US Southern Colonies Province of South Carolina (1712-1776) Team

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Welcome to the team page for the Province of South Carolina Team. This page has information about team members, team goals, and additional resources.

The Province of South Carolina Team focuses on profiles of persons who lived in South Carolina from 1712 up to 4 July 1776.

The Team

Team Leader: Mary Richardson English ancestors -->Virginia to North Carolina. Scottish ancestors immigrated to the Province of Carolina, ->Abbeville, S,C. to Georgia,

Team Members

• H Baggott- Some of my ancestors, without moving, went from being Virginians to North Carolinians once they redraw the lines. Also, writing biographies is a favorite pastime.
• Donnie Blackstone - ancestors 100 miles radius of Piedmont, Greenville County, SC , Brushy Creek, Pickens, and Anderson, SC (Piedmont). Parker family in Sullivan, Laurens, and Newberry, Greenwood, SC

• Brenda Breland Shaffer - Almost all of my ancestors arrived in Virginia, and then are documented in the Carolina's and Georgia during the Colonial period. will be working on sources on profiles to validate them and familial relationships.
• Monica Bryce Pendleton - for Province of North Carolina (1712-1776) Team and Province of South Carolina (1712-1776) Team
• Betsy Collins- Colony of Virginia, Carolina, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Maryland. of Cupertino, CA, born in Louisiana and grew up in Colorado!)
• Laura DeSpain - Interest in those migrating into Eastern South Carolina during this time period.

• John Dreher Many of my ancestors migrated from Pennsylvania and Virginia to York, Chester and Union South Carolina. They settled on the Catawba River ,Fishing Creek and Sealy Creek.

• Jason Lee Edwards All of my ancestors were in the colonies before 1776, and I have done extensive research on most branches. I am particularly interested in the families from western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina who populated North Georgia following the Cherokee Removal.
• MaryAnn Thomas - Teams Province of Maryland, Colony of Virginia, Province of Carolina, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, as well as Military and War Project
• April Forsythe Virginia and North Carolina ancestors. Ancestors in Jamestowne Socity Qualifying Ancestors category thus far: Thorpe-149, Harris-1964, Addie-3, Branch-50, Hallom-3, Sewell-175, Willoughby-377, Mason-1718, Ganey-93,Tatum-73, Wynne-2, Sloman-1, Jones-2181, Stith-10, Branch-69, Gough-136,Mason-2737, Pierce-4175.
• Noah Funderburg- About Noah- My Funderburg ancestors immigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1738. They later moved to North Carolina, then South Carolina. Their descendants then continued moving west. Many cousins remained in SC, and my paternal 4GGF, Anthony Funderburg lived, died in Edgefield County, SC in the latter years of his life. My Avery and Stanley ancestors appear in North Carolina before moving to Alabama. My Waite ancestors started in Virginia before moving through the Carolinas.
• Debbie Nance ancestors in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
• Michelle (Hartman) Detwiler- Currently I have been working on USBH Plantations projects, creating plantations, and adding lists of enslaved who live there. Some of the plantation owners I have researched have very poor profiles. I have learned to create good profiles, clean up the not so good ones, and add real sources to them. This area of research seems to cross over into Southern Colonies bio improvement and sourcing and why I signed on to help here.
• Rick House Jr Family line in South Carolina member of Province of South Carolina.
• Heather Jones- Some of my maternal line may have migrated from South Carolina to North Carolina.
• Curry Kidd Walker - Family line, Perry [bef 1700] & Ragsdale [abt 1644] maternal lines immigrated to Virginia and SC. Researching Grafton[abt 1790] line
• Steve Lake Returning to Southern Colonies and Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia Teams
• James Little - about James
• Chad Olivent South Carolina ancestors arriving in 1679, some New Englanders who settled in the 1690s; Welsh Tract group from Pennsylvania, and Ulster immigrants in the 1760's along the Pee Dee River.
• RL McAdoo Researching Families McAdoo/McAdow, Stewart, Larkin, Glass, Evans, and others located around Buffalo and Alamance (Guilford NC) and Sinking Springs (Abingdon VA) Presbyterian Churches. All established pre-1776. Usually embarked from from Ulster or Scotland and landing at ports of Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Charleston.
• Robby Nesbitt - interested in Provinces of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Colony of Virginia as that is where there are the most connections.
• Dola (Nowell) Acree. Ancestors that I have in South Carolina are Mansell/Manscill, Mobley, Wagoner, Day, and Sanders.
• Alan M. Pendleton - My main interest is original settlers of what is now North Carolina, especially Craven, Duplin and McDowell Counties, and South Carolina, particularly the Ninety-Six District and Greenville areas. My main surnames are Brice, Walker, Anderson, West, Burchfield, Hunter, Murphy, Dobson and Smith.
• Kathy Postelle Rixon - Descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in Charleston around 1680, as well as Jacobite Scots in NC and others who arrived in Virginia. Paternal names: Postell, Derreberry, Hamilton, Montgomery, West, Nichols, Lunsford, Stover. Maternal names: Wall, Carter, Bumgardner, Barnes, Shropshire, Joyce, Hill, Hoyle, Bly.
• Lynden (Raber) Rodriguez - My 1st Great Grandmother, Susie Peace Stone, was born in Greenville, South Carolina just after the Civil War. I have many ancestors from South and North Carolina, and I am slowly, but surely, working my way through them all. My son is a current resident of Charleston, by way of the U.S. Air Force, and is married to a South Carolina woman, and my grandson was born in Charleston. That's why I chose to be on the South Carolina Team
• Tralawney Reeder- Member of Province of Carolina, Colony of Virginia, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Georgia Teams. I am interested is finding more information about the Rhodes and related families from Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia.
• John Rudd - I am the descendant of many ancestors who lived in the Province of South Carolina during the 18th century.
• Lynn Sexton
• Barry B Sheppard- My family includes early settlers into South Carolina as well as Qualifying Jamestown Colony Ancestors.

• John Simmons-writing biographies and gathering better sources for the information added to the biographies.

• John Simmons Jr ancestors in Province of South Carolina, also member of South Carolina, subproject of united states history.

• Betty Skelton Norman - will work on what is needed. Many of my ancestors settled in South Carolina upstate -- what was once District Ninety Six. What is most remarkable about them is not the fame they achieved, but that their progeny endured, still in the Carolina Piedmont, even through the antebellum period. Their surnames are Skelton, Banister, Moore, Todd, Hembree, Brock, Holcombe, Braswell. Quality Assurance-Analysis of Province of Carolina, Province of North Carolina (1712-1776), Province of South Carolina (1712-1776) profiles for dead links
  • Quality Assurance
• Melissa Reed ancestors have been scattered throughout the southern colonies since 1600s. Most ended up settling in South Carolina and Georgia
• Max Snead, Jr.: The surnames of my known maternal South Carolina ancestors and the number of generations between the first ancestor by that name and me are: Anderson (7), Bird (8), Boston (6), Caldwell (3), Chin (8), Church (7), Egleston or Eggleston (4), Ferrell (2), Forester (6), Greenlee (6), Harris (5), Heriot (5), Lee (4), Parks (5), Paterson (6), Tannoch (7), Templeton (4), Tucker (6), Tucker (8), Turner (4), Twisdale or Twisdell (4), Walker (3), Woodruff (1). The 8th generation people are my 6X great grandparents who became parents generally in the thirty years beginning around 1700 (for a few, it was earlier and for a few more, it was later). I am 79 years old and live in Denver, Colorado. I have studied South Carolina history but still have a lot to learn. I look forward to helping others with their family searches, certain that I will learn in the process, too.
• Ken Spratlin - Currently compiling and properly sourcing all records for Spratlin(g) surname in Virginia pre-1800. Many removed to SC and GA, and then west.

• Mary Stanley Magnuson - limited South Carolina connections - but have at least 4 Jamestown Ancestors and all of Virginia, North Carolina and some in Maryland.

• Becky Thames-Simmons - Ancestors throughout the Southern colonies, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA. Presently concentrating on SC ancestor profiles.

• Alice Thomsen Staff Sergeant- have relatives in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
• Kathy Stuewe Zipperer: Main interests are the early South Carolina families*Jerry Medlock- All of the Colony Teams and the Jamestowne Team are of interest to me. I feel like I can add something to them all. Our own DNA connection is exciting.who joined with the Salzburgers in Georgia. Working on the Salzburger project.
• Paul Tolleson rejoined SoCOL 7/10/23
• Sonya Trotter - Ancestors in Virginia Colony, Province of South Carolina (1712- 1776)
• Anonymous (Turner) Foster- Many of my ancestors lived in North and South Carolina prior to the Revolutionary War, and some lived in Virginia, including my earliest known ancestor in America, Robert Easley, who settled in Henrico Co VA through William Byrd and the headright system in 1675.

• Lea (Walker) Sullivan- Ancestors in Virginia Colony , Province of North Carolina (1712-1776), Province of South Carolina (1712- 1776).
• Dawn Watson interested in the Carolina, Province of North Carolina, Province of South Carolina, and Province of Georgia teams 11/23/2023
• Bill Vincent: All of my ancestor families migrated to Kentucky. Most of them came from Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas.

Goals

• Add this sticker to your profile: {{Member|Southern Colonies}}
• Identify the men and women who emigrated and settled in the Province of South Carolina.
• Find the existing profiles on WikiTree
• Research each potential profile for references.
• Improve the profiles of people born in the Province of South Carolina (1712-1776). Research these thoroughly so they are fully sourced. Write the biography. Inline source these, if possible connect to the global family tree.
• People not found on WikiTree will need a profile written with good researched sources.
• Categories for this Province of South Carolina:
  • Location: [[Category:Province of South Carolina]]
  • Colonist: [[Category:South Carolina Colonists]]
• For Project Protection, request from any leader

Tasks

This project needs very good sources

1. Write Biographies if profiles are missing the Biography
2. List good sources on profiles to validate them and familial relationships.
3. Develop Categories (please contact the Categories Team Leader before creating any categories)
4. Add {{US Southern Colonist Sticker|South Carolina}} to the profile (below == Biography ==)
5. Request from any leader, to project protect your profile if needed.
6. Members - work on Suggestions for Province of Southern Carolina
7. Quality Assurance working existing profiles for dead links or poor sources. Betty Skelton Norman and Carol Wilder

TO DO

All members

1) Search through the categories for Profiles needing new Biographies. Post on this space page; 2) Biographies Needed-QA

3) Good Reliable Sources - If more are found, please post on source list. 4) Add this sticker to the Province of South Carolina profiles: Use this Sticker instead: {{US Southern Colonist Sticker|South Carolina (1712-1776}}

Resources

See other Team pages:

• Click here for links to other Colonial Teams.
• Province of Carolina Team
• Province of North Carolina (1712-1776) Team

WikiTree pages and categories:

• US Southern Colonies Province of Carolina
• Category:Province_of_Carolina
• Category:Province_of_South_Carolina
• Carolina 1626 to 1729
• South Carolina 1729 -1788 British S.C. page
• British North Carolina
• Founding Fathers information, resources for those involved in the legislature, etc.
• Magna Carta Project examines the descendants of the original signers of the Magna Carta. GREAT resource page!
• Genealogical Sources and Documents
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DBE_Project_Status#WikiTree-24_US_Southern_Colonies_Project
• Reliable Sources for 1700's Profiles
• Managed Profiles Teams
• South Carolina Resources SC space page
• Genealogical Sources and Documents
• South Carolina Project United States History
• The Great Wagon Road by Allan Thomas

• South Carolina Resources
• South Carolina Floods
• Scots-Irish Migration to SC 1750-1850
• Carolina Colony
• Cherokee Nation in the Carolinas
• South Carolina Resource Page US Civil War: War Between the States
• Connectors Team
• USSC Editing Guidance
• Native Americans Project
• US Governors Project
• South Carolina in the Great War
• United States in World War II
• Battle of Sullivan's Island
• Harmon Wills SC
• The Overmountain Men and their Descendants
• Abbeville County, South Carolina 1790 Census
• The Great Wagon Road by Allan Thomas

Other resources (external to WikiTree):

• https://genfiles.com/articles/middle-names/ Middle Names
• "Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters"
  • https://alahgp.genealogyvillage.com/ninetysix1779.html

• Culpepper Connections
• Carolana
• Analysis of Carolina
• Genealogy Trails of South Carolina
• SC County formation
• Orangeburg County, South Carolina, Genealogy Resources
• South Carolina Colony Genealogy Resources
• Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America; Bacon and Brown, Boston, 1910. https://archive.org/details/scotchirish00boltrich/page/n3 accessed 14 March 2022

Sources

• Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America; Bacon and Brown, Boston, 1910. https://archive.org/details/scotchirish00boltrich/page/n3 accessed 14 March 2022

• Jestor

PROFILE FOR Province of NORTH CAROLINA

• Edward Teach Blackbeard

HERE ARE OTHER PIRATES, PROVINCE of SOUTH CAROLINA

• http://www.charlestonpirates.com/edward_teach.html