Townships: Great Cypress and Beldoc

 http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scoconee/townships.html

BARNWELL:

• Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800). The county was originally part of Orangeburg District, and in 1785 it was named Winton County. It was given its current name in 1800. Barnwell County has decreased in size over the years as new counties were created within its boundaries (Aiken in 1871, Bamberg in 1897 and Allendale in 1919). The South Carolina Railroad, which connected Charleston to Hamburg on the Savannah River, was built through this area, creating the towns of Blackville and Williston in the mid-nineteenth century. In more recent years the county was the home of several powerful state politicians, known collectively as the "Barnwell Ring." Included were state Senator Edgar A. Brown (1888-1975), Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt (1895-1986), and Governor Joseph E. Harley (1880-1942).  (Submitted by: SC State Library / Mary Morgan, 31-Mar-2008)
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• Aiken   =  1870-Census
• Allendale   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Bamberg   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Barnwell   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census
• Barnwell Village   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Beldoc   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Bennett Springs   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Blackville   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Buford's Bridge   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Bull Pond / Bullpond   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Fish Pond / Fishpond   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Four-Mile   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• George's / Georgies Creek   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Great Cypress   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Midway   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Millbrook   =  1870-Census
• Red Oak   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Richland   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Rosemary   =  1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Silvester   =  1870-Census
• Sleepy Hollow   =  1870-Census
• Sycamore   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Three-Mile   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Williston   =  1870-Census, 1880-Census, 1883-Map
• Windsor   =  1870-Census

MOP- Finding the Pattersons

My oldest relatives in this side of the family tree are Lula Badger Mcmillian and Richard "Dick" Mcmillian from Barnwell County South Carolina.

In searching for more records I found one that listed Lula Badger  with Rebecca as her mother. My Grandmother had been telling me that Maggie Odom's mothers name was Rebecca until we found out it was Lula Badger. So I figured that Rebecca could possibly be Maggie Odom's maternal grandmother.

Then I found a record that showed Rebecca married to a Patterson. Joseph Patterson.

When I attached that record to her profile, a hint popped up for a family tree connection. On that family tree I saw a picture for Joseph Patterson that I recognized.


At a recent funeral for Edith Deloach Bell, I used her obituary to construct her family tree. I noticed the picture of Joe Faye Patterson was the some picture of Joseph Patterson on my family tree...



FOUND IT...

Mcmillian Odom Patterson Family Reunion

On my fathers side of my family I have a family reunion every 2 years. This year it was in Atlanta, GA.

Since then I have had a renewed fervor for searching my family tree. The mysteries I wanted to solve were

1.) How are the "Pattersons" connected to my Mcmillian and Odom relatives?

2.) How are the Priesters that came to our family reunion connect to me?

3.) How are our other set of South Carolina Family members connect to me?

Let's see what I find...

Humes in Poughkeepsie

Today i am exploring my relationship to the Humes in Poughkeepsie, NY today. Our common relative is Bertha Fraizer-Stephenson. She is my great grandmother, Olive Fraizer's, sister. I have found some information on her decendents from her daughter Florence Stepheson-Freeman.

Hitting A Wall

I have traced the census record back as far as a can... what next?

I looked up how to find your ancestor before 1850 and I thought looking at land records might be a good start.

According to the research project I read about the Fraizer, they owned land for a long time. Land Ownership was hard to achieve for african americans at that time, so I can conclude that they had a certain mind sent. A mindset that would propel them toward ownership for generations. On ancestry.com under the U.S index of land ownership maps, I found two records of Fraizers that owned land in Dutchess County in 1876.

L M Fraizer and Widow Fraizer.

The student from the project had a guess about who the Widow Fraizer was but who is L M Fraizer.

The Connection

I believe I found a connect between my oldest ancester, James Fraizer and the Rhinebeck(Milan) Fraizers.

I think James Fraizer is the son of Adam Fraizer, son of Andrew Fraiser.

Right now I am working on getting some documentation on the family unit of Adam Fraizer and his two sons James and Edward.

Adam's life span, I believe, is between the late 1700 and the mid 1840s. I have a record of him living in Pine Plains in the the 1840s but nothing in the 1850s.

Therefore I assume that he has passed away. Now this is where I start to look for Edward and James as the head of household. James I found in 1850 in Stanford, Dutchess, New York, with his family. This family I can trace back to my mother. As for Edward, I have yet to find anything concrete.


Still looking...

Andrew Fraizer's Pension Application

http://revwarny.com/frashurandrew.pdf