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From: "John W. Turner" <>
Subject: Re: [SCGREENW] Garretts of SC
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 14:14:09 -0600
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Hi Ann,

Thanks for the leads. If I do get one will be sure to let you know and
thanks for the offer. John

Ann Massengill/John Evans wrote:
>
> Response to John Turner:
>
> Hi, John. Nothing specific, but Standing Springs is an important clue to
> me. It's near Greenville, on the road between Mauldin and Fork Shoals.
> The Standing Springs Baptist Church is an old, old church and probably has
> some records that could help you.
>
> The Garrett name is well-known up through there, especially around Fountain
> Inn, Gray Court, etc., (northwestern chunk of Laurens County). There was a
> Rev. George Garrett, Methodist minister who was a Main Street Church -- he
> and Grand-daddy Wells became great friends. Mama remembers that he had two
> daughters, one of whom became a nurse but isn't still around Greenwood. I
> went to Erskine with Amy Garrett, who was from Simpsonville or Fountain
> Inn. You may have known Ronnie Garrett, now a pharmacist either at Aiken or
> Hilton Head, i think -- he was married to carol uprichard, but after the
> polatty/marcengill fiasco, I want to stay away from that!
>
> The greenwood regional phonebook, which covers from abbeville to fountain
> inn/simpsonville, to laurens/joanna to chappells and saluda now -- ain't
> that a mess? -- has about 2 columns of garretts. if you get a line on a
> name of a living person in that area, i'll check for a number.
>
> Life is good.
>
> annie
>
>
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