Reply-To: "Frances McCrory Meservy" From: "Frances McCrory Meservy" To: "Andy Graham" References: Subject: Re: McCrory South Carolina Question Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:47:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA0706.A251F9C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA0706.A251F9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Glad to hear from you. Hope all is well with you also. I can't prove it but I believe you are correct and that is Thomas Ida = McCrory (father of John) living next to the land that John McCrory sold. = All the brothers sold their land and moved to TN and AL. Some went to = TN and later to AL. Daddy stayed in SC. Thomas Jr McCrory came home at = the end of the war of 1812 and raved about TN (read John Osborn's = diary), His brothers packed up wagons and moved to S. TN & N. AL. You will find websites that say William Patrick McCrory of SC never left = SC and that could be true. The problem is when they say he died a = batchelor school teacher. They base this on what they say is in John = Osborn's diary. It is not in the diary. There are two diaries on line = and I've read them both. I found a SC Census with William, wife and = children in it. So - one son may have stayed with Daddy (Thomas Ida = McCrory SR). I don't have a copy of the 1800 Census so I can't tell you what I think. = I do know that Thomas SR stayed in SC and that is probably him living = next to your relative. Fran Since God is love, don't you suppose he=20 is more interested in relationships than=20 anything else? Fran Meservy 1 John 4:8 =20 http://pennywind.com/ pennywind@pennywind.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Andy Graham=20 To: Frances McCrory Meservy=20 Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: McCrory South Carolina Question Frances, =20 I hope this finds you well. Just to refresh your memory, my Thomas = Bradford Graham married Sarah McCrory in Greene county AL. Sarah was the = d/o James McCrory and Sarah Gilmore. =20 My Grahams stopped for a time in Kershaw/Lancaster counties SC. In = looking through census and deed files I have these: =20 DEED: 1796 SOUTH CAROLINA, Lancaster County: John McCrory-Wm = Montgomery January 29, 1796 .....This Indenture mad 10 July 1790 Between = John McCrory of North Carolina and William Montgomery of Lancaster = County, South Carolina Witnesseth that the said John McCrory for the sum = of 3 pounds sterling to him paid by said William Montgomery hath sold = unto said William Montgomery, his heirs, etc., a certain tract of land = containing 100 acres lying situate and being in Lancaster County, South = Carolina, Between Camp and Gill Creeks branches of the Wateree River in = the Waxhaws settlement bounded S. by Richard and John Cowsarts land E. = by Thomas McCrory's land, N. by John Gillispie's land and W. by vacant = land, etc. Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Archd. Cowsart = Mary Cowsart John McCrory (L.S.) John Cowsart. =20 =20 =20 1800 Census LANCASTER SC PAGE 13 Thomas Neel James Craig John Strain Rofey Adams Jane Wills James Hood Samuel Martin James Huey ? James Falkinder Robert White Jun John Craig George Glenn James Taylor Robert Montgomery Will Graham 01110 11120 Thomas McCrorey David Montgomery Will Nesbit Jason Hickland James Curiton ? Robert Thompson James Elliot =20 The John McCrory in the deed above is - I think - the son of Thomas = the immigrant. Do you know who the Thomas McCrory is in the 1800 = census? The William Graham is part of a family of Grahams living close = to mine but as of yet unconnected. Based on other deeds these other = Grahams live on Camp and Gills creek just like the land in the deed = above. I find it very interesting this link between = Graham/Montgomery/McCrory so close to my Grahams. Do you have any = thoughts? =20 Andy =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Windows Live=99 SkyDrive=99: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it = on your BlackBerry or iPhone. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01CA0706.A251F9C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Glad to hear from you.  Hope = all is=20 well with you also.
 
I can't prove it but I believe you = are=20 correct and that is Thomas Ida McCrory (father of John) living next to = the land=20 that John McCrory sold.  All the brothers sold their land and moved = to TN=20 and AL.  Some went to TN and later to AL.  Daddy stayed in = SC. =20 Thomas Jr McCrory came home at the end of the war of 1812 and raved = about TN=20 (read John Osborn's=20 diary),  His brothers packed up wagons and moved to S. TN & = N.=20 AL.
 
You will find websites that say = William=20 Patrick McCrory of SC never left SC and that could be true.  The = problem is=20 when they say he died a batchelor school teacher.  They base this = on what=20 they say is in John Osborn's diary.  It is not in the diary.  = There=20 are two diaries on line and I've read them both.  I found a SC = Census with=20 William, wife and children in it.  So - one son may have stayed = with Daddy=20 (Thomas Ida McCrory SR).
 
I don't have a copy of the 1800 = Census so I=20 can't tell you what I think.  I do know that Thomas SR stayed in SC = and=20 that is probably him living next to your relative.
 
Fran
 
 
Since God is love, don't you suppose he
is more interested in=20 relationships than
anything else?  Fran Meservy
1 John = 4:8 =20
http://pennywind.com/
pennywind@pennywind.com
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----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Andy=20 Graham
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 = 4:45 PM
Subject: McCrory South Carolina = Question

Frances,
 
I hope this finds you well. Just = to=20 refresh your memory, my Thomas Bradford Graham married Sarah McCrory = in Greene=20 county AL. Sarah was the d/o James McCrory and Sarah = Gilmore.
 
My=20 Grahams stopped for a time in Kershaw/Lancaster counties SC. In = looking=20 through census and deed files I have these:
 
DEED: 1796 = SOUTH=20 CAROLINA, Lancaster County: John McCrory-Wm Montgomery January 29, = 1796=20 .....This Indenture mad 10 July 1790 Between John McCrory of North = Carolina=20 and William Montgomery of Lancaster County, South Carolina Witnesseth = that the=20 said John McCrory for the sum of 3 pounds sterling to him paid by said = William=20 Montgomery hath sold unto said William Montgomery, his heirs, etc., a = certain=20 tract of land containing 100 acres lying situate and being in = Lancaster=20 County, South Carolina, Between Camp and Gill Creeks branches of the = Wateree=20 River in the Waxhaws settlement bounded S. by Richard and John = Cowsarts land=20 E. by Thomas McCrory's land, N. by John Gillispie's land and W. by = vacant=20 land, etc. Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of Archd. Cowsart = Mary=20 Cowsart John McCrory (L.S.) John=20 Cowsart.
 
 
 
1800=20 Census LANCASTER SC PAGE 13

Thomas Neel
James Craig
John=20 Strain
Rofey Adams
Jane Wills
James Hood
Samuel = Martin
James=20 Huey ?
James Falkinder
Robert White Jun
John Craig
George=20 Glenn
James Taylor
Robert Montgomery
Will Graham      = 01110 =20 11120
Thomas McCrorey
David = Montgomery
Will=20 Nesbit
Jason Hickland
James Curiton ?
Robert = Thompson
James=20 Elliot
 
The John McCrory in = the deed=20 above is - I think - the son of Thomas the immigrant.  Do = you know=20 who the Thomas McCrory is in the 1800 census? The William Graham is = part of a=20 family of Grahams living close to mine but as of yet = unconnected.  Based=20 on other deeds these other Grahams live on Camp and Gills creek = just like=20 the land in the deed above. I find it very interesting this link = between=20 Graham/Montgomery/McCrory so close to my Grahams. Do you have any=20 thoughts?
 
Andy


 

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