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Subject: [SCDORCHE] Re: Looking for D. W. Mellard b 1849 SC married Harriet (KNIGHT?)
Date: 5 Dec 2002 06:27:21 -0700

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Surnames: Knight, Murray, Mellard, Mallard,
Classification: Query

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Re: I am looking for information on D. W. Mellard of Adams Run in Colleton county or Jedburg In Dorchester county in South Carolina. He would be my great-grandfather and was married to Harriet R. Knight. My grandfather, David Loyless Mellard, was born (1889) in Adams Run and worked and died (1974) in Charleston. I have been told that we are related to the Mellards in Jedburg.

I knew I'd seen the names somewhere in my files. Here you go...
---1870 St. Georges Parish, Colleton Co, SC, original p. 92; p 202b, lines 22-23, PO-Georges Sta
MALLARD, David 21 M b 1849 SC farmer 100/180
Harriet 16 F b 1854 SC housekeeper

The names Mallard and Mellard were used interchangeably. I'll send you or post the census image if you'd like. Now I've got to ask you if you know Harriet's parents names. David and Harriet Mallard are living beside my known family Knights:
---1870 St. Georges Parish, Colleton Co, SC, original p. 92; p 202b, lines 24-40, PO-Georges Sta
KNIGHT, Dave(?) 30 M b 1840 SC Farmer 250/175
Jane 30 F b 1840 SC Housekeeper
Julius 12 M b 1858 SC
Susan 10 F b 1860 SC
Bell 8 F b 1862 SC
Jesse 7 M b 1863 SC
Ike 5 M b 1865 SC
Osvell (?) 4 M b 1866 SC
Davie 3 M b 1867 SC
Mary 1 F b 1869 SC

Harriet is probably somehow related to David Knight above. What was your source for information on Harriet's surname?

Now another question...this is related to the 8 year old Bell listed above. Her name was Belzora Knight. In 1900 William Mallard was living with his Aunt Belzora (Knight) and Uncle Wesley Murray in Dorchester County.

---1900 SC Census, Dorchester Township (excluding Summerville), Dorchester Co, SC, ED 68, 65b, sheet 15, line 77
MURRAY, Wesley M 48 b July 1851 SC married 22, Farmer who owned his own farm free and clear, all could read and write
Bell Z wife F 41 b Mar 1859 SC married 22, 8 children/8
David son M 21 b Feb 1879 SC single, laborer at a saw mill and was out of work 2 months last year
Dora dau F 20 b April 1880 SC single and at home help
Oniel son M 17 b Oct 1884 SC, farm help and in school 8 months out of the year
Mouzon son M 14 b Feb 1886 SC, farm help and in school 8 months out of the year
Essie dau F 12 b Mar 1888 SC, in school 8 months out of the year
Bertha dau F 9 b Nov 1890 SC, in school 8 months out of the year
Coralie dau F 7 b Dec 1892 SC, in school 8 months out of the year
Pearl dau F 3 b Mar 1897 SC
MALLARD, William nephew M 18 b June 1882 SC single, help on farm, could also read and write

---Looking for William MALLARD's parents who may be related to :
Knight,Laney C. D. M. 1846 Jan 17 1936 I222
(Laney Catherine Derrick Mallard Knight)
Knight,Rufus Aug 23 1845 June 9 1910 I223
(PVT / CO. F 3 BATT SC LT ARTY / CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY)
SECTION J (Boone Hill Cemetery, Dorchester Co, SC)
William's parents may be Wesley and Lizzie Mellard. I want to know why he's living with his aunt and uncle Murray (above) and how they were related.

Well, anyway...the Knights, Murrays and Mellard/Mallards were all very close. Hope this helps and keep me in mind when you see William MALLARD b 1882 out there, please.

JC

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