Re: NORWOOD; NC>Edgefield Co, SC>Abbeville Co, SC - Jerry Wilson
Subject: Re: NORWOOD; NC>Edgefield Co, SC>Abbeville Co, SC
From: Jerry Wilson
Date: April 22, 1998

Were McSwain kin to a Louisa McSwain mcLeod in Ala.

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> From: Sonia 
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: NORWOOD;  NC>Edgefield Co, SC>Abbeville Co, SC
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 7:03 PM
> 
> Hey All,
> 
> Thought I'd do a little bombarding on the genealogical front.  I'm
> interested in the NORWOOD family.  Williamson Norwood was b in NC to
> John and Mourning Harris Norwood.  John and family were in 
> Edgefield Co, SC by 1785 and later in Abbeville Co SC.  His older brother
> George had moved to Old District 96 earlier.
> 
> Apparently when John Norwood died he left a deed, not a will (according
to
> McSwain in _The deNorthwode, Norwood Family of Early England and Early SE
> US_) but she didn't repeat the information because it was published in
> _"General" John Norwood and Connections_, but I think the title is either
> _General John Norwood and Related Lines_ by William Howard Norwood or
> _Capt. John Norwood and Mary Warren Norwood, A Family History_ by Mrs.
> J.W. Norwood Jr and Charles S Norwood.
> 
> So far I've had no luck on interlibrary loans.
> Does anyone have access to these?
> Does anyone have access to John Norwood's deed/will (I don't think he's
> either of the John Norwood's listed in Youngs _Abstracts of Old 96 and
> Abbeville Wills,etc._ because the wives/descendants aren't right.)
> Where'd he die anyway?  When?
> 
> Making this long story longer, I'm looking for a list of who was deeded
> whom.  His son Williamson listed my ancestors among his "property" in
> 1848.  Were they obtained from his father or purchased.
> 
> Thanks
> Root on
> 
>  Sonia
> 
> Visit the Abbeville Enslavement Data Page at
> http://members.aol.com/scabbegen/index.html
> 
> Visit the Unknown Co SCGenWeb Page at
> http://members.aol.com/scgenunk/index.html
> 
> 
> 

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