Wilson | April 30, 2008
This may be difficult to read online. This is a copy of an article from the Spartanburg Herald. The article ran in 1922, if the date applies to the letter from J.B. Cleveland. The story is a brief tale of a willow switch transported from Mt. Vernon to downtown Spartanburg by “William Smith 1751″ on [...]
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Wilson | April 29, 2008
Of course the original Kings Grant wasn’t found in the home. It’s housed in the South Carolina archives. Here is a scan of a photocopy of the grant. The faults on the document are those of the State Archives. Ralph’s father was William Smith, who immigrated from Yorkshire, England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1684. [...]
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