Browsing Archive: December, 2009
Posted by John Howell on Sunday, December 27, 2009,
Nathan Center, born around 1800, settled in Richland County. He married Charlotte Rives. She was the daughter of Timothy Rives. Nathan's ancestor married into the Thomas Taylor family. Was Center Township of Richland County named after Nathan Center? Click on blue name heading to reply and to see replies.
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Posted by John Howell on Sunday, December 27, 2009,
Flemming (Flemmond) Ford was born in 1838. He married Susannah Medlin, daughter of Calvin Medlin. Calvin's parents were Robert and Mary Massey Medlin. Click on blue name heading to reply and see replies.
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Posted by John Howell on Saturday, December 26, 2009,
Robert and Joel Medlin, brothers, settled in Richland County from NC around 1832. Robert married Mary Massey and had at least three sons, Isaac, Bryant, and Calvin. To reply click on blue name heading to reply and see replies.
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Posted by John Howell on Friday, December 25, 2009,
Colonel Henry Fox received land on the Wateree and Santee Rivers in 1764. He later moved onto the land now Ft. Jackson and operated mills on Colonel's Creek, named after him, maintaining a large acreage of land. His decendants spread into Lexington County. One, John Fox, was a prominent citizen of Lexington, SC and his home is one of the main buildings of the Lexington County Museum. Click on blue name heading to reply and see replies.
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Posted by John Howell on Thursday, December 10, 2009,
PHILLIP and MARY ANN EVANS ROBERTS
Among the Robertses who made the South Carolina midlands their home was Phillip Roberts III, who married Mary Ann Evans, a Richland County native. They owned a plantation in what is now lower Richland County, and accumulated a sizable estate. The Roberts records in this website focus on the family and descendants of Phillip and Mary Ann Evans Roberts, although other lines are also explored. Phillip Roberts parents were Phillip Roberts and Sarah Kirtley. His...
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Posted by John Howell on Sunday, December 6, 2009,
According to census records Tyson Campbell was born in 1849. He married Joanna Young. Their son Samuel Edward Campbell was born 1868 in Congaree, SC. Samuel's wife was Mary, maiden name unknown. Samuel and Mary Campbell had the following children: (1) Dewey Hobson, b, 1898, married Bernice Shannon, (2) E. T., (3) Lee, (4) Cloyd K., (5) Claytor K. & (6) Marion.
Samuel Edward Campbell's other known brothers and sister: (1) James, (2) Marion, (3) Julian, (4) Walter, (5) John W. (6) & (7) Leila...
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Posted by John Howell on Thursday, December 3, 2009,
When I was a teenager I asked all of my grandparents the names of their parents.
How I wish I had asked them more information. It was many, many years later that
I started my search and, of course, my grandparents weren't around to ask. If only..
I had asked more and remembered. If only the census had started sooner. If only
the census had included the names of the members of the household sooner. If
only there were birth certificates and death certificates and marriage license sooner.
But there w...
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Posted by John Howell on Wednesday, December 2, 2009,
Johanes Stephen Eleazer/Ellisor was born in Germany in 1720. He migrated to America and settled in Spring Hill in now Lexington County. Spring Hill is known today as Chapin. A John Ellisor received a land grant in Craven County on Little River in 1772. These are most likely the same person and thus began the descendancy of the Ellisor family in Richland and Lexington Counties.
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