Family Connections of Melinda Joyce Settle
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Family Connections of Melinda Joyce Settle Table of Contents BAILEY LINE .......................................................................... 1 BLACKWELL LINE ...................................................................... 1 BOITER LINE .......................................................................... 1 BOITER LINE II ......................................................................... 3 BRANNON LINE ........................................................................ 5 BRUCE LINE ........................................................................... 7 CHAPMAN LINE ........................................................................ 7 DAVIS LINE .......................................................................... 12 DUNCAN LINE ........................................................................ 13 FERRIS LINE .......................................................................... 14 HAMMETT LINE ....................................................................... 15 LEWIS LINE .......................................................................... 20 MCDOWELL LINE ..................................................................... 21 McMAKIN LINE ....................................................................... 28 McMILLAN LINE ...................................................................... 31 MORGAN LINE ........................................................................ 32 PEARSON LINE ........................................................................ 32 Draft notes on MELINDA SETTLE’s lines Page i Printed September 25, 2002 Dan W. Olds, 313 Pinelake Court, Spartanburg, SC ROBBS LINE .......................................................................... 34 RO(D)GERS LINE ...................................................................... 36 ROSS LINE ............................................................................ 49 SEAY LINE ........................................................................... 52 SEAY LINE II ......................................................................... 53 SEAY LINE III ......................................................................... 64 SELLARS LINE ........................................................................ 64 SETTLE LINE ......................................................................... 65 SOLESBEE LINE ....................................................................... 77 STROTHER LINE ...................................................................... 81 WADE LINE ........................................................................... 82 WEST LINE ........................................................................... 86 WINGO LINE .......................................................................... 93 WOLFE LINE ......................................................................... 104 WOOD LINE ......................................................................... 114 WOODSON LINE ...................................................................... 116 Draft notes on MELINDA SETTLE’s lines Page ii Printed September 25, 2002 Dan W. Olds, 313 Pinelake Court, Spartanburg, SC Family connections of Melinda Joyce (Settle) Olds The purpose of these notes is to serve as a record of and a guide to research on the ancestry of my daughter-in-law. Little emphasis will be placed on collateral relatives, especially those more than one step removed from the ancestral lines. Family sections are arranged in alphabetic order by surname and organized from the earliest ancestor in the line down to the daughter who married into another family line, where the lineage may be continued. BAILEY LINE 1. ELIZABETH BAILEY is said to have been the maiden name of Elizabeth, wife of Darling Rodgers. She was born about 1793 and t hey were married about 1812 [The Rogers Family Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2, page 7]. See the RO(D)GERS LINE. BLACKWELL LINE 1. SCARBERRY BLACKWELL. The name is variously given as Scarbury, Scarberry, Barbary, Saxaby, etc. I have no evidence for the claim that she was a Blackwell as stated by Coles. She and her husband William Brannon were charter members of Boiling Springs Baptist Church in 1772. See the BRANNON line. BOITER LINE 1. WILLIAM BOITER. The earliest date that I can connect with this line is 9 Feb. 1790, when William Boiter was a witness to a deed from William Duncan to Moses Boiter [Spartanburg Co. Deed Book F, p. 390, from Pruitt]. The 1790 federal census of Spartanburg County lists him as William Biter; he had 2 white males over 16, 2 females and 3 slaves in his family. Nearby is the listing for his son, Moses Biter, with 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16 and 5 females. On 10 Sept. 1804, William Beter of Spartanburgh County gave his grandaughther, Betsey Mathers, wife of Daniel Mathias (also of Spartanburgh County), “for love and affection”, a Negro boy, Harry, about 12 years old. He signed by mark. The witnesses were John Cooper, James McDaniell and Susanna McDaniell. [Spartanburg County Deed Book I, p. 529-30, from Pruitt] On the 3rd of February, 1806, William Biter and Elizabeth Biter, "for the natural love and Draft notes on MELINDA SETTLE’s lines Page 1 Printed September 25, 2002 Dan W. Olds, 313 Pinelake Court, Spartanburg, SC affection which we have and bear unto Moses Biter", granted him all their Negroes (Rachal, Ned, Lewis, Tim or Aleck, Job and John). [Spartanburg County Deed Book K, p. 260-61] The deed was witnessed by Ephram Moore, Rosamon Hammet, and Kesiah Biter. On 17 Feb. 1806, William Boiter, "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and bear unto my Son Moses Boiter", granted to Mo ses all his cattle and household goods. [Spartanburg County Deed Boo k K, p. 272-3] Witnesses were Martha McDaniel, Po lly McDaniel, and Susanna McDaniel. These deeds are not recorded in the index because no real property was transferred in them. There are other SC families to be investigated for possible relationship. Horace Gilbert found a 1783 list of Tories prepared by Col. Roebuck which includes a William Biter and a Peter Biter, both deceased. No other households of Biter or Beter are listed for SC in 1790, although I do wonder about the Peter “Bites”, a single male over 16, listed in Abbeville County. There is no listing for Boiter but a Thomas Boyter of Newberry County is listed with one male over 16 and 1 female. Mrs. Margarette Boyter Swank, seeking origins of the Boiter family somewhat further afield, points out that the name Border can have a very similar sound and the 1790 census has a Peter Borders in Newberry Co. There was a Peter Bowyer in Cheraw District. Children of William and (perhaps Elizabeth) Boiter 2. Moses Boiter 2. MOSES BOITER, SR. Moses Boiter was listed as owning land on the border of land on a branch of the South Tyger River, 21 Jan. 1800, when Willliam Duncan sold land to David Duncan [Spartanburg Co. Deed Book E, p. 311-312, from Pruitt). Moses “Bobeter” (along with Hiram Bennett and Simon West) witnessed a deed from Sarah Brekin to James Miller for 50 acres on the north side of the South Tyger River [Spartanburg Co. Deed Book O, p. 394-95 (from Pruitt). He is mentioned in Spartanburg County Deed Book F, p. 309, 9 Feb. 1790, when William Duncan, the right heir of William Duncan, deceased, sold 300 acres (which had been granted to John Millhouse on 7 May 1763) to Moses Boiter. William Boiter was a witness. On 1 Feb. 1827, Moses Biter sold 100 acres on the north side of the South Tyger River to Elizabeth Snoddy and signed by mark. [Spartanburg Co. Deed Book T, p. 333-34, from Pruitt]. According to Gilbert & Dusterhoft (1985), Moses Boiter, Sr., and his wife Kizziah, were the parents of 3. i. Kizziah Boiter, b. 6 Jan. 1788, m. Simon West ii. Peter Boiter, age 40-50 in 1840, m. Polly Johnson 4. iii. Moses Boiter, Jr., m. Violet Rogers-- BOITER LINE II iv. John P. Boiter, age 30-40 in 1840, m. Martha Johnson Draft notes on MELINDA SETTLE’s lines Page 2 Printed September 25, 2002 Dan W. Olds, 313 Pinelake Court, Spartanburg, SC v. Mary Boit er, single vi. Malinda Boiter, single 3. KIZZIAH BOITER was born 6 Jan. 1788 and died 1 May 1865. She and her husband, Simon West, are buried at Bethlehem Baptist Church near Woodruff, SC, and the dates are from her tombstone. See the WEST LINE. BOITER LINE II 4. MOSES BOITER. Moses Boiter was born 25 Dec. 1796 and died 17 Jan. 1877, age 80 years and 20 days old. Violet Boiter died 6 July 1888 "80 sum odd years old, the mother of 10 children." They are buried in the small family cemetery at the end of Shady Lane Road, off the Switzer-Green Pond road, near Switzer. Gilbert and Dusterhoft (1985) give her name as Violet Rogers. [See the WEST LINE for their daughter Adeline West and the suggestion that this was Violet Wade, not Rogers.] Henderson Boiter is buried in t he only other grave wit h a legible tombstone; he was born in 1822 and died 30 Aug. 1886. However, several additional gravesites are marked and there is a stone fence enclosure nearby. On 7 Nov. 1833, Moses Boiter bought 120 acres of land from James Crook for $221. The land was on the south side of the Tyger river near Drummonds Springs. [Spartanburg County Deed Book VVV p. 764] On 1 April 1863, Frederick Switzer sold 8 acres on the south east side Boiter Spring Branch to Henderson Boiter [Deed Book VVV p. 765] These deeds were not recorded until 29 April 1901 when the deeds of Barnett Boiter, as attorney for Henderson Boiter's heirs, were also filed. The Moses