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From: Raymond Leslie Prince <>
Subject: [ANDERSON-L] Anderson family of Greenville/Laurens SC
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 01:06:47 -0400

Can anyone help me put these families in order?

Buried at Fork Shoals Baptist Church, Greenville County, SC:

Back Row:
James Anderson 4/29/1795-4/2/1882
Martha Anderson w/o James d. 4/8/1883 81 years of age.
William Anderson 3/12/1817- 1/13/1876

Next Row includes several native stones and carved stones
unreadable.
AS d. 1834
Elizabeth Anderson 11/8/1792- 2/2/1875
Nancy Ewing Anderson w/o James Anderson d. 3/5/1858 aged
96yr 7m 6d.
Jane Anderson d. 12/15/183? aged 67 years.
Hewlett Chapman 1/14/1815 - 11/17/1876 (My ancestor married
Anna G. Anderson d/o John and Mary)

Next Row more carved stones:
Robert Anderson d. 3/3/1832 aged 21yr 5m 24d
Anna G. Chapman d. 3/23/1852 aged 36yr 4m 13d

Next Row more carved stones:
SLA d. 1823
JS
Ewing Anderson d. 5/15/1842 aged 18y 8m 1d
George H. Anderson s/o James and Martha d. 9/23/1825 aged 3y
2m 12d
John Anderson d. 11/23/1837 aged 53y 7m 17d
Mary Anderson w/o John 1/1/1794-7/16/1872

A few miles away is Fairview Presb. Church:
One group:
James Anderson 6/20/1817-6/17/1863
Rachel M. Anderson w/o James 4/8/1816-2/6/1874
J. Stennis Anderson 4/2/1842-7/21/1866
Stewart Anderson 4/30/1849-11/6/1866

Just behind these:
2 infants C Anderson and AMC? B. Anderson both died in 1845
aged 2m 15d
R P Anderson 8/12/1851-4/14/1897
John Stennis d. 3/2/1845 aged 60y
Mary Stennis d. 10/17/1862 aged 78y

Another group:
John Anderson 2/27/1794-3/5/1878
Nancy Anderson 5/28/1796-3/8/1871
James A. Anderson 4/6/182? or 183?-4/12/1868
William D. Anderson s/o John and Nancy 8/9/1840-11/16/1863
Fell in Battle near Cambell Station, Tenn.
Sarah Elizabeth Anderson d/o John and Nancy
5/4/1831-9/26/1860
Mary Jane Anderson 11/30/1831-3/31/1836

Another group:
John Anderson 10/25/1825-6/15/1865
Died on his return from the Army at Smithville, NC
Sarah J. Anderson w/o John 9/26/1834/6/28/1898
infant son d. 3/21/1861

Here is what I think using these graves and will of John
Anderson, buried at Fork Shoals Bap. and census 1850
Laurens, SC.
James Anderson (probably at Fork Shoals under unmarked
stone)
+Nancy Ewing
1 William Anderson (Will)
1 James Anderson (Fork Shoals, Will)
+Martha ? (Fork Shoals)
1 John Anderson (Fork Shoals)
+Mary ? (Fork Shoals, Will, Census)
2 James Anderson (Fairview, Will)
+Rachel Stennis d/o John and Mary Stennis (Fairview)

3 John Stennis Anderson (Fairview, census)
3 Louise (census)
3 Sarah J. (census)
3 Stewart (Fairview)
3 two infants (Fairview)
2 Anna G. Chapman (Fork Shoals, Will) My ancestor.
+Hewlett Chapman (Fork Shoals, Will)
2 William Anderson (Fork Shoals)
2 Thomas Anderson (Will)
2 Ewing Anderson (Fork Shoals, Will)
2 John Anderson (Fairview,Will, Census)
+ Sarah J. (Fairview)
3 infant son (Fairview)
2 George W. Anderson (Will)
2 Robert Anderson (Will, Census)
2 Mary Jane Anderson (Will, Census)
2 David Q. Anderson (Will, Census)
I hope I'm close and I hope someone has these people in
their files and will contact me soon.
Thank You
Raymond Leslie Prince

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