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From: "Lee Ramsey" <>
Subject: Re: [NCMECKLE-L] William Elliott/Spratt
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:13:24 -0400
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Original Message From: "Jim Elliott" <>

Jim,

Is your George Elliott the same as George Elliott, who settled on Eight Mile
Shoal Creek in early Anson Co., NC.

Lee


> There was one Elliott family in northern Mecklenburg County originating
> with George Elliott and his wife, Jane (Jeannete) Barry Elliott who
> settled
> around 1760. They had a son William who was born around 1775. His brother,
> Hugh, also had a son named William born around 1808. About every
> generation
> of that clan had a William. I am rather familiar with this group but
> suspect
> that your Elliotts were a little south of that.
> There was another group of Elliotts who where rather contemperaneous
> with the George Elliott family who were from down in the York county area.
> I am not very
> familiar with them but believe they were the ones who had Spratt
> associations.
> Jim Elliott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lee Ramsey" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [NCMECKLE-L] William Elliott/Spratt
>
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> It's often difficult to make a family connection or I.D. with just a name
>> (no age, spouse, children, time frame or death date?) for the ancestor,
>> due to the usually "same name" problem which exist within most records
>> even within the same geographic vicinity. There was an Elliott family
>> who came to Mecklenburg Co., NC as early settlers, some of whom were
>> connected to the Spratt family. There is at least one William Elliott
>> who lived and died in Mecklenburg Co. I am not an Elliott researcher,
>> but if you do not have access to resources and want to request a look up,
>> let me know and I will check a little later. If you do let me know when
>> and how do you know William was in SC?
>>
>> Lee Ramsey
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:24 AM
>> Subject: [NCMECKLE-L] William Elliott/Spratt
>>
>>
>>>I am trying to determine the background of the William Elliott who
>>>settled
>>> in the present Ft. Mill area of Lancaster Co., SC, in the early/mid
>>> 1700's and
>>> who was associated with the Spratts and the Catawba Indians. So, can
>>> anyone
>>> tell me in which NC/SC county I should look to find the most
>>> information on
>>> him (possibly his background)?
>>> Paul
>>> (mailto:)
>>>
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