tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45697824493004695982024-02-07T04:32:21.190-05:00Samuel and Mary Clark Reed of BarnwellThis blog is by and for descendants of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. Samuel Reed was born abt 1751 in Ireland and died 1823 in Barnwell District, South Carolina. Mary Clark was born in Ireland abt 1762 and died abt 1846 in Barnwell District, South CarolinaMarilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-54229035583454566902013-10-15T13:26:00.000-04:002013-10-15T13:26:37.749-04:00Marriage Settlement of Samuel Reed (1810-1877) and Sarah A. LarisseyThis is a copy of the prenuptial agreement (scanned from the original*) stating that a marriage between Samuel Reed (1810-1877) and Sarah A. Larissey, his third
wife, is going to happen soon. Samuel owns a LOT of land (I counted 1546 acres "more or less") and quite a few worldly possessions that Sarah will have no right to should she survive Samuel. That's it, plain and simple. Most of the document is a listing of Samuel's lands and earthly possessions. Such agreements were not uncommon then; nor are they now.<br />
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The first two witnesses listed were brothers from the Blackville area: Dr. Samuel Daniel Medicus "Sam" Guess (1836-1935), a dentist, and John Gardner Hamilton "Joe" Guess (1834-1918), a planter. The third witness was Samuel's nephew Henry Samuel Fickling (1826-1903), son of Jane Elizabeth Reed (Hugh & Jane's daughter) and Rev. William Johnson Fickling. <br />
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* Many thanks go to Barbara Holloway Smith, a 5-great granddaughter of Samuel and Mary
Reed. She called me recently and offered to share this marriage
settlement. Barbara has an original of this document! And that's not all ...
I'll share more about that at a later date. <br />
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Barbara's lineage: Samuel Reed and Mary Clark > Hugh Reed and Jane
McSpeddon > Samuel Reed and Matilda Willis > Cyrena Kesiah Reed
and William Capers Milhous > John Henry Eliott Milhous and Mary Ann
Perry > Julia Norris Milhous and Walter Stewart Peterson > Susan
Caroline Peterson and
William Jordan Holloway > Barbara Holloway Smith<br />
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Thank you so very much, Barbara, for sharing with all your cousins.
"By and For the Descendants ..." at the top of this page is what it's
all about!<br />
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<span id="goog_1584601676"></span><span id="goog_1584601677"></span><br />Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-48096943548755919862013-10-09T13:36:00.000-04:002013-10-09T13:36:01.471-04:00The “Disappearance” of Miriam ReedGuest Post By Henry Singer, Jr.<br />
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Miriam Thelma Reed,<br />
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While researching my mother’s side of my family, I located a reference called <i>South Carolina Garrick Family Roots</i> (Miller/Watson 1995) which detailed much of my mother’s maternal ancestry. However, when it came to my mother herself, she had “disappeared” from the family history. She was correctly identified as the daughter of Marcus Fred and Annie Garrick Reed of Savannah, Georgia, but she was listed as having married someone named "Signer" and left the area.<br />
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Miriam did indeed marry and leave Savannah and that is the subject of this narrative. Miriam married Henry Lewis Singer (not Signer) of Avon, Washington on June 20, 1946. How a man who had never been further east than Butte, Montana met a woman who had never been further west than Raleigh, North Carolina can be explained, like many stories of that era, by World War II. The story also involved an unlikely twist of fate that brought the two together.<br />
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The story actually began sometime in 1942 when a young Georgia man named Fred Reed (Miriam’s younger brother) burst into a barracks at Fort Lewis, Washington with some other Southern recruits and in a good-natured, yet boisterous, way announced that the Rebels had arrived.<br />
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Henry, at the time, had been napping on his cot and did not take kindly to being awakened. Apparently, words were exchanged between Henry and Fred, though there is no indication that they came to blows. The two were separated and the incident was over, but not the connection between the two men.<br />
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Sometime later the two men got together and apologized to each other and in an unlikely scenario went on to become close friends. Fred was an outgoing young man, while Henry, about ten years older, was a quiet and reserved man. The two men enjoyed “horsing” around together, but their real bond may have been that they both valued a man of his word and were closely tied to their respective families. The war eventually led them to Europe with the 203rd General Hospital where they were part of the motor pool. As part of the Normandy Campaign they saw their share of warfare, before finishing the war serving at a military hospital in Paris.<br />
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At some point, Fred Reed had arranged for his sister, Miriam, to write to this GI friend of his from Washington. This probably started while the unit was stationed at Fort Lewis and continued until the end of the war. Unfortunately, no record of this correspondence has ever been found. There is only a picture of Henry, sent to Miriam after the war’s end. The photo was taken in Belgium in 1945 as the troops awaited transport back to the United States.<br />
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While none of their correspondence has ever been found, a relationship obviously developed. Henry was discharged from the Army at Fort Lewis in December of 1945.<br />
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By June, he had driven across the country to meet and marry Miriam. It is believed that he made the trip twice, no easy feat in the time before interstate highways. One trip to meet Miriam, a return home to announce his intentions, followed by a return to Savannah with his sister Dee, at which time Henry and Miriam were married.<br />
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For the first four years of their marriage Henry and Miriam alternated between living in Washington and Georgia. Weather conditions often limited Henry’s work as a house mover during the winter, so they would relocate to Georgia, often staying with Miriam’s parents on Victory Drive in Savannah while Henry found work around town. <br />
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On January 7, 1948 their first child, Henry, Jr., was born. The arrival of a child made seasonal relocations less feasible. In 1950, Henry, Miriam, and Henry, Jr., returned to Washington to live permanently. With the construction of the Interstate Highway system and growing local communities Henry found steady work in the house moving trade. He continued in that employ until injury forced his retirement at the age of 60.<br />
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Henry and family settled in the town of Mount Vernon, the economic hub of the fertile Skagit Valley. Though it was the largest town in the area, the population of 8,000 was a far cry from bustling Savannah. For Miriam, the gray, cloudy days, cool temperatures and rural environment were a challenge. She dreamed of the day that the family would be able to return to Georgia. However, with the birth of two more children, daughters Anne Elizabeth (1953) and June (1957), her life in Mount Vernon became ever more permanent.<br />
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By the time Miriam returned for visits to Savannah in the 1960s and 1970s, the South she knew had changed. Though she loved her memories of Savannah throughout her life, she realized that with her family and friends, she was now more closely tied to Washington than Georgia.<br />
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Henry and Miriam delighted in their roles as parents and eventually grandparents. They faced all of life’s challenges with their children and grandchildren at the forefront of their thoughts. Henry passed away in November, 1980. Miriam continued to live in their home until her passing in April, 1999. During the intervening years Miriam, though missing Henry, remained active, nurturing grandchildren and sharing time with family.<br />
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Henry and Miriam are buried side by side in the IOOF Cemetery in Mount Vernon, Washington. The relationship that began in 1942 never wavered. Henry and Miriam shared life’s joys and sorrows together, inseparable in their affection for each other and for their family.<br />
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Mount Vernon, Washington, 1996</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Henry Singer is a 4-great grandson of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. Born in Savannah, GA, he grew up in Washington State. He and his wife Marlene taught elementary school for 30+ years and are currently enjoying retirement in Tucson, AZ. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">His lineage: Samuel Reed and Mary Clark > Hugh Reed and Jane McSpeddon > James Reed and Anne Tyler > James A. Reed and Gertrude Easterling > Marcus Reed and Annie Garrick > Miriam Reed and Henry Singer > Henry Singer, Jr</span>. </span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-10954892300331305662013-10-07T08:17:00.000-04:002013-10-07T08:17:27.108-04:00Graveyarding Time is HereI've always loved the Fall. The temperatures are very pleasant and the leaves are beautiful. In the last few years, however, I've found another reason to love Fall. As the mosquitoes disappear and the snakes go to ground, it's the beginning of Graveyarding Season. <br />
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Here's a great shot my son Ian got last November at Hugh Reed's Family Plot near Blackville.<br />
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My plan is to revisit our family graveyards here on this blog in the next few weeks. There have been some very positive changes in the last couple of years. But first, let's review how NOT to go graveyarding from a trip Ian and I made in 2008. After reading, please leave a comment about one of <i>your</i> graveyarding trips. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>How NOT to Go Graveyarding</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On
Thursday, April 10, 2008, my son Ian and I took our first major
graveyarding trip down to Barnwell County. It was very successful on
most counts. More about that part of the trip another time. The rest of
the story is to demonstrate how NOT to go graveyarding. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When we were
ready to head home from Barnwell County, it was only 2:30. So we decided
to go back up through Blackville to Hwy. 3 to catch a section of Rd.
389 that was supposed to have the Jeremiah Jones family cemetery (my
mother’s side of my family). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The only info I had was that it was
on Rd. 389 near Sawyerdale, and I had looked it up on Mapquest. We rode
through looking and had seen nothing by the time we got to Neeses. I
stopped at town hall (offices close at 1PM on Thurs & Fri) and
talked with the magistrate who recommended I go talk to the manager at
the Piggly Wiggly. He sent us back to 389 to a church we’d seen where a
funeral was being held to ask folks there. Nobody knew, including a lady
who had grown up on that road. I couldn’t hang around any longer
though, because my low fuel light started beeping! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We were ready
to go find some ice cream and gasoline and go on home. BUT, at the gas
station, I talked with a fellow that gave me directions to two
possibilities. Take Begonia Road, go up a two rut road in between . . .
cinder block house . . . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On one two rut road we drove into a sort
of enclave with a couple of nice houses, barns, garages, farm
equipment, and an Esso station. Yep, it was truly picturesque. Had TONS
of very old service station collectibles all over the place. I would
like to have stopped & taken a picture, but I felt like someone
somewhere was pointing a gun at me. We didn’t see or hear a soul. (Maybe
they were all at the funeral up the road.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On another two rut
road we saw a sort of turn-in where Ian thought he saw tombstones. I
turned in on what was just a path (no ruts) in the woods. No stones. I
kept going (optimist that I am) and came out in a large grassy clearing
with a very large mobile home. I pulled up to it and a teenage girl came
out smiling. As I was starting to tell her I was very lost, her mama
comes around the back corner of the house, arms folded over chest,
accompanied by two big black dogs, saying very sternly, "You better have
a good reason for being back up in here." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Yes, ma’am. I’m very
lost. I’m looking for the Jeremiah Jones family cemetery." Smiling big.
My 19 years in a school office where the parents got bolder, meaner,
ruder, and more irate with each passing year was really paying off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I ain’t never heard of it," she barked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Ohhhh,
well [disappointedly] if you’ll just tell me the best way to get back
to Begonia Road, I’ll be out of here," thinking that surely they didn’t
get to & fro this lovely trailer through those woods. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Just
go back up ‘ere through ‘em woods where you come in, where you had no
bidness being, and take that two rut road right back to Begonia Road." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Yes, ma’am. Thank you soooooo much. And God less y’all." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ian
& I hightailed it outta there! I really didn’t get too nervous ‘til
we were back to Begonia Rd., whereupon I had to pay close attention to
my driving not to have a full fledged panic attack! We made a pledge
right then and there: no more two rut roads unless I know exactly where
I’m going AND the folks around there know I’m coming! </span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-28043702181430022282013-04-22T13:05:00.000-04:002013-04-22T13:05:13.234-04:00Wanted: Photos of James W. Reed & Anna R. TylerDo you have any photographs of James William Reed (1827-1901) and/or his wife Anna Rebecca Tyler (1727-1882)? A very special cousin is looking for some, and I'd love to see them too! I bet someone somewhere must have some. <br />
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If you can help, please respond to me at samuelreedfamilyATgmailDOTcom (replacing the AT and DOT with the appropriate symbol, of course). Thank you!Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-56118296556792507692012-12-14T09:55:00.000-05:002012-12-14T09:55:47.855-05:00Michael Joshua Reed (1851-1924) and Some of His Descendants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Mike" Joshua Reed was the fourth of 13 recorded children of James
William Reed (1827-1901) and Anna Rebecca Tyler (1828-1882). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2011/03/michael-joshua-reed.html">here</a> for further information about Mike Reed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael Joshua Reed and Mary Alice Fanning Reed abt 1920</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael Joshua Reed and Mary Alice Fanning Reed abt 1890</span></div>
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L-R: Nina Maroney, Lula Emma Fogle, Myra Johnson, Christine Hair.
Men, L-R: Dallas, Clayton, [Unsure], James, and [Unsure]. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The four daughters of MJ Reed and Mary Alice Fanning: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lula Emma Reed Fogle, Myra Cornelia Reed Johnson, Christine B. Reed Hair, and (seated) Nina Beatrice Reed Maroney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">George Arthur "Buck" Reed (28 Jan 1893 - 21 Aug 1963) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married Florence Barton (1896-1966). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christine Beatrice Reed (14 Dec 1903 - 8 Nov 1956) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Myra Cornelia Reed (18 Dec 1911 - 17 Nov 1985) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married Clarence Gary Johnson (1912-1972).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lula Emma Reed (20 Sep 1898 - 6 Aug 1973) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married James Sumter Fogle (1890-1970).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nina Beatrice Reed (16 Oct 1890 - 19 June 1962) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married Purvis Oscar Maroney (1874-1938).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clayton Rivers Reed (14 Oct 1894 - 5 Dec 1970) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married Annie Hallman (1913-1987). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Michael Dallas Reed (6 Jun 1907 - 26 June 1968)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">James Joseph Reed (1 Jun 1902 - 29 Mar 1979) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Addie Acbarias Reed (6 Nov 1876 - 30 Jan 1963) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">married Maggie L. Pou (1883-1969). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Children of Nina Reed Maroney: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Evelyn Maroney Morgan (1917-2003), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John P. Maroney (1921-1975), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John Arthur "Johnnie" Reed (1922-2001), </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">s</span><span style="font-size: large;">on of George Arthur "Buck" Reed </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Obituaries from <i>The Augusta Chronicle</i> (through GenealogyBank.com) and <i>The State</i> (through Richland County Public Library) are used with permission. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many, many thanks to Roger
Ganis of Charleston, SC, and his mother Annie Mae Fogle Ganis (daughter of James S. and
Lula Reed Fogle) for their kindness in sharing their photographs. </span><br />
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Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-61569382268936349862012-11-13T16:58:00.000-05:002012-11-13T16:58:56.319-05:00Raymond P. Boylston, Jr., 1930 - 2012<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ray Boylston was a 3-great grandson of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. He descends from Samuel and Mary's daughter Mary who married Austin Boylston. </span><br />
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RALEIGH - Raymond P. Boylston, Jr., of Raleigh, NC, passed away November 8, 2012. <br /><br />Funeral
services for Ray Boylston, Jr., 82, will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday,
November 10, 2012 at St. James Methodist Church, 3808 St. James Church
Rd. Raleigh, NC 27604, followed by a graveside service at Historic
Oakwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday evening,
November 9, 2012 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 1701
E. Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC 27609.<br /><br />Pallbearers will be his
grandsons Brooks Boylston, Christopher Hinson, Zachary Boylston, Adam
Hinson, Mitchell Boylston and Samuel Boylston. <br /><br />Ray Boylston
graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. double major
in chemistry and biology in 1951. During the Korean War, he served in
the Army Chemical Corps at Fort Detrick, MD.<br /><br />Ray married Bobbie
Weeks of North Augusta, SC in 1952 and was employed by the DuPont
Company as a Health Physicist at the Savannah River Project near Aiken,
SC for approximately 10 years. Ray and Bobbie lived in North Augusta, SC
from 1953 until 1964 during which time their three children were born.<br /><br />Ray
Boylston transferred to DuPont's corporate offices in Wilmington, DE in
1964 where he served as a Corporate Safety and Fire Protection
Engineer. Then in 1965, he was transferred to Kinston, NC where he
became the Safety Supervisor for the DuPont Dacron Polyester Plant.
While employed in Kinston he was active in many State and local safety
organizations.<br /><br />In 1973, Ray was requested to become the first
State Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a
position he held for four years. After leaving OSHA in 1977, Ray became
the Safety Manager for the American Textile Manufacturers' Institute in
Charlotte, NC.<br /><br />Ray Boylston and three other principals formed
ELB and Associates, Inc. in 1978, a comprehensive occupational safety
and health consulting firm. He served as vice president, senior vice
president and president of the firm over an 18 year period. He retired
from the firm in 1994.<br /><br />He was an outstanding safety professional
at the local, state and national level serving as national president of
the American Society of Safety Engineers. His numerous awards include:
Fellow in the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Distinguished
Service to Safety Award for the National Safety Council.<br /><br />Ray
Boylston was a distinguished author of business and non-fiction books.
Some of his many books include MANAGING SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS, THE
BOYLSTON FAMILY HISTORY, BUTLER'S BRIGADE, THE BATTLE OF AIKEN, EDISTO
REBELS AT CHARLESTON, AND HEALING SPRINGS.<br /><br />His greatest legacy
was his total commitment to his family and his consistent love, support,
wisdom, and generosity. Surviving are his wife of sixty years, Bobbie
Weeks Boylston, daughter and son-in-law, Jennie Boylston Hinson and
Gerald Hinson; son and daughter-in-law Brooks M. Boylston and Dianne
Kennedy Boylston; and son and daughter-in-law Ray S. Boylston and Leigh
Moore; grandchildren Christy Boylston Moore and husband Corey Moore,
Brooks O. Boylston and wife Susan Woodward Boylston; Christopher Hinson
and Adam Hinson; Zachary Boylston and wife Jenn Moore Boylston of
Wilmington, NC, Mitchell Boylston and Samuel Boylston. Ray's great
grandchildren are Cameron, Katie and Ryann Moore; Benjamin, Cecilia and
Rosemary Boylston; all of Raleigh.<br /><br />Ray Boylston was preceded in
death by his parents, Lillie Victoria Boylston and Raymond Powell
Boylston and brother Samuel L. Boylston of Columbia, SC.<br /><br />The
family wishes to thank all of the caregivers from Comfort Keepers and
Hospice of Wake County for their support and assistance during the past
few months. Their gentle nature and compassion were a blessing to the
entire Boylston family. <br /><br />Suggested memorials are
or the Jimmy V Foundation. Share your condolences at www.brownwynne.com </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Published in The News & Observer on November 9, 2012</span><div style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 1px; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-transform: none; width: 1px;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Gallery of 171 photographs of Ray and his family: <a href="http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Raymond-Boylston&lc=4233&pid=160936371&mid=5299984">Here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Guest Book: <a href="http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/DignityMemorial/guestbook.aspx?n=raymond-boylston&pid=160936371">Here</a></span></div>
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Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-33852897178771695832012-11-01T09:52:00.000-04:002012-11-01T09:52:25.158-04:00Bruce Odom's Index to Barnwell County Probate<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samuel Reed's Signature on His Will on 24 Aug 1823</td></tr>
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Are there special people in your genealogical journey who have been invaluable in helping you find your way? Several people stand out to me without whom I would not be where I am today. <br />
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Bruce Odom is one of these folks for me. His research online was invaluable early on in helping me find my 2-great grandfather James Henry Reed. His research on our Odom line is unparalleled in my opinion. <br />
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Bruce is still at it, I'm delighted to report. Last winter he posted an index to Barnwell County probate files on RootsWeb. <a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scbarnwe/misc/Barnwell%20Probate%20Alphabetical%20internet.htm">Click here</a> for the link to this index. Find your ancestor on the index, and go much more quickly to their record without jumping around hit or miss. <br />
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More details from that page: </div>
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<i>This table includes
the names from the Barnwell County, SC loose papers probate files that have been
digitized and posted online by familysearch.org. They are in the Historical
Records for North America. Here is the URL that takes you to the county list for
South Carolina: </i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1911928/waypoints"><b>https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1911928/waypoints</b></a></span></div>
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<i>Click the county of
your interest and be prepared for some amazing family tree research. One of the
most valuable features of this information is that it includes the names of
several thousand slaves.</i></div>
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<i>There are a good
number of wills but I did not indicate that. If there was a will I used that
date otherwise the date is the earliest one I saw from skimming through the
information. This information can be searched and sorted as an MS Word table. On
the <span class="SpellE">familysearch</span> screen type the number for the set of
File Numbers you want to look at and then type the Image Number of the
particular file you want to see. Broadband is essential.</i></div>
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<i>Bruce Odom</i></div>
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<i>Athens, TX</i></div>
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<i>Jan. 29, 2012</i></div>
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Bruce, thank you once again for your diligence. You always amaze!<i> </i>I can never thank you enough. </div>
Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-10880345472748621272012-10-02T07:34:00.000-04:002012-10-02T07:34:47.088-04:00Salem Baptist to Celebrate 200th Anniversary<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salem Baptist
Church, the home church of many of our relations, Reed and otherwise, will
celebrate its 200th Year Anniversary and Homecoming on Sunday, October 21,
2012. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The celebration
will begin at 10:00 am with music, singing, and remembrances. A
covered-dish picnic will be held on the grounds at 1:00 pm. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">An updated book of
Salem's history will be available. If you would like to put a mum in the
church in memory of someone, contact Darla Lucas at (803) 247-2338. All
who wish to come celebrate this milestone are welcome! <br />
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The address is 11434 North Rd., North, SC. GPS coordinates are 33.65103,
-81.14929. <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2010/10/mixing-it-up-at-salem-baptist-church-in.html"> Click here</a> to learn more about Salem Baptist Church. <br />
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Many thanks to Janet Corbett Peele, a 3-great granddaughter of Samuel and Mary
Clark Reed, for sharing this information. Janet's great grandparents were
John Wiley Reed and Louvisa Clementine Hair. Her parents (Barbara Allen
Reed and Laurie Benjamin Corbett), grandparents (James Wiley Reed and Donie
Porter), and great-grandmother (Louvisa Hair Reed) are all buried at
Salem. She is a 3-great granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed.</span></span></span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-37479474715546817472012-09-28T12:36:00.001-04:002012-09-28T12:36:18.765-04:00The OTHER Samuel Reed in South CarolinaFrankly, folks, I get quite dismayed every time I still see <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2011/03/george-reed-and-abigail-leger-were-not_09.html">George Reed and Abigail Leger</a> listed as parents of our ancestor Samuel Reed. Despite all the <i>secondary</i> sources you can find that might make you believe it (other family trees, DAR applications, Manning Files, etc.), good evidence proves that it simply <b><i>is not true</i></b>.<br />
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The death dates of the two Samuel Reeds with the good sources we have
should be the easiest
way to tell that these Samuels are not the same. Our Samuel died in
1823 (his will being recorded 14 Nov 1823 in Barnwell County, SC).
According to the other Samuel's Revolutionary War record, he died <i>twenty years later in another state!</i> Would you not call that undeniable proof? <br />
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My source? The other Samuel Reed's (son of George) <i>quite detailed</i> Revolutionary War record at the National Archives and available to us through Fold3.com (formerly Footnote.com) and Ancestry.com. Check it out if you can. It really is fascinating reading. <br />
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This other Samuel's timeline found over and over in this record: <br />
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<li>1749 - Born on January 26 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to George Reed</li>
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<li>1762 - Moved to Rowan County, NC and then on to South Carolina with his parents when he was 13 years old</li>
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<li>1775 - Enlisted in militia and served in the Revolutionary War for about six years under his father, Colonel George Reed, and others</li>
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<li>1790 Census - "Capt Saml Reed" living in Abbeville County, SC</li>
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<li>He remained in South Carolina until about 1800 or 1806 when he moved to
Georgia. </li>
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<li>1832 - His war pension of $20.00 a year was executed on September
25 when he lived in Gwinnett County, GA</li>
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<li>1840 Census - Living in Gwinnett County, GA</li>
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<li>1840 - Moved to St. Clair County, Alabama, after the death of his wife to live with his children</li>
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<li>1843 - Died on February 8, most likely in Alabama</li>
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We genealogy researchers of 2012 are very, very fortunate to be able to find most of this information without even getting up from our desks. Time was, however, that researchers wrote letters to the archives to try to find out information about their ancestors. The archivists were usually diligent (as well as patient) in their responses. Here's a copy of one such response that sums it all up quite well. <br />
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<b>Who were our Samuel's parents?</b> To date, I've seen several other supposed parents of our Samuel Reed, but I have seen ZERO evidence to convince me. Have you any evidence?<br />
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OUR Samuel Reed was born in Ireland around 1751. He was still in Ireland when his son Hugh was born there in 1783. (Source for Hugh's birth date is his tombstone. Source for his birthplace is the 1850 census.) Our Samuel shows in the 1800, 1810, and 1820 censuses in Barnwell County. He died in Barnwell County in November 1823, per the recording of his will on 14 Nov 1823.<br />
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Any questions?Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-50904083833446610832012-09-26T15:00:00.001-04:002012-09-26T15:11:22.386-04:00Margaret Reed and Newport Head Had At Least Five DaughtersLast week, I received images of a document that provided some rich
information on the daughters of Newport Head and Margaret Reed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>(a daughter of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed). (Many thanks to Judy Womack!)
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The document was a case in the Chancery and Equity
Courts of Barnwell County, South Carolina dated 4 Jan 1851.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Box 15, Group 30 - Margaret Head &
Margaret Head Jr et al vs W.R. Halford S.B.D et al 01-04-1851)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will
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It names <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the said Elizabeth Head, Margaret Head the Younger, Mary Lott (wife of
William Lott) and Jane Odom (wife of Thomas Odom) are the daughters of the said
Margaret Head the Elder (the wife of Newport Head) and that the said Rebecca
Lott is the daughter of one Ellen Lott who is now dead and who was in her
lifetime the daughter of the said Margaret Head.”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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All the trees I could find on Ancestry (even mine) had only three daughters for Margaret and Newport Head, listing the eldest daughter as “Mary Ellen”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>followed by Jane and Elizabeth
Ann.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some digging, I found daughter
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Ellen Head Lott, Rebecca’s mother referred to in the document, eluded me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Rebecca could be found in the 1850 census living with the
preacher’s family next door to her grandparents Margaret and Newport.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1860, she was living with these grandparents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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My next step was to ask around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cousin Josie Reed stepped up to the plate
once again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Thank you so much again,
Josie!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what she found:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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From the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research
(SCMAR), South Carolina Baptist Marriages and Deaths, 1835-65 (1848 issue)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"Died,
on the 12th of May last, in Barnwell District, in the 23rd year of her age,
Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Lott, daughter of Mr. N. Head, and consort of Mr. S.
Lott....member of Blackville Baptist Church." </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Rebecca’s mother was Ellen Elizabeth Lott, and her father
was “S. Lott.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Josie found a Samuel Lott
in the 1850 census living nearby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could
this be Rebecca’s father?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Looking further, I found that Rebecca married her second
cousin George L. Hartzog, son of Ann Clark Reed and John Andrew Zeigler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ann Clark Reed was a daughter of Hugh Reed
and Jane McSpeddon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the death
certificates of several of Rebecca’s children, we learn that her middle name
was Margaret and that George’s middle name was Louis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The daughters were: </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Mary Head</b> - born abt 1822, died unknown; married William Emory Lott born abt 1815; died unknown.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Ellen Elizabeth Head</b> - born abt 1825, died 12 May 1848; married S. Lott.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Jane Head</b> - born 20 June 1827, died 24 May 1900; married Thomas Odom born 21 Aug 1817, died 17 Jun 1891.</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Elizabeth Ann Head</b> - born 23 Feb 1833, died 13 Feb 1920; married John Shannon McClendon born 18 Dec 1830, died 7 May 1904. Both are buried in Odom-McClendon Cemetery. </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b>Margaret Head</b> - born abt 1834, died 21 Sep 1915; married Levi McClendon. </span></div>
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All these answers lead to more questions, but isn’t that
the way it goes in this genealogy game?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Will we ever have all the answers this side of heaven?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I surely hope not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m enjoying the game!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Last week I entered the Odom-McClendon Cemetery on Find-a-Grave
from the list in The Barnwell Cemetery Books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=mcclendon&GSmid=46998361&CRid=2391115&pt=Odom-McClendon%20Cemetery&">Click here</a> to see.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned a
lot figuring the relationships of the people buried there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also came to believe that this was where
Newport and Margaret Reed Head are buried (although I have no absolute proof).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More on all this later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Chancery and Equity
Courts of Barnwell County, South Carolina dated 4 Jan 1851.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Box 15, Group 30 - Margaret Head &
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Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-61596913732750000572012-09-22T12:07:00.000-04:002012-09-22T12:07:40.304-04:00I'm Back ... I Think ...It has been almost a year since I posted. A lot has been happening, and I have a great deal to share with you. So, I'm going to give it a shot. Wish me luck! <br />
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Just a few of the things I need to share: <br />
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~ I've met several new-to-me cousins since last October who have shared a lot of facts and photos. I look forward to introducing them to you. <br />
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~ On the graveyarding scene, fabulous progress has been made on three of our families' sites. You're going to love it!<br />
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~ Margaret Reed and Newport Head had <i>five</i> daughters, not just the three most of us have on our trees. Great documentation to share on this!<br />
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~ My mother died on January 1, 2012. Expect a tribute to her very soon. <br />
<br />Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-79839372713556454312011-10-06T09:07:00.000-04:002011-10-06T09:07:07.723-04:00SAR Membership Applications: A WarningRecently, Ancestry.com made available the "<span id="recordInfoHeader"><span id="pageTitleWName">Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970." This is yet another fabulous resource for our research. </span></span><br />
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<span id="recordInfoHeader"><span id="pageTitleWName">Please keep in mind, however, that <i><b>these are not primary sources</b></i>. Instead, they should be used as "jumping off points" for finding further information. </span></span><br />
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<span id="recordInfoHeader"><span id="pageTitleWName">For instance: On my Ancestry profile for our Samuel Reed of Barnwell, I find two historical records available under Ancestry Hints. Both are SAR Applications for descendants of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. One traces back to George Reed of Abbeville who was not our Samuel's father. The other uses for proof an indent for the "other" Samuel Reed who was George of Abbeville's son. </span></span><br />
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<span id="recordInfoHeader"><span id="pageTitleWName">For further information this "other" Samuel and his father George, please click here: <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2011/03/george-reed-and-abigail-leger-were-not_09.html">George Reed and Abigail Leger Were Not the Parents of Samuel Reed of Barnwell</a>. </span></span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-29097992009481256022011-09-01T14:45:00.004-04:002011-09-01T14:58:38.736-04:00Who was Sarah A? Found her!I've done so much work lately on Samuel Reed (1810-1887, son of Hugh) and his family that you would think I descended from him. I don't, but some of my favorite people do! <br />
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One puzzle surrounding this Samuel eluded me ... until this week. <i>Who was his third wife "Sarah A.?"</i> With the help of her grandchildren found on the 1880 census, I found out! (Interesting to note is that I did all of this research without leaving my desk.) <br />
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Sarah (born about 1828) first shows up on the 1870 census as wife of Samuel. Samuel's first wife Matilda Willis died in 1865. His second wife Jane died in 1968. (See "Who was Jane E?" <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2011/07/who-was-jane-e-answer-surprised-me.html">here</a>.) Some time between Jane's death and 1870, Samuel married Sarah. Living with them in 1870 were six of Samuel's children.<br />
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By the 1880 census, all of Samuel's children had moved away from home, but Samuel and Sarah still had a house full of family.<br />
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We see "Idella Chisholm" there, listed as granddaughter. She was in fact Adella Chisolm, daughter of Samuel and Matilda's daughter Adella who had died in 1876.<br />
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"John Reed" listed in the household was a mulatto farm hand. (I would love to know more about him.) <br />
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The biggest clues to finding Sarah were the two little girls listed as granddaughters. It turns out that they were Sarah's granddaughters. There names were transcribed as Minnie (born about 1868) and Sarah (born about 1843) "Bessillien." <br />
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You can easily imagine the many ways to spell their last name. After looking around the internet for all the variations, I found a listing on Ancestry for Sarah Elizabeth Bessellieu (1873-1946). Her parents were John Howell Bessellieu and Anna Earle Larisey. Her mother Anna died in 1875. She had a sister named Mary Earle Bessellieu. Could this be Minnie? <br />
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Looking further, I discovered that Anna Earle Larisey Bessellieu's mother was Sarah Amanda Earle born about 1828 who married Henry Larisey. Henry had died in 1867. The puzzle pieces fell into place!<br />
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<b>Sarah Amanda Earle</b> was born about 1828 in Colleton County. We know that her mother's name was Ann from the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Ann Earle lived with Sarah and her family then. (There are some good hints as to her parents' full names on Ancestry, but I have been unable to find any sources. Therefore I will not add them here until documentation can be found. Do you have any sources for them?) <br />
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The 1850 census has Sarah living in St. Bartholomew's Parish in Colleton County with her husband Henry Larisey, her children Ann, Mary, and Henry; and her mother Ann Earle. <br />
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In 1860, they are all in St. Paul's Parish in Colleton County.<br />
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By 1870, Henry Larisey and Ann Earle (Sarah's husband and mother) had died, and Sarah is married to Samuel Reed and living with him and six of his children in Blackville. <br />
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(For 1880, see above.)<br />
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I have been unable to find anything further on Sarah Amanda Earle Larisey Reed. Do you have a clue about when she died or where she is buried?<br />
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I was able to find out a good bit more about Sarah's grandchildren Minnie and Sarah.<br />
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<b>Minnie</b> was Mary Earle Bessellieu. According to her SC death certificate, she was born on 12 Oct 1867. <br />
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Her first husband was George Henry Campsen (1862-1894). George was captain at the <a href="http://www.munsongallery.net/artwork.asp?artwork=1286&artist=58&n=1285&p=1287&a=3">Morris Island Life Saving Station</a> near Charleston, SC.<br />
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By the 1900 census, Minnie had married Harry M. Hutson and lived at 557 Meeting Street in Charleston with her children Gertrude and George Campsen and William Hutson, her son by Harry. <br />
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Harry died in 1915. In the 1920 and 1930 censuses, Minnie is living in boarding houses.<br />
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Minnie died in Charleston on 24 May 1936 of "cerebral thrombosis" (<span class="st">blood clot forms in an artery that supplies blood to the brain). She is buried at <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Hutson&GSiman=1&GScid=70585&GRid=70613736&">Magnolia Cemetery</a> in Charleston. </span><br />
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Minnie's son George is also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Campsen&GSiman=1&GScid=70585&GRid=45136829&">buried at Magnolia Cemetery</a>. Her grandson George Earle Campson Jr. (1929-2010) served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1958 to 1964. See his obituary <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Campsen&GSiman=1&GScid=70585&GRid=62958835&">here</a>. <br />
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Minnie's great grandson George Earle "Chip" Campsen III currently serves in the South Carolina Senate (Republican, District 43, Charleston & Berkeley Counties). For further information, click <a href="http://www.scstatehouse.gov/members/bios/0302272691.html">here</a>.<span class="st"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span class="st"><b>Sarah</b></span> Elizabeth "Bessie" Bessellieu was born on October 6 in 1871 or 1872. (Her death certificate has 1871 while her tombstone has 1872.)<br />
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On 4 Aug 1895, she married Henry Leon Larisey (a second cousin). They had three children: Vivian, Karen, and Henry Jr.<br />
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Sarah's SC death certificate lists her as "Bessie Bessellieu Larisey" and her parents as John H. Bessellieu and Anne Larisey. She died in Charleston on 4 January 1946 of cardiac failure (diabetic coma contributing). She is buried beside her husband Henry Leon at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston. (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Larisey&GSiman=1&GScid=70585&GRid=45021399&">Link</a> to Bessie; <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45021359">link</a> to H. Leon) Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-2952159473708104892011-08-21T10:19:00.000-04:002011-08-21T10:19:45.601-04:00Settlement of Samuel Reed's EstateRecent finds bring us closer to discovering exactly how Samuel Reed Sr.'s estate was finally settled. <br />
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We know from his will found <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19361-34734-42%3Fcc%3D1911928%26wc%3D10593214">here</a> exactly what his wishes were. Looking further in his probate record, we see that his son Samuel, executor of the estate, proceeded with the usual bonds, inventories, vouchers, and accountings until October 1830. Then, there is a gap in activities until 1846 after Mary Clark Reed's death. On 10 December 1846, another inventory was ordered (see <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19361-35109-23%3Fcc%3D1911928%26wc%3D10593214">here</a>). A sale of personal property was held on 18 January 1847 (see <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19361-35111-3%3Fcc%3D1911928%26wc%3D10593214">here</a>). <br />
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Samuel Reed Jr. died on 26 May 1847 before the remainder of the estate was settled. <br />
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Two of Samuel Sr.'s grandsons-in-law were willing to help settle the estate, but neither petition was granted: <br />
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On 17 January 1848, William J. Fickling requested to be made executor (see <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19361-34746-30%3Fcc%3D1911928%26wc%3D10593214">here</a>). He was the husband of Jane Elizabeth Reed, a daughter of Hugh Reed & Jane McSpeddon. (William J. Fickling died 10 months later on 26 November 1848.) <br />
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On 7 February 1848, Benjamin F. Simmons requested to be made executor (see <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19361-35109-23%3Fcc%3D1911928%26wc%3D10593214">here</a>). Benjamin Simmons was husband of Mary Reed, daughter of Samuel Reed Jr. and Elizabeth Boylston Reed. <br />
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Recently at the SC Archives, I found a copy of an agreement dated 25 February 1848 between the heirs of Samuel Reed Sr. and Elizabeth Boylston Reed, wife of Samuel Reed Jr. The image and transcription of the main text are below. (Click on image enlarge.) <br />
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<div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNoSpacing">Agreement of Reed, Boylston & Others with Elizabeth Reed</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Feb. 25, 1848</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">We the undersigned heirs have this day agreed to settle the Estate of Samuel Reed Senr. deceased and Mary Reed his wife in the following manner, viz<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, those who have notes gone out of date agree to pay the principal of the money, but no Interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Secondly, we nominate and designate Elizabeth Reed to hold the papers of the Estate, collect, settle with the heirs, take receipts, She agreeing to act in correspondence with the instructions of the heirs and with the undersigned do Severally and Jointly agree to bind our selves in the sum of one Thousand Dollars, to abide by the foregoing stipulations. </div></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-break-type: section-break; page-break-before: auto;" /></span><br />
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I've made quite a few trips to the archives this summer, but I've only begun to view the rich treasures to be found there. More to come ... much more ... <br />
Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-3527978925229614582011-07-09T07:52:00.001-04:002011-07-09T07:54:13.071-04:00Who was JANE E.? The answer surprised me.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMh23N5b0VJdHNpS6jumfzw9h3niJVl_hvQGntNlw9avFBuwOBsqgl8fJUZwVCCGdaecrL0apuJmv7gX7KuCW6iLb02rfF-vH1c8y0yyKpfL50CAmFLlHLWTnPaKrX7ELsbA_A6XJ4Q38/s1600/Reed%252C+Jane+E+wife+of+Samuel+son+of+Hugh+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMh23N5b0VJdHNpS6jumfzw9h3niJVl_hvQGntNlw9avFBuwOBsqgl8fJUZwVCCGdaecrL0apuJmv7gX7KuCW6iLb02rfF-vH1c8y0yyKpfL50CAmFLlHLWTnPaKrX7ELsbA_A6XJ4Q38/s640/Reed%252C+Jane+E+wife+of+Samuel+son+of+Hugh+cropped.jpg" width="579" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">Jane E. is buried beside Samuel Reed (son of Hugh) in the Hugh Reed family burying ground. The inscription on her stone reads: </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In memory of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">JANE E.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wife of </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SAMUEL REED</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who departed this life</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">March 10th 1868</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aged 44 years, 8 months</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">and 1 day </span> </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">That is all I've known about Jane until a chance discovery this week. I found a marriage settlement for Samuel Reed and Jane E. Still at the SC Department of Archives and History! I was excited at the possibility of finding out just who "Jane E." was. This discovery, another trip to the state archives, and some online searching led to some very interesting discoveries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The marriage settlement is dated 17 February 1868, about three weeks before Jane died. It seems to have been a very short marriage. The settlement deals with Samuel renouncing rights to any of Jane's property to which he might be entitled by law after their marriage except for "130 acres embracing the Mill & Pond." It gives no clue as to her former identity other than her last name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, on the same page as the settlement is a conveyance from Samuel to Jane regarding land held in trust for her nephew Judson Hair whom she apparently loved dearly. Here I found the name of her first husband: <i>T. E. Still.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I looked up Jane E. Still on Ancestry and found her in 1850 with her husband Tobias and two-year old daughter Rebecca in Barnwell County, SC. Living with them were Joseph Hair (21) and Furman Hair (16). I knew from previous research that Joseph and (David) Furman were Jane's brothers. And I knew they were all already on my family tree! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, the second wife of Samuel Reed (son of Hugh) was his first cousin Jane E. <i>Hair</i> Still. She was a daughter of Lavisa Reed and David Hair. Lavisa was a daughter of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But there's more ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then I was curious as to when Tobias died and where he was buried. There were at least two Tobias Still's in the Barnwell area at the time. Nothing I found seemed to fit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My next discovery was Tobias's probate record on FamilySearch.org where I found a big surprise. <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752907.004752907_00405">Click here</a> to see the full record. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwl4PAwshzdasEItkA-gKpKrNnMwa8xPn36Lqfn3JK3C6P58_RrrLkxgZl6k2XEfVpOnc5oLY8NMSUN6OGhqc492hXsjPTU0ltu3s9dqJVlk3MqPfLdxhteYsjsnadD3B7COaftViYfM/s1600/1866+0705+TE+Still+Petition+for+Administration+by+Jane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwl4PAwshzdasEItkA-gKpKrNnMwa8xPn36Lqfn3JK3C6P58_RrrLkxgZl6k2XEfVpOnc5oLY8NMSUN6OGhqc492hXsjPTU0ltu3s9dqJVlk3MqPfLdxhteYsjsnadD3B7COaftViYfM/s640/1866+0705+TE+Still+Petition+for+Administration+by+Jane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">In Jane's petition for administration of the estate shown above, Tobias E. Still "departed this life on Black Island near the City of New York while a Prisoner in the hands of the Federal Army Intestate on or about the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five." </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYOVawYa2-G18lxdUdRGs7yjNnC3VeXezzZHj2ruCepQHQI2fCMyI2_8XVipdZvhLJqOYISUK7rF6wX47op6k8eBg73uIukFaYt_EXILh2Ee_B7AamyfK7kcp5f9DefEoWAGoMd4akjw/s1600/TE+Still+Confederate+Record+Card+showing+death.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYOVawYa2-G18lxdUdRGs7yjNnC3VeXezzZHj2ruCepQHQI2fCMyI2_8XVipdZvhLJqOYISUK7rF6wX47op6k8eBg73uIukFaYt_EXILh2Ee_B7AamyfK7kcp5f9DefEoWAGoMd4akjw/s640/TE+Still+Confederate+Record+Card+showing+death.jpg" width="273" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">The prison was actually on Hart('s) Island in New York Harbor as shown on Tobias's service record to the left. The date of death matches the probate record. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hart Island was used as a Prison of War camp at the very end of the Civil War and housed 3,413 Confederate soldiers. 235 of them died (around seven percent). (For source and more information on Hart Island, <a href="http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/cw_pows/html/cwpows7.html">click here</a>.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tobias was listed as a private in Company B of the 14th Regiment of the South Carolina Militia. The 14th was called to duty on 5 January 1865 at Branchville, SC. Companies A and B were from Barnwell County. Most of them were captured at Lynches Creek in February 1865. They were sent to New Bern, NC, at first, and by April 10 they were at Hart Island. The war ended officially on 9 April 1865 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, but it wasn't until June that the release of prisoners began on the island. Of the men from the 14th listed at <a href="http://www.sciway3.net/sc-reserves/ot/sm1460.html">this site</a> who went to Hart Island, 50 percent of them died in April, May, and June of diseases such as pneumonia, chronic diarrhea, and typhoid fever. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph by Glenn Russell on Find-A-Grave (used with permission)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;">The men who died there were initially buried on the island. Their remains were transferred to Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn on 9 June 1941. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I believe the grave shown at Find-a-Grave as that of "Thomas E. Still" is instead the grave of Tobias E. Still. (<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Still&GSiman=1&GScid=182886&GRid=2599005&">Click here</a> to see the memorial.) In several records I have found on Ancestry from the National Archives, "T. E. Still" was a prisoner of war at Hart's Island and died on 29 April 1865. There is no other T. E. Still who was a POW who died on that date. The only original record I found that said his name was Thomas was published in 1912. It is easy to see how the name Tobias could have been transcribed incorrectly into Thomas somewhere along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My son Ian and I have made several trips to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History in the last week or so. My initial goal was to look up some wills that were on <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/10593127">Barnwell County's index</a> at Family Search as well as what deeds they had. We printed pages of the direct and indirect indexes of deeds granted to and from our Reeds, brought them home to study, and then went back to look up our finds. The indexes range from the first deed record of our Samuel Reed in 1803 to 1930 when my own grandfather and his brothers deeded 2 lots in Barnwell and 67 acres of farmland on Turkey Creek to their mother for $10.00 and "L & A" (love and affection). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was browsing this index when I found the record of Samuel and Jane's marriage settlement. It always amazes me how finding one such little nugget of info can lead to more that leads to so much more. This is just the sort of thing keeps me going in this genealogical endeavor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks go to Mr. Glenn Russell whose photograph of the grave shows here. Glenn went above and beyond in helping and encouraging me as I pondered the possibilities surrounding the grave of T. E. Still. He's exactly the kind of person you love to run into. He has posted over 3000 photographs for Find-A-Grave and told me that "it's not all that unusual for the name on a government headstone to be in error." Glenn, thank you so much for all you do!</span><br />
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</span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-81061374446568913432011-06-23T09:41:00.000-04:002011-06-23T09:41:41.656-04:00Josephine Wiley Reed<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>On March 14, 2008, I sent a note on Ancestry.com to a member with whom I shared a 4-great grandfather. That grandfather was Samuel Reed, and that member was Josie Reed.<br />
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Josie and I quickly established that we were fifth cousins and have enjoyed the fact that we were both born Reed girls. Since then, over 100 emails have passed between us as we discovered more and more about our family. I trust her word and highly value her extensive research. You have seen her name on here quite a few times. Finally you get to meet her and see pictures from her collection. <a href="http://samuelreedfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/2011/06/tully-washington-reed-1856-1910.html">Click here</a> to see the first installment of her photographs on our photo blog. More pictures coming soon ...<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was born in 1949 in Durham, North Carolina, and grew up mostly in Chapel Hill and in the Burlington area. My family moved to the mountains right after I graduated from high school in 1966. Boone, NC, has been my home base since. I am the oldest of the four children born to Laurie Tully Reed (1916–1991) and Frances Scott Joyner (1923–2009). My sister Katie, who lived most of her adult life in Manhattan, died in 1991. Susan and her family live in the family home in Boone. My brother Laurie and his wife live in Vermont.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomas, Jason, & Josie</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I met my husband Tomas Hudlicky, a chemistry professor, when I was in graduate school at Virginia Tech. We have a son, Jason Reed Hudlicky (age 21), who looks amazingly like his granddaddy Tully Reed. Jason has just finished his third year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, studying chemistry and art history. Eight years ago we moved from Gainesville, Florida, to St. Catharines, Ontario, near Niagara Falls, where we still live. (Like my ancestors I too am an immigrant.) I currently work in research administration at Brock University.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I am very proud to be part of the extended Reed family. My lineage is as follows:<br />
Samuel Reed & Mary Clark<br />
Hugh Reed & Jane McSpeddon<br />
Samuel Reed & Matilda Willis<br />
Tully Washington Reed & Katie Thompson<br />
Laurie Tully Reed & Lula Mae Forehand<br />
Laurie Tully Reed, Jr. & Frances Scott Joyner<br />
Josephine Wiley Reed</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tully Washington Reed</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My great-grandfather Tully Washington Reed (1856-1910) was the youngest surviving child, the twelfth, of Samuel Reed and Matilda Willis. After a brief marriage to his second cousin Annie Reed (ca. 1856-1878) (Samuel Reed & Mary Clark > Samuel Reed & Elizabeth Boylston > Samuel James Reed & Martha Houser > Anna Houser Reed), he married my great-grandmother Katie Thompson, his first cousin once removed. Katie's maternal grandmother was Martha Willis (who married William F. Matthews), an older sister of Tully's mother Matilda Willis. (The Willises have a fascinating family history, but that is another story.) Tully and Katie had four children: Leila (pronounced LEE-la), Josephine, Norman and Laurie. All eventually left South Carolina. (Josephine and Laurie are back, buried in Williston Cemetery. Leila and Norman are buried in Maryland.)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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Tully and Katie’s youngest child, Laurie Tully Reed (1889-1939), was my grandfather. In his early twenties, Laurie left Barnwell County for Savannah, Georgia, where he got a job at a hotel and where he met and married Lula Mae Forehand (1891-1935). The newlyweds headed to New York City, where Laurie continued in hotel work. Mae returned to Savannah to give birth to their two sons, Laurie Tully Reed and Charles Forehand Reed (1919-1995), but the boys were raised in Manhattan.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josephine Matilda Reed</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Tully and Katie Reed's second child, Josephine Matilda Reed (1884-1970), was named after her two grandmothers Josephine Matthews and Matilda Willis and is my own namesake. Besides being my father's aunt, she was my mother's step-mother, connecting me to the Reeds on both sides of my family.<br />
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As a young woman, Josie was a public school teacher in Williston where she met Fred Parker, one of the other teachers. She was 30 (and surely considered an old maid by that time) when they married in 1914 in Savannah. They moved to Pantego, a small town in eastern North Carolina, where Fred took a position as high school principal and Josie continued teaching. They had no children. Mr. Parker, as Josie always referred to him, died from influenza in 1929.<br />
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In the early 1930s, my father and his brother Charles were sent to live with their aunt Josie when their mother Mae was hospitalized. They affectionately called Josie "Dodo." <br />
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Elisha Wiley Joyner, a widower, took Fred's place as principal and moved into the Pantego teacherage with his three daughters Sara, Frances (my mother), and Miriam. In 1933 Elisha and Josie married, and the Reeds and the Joyners were henceforth entwined. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L. Tully Reed at left; Frances, Miriam, & Sara Joyner on running board, cousin Catherine Brodie in rumble seat; Josie Reed Parker driving.</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">When my parents first met about 1931, Tully was 14, and Frances was 7. During this period until after my father graduated from Pantego High School in 1934, my parents lived in close proximity at the teacherage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tully Reed & Frances Joyner on their "first date" in Washington, DC, 1945</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Years later, in the summer of 1945, they met up again in Washington, D.C., where my mother was working at the time, and they fell in love. It caused quite a scandal in the family when they decided to get married the following spring.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As they got older, both my father and my uncle Charles took an active interest in their family history. I have notes and various materials Daddy left behind that pointed me in the right direction when I began my own family quest a few years ago. Both Daddy and Charlie would be amazed at the resources available now for researching family history, at the details uncovered through records found on the Internet, and at the community of cousins of varying degrees that I have met through my research.<br />
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Of course, my own journey really began when, as a child, I would pour through old photo albums and listen to the stories Grandmama (Josie was the only grandmother I ever knew) told about life in Williston, South Carolina. I only wish that I could remember all of them.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><i>Postscript</i></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>In my own family research, besides merely constructing the family tree, I am interested in the stories about my forebears and their families and their neighbors. This is one reason I love Cousin Marilyn’s blog. </i><br />
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<i>The stories of the dark places we all must have in our families are fascinating to me. That most of my forebears (including, of course, the Reeds) living at a certain time of history were slave owners in the South is one of those. </i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Another dark part of my own family history includes the threads of mental illness that found their way into my own immediate family. My grandfather Laurie was an alcoholic, as his own father most likely was, according to my dad. My grandmother Mae suffered from a mental condition for which she was hospitalized the last four or five years of her life. My mother and my sister Katie both suffered from bipolar disorder, my mother diagnosed only in her seventies, my sister in her thirties. Both alcoholism and bipolar disorder have a genetic component, tendencies passed on through generations and triggered by life experiences, for example, my mother’s early loss of her own mother. </i><br />
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<i>Finding the traces of these threads is difficult because the generations preceding us, most certainly the generation of my grandparents, just didn’t mention such things. I have found a few clues, but much will probably always remain a mystery.</i><br />
</div>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-31415885880931617402011-06-18T09:31:00.002-04:002011-06-18T09:33:42.250-04:00Samuel Reed (1810-1887), Son of Hugh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrmBqIKVNTlROeQ0i4-3zo-h_Rg-j2VBq_Q4oYB4EAEq8wRyRgV9TXP6Gc_3OgANa_POxe9BPZXnZqnnNvHp0AOB7BiPQhVn6yHQWwMZwN6CfpLyfuPZr86sobIyNmwOmwPFwFh4oBSc/s1600/Samuel+Reed+1810-1887.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrmBqIKVNTlROeQ0i4-3zo-h_Rg-j2VBq_Q4oYB4EAEq8wRyRgV9TXP6Gc_3OgANa_POxe9BPZXnZqnnNvHp0AOB7BiPQhVn6yHQWwMZwN6CfpLyfuPZr86sobIyNmwOmwPFwFh4oBSc/s640/Samuel+Reed+1810-1887.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Signature on Administration Bond for his father Hugh's Estate, 2 June 1854</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samuel Reed, the second child and eldest son of Hugh and Jane McSpeddon Reed, was born 18 Oct 1810 in Barnwell County, SC. Samuel and Mary Clark Reed were his grandparents. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">About 1832, Samuel married Matilda Willis (1815-1865), daughter of Robert and Keziah Watson Willis. They had 13 children. </span></span><br />
<ul style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Cyrena Kesiah Reed (1832-1893) m. William Capers Milhouse (1827-1894); both buried in Blackville Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Martha Jane Reed (1834-1905) m1 Hugh Charles Ray (1832-1862), m2 William Jefferson Rowe (1816-1884); all three buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Anna Acklyn Reed (1836-1902) m. Henry P. Barr (1838-1868); Anna is buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Emeline Antoinette Reed (1838-1864) m. Nathan A. Walker (1836-1865); Emeline is buried </span><span style="font-size: small;">in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. Nathan died at the Battle of Averysboro, NC in March 1865. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Robert Hugh Reed (1841-1851); </span><span style="font-size: small;">buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ellen F. Reed (1842-1910) m. Benjamin Franklin Rice (1832-1884)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Elliott Reed (abt 1844-1880)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Samuel Elijah Reed (1846-1889) m. Emma Warner (1854-1927); both buried in Blackville Cemetery.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Adella Ursula Reed (1848-1875) m. Rev. Samuel Prioleau Chisolm (1840-1912)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Rosa Matilda Reed (1849-1916) m. Jacob Banks; Rosa is buried at Double Branch Baptist Church in Neeses, SC.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Jerome Iverson Reed - (1853-1908) m. Hester B. "Mittie" Center (1853-1883); </span><span style="font-size: small;">both are buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Tully Washington Reed - (1856-1910) m1 Anna Houser Reed (1856-1878), m2 Katie Thompson (1861-1929). Tully and Katie are buried at Williston Cemetery; Anna is buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sissie Reed (1858-1860); </span><span style="font-size: small;">buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Samuel and his family were members of Healing Springs Baptist Church. Minutes from the church show that Samuel joined the congregation in July 1843. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Samuel and his family are found in the 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 Federal Censuses living near Blackville in Barnwell County. His occupation was farming. The 1850 Slave Schedules shows Samuel Reed with 15 slaves. The 1860 Slave Schedule shows 33 slaves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When Samuel's father Hugh died without a will on 10 May 1854, Samuel administered the estate. Click <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752894.004752894_00020">here</a> to see the probate record. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After Matilda's death on 26 Nov 1865, Samuel married Jane E. _____ (1826-1868. After Jane's death, he married married Sarah A. _____ (born abt 1828). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Samuel died on 3 Mar 1887 in Barnwell County. He, his first wife Matilda, and his second wife Jane are buried in Hugh Reed's Family Cemetery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">From The Working Christian, Issue of March 17, 1887: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="descTxt">"On the 3rd of March 1887, Mr. Samuel Reed, who was in the 77th year of his age, departed this life. Bro. Reed united himself to the fellowship of the Healing Springs Baptist Church about fifty years ag</span>o." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Source: Marriage and Death Notices from Baptist Newspapers of South Carolina, 1866-18, published in the <i>South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research</i> [database on-line at Ancestry.com])</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to my dear fifth cousin Josie Reed for the portrait of Samuel Reed. She snapped it from a portrait hanging in her family home in Boone, North Carolina. In the very near future you will finally get to meet Josie here. She has a treasure trove of old photographs she has graciously agreed to share with us on this site and on the <a href="http://samuelreedfamilyphotos.blogspot.com/">photo blog</a>. Look forward to some "can't miss" posts! </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-65896272070078309142011-05-30T14:41:00.002-04:002011-06-13T14:37:57.583-04:00More Probate Records FoundSince the last post post, I've been digging and found 18 more probate records. Here they are in alphabetical order. I have shown the "naked links" instead of embedding them for a couple of reasons. First, it's much easier for me. Second, in case clicking on the link does not work, you can cut and paste the shown link into your browser. <br />
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Some of these folks are not very closely tied to our Reeds, but they are all on my master tree. This seems to me to be the best place to share them with all sides of my family. If you have any questions about any of them, please feel free to contact me. <br />
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<b>If you find any links I haven't listed, please share them with us! </b><br />
Send an email to samuelreedfamilyATgmailDOTcom. <br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">Aquilla Beard (son of William Beard) – Guardianship Committee by brother Thomas Beard</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752893.004752893_00438">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752893.004752893_00438</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Asbury Martin Bozard, 1851-1924 – Orangeburg Will Book 11, pages 99-102 (images 328-330)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754034.004754034_00651">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754034.004754034_00651</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">John L. Bozard, 1822-1888 – Orangeburg Will Book 2, page 191 (not p288 as will book states) (starts image 128)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754032.004754032_00372">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754032.004754032_00372</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Norman Cuthbert Bozard, 1880-1937 – Orangeburg Will Book 14 p5-6 (image 32-33)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754035.004754035_00703">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754035.004754035_00703</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">David Newton Callahan 1875-1947 & Frances “Fannie” Strickland Callahan 1876-1953 – will from Orangeburg County vol 15 image 283-294</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754036.004754036_00283">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754036.004754036_00283</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Left land to Hampton & Ethel Bell; Son-in-law Laurie Strickland executor or J. O. Reed if not. Identified Hampton as their youngest son. What about George? </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Jacob Cupstid / Cubsted / Cupstead, 1822-1862</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.i/dgs:004753610.004753610_01364">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.i/dgs:004753610.004753610_01364</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Vastine R. Cupstid, 1857-1894</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.i/dgs:004753632.004753632_00530">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.i/dgs:004753632.004753632_00530</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Elizabeth Fickling, 1808-1851 (daughter of Hugh & Jane McSpeddon Reed, wife of Rev. William Johnson Fickling 1806-1848, AKA Jane Elizabeth Reed) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752890.004752890_00431">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752890.004752890_00431</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">F. L. [Florence L.] Fickling, et al., Guardianship of (children of William J. & Elizabeth Reed Fickling) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00016">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00016</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">William Johnson Fickling, 1806-1848 (husband of Jane Elizabeth Reed who was daughter of Hugh & Jane Reed)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752889.004752889_00553">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752889.004752889_00553</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Andrew Foster, 1782-1866 – Spartanburg County Inventories, Appraisements, Sales, 1863-1871, page 45-46 (images 389-390) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752992.004752992_00389">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752992.004752992_00389</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Moses Foster, 1749-1813 – Spartanburg County Wills book, 1810-1820, Vol. A, page 43 (image 32) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752981.004752981_00032">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752981.004752981_00032</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">John Hartzog 1760-1821 (father of Henry Barnard Hartzog who married Rebecca Reed) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752877.004752877_00681">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752877.004752877_00681</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Caroline Ann Salley Milhous (1825-1897)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004753552.004753552_01451">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004753552.004753552_01451</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Jane Jeter Ray, 1788-1849 (wife of Charles Ray 1785-1849)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752889.004752889_00349">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752889.004752889_00349</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Charlie P. Reed, 1860-1935 (son of John Wiley Reed & Louvisa Hair) – will from Orangeburg county vol 13 image 199-200</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754035.004754035_00535">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754035.004754035_00535</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Tullie W. Reed, 1856-1910 (son of Samuel Reed and Matilda Willis)</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004753584.004753584_00886">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004753584.004753584_00886</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Tilden F. Riley – Orangeburg Wills, 1944-1957, Vol. 16, pages 81-83 (images 69-70) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754036.004754036_00388">https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754036.004754036_00388</a> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-32391894468403975822011-05-22T08:28:00.008-04:002011-06-13T14:45:22.411-04:00Digitized Treasures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>On May 9, FamilySearch.org released two collections that include wills, records of estates, and guardianships recorded in many South Carolina counties. Many, many thanks to Cousin Brenda White for alerting me to this release. <br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Folks, this is really <u><i><b>BIG!!!</b></i></u></span><br />
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This week I have discovered much treasure, all available right here at my desk. It has been a thrilling week! <br />
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Here are links to these gold mines: <br />
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</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1911928">South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964</a></span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1919417">South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977</a></span></b></div><br />
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Although the inclusive dates span a larger range, most of the records in these collections fall between the year 1800 through 1930.<br />
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These are not simply transcripts of wills, but images of the <i>original</i> estate records. <br />
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Click <a href="https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/South_Carolina_Probate_Records,_Files_and_Loose_Papers_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29">here</a> for a detailed description as well as some guidance on finding, using, and sourcing these records.<br />
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I must alert you that finding records on your ancestors will not be a matter of entering a name in a search engine and having the record pop up. These records are not tied to a search engine. It required a lot of looking around, discovering how the indexes on microfilm work, and a lot of hit and miss. But the effort is definitely worth it!<br />
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I am glad to tell you, however, that Barnwell County records in the Files and Loose Papers were the easiest to find, in my opinion. A tip about the index available (<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/9386307">click here</a> to see the index): Pages 1-6 are headers; pages 7-65 seem to be wills only; pages 66-184 are wills, estate administrations, and guardianships. Pages 185 to end seem to be a duplicate of pages 66-184. (If you find out differently, please let me know.)<br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing">When you find a person on the index whom you want to look up, jot down the date(s), number of package, and number of case. In Barnwell County, the case number will be the "bundle" number on the microfilm. <br />
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Armed with these notes, go to "Probate Court, Cases" and then click on "1787-1958." You will see a ranges of numbers (<a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/9386264">click here</a> to see). These numbers are case/bundle numbers. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Important to note is that the case numbers go only through 170. Case numbers larger than that are not available at this time in this section. (I really do hope they are made available in the future! However, it is hard to be too disappointed, considering what <i>has</i> been made available.) </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Pick your appropriate range. For example, Samuel Reed's will is bundle 42, pkg1, the easiest one I found because it was the first one in that range. For others, it's a matter of fishing around, looking at dates, and getting lucky enough to find a page with the beginning of a package which looks similar to this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKlhkH6xM3578_Oo4GdH4tNB1030Ndw_48c2AcjtNwVdlTyeLxzUAIjKNWS0muf_p04zrYUVuSv9r0doOyTbWoSOJQgyzHpz3kz9NqcZaW0A2WZhIatlt6WDuAiIltSm2YgiVcYJGdfA/s1600/2011+0522+John+Reed+Will+Header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaKlhkH6xM3578_Oo4GdH4tNB1030Ndw_48c2AcjtNwVdlTyeLxzUAIjKNWS0muf_p04zrYUVuSv9r0doOyTbWoSOJQgyzHpz3kz9NqcZaW0A2WZhIatlt6WDuAiIltSm2YgiVcYJGdfA/s320/2011+0522+John+Reed+Will+Header.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">From one of these pages you can tell easily whether you need to go forwards or backwards in your search. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">That's the best I can explain it for you at this point. It becomes sort of a game - certainly a challenge!<br />
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If you get really stuck finding someone, please leave me a comment here, and I'll be happy to see what I can do to help. </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing">Now, for the really good stuff. Here are links that will take you straight to wills, estate administrations, guardianships, and other information I have found so far: </div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752879.004752879_00007">Samuel Reed, 1751-1823</a> (Husband of Mary Clark)</span></span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00178" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">John Reed, 1792-1851</a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> (</span>Son of Samuel & Mary) John Reed was my 3gGF. Now, for the first time, I have a correct death date for him rather than the "abt 1855" we've always had! </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752894.004752894_00020">Hugh Reed, 1783-1854</a> (Son of Samuel & Mary)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752894.004752894_00020"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752888.004752888_00420">Samuel Reed, Jr., 1795-1847</a> (Son of Samuel & Mary)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752888.004752888_00420"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752892.004752892_00603">Elizabeth Boylston Reed, 1797-1853</a> (Wife of Samuel Jr.)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752892.004752892_00603"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752903.004752903_00139">Samuel J. Reed, 1826-1862</a> (Son of Samuel Jr. and Elizabeth Boylston Reed)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752903.004752903_00139"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752897.004752897_00170">George J. Reed, 1812-1857</a> (Son of Hugh & Jane McSpeddon Reed) (indexed as George <b>I.</b> Reed, but it is actually George <b>J.</b>)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752878.004752878_00313">Major Benjamin Odom, 1758-1822</a> (My 4gGF, Father of Emelia Odom and Julia Odom, wives of John Reed) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752878.004752878_00313"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752875.004752875_00595">Jesse Holman, 1792-1816</a> (First husband of Lavisa Reed 1794-1837, daughter of Samuel & Mary)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752875.004752875_00595"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00135">David Hair, 1791-1843</a> (Second husband of Lavisa Reed 1794-1837, daughter of Samuel & Mary) These records include all the fees for the care of his children with Lavisa after his death. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00135"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00697">Guardianship of Henry Hair</a>, (only son of David Hair with second wife Narcissa) Guardianship with his mother Narcissa H. Hair during which time Narcissa married William Stanyarne Johnson</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752894.004752894_00828">George F. Hartzog, d 1855</a> (Husband of Eleanor “Nellie” Reed 1810-?, daughter of Samuel & Mary) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752894.004752894_00828"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00184">George F. Hartzog, 1812-1843</a> (First husband of Rebecca Kennerly Hartzog Reed, wife of George I. Reed. This is not the George F. Hartzog who married Eleanor “Nellie” Reed.)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00184"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752888.004752888_00123">Henry Barnard Hartzog, 1791-1856</a> (husband of Rebecca Reed 1798-1871, daughter of Samuel & Mary)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00732">Guardianship of Levicey I. Hartzog, Et Al.</a> (Children of Henry Bernard Hartzog, 1791-1856, and Rebecca Reed) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00742">Here</a> is a page with information about Eleanor Reed Hartzog and her ward Levicey (daughter of her husband George F. Hartzog) that got mixed in with this set.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752891.004752891_00742"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754033.004754033_00205">James Alexander Reed, 1859-1909</a> (Son of James W. Reed & Anna Rebecca Tyler) – will only </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754033.004754033_00205"><br />
</a></span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00930">Daniel Hair, 1793-1846</a> (Father of 1- Louvisa Clementine “Clemmie” Hair who married John Wiley Reed and 2- Isaiah Hair who married Julia F. Reed. Wiley and Julia Reed were children of John Reed, son of Samuel & Mary.) <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752887.004752887_00159">Here</a> is a page for Daniel's estate that got mixed up in David Hair's estate.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752882.004752882_00259">Henry B. Sanders, 1808-1835</a> (First husband of Narcissa H who next married David Hair and by whom she had a son named Jarvis)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004752882.004752882_00259"><br />
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</span>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-45398583046388725872011-05-04T11:56:00.000-04:002011-05-04T11:56:08.640-04:00Parents of Mary A. Cook Reed Found!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqdy_VKcifHM0UJuvhSGycyTH1Z8C_GLeX5h9OAeoTY5_6swA6K0hqoTgcSkpVC5uSJjH9cKIi1Jdu8s99TX0_SOajAAnassx20nXhRXyVBAx8g8V03BBMUiRKlPXzZO2YHMhAHXqefw/s1600/Martha+Cook+Reed+portrait+sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlqdy_VKcifHM0UJuvhSGycyTH1Z8C_GLeX5h9OAeoTY5_6swA6K0hqoTgcSkpVC5uSJjH9cKIi1Jdu8s99TX0_SOajAAnassx20nXhRXyVBAx8g8V03BBMUiRKlPXzZO2YHMhAHXqefw/s320/Martha+Cook+Reed+portrait+sm.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>This weekend I found the last bit of information to confirm the parents of my 2-great grandmother Mary A. Cook who married James Henry Reed. Most of <a href="http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2009/11/puzzler-who-was-marthamary-reed.html">this puzzler</a> has been solved!<br />
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Mary's parents are William Cook (abt 1820 - before 1870) and Vesta/Vashti Canady (born 1819). She shows up with them on the 1850 census living in Barnwell County. By 1860 she was married to James Reed.<br />
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Mary and James Reed named their first son John William Cook Reed after both of his grandfathers. John was for John Reed, son of Samuel and Mary. William Cook was for Mary's father.<br />
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Mary's mother is found as Vashti early on, but was more consistently Vesta or Vesti later on. Mary and James named a daughter "Vesta Ida" who was listed as "Vesta I." on the 1870 census. She was most often known as Ida. Ida's son Samuel Reed Copeland named one of his daughters Ida Vesta Copeland.<br />
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William Cook's parents were Jacob Cook (1780-1861) and Eliza (born abt 1790). Vesta Canady's parents were John Canady (1780-1861) and Mary Johnson. Mary was born about 1800 and died after 1880. On the 1880 census, she shows up along with Vesta living with the family of Vesta's youngest daughter Ella in Rocky Springs, Aiken County, SC.<br />
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A portion of my brick wall still exists. I have yet to determine when Mary Cook Reed died or where she is buried. Also, her birthdate is still a quandary. The 1850 census has about 1839, 1860 census has 1840, 1870 says 1845, 1880 claims 1840, and 1900 has Feb 1844. I am going to use "abt 1840" until I learn something more definite. Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-37894506442317854532011-04-26T08:31:00.000-04:002011-04-26T08:31:16.758-04:00Stanmore Judson Reed & Rachel Joanna Axson<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanmore Judson Reed & Rachel Joanna Axson about 1890</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Stanmore Judson Reed was a son of James William Reed (1827-1901) and Anna Rebecca Tyler (1828-1882). He was born on 6 Sep 1862 and died on 13 Apr 1933, living all his life in Orangeburg County, SC.<br />
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In 1879, Stanmore married Rachel Joanna Axson, who was born 2 Feb 1859, a daughter of Robert Edward Axson (1829-1869) and Mary Ann Mack (1829-1880). Stanmore and Joanna had seven children. She died 7 Jul 1899.<br />
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In 1890, Stanmore married Mary Rebecca Pou (12 Dec 1877 - 2 Mar 1958). They had at least nine children that I have been able to verify.<br />
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Stanmore and Mary are buried at Riverside Cemetery in North, SC. <br />
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Rachel Joanna Axson Reed is buried at Bull Swamp Baptist Church in North, SC.<br />
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I want to express my appreciation for sharing the photos of Stanmore and Joanna to Jane Morgan Rowell, a 4-great granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Clark Reed. Stanmore was brother to her great-grandfather Michael Joshua Reed. Her line:<br />
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.Samuel Reed & Mary Clark <br />
..Hugh Reed & Jane McSpeddon<br />
...James William Reed & Anna Rebecca Tyler<br />
....Michael Joshua Reed & Mary Alice Fanning<br />
.....Nina Beatrice Reed & Purvis Oscar Maroney<br />
......Elsie Gertrude Maroney & Edward Thurston Morgan <br />
.......Jane Morgan<br />
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Many thanks, too, go to Jane's daughter Stephanie Rowell Murray for her help in the writing of this post. Stephanie, your willingness to share is what this genealogy business is all about as far as I'm concerned! Thank you so much!Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-43277731347984536192011-04-06T09:00:00.001-04:002011-04-06T09:13:46.527-04:00New Blog DesignAs you can see, I have been working on a new design for this blog. I have been wanting to widen my post column, but the template I was using was one of Blogger's older ones that would not allow me to do that very easily. I like the way this one works so far. <br />
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Please bear with me as I make a few changes - for the better, I hope! As always, your feedback is welcomed. Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-9879386809498176102011-04-01T12:17:00.002-04:002011-06-16T11:40:02.701-04:00Inst. and Ult. Lead Me on a Merry ChaseWhen reading very old articles, I often run across phrases using the strange-looking abbreviations "inst." or "ult." Here are two examples:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obituary for Swanson Lunsford from <i>City Gazette and Daily Advertiser</i> (Charleston, SC) 16 Aug 1799, p2. Found on www.GenealogyBank.com. Used with permission.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span id="goog_2080954268"></span><span id="goog_2080954269"></span>When used as part of a date, "inst." is an abbreviation for "instant" and means "in this same month" or "in the current month." <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obituary for George Wade from <i>The Southern Chronicle</i> (Camden, SC) 17 Dec 1823, p3 col3. Found on www.GenealogyBank.com. Used with permission.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>"Ult." is an abbreviation for the Latin "ultimo," meaning last. When used as part of a date, it indicates the previous month. <br />
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<b>The Merry Chase</b><br />
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There are issues with both of these obituaries that I discovered only this morning. They made me take a harder look at my facts. Even though these two gentlemen are on my mother's side far across my family tree from the Reeds, I cannot resist sharing this with you.<br />
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Swanson Lunsford was my 5-great grandfather. He is buried on the grounds of the South Carolina State House. (Click <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=lunsford&GSmid=46998361&GRid=35537198&">here</a> to see his grave.) The obituary above states that he died on August 17, 1799. According to his tombstone, however, he died on Aug 7, 1799. In addition, neither August 7 nor 17 were on a Wednesday that year. Confusing things further is the fact that the paper was dated Aug 16! My conclusion: Stick with the tombstone date.<br />
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George Wade was my 6-great grandfather and father-in-law to Swanson Lunsford. (He is said to be buried in an unmarked grave behind his second wife's family's home here in Columbia, SC.) For years I have had his death date as 23 Oct 1823, because that's the date given on "Family Data Collection - Individual Records," a database found on Ancestry.com which is at best a secondary source. (However, it is often the <i>only </i>source available.) This morning I discovered that according to this obituary, he died 23 NOV 1823, not in October.<br />
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George Wade's will (click <a href="http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/Thumbnails.aspx?recordId=298471">here</a> to see) yielded the fact that he <i>signed his will</i> on 23 Oct 1823, his witness was sworn on 27 Nov 1823, and his executor qualified on 28 Nov 1823. My conclusion: Go with the newspaper date of 23 NOV 1823. <br />
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It pays to keep your mind open to all possibilities, especially when looking for information as old as this. It is our continual duty to "Verify, Verify,Verify!"Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-24361343273253650162011-03-30T19:31:00.002-04:002011-04-06T09:28:08.201-04:00Obituary for James Henry Reed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DVjklfnf6xthmxpX-GCgBR2ICP5U17p-Dv5zG3gYvfeb4ac2TAdl7uepMEqnmURYoEaQmFJXWzrUwAO_qbsS_VgHKbmHdOs965RWk-orniwS08bvpSMhV1343GXJCeezRvxzpZJwgR4/s1600/GG+GrandadReed+adj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2DVjklfnf6xthmxpX-GCgBR2ICP5U17p-Dv5zG3gYvfeb4ac2TAdl7uepMEqnmURYoEaQmFJXWzrUwAO_qbsS_VgHKbmHdOs965RWk-orniwS08bvpSMhV1343GXJCeezRvxzpZJwgR4/s320/GG+GrandadReed+adj.jpg" width="227" /></a><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Transcription of Obituary for </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>James Henry Reed</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>(17 Feb 1826 - 17 May 1901)</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">THE BARNWELL PEOPLE</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vol XXIV No. 39, p. 3, col. 3</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thursday, May 30, 1901</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">BLACKVILLE NEWS</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Mr. James W. Reed died on the 17<sup>th</sup> inst., aged 77 years, and was buried in the Odom burial ground. Rev. W. D. Rice conducted the funeral services. For many years, he was a consistent member of Healing Springs Church. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found this obituary recently on microfilm at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina here in Columbia. Besides the fact that it has his middle initial as W instead of H (a fairly commonly found error), it poses a couple of questions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">James's birthdate on his tombstone is February 18, 1825. In the Benjamin Odom, Jr., Family Bible, it is February 17, 1826. According to this obituary, he was 77 years old when he died, which would have him born in 1824. I realize we may never know for sure, and I am okay with that. The date of death on the obituary does match the tombstone date, however. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">More interesting to me is the phrase "buried in the Odom burial ground." The small plot where he is buried along with seven other relatives is on Gardenia Road in upper Barnwell County. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2302988&CScn=Reed/Birt/Kemp&CScntry=4&CSst=43&CScnty=2318&">Click here</a> to see. I seriously doubt that more than eight graves would fit inside the chain link fence there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The plot is on (or at least near) land that James's father John Reed bought from the estate of Benjamin Odom, his father-in-law. When Benjamin died, the land was auctioned on March 7, 1825. John Reed was the highest bidder at $2001.00. (<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/N_O_A/message/20">Click here</a> to see where t</span><span style="font-size: small;">his has been thoroughly documented by Bruce Odom</span><span style="font-size: small;">.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Does this make you wonder if other Odom and Reed unmarked graves might be at the same site? </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"></div>Marilyn Reed Thomsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036950635919518354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4569782449300469598.post-62952332657496537482011-03-28T22:13:00.000-04:002011-03-28T22:13:45.557-04:00How Many Samuels Do You Have?<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On my tree, I count seven Samuel Reeds and four others with different last names who were named Samuel Reed. </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><ol style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">1751-1823 - Samuel Reed, husband of Mary Clark</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1795-1847 - Samuel Reed, son of Samuel and Mary</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1810-1887 - Samuel Reed, son of Hugh and Jane McSpeddon Reed</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1826-1862 - Samuel James Reed, son of #2 above and Elizabeth Boylston</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1829-1864 - Samuel Reed Boylston, son of #1's daughter Mary Reed and Austin Boylston</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1835-1848 - Samuel Reed Waters, son of #1's daughter Jane Reed and Jonathan Thomas Waters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1846-1889 - Samuel Elijah Reed, son of #3 above and Matilda Willis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1862-1924 - Samuel Reed Boylston, Jr., son of #5 above and Elizabeth Rebecca Riley</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1874-1874 - Samuel S. Reed, son of James William Reed (son of Hugh) and Anna Rebecca Tyler Reed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1882-1918 - Samuel Elijah Reed, Jr., son of #7 above and Emma Warner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1885-1849 - Samuel Reed Copeland, son of Ida Reed and William Riley Copeland (Ida was a daughter of James Henry and Mary Cook Reed, granddaughter of John and Julia Odom Reed, great-granddaughter of Samuel and Mary)</span></li>
</ol><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Other Samuels on the tree who descend from Samuel and Mary: </span></div><ol style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">1823-1890 - Samuel J. Hartzog, son of Rebecca Reed (daughter of #1 above) and Henry Bernard Hartzog</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1825-1899 - Samuel Ledwick Hair - son of Lavisa Reed (daughter of #1 above) and David Hair</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1840-1912 - Samuel Prioleau Chisolm, son of Adella Ursula Reed (daughter of #3 above) and Samuel Prioleau Chisolm (granted, he was named after his father)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1848-?? - Samuel Powell Cooper, son of Alice Ann Reed (daughter of #2 above) and Clark Columbus Cooper</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1853-1853 - Samuel Capers Milhous, son of Cyrena Reed (daughter of Hugh) and William Capers Milhous</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1858-?? - Samuel E. Ray, son of Martha Jane Reed (daughter of #3 above) and Hugh Charles Ray </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1860-?? - Samuel Hutchins Still - son of Ellen Rebecca Rebecca Hair (daughter of Lavisa Reed and David Hair) and Samuel Hutchins Still (yes, named after his father)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">1880-1894 - Samuel Lemuel Hair - son of David Furman Hair (son of Lavisa Reed and David Hair) and Irene Sophora Addison</span></li>
</ol><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And, although he's not a descendant, it is interesting to note that the first name of the father of Jane McSpeddon (Hugh Reed's wife) was Samuel! </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Surely these are not all. If you have any I've missed, please let me know!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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