It’s Family Time~Thomas Alexander Gandy Family

After the death of Pleasant A. Brock on 28 February 1873 his Widow, Martha Eugenia Horne, married Thomas Alexander Gandy on 20 July 1875. The short 4 years marriage  between her and Pleasant left no children.

Thomas Alexander Gandy was borne 27 February 1842 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina. He was a son of Maximillian Booka Gandy and his wife Margaret A. McRae. He was one of two surviving sons of Maximillian and Margaret. Their oldest son had died in the Civil War in 1861 and another son had died just short of his 1st birthday. They also had two daughters.

Thomas Alexander Gandy was a Dry Goods Merchant in Society Hill. He and his wife, Martha Eugenia Horne Brock were only enumerated in one Census (1880) before his untimely death in 1895.

Thomas Alexander Gandy and Martha Eugenia Horne had the following children:

        i.    Edith May Gandy, born 9 Nov 1876, Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina; married Walter I. Harby; died 1 Nov 1950, Bennettsville, Marlboro, South Carolina.
         ii.    Fred Darius Gandy was born on 25 Oct 1878 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina. He died on 9 Jan 1947 at the age of 70 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
         iii.    Thomas Ashton Gandy, born 7 Mar 1886, Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina; married Mary Carrigan Sompayrac; died 3 Nov 1970.
         iv.    Madgie Louise Gandy was born on 25 Apr 1888 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina. She died on 6 Aug 1895 at the age of 7 in Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina. Her birth and death is only recorded, to my knowledge, in the P. A. Brock Family Bible in possession of Gandy descendants. The Bible’s actual location unknown to me.

Thomas Alexander Gandy died 6 August 1895. His wife, Martha Eugenia Horne Brock, died 27 May 1925. Her Obituary can be found here:

Mrs. Thomas A. Gandy Dies At Society Hill
Special to the State.
[The State, Columbia, South Carolina,  6 June 1925, page 5, column 4.]

Both are buried in the Abel Gandy Cemetery, Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina.

Pleasant A. Brock is my 1st Cousin 3X Removed

Thomas Alexander Gandy is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 August 2021); Memorial page for Thomas Alexander Gandy; (27 February 1842–6 August 1895); Find a Grave memorial # 46522383, Citing Abel Gandy Family Cemetery; Society Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA.

2. 1880 U S Census, Darlington County, South Carolina, population schedule, Society Hill, Darlington, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 045, Page: 308D(Stamped); Line 23, Dwelling 34, Family 34, Household of T. A. GANDY; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 25 August 2021); citing National Archive Microfilm T9, Roll 1227.

3. P. A. Brock Family Bible Family Bible Holy Bible, (Oxford: University Press, 1865), MARRIAGE - 20 July 1865; Thomas Alexander Gandy & Martha Eugenia Horne Brock, Obtained from Mr. Gandy by L. Cleveland, 2004.

4. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Martha Eugenia “Mattie” Horne Gandy (3 March 1852–27 May 1925), Memorial # 100453492.

5. Land Deed - M. E. Gandy to Lucy & C. A. Brock Release; 13 December 1875; Deed Book #4; Page(s) 767, 768, 769; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, SC; 4 November 2017.

6. Mrs. Thomas A. Gandy Dies At Society Hill obituary, The State, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, 6 June 1925, page 5, column 4.

The Marriage of My 5th Great Grandparents

Peter Keppel Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Grobb were immigrants from Germany to Pennsylvania. Peter Keppel arrived in Philadelphia on 15 Sep 1749.  He was a passenger on the Phoenix from Rotterdam via Cowes, England; Captain by John Mason. 

Anna Elizabeth Grobb, b. 29 April 1737 arrived with her parents also from Germany. 

Peter Keppel Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Grobb were married on 6 January 1756 in Goshenhoppen, Pennsylvania, British America.

Their marriage is recorded in a book compiled by Dr. William J. Hinkle and Filmed by the LDS Church in 1947. The Book “Reformed Church records in Eastern Pennsylvania at Franklin & Marsha College Library, Lancaster Pennsylvania; William J. Hinkle, 1947, page 58, Entry 32 reads:”

32. Peter Kepple, single, Lutheran, born 1730 May, son of Paul Keppel. Came to America in 1750. Married Anna Elisabeth, single, Lutheran, 20 years of age, da(ughter) of Johan Grob, from Whitehall township. Banns published (1) on Dec. 28, 1755 in Old Goshahoppen, (2) on Jan 1; (3) on Jan. 4 in Old Gosh. Married January 6."

Peter Kepple was enumerated in a 1786 Pennsylvania Census; but, by 1790 they had migrated to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and can be found in the 1790 Census for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. 

1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Page: 366; Image:, Household of Peter Caple; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 February 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm M637, Roll 7.

Peter and Anna Elizabeth had a family of 7 known children. Their 5th borne child, Catherine married Johan Martin Dry about 1785/86 in Mecklenburg County and became my 4th Great Grandparents.

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My thanks to the LDS FHLRemoteAccess for providing the within Marriage document via e-mail per my request.

"Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (http://www.FamilySearch.org : viewed 3 February 2021), Johann Peter Köppel /Kepley, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26D-GZC; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26D-GZC.

It’s Family Time~Fannie Geneva Boatwright

Fannie Geneva Boatwright was born on 5 May 1909, a daughter of Eugene Thomas

Boatwright and Emma Frances Previtte.  She was the 4th of 9 children borne to this couple.

Fannie Geneva Boatwright and Thomas Greer Ratliff were married on 23 Dec 1928 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Thomas Greer Ratliff, son of William H. Ratliff and Atha Eulalia Russell, was born on 1 May 1907 in Anson County, North Carolina.

Thomas Greer Radcliff and Fannie Geneva Boatwright had the following children:

    i.    Vera Ratliff was born on 16 Oct 1929 in Morven, Anson, North Carolina. Married twice, Needom Quick and the late John Thomas Howard, Jr. She died on 14 Feb 2010 at the age of 80 in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia.

Note: Thomas gave his surname as Radcliff when he applied for a marriage license in December 1928. But, in the 1930 Census for Anson County, Thomas and Fannie are listed with the Ratliff surname. After their moved to Burke County, Georgia the spelling of their surname changed to RADCLIFF.

   ii.    Velna Radcliff was born 10 December 1931. She died on 29 Jun 2018 at the age of 86 in Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia. She was buried on 1 Jul 2018 in Burke County, Georgia.

  iii.    Thomas Henry Radcliff, born 16 Jun 1934, Anson County, North Carolina; married Betty J. Cates, 28 Nov 1952, Allendale, South Carolina.

  iv.    Everett Eugene Radcliff was born on 16 Feb 1936 in Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia. He died on 8 Nov 1996 at the age of 60 in Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia.
 
Note: The census only shows 4 children borne to this couple. The four listed above. But, the obituary of Velna Radcliff Glisson shows her to be survived by one sister, Emogene Horton.

Surviving are her children, Sharon G. Kennedy and Eddie Glisson (Debra), her brother, Thomas Radcliff, her sister, Emogene Horton;
     v.    Emogene Radcliff [Horton] was born (date unknown).

Thomas Greer Radcliff, died 24 January 1980 in Burke County, Georgia.

Fannie Geneva Boatwright Radcliff died on 14 Oct 1994 at the age of 85 in Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia.

Fannie Geneva Boatwright Ratliff/Radcliff  is my 1st Couisn twice removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  22 May 2020); Memorial page for Fannie Boatwright Radcliff; (4 May 1909–14 October 1994); Find a Grave memorial #51753872, Citing Magnolia Cemetery; Waynesboro, Burke County, Georgia, USA.
2. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0012, Page 182B/7B; Line 98, Dwelling 37, Family 37, Eugene T. BOATWRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm  T624_1455.
3. 1920  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 12, Page 178A & B, Line 50, Dwelling 156, Family 159, Household of Eugene T. BOATWRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
4. 1930 U. S. Census, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 017, Page: 13A/21(stamped); Line 23, Dwelling NL, Family 190, F. [T.] Greer RATLIFF; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 20 December 2010); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_Roll: 1672.
5. "Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951 ," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 22 December 2010), Marriage: T. G. Radcliff & Fannie Boatwright; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 2020; Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1928.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Thomas G Radcliff (1 May 1907–24 January 1980), Memorial #51753819.
7. 1940 U. S. Census, Burke County, Georgia, population schedule, Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) 17-2, Page 11B/24 (stamped), Line 78, Household #294, Household of Thomas G. RADCLIFF; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 December 2010); citing NARA publication Roll: T627_645.

WWI Veteran~John Franklin Huneycutt

John Franklin Huneycutt
Wadesboro, NC

Photo courtesy of Julius Burr

Son of Joanna Douglas and Toby A. Huneycutt.

Private Battery "D" 113th Field Artillery NC 30th Division

Enlisted at Wadesboro, N.C. June 17, 1917.

Served overseas from 26 May 1918 to 19 March 1919.
Engagements:

Private John Franklin Huneycutt participated in 5 major engagements in France while overseas. These engagements centered around the Toul Sector of north-eastern France and included the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse–Argonne offensive.

John Franklin Huneycutt was discharged on 28 March 1919 and returned home to his family in Wadesboro, North Carolina. 

John Franklin Huneycutt never married. After the war, he worked in the Cotton Mills. His life was cut short on 29 October 1937 when he was killed after being struck by a train.

Private John Franklin Huneycutt is my 2nd Cousin 2X Removed.

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1.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  3 August 2020),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, John Franklin Honeycutt; Certificate number , 29 October 1937.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0003, Page: 1A44(Stamped); Line 41, Dwelling 8, Family 8, Household of Tobe A. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 5 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro Ward 2, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0015, Page: 22B/251 (stamped); Line 93, Dwelling 451; Family 456, Household of Tobias A. HUNEYCUTT; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.
4. Craighead-Dunlap Chapter DAR, Anson County in the World War 1917-1919 (Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Co.,, 1929), page 121.
5. 1920  U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 015, , Page: 2A/209 (Stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 22, Family 24, Household of Tobie HUNEYCUTT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2021); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
6. 1930 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Center, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0005, Page: 12B/265 (Stamped); Line 95, Dwelling 236, Family 248, Household of Joanna HUNEYCUTT; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov : viewed 6 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1721.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 August 2020); Memorial page for John Franklin Huneycutt; (3 October 1891–29 October 1937); Find a Grave memorial # 71019855, Citing Mount Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery; Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.

It’s Family Time~The Elizabeth Catherine Dry Families

Elizabeth Catherine Dry was borne abt 1829, a daughter of Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter of Cabarrus County, North Carolina. She was the last borne of five children born to this couple. She had one brother and three sisters.

At age 22, Elizabeth Catherine Dry married Martin Kees on 24 May 1851 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. On August 20, 1862 at the age of 30 years, Martin Kees enlisted with Co G, 7th NC Infantry. Earlier in the year on 4 April 1862, Elizabeth had given birth to their 2nd Child, a boy they named Adam Kees. His baby sister, Eve was just a mere 2 1/2 years old.

Martin Kees did not survive the War. He was admitted to the hospital on 13 October 1862 where he died of disease in December 1862. <https://www.fold3.com/image/32717129>

On 2 April 1879, Elizabeth Catherine Dry Kees married Levi Hinseman.

No known children were borne to this couple. Levi Hinseman died before 14 January 1891 per his probate file. No exact death date has been found for Levi Hinseman. The date above is based on a list of personal property laid off as part of a year supply for the Widow.

North Carolina}
Cabarrus County}        Justice Court
         We the undersigned commissioners with J. F. Welleford a Justice of the peace for Cabarrus County after being duly sworn met on the premises of the late Levi Hinseman on the 14th day of Jany 1891 for the purpose of laying off a years support for his Widow Mrs. E. C. Hinseman and find the family to consist of the Widow--- and proceeded to allot the following articles of personal property with the value annexed.   

There is no doubt that Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine (E. C.) Hinseman was alive and well on 14 January 1891 when these supplies were laid off for her support. But, nine years later in 1900 no trace of Elizabeth Catherine has been found. Her absence from the 1900 Census may mean that she passed away sometime between January 1891 and June 1900.

Her son, Adam N. Kees and his new wife, Adelaide Loretta are enumerated in 1900 Census. If Elizabeth Catherine, his mother, was in fact alive its most likely she would be found with her son and daughter-in-law. 

Elizabeth Catherine Dry Kees Hinseman is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page 445B(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 670, Family 670; Peter DRY, Household of Peter DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 55(Stamped); Line 4, Dwelling 359, Family 359, Household of Martin KEES; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 16 March 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890.
3. 1870 Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Township 11, Cabarrus, North Carolina;, Page: 435B; Line 3, Dwelling 79, Family 80, Household of Elias MISENHIMER; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed`14 mar 2020 ); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1126.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Old Field, Cabarrus, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 029, Page: 373B(Stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 125, Family 125, Household of Levi HINSEMAN; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 March 2020); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0955.
5. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 14 March 2020), MARRIAGE: Martin Kees & Catherine Dry; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Bond date: 24 May 1851.
6. Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 4, 478, Martin KEES.
7. "North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 August 2021), Marriage: Cathereine Dry &  Levi Hindsaman, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/15414405:60548.
8. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 6 August 2021), entry for Levi Hinseman, Private; 52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry; Confederate.
9. Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Probate Files & Loose papers, Levi Hinseman; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: viewed 6 August 2021); https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/004968611_01314?pId=336039.

Military Tuesday~Pvt. John Henry Perkins III

John Henry Perkins III was born 8 October 1878, a son of John Henry Perkins, Jr. and Margaret E. Griggs. John Henry was the oldest of 4 children borne to this couple.

John Henry Perkins III enlisted and served as a Private with Company "L", 2 SC Infantry, Spanish American War.

The Spanish-America War was a short-lived conflict between the United States and Spain. Due to unrest in Cuba, President McKinney sent the U.S.S. Maine to Cuba to protect American citizens. He delayed notifying Spain and that upset the Spanish Government.

On the night of February 15, 1898 there was an explosion on-board the U.S.S. Maine and it sank in Havana Harbor killing 266 soldiers. This led to hostiles between Spain and the United States called the Spanish-American War.

If you haven’t read much about the Spanish-American War, I highly recommend the article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War

By 2 June 1900 when the census was enumerated, John Henry Perkins III had served in the Spanish American War, received his discharge and married Jerusha Ann Sellers, daughter of Samuel Joseph Sellers, Sr. and his wife Mary Elizabeth “Betsy” Hurst, The 1900 census showed John and Jerusha married in 1900 with no children. 

John Henry Perkins and Jerusha Ann Sellers had the following children:

i.    Joyce Myrtle Perkins, born 15 Sep 1905, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Clester Merritt Cobb; died 24 Dec 1986, Cobb County, Georgia.
ii.    Maggie Perkins was born about 1908 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iii.    Charles Henry Perkins was born on 22 Oct 1913 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. He died on 22 Sep 1992 at the age of 78 in Fulton County, Georgia.
iv.    John Robert Perkins was born on 11 Dec 1918 in Buckhead, Fulton, Georgia. He died on 11 Nov 1999 at the age of 80.

John Henry Perkins, III died 24 October 1949 in Cobb County, Georgia. His wife, Jerusha Ann Sellers Perkins died 25 November 1943 in Cobb County, Georgia. They share a double tombstone in the Mount Bethel Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34345771/john-henry-perkins

John Henry Perkins is my 3rd Cousin 2X Removed. 

Jerusha Ann Sellers is my 2nd Cousin 3X Removed. 

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[1] http://www.spanamwar.com/2ndsouthcarolinaroster.html
[2] http://www.fold3.com/image/1/309186895/

[3] 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0036, Page: 3A/106 (stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 48, Family 49, Household of John H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_1455.
[4] 1920 U. S. Census, Fulton County, Georgia, population schedule, Buckhead, Fulton, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) 157, Page: 11A/253 (stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 192, Family 224, Household of John H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing NARA publication Roll: T625_253.
[5] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  31 March 2015); Memorial page for John H. Perkins; (8 October 1878–24 October 1949); Find a Grave memorial # 34345771, Citing Mount Bethel Cemetery; Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA.
[6] 1880 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 005, Page: 320B(stamped); Line 39, Dwelling 184, Family 184, Household of Saml SELLARS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 9 October 2013); citing  National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.

[7] 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 020, Page 74B (Stamped); Line #68, Dwelling 33, Family 33, Household of Henry H. PERKINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 3 March 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.

It’s Family Time~The Abington Parsons Family

Back in January 2014, I began a new blogging series called 52 Ancestors. The purpose of this series was to highlight one of your ancestors weekly for one entire year. My 1st post in this series was -- 52 Ancestors: #1, Abington Parsons

It’s time to revisit Abington Parsons or maybe Abingdon Parsons. I have now found it spelled both ways. Two major finds during this time period were the name of daughter Mary Parsons husband's with proof and a grandson given the Abington name by his father Thomas Parsons. 

Abington Parsons and his wife Mary (whose last name eludes me all these years) are my maternal 3rd Great Grand Parents. 

The first major find was an Anson County, NC Land Deed (DB 13:471-472) stating “a certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Anson in the State of North Carolina on Westfield Creek it being the distributive share of my wife, Mary Parsons of all the real Estate of her Father Abbington Parsons,...”

Mary Parsons named husband within this land deed was Matthew Sellers.

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2017/03/its-family-timemary-m-parsons-sellers.html

I also found another “Sherriff's Sale” announcement in a 1845 Cheraw newspaper advertising the sale of personal property of Mary Parsons.

1 Negro Woman named Fanny and child Sam, 1 Yoke of Oxen, 5 Head of Cattle, 10 Head of Hogs, 1 Clock, 1 Shot Gun, articles of Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils, 1 Cart, &c.; levied on as the property of Mary Parsons at the suit of W. H. Ratliff and others vs. Mary Parsons.
* All except the Negroes will be sold on the second day of sale at Mary Parsons' house.

[Cheraw Gazette, Cheraw, South Carolina, 28 Jan 1845, Tue., Page 3, column 5]

Mary’s husband Abington Parsons had died 13 April 1826 and I don’t believe this had anything to do with his estate. I don’t have a death date for Mary Parsons, the wife; but, by 1850 all the children had married and some had left the State and moved elsewhere. Noah Sellers and Timmy Parsons, his wife, along with her brother Raymond Parsons had moved to Carroll County, TN.  

There are also two other Parsons in Chesterfield County, SC in the 1850 Census that I believe are siblings to Abington Parsons, b. abt 1784. They are:

• Cynthia Parsons Knight, b. 12 Aug 1773
• James Parsons, b. 1770
• Its also quite possible Vincent Parsons of Anson County, NC borne about 1784 is also related.

The known children of Abington Parsons and his wife Mary, whose last name is unknow, with their spouses are:

• Ann Parsons, born June 27th  1818, intermarried with Richmond White
• Timmey Parsons, born September 2, 1819, intermarried with Noah Sellers
• Raymond Parsons, born December 5, 1820, intermarried with Alice [LNU].
• Elizabeth Parsons, born March 9, 1822, intermarried with William Sellers
• Thomas Parsons, born May 10, 1823, intermarried with Lavinia A. [LNU]
• Mary M. Parsons, born April 10, 1825, intermarried with Matthew M. Sellers

Raymond Parsons, the oldest son of Abington Parson, Sr., named his first-born son Abington B. Parsons. Abington B. Parsons was borne 11 February 1846 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. He married Sarah Elizabeth Cantwell on 1 December 1869 in McClendon County, Texas. Raymond Parsons died 29 November 1914 in Garvin County, Oklahoma.

Abington Parsons and his wife, Mary are my 3rd Great Grandparents. 

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1. 1820 Census of the United States, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 127; Line 38, Household of Abington Parsons; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 March 2012); citing  National Archives Microfilm M 33_119.
2. James C. Pigg, Cheraw/Chesterfield District Wills, 1750-1865 &: Abstracts from the Court of Common Pleas 1823-1869 (Tega Cay, South Carolina: self-Published, 1995), page 115.
3. The Farmer Gazette Cheraw Advertiser, "Sheriff's Sale," Legal advertisement, The Farmer Gazette, Cheraw Advertiser; Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC, 29 December 1841, 300 acres, Real Estate of Abington Parsons.
4. Pigg, Cheraw/Chesterfield District Wills, 1750-1865 &, page 115.
5. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book 12: pages 171 & 172, Richmond White & Ann his wife to Polly Beasley; 20 June 1846, Register of Deeds, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina.
6. Anson County, North Carolina, Deed Book 13: pages 471-472.
7. 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 260;  Line 3, Household of Mary Parsons; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M19_Roll 172.
8. 1830 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 362; Line 20, Household of Mary Parsons.
9. Pigg, Cheraw/Chesterfield District Wills, 1750-1865 &, page 115.
10. The Cheraw Gazette, "Sheriff Sale," Legal Advertisement, The Cheraw Gazette, Cheraw, SC, 28 Jan 1845, Tue., Page 3, column 5, Sale of Personal Property, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Farming Utensils.

Military Tuesday~Pvt. Elisha B. Privett

Elisha B. Privett

Company "K"

26th Regiment, NC Volunteers

Enlisted: 1 July 1861

Discharged: 20 November 1861

As a young lad of 16, Elisha B. Privett enlisted on 1 July 1861 into Company “K”, 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers. he served until November 1861 at which time  his superiors suggested that he be discharged as medically unfit. He was Muster Out of Service on 9 Dec 1861 with a disability discharge.

PRIVETT, ELISHA B. , Private
Born in Anson County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Anson County at age 16., July 1, 1861. Present or accounted for until discharged on December 9, 1861, by reason of disability. Later served in Company H, 145th Regiment N. C. Troops (4th Regiment N.C. Volunteers). [NC Troops 7:598].

Then something strange appeared in the records.

A young lad from Anson County, named E. B. Privett, age 18, appears in Raleigh, North Carolina and enlists with Company “H”, 14th NC Infantry on 24 July 1863. On 2 April 1865 he was captured and made a prisoners' of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. He signed an Oath of Allegiance and was released on 16 June 1865.

PRIVETT, E. B., Private
Resided in Anson County and enlisted in Wake County at age 18, July 24, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until released on June 16, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance.  [NC Troops 5:471]

No record has been found for Elisha B. Privett after his release on 16 June 1865, two months after the War has ended. If you know what happened to Elisha B. Privett, please contact me through this blog.

 Elisha B. Privett is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle. 

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[1] Co. K, 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers; https://www.fold3.com/image/271/44698294

[2] Co. "H", 14th Regiment, NC Infantry; https://www.fold3.com/image/33045683

[3] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) No EF, Page 178B, Line 35, Dwelling/Family 1230/1230, Household of William Privett; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
[4] 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, , Page: 168 (penciled)/304(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 1286, Family 1235, Household of William PRIVETT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 November 2020), entry for Elisha B. PRIVETT, Private; Company "K", 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers; Confederate.
[6] Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 7, 598, Elisha B. PRIVETT.
[7] Ancestry, Military Service Records, database entry for  E. B. PRIVETT, Private; Company "H", 14th Infantry; Confederate.
[8] Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, 5,  471, E. B. PRIVETT.

[9] two images in blog courtesy of Ancestry.com