Tag: Pendleton Dist. South Carolina

Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Proven and Possible Children by His First Wife

October 22, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God” In my last posting, I brought the story of Moses Birdwell (1769-1849) up to his death in 1849 in Hopkins County, Texas. That posting notes that the family journal compiled by several members of the Cunningham family, which connects to the Birdwells through … More Moses Birdwell (1769-1849): Proven and Possible Children by His First Wife

Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – DeWitt Clinton, Thomas, and Camilla Birdwell

September 1, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Steem” Mills and Malignant Fevers 4. DeWitt Clinton Birdwell, the fourth child of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard, was born about 1831 in Limestone or Jackson County, Alabama. I have very little information about this son of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard who is named as their child in Hardin Harville’s … More Children of James G. Birdwell and Aletha Leonard of Alabama and Louisiana – DeWitt Clinton, Thomas, and Camilla Birdwell

James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

August 12, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “A farmer and a sober, steady man of good habits and of good family” I’ve spent lo these many months now on this blog documenting the ancestry of my paternal great-grandmother Mary Ann Green Lindsey (and here). I followed Mollie Green Lindsey’s Green line back from her father Ezekiel Samuel Green (that series … More James G. Birdwell (1795-1849): Georgia and Alabama Years

William Halbert (1744-1808): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 12, 2024

With new information I found on my recent research trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I have added the following information to a previous posting discussing Rachel Lindsey, daughter of William Lindsey and Rachel Earnest, who married William Anson Halbert, son of William Halbert of Virginia and Pendleton District, South Carolina:

John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 11, 2024

As a previous posting has noted, when John and Jane Kerr Green sold their 1,345 acres in Pendleton District to Thomas Gates on 4 May 1818, as they made their move to Alabama, Gates then resold that land to John and Jane’s neighbors the Lawrences. In the “Lawrence Family Papers” at Clemson University Library’s Special … More John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 9, 2024

After my recent research trip to Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, I have added another new piece of information to a previous posting about John Green (1768-1837). This new information is from biographical information about John Green’s Pendleton District neighbor Benjamin Lawrence that I found in the Lawrence Family Papers at Clemson’s archives. … More John Green (1768-1837): New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Ewing Colhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

May 8, 2024

This posting continues a series of short postings I began yesterday with a posting noting that I did research at Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, and found valuable information and documents that add to and correct postings I have made on this blog in the past. As the posting I’ve just linked said, … More John Ewing Colhoun: New Information Added to Previous Posting

John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (2)

May 7, 2024

In a posting I just uploaded, I told readers of this blog that I recently found the original plat for John Green’s survey of 838 acres on the Keowee River in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1793. That plat is in the Lawrence Family Papers in Clemson University Library’s Special Collections and Archives (box 1, … More John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (2)

John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (1)

May 7, 2024

As my previous posting states, I recently made a research trip to Clemson University in South Carolina and spent a day in the Special Collections and Archives of Clemson’s Library, where the archival staff could not have been more courteous and helpful. I found a large amount of very valuable information and documents that I … More John Green and Wife Jane Kerr: New Information Added to Previous Postings (1)

Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Patrick Calhoun (1752/5 – 1827)

April 25, 2024

Or, Subtitled: “Here is my account of how and why all those folks went to Livingston Co. Ky.” As I begin this posting, I have to be candid and say that working on the last three children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean or Jane Ewing has proven very difficult, and I’m by no means sure … More Children of Ezekiel Calhoun and Jean/Jane Ewing: Patrick Calhoun (1752/5 – 1827)