In Search of JJ:

My cousins and I have tried desperately to come up with a data trail
leading to the discovery of the ancestors of our GGG Grandfather, John J.
Ross (JJ), but have, so far, drawn a blank.

So, we have decided to try another tack. All we know about JJ is that he
was (allegedly) born in VA in 1898. He (allegedly) married in NC. His wife
(our GGG Gm) was named Telitha (according to the 1850 census), and they
settled in the middle of SC (Richland/Kershaw County) and raised a rather
large family (all of whom we know of). Now, I doubt if Telitha was that
common of a name, even in 1800, so, what we want all of you good,
intelligent, helpful people to do is scratch your brains (and data bases)
and see if you can find trail back from a Telitha Unknown (or, preferably,
known, actually), who was born about 1800, married a guy named JJ Ross who
was (apparently) passing through NC from VA on his way to SC. When you find
this little gem-stone of information, please let one of us know.

Now, we don't need anything in particular after JJ and Telitha got to
central SC (to what became Blaney after the railroad went through) except
for maybe where they are buried. Especially JJ. He was the pastor at the
Harmony Baptist Church in Blaney for many years, but when he died, they
apparently lost him. In fact, there are apparently no (known) records for
anybody associated with the Harmony Church (and its predecessors, the 25
Mile Creek Baptist Church and Bear Creek Baptist Church) who died while a
member until JJ's oldest daughter Nancy was buried there in 1891. Not good.
Where ARE these people? I have looked high and low, personally 'stomped'
all the cemeteries in the area (and, yes, I DID look in the Kershaw County
Cemetery Survey books), talked to anybody who would listen (and quite a few
who wouldn't) and came up totally empty. (A lot of people just want to look
and feel superior, since they already KNOW where all their ancestors are.)
I also talked to Furman University up in Greenville, and they are helping,
but JJ is still M.I.A., and we still don't have a clue who his or Telitha's
parents were.

So, we throw ourselves on your mercy. PLEASE HELP US!! There are 20,000
people holding their breath out there waiting for us to find the 'Rosetta
Stone' so we can 'Break the Code' and get over the 'Wall.'

Bob Ross
[email protected]

==== SCROOTS Mailing List ====