bond 1799 51 Laurens District Vagrancy Trials 52 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 55 Chester District Equity Court Records Indicies 1820-1874 58 A Bit of History 59 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 60 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 62 Gleanings 64 The Estate of Josiah Hatchette (Spartanburg County) 68 A War Reminiscence 74 York District Court of Common Pleas Journal 1800-1808 75 Queries 77 Upstate Public Libraries 87 Slaveholders in the 1800 Newberry District, S. C. Census 89 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume X July 1996 Number 3

Our New Look 90 William P. Bishop Death Certificate (Spartanburg County) 90 Joint Resolution for the Relief of Mary Taylor (Newberry County) 90 We Want No Flat Rock Church (Anderson County) 91 John Owens Petition (Edgefield County) 92 Petition to Change Boundary Line 1803 (Spartanburg County) 92 Counter Petition Regarding Boundary Line (Spartanburg County) 93 York District Petition Asking for a New Polling Place-180 1 93 The State vs. Rachel Weeks, et. al. (Union County) 94 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 95 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 97 Thomas Price's Store Accounts (Spartanburg County) 100 Idle Moments in an Old Library (Union County) 103 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 106 Troops from Florida for Edgefield District 1836 108 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 110 Gleanings 112 Anderson County Clerk of Court Miscellaneous Index 1840-1860 117 Chester District Equity Court Records Indicies 1820-1874 119 Some Defaulting Jurors at the 1804 Court of [General Sessions] Greenville 120 Queries 121

Fairfield District Court of General Sessions Index 1800-1839 131 Book Review (Phillips) 134 Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery (Spartanburg County) 134 Letter from the Civil War Front (Gossett, Union County) 135 Historic Old Pickens Presbyterian Church (Pickens and Oconee Counties) 137 Revolutionary Soldier Honored by DAR Ladies (Oconee County) 138 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume X October 1996 Number 4

A Peddler's Progress (Union County) 139 A Petition to Gov. Magrath from Laurens District 144 F. A. Barnette Family Record 145 James T. Holt Family Bible Record 147 Minutes of the Court of Equity 1820-1840 (York County) 148 Confiscation of Loyalist Lands (American Revolution; whole state) 150 Spartanburg District Apprenticeships 153 Sketch of the Covenanters, Rocky Creek, SC about 1750-1840 153 Greenville Co. Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 157 Rev. Alfred L. Miller Death Notice (Spartanburg County) 158 Idle Moments in an Old Library (Union County) 159 The Moonshiner's Chief (Pickens County & Greenville County) 160 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 162 .,. Chester District Equity Court Records Indices (1820-1874 164 David Nance's Upstate Connection (Newberry County) 166 A York District Commissioners of the Roads Meeting 1809 167 Henry Wells, Sr. of Wales and Spartanburg, SC 168 Gleanings (Chester, Anderson, Edgefield, Pickens, Oconee, Greenville, Spartanburg) 169 An 1865 Letter to the Governor of SC from Two Union Soldiers 174 Mountain Creek Baptist Church Minutes (Anderson County) 175 Pendleton District Trial Papers (Pickens, Oconee, and Anderson Counties) 176 Queries 177 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 188 Book Review 189 Published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.

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Volume XI February 1997 Number 1

The Family of Edward Ballenger, Jr. 1 The Cooper/Franklin Family 3 Bridges Death Record 6 Pension Record of James Caldwell of Newberry 7 Reuben Briant [Jr.] Family Bible Record 7 Abstracts from Desaussure's Reports, Volume Four (Laurens County) 10 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 12 Greenville County Equity Court Records Volume "B" 1822-1869 14 Old Spartanburg County Docket Abstracts 16 It's a Small World (Newberry County) 17 Idle Moments in an Old Library (Union County) 18 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Union County now Cherokee County) 20 Storey Log Cabin 22 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices to Equity Bills 1820-1874 23 Gleanings (Edgefield, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick) 25 Elihue James Newman Family Bible Record 30 Mountain Creek Baptist Church (Anderson County) 31 Wealthy African-Americans in the United States in 1886 33 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 34 Reder Heirs in Arkansas 35 Old Abraham Martin and His Descendants 36 A Brief Biography of Henry Jasper White 39 May Day in Spartanburg in 1849 40 Queries 41 Fairfield District Court of General Sessions Index 1800-1839 49 War of 1812 South Carolina Service for Michael D. Walker 53 Published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

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Volume XI May 1997 Number 2

Greenville County, SC Criminal Index 1801-1901 54 Early Oconee County Jurors 55 List of Letters in Post Office at Edgefield, SC 56 Harris/Dillard 1805 Bond--Union County, SC 56 James Oliphant--A 1797 Rule to Show Cause (Union County) 57 David Pruett of Gwinnett Co., Georgia and Formerly of South Carolina 57 York District Court of Common Pleas Journal 1800-1808 59 DeSaussure's Equity Reports (Laurens County and Abbeville County) 60 Abbeville 1850 Mortality Census 63 Acts and Joint Resolutions 1870-1871 (Chester, Fairfield, Laurens~ & Oconee Counties) 65 Presentment of the Grand Jury--Spartanburg 67 African-American Deaths Recorded at Camp Wadsworth, World War I (Spartanburg Co.) 68 Anderson County Constable Lists for 1875, 1881, 1882, and 1884 69 Jury Summons for Union District in 1800 70 Thomas Crowder Petition to Laurens District 1844 70 Abstracts of Taylor Genealogy of Henderson Co., NC with Spartanburg Co. Connections 71 Horseshoe Robinson Home (Pickens County) 73 Shaw-Nott-Montgomery Deed of Settlement of Slaves (Abbeville, Edgefield Counties) 73 An Early French-Berry Letter Relating to the Spartanburg/Union Area of SC 77 Gleanings (All Upstate Counties of SC and Rutherfordton, NC) 78 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 82 Greenville County Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 84 Jury List Drawn for Pickens County in February 1886 86 Pinckney District Court of General Sessions Bench Warrant 1793 86 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices to Equity Bills 1820-1874 86 Coroner's Inquest into the Death of M. H. Miller (Spartanburg County) 87 Mountain Creek Baptist Church (Anderson County) 89 Broad River Inter-Denominational Singing Convention (Spartanburg County) 91 Presidential Pardons for Confederates (All Upstate SC) 92 Morgan Davis of Greenville County, SC 93 N ewberry County Court of Equity Writ de Lunatic 1846 94 Benjamin Arnold Obituary (Greenville County) 96 An Amusing Anecdote 96 Queries 97 Published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

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Volume XI August 1997 Number 3

Pickens District Petition 111 Confederate Soldier from Texas Slain at Newberry 111 Thomas Calhoun and the Indians 113 Letter from Tennessee by African-American in Search of His Roots 114 Greenville District Citizenship Petitions and Notices of Intent at the SC Archives 114 Dunlap Family Cemetery, Lancaster County, SC 116 White Deaths Records at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, SC during World War I 118 Sandford Berry-Revolutionary Service Declaration (Laurens County) 119 Recollections of a Few Laurens County Families 121 Early Greenville County Wives 121 A French Family Letter to Toten Kin in Alabama 122 Interview with Aunt Josie Nicholson 123 Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 124 Greenville County Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 126 Warrant for Three Union County Residents in 1775 128 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices to Equity Bills 1820-1874 129 William Goodlett, Revolutionary War Soldier, Greenville District, SC 130 Presidential Pardons for Confederates (All Upstate SC) 131 Oconee County in 1898 132 South Carolina Commissioners of Free Schools in 1811 (All Upstate SC) 135 Principal Farmers in Oconee County in 1898 137 Wagon Train Left Tigerville for 100 Family Trek to Texas in 1854 (Greenville County) 138 Historical Sketch of Old Pendleton District (Anderson, Pickens, Oconee) 141 George S. Turner Hung in Spartanburg 145 Notice of Mennonite Historical Society Family History Conference 155 Death of Member James A. Watson 155 Queries 156 Published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

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Volume XI November 1997 Number 4 From the Editor 162 Calvin Cook Family Record 163 Unclaimed Letters at Walhalla Post Office in 1886 164 Milwee Petition 165 Owens/Horn Marriage 166 A Lot of Skeletons in the Closet 167 Gleanings 168 Family Record of John Ward 176 Pinckney District Court of General Sessions-McLean Bench Warrant 1793 177 Notes of Thomas and William Coker 177 Farmer to Doctor 178 Unity Baptist Church Minutes 179 Slave Deaths 1862-1863 179 Some Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts 181 Greenville County Equity Court Records Volume "B" 1822-1869 182 Abstracts from the Broad River Baptist Association 1880 185 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross lndicies to Equity Bills 1820-1874 186 Three Abstracts of Bastardy Processes for Spartanburg County 187 Presidential Pardons for Confederates 187 Obituary of Sophia Millwee of Anderson County 189 Climb My Tree With Me 190 Memorialized Ancestor List 193 Queries 193 Cases Listed in York District Equity Minutes 1820-1840 200 The Ashmores: From England to Greenville, South Carolina 200 Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 202 Deed for Liberty Hill Methodist Church 204 Waddell-Johnson-Pearson Bible Records 205 Coggins Family Bible Record 208 The Sarratt Family 209 To Will or Not 211 Book Review 212 Points of Interest 213 Mrs. Beard 214 Oconee Grand Jurors for July Term 1869 215 Three 1840 Marriage Abstracts 215

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Volume XII February 1998 Number 1

The Hebrew in the South 1 Greenville County Equity Court Records Vol. "B" 1822-1869 1 Nathaniel Perry 1757-1808 5 Court of Common Pleas, Pendleton District 1800 7 Obituary of John D. Woodward, Native of Fairfield County 8 Two Indentures Made in Anderson County between Ann Irenah Timms & Elijah Timms 1858 9 What Was Happening in Spartanburg Long Ago 10 Looking for Peek War Record 11 Autobiographical Sketch of Mary Louise Gambrell Bryant of Anderson County, SC 12 Claims for Ga. Militia Campaigns against Indians on the Frontier 1792-1827 16 Caldwell Bible Record 17 Members and their Surnames of Interest 17 Miscellaneous Loose Papers 27 Mount Carmel [Methodist Church] Cemetery Deed 29 Gleanings from Upstate Newspapers 31 Memorialized Ancestor List 39 Robinson and Beard Obituary Notices 40 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 40 More on a Moore 42 John McDade Family Record, Revised 46 Unclaimed Letters at Walhalla Post Office 49 A Bastardy Case from Spartanburg County 49 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices to Equity Bills 1820-1874 50 The Pension Abstract for Elisha & Mary Reeves 52 Queries 53 Index 57

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Volume XII May 1998 Number 2

Why A Medical Family Tree? i

Marriage Contract Between Abraham Harris and Frederica Koppel 63

Bible Record of Jacob Zion Jennings 64

Bible Record ofIsaac T. Smith 65

Bible Record of Albert T. Smith 66

Members and their Surnames ofInterest 66

Setting the Record Straight on Solomon Crocker 76

Some Ballenger Land Acquisitions 82

Bible Record of James Reid 82

Death of Confederate Veteran William F. Page 83

Application for Relief Bonds of Planters for Supplies Pertaining to Bureau of Refugees, 84 Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 101

Kelly/Weeks Marriage Notice 121

Crow-North Carolina Petition For Alimony 121

Queries 122

Cooper/Bobo Marriage 126

Index 127

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Volume XII August 1998 Number 3 Members and their Surnames of Interest 134

Some Upstate Appeal Cases 143

Additions/ Corrections 148

Book Review 148

A Word of Encouragement for a New Member 149

Greenwood County Gleanings 149

More on the Crockers 150

Some Upstate SC & Alabama Connections 153

Obituary of Lon T. Turner, Confederate Veteran 154

Wardlaw and Dendy Ledger 1847-1849, Abbeville, SC 155

Laurens District Court of General Sessions Minutes 1800-1810 156

Family Groups and Family Connections from Court Records 161

Goucher Baptist Church Minutes 173

Unity Baptist Church Minutes 180

Queries 185

Notice [NC Genealogy Workshop] 187

Index 188

Website Notice 192

You Are Going To Love This [Notice of Confederate soldier statue for sale] See inside back cover.

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Volume XII November 1998 Number 4 Cane Creek Presbyterian Church, Union County, SC 193 Members Surname Addendum 196 Spartanburg County Crocker Judgments, Cross Index, 1822-1899 198 Laurens District Court of General Sessions Minutes 1800-1810 199 Mooney Harvey Bible Record 203 Texas Lady Remembers Spartanburg 204 Tribute to "Aunt Martha" Waddell 205

Agreement Between Jesse King & Nelson Guthrie, Made in Anderson District 206

Family Groups & Family Connections from County Court Records 206 Evaluating Some Records on Elijah Turner 211 Petitions for Guardianship of Free Persons of Color 1823-1863, Spartanburg District 214 A 1792 Newspaper Account of Pinckneyville 216 Minutes of the Reedy River Baptist Association, September 18, 1835 217 William Pierce Thornton Diary Excerpt for the Year 1891 218 Bible Record of Francis Winder Pearson 223 1870 Mortality Census for Upstate SC, Cross Indexed with the Federal Census for 1870 224 Queries 232 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes 235 Unity Baptist Church Minutes 238 Book Reviews 242

Index 244 Published quarterly in February, May, August and November.

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Volume XIII February 1999 Number 1 Goucher Baptist Church Minutes 1

Early Greer Families 7

1870 Mortality Census For Upstate SC Indexed With The Federal Census For 1870 11

Memoirs Of My Four Years In The War Between The States 15

Family Groups/Family Connections From County Court Records 17

Mathew Mathis Family Record and Journal 33

William M. McAlister of Anderson, South Carolina 34

Bennett Family Cemetery 35

Rudasail-Page Family Record 35

Unity Baptist Church Minutes 36

McElrath Bible Record 40

Cane Creek Quaker/Presbyterian Church Cemetery 41

Queries 47

Index 54-57

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Volume XIII May 1999 Number 2

The Williams Family Of Pickens County, South Carolina 58

Goucher Baptist Church 60 History Of The Hunsinger Family 63 Abstracts From An Oconee Newspaper 70 Two Obituaries Connected To Chester County 72 Two Obituaries Connected ToYork County 72 Taylor Family Of Pendleton, South Carolina 73 Family Of Samuel And Leah (Reese) Taylor, Jr. 73 Manumissions/Separations/Marriages For Fairfield County 75 1870 Mortality Census For Upstate SC Cross Indexed With The Federal Census For 1870 76 Revolutionary War File Of John O'Shields 80 Revolutionary War File Of Marshall Franks 82 Willis Seay Wingo Bible Record 86 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records 88 Queries 99 Book Reviews 103 Index 105

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Volume XIII August 1999 Number 3

Mathew Mathis Journal- Continued 109 Colonial Berkeley County 110 Frohawk Hill, Greer, South Carolina 111 Turner D.A.R. Data 111 Gwinn Family Bible Record 112 Mountain Creek Baptist Church, Anderson County, South Carolina 113 Family of Johnston and Dorcas Dillard Bryant: A Reconstruction 117 Gossett/Smith Connections 122 Unity Baptist Church Minutes 123 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 128 Oeland Family Cemetery 142 War of 1812 Pension Application of David Gamble of Laurens 143 Register of Deaths - City of Union, South Carolina 1900, 1913-1914 144 Family Records for William Poole of Spartanburg District 148 Thomas Muse, His Oath Proving the Marriage of His Sister Anna to John Tollerson 149 Book Reviews 150 Queries 151 Index 153 Published quarterly in February, May, August and November. ©1999 by the Piedmont Historical Society

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Volume XIII November 1999 Number 4

Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 156

History of Little River Baptist Church, Abbeville County 161

Obituary of Lawson H. Wilson 163

Greenville District Magistrates and Freeholders Court Records 164

John Sexton Bible Record and Miscellaneous Letters 168

Old Newspaper Correspondence Tells of Development of Wellford As New Settlement on On Railroad Back In 1873 179

Mountain Creek Baptist Church, Anderson County, South Carolina 181

Some Chester County Church Charters 190

Queries 191

Gleanings from the Law Library 193

Unity Baptist Church Minutes 194

Death Notice of a Member 202

Book Reviews 202

Membership Renewal Notice 204

Book Sale Notice 205

Index 206

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Volume XIV February 2000 Number 1 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 1

Mathew Mathis Journal-Concluded 12

From the McCormick Advance Newspaper 14

Revolutionary Pensioners, James Seay and His Widow Sarah Seay 15

From the Law Library 21

Died in Mississippi 24

Family Record of Ambrose Hudgens of Newberry County 25

Family Record of Job Sosebee of Spartanburg County 26

James Lynch Bible Record 27

Unity Baptist Church Minutes (Spartanburg County) 29

Queries 33

Jury Summons-Spartanburg District, November 6, 1822 39

South Carolina in Equity-Abbeville District 39

South Carolina Loyalists 40

History of Lanford Baptist Church 42

A New Hampshire Document Found in Spartanburg, SC 44

South Carolina Upstate Prisoners in 1873-1874 45

S. C. Lunacy Records as a Genealogical Resource 47

Buck Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Sept., Oct., and Nov. 1854 Meetings, Spartanburg Co.,SC 50

Index 51 Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November.

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Volume XIV May 2000 Number 2

Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 54 Nelson Family Records 65 William Morrow/David Parris Family Records 67 Hiram Nelson Family Record 68 Some Pardons in Upstate South Carolina 1866-1867 69 Unity Baptist Church Minutes 71 Madison Neely's Letter to Governor A. G. Magrath 76 Stephen Sutton's Letter to Governor A. G. Magrath 76 Robert Turner's Letter to Governor A. G. Magrath 77 Robbins Family Cemetery 79 Burials of South Carolina Natives in Cobb County, Georgia 79 State of South Carolina vs Joel Sprouce for Vagrancy 81 Release of Land in Union District, SC to Hollingsworth Heirs 82 Some Marriage Abstracts from the Carolina Spartan Newspaper 82 1800 Pendleton District Court of Common Pleas 83 Queries 84 Gleanings from the Law Library 96 Items from the Edgefield Advertiser 98

Spartanburg District Court of Magistrates & Freeholders Trial Papers ·of Bill Garrett 99 Greenville District Magistrates and Freeholders Court Records 100 Index 103

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Volume :XIV August 2000 Number 3

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 Unity Baptist Church Minutes  Obituary of James Lett, Soldier of The Revolutionary War  From the Law Library  Certificate Of Charter  An 1849 Listing of Upstate Election Managers  Faucette Family Cemetery  Crocker/Steadman Bastardy Bond  Spartanburg District Commissioners of the Poor Records  Will of Thomas Scales  Will of Martha Matilda Scales  Will of John Scales  Petition on Estate of Samuel Scales  Some January 1915 Greenville County Death Certificates  Queries  Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices to Equity Bills 1820-1874  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  Petition for Incorporation of Mount Bethel Camp Ground  Newberry County Clerk of Court-Court Records of Estray Horses and Cattle Sold

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Volume XIV November 2000 Number 4 An Interview With John James Miller 163 Family Bible Record of David Madison Miller 164 Captain William J. Smith Obituary 165 Montgomery-Gibbs Marriage in Greenwood County 165 Greenville County Equity Court Records, Volume "B" 1822-1869 166 Queries 170 Burial of a Soldier of the War of 1812 171 A Fatal Fowler Family Fracus 172 Fowler-Gossett Marriage in Spartanburg County 172 Obituary of James A. Fowler, Spartanburg 172 Family Bible Record of Alfred Burton Blanton and More 173 Death Notice for Jefferson Richardson of Edgefield 175 Family Record of Abraham Wyatt, Born 1762 176 Bloodshed in Abbeville 176 Death Notice of Thomas G. Collins of Spartanburg County 177 102 Year Old Woman Walks Eight Miles 177 Mrs.Rogers&Mrs. Calhoun Only Two Surviving Widows of Confedrate Veterans in Oconee 178 Bounty Land Was a Reward 179 Keowee Once Capitol of Cherokee Land 179 Obituary of John D. Woodward 180 Old Stone Church One of South Carolina's Oldest 181 Revolutionary War Pension Abstract of James Caldwell 182 South Carolina Penitentiary Deaths 183 Items From The Ninety-Six Guardian Newspaper 184 Holly Springs Baptist Church Principles and Members 185 Will of John Collins 188 Obituary of James Nicholson, Abbeville 188 Death Notice of J. P. Pendleton of Edgefield 188 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 189 Maiden Name of Mrs. John Foster 204 Obituaries of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Perry 204 Letter from James Benton Fowler of Cass County, Texas 205 Burglary in Chester District 205 Early Settlers on Ben's Creek 206 A Man of Many Grandparents 207 A Munchausen Story 208 True Bible Record 208 Crocker/Vaughn Family Bible Record 209 Book Reviews 211 Index 213

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Volume XV February 2001 Number 1 Smith-Jefferies Bible Record (York and Union Counties) 1 Two Obituaries in the Smith Bible 2 Some Old Jefferies-Smith Correspondence 3 Eleazar Parker 1807-1889 5 A Shoot-Out Near the Union-Spartanburg Line 5 Death of Jesse Hollis of Gaffney 6 Obituary of Mrs. Agatha A. Smith 6 A Note on William Guthrie, Formerly of Spartanburg County 6 SC Evangelist K-O-Ed in Texas 6 1830 Census Takers for the State of South Carolina 7 Some Deaths in York County in 1873 7 The Columbian Herald, Early Newspaper of Charleston, SC 8 Franklin's Cautionary Letter to the Fledgling States in 1784 9 Celebration of George Washington's Birthday in 1788 9 The Father of George Washington 9 List of Letters in the Charleston Post Office on January 5th 1785 10 Epitaph on a Rich Miser 12 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 13 Obituary of John Poor of Anderson District 31 Death Notice of Thomas Muse of Fairfield District 31 Obituary of John Tolleson 32 A Notable Golden Wedding in Edgefield 32 Death of Lewis P. Jones, Esq. of Edgefield 35 A Tongue-In-Cheek View of Newberry District in 1816 35 Murder of Edward Brown, Formerly of Chester District 37 Obituary of Mrs. Permelia Holland of Edgefield District 37 Christmas in Edgefield in 1890 37 A Cold Saturday in February 1835 38 Death Notice of Isaac Young of Spartanburg County 41 Queries 41 Liberty Hill Church Deed 43 The Jennings Orphanage 44 Poplar Springs Academy Deed 48 Fairforest School House Deed 49 From the Law Library 51 Index 52 Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November.

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Volume XV May 2001 Number 2 In Memoriam-Tommy Joseph Vaughan (July 11, 1946-March 9, 2001) ii Family Bible Record of John Wesley Lowe of Spartanburg County 55 Family Bible Record of Phillip Harrison Byars 56 Death of Mrs. Caroline Yarborough of Oconee County 57 Sequel to "Bloodshed in Abbeville" 57 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 58 Obituary of Abram Giles Dozier of Abbeville District 79 Genealogical Chart from the Equity Case, Arnold vs Arnold Et AI 80 Managers for the Statewide Election of Delagates to a State Convention to Ratify or 81 Reject the Federal Constitution Old Time Graffiti 82 Resolutions and Voting Record of the S.c. State Convention that Ratified 83 the Federal Constitution Death of Ignatius Few of Greenville County 86 Death of Mrs. Elvira White in Texas 86 Advertisements in 1816 for Mount Prospect Academy in Union District 86 A Genealogist's Prayer 87 Death Notice of Drury Mims, Formerly of Edgefield 87 A Foreclosure Sale 88 Death of Jeremiah Cook, Formerly of Edgefield, War of 1812 Veteran 88 Jailbreak at Cambridge 88 An Experimental Drunk 89 Finding Ballengers While Looking for Bishops 89 Queries 91 Death Notice of Thomas Gilliland Boggs of York and Pickens 94 Death Notice of Dr. Joseph Hill of Newberry and Spartanburg 95 A Shooting in Spartanburg County 95 Will of William Page of Spartanburg County 96 The Chester County Normal Institute 97 A History of Red Bank Church 98 Bible Record of William Booker Foster 99 Book Reviews 100 Declaration Made by Sarah Moore in McCracken County, Kentucky 102 In Memoriam-Church Session in Upper Long Cane 103 Obituary Notice of Fannie McCaw Livingston 105 Obituary of Martha Hewit Potter of Laurens County 105 Index 106 Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November.

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Volume XV August 2001 Number 3 Tribute to Dr. James L. Reid ii Family Bible Record of Thomas Hammett of Spartanburg County 109 Family Bible Record of the Reverend Drury Dobbins 110 Family Group of William C. Dobbins Born 1740 112 An Incident in the Life of Rev. Drury Dobbins 113 Will of Mrs. Hannah Dobbins 113 Death Notice of Mrs. Elizabeth Gladden of Fairfield 114 Death of Mrs. Katie Seay Putway in Texas 114 Some Deaths in Chester County in August 1873 115 The Pathos of Dates (An Early Bloss Family) 115 Coping With Death of Head of Family in Early York District 116 James Meek and Revolutionary War Stories from the Upstate 120 Death of John Barkley, Sheriff of Fairfield District, in 1814 121 Death of a Well Known Colored Citizen of Greenville 121 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 122 Obituary of Mrs. Eve Gardner of Edgefield District 132 Three Greenville County Marriages in 1872 133 A York District Marriage in 1823 133 Courtship in Two Parts 134 Death Notice of William Estes of Union County 134 Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith 135 Death of Mrs. Daniel Smith of Spartanburg County 135 Annotations on the Family of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith 136 Death of Robert Hannah, Sr., Rev. War Vet, Formerly of Laurens 138 Two Horse Thieves Hanged at Pinckneyville in 1795 138 Obituary of Col. Henry E. Lynch of Greenville County 138 A Sad Affray in Newberry County 139 Obituary of Mrs. Martha C. Kibler of Newberry County 139 Death Notice of Miss Amanda Morgan of Walhalla 139 Miscellaneous Moore Information 140 Powers Probate Records 141 Items from the Carolina Spartan Newspaper 1870 150 Items from the Carolina Spartan Newspaper Dated Wednesday, September 30, 1885 152 Page Family Record 153 J esse Page Deed 155 Will of Henry Brockman of Greenville District 156 Samuel M. Bagwell Obituary Notice 158 Burgess Bible Record 159 Jennings Family Bible Record 160 Death of Anniemae Paris Register (12 March 1905-25 June 2001) 161 Crook Book Sale 162 Index 162 Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. © 2001 by the Piedmont Historical Society

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Volume XV November 2001 Number 4 Bell-Nabors Family Bible Records 165 Family Group of Ervin Sanders and His First Wife Lucinda Barnett 168 William H. McCaw of Abbeville 170 Six Pickens District Marriages in 1849 171 Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Headden of Greenville District 171 Obituary of Randal Barnett of Greenville District 172 Some York District Marriages in 1825 172 The Furman Institution Burned in Fairfield District 173 Obituary of John Eldred Simkins of the Palmetto Regiment 173 Death of Another Palmetto 174 A Proposed History of the Palmettoes 174 History of the Mexican War - A Book Review 175 Bounty Land Warrants for Mexican War Service 176 Editorial Comment of The Chronicle on Red Bank History 176 A History of Red Bank Church 176 Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Jolly, Rev. War Widow of Anderson District 178 Membership Roll of Red Bank Church in 1826 179 Obituary of David B. Rice, Esq., of York District 180 Death Notice of John Barnett of Spartanburg County 180 Death Notice of Elijah Henson of Greenville County 180 Felons Detected 180 Some Upstate Marriages Recorded in the Newberry Rising Sun 181 Letters Remaining in the Chester Post Office on Janauary 1, 1824 182 A Pun 182 Death of John Hammett of Spartanburg County 182 Sammy Darby's Courtship 183 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 183 Three Deaths from The Southern Christian Advocate 191 Letter to Mr. Bayesden Davis 192 From The Piedmont Headlight Newspaper 194 1907 Spartanbu'l, DailY HeraldNewspaper Items 197 Family of). F. Casey and Angeline Lanford Casey 201 The Jennings Family 201 Orange County Virginia Records-Selected Births from back of Deed Book 17 204 Alvin M. Dean Family 205 The Olden Times 206 Spartans Made Some Fine Kentucky Rifles in 1800's 210 Queries 211 Book Reviews 212 Index 214

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Volume XVI February 2002 Number 1 Bible Record of Thomas Gilliland Boggs of Pickens District 1 A Fire at Pickensville in 1816 2 The Family Groups of Two Dillard Brothers of Pickens District 3 Family Record of Harrison P. Dillard 3 Family Record of Balus T. Dillard 4 Obituary of Thomas A. Dillard, Formerly of Pickens District 6 Two Letters to the Editor on the Partition of Pendleton District 7 An Early Historical Perspective on the Cherokee Indians 8 A Congressional Proclamation in 1788 Concerning the Cherokee Indians 9 Final Sale of Cherokee Indian Land in South Carolina 10 How Jackson Got His Tide "Old Hickory" 10 Old Hickory Was Sharp 11 Death of Mrs. Margaret Griffen of Pendleton District 11 Death Notice of Mrs. Sallie Dillard 11 The Removal of the Body of Col. Benjamin Frazier to Edgefield 12 Obituary of John Jones Brown of Spartanburg District 12 Some York District Marriages and Deaths in 1823 13 Bean-Greenfield Wedding in Newberry District 13 Death Notice in 1823 of Henry Farnandis of Union District 14 Five Abbeville District Marriages in 1843 14 Death Notice of Joseph Black, Rev. War Vet., of Abbeville 14 Obituary in 1816 of James Newton, 93, of Fairfield District 14 Grave of Robert Maxwell, Rev. War Hero of Greenville County 15 Upstate Death Notices in 1816 from the Charleston Courier 16 O. M. Abbott, Son of Rev. War Soldier Lives in Oconee County (1939) 17 Oliver M. Abbott, Son of Rev. War Soldier Seeks Pension in 1943 18 Obituary of Oliver Miller Abbott of Oconee County 19 Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Doyle Abbott 19 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 20 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices Equity Bills 1820-1874 30 Family Group of Bardett Milam of Laurens District 32 A Really Old Bennett Family Bible Record 32 Courtship in Two Parts. II 33 1907 Spartanburg Daily Herald Newspaper Items 34 City Turned Its Back on These Soldiers 35 Items From The Carolina Spartan and The Journal Newspapers 38 Postmasters at Una, South Carolina 41 Breazeale Family Reunion Organized at Anderson 42 Obituary of William Waller of Anderson District 43 Obituary of Nathaniel Jeffers of Anderson District 44 Spartanburg in the British Museum 44 The Oldest Man in the County 44 Henry Abbott's Talk 44 Book Review 45 Homicide 46 Queries 47 Greenville County, SC Criminal Index 1801-1901 48 Some Names from Union District Poor Records 49 Index 49-51

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Volume XVI May 2002 Number 2 Family Record of Joseph Buffington 52 Family Record of Henry Jasper White 53 Letter from Lecell White to His Brother Hiram White 54 Obituary of Mrs. Emeline Bryant, Native of Chester District 55 Death of Mrs. Martha M. Gage of Union County 55 The Cunninghams of Rosemont Cemetery 56 Obituary of Colonel John Cunningham of Laurens County, S. C. 57 About the Cunningham Family 57 An Appeal to Save Mount Vernon 58 The Ladies' Mt. Vernon Enterprise 59 The Purchase of Mount Vernon 60 Ann Pamela Cunningham of Laurens District 62 The Status of Mount Vernon in 1886 64 Portrait of Ann Pamela Cunningham 65 Death of Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham 65 Death of Captain Robert Cunningham 66 Some Laurens County Deaths in 1873 66 George Washington and the Columbia Centennial 66 Obituary and Revolutionary War Sketch of Mrs. Mary Watson Perry of Edgefield 68 Obituary of William Thomson, Revolutionary War Patriot of York District 69 Death in 1859 of C. T. Davis, a Centenarian, in Laurens District 70 Death Notice of Elisha S. Patterson of Laurens County 70 Notice to Petigrew and Anderson Heirs 71 A Cunningham Query in 1824 71 Murder in Fairfield District in 1808 71 Murder in Abbeville District in 1814 72 Death of Co!. Z. P. Herndon, Formerly of Union District 72 Gibert-McMakin (Abbeville & Spartanburg) Marriage 72 Four Anderson District Marriages in December 1842 73 The Family of William Madison Plumley of Greenville County 73 James D. Graydon Family Birth Records 75 The (First) Family of Bryson H. Steadman of Spartanburg District 75 The (Second) Family of Bryson H. Steadman of Spartanburg District 76 Death of Mrs. W. H. Martin, Native of Pendleton District 77 An Appeal from Mount Prospect Academy in Union District 77 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 78 Obituary of Mrs. Rebecca Verner of Pickens District 83 1907 Spartanburg Daily Herald Newspaper Items 84 Handbook of Eliza H. Barnett Burroughs 85 Abstracts from Inman First Baptist Church Membership Roll 89 Three Pope and Turner Stone Walls Removed-Accidently 97 From Cedar Hill to Apalache: Tracking the Evolution of a Name 99 In Memoriam 100 Index 101

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Volume XVI August 2002 Number 3 Family Record of Spartan David Goodlett of Greenville District 103 Obituary of Juliet Moss Goodlett Davis 105 Moore-Hamilton Marriage in Pickens District 105 John Grisham Family Record (Oconee area) 106 Family of Lucinda Grisham Craig 107 William Bowers Visits Absalom White Rhodes, Formerly of Union District 108 Upstate Death Notices in 1808 from the Charleston Courier 109 Newberry Marriage in 1807 109 George McDuffie of Abbeville 110 The Strange Case of James Edward Calhoun of Abbeville 111 Pendleton District Circa 1806, Part 1 112 Death of Thomas J. Calhoun, Native of Abbeville District 115 Reconstruction Governor's Letters Sent and Received 1872-1874 116 An 1876 Laurens County General Assembly Petition 116 Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Sargent of Pickens District 117 Some Upstate Militia Movements in the War of 1812 118 Military Pig 118 First Issue of The Spartan Noted 118 Death of Dr. Dunklin Moore (Greenville County) 119 Obituary of Jane Caroline Moore 119 Death of Mrs. Nancy Harrison of Greenville 119 The Edgefield Ghost 120 Colonel Barkley Martin, Rev. War Vet., Formerly of Edgefield 123 Death of Capt. Richard Johnson, Rev. War Vet., of Edgefield 123 Three Edgefield Marriages in 1856 . 123 Sketch of Ebenezer W. "Abe" Smith, Formerly of York District 124 Death of Perry Dye of the Yorkville Circuit 125 A Man With Too Much Kin (Satire) 125 A Sketch of the Maximillian Haynie Family of Newberry 126 William Caldwell, Rev. War Patriot of Newberry 127 Death of Mrs. Maria Stobo Anderson, Formerly of Laurens 127 First Visit of Ku Klux to Spartanburg 128 Selling of White Men in Spartanburg 128 Death of Mrs. Tamer Turner Brown 128 Family Group of Benjamin F. Compton of Greenville County 129 Family Record of William Fanning "Fan" Dobbins of Greenville County 130 Chester District Equity Court Records Direct and Cross Indices Equity Bills 1820-1874 131 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 134 Mountain Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Anderson County, S.C. 140 Obituary of Jacob W. Warley of Anderson District, S.c. 145 Death of Miss Annie Gordon of Fairfield County 145 Deaths from the Broad River Baptist Association Minutes 1881-1883 146 Queries 148 From the Vaughan Papers 149 Index 150

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Volume XVI November 2002 Number 4 Family Bible Record of William McPherson of Laurens County 153 Felston Coggins Family Record 154 Mountain Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Anderson County, SC 155 Spanish Coins Found in Upper Greenville County in 1893 159 Edward Lacey, Rev. War General, Formerly of Chester District 160 Battles and Skirmishes in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War 166 Obituary of James Ambler, Senior, of Pickens District 168 Death Notice of John P. Archer of Pickens District 168 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 169 Photographs of William Berry and His Son Thomas 177 Families of Thomas Berry, Formerly of Greenville District 178 Cudd-Coleman Marriage in Union County, 1878 178 A Sketch of Dr. Maurice Moore, Native of York County 179 Obituary of a Grandson of Dr. Maurice A. Moore 180 A Legal Ad From London Citing the Sons of Christopher Hargreaves of Pendleton District in 1815 181 Nix-McCreight Marriage in Union County, 1880 181 Pendleton District Circa 1806, Part II 182 Moore Family Reunion in Oconee County in 1920 184 Death of John Berry, Rev. War Veteran, of York District 185 Obituary of Mrs. Culpurnia Jennings 185 Memorial to Culpurnia Jennings, Orphanage Matron 185 Obituary of Elihu McPherson, Native of Laurens District 186 Some Laurens County Grave Markers 187 Epitaph of David Anderson, Probate Court Judge of Early Laurens District 188 Obituary of Mrs. Eliza. W. Tarrant of Abbeville District 188 A Former Spartanburger Returns for a Visit 189 Pensioned War Veterans of Laurens District 189 Edgefield's Parade of Progress in 1890 190 Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Morgan Mealing of Edgefield District 192 Death Notice of Mrs. Barbara M'Alister of Anderson District 193 Family Bible Record of Vincent Dobbins 193 Certification of Robert Macbeth in 1835 as Sheriff of Union District 194 Obituary of Robert Macbeth of Union District 195 Correspondence from East Side of Spartanburg County 195 A Gubernatorial Pardon in 1837 for Mrs. Elizabeth Green 195 A Union District Marriage Contract in 1830 196 A Smith Cemetery of Upper Greenville County 196 Family of John Smith of Upper Greenville County 197 Death Notice of James F. Harrington of Newberry District 198 The Family of Adam Ritchey Lister, MD., Born 1775 198 Three Newberry Marriages in 1878 199 1907 Spartanburg Daily Herald Newspaper Items 199 Black Members of Philadelphia Baptist Church, Pauline, Spartanburg County, SC 203 Lists of Letters from the Vaughan Papers (Union County, SC) 204 Index 205

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Volume :XVII February 2003 Number 4

 Family Bible Record of Robert Pinckney Scruggs  Death of Major Hugh Barkley, Sheriff of Fairfield District  Pendleton District Circa 1806, Part III (Conclusion)  Edward Lacey, Rev. War General, formerly of Chester District (Concluded)  Death Notice of General Edward Lacey in 1813  Upstate Death Notices in 1813, 1814, and 1815 from The Charleston Courier  Obituary of General John Martin, Rev. War Veteran, in 1813  Three Harrison Sisters Drowned in Tugaloo River, Pendleton District, in 1813  William Madison Bomar Visits His Relatives in Hunt County, Texas  Death of Mrs. Martha Walker Bomar  Death of John H. Walker of Spartanburg County  A Footnote on John Bomar, Senior, of Virginia  Inscriptions from the Edward Bomar Family Cemetery  Death Notices of Three Bomar Children  Family of Edward Bomar  Family of Booker Bomar  Family of Zachariah Hobby  Obituary of Booker Bomar Martin  Death Notice of Angeline E. Hobby Woodruff, in Lamar County, Texas  A Sketch of William Erwin of York County  A Sketch of Alexander Moore of York County  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  Three Legal Notices from the Columbia Telescope in 1816  Obituary of Mrs. Kesia Whidey Culbreath of Edgefield District  Obituary of William Culbreath of Edgefield District  Obituary of Mrs. Lydia Earle Prince of Spartanburg County  McConnel-Conwill Marriage (1843), Anderson District  How Ben Purtle Got His Wife  A Tourist's View of Fairfield District in 1847  Death of Rev. Fletcher Smith in Oconee County  Hallum Ancestors of Richard Thomas Hallum, Sr., of Pickens County .  Two Pickens District Marriages in 1858  Polling Places and Managers in Abbeville and Newberry Districts for the Mid-term Election of 1826  An Excursion to Dial's Township, Laurens County  Summary of Revolutionary War Papers of Joseph Jolly of Union, and, later, Anderson Districts  Two Hunt Sisters Marry in Greenville District (1851)  From the Vaughan Papers

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Volume XVII May 2003 Number 2 Family Record of Caleb Green, Formerly of Greenville County 51 Obituary of John Hammett of Greenville District 52 Obituary of Mrs. Emelia Hammett of Greenville District 53 A Low-Rainwaters Connection 53 Death of ]ordan P. Pool,]r. of Greenville District 53 A Tourist's View of Union District in 1847 54 Abbott Family (Spartanburg) vs. McMaster Family (Fairfield) 57 Death of Mrs. Henry Abbott of Spartanburg County 57 Death of Henry Abbott of Spartanburg County 58 Obituary of Mrs. Rachel Buchanan McMaster of Fairfield County 58 A Sketch of John Bishop, Rev. War Veteran of Chester District 59 Death of Mrs. Cynderella Forest of Spartanburg County 60 A View of Colonial Life in the Dutch Fork (Newberry Area) 61 Three Deaths in Newberry County in 1878 62 Family Record of William Thomas West of Spartanburg County 63 Mountain Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Anderson County 65 Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Jourdan Butler and son of Edgefield District 67 Death of Levi McDaniel of Edgefield District 67 Death of William Foy of Hamburg, Edgefield District 67 Breazeale Family Bible Records (Anderson District) 68 Breazeale Cemetery Inscriptions (Anderson & Pickens Counties) 69 Upstate Death Notices in 1812 From The Charleston Courier 70 Historic Sketch of the "United Laurens Riflemen" 71 Sheriff Election of 1812 in Pendleton District 71 Polling Places and Managers in York and Laurens Districts for the Midterm Election of 1826 72 Youngest Veteran of Civil War in Carolinas was a Native of York District 73 Obituary of William Harrison Jennings of Oconee County 74 Obituary of Mrs. Rebecca Jennings of Oconee County 74 Deed of Gift from Lovey Watson to Her Daughter 75 Death of Mrs. Nancy H. Gassaway Lee of Oconee County 75 John F. Hammett's House Built in 1780s Still Standing in 1936 76 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 79 A Notorious Frenchman in Edgefield District 84 Obituary of Samuel Franks, Rev. War Vet. of Laurens District 84 Obituary of Mrs. Ann Pickens Simpson, Native of Abbeville District 84 Robert White, Sr. (1743-1843) of Union County, SC 85 Obituary of Robert White, Sr. (1743-1843) 88 Two Letters by Isaac P. Murphy of Cross Keys, Union County, SC 89 Obituary of Robert White, Jr. of Spartanburg County 92 Sexton Bible Record 93 Will of Edward Lipscomb of Spartanburg County 94 Death of Edward Lipscomb 96 An 1878 Record of Pickens County Griffin and Barton Families 96 Death of Frank P. Lipscomb, Native of Newberry County 98 In Memoriam 99 Index 99

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Volume XVII August 2003 Number 3 Family Bible Record of Willis M. Green of Greenville County 102 Obituary of Mrs. Lucy Smith Green 105 Obituary of Hardy Jones Smith 105 Obituary of Miss Minnie M. Green 105 Story of Robert Goodlett and Commissary Records at Fort Prince (Spartanburg) 1776-1777 106 An Early McCarter Family in the Fort Prince Area 112 Family Record of Robert Goodlett, Born Circa 1720 113 Obituary of Henry Jamison of Spartanburg District 114 Family Record of William Goodlett (1760-1836) 115 Obituary of William Goodlett, Revolutionary War Veteran, of Greenville District 116 Death of Mrs. Emily M. Goodlett Long 116 Polling Places and Managers in Edgefidd, Union, and Greenville for the Midterm Election of 1826 117 "Gentleman" Frank Ross of York District 119 Two Spartanburg District Marriages in 1836 120 Summary of the Revolutionary War Papers of John Jolly of Union District 121 Death Notice of Richard Harris, Native of Abbeville District 121 Two Garner Brothers of Union County Have Grand Adventure 122 Death of Roger M. Williams, Revolutionary War Veteran of Edgefield District 122 List of Unclaimed Letters at Anderson P. O. on Dec. 31, 1842 123 A Sketch of Mrs. Fannie Calhoun Marshall, 97, of Abbeville County 123 Account of the Death of Isaac E. Wofford, Native of Spartanburg 124 Death of Mrs. Sallie Cox of Greenville County 126 Abstract of Obituary of John Goodlett (1756-1837), Rev. War Veteran of Greenville District 126 Abstract of Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Ford Goodlett (1748-1837) 126 Death Notice of Robert Henry Briggs of Pickens District 126 Photographs of Simpson Bobo and of His Son Edwin H. Bobo 127 Sketch of Simpson Bobo and of His Son Edwin H. Bobo 127 Notes from Civil War Diary of Capt. John W. Carlisle 129 Courtship in Two Parts. III 133 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 135 Death of George Petty near Gaffney City, Spartanburg County 137 Two Upstate Marriages in 1848 137 Some Pardons in Upstate South Carolina (1866-1867) 138 Sedition at Pacolet Baptist Church, Cherokee County, SC (1870) 140 Judicial Appointments for 1811 143 Commissioners of Free Schools for 1812 145 From the Vaughan Papers 145 Society News 146 Index 146

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Volume XVII November 2003 Number 4 From the Editor-It's Time for a Change!!!!!!! i

Our Life Members i

Table of Contents ii

Family Record of Benjamin Franklin White 150

Brief Survey of the Life of Benjamin Franklin White 151

Photograph of Historical Marker for B. F. White 153

Letters from B.F. White's War of 1812 Pension Application 154

Some Newberry County Deaths in 1878 158

Greenville County Equity Court Records Volume B 1822-1869 159

Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 164

Letter from Pickens County 172

Obituary of Marcus Motes of Laurens District 173

A Tourist's View of Chester District in 1847 174

Murder in Edgefield District in 1816 179

Salem Methodist Church Windows Dedications 180

The McJunkin Cemetery 181

Broad River Baptist Association Deaths 1899-1900 182

Delegates to the Twelve Mile River Baptist Association 1886-1887 183

Delegates to the Saluda Baptist Association in 1878 185

Salem Presbyterian Churchyard 186

Florida Pensions for South Carolina Confederates 189

Spartanburg County Probate Court Real Estate Index 1825-1960 192

Index 193

Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November. © 2003 by the Piedmont Historical Society UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XVIII February 2004 Number 1 Table of Contents i The President's Message ii Family Bible Record of James Smith of Anderson District 1 Additional Information on the James Smith Family 2 Revolutionary War Experiences of A Martin Family of Edgefield District 3 A Golden Wedding in York County 5 South Carolina Governors Through 1890 6 Some Newberry County Deaths in 1878 7 Polling places & Managers, Chester & Pendleton Districts, Midterm Election of 1826 8 An old Spartanburger Visits His Native County 9 Two Revolutionary War Soldiers From the Oconee Area 10 Obituary of Mrs. Tudie Thomas Twitty of Union County 11 Family Bibles & Other Family Records Solicitation 12 Obituary of Perry West of Spartanburg County 13 Advanced Medical Procedures in Spartanburg County 13 Death of Wm. Hubbard, Rev. War Vet. of Anderson District 13 Summary of Revolutionary War Papers of William Hubbard of Anderson District 14 A Sketch of William Hubbard of Anderson District 15 Two Fairfield County Marriages in 1882 17 A Letter From the "Dark Corner" of Fairfield County 18 Obituary of Mrs. Catharine Mobley of Fairfield County 18 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 19 An Informal Account of the Family of William Hubbard, Jr. 24 Family of Lewis Rector From a Greenville Court Document 25 Enhanced Family Record of Reverend Lewis Rector 26 Early Preaching in the Village of Spartanburg 27 Index of Cudd Family Names in Records of Union and Spartanburg Counties, SC 28 A Tourist's View of Fairfield District in 1847 - A Second Look 32 Death Notice of Andrew Jackson Byars of Cherokee County 39 Some Spartanburg Deaths in 1882 39 Edgefield Native Survivor in 1903 of Seminole War 40 Some Pickens District Marriage Notices in 1858 40 The Crook Family of Spartanburg and Some of their Descendants 41 Families of James Crook Sr., and of his Son James Crook, Jr. 43 Death Notice of Adam Goudelock of Union County 45 Queries 46 Book Review 47 INDEX 47

Table of Contents i The President's Message ii Renewal/Membership Form iv Family Records of David Goodlett of Greenville District 51 Timmons and Stafford Families of Spartanburg District 52 Death of General Thomas Wright of Laurens District 56 Chester District Equity Court Records and Cross Indices Equity Bills, 1820-1874 57 Polling Places and Managers, Chester and Pendleton Districts, Midterm Elections 1826, cont. 59 Stevens and Holland Obituaries from Edgefield District 60 History of Some Huguenots in Abbeville County 61 Descendants of James Goddard of Laurens County 65 Autobiographical Sketch of Francis Marion Barton 68 German South Carolinians 70 The Family Record of Pinkney Avant Tisdale 76 The Family Record of Stephen Jones of Union County 77 Saluda County Teachers Meeting 78 Tales From The Blue Ridge (Oconee County Area) 79 Accidental Death of Samuel Milwee of Anderson District 85 An Anderson District Marriage in 1841 85 A Description of the Village of Laurensville in 1845 86 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 87 Excerpts From the Diary of Sarah Ann Cromer, Native of Newberry District 90 Sheriff’s Sales For York District in 1823 98 Queries 99 Two New Books 100 Index 101

Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November © 2004 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XVIII AUGUST 2004 Number 3 Table of Contents i The President's Message ii Carter Burnett / James A. Martin Bible Record 103 Death Notice of Jane Templeman Burnett 104 Death of Carter Burnett 104 Biographical Sketch of James D. Cureton, Supervisor of Registrations, Pickens County 105 Death Notice of John Byars of Spartanburg County 105 Family Record of John and Mary Watkins Byars 106 Obituary of Mrs. Mary Watkins Byars 107 Some Pickens District Marriages in 1858 107 A Short History of Union County 108 The Will of John Burnett of Spartanburg District 112 Obituary of George E. DeBard of Spartanburg County 113 Biographical Sketch of William C. McGowan of Abbeville 114 First Hand Remarks in 1816 About the Emigration to Alabama 114 The First German-American Settler in the Newberry Area 115 Some News From Chester County in 1897 118 A Visit to Two Historic Churches in Anderson County 119 Obituary of Isham Hurt (1804-1891) of Spartanburg County 121 Obituary of Mrs. Nancy Cunningham of Greenville District 121 Some Rare Colonial South Carolina Records 122 Obituary of Michael McElrath of Spartanburg County 127 Family Record of Willoughby Barton of Greenville District 128 Family Record of Francis Marion Barton, Native of Greenville District 129 Family of Dudley A. Bolin of Transylvania County, NC 130 Biographical Sketch of John H. Wharton of Laurens 130 A Wharton Query in 1939 131 Will of William Nelson, Esq., Laurens District, SC 132 Death of Capt. William Logue of Edgefield District 133 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records 134 Revolutionary War Soldiers Memorialized in Bethel Graveyard, Woodruff, SC 138 A Great Idea: A Genealogical Codicil to Your Will 139 Obituary of Mrs. Laura Magee Mason of Oconee County 140 Jeter (Union County) and McKay (Greenville County) Marriage in 1889 140 Obituary of Mrs. Clary Magee Gassaway of Pickens County 141 The Grandeur of Ancestry (Humor) 141 A Description of Spartanburg Village in 1828 142 History of Green Pond Baptist Church of Spartanburg County 143 The Complete Family Group of James Crook, Jr 145 An Old Joke 147 Queries 147 Sheriffs Sales For York District in 1823 150 The Formation of Saluda County 151 A Tribute to Colonel Henry H. Thomson of Spartanburg 152 A Sketch of James Nimmons Murphree of Pickens County 153 Index 154 Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November © 2004 by the Piedmont Historical Society i

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Volume XVIII November 2004 Number 4

Table of Contents ...... i End of Year Message ...... ii Renewal/Membership Form ...... iii Bible Records of William C. Gregory and of Crawford C. Gregory ...... 157 Bible Record of Jesse Franklin Cox ...... 158 Accidental Deaths of Mrs. Starling Gregory and Mrs. William Gregory of Spartanburg County ...... 159 Death of James A. Gregory of Spartanburg County ...... 159 Death Notice of Mrs. Maria Barker of Spartanburg County ...... 159 An Account of Andrew Johnson's Sojourn in Laurens County ...... 160 The True Identity of Andrew Johnson's Fiancee in Laurens ...... 162 Facsimile of an Ad for Andrew Johnson, Runaway Apprentice ...... 163 Parents of Jesse M. Hindman of Spartanburg District ...... 164 Tales From the Blue Ridge (Oconee and Pickens Area) ...... 169 Obituary of Andrew Pickens, Revolutionary War General, of Pendleton District ...... 177 Grave of Col. James Mayson, Revolutionary War Veteran, in Greenwood County ...... 178 Will of Col. James Mayson of Abbeville County ...... 179 A Glimpse at the Lawless Conditions in the Upstate in 1767 ...... 182 A Cherokee Indian Massacre in the Chester Area in 1761 ...... 182 A Sketch of the Town of Greenwood in 1889 ...... 183 A Death Notice from Early Greenwood County ...... 184 Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records ...... 185 Obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Word of Laurens District ...... 190 A Golden Wedding in Chester ...... 190 Upstate Death Notices in 1817 from the Charleston Courier ...... 191 Family Record of Miles Crocker, Native of Spartanburg ...... 192 Obituary of Governor B.F. Perry of Greenville County ...... 193 A Short Story of Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Church of Newberry County ...... 194 Death of the Last Founders of the Episcopal Church in Edgefield ...... 195 Death Notice of Benjamin Clement of Anderson District ...... 195 Daniel White (1761-1848) - A Time-Line Family History ...... 196 Bible Record of William Jackson Wood and Mahala Johnson ...... 202 Book Reviews ...... 202 Queries...... 203 Sheriff's Sales for York District in 1823 ...... 205 Index ...... 205

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Volume :xxx February 2005 Number 1

 Table of Contents  Tribute to Faye Berry  Family of Samuel Dillard, Native of Spartanburg County  Marriage Certificate for John T. Dillard and Salana Autry  Family Bible Record of John Thomas Dillard  Dillard and Hines Homesteaders in Washington Territory  Chester District Equity Court Records, Direct & Cross Indices Equity Bills 1820-1874  News From Spartanburg County in 1897  Some Marriages From The Yorkville Enquirer in 1856  State Line Is Tribute To Bravery of Catawba Indian Tribe of York County  The Catawba Indians  A Vignette of The Catawbas by William Gilmore Simms  A Death and Two Upstate Marriages in 1799  Daniel White (1761-1848) -A Time-Line Family History - Concluded  Guillebeaux Family Reunion in McCormick County  Michael Dempsey Died on Coosa River in 1817  Greer's and Cedar Hill Factory  Death Notice of Hon. Elias Earle of Pendleton District  Obituary of Aris Brown, Revolutionary War Veteran, of Pendleton District .  Widow's Pension Application, W8386, by Joanna Brown on  Revolutionary War Service of Aris Brown (Spartanburg and Pickens)  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  Notes on the Lafford French Family of Spartanburg  The Poetic Marriage of William Gustavus Gun to Emily Pistol  Death of Mrs. Mary Ann Foster of Jonesville, Union County  Some Fairfield District Death Notices in 1823  Queries  Some Newberry County Death in 1878  A Death and A Marriage in Abbeville District  Bible Record of Robert Lee McPherson, Native of Laurens County .  Some Edgefield District Marriage Notices in 1857  Index

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Volume :XIX May 2005 Number 2

 Table of Contents  Presidents's Message  Erratum  Family Record of Aaron Templeman (1759-1822)  Family Record of James Templeman (1802-1860)  Family Record of Abraham Wesley Linder (1803-1874)  Marriage Notice of Aaron Templeman and Missouri Martin  Pendleton District Magistrate Reports of Convictions for Swearing Profane Oaths  A History of the Donalds Section of Abbeville County  Upstate Death Notices in 1811 From the Charleston Courier  Family Record of Joseph Manuel Antonio Turpin, Native of Anderson District  Edin White (Ca 1800-1877) - A Time-Line Family History  Some Death Notices From Pickens District in 1858 and 1859  Duckett Letters of 1833, 1838, 1853, and One Undated (Laurens District)  Biographical Sketch of Ebenezer E. Verner of Oconee County  Enhanced Family Record of Miles Crocker, Native of Spartanburg District  Biographical Sketch of Calvin W. Whisonant of Union County  New Operating Hours For the Mormon Church Library, Gaffney, SC (Cherokee Co.)  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  Family of Samuel Campbell of Lower Greenville County on  Family Bible Record of Josiah Thompson Campbell  Lightening Bolt Strikes Young Samuel D. Campbell  Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Cannon of Newberry Districts  Family Record of Stephen Taylor of Spartanburg District  Autobiographical Sketch of William Berry Taylor  Family of William Berry Taylor  A Pickens District Marriage in 1858  Sunday-School Celebration At Shiloh Church, Abbeville, SC  Two Death Notices From Abbeville County in 1870  The Piedmont Historical Society Constitution & By-Laws  Book Reviews .  Queries  Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members  Index

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Volume :XIX August 2005 Number 3

 Table of Contents  Invitation To Our Readers  Membership Application and Release Signature  A Brief Sketch and Family Record of Francis Clinkscales (1739-1837)  Family of Jane B. Clinkscales Orr of Anderson District  A Monument for Hon. James Lawrence Orr of Anderson County  Death Notice of Francis Marion Kay of Anderson County  Biographical Sketch of Francis Marion Kay  Historic Rock at Chester Preserved for Posterity  An 1894 Clinkscales Family Reunion in Abbeville County  The Iron Works of Spartanburg County Up For Sale in 1788, First Notice  Old Southern Hospitality Still lives at 'Liberty Hall', Near Fountain Inn, Greenville Co  Obituary of William Irwin of Spartanburg County  Cambridge Agricultural Society (1843-45) of Abbeville District  Reward Offered for Capture of Shadrack Jacobs, Escapee, Fairfield District  Family of James Fort Muse, Native of Fairfield County  Family Record of John Williams of Spartanburg District  Death Notice of Mrs. Rebecca Edwards of Edgefield District  Population in 1809 of the Districts in South Carolina as Found by a State Census  Murder of a Former South Carolinian in Arkansas  Population of the States and Territories in 1810  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  The Iron Works of Spartanburg County Up For Sale in 1788, Second Notice  Wedding of William Irwin and Amelia Reinbardt in 1845  Death Notice of Mrs. William Irwin  Naturalization Documents for William Irwin  Family Bible Record of William Irwin  Obituary of Thomas Alexander Irwin  The Cornerstone of Clemson College Laid (Pickens County)  Two Spartanburg County Deaths in 1872  The First Professors of Clemson College.  Dr. J.B.O. Landrum's Answers to Three Questions About the Early Spartanburg Area  The Origin of Bush River Baptist Church in Newberry County and Some Early Members  Revolutionary War Pension Application of John Ridgeway, Jr., of Laurens District  Delayed Marriage in 1811  Death of John Taggart of Abbeville County  Catawba Company Land Sales in 1813  Queries  Additional Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Member

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

Volume :XIX November 2005 Number 4

 Table of Contents  The President's Letter  Renewal Form  Signature for Consent to Publish Form  The Family of Harcanus Dillard, a Reconstruction  William W. ''Wade'' & Nina Padgett Satterfield Bible Record  A Short Account of Union County Courthouses  Obituary of John Taylor, Native of Spartanburg County  South Carolina Election Returns for 1816  Obituary of David M. Crawford, Native of lreland  The Summer Home of Judge John Belton O'Neil of Newberry was Near Greer  Chester County Delinquent Lands in 1875  A List of Death Dates in Greenville County (1831-1876  Historic Henderson's Ferry is Scene of Family Reunion in Newberry County  About the Clevelands  Two Octogenarians of York County  A Brief History of Lebanon United Methodist Church of Lower Greenville County  Inscriptions on Monument at Lebanon United Methodist Church  Family Groups and Family Connections from County Court Records  Will of Thomas H. Henderson of Newberry District, S.C  Family Record of James and Gemima Dillard Briant  The Sullivan Independent Company of Volunteer Scouts, 1781  The Iron Works of Spartanburg County Up For Sale in 1788, Second Notice  Wedding of William Irwin and Amelia Reinbardt in 1845  Death Notice of Mrs. William Irwin  Naturalization Documents for William Irwin  Family Bible Record of William Irwin  Obituary of Thomas Alexander Irwin  The Cornerstone of Clemson College Laid (Pickens County)  Two Spartanburg County Deaths in 1872  The First Professors of Clemson College.  Dr. J.B.O. Landrum's Answers to Three Questions About the Early Spartanburg Area  The Origin of Bush River Baptist Church in Newberry County and Some Early Members  Revolutionary War Pension Application of John Ridgeway, Jr., of Laurens District  Delayed Marriage in 18U  Death of John Taggart of Abbeville County  Catawba Company Land Sales in 1813  Queries  Additional Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Member UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XX February 2006 Number 1

Table of Contents...... i The President’s Letter ...... ii Renewal Form ...... iii Signature for Consent to Publish Form...... iv Family Bible Record of Samuel Martin (1803-1885) of Abbeville District ...... 1 A More Complete Family Record of Samuel Martin of Abbeville District ...... 2 Some Edgefield Marriage Notices in 1857...... 3 Sheriff’s Sales for York District in 1823...... 4 The Revolutionary War Battle of Cedar Spring...... 5 Two Revolutionary War Artifacts in Spartanburg County in 1886 ...... 6 Improvements at the Cedar Spring State School for Deaf Mutes and the Blind in 1886...... 7 Obituary for Mrs. Clara Hughston, Native of Laurens District...... 8 Chester District Equity Court Direct and Cross Indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 9 A Noble Roman Returns to Edgefield ...... 11 Second Family of Pinkney Avant Tisdale ...... 12 Four Spartanburg District Marriages in 1857 ...... 14 Obituary of Mrs. Agnes Alexander Fewell of Rock Hill (York County)...... 14 Upstate Death Notices in 1806 From the Charleston Courier...... 15 Obituary of Robert Cheatham of Abbeville District ...... 15 Murder in Edgefield in 1806 ...... 16 An Old Anecdote...... 16 Members of the Moral Society of Pendleton District ...... 17 A Tourist’s View of Glenn Springs (Spartanburg District) in 1847...... 18 Death of a Colored Woman in Greenville County ...... 21 Pendleton Moral Society’s Schedule of Offences and Fines...... 22 A Well-Digger’s Obituary From Fairfield District ...... 22 Lindley’s Fort Rediscovered in Laurens County ...... 23 A Sketch of James Lindley (1735-1779), Loyalist Militia Leader ...... 24 Early Members of Bush River Baptist Church in Newberry District ...... 26 Our Iron Industry of Old–A History of How It Was Conducted ...... 28 Why He is Called Uncle Sam: Two Versions ...... 30 A Short History of the First Baptist Church of Anderson, SC ...... 31 Revolutionary War Pension Application of James Black of Chester District ...... 33 Revolutionary War Pension Application of Nancy Black, Widow of James Black ...... 35 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 38 Obituary of a Centenarian in Union District in 1830 ...... 41 Death of John Samuel Verner, Native of Oconee County ...... 41 The Family of John and Sabra Hammett: A Reconstruction ...... 42 Upstate Land for Sale in 1806...... 43 Queries...... 44 Index...... 45 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2006 by the Piedmont Historical Society i

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XX May 2006 Number 2

Table of Contents...... i The President’s Letter ...... ii Membership Application Form ...... iii Family Record of Aaron Templeman ...... 49 Two Spartanburg County Marriages in 1869 ...... 49 Family Record of Richard Waverly Durham ...... 50 Photographs of Aaron and Missouri Martin Durham ...... 51 Deaths of Scruggs Brothers on Same Day in Spartanburg County in 1891 ...... 51 Obituary of John W. Davis, Greenville County, 1892 ...... 52 Family of John W. Davis of Greenville County ...... 52 Family Record of Major Joseph McJunkin of Union District ...... 54 An Account of Major Joseph McJunkin in Revolutionary War...... 55 Jane McJunkin Confronts a Tory ...... 57 Death Notice of Col. John Thomas of Greenville District ...... 57 Heroism of Mrs. Col. John Thomas During Revolutionary War ...... 58 The Last of the Edwards Brothers in Edgefield County...... 59 Family of Enoch and Nancy Malinda Briant Chapman ...... 60 More Edgefield Marriage Notices in 1857 ...... 61 A Tourist’s View of Spartanburg District in 1847 ...... 62 Three Abbeville District Death Notices in 1869...... 67 Sheriff’s Sales for York District in 1823...... 68 An Account of the Revolutionary War in York and Chester ...... 69 Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Seybt, Native of Newberry County...... 72 A Female Volunteer Soldier Detected in 1846...... 72 Upstate Marriage Notices in 1806 From The Charleston Courier...... 73 Two Anderson County Deaths in 1910 ...... 73 Grave Marker of Thomas C. Taylor of Union District...... 74 An Editor’s Lament...... 74 Bridge Accident at Clemson College (Pickens County)...... 75 Death of Thomas J. Means in Fairfield District ...... 75 The Palmetto Regiment Officer Candidates and the Union District Volunteer Company.. 76 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 78 Obituary of John McLure (Chester/Union Districts) ...... 85 Obituary of George A. Setzler of Spartanburg County...... 85 Joel T. Elgin Family Bible Record (Anderson County)...... 86 The Boonesborough Historical Marker at Donalds, Abbeville County ...... 87 Cannon From the Old Star Fort ...... 87 Death Notice of Samuel M. Meek, Native of Laurens District ...... 87 Woods-Killebrew-Richerson Bible Record...... 88 Will of Thomas Lindley (1809) of Laurens District...... 89 Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members–Section 4...... 90 Queries...... 92 Book Announcement...... 93 Index...... 94 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2006 by the Piedmont Historical Society i

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

Volume XX August 2006 Number 3

Table of Contents i The President's Letter ii Membership Application Form. iii Family Record of James and Elizabeth Bennett Lancaster of Union District 97 Family Record of Berryman and Martha Emily Lancaster Jones of Union District 99 Twenty Five Cent Reward in Unionville in 1823 99 Elizabeth. Frances B. Lancaster Mayes 100 York County's Nonagenarian in 1903 101 Death of a Nonagenarian in York District in 1846 101 Union District Guardianship Bond For Robert Franklin Norman (1835) 102 Spartanburg District Volunteer Company For The Mexican War 102 Reminiscences of Colonel John Thomas and His Family 104 A Death Notice From Abbeville County in 1870 106 Will (1795) of John Middleton of Pendleton County, SC 107 Death of an Anderson District Octogenarian in 1846 107 Early Members of Bush River Baptist Church in Newberry District 108 Upstate Death Notices in 1803, 1804, and 1805 From The Charleston Courier 110 Epitaph For John Fish 111 Upstate Marriage Notices in 1803, 1804, and 1805 From the Charleston Courier 112 Moragne-Ramey Marriage in Abbeville County 112 Obituary For a Revolutionary War Officer (Fairfield District, 1805) 113 Upstate Lands For Sale in. 1806 113 Attributes of a Proposed New County 114 Two Pickens District Marriage Notices in 1849 115 Inscriptions From the Isaac Bogan Burial Plot (Union County) 116 Will ofIsaac Bogan of Union District 116 Family of Isaac Bogan, Rev. War Soldier, of Union District 118 A Sketch of Dr. Berryman Bryant, Native of Spartanburg District 120 Obituary of Dr. Berryman Bryant 120 Genealogical Sketches of a Collins Family 121 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records 125 The Great Cane Brake, Only Revolutionary War Battle Within Greenville County Area 131 Death of Mrs. Maria Huff of Greenville County 132 Death in Yell County, Arkansas of Dr. D. F. Huckaby, a Native of Union District 133 Some Edgefield Marriage Notices in 1857 133 Will of James McElroy in 1780 134 The CSA Tombstone of Private Miles Crocker 135 Family Record of Thomas Marshall Crocker 136 Some Marriage Notices in 1854 From The Chester Standard 137 Heirs of Robert Kimbrell of Spartanburg District 138 Family of John S. Bolt of Laurens District 140 Queries 141 Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members (List 6) 141 Index 142

Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………………..i

The President’s Page …………………………………………………………………………………....ii

Membership Application Form …………………………………………………………………...…...iii

Family Record of Fielding Sudduth of Greenville District ………………………………………….145

Dominion Over the Earth: State Bounty and Land Grants, and Settlements of Pendleton District, South Carolina ………………………………………………………………………………...... 148

Death Notice of Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, Rev. War Officer ……………………………………158

Obituary of John King, Rev. Wae Vet. of Spartanburg District ……………………………………..159

Obituary of Sarah Lemaster (Mrs. John King) ……………………………………………………….159

A Sketch of Elihu Smith Griffin of Pickens County ………………………………………………....160

Upstate Death Notices in 1807 From The Charleston Courier …………..…………………………162

An Outlaw Taken in York District in 1824 …………………………………………………………...163

Death of Henry, 98, of Greenville District ……………………………………………………………163

Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ……………………………164

The Vote to Create Cherokee County in 1896 ………………………………………………………..169

Early Collins Families in The Spartanburg Area And Allied Families. I …………………………...172

Sketch of Nathaniel Austin, Rev. War Veteran, Resident of Greenville District …………………..175

The Dunagan Family odyssey From Ireland to the South Carolina Piedmont …………………….179

Dr. Berryman Bryant’s Reminiscences of California (1849-1852) …………………………………...183

Descendants of Lionel Chambers …………………………………………………………………….187

Bible Record of John Rufus Poole of Spartanburg District …………………………………………188

Bible Record of George W. Tuck of Spartanburg District …………………………………………..189

Death of Wesley C. Mosely, Native of Abbeville County ……………………………………………189

A Sketch of Jesse McMahan, Citizen of Oconee County ……………………………………………190

Obituary Notice of J. H. Hadden of Spartanburg County …………………………………………..190

Former Spartan Highly honored bt Missourians …………………………………………………….190

Sheriff’s Sales For Anderson District in 1843 ………………………………………………………...192

Queries …………………………………………………………………………………………………193 INDEX for Upper SC Genalogy & History, November 2006. Adair ...... 194 Campbell ...... 172 Fendley...... 167 Jackson...... 175 Alewine...... 194 Cannon...... 163 Fisher...... 145 Jameson ...... 161, 174 Allen ...... 166 Carothers ...... 188 Fleming ...... 172 Jones...... 167, 192 Anderson...... 194 Carter...... 194 Fowler ...... 146, 194 Keith...... 160, 194 Arledge...... 194 Casey...... 177 Franklin...... 157 Kell ...... 194 Austin ...... 172-178 Catts...... 174 Freeman ...... 161 Kennedy...... 187, 194 Avery...... 160 Chadwick ...... 194 Gabbott...... 183 Kilpatrick...... 154 Bacon...... 163 Chalk...... 165 Gambrell...... 192 King ...... 159 Bacot...... 157 Chalmers ...... 187 Garner ...... 194 Kirby ...... 166, 167 Baker...... 194 Chamblin ...... 161 Gary...... 160 Kirkland...... 162 Baly ...... 183 Clarke ...... 157 Gayle...... 148, 153 Krawczynski 150, 157 Barnett ...... 147 Clayton ...... 148, 157 Gentry ...... 192 Lafayette ...... 159 ...... 194 Clement...... 161 Gibbes...... 150, 151 Laferty...... 194 Barrett...... 190 Cochran...... 193 ...... 157, 161 Lamar ...... 162 Baskin ...... 193 Collins...... 164, 165 Gilder ...... 175, 176 Lancaster ...... 165 Bayne...... 191 ...... 172-174, 177 Giles...... 193 Landrum ...... 145 Beard...... 145, 146 Cook ...... 192 Gillespie ...... 194 Lands...... 167 Bell ...... 145 Cooper ...... 178 Goforth...... 167 Latham...... 161 Black ...... 193 Copeland...... 174 Golden ...... 192 Lee...... 167 Blasingame ...... 192 Cornwallis ...... 159 Goodgion ...... 161 Legg...... 187 Blocker...... 162 Cowan...... 167 Gossett...... 168 Lemaster ...... 159 Bolt...... 194 Coyle...... 194 Grant ...... 155, 157 Lilly...... 163 Bowden ...... 166 Crain ...... 147 Grason...... 162 Lindley ...... 194 Bowen ...... 192, 193 Crittenden ...... 175 Green...... 192 Lindsey ...... 192 Bowie ...... 162 Crocker...... 167, 193 Griffin ...... 160, 161 Lipscomb ...... 166-168 ...... 192 Cross...... 145 ...... 194 Littlejohn ...... 189 Boyd...... 193 Davis...... 164, 194 Harden ...... 192 Logan ...... 175, 187 Brackett...... 194 Davison...... 163 Hardin ...... 189 Love...... 163 Bradford ...... 193 DeWitt...... 149-152 Harris...... 190, 191 Lowe ...... 188, 189 Branyon ...... 194 ...... 155-157 ...... 194 Lowrie...... 157 Briant ...... 166, 167 Dickerson...... 192 Harshaw...... 163 Lyles ...... 190 Brooks ...... 162 Dickey...... 146 Hawkins ...... 151, 152 Major...... 192 Brown ... 164-168, 172 Dillard...... 167, 194 ...... 154, 158 Marshall ...... 174, 175 Bryant...... 166, 183 Dilworth...... 193 Haynie ...... 192 Martin ...... 192 ...... 186 Dodd ...... 172, 177 Henderson ...... 193 Massey...... 192 Buice ...... 167 Donaldson ...... 194 Hendricks ...... 161 Mathis...... 166, 167 Burch ...... 173, 174 Drake ...... 194 Hendrix ...... 161 McAbee...... 193 Burgess ...... 159 Draper ...... 166 Henson ...... 147 McCrackin ...... 189 Burres...... 192 Drayton ...... 150, 151 Hester ...... 161 McCravey...... 194 Burroughs ...... 192 Drury ...... 177 Hibbs ...... 193 McDaniel ...... 174 Busha ...... 148, 157 Easterwood...... 167 Hill ...... 162 McDowell ...... 192 Butler ...... 191 Eaton ...... 194 Hogg...... 163 McFall ...... 148, 157 Byers ...... 163 Elgin ...... 194 Holcombe...... 145 ...... 193 Cain ...... 163 Ellsworth ...... 193 Howard ...... 192 McMahan...... 190, 194 Calhoun ...... 148, 153 Evans...... 162 Hudson ...... 174 McMakin...... 145 ...... 157 Farr ...... 161 Hutcheson ...... 194 Milam ...... 194 Mitchell...... 166, 167 Moon ...... 147 Morgan ...... 177, 178 Morris...... 165 Moseley ...... 189 Patterson ...... 165, 168 Royce...... 148-150 Tuck ...... 188, 189 Mouchat ...... 192 ...... 193 ...... 155, 158 Tucker...188, 189, 192 Murphy ...... 194 Patton ...... 173 Sanders...... 194 Turner ...... 146 Newby...... 162 Pelfrey...... 194 Scott...... 194 Warden...... 187 Norris ...... 192 Pennington ...147, 175 Seaton...... 157 Washington ...... 152 Oliver...... 192 Pew ...... 176 Sherard ...... 193 ...... 154, 159 Outalassi...... 157 Pickens ...... 148 Sheriff ...... 148, 158 Watson...... 178, 192 Owen ...... 192 ...... 151-154, 177 Simpson ...... 148, 158 Watt...... 192 Oxford...... 194 Pitts...... 194 Smith ....160, 161, 163 Wayland ...... 165 Page...... 194 Player ...... 163 ...... 165, 168, 190 Welborn ...... 192 Parkins ...... 161 Pool...... 161 ...... 193 West...... 162 Poole ...... 166, 188 Sparks...... 165-168 Westmoreland...... 173 Pope...... 194 Spillers...... 167 Whitner ...... 154 Posy ...... 192 Stephens...... 187 Whitten ...... 161 Ramsey ...... 148, 158 Steuben...... 159 Wilkins ...... 166-168 Reeve ...... 186 Stevens ...... 187 Williamson ...... 150 Reid...... 162, 164 Stokes ...... 174 ...... 151, 177 Richards ...... 192 Sudduth ...... 145-147 Willingham ...... 192 Richardson ...... 176 Swansey...... 172 Willis ...... 189 Richey...... 161, 194 Swords...... 192 Wilson...... 192 Ridgeway...... 194 Tanner...... 194 Wood...... 194 Riggs ...... 191 Tarleton...... 175, 177 Woods...... 165, 167 Rite...... 167 Tate ...... 194 Worley...... 194 Roach ...... 192 Taylor ...... 148, 158 Wright ...... 194 Roebuck ...... 177 Thompson ... 163, 172 Wyatt...... 166 Rogers ...... 148, 158 Thoms ...... 187 Yeager ...... 194 Rollins ...... 189 Tillman ...... 160 Young....173, 174, 194

SLAVES (OWNER) Alfred (Oliver)...... 192 Louisa Oliver) ...... 192 Bill (Brown)...... 164 Lucie (Brown)...... 164 Candas (Oliver) ...... 192 Malenda (Oliver)...... 192 Caroline (Oliver) ...... 192 Mitty (Brown) ...... 164 Cesar (Brown)...... 164 Phillis (Giles)...... 193 Charles (Brown) ...... 164 Pompey (Brown) ...... 164 Daphne (Brown) ...... 164 Sarah Elizabeth (Oliver)...... 192 Doll (Brown)...... 164 Susan (Oliver) ...... 192 Leah (Oliver)...... 192 Virginia (Giles)...... 193 Letty (Oliver) ...... 192 William (Oliver)...... 192

CHEROKEE INDIANS Chief Corn Tassell...... 150, 151 Dragging Canoe...... 149

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UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXI February 2007 Number 1

Table of Contents ...... i President’s Message ...... ii Membership Application Form–2007 ...... iii Family of William Tolleson Bryant of Spartanburg District ...... 1 Six Early Cannon Epitaphs in Newberry County ...... 3 Sheriff’s Sales for Pickens District in 1849 ...... 4 Death Notice of Mrs. Lucinda Draper Kirby, Native of Spartanburg District ...... 4 A History of Flint Hill Baptist Church in York County ...... 5 York County’s Octogenarians – John W. Moore ...... 6 Upstate Marriage Notices in 1807 From the Charleston Courier ...... 6 An Early Butler Family of the Saluda County Area ...... 7 A Fairfield District Marriage in 1816 ...... 9 Bible Record of Corrine Gertrude Lide and John Thomas Foster, Sr...... 10 Letter From M. P. Evins of Laurens District to His Brother Col. S. N. Evins of Spartanburg District (1853) ...... 12 Revolutionary War Pension Application of Nathaniel Rogers of Union District ...... 14 Revolutionary War Pension Application of Cely Rogers, Widow of Nathaniel Rogers ...... 16 Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers Bogan of Union District ...... 19 The James Ponder and Austin Lister Families of Greenville District ...... 20 Commencement at Cedar Spring State School for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind in 1886 ...... 21 Three Marriages From the Edgefield Advertiser in 1856 ...... 23 Death of Edward Clark Byars of Cherokee County ...... 24 Family Record of Luther Graham Byars of Cherokee County ...... 24 Death of Mrs. Catharine Bryant Crocker of Spartanburg ...... 25 Hampton McVey P.Pool Bible Record (Greenville County) ...... 26 Photographs of Mr. And Mrs. Wade Hampton Pool & Son ...... 27 Facsimile of a Three Day Civil War Pass Issued to Wade Hampton Pool ...... 27 Facsimile of an Invitation to a Ball For the Butler Guards at Chick Springs in 1859 ...... 28 Two Revolutionary War Incidents in the Spartanburg Region ...... 29 John Tollison of Union District Found Guilty of Murder ...... 30 A Sketch of Isaac Hull McCalla of Abbeville and of James M. Sullivan of Anderson ...... 32 Death Notice of Wade Hampton Pool of Greenville County ...... 33 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 34 Two Death Notices From Chester District in 1854 ...... 38 Excerpts From the Diary (Late 1700s) of Samuel Noblitt ...... 39 Stump House Mountain and Railroads in Oconee County ...... 41 The Excursion of the Butler Guards to Chick’s Springs ...... 43 Family Record of Jesse Cannon (Jr.) of Spartanburg County ...... 44 Queries ...... 45 Index ...... 46

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXI May 2007 Number 2

Table of Contents...... i The President’s Message ...... ii Membership Application Form ...... iii Look and See ...... iv Family Bible Record of Kinsman Seay of Spartanburg District ...... 49 Obituary of Miss Ruth Seay ...... 50 Miss Ruth Seay, Charter Member of Central United Methodist Church of Spartanburg ... 50 Kinsman Seay, One of the Organizers of the Methodist Church of Spartanburg ...... 51 Death of James Seay, Revolutionary War Soldier, in 1850 ...... 52 Death of Kinsman Seay in 1883...... 52 The Will of Kinsman Seay ...... 52 Some Obituaries From Anderson County in 1900 ...... 53 Family Record of James Madison Lowe of Spartanburg County ...... 54 Five Spartanburg County Marriage Notices and an Obituary in 1876 ...... 55 Brown-Rush Marriage in 1851 ...... 55 A Sketch of the Town of Walhalla, Seat of Oconee County ...... 56 Some Marriage Notices in the the Keowee Courier...... 56 Death Notice of Colonel Benjamin Dawkins of Union District ...... 57 A Sketch of Col. William Hill of York District ...... 58 Obituary of Elias Lake, Native of Edgefield District ...... 59 The Will of Ruthy Seay ...... 60 The Family of Ebenezer Mitchell Dorman ...... 60 Obituary of Mrs. Cecelia G. Sims of Union County ...... 63 The View From Atop Glassy Mountain in Greenville County ...... 63 Family Record of William H. Moon of Greenville District ...... 65 Family Bible Record of John Parker Moon ...... 66 Family of James T. Moon ...... 67 Some Pickens County Marriage Notices in 1876 ...... 68 Facsimile of Flyleaf From Bible (Printed 1698) of Joseph Reid ...... 69 Family Bible Record of Joseph Reid ...... 70 Deed of Gift of William Reid (1793) in Spartanburg County ...... 71 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 72 Death Notices of Some South Carolina Ministers in 1878 ...... 74 A Tourist’s View of (Eastern) Spartanburg District in 1847 ...... 75 Grave of Golden Tinsley, Revolutionary War Hero ...... 83 Death of Mrs. Mary Chatham Adams of Abbeville District ...... 83 The Family of Andrew Jackson Dorman ...... 84 Family of Rev. Stephen Powell (1786-1878) of Greenville County ...... 86 Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members–List 8 ...... 87 Queries ...... 89 Index ...... 90 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2007 by the Piedmont Historical Society i

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

Volume August 2007 Number 3 XXI

Table of Contents i The President's Message ii The Family of Thomas Reid (1770-1836), A Reconstruction 93 Some Death Notices From Abbeville District in 1854 98 Some Marriage Notices From Abbeville District in 1854 100 Family Groups and Families Connections From County Court Records 101 Family Record of Alexander Reid (1850-1903) 104 Obituary of Alexander Reid (1850-1903) 106 Obituary of Mrs. Viney Elizabeth Reid (1856-1947) 106 Obituary of Jefferson C. Gatrison of Chester County 106 A Sketch of J. Lyles Glenn of Chester County 107 Upstate Death Notices in 1818 From the Charleston Courier 108 Obituary of Lewis Abercrombie of Laurens County 109 Description in 1854 of Jamestown Relics 109 Reminiscences of York by a Septuagenarian 110 Signature of the Cross 113 Death in Louisiana of Col. William Lyons, Rev. War Veteran and Native of S. C. 113 A Marriage in 1818 With the Bride in the Raw 113 Family Record of Alfred Calvin Reid 114 Family Bible Record of John M. Carman of Greenville District 116 Obituary of Mrs. Martha C. Henderson of Newberry District 116 Death of Francis Burt, Governor of Nebraska Territory & Native of Pendleton District 117 Family of Joseph W. Wi11iams (ca 1770-1841) of Pickens District 118 Spartanburg Land for Sale in 1788 119 Email Address Correction for Richard Patton 119 A Sketch of George Prince of Anderson County 120 Two Marriage Notices in Pickens County in 1876 120 Obituary of Tandy W. Reid 121 Index 121

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

Volume :XXI November 2007 Number 4

 Table of Contents  The President's Message  Membership Application Form-2008  Send Us Your Queries And Contributions-Addresses  Family Record of Aaron Burton of Newberry District  Upstate Death Notices in 1819 From The Charleston Courier  Two Poems in 1819  Summary of Revolution War Pension Application on The Service of Daniel Mabry of Fairfield District  Some York County Marriages  Family Record And Estate of William Williams of Pickens District  Account of The Death of John Sampson Bobo of Union District  A Tourist's View of Greenville Village in 1847  Some Abbeville District Marriages in 1855 And 1856  A Vignette of The Battle at Cowpens  Description of a Monument at Cowpens in 1856  Photograph of Greenberry Crocker And of His Daughter Canzada Jane Crocker Coggins  Family Record of Greenberry Crocker  A Filler From The Sandwich Islands  A Sketch of J ames Butler Bonham of Alamo Fame, Native of Edgefield District  A Recent Photograph of The 1856 Monument at Cowpens National Battleground  Murder of George Brown of Chester District  Death Notice of Mrs. Eliza Poole of Greenville County  Emigration to The WestWith a Horseless Cart  Lipsey-Foster Marriage in Union County  Fourth of July Celebration at Fort Prince in 1900  Ode Written For The Celebration at Fort Prince  Obituary of Mrs. Martha L. Hughston Walker  Will of Elisha Hughston (1788-1868)  Will (1813) of John Walker  Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records  Two Classic Carriages From Antebellum Days .  Photographs of William W. Robertson And Sons  Family Record of William W. Robertson (1806-1878) of Greenville County  Photograph of Albert Anderson Stewart and Wife  Family Record of Albert Anderson Stewart  Four Obituaries From The Anderson Daily Mail  Obituary of Mrs. Ann Chapman Evins of Laurens District  Obituary of Mrs. Ruth Dial of Laurens County  Important Addresses

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XXII February 2008 Number 1

Table of Contents...... i The President’s Message...... ii Membership Application Form—2008 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Mulligan Family Bible Record (Spartanburg County) ...... 1 Obituary of Captain Alfred B. Mulligan ...... 3 Obituary of Mrs. A. B. Mulligan ...... 4 Family Record of Captain Alfred B. Mulligan ...... 5 Upstate Death Notices in 1820 From The Charleston Courier ...... 6 Murder in Edgefield District in 1820 ...... 7 Poetic Reflections on The Marriage of Miss Idle ...... 7 Family Record of Nathaniel Reid (1736-1798) of Pendleton District, South Carolina ...... 8 Two Death Notices From Anderson District in 1844 ...... 9 Some Abbeville District Marriages in 1856 and 1857 ...... 10 Obituary of Andrew Pickens Butler of Edgefield District ...... 11 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of Cæsar’s Head in Greenville District ...... 12 Death Notice of The Daniel Boone...... 17 Isaac Snoddy Miller, CSA, From Spartanburg County ...... 18 Family Record of Martin Otts Miller ...... 21 Miller-Snoddy Marriage Notice ...... 21 Hayden-Walker Marriage in 1836 ...... 21 Will of Colonel John Walker ...... 22 Death Notice of Miss Rebecca Walker ...... 23 Obituary of Colonel Thomas Word, Revolutionary War Veteran, of Laurens District ...... 23 Family Record of Colonel John Walker (d. 1834) ...... 24 Chester District Equity Court Direct Index of Equity Bills and Petitions 1820-1874...... 26 Rev. James Marion Boyd, Native of Newberry District, SC ...... 29 Family Record of Reuben Reid of Greenville County, SC ...... 30 Legal Ad For Sale of Philip Ross’ Real Estate ...... 33 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 34 Family Record of William Drayton Cameron of Newberry District ...... 40 Query ...... 41 Erratum: It is Alfred Anderson Stewart Not Albert Anderson Stewart ...... 41 More York District Equity Court Bonds ...... 41 Index ...... 42

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XXII May 2008 Number 2

Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices...... ii Membership Application Form—2008 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Family Record of Henry Wingo (1782-1876) ...... 45 Family Record of Andrew Sudduth of Greenville District ...... 46 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of Saluda Gap and Greenville Village ...... 48 Saluda Mountain Road Under Construction in 1820 ...... 55 Public Works in South Carolina in 1820 ...... 56 The Family Bible–A Poem ...... 56 News and Marriage Notices From Gowensville ...... 57 Death Notice of Mrs. Jane Kelly, Native of Fairfield District ...... 57 Death of Dr. D. B. Darby, M.D., of Walhalla, Oconee County, ...... 57 A Sketch of Joel Roberts Poinsett ...... 58 Death Notice of Mrs. Eliza Jane Taylor of Fairfield District ...... 59 A Portrait of Joel Poinsett ...... 60 Joel Poinsett and Visit of President Monroe to Charleston ...... 60 Pictures of Poinsett Bridge in Greenville County ...... 61 Bible Record of Andrew Cornelius Smith of Anderson County ...... 62 Obituary of Col. Thomas L. Woodside of Greenville County ...... 63 Family of Major John T. Kirby of Spartanburg District ...... 64 Death Notices of Mrs. Patsey Kirby and Daughter-in-Law ...... 65 Jonathan C. Hanks, Age 104, Veteran of Three Wars ...... 66 Death Notice of James V. Trimmier ...... 66 Eulogy For William H. Trimmier, Late Editor of The Carolina Spartan ...... 67 Francis Marion Trimmier, New Editor of the Spartan, ...... 67 Obituary of John B. Sanders, CSA ...... 68 The Poetic Marriage of Mr. Milk and Miss Waters ...... 69 Upstate Death Notices in 1821 From the Charleston Courier ...... 70 Accidental Death by Steamboat Paddle Wheel ...... 71 Death Notices From Claiborne, Alabama of John and Wesley Brannan, Natives of SC ... 71 Greenville District Equity Court Records, Volume B, 1822-1850 ...... 72 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 74 Will (1840) of Jane Ross of Greenville District ...... 77 Four Abbeville District Marriage Notices in 1857 ...... 77 Will of George W. Hill (1760-1838) of Pickens District, SC ...... 78 Family of George W. Hill (1760-1838) of Pickens District, SC ...... 79 Harrison Family Query in 1939 ...... 80 Corner Stone Laid at Newberry College in 1857 ...... 81 Death Notice of John R. Switzer of Laurens County ...... 81 Chester District Equity Court Direct and Cross Indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 82 Book Announcements ...... 85 Queries ...... 86 Index ...... 86 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2008 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY Volume XXII August 2008 Number 3

Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2008 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Family of Andrew A. Smith, CSA, of (Western) Pickens District (Later Oconee County) ...... 89 Death Certificate Abstracts For McAbee Surname (Spartanburg County, SC 1915-1952) .....90 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of Rural Greenville District ...... 94 A Marriage Notice From Laurens District in 1821 ...... 99 Family of Major Augustus Hilliard Kirby of Spartanburg, SC ...... 100 Some Abbeville District Death Notices in 1856 and 1857 ...... 103 Family Record of Gideon Whitted (abt 1770-1832) of Chester District, SC ...... 105 Family Record of Capt. Davis C. Whitted (1804-1857), Native of Chester District, SC ...... 106 Obituary of Mrs. Margaret Rowland Trimmier of Spartanburg, South Carolina ...... 107 Family of William Sloan Trimmier ...... 108 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 110 Obituary of James Nesbitt, Esq., of Spartanburg County, SC ...... 115 Obituary of Mrs. Caroline Brewton Nesbitt ...... 115 Family Record of James Nesbitt, Esquire—A Reconstruction ...... 116 Obituary Notice of Miss Carrie Nesbitt ...... 117 Civil War Letters of Dr. Francis Marion Tucker to His Wife ...... 118 Reminiscences of York by a Septuagenarian ...... 120 Clement Family Items From The Carolina Spartan ...... 121 An Old Letter Connecting a Wham and Woodside Family ...... 122 Obituary of Mrs. Eleanor Narcissa Woodside Martin of Greenville District, SC ...... 122 Some Woodside, Martin, and Wham Tombstone Inscriptions at Fairview Cemetery, Greenville County, SC ...... 123 Family Record of Thomas Davis (b. abt 1800) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 124 Tribute of Respect For George R. Trimmier ...... 125 A Sketch of Joel Roberts Poinsett (Complete) ...... 126 Death Notice of Mrs. Eliza Jane Taylor of Fairfield District ...... 127 Upstate Death Notices in 1821 From the Charleston Courier ...... 128 Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Edmonds of Edgefield District ...... 129 Death Notice of Mrs. Sophy Kelly McDowell, native of Union County ...... 129 A Flock of Birds ...... 129 Mail Coach From Charleston to Savannah ...... 130 Index ...... 130

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Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2009 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Families of George and John William Garrett of SC ...... 133 Obituary of Mrs. Ida G. Barksdale of Laurens County ...... 134 Trimmier-Thomson Wedding in Anderson District in 1850 ...... 134 A Narrative History of The Life of Texana “Little Tex” Bryant Black Oneill ...... 135 Obituary of Rowland Bryant, CSA ...... 140 Two Briant marriage Notices From The Carolina Spartan ...... 140 Family Record of James Richardson Bryant (1817-1863), Revised ...... 141 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of The Physical Features of Greenville District And of Two Earliest Settlers ...... 144 Death in Panola County, Mississippi of Mrs. Sarah Hill, Native of Abbeville District, SC . 150 York County’s Centennial Program For Battle of King’s Mtn ...... 151 Religion of Our Presidents Through U. S Grant ...... 151 Family Record of Thomas Coats (1795-after 1870) of Laurens County ...... 152 Family Record of William Lafayette Turner (abt 1833-after 1880) of Laurens County ...... 153 Upstate Death Notices in 1822 From The Charleston Courier ...... 154 Two Pendleton District Children Drown in 1822 ...... 156 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 156 Revolutionary War Pension Application of Robert Kimble/Kimbrell ...... 162 Sheriff’s Sales For Pickens District in May 1861 ...... 164 The Thomas And Melvina Watts Ray Family of The Upstate ...... 165 Some Colonial Era Marriages in The Abbeville Area ...... 173 Index ...... 174 Slave/Owner Index ...... 176

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Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2009 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Family Record of James Fowler Sloan (1818-1903) ...... 45 Death Notice For David Sloan (1789-1874) ...... 47 A Sloan Family History ...... 48 Obituary of James Fowler Sloan ...... 55 Obituary of Mrs. James Fowler Sloan ...... 56 Death Notices of Mrs. Sarah Jane Sloan Reid and Infant ...... 56 Obituary of James Haddon Sloan ...... 56 Number of Rev. War Pensioners in The Separate States in 1823 ...... 57 Upstate Death Notices in 1824 From The Charleston Courier ...... 58 Obituary of Samuel Clowney, Rev. War Soldier of Union District ...... 60 Death Notices (1824) For Mr. And Mrs. Stokes of Greenville District ...... 60 Story of Musgrove’s Mill ...... 61 Facsimile of D. A. R Application of Mrs. L. D. Childs ...... 63 Family Record of Bolling Kirby of Union District, SC: A Reconstruction ...... 64 Will (1805) of Abraham Campbell of Pittsylvania County, Va ...... 68 Four Marriages in Camden, Kershaw District, SC ...... 68 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 69 Obituaries of Three Rev. War Veterans of Fairfield District ...... 75 Family Record of Col. John Hodges (1775-1849) ...... 76 Samuel M’Calla, Native of Ireland, Died 1824 in Newberry District, SC ...... 77 Obituary of Mrs. Ann Oeland ...... 77 Marriages Listed in The Diary of James Kershaw of Camden, SC ...... 78 Sheriff’s Sales For Pickens District in May 1861 ...... 79 House of James Harrison of Pendleton District Burns in 1822 ...... 79 Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members: Current List 1 ..... 80 Bible Record of John M. Kirby of Pacolet, SC ...... 82 Letter (1868) From David Hughston in Texas to His Brother in Spartanburg County ...... 83 Origin of The Word Yankee ...... 84 Epitaph For an English Pastry Chef ...... 84 Her Name Was Dorcas ...... 84 Obituary Notice of Jacob Kirby of Union County, SC ...... 85 Index ...... 85 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2009 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXIII 2009 Number 1

Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices...... ii Membership Application Form—2009 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Family Record of George Harvey Shands ...... 1 Obituary of Mrs. Rebecca Sloan Shands ...... 2 Recollections of a Child in Civil War Times ...... 3 Roster of An Anderson District Company in Second Florida/Seminole War (1835-1842) 15 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of Laurens District ...... 16 Abbeville District Medical Society in 1857 ...... 17 Obituary of Nancy Rogers Berry, Native of Union County ...... 17 Shands – Smith Marriage in 1873 ...... 17 Chester District Equity Court Direct And Cross indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 18 The Curious Case of James Riding’s Corpse in WW I ...... 20 Obituary of George Harvey Shands ...... 21 Family Record of Rev. Archibald H. Lester ...... 22 First Two Marriage Notices For Rev. Archibald H. Lester ...... 23 Date of Third Marriage of Rev. Archibald H. Lester ...... 24 Biographical Notes On Rev. Archibald H. Lester ...... 24 Obituary of Rev. Archibald H. Lester ...... 24 First Obituary of Mrs. Harriet R. Walker Fleming Lester ...... 25 Obituary Notice of Mrs. Margaret C. Miller Lester ...... 26 Obituary of Mrs. Susannah Jane McCollough Lester ...... 26 Another Obituary of Mrs. Harriett Harriet R. Walker Fleming Lester ...... 26 Obtuary of Dr. William M. Lester, M. D...... 26 Obituary of Elizabeth “Aunt Betsy” Wright ...... 27 Facsimile of Pension Application of James Rice, Native of York County, SC, African-American CSA War Veteran ...... 28 James Rice, African-American CSA War Veteran ...... 29 Greenville District Equity Court Index, Vol. B, 1822-1850 ...... 30 Page Family Reunion in 1902 at Antioch Church in Spartanburg County ...... 32 Family Record of William Page (1790-1869) of Spartanburg District ...... 32 Shands – Sloan Marriage in 1883 ...... 34 Fleming – Walker Marriage in 1852 ...... 34 Obituary of Mrs. W. M. Lester ...... 34 Obituary Notice of Mrs. Nancy Crymes Lester ...... 34 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 35 Upstate Death Notices in 1823 From the Charleston Courier ...... 38 Death Notice in 1822 of Faford Hooker Seay in Amelia County, Virgina ...... 40 Bible Record of William Davis, Rev. War Veteran of York District, and Service Record .. 41 First Christian Marriage in Sandwich Island (Hawaii) ...... 42 Index ...... 42

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY   Volume XXIII August 2009 Number 3 Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2009 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Introduction of PHS Collector Cards...... v Order Form For PHS Cards ...... vi Family Record of Joseph McKinney of Greenville District...... 89 Family Record of Alfred Hightower of Greenville District ...... 90 Upstate Death Notices in 1825 From The Charleston Courier ...... 92 On The Baron De Kalb Monument in Camden, South Carolina ...... 93 Peter Gosnell of Spartanburg District Respited ...... 94 A Tourist’s View in 1847 of Newberry District ...... 95 John Grubb (1652- 1707/08): Last Will & Testament and Family Group...... 101 Letters Between Two Grubb Sisters in 1758...... 102 Weathers-Kirby Marriage in 1874...... 103 Mary Whitted Gwinn of York District ...... 104 Obituary of George T. Sloan (1850-1920) of Greenville District ...... 104 Some Abbeville District Death Notices in 1857 & 1858...... 105 Family Record of Hiram W. Kirby (1821-1864) ...... 106 Pollard Brown, Last Revolutionary War Soldier in Abbeville District, SC...... 108 Revolutionary War Pension Application of George T. Sloan, Resident of Laurens District, South Carolina ...... 109 Revolutionary War Pension Applications of Mary Sloan, Widow of George T. Sloan ...... 111 Edward Yearguin and Wife Killed by Lightning in Pendleton District ...... 115 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records...... 116 Obituary of Major Michael Dickson, Revolutionary War Veteran and Resident of Pendleton District ...... 120 Family of George T. Sloan (1756-1836) Reconstructed...... 121 Death of Thomas L. Young, Mexican War Veteran of Fairfield District ...... 123 Family Record of Charles Smith (1742-1824)...... 124 Obituary of Mrs. Margaret Mahaffey Sloan of Greenville County, SC...... 126 Obituary of Mrs. Margaret Ann Sloan Kirby...... 126 Obituary of Mrs. Mary Sloan Greer ...... 126 Farming in Pickens District in 1858...... 127 New Book From Brent Holcomb ...... 127 Index...... 128 Example of PHS Collector Cards Described on Page v Above ...... 130 Augusta County, Virginia Book Offer ...... 130 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2009 by the Piedmont Historical Society i Volume XXIII November 2009 Number 4

Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices...... ii Membership Application Form—2009 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv PHS Collector Cards ...... v Order Form For PHS Cards ...... vi Family Record of John and Martha Pickens Smith of Pickens District, SC ...... 131 A List of The Children of Job Smith of Pickens District, SC...... 132 Names of Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried at Pickens Chapel Cemetery in Anderson County, South Carolina ...... 133 Summary of Revolutionary War Record of Lewis Saxon of Laurens District, SC ...... 134 Family Bible Record of Lewis Saxon (1761-1813) ...... 135 Obituary of Hugh Saxon (1798-1851) ...... 135 Selected Inscriptions From Cemeteries in Laurens County, Reported in 1933 ...... 136 Upstate Death Notices in 1826 From The Charleston Courier ...... 138 Death of William Greene, Brother of General Nathaniel Greene ...... 141 Re-Interment Ceremony of General De Kalb at Camden, SC ...... 142 Inscriptions From an Unnamed Cemetery in Union or Laurens County, SC ...... 146 Family Record of Fleming Hodges (abt 1807-1839), Native of Greenville District, SC ...... 147 Family Record John and Aletha Kirby Sloan ...... 148 Obituary of Captain Thomas Ligon of Laurens District, South Carolina ...... 149 White-Simpson Marriage Notice in 1859 ...... 149 Revolutionary War Pension Claims of Job Smith of Pickens District, SC ...... 150 Bobo-Drummond Marriage Notice in 1859 ...... 155 Will (1835) of Job Smith of Pickens District, SC ...... 156 Will (1840) of John Smith of Anderson County, SC ...... 157 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 158 Will (1827) of Susannah Ligon of Laurens District ...... 161 Will (1806) of James Petty of Union District, SC ...... 162 Family Record of James Morgan (1723-1763) of Virginia ...... 163 Family Record of Major Spencer Morgan & First Wife ...... 163 Family Record of Major Spencer Morgan & Second Wife ...... 164 Will (1809) of Major Spencer Morgan of Union District, SC ...... 164 Family of Col. John Nuckolls (1732-1780) ...... 165 Will (1816) of Joshua Petty of Union District, SC ...... 167 Names Researched by Piedmont Historical Society Members: Current List 2 ...... 168 More on Job Smith’s Family of Pickens District...... 169 Index ...... 170 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2009 by the Piedmont Historical Society

UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXIV January 2010 Number 1 Table of Contents...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2010...... iii Send Us Your Queries and Contributions—Addresses...... iv Family Bible Record of George W. Poole, Native of Spartanburg District, SC...... 1 Family Bible Record of Daniel White, Native of Spartanburg District, SC...... 2 Will (1848) of John Poole of Spartanburg District, SC...... 3 Family Record of John Poole (1774-1849) ...... 4 Death Notice of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney...... 6 Death of Alexander Wood, Revolutionary War Veteran...... 6 Obituary of Col. Robert Coleman Poole...... 7 Obituary of Mrs. Robert Coleman Poole...... 7 Marriage Notice of G. W. Poole and Mrs. Fenita White ...... 7 The Ironworks on Lawson’s Fork...... 8 Seven Abbeville District Marriage Notices in 1857 ...... 11 Gravestone Inscriptions in Pickens Chapel Cemetery For Persons Deceased Before 1850 .. 12 A Description of Greenville Village in 1823 ...... 14 Upstate Death Notices in 1827 From The Charleston Courier ...... 16 The Town of Chesnee (Spartanburg County), At Age 2...... 19 Family Record of Wright Kirby (1798-After 1870)...... 20 Obituary of John Timmerman of Edgefield District...... 22 Image of Stone, Marked in 16th Century, Found in Spartanburg County, SC...... 22 Description of Stone And Its Interpretation as a Relic From Juan Pardo’s Expeditions ...... 23 Another Interpretation of The Spartanburg Stone ...... 25 Obituary of James B. Coleman of Edgefield District...... 26 Dicy Langston, Revolutionary War Heroine of Laurens District ...... 27 Abstracts of York District Guardian Bonds...... 29 Chester District Equity Court Direct And Cross Indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 30 Greenville District Equity Court Index, Volume B. 1822-1850 ...... 32 Hill Family Legends And Proven Facts: DNA Tests of Upstate Hills ...... 34 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records...... 36 Synopsis of Rev. War Service of Aaron Guyton, of Anderson District, and Family Record .. 40 Index ...... 41 Mysteries And Mortalities (A Poem) ...... 43 Order Form For PHS Historic And Scenic Cards...... 44 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2010 by the Piedmont Historical Society

i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY   Volume XXIV ___ May 2010_ _ Number 2 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2010 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries and Contributions ...... iv Family Record of John McMorries of Newberry District, S. C...... 45 Biographical Sketch of John McMorries (1769-1823) ...... 48 Will (1823) of John McMorries of Newberry District, S. C...... 48 Descendants of William McMorries (1735 -1801) Have 1938 Reunion in Fairfield County... 50 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 53 Will (1783) of Robert Pickens, Senior (Anderson County, S. C.) ...... 53 Will (1823) of Robert Pickens, Junior (Anderson County, S. C.) ...... 55 Spencer Morgan’s Orangeburgh County, S. C. Deed of 1799 ...... 59 Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Knox Dendy of Oconee County ...... 61 Stout Babies Out West ...... 61 Unrecorded Union District Deed Dated November 13, 1806 ...... 62 Family of Spencer Morgan (1756-1809) and First Wife Updated ...... 63 Family Record of Robert Coleman (Abt 1760–18 Jun 1823) of Union District, S. C...... 64 Reminiscences of York by a Septuagenarian ...... 66 Upstate Death Notices in 1828 From The Charleston Courier ...... 71 Heroic Kindness of John Moore Nicholls in The Civil War ...... 73 Poem to John Moore Nicholls ...... 75 More on John Moore Nicholls, CSA ...... 76 Three McMorries Newspaper Items ...... 77 View From Campobello Mineral Springs Hotel ...... 78 A Short History of Campobello, S. C. (Spartanburg County) ...... 79 Two Chester District Death Notices in 1851 ...... 80 Sketch and Family of James Kincaid (1753-1801) of Fairfield District, S. C...... 81 A Vance Family Record (Laurens District, S. C.) ...... 82 Spencer J. McMorries’ Second Marriage ...... 83 Letter From Charles E Kincaid of Kentucky to Kincaid Furman of Greenville, S. C...... 83 Greenback Printed in 1779 Owned in 1922 by Spartanburg Man ...... 84 Inventor of First Practical Typewriter Was a Native of Union, S. C...... 84 Index ...... 86 Order Form For PHS Historic And Scenic Cards ...... 88 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2010 by the Piedmont Historical Society

i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXIV November 2010 Number 4 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News And Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form For 2011 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries and Contributions ...... iv Family Record of James McMorries And First Wife of Newberry District ...... 133 Vignette of Chancellor James J. Caldwell ...... 134 Obituary of Mrs. Rebecca K. McMorries Hatton ...... 135 Four Marriage Notices in 1837 From The Pendleton Messenger ...... 135 Upstate Death Notices in 1830 From The Charleston Courier ...... 136 Two Deaths in Rutherford County, NC ...... 139 Bible Record of Bazzel Smith (b. 1773), With Children of Joseph Smith), of Pendleton District, SC ...... 140 Death notices of Job Smith (1748-1837) And Two Others of Pickens District, SC ...... 141 Petition in 1868 to Partition Mary Whitted Gwinn’s Land in York County ...... 141 Alabama Marriage in 1830 With Edgefield District Bride ...... 141 The Last Six Weeks of The Life of Rev. Benjamin Wofford ...... 142 The 25th Item of Rev. Benjamin Wofford’s Will ...... 143 An Account of The Origin of Wofford College in Two Parts ...... 144 Land Records For The Allen Families Found in Early Greenville County, SC ...... 147 Obituary of Dr. Thomas Collins Austin of Greenville District, SC ...... 148 Family Record of William Rice (b. 1778) of Union District, SC ...... 148 Obituaries of Two Rev. War Veterans With Surname Dickson ...... 149 Death notices of Two Upstate Rev. War Veterans in 1830 ...... 149 Dyson Kills Birdsong in a Shoot Out ...... 149 York District Guardian Bonds ...... 150 Family Record of Thomas Dawkins (1764-1837) of Fairfield District, SC ...... 152 Nine Abbeville District Marriages in 1858 ...... 153 Greenville District Equity Court Index, Volume B, 1822-1850 ...... 155 Familiy Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 158 Will (1866) of William Dawkins of Union District ...... 158 Will (1843) of Capt. John Hatton of Newberry District, SC ...... 159 Will (1840) of Martha Eliza McMorries McLemore of Newberry District, SC ...... 160 Will (1811) of John Pinson of Laurens District, SC ...... 161 Will (1814) of Joseph Smith of Pendleton/Anderson District, SC ...... 162 Will (1798) of John Carter of Laurens, District, SC ...... 163 Will (1825) of Robert Carter, Senior of Laurens District, SC ...... 164 Will (1800) of Thomas Crosson of Landrum District, SC ...... 166 A Sketch of Rev. I. W. Wingo, Patron of Campobello ...... 167 Family Record of Rev. Isham Woodruff Wingo ...... 168 Obituary of Mrs. Lula Dean Wingo ...... 169 Wingo-Sharpe Marriage Notice in 1803 ...... 169 Images of Earlier Campobello Landmarks ...... 170 Names Researched by PHS Members: Current List One ...... 171 Index ...... 173 Obituary of Rev. I. W. Wingo (1850-1913) ...... 176 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2010 by the Piedmont Historical Society i

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Volume XXV May 2011 Number 2 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices...... ii Membership Application Form—2011 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv The Family Record of John Lewis Ballenger (1790-1851) Updated ...... 45 Tribute to Mrs. Maria E. Ballenger (1814 -1883) ...... 48 Ballenger Marriage and Death Notices From The Keowee Courier ...... 48 Sketch of Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Spartanburg County, SC ...... 48 Three Burials at Mt. Zion ...... 49 Cowpens Revisted in 1938 ...... 50 Memoriam to Major Thomas Young (1764 -1848) of Union County, SC ...... 56 Location of The Plumber Settlement in Union County, SC ...... 56 Upstate Death Notices in 1832 From The Charleston Courier ...... 57 Death Notices in 1832 of Four Upstate Rev. Veterans ...... 59 Two Deaths in Rutherford County, NC ...... 59 Greenville District Equity Court Index, Volume B, 1820-1850 ...... 60 Biographical Sketch of William Smith (1751-1837) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 63 Greenville District Groom in 1832 ...... 63 Family Record of John Harmon (1760s-1830) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 64 A Description of Gowensville in 1860 ...... 65 Bible Record of Williamington Lafayette Turner of Laurens District, SC ...... 66 Whitner-Sloan Marriage in Anderson District ...... 66 Recollections of Early Spartanburg Village (1827-1835) ...... 67 The Families of William T. Harvey (1825-1915), Native of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 70 A Mr. Berry of Spartanburg District Shot And Killed in 1832 ...... 71 British Rifle Found in 1858 Near Cedar Spring (Spartanburg District) ...... 71 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 72 Will (1851) of John Lewis Ballenger of Pickens District, SC ...... 72 Heirs of Pleasant E. Ballenger Wingo ...... 75 Will (1853) of Thomas Gassaway of Pickens District ...... 76 Death Notice of Russell T. And Sunie Ida Good of Greenville County, SC ...... 77 Church Folklore And The Name of Erskine College ...... 78 Origin of The Name “Due West” in Abbeville County, SC ...... 78 Erskine College Commencement in 1854 ...... 79 Two 1858 Marriage Notices From Abbeville, SC ...... 80 York District Guardian Bonds ...... 81 Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Ballard of Campobello ...... 82 Obituary of Mrs. Clarinda Vaughan ...... 82 Snippets of Union County History ...... 83 Index ...... 86 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2011 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXIV August 2010 Number 3 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2010 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries and Contributions ...... iv Family Record of James Douthit Sims (1803-1865), Native of Abbeville District, SC ...... 89 Tribute to James Douthit Sims Written in 1865 ...... 91 An Account of Sims and Smith Emigration to and Settlement in Hamilton Co., Indiana . ..93 Servicemen Buried in the Boiling Springs First Baptist Church Cemetery (Spartanburg County, SC) ...... 97 Reminiscences of York by a Septuagenarian ...... 101 Death Notice of Obadiah Trimmier of Pendleton District ...... 104 Death Notice of Tom, a Slave, of Edgefield District ...... 104 Death Notice of Capt. George Cooper, Rev. War Veteran ...... 104 Chester District Equity Court Direct and Cross Indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 105 Obituary of John Bankston Davis of Campobello ...... 107 Fatal Bridge Collapse Over Saluda River ...... 107 Family Record of Joshua Pettit (1734 -1786) ...... 108 Family Record of Joel Hembree (1775-1825) ...... 109 Five Abbeville Marriages in 1857 ...... 111 Hembree Youth With Spartanburg Roots Has Oregon Trail Marker ...... 112 Upstate Death Notices in 1829 From The Charleston Courier ...... 113 Bible Record of Phillip Porter (1764 -1841) of Pickens District ...... 117 Revolutionary War Pension Claims of Phillip Porter of Pickens District, SC ...... 118 Emigration of Two Pigeons From Liverpool to Boston ...... 121 Allen Families Found in Greenville County, South Carolina (Late 1700s to Mid-1800s) ..... 122 Anecdote to General George Washington at Valley Forge ...... 123 Death Notice of Mrs. Elizabeth Pruett, Native of the Fairfield District Area ...... 123 Images of Grave Marker For Daniel Morgan (1783-1806) in Union County, SC ...... 124 Obituary of Phillip Porter (1764 - 1841) ...... 125 Mary (Mollie) Smith Porter Was Not Daughter of Job Smith ...... 125 Family Groups and Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 126 Will (1808) of Hugh Porter of Abbeville District ...... 126 Will (1851) of Mary Smith Porter, Wife of Phillip Porter ...... 128 Index ...... 129 An Evening of Entertainment in Charleston, SC (1829) ...... 131 Order Form For PHS Historic And Scenic Cards ...... 132 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2010 by the Piedmont Historical Society

i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXV February 2011 Number 1 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form For 2011 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries and Contributions ...... iv Bible Record of Thomas Walker (b. 1780) of Laurens District, SC ...... 1 Abstract of Will (1833) of Zachariah Bailey ...... 1 Baileys And Colemans of Beaverdam Creek of Early Laurens District ...... 2 Five Spartanburg District Deaths in 1816 ...... 2 Bible Record of F. F. Alverson of Spartanburg County, SC ...... 3 Family of Thomas And Dorcus Smith Gassaway of Pickens District, SC ...... 4 Upstate Death Notices in 1831 From The Charleston Courier ...... 5 Death Notices From Rutherford County, NC in 1831 From The Charleston Courier ...... 8 Invention of The Cherokee Alphabet in 1829 ...... 9 Obituary of Mrs. Nancy W. Shand (Anderson District, SC 1831) ...... 9 Family Record of John Dawkins (1788-1853) of Fairfield District, SC ...... 10 Family Record of Paschal Charles Wingo (1803-1869) ...... 12 Two Wingo Newspaper Items ...... 13 Family of Alfred Dean (1798-1877) ...... 14 A Sketch of Dr. Thomas Perry Dean (With Photograph) ...... 15 Photographs of Rev. I. W. Wingo And His Wife Lula Dean Wingo ...... 16 Two Dean Newspaper Items ...... 16 Excerpts From Civil War Diary of C. C. McMillin ...... 17 Death Notices in 1831 of Four Upstate Rev. Veterans ...... 19 Fatal Fight in Chester District ...... 19 Family Record of Andrew Harmon (ca 1767-1847) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 20 Abstract of A Significant Harmon Deed ...... 22 Wingo, Foster, And Richardson Photographs ...... 23 Family Record of William Harmon (1830-1912) of Spartanburg, SC ...... 24 Chester District Equity Court Direct And Cross Indices of Equity Bills 1820-1874 ...... 26 Original Field Report of Banastre Tarleton at Blackstock’s ...... 29 Views Contrary to Tarleton’s Report at Blackstock’s ...... 29 Anecdote to General George Washington at Valley Forge ...... 30 Will (1782) of William Hallum ...... 31 Obituary of Capt. George B. Dean ...... 32 Powell-Holcomb Marriage (1842) of Union District ...... 32 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 33 Will (1789) of Charles King of Newberry County, SC ...... 33 Will (1845) of William Carter of Laurens District, SC ...... 35 Guardian Accounts (1831-1840) For The Minor Children of James McMories ...... 36 Burial Record of Andrew Harmon at Fairforest Presbyterian Cemetery in Union County . 37 A Sketch of Dr. Jacob H. King, M.D...... 38 Bible Record of Andrew Egger (b. 1752) of York District, SC ...... 39 Obituary of Mrs. Harriett Hayne Butler of Edgefield, SC ...... 39 Death Notice of Mary C. Holland of Pickens District, SC ...... 39 Names Researched by PHS Members: Current List Two ...... 40 Index ...... 42 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2011 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY

Volume XXV August 2011 Number 3

Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices ...... ii Membership Application Form—2011 ...... iii Send Us Your Queries And Contributions—Addresses ...... iv Family Records of Zimri Carter (1773-1843) And Son William of Laurens District, SC . . . 89 Major WM. Hoy’s Account of Merchants, Lawyers, And Politics in Spartanburg District in 1826 ...... 90 A Response to Major Hoy From Joseph Johnston of Texas ...... 92 Obituary of Robert Ligon (1774 - 1833) ...... 92 Family of Alexander Alexander (1753-1806) And First Wife ...... 93 Obituary of James Alexander (1789-1860) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 95 Family of Alexander Alexander (1753-1806) And Second Wife ...... 96 Tombstone Inscriptions For Alexander And Anna Alexander ...... 97 A Record of Revolutionary War Service of Alex. Alexender ...... 97 Obituary of Mrs. Anna Alexander Johnston (1797-1852) ...... 97 Family of Robert Ligon, Jr. (1774 - 1833) ...... 98 Death Notices in 1833 of Two Upstate Rev. War Veterans ...... 99 Will (1859) of Esther Ligon (Floyd County, Georgia) ...... 100 Will (1787) of John McCrory ...... 101 Will (1793) of Martha McCrory, Second Wife of John McCrory ...... 102 Images of Two Early Campobello Landmarks ...... 103 Upstate Death Notices in 1833 From The Charleston Courier ...... 104 Death of George Reese, Rev. War Vet. of Anderson District, SC ...... 106 Obituaries of Thomas Ogier (1755-1833), Rev. War Vet., And Son (Anderson District) . 107 Murder (1833) of William Patton (Native of Abbeville Dist., SC) ...... 108 The Fatal Bobo-Rice Confrontation (1833) in Union District, SC ...... 109 Family Record of John M. Harmon (Abt 1808-1844) of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 110 Death of Charles A. Petty of Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC ...... 111 Family Record of James Harmon (About 1810-Before 1870) of Union District, SC . . . . . 112 Fire in 1879 Destroys The Academy of Music in Greenville, SC ...... 114 Tombstone Inscription For Henry Newton Carter ...... 114 Reminiscences of York by a Septuagenarian ...... 115 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 119 Estate Papers (1784) of John Alexander, Deceased ...... 126 Snippets From Union County History ...... 126 Edgefield District, SC Bride And Floyd County, Ga Groom ...... 129 Index ...... 129 Slave/Owner Index ...... 131 Names Researched by PHS Members: Current List ...... 132 ______Published quarterly in February, May, August, and November Copyright 2011 by the Piedmont Historical Society i UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY & HISTORY  Volume XXV ___ November 2011 __ Number 4 Table of Contents ...... i Piedmont Historical Society News and Notices...... ii NO Membership Application Form For 2012 ...... iii Postal Address For Back Issues of Quarterlies ...... iv Family Record of Alexander Reid (1808 – 1896) ...... 137 Obituary of James Reid (1844 – 1928) of Campobello, SC ...... 140 Family Record of David McCallister (1849-1927) of Spartanburg County, SC ...... 141 Upstate Death Notices in 1834 From The Charleston Courier ...... 142 Death Notice (1834) of Mrs. Martha Berry of Pendleton, SC ...... 143 Family Record of John Easterwood (1793 – 1857) of Union County, SC ...... 144 Obituary(1834) of Dr. Thomas J. Brasilman of Newberry District, SC ...... 145 Obituary (1834) of Gen. Starling Tucker, U.S.Congressman From Laurens District, SC ... 146 Three Abbeville District Marriage Notices in 1858 ...... 146 An Excellent Shot — A Tall Tale ...... 147 Three South Carolina Sites Associated With Revolutionary War “Feminist” Jane Black Thomas (1720 – 1811) ...... 148 Family of Robert Coggins (abt 1784 – 1840s) Reconstructed ...... 150 Dunagan – Coggins Marriage Notice in 1836 ...... 153 Obituary of Capt. Starling Willis, With Additional Notes ...... 154 Some Coggins and Related Marriage Notices ...... 155 Family Record of Daniel Morgan McMorries (1809 – 1872) of Newberry District, SC ...... 156 Obituary (1810) of James Lafayette Farmer of Anderson, SC ...... 157 Family Record of William S. McMorries (1809 – 1875) of Newberry District, SC ...... 158 Founding of Erskine College in Due West, Abbeville Dist., SC ...... 159 Two Travellers Killed In a Storm Near Yorkville (1836) ...... 160 Petition For Naturalization (1811) of Andrew Harmon of Spartanburg District, SC ...... 161 Family Records of James B. Bradley (1837-1923) of Oconee and Greenville Counties, SC . 162 Second Family of Thomas Bradley (1858 NC–1927 SC) ...... 164 Obituary of James B. Bradley (1837 NC – 1923 SC) ...... 165 Obituary of Mrs. Susan Matilda Boggs Bradley (1862 – 1962) ...... 165 Family Record of Robert Rogers, Sr. (1743 – 1829) Updated ...... 166 Extract Re Knox and Boggs From a Pickens, SC Newspaper ...... 168 Obituary of Mrs. Etta Coggins Sellers of Spartanburg County, SC ...... 168 Relics in 1880 From The Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780 ...... 169 Obituary of Robert Kirkpatrick of Fairfield District, SC ...... 169 The Two Families of George Berry (abt 1775 – 1806) of Laurens District, SC ...... 170 Family Groups And Family Connections From County Court Records ...... 172 Will (1821) of Robert Rogers, Sr...... 175 Will (1905) of Elizabeth Warren ...... 176 Will (1844) of Jane Patton ...... 178 Geo. Washington’s Snuff Box Still in Greenwood, SC in 1939 ...... 179 Chester District Equity Court Direct And Cross Indexes of Equity Bills 1820 – 1874 ...... 181 Marriage Notice in 1834 For a Newberry District Groom ...... 181 Index ...... 182