From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sun Feb 26 17:15:36 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1R0FZjb032379; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:15:36 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1R0FXqF029510 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:15:33 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1QLjxFI006046 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:45:59 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1QLjxOh006045 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:45:59 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1QHisFI005543 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:44:54 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1QKEG3j028920 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:14:16 -0700 X-Envelope-From: tonin1@airmail.net Sun Feb 26 13:14:16 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1QKEGjb028911 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:14:16 -0700 Received: from wmail-0.airmail.net (wmail-0.airmail.net [209.196.70.87]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1QKEF4A024467 for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:14:15 -0700 Received: from 36.7b.d1c4.cidr.airmail.net ([209.196.123.54] helo=webmail.airmail.net) by wmail-0.airmail.net with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FDSHY-000KEl-5O for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:14:16 -0600 Received: from 66.94.147.121 (SquirrelMail authenticated user tonin1@airmail.net) by webmail.airmail.net with HTTP; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:14:16 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <1284.66.94.147.121.1140984856.squirrel@webmail.airmail.net> In-Reply-To: <200602261900.k1QJ0DQM010813@lists5.rootsweb.com> References: <200602261900.k1QJ0DQM010813@lists5.rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:14:16 -0600 (CST) From: tonin1@airmail.net To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] I need your imagination > X-Message: #10 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:37:54 -0600 (Central Standard Time) > From: "GD Wells" > Subject: I need your imagination!! > > Donaldson, Rutledge > > I need your imagination. My ancestor, Thomas Donaldson, lived a long time > in Abbeville, SC, enlisted for the Revolution 5 SC Regiment, 2 April > 1776, > died > intestate 1811, and his estate settlement is in the Courthouse - I > mention > He died intestate because that gave me a list of his children. I know he > was > married twice: 1st to Janet Reeve, dau of William Rev who was also a Rev > Vet, 2nd > to Mary Cook and I know nothing about her parents. And that is the sum of > all I know about Thomas Donaldson! > > This is where your imagination comes in: the deeds for Abbeville burned in > 1873. I do not know when he first bought land, where he lived, or where > his > son-in-law Joseph Rutledge lived, or how long he lived in Abbeville. I > believe he was born 1750/1755 in NC. Can you tell me how to get this > information? > HELP!! > Gloria Donaldson Wells > gdwells@bellsouth.net > REPLY> Gloria: I suggest that you go to the South Carolina Archives on-line index and search for a land grant in Abbeville for these families. If they did not get the land by grant they may have got it through a purchase from a previous land owner. There are deeds abstracted for Abbeville. It takes a bit of WORK to find the material needed to document a family. I have been researching in South Carolina for many years from a distance and have found that not everything has gone up in smoke. Tree Mother PS: If you haven't done so already, I also suggest that you obtain several books on tools and methods of genealogical research and attend seminars in your area. We never stop learning in this "hobby". "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot http://www.FrontPorchRockerNews.blogspot.com