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From: Jane McCombs Gillespie 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 7:55 AM
Subject: 1784 Hard Labor List III


On Long Cane: JOSEPH CALHOUN, HENRY WIDEMAN, on Buffalo Branch J EWING
>CALHOUN, the first in the Long Cane settlement to get a college training.
>MOSES DAVIS, ANDREW MCCOMB, EPHRAIM LINDSEY, JOHN MCCURDY, JOHN DE LA HOWE,
>WILLIAM HILL, HUGH CALHOUN, SARAH WILSON were a few of the purchasers of
>land.
>
>HENRY COOK took up land on head waters of Rocky Creek in 1791, on a ridge
>which sent rain water easterly into Rocky Creek and westerly into the Long
>Cane. His neighbors were MRS EVES, ANDREW MCCORMACK , and one DUNLAP.
>
>JOHN ROBINSON settled on Turkey Creek, ALEXANDER WHITE on Reedy Branch of
>the Long Cane. TOLLIVER COX on Savannah River, Edgefield District, beside
>his relative CHRISTOPHER COX, JESSE ROUNDTREE was in Edgefield, place of
>residence on Horse Creek.
>
>I skipped some material here that had no names..then it says:
>
>A history of one family may be taken as an index of what was going on in
the
>larger world. In 1771 ROBERT IRWIN  came from Ireland with his wife and
>settled in the Hard Labor Section. Of their 5 children, John & Jane,
married
>and went to Illinois, where from last heard from they were persuading their
>younger sister, in the Hard Labor Section, to come and live with them.
>
>FRANCIS & MARY married and remained in SC. A son of FRANCIS and seven of
>MARY'S  went west and all remained except  the son of FRANCIS. 2 OF MARY'S
>sons married and remained in SC. 3 of their children in the 50's and 60's
>followed their relatives who had gone to GA, AL, MS, LA, & TX...
>
>So ends this list...
>
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>Jane McCombs Gillespie
>
>Researching McComb/McCombs in SC
>Hopewell Presbyterian in McCormick County  SC
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>

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