By Jeannette Holland Austin
Brickwalls can be one big hassle. I dare say that most people probably spend years trying to break it down, analyze a smidget of facts just to reach a sketchy conclusion. Here is what I do.
- Prepare family group sheets for each family.
- Establish the origins and similarities through the deed records.
- Examine everyone's estate papers...that means, every name on the annual returns and vouchers, the names of the heirs.
- Next, is an examination of the marriage records of every county involved. Here is where some surprises usually lie and you discover relationships and who people really were (in the deeds and probate records.
- Every person with that surname needs to be accounted for, and following from one census year to the next, This is how you learn where people were moving.
- Tax digests contain the years and acreage. Then, at the end of that digest is a list of "defaulters". These are the people who have moved on and give you a good idea as to the year they left the homeplace.
- When it gets down to two or three people who cannot be identified, they become strong suspects, so long as the facts concur (i.e., birth years and places).
- Now is the time to examine pension records, whether it be for the civil war or revolutionary war. Pensions provide unexpected family data, like the family bible or depositions of other soldiers who provide interesting facts.
Clarendon County Genealogy
Clarendon County was established in 1785, later becoming part of Sumter District in 1800. In 1857, it was split from Sumter District. The county was named for Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon (1608/9-1674), one the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. The county seat is Manning.
Several Revolutionary War skirmishes occurred in the county when in 1781 British soldiers were driven from Fort Watson. During the War Between the States, Union troops commanded by General Edward Potter moved through the area, burning several plantations.
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"Fortune", the beloved servant of Captain John Buchanan By Jeannette Holland Austin Captain John Buchanan and his brother, Robert, came to this country from Ireland a few years before the Revolutionary war. The brother, Robert resided in Charleston and taught a classical school. Robert served as a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and was captured at the fall of Charleston and died on board a British ship. Captain John Buchanan raised a company in Fairfield and fought in the battle of Cowpens and other battles. He was stationed at Georgetown, and upon the landing of Marquis LaFayette, was the…
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