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From: "Mildred \"Mickey\" Fournier" <>
Subject: RE: [SCUNION] Establishing a SC-OLD96 list.
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:02:10 -0400
In-Reply-To: <d7.1f38ecb7.2ae1ad29@aol.com>


Bravo, Betty! Well said!

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Subject: Re: [SCUNION] Establishing a SC-OLD96 list.


Re: Establishing a SC-OLD Ninety-Six List

I, too, would like to express my disappointment to Rootsweb for not allowing
a SC-Old 96th List to be established, and would like to give what I feel are
reasonable reasons for having this.

When the upper part of South Carolina was opened up for settlement after the
Revolutionary War and the Cherokee Indians ceded (or forced to move out) by
our government, many settlers from VA, NC, etc., acquired State land grants
to settle in the newly opened up old Ninety-Six District. It was not until
later that this District divided into counties or subdivided into Districts,
such as Pendleton District. Many of us are descended from these early
settlers and have a great deal of problem finding records to prove our
lineage. Records were recorded in many places, some of the recording sites
dissolved such as Pendleton District, and only through much research does
one
know where to look for these records. I understand that some of the records
are recorded in North Carolina counties as the line between NC and SC was
definitive at that time. Only through many seminars from experienced
genealogists or perhaps through accidental finding such records and sharing
this knowledge allows many of us who are stuck to continue our research. I
am completely stuck on one of my lines, for 15 years in fact.

As many of us who research in SC know, it is one of the most difficult
states
to find records that many states take for granted. There are no marriage
license records, death records, nor birth records. You must look in Court
records, try to find old newspaper articles that may mention a death,
marriage or birth. The exchange of information between List members is
essential to help each other. Everyone does not have access to go to
Seminars and hear knowledgeable professional genealogist speak and give
suggestions where to look for these records. I want to give two suggestions
to these List Members that I never knew before:

1. According to Brent Holcombe, renowned genealogist for SC and NC, when
looking for records disposition of land when someone dies, if the estate is
less than $1,000.00, look in the Probate Records and they reflect how this
land was disposed. If the estate was more than $1,000.00, look in the
Minutes of Common Pleas and it would name the individual who owns the land
and to whom it was disposed. Both of these are the best place to find
information to prove lineage. Many people did not have nor leave a Will.

2. In lieu of a Will, the estate would have to settled Intestate. In my
great grandfather's case (he died in the Civil War) and he had not prepared
a
Will, therefore, the small estate had to be settled Intestate after his
death. It was from the Court records, such as the information of letters,
correspondence, etc., between the family and the Court which offered me
proof of the marriage of my grandmother. In one of the letters, it stated
that she intermarried with William Robertson. That line was physical proof
of her marriage to my grandfather. It also gave me the name of my great
grandmother, Rebecca Jane, which the census only reflected R.J.

There is one fly in this ointment, as the old saying goes, it is at
different
time periods you must know where these Court Records were kept. At one time
there was a Court House for the Pendleton District for a period of time,
some
of the SC counties were part of what became some of the NC counties later
when the line between the two states was determined. All the counties in
the
Old Ninety-Six District have different places their records were kept. We
can all help each other and present our questions and another person may
know
the answer.

I realize that everyone looks at a questionable problem from their own
viewpoint. From my viewpoint, having an Old Ninety-Six Line would be a
tremendous help for me.

Now, from the viewpoint of Rootsweb, which I understand is now combined with
Ancestry.Com (I may be mistaken about this, but I thought I read it
someplace), this should be a wonderful, worthwhile things for you because
your bottom line purpose is to acquire good, accurate genealogical
information that can basically be added to the already existing genealogy
that is for sale on Ancestry.Com. It would be a profitable venture for
Rootsweb.

Just wanted to add my thoughts on this subject.

Betty Rich


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