Contents of this message: Rabun Cemetery and Will of Hugh Mahaffey

To Jimmie Owens and other MAHAFFEY researchers,

Thanks for the excellent summary of our email transmissions during the past
few weeks.

I read with particular mention, Jimmie, your comment about Daurice, who you
say was familiar with a marriage of a MAHAFFEY dau and a HENDERSON.

Could you please identify for me, which of the email addresses on you message
could be from, the said, Daurice ?  I would like to correspond further with
her.

Each day I turn up something new about the LAURENS Co families.
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More about Rabun Creek Baptist Church cemetery and the MAHAFFEY fam. 

The two volume set: CHURCH CEMETERIES LAURENS CO, SC is useful.
Volume one by Col James Leland Bolt and Margaret Eltinge Bolt also shows the
Rabun Creek Baptist Church.  I need to go back to the library and copy the
page for you. I copied only the HENDERSON-SIMPSON CEM , which I sent yesterday
on the Laurens Co, list.  The page I copied from BURYING GROUNDS, GRAVEYARDS
AND CEMETERIES, LAURENS CO, SC, VOL 1, compiled by Laurens Dist Chapter SC Gen
Soc 1990 showed that there were many markers with no names or carving of old
stone that was unreadable.  Since we know that the MAHAFFEYs were partly
responsible for starting the church and were very early in the community, it
is likely that their markers were the oldest ones.

Here is a quote from: MAR AND DEATH NOTICES FROM BAPT. NEWSPAPERS OF SC. by
Brent H. Holcomb 1996; p 200; 

The Baptist Courier, for issue preceding Nov 29, 1883.

"Mrs Elizabeth MAHAFFEY was born Apr 21, 1810, and departed this life, Oct
22nd 1883, in the 74th year of her age. She united with the church at Rabun
Creek, Laurens Co, in 1832, and was baptized by Rev Joseph Babb...with her
husband Allen MAHAFFEY moved to Anderson Co, and by letter united with Cedar
Grove Church."

There are many other snips from early newspapers of genealogical interest in
this book. You should look at it if it is available at your library.
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WILL OF HUGH MAHAFFEY  from a transcription in LAURENS CO SC WILLS; p 89-90.
Below I have abstracted from that book some details,

SC,Laurens Dist. I, Hugh MAHAFFEY
1. in the first place, I direct all my just debts and funeral exp to be paid.
2. I give and beq. to my dau CYNTHIA MAHAFFEY and CLARINDA MAHAFFEY, the tract
of land which I now live on to them equally and the heirs of their bodies
forever.  Each got one bed and furniture.
Cynthia, one loom and cards and a cupboard and one cow and calf to each
1 brown mare now in foal to Cynthia and one sorrel filly to Clarinda.
3. balance of my effects be sold and and equally divided amoungst ALL MY
CHILDREN  [now this suggested to me, other children, besides the two dau].
4. I give the same to THEM and the heirs of their bodies forever.
5. Appoint friends, William MAHAFFEY and HOSEA MAHAFFEY exec. 
6. Appoint the above named exec. as trusts to the legacies I have left to my
two dau Cynthia MAHAFFEY and Clarinda MAHAFFEY. Dated 31 Dec, 1846. Signed
Hugh by X; witnessed by Lewis MAHAFFEY, Sanford B. MAHAFFEY, Cynthia N.
MAHAFFEY; Recorded in Will Book A: Pg. 89, Bdl. 104, Pkge 3, Recorded and
proven date not avail.

Thaaaaaats all today, folks.  Still hoping to hear more about any suggestion
of a connection of a HENDERSON to MAHAFFEY before 1814, probably about
1750-1775.??

Helen Austin, Decatur, AL       [email protected]

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