Old Union Cemetery, Union South Carolina
Here rest many of the founding families of Union County SC. Included here is the Brandon family including Colonel Thomas Brandon, whose brigade James Moseley and John Foster served during the Revolution.
Here rest many of the founding families of Union County SC. Included here is the Brandon family including Colonel Thomas Brandon, whose brigade James Moseley and John Foster served during the Revolution.
The headstone of J.S. Sims resides with those of his wife’s family. Fernandis Cemetery Union Co. SC Maj. Joseph Stark Sims was a young lawyer from Grindal Shoals when he signed John Foster and James Moseley wills. He was also operated a textile mill on the Pacolet and was one of three representatives from Union […]
The original Foster’s General Store Larwrence Foster purchased an existing store in Manola Alberta and built his new store in the corner lot next to it. Foster’s General Store became a landmark and the building stands today although it no longer operates.
Believe it or not I have seen my great great grandfather’s name spelled each way. It is an astounding game of hide and seek has been played with me.
Duke Foster was born in Coffeyville Kansas, the first child of Andrew J. Foster and Hannah Catherine Morgan Foster. He visited Manola once in 1911. my dad Lawrence Foster remembers he brought some very fancy fishing gear but was out fished by the locals with their willow twigs and string. In Artifacts is a picture […]
Daughter of Andrew J. Foster and Hannah Catherine Morgan Foster, Vida married Frank McElroy a gold miner in the Snoqlamie Valley. Their children were Leta and Walter.
BIL: 4509 TYP: Concurrent Resolution CR INB: House IND: 20000201 PSP: Fleming SPO: Fleming and Hawkins DDN: l:\council\bills\skb\18143som00.doc DPB: 20000419 SUB: Union County Veterans Affairs Office, to mark restored gravesite of James Thomas (Old Hi-Ky) Moseley; Resolutions HST: Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House […]
the Fowler family plays such a key role in the Moseley Family with three Fowlers marrying three of James Moseley’s daughters. Jarrett Foster’s first wife nancy Moseley had been married to Ephraim Fowler and it is possible that when he and second wife Dorcus Moseley left for Tennessee that they had with them the youngest […]
The Palmetto Fort of Sgt. Jasper and the Revolution have disappeared. Modern Fort Moutrie is a mueum to generations of coastal defence and protection of Charleston Harbour Monument at Cowpens Battlefield – lists combatants including Brandon’s Brigade. Landscape at Cowpens Battlefield My guide at Cowpens, John Robertson Roadside marker in Monck’s Corner Monument Hill at […]
The Pacolet River – from the modern bridge. Grindal Shoals ford was less than a mile upstream from here. Sandy Run Creek where it is crossed by Bobby Faucett Rd. This spot was once John Foster’s land The region of northern Union County where my Fosters lived Here I paused to take a picture. I […]
Elton<Ewell<Andrew J.<Jarrett<John Foster Cousin Elton has always cared a lot about the Foster family. In fact it was the fact that he had kept Andrew J. Fosters discharge from the union army on his mantle and decorated it with a flag of Tennessee that caught my attention. The discovery that such a document existed launched […]
These are shots of the land cleared and farmed by the Foster brothers along with their mother in Lunnford Alberta beginning in 1906.
Melvyn<Ewell<AndrewJ.<Jarrett<John Foster As the mayor of Lyddleton New Zealand Melvyn Foster and his wife Shirley had opportunity to greet the visiting Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. This photo, taken in the 1960s was a prized possession of Melvyn’s aunt Maggie (Dorothy Margart Foster) who expressed love and loyalty for the Monarch her entire life. Melvyn […]
Hand written by Dorothy Margaret Tarplee Foster.
This is the transaction recorded in the Union County SC book of deeds in 1805 of the November 12, 1795 deal between John Foster and Nicholas Jasper. It is estimated to be 293 acres and is a highly irregular shape by today’s standards. Because the survey points are pine knots, stands of poplar and oak […]
The graves of the old original Union Church are the most ancient I have seen. Here are some fascinating examples. Also buried here are the Brandon family, including the commander of John Foster and James Moseley’s regiment, Brandon’s Brigade – Colonel Thomas Brandon.
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