Sheila,

Where did you ever get the notion that there was a bridge over the Cooper
River during the "Recent Mis-Understanding?" I thin k not. There was, at
best, a ferry. I grew up in CHS, and as far as local lore is concerned, the
first bridge over the Cooper (the one in CHS, not the one down by Hilton
Head) was built in the mid-1920s and was called the Grace Memorial bridge.
It was a (two-lane) toll bridge for many years, and was the ONLY way across
the Cooper by bridge at least up until I graduated from the Citadel in
1956. Then I left. Later they built a parallel bridge and made each one
one-way. Still later they built another up by the paper mill in conjunction
with I-526.

Was your ancestor a Pinkney? If so, you may be related to the Pinkney (from
CHS with the Castle and stuff) who lives right behind me here in Beaufort.

Bob

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