I'd like to brag on my cousin Bobby F. Edmonds.  We are descendants of
Jacob Dellechaux of New Bordeaux, and he is a descendant of John F. Edmonds.
Bobby has been chairman of the McCormick County Historical Commission for
many years, and is a member of SHRAB at SC Dept. of Archives and History.
For 20 years he has organized the Huguenot Reunion which is held in Mc
Cormick every other year, even years.

For several years he has been working on this book, which will be available
July 1, 1999.  THE MAKING OF MCCORMICK COUNTY is 468 pages long and contains
100 photographs!  It contains a comprehensive account of the persecuted
French Huguenots who settled at New Bordeaux in 96 District, SC in 1764,
including ship lists and bounty lists.

The book covers the early Scots-Irish pioneers; the Long Cane Massacre and
the Cherokee War; the Londonborough settlement of German Palatines on Hard
Labor Creek (including ship lists); migration of Loyalists to Nova Scotia;
African-American beginnings and influence; the American Revolution; Dr.
Moses Waddel's  Willington Academy; the execution by fire of Jerry, a slave;
the life of George Mc Duffie, orator of Nullification; Billy Dorn's Gold
Mine; the life of Unionist champion James Louis Petigru; the Confederate
Revolution and the Reconstruction; the hanging of innocent Samuel Banks; the
murder of John and Catherine Harmon at Winter Seat; the lynching of six
slaves; a history of McCormick County newspapers; and much more!

This important history book is available by mail from Cedar Hill Unltd.,
Route 1, Box 2, McCormick, SC 29835 for $40, which includes sales tax,
postage and handling.

Sandra Delashaw Warden   [email protected]
Researching the DILLASHAW / DELACHAUX / DELLECHAUX family


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