Mission Statement - Thank You!
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Thank You, for over 1,035,986 Hits on our site!
for out 10 year Anniversary (1996-2006)
Paul R. Sarrett, Jr.


The Sarratt/Sarrett/Surratt Families of America (SFA©) and
Friends of Page Co., Iowa (FOPC©)
      Our Mission is to provide "FREE" Genealogical & Family information on the interenet. This is a group of people who have devoted a large amount of time & skill in providing 40,000's records of Names, with various, Census, Death, Marriage, Deeds, Wills, etc and other various records for your use, to make a "Connection" with your Ancestor. We cannot/donot guarantee the accuracy of this information. As in good Genealogical practices it's up to the researcher to check and verify with the "primary" record source to determine that said accuracy. We have given you a lot of REF: Number and page numbers to make your research easier. See some of our Click on Redball for More Info.<--- Howto  files, weather you are a long-time researcher or just starting out. Remember part of Genealogy is "Sharing" and having a good time doing it.
      If we have any "Living Person" and you want them removed, just send me a E-Mail with URL address, Name's etc and I will remove same. We have used without absolute proof, circumstantial evidence, both legally and genealogically, has been allowed in certain conclusion that and we will conceded when any other proof of the opposite is provided, which is both logical and reasonable and not opposed by any other evidence...Paul R. Sarrett, 1996

"SHARE THE RECORDS, DON'T SELL THEM."


Submitter:
Herb Evans
 THANK YOU!
 Dated: Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at: 3:06 pm PSTime
 I just finished looking through all the marriage files posted on the South Carolina GenWeb page. On behalf of everyone else searching for a link to an ancestor, I want to extend my thanks!
I wasn�t fortunate enough to find the names I was looking for (my great great grandfather Thomas G. Evans and his first wife Mary Rountree) and was hoping you might be able to direct me to other marriage records.
It�s just a guess, but I think Thomas and Mary were married in South Carolina sometime during the late 1830s to early 1840s.
Again, thanks for the great work you�ve done.
Herb Evans, Columbia, MO [email protected]
Submitter:
D. Prieditis
 THANK YOU, CLARINDA PHOTOS
 Dated: Monday, February 2, 2009 At: 5:57:27 PM PSTime
  WOW, today i stumbled across this site while making a quick e-check on the spelling of "oehler" as in "oehler drug." it was in reference to e-correspondence with a high school classmate of mine about clarinda. we graduated from chs in 1964. how come the 1965 photos look so OLDE TYME?!? (don't even think about answering that!)
this is quite the treasure. thanks to those responsible for taking the original photos and to those who had the insight to share them online!
D. Prieditis, [email protected]
Submitter:
Margy
 THANK YOU!
 Dated: 02 Feb 2008 at: 6:45pm PSTime
 Hi Paul:
What a great job you have done on the SC genealogy page!
Altho I could not direct connect the Holloways there with mine, I sure enjoyed the browzing.
Thank you so much for all you have done. I am sure it has helped a great many folks researching their ancestors.
Margy, [email protected]
Submitter:
Julie Kidwell
 Friends of Page Co. website
 Dated: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 at: 11:18 am PDTime
  I would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU to you for creating and maintaining this website. I was able to fill in alot of missing pieces of my genealogy puzzle using the Davis Cemetery page.
Julie Kidwell [email protected]
Submitter:
Betty Herrrell
 THANK YOU!
 Dated: 13 Jul 2007 at: 8:23:38 AM PDTime
 Hi Paul,
I just want to thank you for all the work you�ve done with the marriage records through the years,
Betty Herrrell, [email protected]
Submitter:
Jana Daw
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I don't know how you do it!! Obviously you don't get the right recognition that you should. These free sights are more valuable than the ones you pay for. I thanks all the contributors for all their hard work. You had to of "PAID" for the CD's for everyones benefit.
This is for all the people that haven't Thanked You personally!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you. I know you did more than the thank you's I've typed!!
I'm glad I made your day!
Sincerely, Jana
Received: Date: 2/9/03 7:46:41 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Jana Daw
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Just wanted to drop you a line to say "Thank You" for all your hard work to make things easy for researchers like me.
Jana
Received: Date: 2/8/03 7:49:39 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
FLORENCE PATRICK
THANK YOU!
Hi I want to THANK YOU for all the info you have placed on the SC census I have just started looking for my family Gabriel Patrick and your info is helping me Flo Patrick
Received: Date: 2/8/03 12:49:25 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Joyce Noble
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
What a wonderful service you have provided to those of us living on the West Coast ( WA State).
I've just found this site and am so excited about being able to access this kind of history. Thank you!
I've found a number of names already that are in my family line: Noble, Tucker, Bond, etc.
And I have an adopted daughter and someday wish to do search for her line, as well. And her father was a Middleton.
Again, I appreciate all you have done for us.
Joyce Noble, Goehner (1) and Stetner (2) to present.
Received: Date: 1/18/03 11:43:49 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Mary in AR
THANK YOU!
Paul, what a wonderful job you've done of listing the marriage records for Early South Carolina.
Thank you so much.
Mary in AR
Received: Date: 1/11/03 6:24:34 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Luanne Spence Taylor
THANK YOU!
Paul,
How much we do appreciate your putting the 1779 census on line. I do see my Curry, Thomas and Holloways. In VA I have a John Cole and VIncent Cox but way way back.
Luanne Spence Taylor
Received: Date: 1/10/03 10:21:35 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Janice Pate
THANK YOU!
Dear Mr. Sarrett,
I want to take a minute to thank you for the contributions that you have made to the South Carolina web archives. I know that I would not have found some information if it were not for your sharing your files with others.
My ancestors settled in SC as early as the mid 1600's. I live in PA and only get to hunt through records that I rent at the local Family History Center. You have made that job a whole lot easier.
Thanks again, Janice Pate
PS: Include the word "GENEALOGY" in the subject line or the e-mail goes in the trash.
Received: Date: 12/10/02 10:58:24 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Roy Avants.
THANK YOU!
Subj: Reg South Carolina Families
Paul, just wanted to say I appreciated the work you did regarding early Carolina. I am not searching for any of the names you had listed. I am searching for Avant/s Avent. I found a Thomas Evant listed in Old 96 district that is probably an ancestor, cannot be sure but very probable. Any way wanted to say I appreciate your efforts.
Roy Avants.
Received: Date: 10/31/02 12:39:44 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Bettye Renfro
THANK YOU!
Subj: Your Website on Alabama
Paul,
As a beginner, just wanted to tell you, this is the prettiest site I have come across. Thanks for sharing such a talent for others to enjoy. Sorry that I'm not related somehow.....
Bettye Renfro
Received: Date: 10/24/02 7:55:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Alison Stevens
THANK YOU!
Subj: Thank you for your Anderson / Pendleton County census transcriptions
Good evening Mr. Sarrett,
Thank you very much for your hard work on the census transcriptions that are posted on the Genweb sites. I appreciate you and your work anew each time I look at them.
Sincerely, Alison Stevens
Received: Date: 9/21/02 8:58:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Catherine Monticue
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I just wanted to say hi and give you a BIG thanks for posting all those South Carolina records; I've not found anything that will help me (yet) in my quest for my SC ancestors; but wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you and other's like you that post this important data.
Thanks again !
Catherine Monticue
Denver, CO
[email protected]
Web Designer, Web Khat Designs
http://webkhat.com/
Family History
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monticue/

Received: Date: 9/11/02 2:04:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Fran Sears-Cook
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Just wanted to say thank you for the information that you contributed to the Page County Site. I was able to locate info on a great-aunt that I have been searching for. I was able to find dates and names and will now be able to try to research for obits (Posten) - Butler Cemetary - Amity.
Thanks so much. It is greatly appreciated.
Fran Sears-Cook
Received: Date: 9/2/02 2:36:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
William D. McClellan
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
I have found your work on the Internet and am really impressed with the work you have put into it. I have been working on my genealogy for about a year, and have made some progess through the census records at the Anderson County Library, but not much more than that.
I am William D. McClellan, 1933- , youngest son of Van Patrick McClellan 1875-1950, youngest son of William Claiborne McClellan 1831- ??, son of David McClellan 1797(approx.) and before this date, I am having problems. I do have a will of a David McClellan, carpenter, to wife Elizabeth (no children mentioned) dated 1739.
In your work from the old 1779 census (was this a local or state census?) I found two William McClellan's and want to find out if they are ancestral relatives.
I do want to trace my ancestry back to my immigrant ancestor who came from either Ireland or Scotland and I am familiar with the McClellan's of Kirkurdbright, Scotland and hope to visit Scotland before my demise.
If you can offer me any suggestions in tracing my ancestry from my Grandfather and great Grandfather whom I find in the census images of 1850 in the Anderson district census, it would be greatly appreciated.
It is unusual that I can go back so far in so few generations due to the fact that I am the youngest son and my father was the youngest son of old parents.
Thank you for the work you have done which I am enjoying and for any help you can offer me in tracing my ancestors back to the immigrant ancestor.
Sincerely, William D. McClellan
Received: Date: 7/28/02 5:30:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Michael R. Sawyer
THANK YOU!
I must take the time to thank you and send a "well done" to you for the painstaking job of compiling and typing in all of the data in this list. It had to be a formidable task...
Sincerely, Michael R. Sawyer, CST
Received: Date: 7/20/02 10:13:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Nell Reynolds
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Thanks for the quick reply to my email. If I had read farther then I wouldn't have had to bother you because found lot of websites you had listed. However, I wouldn't have had the Family Group Sheet that you sent so could fill out for my family I am looking for---Holt.
My friend was excited about the information I got for him because of you plus now has found out that his wife's ex husband's family had some Indian blood in him, making her children so. He is looking for the Platt. I have always been interested in the Indian side of our world plus the pain, suffering they went thru when the "white" came over here. Just goes to show that we are "all God's children" as little 6 year old girl sang at our church last night "God loves all the little children of the world, yellow, red, black, they are precious in His sight".
Best, Nell
Received: Date: 4/29/02 7:55:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Linda Stengele
THANK YOU!
Thank you for all your work in transcribing marriages for SC. I didn't find the one I was looking for, and am doing a similar project in IL. We all need a pat on the back, so consider it given. Linda Stengele
I was looking for Joseph JOHNSON m. Esther JOLLY 24 Jul 1805, supposedly in Charleston SC. They moved to Posey Co. IN. I'll keep looking for proof of where this marriage took place. I have the Bible with just the date.
Received: Date: 4/8/02 2:29:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Irene Keller
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I had the privilege of discovering the Rutherford Co., NC census and tax list that you have put on the internet. Thank you for all your work in copying and putting the census on the internet.
It was exciting to find the MUSIC family. They have been a family that has been hard to track.
Thank you again for all you hard work.
Irene Keller [email protected]
Received: Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:21:42 PM Eastern Standard Time

Submitter:
(Valerie A. Fahy
THANK YOU!
Subj: IAGenWeb Page
Hi Paul,
I've recently had occasion to go to the IAGenWeb page to do some research. I just wanted to tell you how wonderfully put together it is. You've done a terrific job with it. Thank you!
Val
Received: Date: 1/14/02 9:04:05 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Denise K. Young
THANK YOU!
Mr. Sarrett,
I would like to thank you for all the wonderful work you have done for the Orange County, North Carolina genweb project. I don't know if you still have access to this data or if you would even be willing to entertain requests, but if you do and would, I would be very grateful for your time.
I live in Tennessee and do not have access to the census of North Carolina. In particular, I am trying to find the family information on the Huffines listed in the 1810 Orange County NC census. They are listed on pages 120 and 145. The name is spelled Huffhines, Huffines, Hufhines, and Hufines. The given names of those individuals are Jacob, Daniel, P., and Jacob, respectively. I am attempting to segregate my ancestor from his nephew of the same name and approximate age who also lived in North Carolina at the same time. Their family information is the only hope I have of being able to do this.
If you could help me at all with this I would truly appreciate it. If not, I totally understand and thank you for your time.
Sincerely, Denise K. Young
Received: Date: 11/13/01 2:41:06 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Juanita Davis
THANK YOU!
Subj: William Riley Sides
Thank you keep up the good work.
Juanita Davis, Larkspur CO.
Received: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 2:24:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Submitter:
Barbara Alexander
THANK YOU!
Paul, I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your taking the time to post all these census' records. I know what an undertaking it must be.
Thank you for allowing me to find my ancestors in Rutherford Co., NC.
Barbara Alexander (San Rafael, CA)
Received: 5/27/01 11:05:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
C. Post
THANK YOU!
Hi,
I just wanted to thank you for all your effort & hard work in collecting & posting all the marriage records on the web. It really helped me in my research. I really appreciate all the time & dedication it took for you to do this. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!!!!
C. Post
Received: 5/23/01 4:35:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Submitter:
Bob Spence
MANY THANKS!
Paul,
I just want to thank you for all you have done to help people find their ancestors and family history. I can not think of the number of times I found information on the internet and your name was attached as contributor.
God Bless and Keep You,
Bob Spence
Received: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:25:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Submitter:
Dave Ogle
THANK YOU!
Only you and God know how many hours you spent on you South Carolina marriage listings. Can your eyes still focus? Dave Ogle in Arlington, TX
Received: 3/24/01 5:06:13 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
K. Dale
THANK YOU!
I just ran across your gedcom on Rootsweb---with email address--and it occurs to me that I really should thank you for all the census records you've put in the genweb archives--that I've used on many occasions, in many different places! Often, I'll have a census record and think, mmm, that doesn't look right. Well, I'll check the archives--I think Paul Sarrett has done that one. I can't imagine the untold hours you spent doing that!
Actually, I think we also have at least one family in common--Masons. It seems to me I've seen a query or posting that indicated that. I'm descended from Ford Mason in Gwinnett GA--son of Broderick-- and I KNOW you contributed those Spartanburg census records because just recently Walter Mason sent me some deeds and tax lists that suggested strongly that Mary Broderick remarried a John Giddings in Culpeper after James Mason's death--so I went to your Spartanburg census and sure enough, there was John Giddings on the same page with Francis Mason. I haven't done much on Masons recently--have been working on the whole Calthorpe/Coltharp family in America--one big gedcom as you have done for Sarratt/SarrettSurratt (SFA).
Anyhow--I thought you might like to know that at least one soul out here REALLY appreciates all you've done for genealogy on the internet!
Received: 3/4/01 11:29:54 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Anna Bear
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul
Thank you very much for getting back to me. Your pages are very interesting. Lots of information. Thanks alot.
Have a nice weekend
Anna
Received: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 6:05:55 PM Eastern Standard Time

Submitter:
L. Russ
Outstanding work!
Did not find what I was looking for but just wanted to say that this is one of the best pieces or work for researchers that I have seen.
Received: 3/9/00 8:17:40 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Bobbie Day Stehling
THANK YOU!
Paul,
What a guy. Thanks for all you efforts in helping others.
Just wanted to say thanks!!
Bobbie Day Stehling
Received: 2/13/99 7:25:44 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Stan Collum
Just a THANK YOU!
Paul.
I don't normally do this, but I have seen your name all over the genealogy web sites of things you have transcribed for other people to use.
While I don't think I've ever been able to use anything, it's certainly not because you haven't submitted amply.
Just want to tell you thank you for all you've given this community.
Stan
Received: 2/17/99 9:22:26 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Virginia G. Stinson
THANK YOU!
Hello,
Just want to tell you that I think you are doing a wonderful job. I keep running into your work as I research...and on top of it's being so helpful, it is totally reliable, so very muchly appreciated! Please keep up the good work..people like you are necessary in this old iron world.
V.G.Stinson
Received: 1/8/99 7:21:16 PM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Davenport Glass
GREAT JOB, THANK YOU!
I must compliment you on your SCGenWeb site for Spartanburg County. You have done a tremendous job! I am descended from Daniel Rogers of the Green Pond community near Woodruff. I had placed him there as early as 1788 per a deed. I was happy to find him on the 1779 census on your website. I keep plugging away in my efforts to find out where he came from. I have searched other SCGenWeb sites and USGenWeb sites. None can compare with the quality, ease of use, and the amount of data available. GREAT JOB!!
Received: 11/20/98 10:38:27 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Elaine Clark
A BIG THANK YOU! from TEXAS
Thank you for all the work you did on the census info. It has been most helpful to me. I am not working on any names common to your list, but please know that I really appreciate your work. It made my Mayes/Patton/Anderson/McElwain, etc. search easier!!!!
Thanks, Elaine Clark
Received:11/20/98 9:24:01 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Deanie Humphrey
THANK YOU!
Hi, I am Deanie Humphrey, and I just wanted you to know that I really appreciate all the hard work you put into the SC marriages. I was amazed at all the information, and found quite a few ancestors. Thanks for allowing me to veiw your information.

Your Genealogy Pal,
Deanie Humphrey, AL
Received: 10/30/98 5:15:03 AM Pacific Standard Time

Submitter:
Samacelia
THANK YOU!
I have always been an advocate for the underdog, the Native Americans specifically. I have just begun the research to "find" my husband's grandmother of Cherokee (?) ancestry, who lived in Arkansas Indian Reservations in Arkansas??? but thanks to you, I found a source for research.
I have found a wealth of information from your site and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. My car thanks you, my credit cards thank you, my feet thank you but my fingers are not real happy, I couldn't get your pages to print. I guess it's a printer problem. Sinceraly, Samacelia
Received: 98-10-07 17:08:30 EDT

Submitter:
Norma W Matthews
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
Have visited the SC site frequently lately. Think it's about the most comprehensive I've seen. It had to take a lot of hard dedicated work to accomplish all that you have done.
Have been told about a William Winchester in York/Union County 1770's, and trying to find out whatever I can about that. I have found some information you had posted, appreciate it very much.
BUT---I must THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU!!!!!
for helping me find the above Williams grandson. I have been searching for years for information about Rebecca Lemmons Winchester. While going thru the USGenWeb Archives came across your posting of the early SC information. Went thru it all, looking for William info, had only one more to go, and thought --why not. I've looked at all the others, might as well look at Greenville while I'm here, know there won't be anything there for me, but -----AND THERE WAS Jonathon Winchester 1830 in Greenville, not far away was Rev. Isaac Lemmon. I was ecstatic!!!!! I knew Jonathon and Rebecca had married ca 1830, didn't know where or when. Had NO IDEA he might be in Greenville, have no idea why, but there he was. Thank you!!!!! Norma in Ga.
Received: 98-09-19 12:32:15 EDT

Submitter:
Billie Heseltine
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Thanks so very much. I just recently visited Spartonburg. I found the Williams plantation that is on the National Registry. You will never know how much it meant to me knowing that at one time my ancestors lived there. They are why I and my children are here today. The eternal chain of life. People like you who care make these things possible. Again my sincere thanks to you and the people who help me fill in the blanks.
Billie Heseltine
Received: 98-08-29 22:39:01 EDT

Submitter:
Frances Rouse
THANK YOU!
Mr. Sarrett,
I've been looking at your lists and research and I commend you on your hard work and the quality of the work. It has been most helpful in my research, Thank you!.
Frances
Received: 98-06-17 21:26:24 EDT

Submitter:
Marla Brend
THANK YOU!
Dear Mr. Sarrett,
Thank you for your response to my (Cherokee Descent) questions. Your information is very interesting; you've compiled extensive work and graciously given the rest of us access to it. Thank you!
Our search continues,
Marla Brend
Received: 98-08-15 14:20:10 EDT

Submitter:
Lin Van Buren
THANK YOU!
To: Paul R. Sarrett, Co-ordinator, Spartanburg Co SC GenWeb Page
Hello, Paul
Just wanted to congratulate you on your EXCELLENT GenWeb page! I just wish I had more ancestors who lived in your county. THANK YOU!!
Lin Van Buren
Saint Leonard's on Sea, England
Received:98-08-09 14:50:57 EDT

Submitter:
Michelle Holley
THANK YOU!
Thanks - and thank you for your time and effort spent on the SCGENWEB. County Coordinators are tops with me!!
Michelle
Received: 98-08-09 13:19:57 EDT

Submitter:
Hershell Porter
THANK YOU!
Paul:
You are to be commended for all the work you've done for genealogy. I see your name a lot and wonder where you get all that time. Anyway I now live in Charlotte but was born and raised in Blacksburg, Cherokee County. My question is do you do any private research on a fee basis? My grandfather James Tillet Porter (1791-1893) and wife Margaret Vincent(Vinson) are buried at Nazareth church out from Blacksburg. My search ends there as I cannot find James Tillet's father. Just curious if you are "for Hire".
Thank you!
Hershell Porter, E-mail [email protected]
Received: 98-08-08 12:19:37 EDT

Submitter:
THANK YOU!
Just a not to tell you how much I am enjoying your site it absolutely mesmerizes me. I can get lost in it for hours.
Please know how much your efforts are appreciated.
Roger Storey THOMASON
CHANNELVIEW, Texas
Received: 98-08-04 15:27:35 EDT

Submitter:
Peggy Long
THANK YOU!
What a beautiful thing you have done. I am one thankful family historian to people like you.
Peggy Long
Received: 98-08-01 12:00:21 EDT

Submitter:
Harriette Lockhart
THANK YOU!
Hello,
Stumbled on to the info you provided regarding marriages in South Carolina. I found 3 pieces of information that were new to me regarding my family line that I'm currently researching (McKewn). I'm new at this, but with the info you provided, have gotten clues that no one else in the family was able to! Just wanted to say thank you for your work on the project!
Received: 98-07-31 11:20:42 EDT

Submitter:
Glenn
THANK YOU!
Have been doing research in Orange County, North Carolina and just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the terrific job you did on the various Census years. It is a monumental job and you deserve the highest praise.
Thank you again!! Glenn
Received: 98-07-08 20:37:38 EDT

Submitter:
THANK YOU!
I was able to search through the wonderful lists (SC Marriages) you posted for GENWEB and wanted to say thank you for uploading such a monumental task!
Thanks!
Joy
Received: 98-07-05 23:15:13 EDT

Submitter:
Marsha Ford
THANK YOU!
Hey Paul!
Good job. You guessed correctly. There are two Jepthas - one is mine, the other isn't. Thanks for putting all this wonderful info on. Marsha
Received: 98-07-05 19:20:27 EDT

Submitter:
Wendy & Rob Daniels
THANK YOU!
Thanks you so much for writing to me. Your site is very impressive. My husband has been researching some family from Spartanburg and Cherokee. You are a very busy man, and I really appreciate you taking time out to help me. Thanks Windy and Rob
Received: 98-07-04 16:19:38 EDT

Submitter:
THANK YOU!
We wondered what become of Hugh B. Hemphill we have found him in the census of 1860 in York County. Then in the Yorkville Enquirer when his infant son died. Then he totally disappeared. We accidentally found his wife and son Samuel Hemphill in LaFayette Mississippi. I was wondering what happened, if he was in the war or just up and ran off. We have a fair connection from Robert Hemphill & Miss Stewart buried in the BETHEL CEMETERY in York County S.C. to our present day Hemphills located in Texas & California and Oklahoma. We also got information from YCGHS March 1991 in a Barber Family letter which mentioned some of our Hemphills. It was contributed by a Roma I Weir that I lost her address. I have another page copied from YCGHS September 1994 That listed the Bethel Presbyterian as one of the oldest congregation of York County. Has the Bethel Cemetery ever been listed in a book?
Any info would be greatly appreciated and We would glady share any that we have.
A BIG THANK YOU TO PAUL SARRETT JR FOR HIS DEDICATION TO GENEALOGY AND OPENING SO MANY DOORS FOR US 1ST TIMERS.
Martha Hemphill-Moorehead e-mail [email protected]
Received: 98-05-25 23:45:38 EDT

Submitter:
Grace Walsh
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
I am researching my father's family tree and am finding a plethora of information through the SC Gen Web pages. I can't thank you enough for all of your input as I see your name come up just about everywhere. I live in Boston and its rather difficult as you may imagine trying to research long distance. So you can imagine how excited I was to happen upon all the records that are available online. My biggest challenge is to pin down my grand and great grand parents specifically and then find them on the Dawes Rolls as the Cherokee bloodline is not known absolutely enough by the remaining elders on my dad's side. I came across a link but the AOL msg said it could not be found on the server. I beleive it was "Paul Sarrett's Native American Cherokee Researching Tips Home Page". Can you send me the correct URL? This is the link listed on the homepage "Union County,SC Geneology HomePage", Great Links to Other Pages, under the Ethnic,Regional, and Religious Geneological Web Sites. This looks like info I would surely benefit from.
Thanks Paul again for all the fabulous work you've done, you've made things so much easier for me. By the way, I haven't been able to find any Census online for Laurens County. Do you know if one exists? Thanks Paul, I really appreciate it.
Have a great day!
Grace in Boston.....{:>)......
[email protected]
Received: 98-05-18 10:38:00 EDT

Submitter:
Alleene
THANK YOU!
Thank you for putting all the census on line.I found names not sure their kin but thanks .I know it was a lot of work and time you spent. It helps other people who cant get to the states and counties. Good job well done!
Alleene
Received: 98-05-16 12:56:33 EDT

Submitter:
Leslie Hopkins
THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for providing this (SC Marriages) information. I found the marriage of my gg-grandfather and gg-grandmother. Only thing, her maiden name is listed as the same as my gg-grandfather. Could be. Must look futher. Do the newspaper articles usually state personal information, such as father and mother or other relatives of the couple getting married or does it just give the bare facts.
Another words, would it be worth my while to order a copy of the article from the archives or would it not give any other information than what you have provided.
Thank you again. You have gotten me one step closer.
Leslie [email protected]
Received: 98-05-13 22:07:19 EDT

Submitter:
Sidney Scholl
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul,
The marriage record files are a monumental contribution to the GENWEB - please accept my congratulations for your generosity in opening these valuable resources to researchers!
Many thanks for any information you may be able to provide.
Sid Scholl, New Orleans.
Received: 98-05-08 10:06:52 EDT

Submitter:
Keith Lowrey
THANK YOU!
I recently heard from the Nodaway HS and it was through your posting no doubt and can't thank you enough. My brother and I will be in the area on 8-9 June. If we have the opportunity we would personall like to thank you if you are in the area. Keith Lowrey
Received: 98-05-06 18:13:56 EDT

Submitter:
Brenda Abercrombie Ledet
THANK YOU!
Paul R. Sarrett, Jr.,
Just a note to say thanks for all the information you have contributed to the Internet - like the 1778-79 census for the Ninety-six District of SC. I am researching Abercrombies from the 1700s in what is now Laurens County SC and your information has been very helpful. I am grateful for your very generous contributions.
Brenda Abercrombie Ledet
Received: 98-04-29 17:04:43 EDT

Submitter:
Sel and Suzy Mann
THANK YOU!
I just want to tell you what a wonderful thing you have done for all of us who are trying to trace our ancestry. No one could have done this project any better -- it is so large but so easy to read and follow. (SC Marriage Records) Thanks!!!
Received: 98-04-28 20:52:51 EDT

Submitter:
Judy Huskey
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul,
First my compliments and admiration for your new recrords file contributions ! What a gift to those looking for their past. Congratulations on such a wonderful piece of work.
I am still searching away for info about Huskeys in the Gaffney/Spartanburg area. My cohort Robert E. Huskey has put together a website for us ....htttp://members.aol.com/huskeyl1/index.html ...that pretty much tells what we're up to. I am going to be in Gaffney this week and plan to visit with Shirley Huskey Roberts of Greenville.. She is in the same line with Robert and I along with a J. C. Huskey who lives in Bowling Green, KY. We are the only ones we're aware of that are working on this particular family...more's the pity. You can look at it from a link on our page http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/u/s/robert-e-huskey/gene4-000/.html . I know you have Huskey's but I don't know how they fit into your family. I think that some of Shirley's relatives are Sarratts/Sarritt, you may have already talked with her. She's not done any of her research online and has been working on it for years. Can you send me info on your Huskey's? I would very much like to see it before I meet with Shirley.
Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you.
Judy Huskey
Venice, FL
Received: 98-04-27 08:59:57 EDT

Submitter:
Jerry A. Proctor
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul
Just a short note to say thanks for all of your work. My family left Rutherford Co. shortly after the civil war. Work and raising a family has prevented me from making a trip back, but your work makes it possible for me to find a lot of the information.
Thank You
Jerry A. Proctor
Received: 98-04-22 13:54:35 EDT

Submitter:
Dewayne Taylor
A BIG THANK YOU!
Hi Paul,
I would like to extend to you a big thank you for your web site. It had given me valuable information and has made my search much easlier. Thanks again.
Dewayne Taylor
[email protected]
Received: 98-04-11 00:18:38 EDT

Submitter:
Linda M. NASH
THANK YOU!
Hi:
I have spent the last 2 hours surfing the marriage records of S.C. I have found more BACOT surnames here than I have found on the entire net. Of course I have probably missed a little on the net. But I wanted to thank you for all of your hard work, and for giving me access to more BACOT surnames.
Just a note to say thank you, and hope all of the BACOT names I found are related. I should be so lucky.
Bye Linda M. (NASH) from California
Received: 98-04-11 06:09:06 EDT

Submitter:
Nancie O'Sullivan
THANK YOU!

Thank you for all your hard work ! You have been a blessing to so many folks. [ I'm still searching for my Catherine Cooper though ] Received:98-04-10 23:49:50 EDT

Submitter:
Beverly Witter
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I'd like to thank you for all the hard work you have done , submitting the info to share with others. I have gone thru your marriages and found alot of names that are probably my husbands family,I only wish you were researching some of my surnames. Perhaps you could give some advice on how to find a 1801 SC birth. Since I'm in Fl I don't have access to everything in SC but hope for a trip to the Charleston area this summer. The only info I have is John B. Witter b. SC 1801. Not much to go on. Since I found him in NYC in 1850 it's very hard to trace him. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Bev Witter
Received: 98-04-01 12:00:14 EST

Submitter:
Laura Higginbotham
THANK YOU!
What a neat genealogy site! I just discovered it and entered a query re my Quinn ancestors, but can't wait til I have time to really peruse everything. Thanks for taking all the time and trouble! I'm going to bookmark it.
Laura Higginbotham
Pleasant Grove, Al.
Received:98-03-29 20:53:07 EST

Submitter:
Penny Proctor Miller
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Thanks - I particularly want to thank you for the work you've done Union Co. and surrounding counties. I'm just getting started at this on the internet, and the information you've put on line has been extremely helpful - to the point that it has spoiled me for other states/counties.
Received: Mar. 29, 1998

Submitter:
John H. Sammons
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Just got through going through the marriages that you posted on the SCWeb Site. Did not find my GGF Robert Wylie Sammons / Elizabeth Thomas - possibly married in Spartanburg bef 1850 but want to thank you for the effort that must have gone into this work.
Thanks
John H. Sammons
[email protected]
Received: 27 Mar., 1998

Submitter:
William T. Green
THANK YOU!
Dear Mr. Sarrett,
Sir - I applaud your commendable work on the southern colonies. I have used your material to research ancestors and have made some promising hits that make sense. The reason I am writing is to get your recommendations on a book that provides good regional history of Virginia through Georgia during the Colonial period up through about 1835 or so. I have some marvelous material about the family but I would enjoy a text that puts it all into perspective. I am a 1963 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. While history courses were not the total emphasis of the curriculum, they managed to give us an appreciation of history, not only in terms of what happened at which place, but implications on what we experience today. I find that it is important to realize that, not only was that ancestor in that place at that time, but to realize what was going on about them in the world. I am a descendant of the Kuykendalls, who figured in the battle at King's Mountain. I am ashamed to say that, in all my trips to South Carolina, that I have not visited the site - which I hope to rectify in the next trip down there. I love the history around Pendleton and Clemson, where I visit at least twice a year. Knowing that my ancestors are part of that glorious history is heart-warming. Enough reminiscences. I would appreciate any recommendations you could give on regional history to round out the conceptions.
Yours cordially,
Bill Green
Received: 98-03-19 19:57:13 EST

Submitter:
Gayle
THANK YOU!
First I want to thank you for taking so much time and putting �so much information online. Also I wanted to ask you where the �Old 96th �District listed in the Early Colonists listing �was. �What towns were there?
When I figure out how to download into my computer I will get the marriage records.
Also, I found 2 Iriwn--Alexander and John both 1779 residents �in Old 96 th district. Do you know the best way to get information to see if there is �a connection to Russel Irwin b. 1814. Any help would be appreciated especially since I am in California with �no �library �access to speak of .
Thanks �again. �Your information �is �very �helpful to those of us � who �have �limited access.
Gayle [email protected]
Received: 98-03-14 12:53:21 EST

Submitter:
Edward E. Wallen
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul,
First, thank you for providing all the on line information. I have several lines from the Pendleton District that I am researching, and your information has been very helpful.
Second, I need some help finding something. Two times, while searching through the marriage records, a site came up that had 1800 and 1810 census information. It had a "go to a higher directory", a ". and .." etc. Do you know what I am talking about? HOW DO I FIND IT AGAIN?
Thank you,
Gale
Received: 98-03-12 09:44:57 EST

Submitter:
Victoria A. Pickrell
THANK YOU!
Paul,
How perfectly wonderful you are! I certainly don't mean to be persnickety, but I know that many indexes are labors of love, but can contain many errors, due to the handwriting on some of the old sheets.
Another one was that of James H. Due which was listed on one index as James H. Deese. Had my daughter not known the names of his wife and children, we would not have been able to find him.
Thank you so much, and my grgrgrandfather thanks you also. And on behalf of the many, many people who have been priviledged to use your lists, thank you for all your hard work. It is deeply appreciated.
Sincerely,
Victoria A. Pickrell
Received: 11 Mar., 1998

Submitter:
Judy Ballard
THANK YOU!
1820 Census Index - Anderson Co., SC
Hi Paul,
Thanks for doing all the hard census work for everyone. One question, were there no surnames from A to E on the 1820 census? Judy
Received: 98-03-08 16:08:33 EST

Submitter:
Suzanne Wheeler Watt
THANK YOU!
You must be the most knowledgable person in the US on SC!! I keep running into your name and thank you PROFUSELY for having loaded on the SC Colony text a few years ago...helped me enormously!!
My families are the Robert Coleman's and the John Gibbs, both (or parts of which) migrated to Tryon, only to find they were really in SC. My ancestry includes 2 of the Coleman dau's(sisters of Christopher of the Pacolet River area) Lucy married Thomas Draper before they left Mecklenburg Co, VA, I don't know when or where her younger sister, Frances Coleman, married Zacharias Gibbs - son of John, and a Loyalist in Old 96 Dist. Since Lucy's son, Daniel, married Frances' daughter, Susanne Philipe Gibbs (lst cousins) and I descend from them, I've been working hard for years trying to straighten out the children of Robert Coleman --so far all I'm sure of is Lucy, Frances, Christopher, and Robert. Records do not seem to abound - unless you've found additional sources not in big libraries. I have found papers on the whole Loyalist problem- his letters to parliament, and also letters from Nova Scotia, so I don't need to confirm who Zach was --I know! Any suggestions about where to look for the actual Coleman family?
Suzanne Wheeler Watt 136 Robin Hill Dr. Naperville, IL. Received: 98-03-06 22:24:45 EST

Submitter:
Nell Hardin Pierce
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul Surratt,
Thank you so very much for all the work you have done to provide records/info for so many others doing genealogical research in SC. I have been researching my Conn and Hardin lines and your census records are invaluable. If there is anything I can ever do to help you (I can't imagine what it would be), please let me know. I do have few original letters from Conns and Smiths in, as they put it, South Carolina York District to Conns who had moved from Chester/York, SC to McNairy, TN. The dates are: Apr, 1852; Dec, 1852; Feb, 1853; Mar, 1854; and Jun, 1857. There is also a letter from John (I. or T.) Minter who had moved to Hutchison, Reno County, Kansas written to Samuel Conn on Jul 26, 1878. Mr. Minter had obviously lived in SC when Samuel Conn did. Most of these letters refer to other persons still in York/Chester Co. If these are of any interest to you, please contact me. Thanks again,
Nell Hardin Pierce
Richardson, TX
Received: 98-03-05 22:44:38 EST

Submitter:
Mike
THANK YOU!
Paul,
Thank you for putting the information for us foreigners (Texas) to research on the web. I really do appreciate it. Mike
Received: 05 Mar., 1998

Submitter:
Jo Ann Waldrup Courtney
THANK YOU!
Paul,
We've been researching the Waldrop/Waldrup families in Greenville and Spartanburg Counties, SC, and Rutherford County, NC. Nothing has been more valuable than the early census records of these counties that are available online because of your efforts. Thank you very much for all your hard work. We want you to know that all of us appreciate your efforts. You've saved us many hours, days, and months sitting in front of a microfilm reader trying to decipher the hand writing of those early census takers. You've made that part of our research very easy.
Keep up the good work.
Jo Ann Waldrup Courtney
Received: 05 Mar., 1998

Submitter:
Austin Clayton
THANK YOU!
Paul -
Just a note to thank you for use of the Spartanburg County, S.C. Web Page.
You posted my query re: Augustine & Caty (Smith) Clayton in mid- December - I've received contact from descendants of two different brothers of my great-grandfather William Clayton, as well as a descendant from another line of Clayton's who were in the same places at the same times for at least three generations. We suspect a connection, but who knows!
Thanks again for the good work that you do.
Austin Clayton
Received: 28 Jan., 1998

Submitter:
Edgar D. Byler, III
THANK YOU!
Dear Mr. Sarrett,
A big THANK YOU from me for all the work you've done in abstracting the various marriages records for SC and making them available to those of us who can't get to the library when we need SC marriages records.
Finding these files on Rootsweb was like a second Christmas. I have so many family lines in the Newberry-Laurens Co. area along with Chester and York and Spartenburg and Greenville.
Again thank you for your work.
Edgar D. Byler, III
[email protected]
Editor, Wayne County Historian
Wayne County, Tennessee, USA
Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net/wayne
Received: 24 Jan., 1998

Submitter:
Elizabeth Graham Chatterjee
THANK YOU!
Hi Paul,
just a note of thanks for all the hard work transcribing the SC marriage records....lots and lots of work.
Thanks again
Elizabeth Graham Chatterjee
Received: 22 Jan., 1998

Submitter:
Mickey Fournier
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I just wanted to thank you for all the labor you must have put in to getting those census records on-line. As one who has sat and read microfilm until her eyes bled, I can truly appreciate the effort.
Thanks again,
Mickey Fournier
Received: 01 Nov., 1997

Submitter:
Vic White
THANK YOU!
I want to thank you for putting up the Census information on the SC page. I had been looking for information on my wife's gggfather and found it here!
Thanks a million or a billion!!!!!!!
Vic White
Received: 11 Oct., 1997

Submitter:
David Buchanan
THANK YOU!
I just discovered an unkown ancestor on your page. Thanks a million.
David Buchanan
Received: 22 Sep., 1997

Submitter:
Susan Wyatt
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! for making the "early South Carolina Marriage Records" available!!!! Thanks to you, we have finally been able to locate not my husband's maternal ancestors all the way back to 1700 (Gaillard and Dupre).
We are SO excited. My husband's grandmother, Virginia Lewis (daughter of Annie Dupre/Gaillard/Lewis and Zimri Henri Lewis), is especially grateful: she is 95 years old and is very proud of her family as far as that knowledge goes, but it just didn't go back as far as she would have liked. She had pretty much given up hope of learning any more about her family, but now, thanks to you, she has a lot more information. We just can't thank you enough for the research and effort you must have invested in order to make these files available, not to mention the typing time! HOW can we show our thanks?
May the Lord richly bless you, as you have blessed us!
Sincerely,
Susan Wyatt, wife of John Wyatt, son of Barbara Hoeppner, daughter of Virgina Lewis, daughter of Annie Dupre Gaillard, daughter of James Gaillard, son of Charles Gaillard (and Ann Dupre), son of ? (but we will know soon!)
Received: 04 Sep. 1997

Submitter:
Judy McHam Davis
THANK YOU!
Paul,
I am researching McHam and many other surnames, so I have come across numerous sites you are responsible for. I want to thank you very much for all you have done/are doing - you have spent alot of time gathering quality information. It is appreciated!
Best regards,
Judy McHam Davis
Spartanburg
Received: 16 Jul. 1997

Submitter:
Linda Banwarth
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
I want to thank you for all the information you have made accessable through your web site. I live in Connecticut and it is so difficult to get southern source material in this area, so your information for SC researchers is invaluable. I can only imagine the work you have put into these projects - I just want you to know that there are many of us out here that really appreciate it.
I have downloaded several of your files and printed them off - I then put them in a comb bound booklet for future reference as I search for these illusive ancestors.
I wish I could in some way repay you for all your hard work and effort but, unfortunately, I am not researching any of the same family names that you are. If, however, you can think of something I can do for you (I am sitting on a bed of New England material that I would be happy to search for you if you have lines in this area), please let me know.
Again, my sincere thanks.
Linda Banwarth
Higganum, CT
Received: 23 Jun., 1997

Submitter:
Susan Miley Prescott
THANK YOU!
Dear Mr. Sarrett,
Your web site is great. I didn't find anything that could help me in my search but just wanted to say thanks for doing such a good job and for all the military records. I wish everyone on the SC GenWeb would put as much effort into their sites as you have. I am searching for the Miley surname.
Sincerely, Susan Miley Prescott
Received: Mar.31, 1997

Submitter:
Shirley Kurtzrock
THANK YOU!
Dear Paul,
Just wanted to send you a BIG "THANK YOU" for all the time and effort spent on putting the Census records on-line. It is greatly appreciated! Thank You!
Have a wonderful Easter Sunday!
Shirley Kurtzrock
Panama City, FL
Received: Mar. 29, 1997

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