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South Carolina: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
Sephardic Jews have lived in the state for more than 300 years,(*) (*) (*) especially in and around Charleston (*). Until about 1830, South Carolina had the largest population of Jews in North America. Many of South Carolina’s Jews have assimilated into Christian society, shrinking Judaism down to less than 1% of the total religious makeup. In addition, Roman Catholicism is growing in South Carolina due to immigration from the North.
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RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Upper Long Canes Families
# ID: I5323
# Name: Grace Edna KAY 1
# Sex: F
# Birth: 3 APR 1817 2
# Death: 3 JAN 1892 2
# Burial: Lindsay Cemetery, Due West, SC 2
# Change Date: 23 JUL 2005
Marriage 1 Joseph Ellis b: 16 MAY 1810 in Abbeville District, SC
* Married: 24 NOV 1836 1
Children
1. James R. Ellis b: ABT 1837 in SC
2. Margaret Ann Ellis b: 18 JAN 1840
3. William M. Ellis b: 19 NOV 1842 in SC
4. John Ellis b: 1847 in SC
5. Melvin Brantly Ellis b: 17 JAN 1850 in SC
6. Infant Daughter Ellis b: 27 FEB 1852
7. James M. Ellis b: ABT 1853 in SC
8. Walter R. Ellis b: ABT 1855 in SC
9. Tully G. Ellis b: ABT 1848 in SC
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Grace Edna Kay is my maternal first cousin 4 times removed (common ancestor Fracis Clinkscales); and second cousin 4 times removed (common ancestors William B. Franklin and Elizabeth Brawner.)
– Cathy
RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project: Persons of Interest
Irish Roots And Lots of Others
# ID: I13212
# Name: James E Pratt 1
# Sex: M
# Title: Captain
# Name: James E Pratt 2 3 4
# Birth: 11 DEC 1830 in , Abbeville, SC 2
# Death: 31 AUG 1911 in prob , Abbeville, SC 2
# Occupation: 1870 Farmer 3
# Reference Number: 13327
# Note:
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He was the eldest son of Mary Kay and John Pratt, and was a great grandfather of President Jimmy Carter. General Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, serving under Stonewall Jackson and later Ambrose P Hill. He was born December 11, 1830 in the northern part of Abbeville District, SC, near the confluence of Hogskin Creek and Little River. The Pratt’s were among the early white settlers on Little River, but where they came from has never been determined.
Captain Pratt’s great grandfather, William Pratt, had operated a gristmill at “Pratt Shoals” on Little River, and by family tradition the mill had been burned by Tories and Indians during the Revolution. It is evident from his Revolutionary War claim that William Pratt had been involved in the battle at Pratt’s Mill, having lost his horse and saddle during the fight with the infamous Tory, “Bloody Bill” Cunningham…
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James E. Pratt was my maternal second cousin 3 times removed (common ancestor: Francis Clinkscales); and third cousin 3 times removed (common ancestors: William B. Franklin who married Elizabeth Brawner).
– Cathy
