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From: Steve Williams <>
Subject: Re: Pearson Cem; Pearson-Fowler Cem
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:08:56 -0400


Diana,
I found Cashville using a mapping utility on Yahoo's website. It is near the
junction of Hwy 146 and Hwy 101. Hwy 417 also comes into Hwy 101 nearby. If
you want to e-mail me privately, I'd be glad to e-mail you a copy of the map I
found.

Diana Pearson White wrote:
>
> Hello, Spartanburg Subscribers,
>
> Today I went to the Dallas Public Library and found something that excites
> me very much. The Pinckney District Chapter of South Carolina Genealogical
> Society published Spartanburg County, SC Cemetery Survey, Vol. 2 in 1993. I
> had never looked at it before today, and when I saw these two cemeteries
> and their locations, I felt I had the best clues to my Pearson line.
>
> Henry, John, Charles, and Thomas PEARSON had land in the Cashville area.
> Actually there was a lawsuit where the land was sold, but eventually Thomas
> ended up with it in 1827. In 1829, Thomas died Hardeman County, TN still
> owning the land; his widow Nancy FOWLER Pearson sold it several years
> later. The sale caused a lawsuit because Thomas' will had indicated that
> Nancy not sell the land if the child she carried at the time of his death
> was a boy. It was - my great-grandfather Ira James Lee Pearson. I know that
> Thomas had brothers Charles and John from an interview with IJL PEARSON.
>
> I have 5 United States Geological Survey maps of Spartanburg County, but I
> do not have the one that shows Cashville. I do have the one that shows the
> juction of Highway 146 and Highway 101. The survey of Thomas PEARSON's land
> shows it to lie on the Old Buncombe Road and the Ridge Road. From examining
> Mills' Atlas showing Spartanburg District in 1820, I believe that Highway
> 101 is approximately the same location as the Old Buncombe Road. Can anyone
> tell me if I am correct or not?
> Does anyone know what is the Ridge Road?
>
> I had planned to look at the plats of Spartanburg for that area, but I did
> not have time once I did other things. That is my next trip - soon.
>
> According to the book referenced at the beginning:
>
> PEARSON FAMILY Cemetery is located near Cashville. Take the Bellview Road
> and turn right onto Trammell Road. Go approximately 100 yards. The cemetery
> is located approximately .5 of a mile to the right of the highway.
>
> In this cemetery is Henry Pearson and his wife Ruth [Rebecca] HOUSE. A note
> says: erected by J. M. Pearson and Wm Fowler and N.A.W. Trammell.
>
> Also, Emily E, daughter of Charles and Matilda PEARSON, b 5 May 1832; died
> 20 Dec 1832. A Pearson daughter(?) Pachel [should this be Rachel?] Pearson,
> wife of Griffoth Jones. December 6, 1805-May 1852.
> several fieldstones
>
> PEARSON-FOWLER Family Cemetery is located at Cashville. From the Junction
> of HWY 101 and HWY 146, go north appros. .5 of a mile and the cemetery will
> be located approx. 200 yards behind the Fox Hollow Farm.
>
> In this cemetery one finds Charles PEARSON, b. 9 Sep 1798 - d. 19 Dec 1876,
> and his wife Matilda BROWN, b. 27 Dec 1808 - d. 13 Jan 1896. [They buried
> their daughter with whom I assume to be his parents in the Pearson Family
> Cemetery.]
> JM Fowler 21 Jan 1821-Dec 12, 1904
> S. C. Pearson died 1858; Susannah H. Fowler 17 June 1820-18 July 1893.
> Mary E. Pearson 1848-1859
> Frances Fowler and wife Lucy Fowler settled in this county 1772.
> markers with initials only:
> W.R.F., C.D.F., S.H.F., M.C.F., N.C.F., W.O.W., I.N.F., M.L.B., W.T.F.
>
> >From Pruitt's abstracts of deeds:
>
> There is an early grant of land to a Jeremiah Fowler.
>
> 1 Nov 1811: Francis Fowler of SPB to George, Jeremiah, Ryal [Is he
> Israel?], Miles, Irey, and Isaac Fowler. Francis and wife to enjoy land as
> long as they live. Land is 156 ac located on the Enoree River. [I will
> check for a plat of this land, also.]
>
> Nancy Fowler Pearson has a son Ira James Lee Pearson. Dicy Hendrix Fowler
> is Nancy Fowler's mother, and Dicy Hendrix Fowler has a son Miles. I do not
> know who his Dicy's husband. Ira James Lee had 12 children by Elizabeth
> Verlinda RHODES, daughter of William RHODES, Jr. Children were Nancy Jane,
> William, Miles James, Jeremiah Franklin, John Ira, Sarah Rebecca, Mary
> Almeda, Pinckney Absalom (from HASTIN(gs) family),Dicie Ann Matilda, Lee
> Greene, Daniel Bester, Martha Elizabeth.
>
> Does anyone recognize any of these names and families there in Spartanburg?
>
> Diana PEARSON White
>
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Steve Williams
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