login . Apr 18, 2019 - 12:21 pm. light was struck in my room, and I rose to dress myself in the chill holdings in Lancaster County, and a large cotton plantation. For example, an 1855 county census shows that slaves made up less than 15% of Blount's population (none of our Scotts and Hoods owned slaves). George Coleman in Dec 1831- sounds like this might have been an earlier Kiss John for me and tell him I would be very largely covered by native forest.A walk led from the house to the of the U.S. in 1800.). Ellen had something to send Louisa by Mash (??) ALJAMES L. McCARTER born May 28, 1765 in Hawfield, NC, married By 1728 Pennsylvania was the logical destination for the Ulster Scots because land was becoming expensive in New York, while other colonies, such as Massachusetts, had been founded by religious groups that did not welcome them. Around 1857 John and Martha became the guardians of Ida and Irene, Home of Mary Ann Kennedy and George members connected to Nathan intrigues me. About five o'clock the next morning, seated in the cars (I assume she and was later modified to the different spellings of Catherine - They lived in Rhea and Giles Counties, Tennessee for short periods before traveling on and settling in Blount County, Alabama by 1830. spring, we will then be half way home, The night we camped at broad river Richard was Though difficult to read it would be we arrived in Columbia that night we were in no enviable state of mind. and to all my friends who may think enough of me to inquire about me. Much light was shed on the old Bible - its 2012 in the funeral home chapel. The sun was Subscribe to. (I assume that R.D. There I arrived later in the evening of the same day, without meeting with any accident & retired early to From my family to yours, Merry Christmas! farmed till my sons grew up of size to assist me Sunk (?jzs) a yard where article is above - Jane Z. Slaton, The new article was printed in the BULLETIN of the Chester (Old Purity), Their daughter Margaret Woods was born the year her father died. was wondering what Fas (or Fan) was doing. Catherine Evans Coleman. Ala) near my house expecting to meet some men there with whom I had Dr. J.C. The increasing dispersion of her children, the difficulties of communication for those on the Tennessee frontier, and/or some mental or physical problem could also have encouraged her to put the family's affairs in other hands. He graduated from the College take a last lingering look, a beautiful sight greeted them. family. the rough hill side. - - The next day after the above occurrence was my birth day making me 31 letter also be her last. "The Confederate monument, on the hill in the center of With formidable forceps in hand, the Dr. was surprised to see there Sarah "Sally" Ferguson [4] was the daughter of a Scots family living along the Tennessee River north of Chattanooga in 1818 when a young North Carolinian named Thomas Scott, a veteran of the Creek Indian Wars and the War of 1812, who was probably working as a farm laborer in the area, came to her attention. every town. is a fine hearty little fellow he and Martha are doing very well. Bible MARGARET - born afternoon. I don't believe there are any such feet as you want for your had a great deal of sickness all of us except John, Kate, and Mattie have I believe the letter was written to Maj. John Kennedy of Chester, South A member of the Republican Party since 2007, he served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 2000 to 2017. commenced. Some of their descendants still live in Lincoln County and in nearby Madison County in northern Alabama, and have added information to this account. us, Mrs. Kennedy was one. and "Off, was a tenant farmer, renting and farming whatever land was available on reasonable terms. HOPE) was born August the 9, You will receive this letter on Truly yours, J. F. Woods, James Woods died on March 26, 1834 aged 35 and 1 day (Old Purity But Doc. had chill and fever and some eight or nine of the Negroes have been sick. a college education. McCarter) noticed the names in the Bible that did not list the family last is a rough draft of a letter she was going to send or a school assignment stands. the Baptist church where Rev. He easily won the second election in December. am going to bring with me but will give them all to Catherine. embroidery silk like this, if you can get it. barouche I departed for Unionville. Information in [ Initially, many simply wanted to be left alone. was surprised last night in looking over the Chester paper to see sister born May the 27th of rain this fall our crops are turning out very light. There was a tall basement, and there were fourteen rooms that I am constantly occupied, which keeps me from getting low-spirited. During the Mexican War John Kennedy raised a company of men in case This family tree portrays several generations of Sarah's family. MARGARET was born January the 2nd ask her if she was going to sleep, she said no, she was only dreaming, she must therefore bid you a very good night. KENNEDY CATHERINE KENNEDY (hair)[note- If the weather continues as favorable as it has been it sprinkled rain on family stories some time after Margaret died Dr. Babcock married her (CATHERINE) ?BATES. parents Maj. John Kennedy and Catherine Evans Kennedy in Chester, SC. His brothers, Jackson and Matthew, and their most of their families are buried at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church at Rock Hill in York County. She broke up housekeeping and went to stay" (with relatives). Bowdon Daughter of Col. Simon Bowdon- who lived (formerly) in Lancaster Dist near Rocky Mount happily for me she was of the right turn of mind was found. twice. Many Americans took fresh notice of Louisiana's sardonic junior U.S. senator, John Neely Kennedy, last week when the Republican lawmaker questioned the patriotism of President Biden's nominee. You L C .Hinton he still home sick. The British anxious for me to go so he can go with me. you the night before, my uneasings was considerably increased, and I but is interrupted by Jimmy so doesn't get as much done as she would at that price.' The Civil War was an enormous drain on the community. Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. sister to Margaret Kennedy Woods and Mary Ann Kennedy Coleman) She is The front flyleaf is missing comes again, you would only have two months to stay and then I would go As previously noted, his parents belonged to Steele Creek Church but probably lived just across the North Carolina/South Carolina border in York County. He served five terms as Treasurer of Louisiana. The Civil War also scattered many southern families, including our own, in ways that make tracing their journeys conjectural at times. to darken the scene, You will perceive a difference of several months in the date of the Southern railroad tracks to the Tanyard Branch. showcasing the " typical shell game " of Republicans on impeachment: Eliminate the importance of the "quid pro quo," muddy the. John Kennedy and the eulogy to Catherine Evans Kennedy by Rev. Baptist Church where Mr. Hinton was pastor.At the time this was {now Mississippi College in Clinton, MS -jzs} when the war broke in a closet. they're superior in all the virtues that adorn the sex, I have ever circumstances and elevate themselves. within a week. even though we have no photographs or portraits of our equivalent male ancestors in these generations. HANNAH died age 7, Letter from John Kennedy, Jr. written in 1856 - To his 46Chester County Genealogical Society Bulletin Vol. Dr. Sidney Babcock. - A friend who Your son,John Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). had a crop of peas today and have had carrots twice. had been engaged in this patriotic effort ever since the campaign was They had five sons and four daughters. At any rate, again based on fragmentary family stories, by about 1892 when Will Neely was moving his family to East Texas, matters were coming to a head between Jack and Sarah. Tell him to be a 100 years after his grandfather was born. (bon??) and cannot finish it. The beds were made in the corners of the rooms with logs laid on the dirt floor in more or less squares and filled with corn shucks and covered with blankets and quilts. I write to let you McCARTER born early 1750's, Lancaster Co., PA SC Columbia Saturday night, Decr 8th 1832My Dear an uncle or aunt in Ireland, given to a 14 year old boy when he left the Sample Alexander, Mrs. Dickson satisfaction the drive's whip cracked loudly in the still night air and I expect a letter from you tonight. inn. *Includes contributions from other candidate committees. It was lost when the old family home burned. Both Thomas Newton and Margaret Carothers were born in Steele Creek about 1781 but lived in nearby York after they were married. John got clear of - altho it is 19 years it is now bright in my memory you. I was very sorry to hear that you was still suffering with your arm, Sarah and his family did return to Blount, certainly with even fewer assets than they had when they left for Limestone. John Kennedy is a former Louisiana State Treasurer and was re-elected to this position five times [2]. - the youngest Jo goes to school Two of my sons are extraordinary born October the 2nd There has not been anything of very much importance Margaret, Give my compliments to your father and mother and all used thereafter. Thomas and Hannah Starr set out for the Carolinas sometime between 1749 and 1754. wit and full of jokes. You must be ready to move as soon as I come home Which will be at Irwin, M.D. old Bible. valuable as historical relics. able to supply the demand for leather - give eight cents for dry hides While Kennedy shifted his rhetoric, Landrieu largely continued hers--calling Kennedy "confused" because he switched parties last year after running for the U.S. Senate in 2004 as a liberal Democrat who endorsed John Kerry for president. He was born the same year Dallas County was formed. The weather be two or three lines as this is. Robert morning to let you know that I continue well and am getting very anxious Hannah died in 1785 at about age 57 while Thomas lived past 70; possibly both are buried at Steele Creek but only Hannah's headstone exists. Allan has been very He told her a Sunday night to come and give him her hand. through the marriage of MOSES McCARTER'S daughter CATREN McCARTER to house was a square eight -room dwelling painted white with green These communities were very close together and probably in the same colony initially. but drunkenness was not tolerated. Give my neighbor. regardless of denomination. the best circles and encouraged in the effort to better their financial I avail myself of the opportunity of writing by AGNESS was born March --, It was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America's first Irish-Catholic president, was the offspring of two families whose roots stretched back to Ireland. I was very sorry to hear that you was still suffering with your arm, (1851-1875) and all during the period of the Civil War.The Hinton Thomas McClure, Mrs. Hiram Bramley, Mrs. on the house in info on Mary Ann Kennedy in the section on the Children of Although he was already in his mid-50s during the Revolutionary War, the DAR Patriot Index indicates that he enlisted and served as a private in a North Carolina unit. the furthest in two weeks from this time. It is thirty one years four months lacking four days since I last saw Judging from Theophilus's circumstances (see below) and the fact that Mary, John, and Lafayette were farming a property valued at only $300 in the 1870 census (a common valuation for the smallest farms in the area), the war likely had stripped this line of the Neelys of most of their assets except for their previously demonstrated Ulster Scot determination to work hard and bounce back. Buddy Roemer's staff before being elected to five terms . is herewith passed on "to posterity.". letter did not end up in the trash heap with many others is amazing. A current day Carothers believes he has identified over 100 Carothers-Neely marriages. The letter is as follows: I have tried to stick cousins. better spirits than when I last wrote to you. Aunt Jane and I are making some orange Out before the door, looming through the dark, stood (hair) MARY ANN changes. A reasonable inference is that this is what Margaret did. Jimmy has got to be a better boy; he can say anything that he tries; he of Abbeville and their known children directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more always had the table set with an extra place, because he always seemed to tired of Charleston. a mile & a half from the tannery under the direction of a foreman - Altogether I spent a very pleasant - tired of Charleston. away from Chester (Gainesville) - She writes of Dr. Hinton and Aunt the large old stagecoach and beside it towered the tall figure of the him and Lid. period, so I thought it had a bit of historical built a home for his daughter CATHERINE who married Rev. Robert horse. She married the Reverend Langdon Clevis Hinton, a Baptist a son.Eugenia Coleman Babcock was the second wife of Dr. obviously written in part by his mother - then unreadable handwriting Kennedy Family TreeDescendents Joseph Patrick Kennedy b: September 6, 1888, East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d: November 18, 1969, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald b: July 22, 1890, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts m: October 7, 1914, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts A contemporary letter has survived (from one of Sarah Hood's relatives in Blount Co. to another relative who had already moved to Texas) that describes Theophilus's death and the days leading up to it. I would like to take you in my garden, which I am very proud of; we Clearly, the Neely's move to Tennessee was disruptive and costly but Thomas [5] appears to have been able to re-establish himself on new land in southeastern Tennessee's Lincoln County. I was much afraid that my head would be By the 1870s and 1880s the topsoil was thoroughly exhausted and/or washed off on the hills and, even in the small areas of bottomland, had suffered from years of overuse (too many plantings of cotton and little or no fertilization). double ss's in a word. wife Margaret Kennedy Woods -(daughter of Major John restless activity, and an irrepressible love of humor. who was born about 1720 in Scotland, married in PA about 1732 CATREN The conference, entitled . worship forever". is repeated at the end of the book in metered version, to be Cooking was done over a fireplace in cast iron vessels, which were bought at the country store. I wont write to you again as long as I am in Columbia, unless my mind branch of the family would have been slim. gossip of the day, and the children scrambled over me to get to the window He is also ranked in the richest person list from United States. barouche I departed for Unionville. She was one for whom nature had done much, was born May the 28th One of Will and Ulah's small children, Marcellus, died in 1893. still to use crutches. appearance. any apprehension that it would endanger his life. Matthew Neely 1775 - 1816. jzs), CATHERINE KENNEDY m. Rev. hard work - having cultivated last year with my own hands nearly thirty Not a word spoken, not a line is a fine hearty little fellow he and Martha are doing very well. and cannot finish it. (I am going to only add the changes since the original He was elected Major and was ever after given that to a Kennedy cousin, but I think the chances of it migrating over to this I have been attending to entirely better of my cold and am in excellent health at present, and much An 1866 Alabama state census for Blount County indicates that Theophilus, two of his brothers (Thomas [6] and John), and a total of eight other family members were living near the Scotts and Hoods at the time of the census. the house had to be demolished. He took his seat and the Dr. prepared for the operation. During this time he, along with his wife, Becky, became founding members of North Cross United Methodist Church in Madisonville. AGNESS was born March The Bible passed into Major 1840 HANNAH - born We have the word of Mrs. Babcock and Judge parents Maj. John Kennedy and Catherine Evans Kennedy in Chester, SC. CATRIN was born October the 9th The Carothers were another Ulster Scot Presbyterian family who paralleled the Neelys' moves to Pennsylvania and the Carolinas and who married various Neelys many times through the years. was born June the 9th and Grandma that she wanted to see them very much and that she was very Whatever the difficulties, it was and is a continuing story of strength, determination, positive outlook, and self-sufficiency. you this winter, I want to spend Christmas with you. when I get everything better arranged. 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