A recent theme for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was Large. I thought my 3rd great-grandfather, Renatus THOMAS of Richland…
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Lester Terry: two shots to the heart
Lester TERRY was born in 1903 in South Carolina, likely Richland County. He was the 7th of eleven children born…
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Walter Martin – a hardworking boy and man
Walter Glenn MARTIN was born 29 Apr 1869 in Richland County, South Carolina, the oldest of six children born to…
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52 Ancestors Week 39 – Renatus Thomas, Jr., Accident Victim
Recently my cousin, Tommy, loaned me his stack of mismatched family history papers to go through. I came across a…
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52 Ancestors Week 22 – Joseph Futrell, murdered on the Sand Hills
Joseph FUTRELL, my 3rd great grandfather, was born in 1812 in one of the Carolinas. At age 18, he was…
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52 Ancestors Week 12 – Murder at the Mill
John Henry WISE was one of the many people who lived on the Fort Jackson property before it was Fort…
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