Family Websites
These are websites that are
related to families that lived in or passed through Old
Marion District, Marlboro, and other Pee Dee area
counties. Some of the sites belong to members of the Pee
Dee Chapter, SCGS. Others are interesting because they
mention or touch on local families. Some are clearing
houses or one-name-studies for surnames that are
represented in the Pee Dee area. If you know of other
family websites of interest, please send the link for
evaluation.
Disclaimer
The Pee Dee Chapter wants to make our members
and the public aware of the wide variety of websites with
information about Pee Dee area families, and to point out
some of their highlights and surnames. However the Pee
Dee Chapter CANNOT guarantee the validity or accuracy of
the research and information on other websites. It is up
to the individual researcher to verify any information
they might find.
Marty
Grant's Genealogy Pages
Marty has an amazing amount of data on his
genealogy pages about many families of Old Marion
District. Families under study here include Barnes,
Blackman, Campbell, Collins, Crawford, Cribb, Edwards,
Floyd, Huggins, James, Johnson, Lane, Sanders/Saunders,
Turner, Wood, and more. Anyone doing genealogy in Old Marion has
to take a look. Well cited and fascinating.
Descendants of Richard Adams
&
Descendants of Jonathan Adams and
Mary Robeson
The
previous Adams link was broken, and the website can no
longer be found.
Here are two more websites concerning the family line of
Shockley Adams, of Marlboro County.
Ard
Records
Formerly at:
http://www.dycon.com/ardfamily/Ard-nst2.html
A website full of
Ard family records arranged chronogically. Many in Marion
and neighboring counties. (Hit the 'return' button to go
to a full menu for that website.)
Ashworth
& Related
Lee
Murrah's family website. Local connections include
Ashworth, Dial, Perkins, perhaps others. James Ashworth
was in the Pee Dee Area during and before the
Revolutionary War. Of special interest to those with
mixed racial heritage.
Bethea,
Berry, & Other Related
Barbara Bethea's family website. Be sure
to scroll down to the writings of her ancestor, Philip Y.
Bethea, who was a former sheriff of Marion County. He was
also a surveyor, and the 1882 map of Marion County is
based on his update of the Mills Atlas map of Marion
District. This is a wonderful site for anyone interested
in the history of the Pee Dee area. (See James Robert
Bethea home, pictured below; James Robert was father of
Philip Y. Bethea.)
Bethea
Family Organization
Another Bethea family site - charts and
many photos. Manning-Parham house (old photo), Arkansas
Bethea family. Directions to Bethea cemeteries and more.
Bracey
Website by Ed Dunn. Largely about the Bracey family of
the Rowland and Abbotsburg area of Robeson County, North
Carolina, but they had many ties to Marion County,
including Miller, Abbot, Thompson, other families. Ed has
posted some wonderful old photos. I found pics of my Horn
and Thompson relatives here. There is also a great 1906
family reunion photo featuring Louisa Jane (Miller)
Bracey, granddaughter of "Old Man" William
Miller of Marion.
Braswell Family Resources
This is a one name website, so you will
have to search for references to the Braswell family of
Old Marion County. The Braswell line linked on this
website (My Braswell Ancestry) contains
abstracts and transcriptions of many records counties
such as Isle of Wight Co Virginia, Bertie, Edgecombe,
Nash, North Carolina and others where many families in
Old Marion originated.
Bryan/Bryant
"The Bryan Family Home Page -
Descendants of Jesse Bryan of SC."
Bob Bryan's family chart showing his descent from Jesse
Bryant and wife Mourning Smith Bryant. Bob descends from
their son, Jesse Bryan(t), Jr., who migrated from Marion District, SC in the
1820s to West Florida Territory and settled in Covington
County, Alabama. Bob's biography of Jesse Jr. is
especially interesting.
Cameron
Levender Cameron and his wife Hester and their family
left the Nichols area of Old Marion about 1807. This
website follows the Marion County MS line that is
believed to be their family.
Carmichael
Debbie Church Kerner's Carmichael family
website, with information on Carmichaels everywhere, but
especially in Marion/Dillon County, SC. Debbie has been
the Clan Carmichael USA Genealogist for many years. Her
genealogical columns, Carmichael Connections,
which appear in the Clan newsletter, The Eagle's
Gate, are here. Be sure to take a look at her Guest
Book, which contains Carmichael queries from all over the
world. NEW on Debbie's site - photographs.
Carmichael
& McCormick
Nancy Bristern's lovely website about her
Carmichael and McCormick and other ancestors. Photos of
Stewartsville Cemetery in Scotland County NC; newly
discovered information on the Commodore Dougald
Carmichael family.
Christmas
Herbert Turner's "Christmas Home
Page" has been online since 1997, and his chart is
documented with must-see notes. Christmas was a small
family whose connections included Ammons, Calder,
Foxworth, Lane, and Turner families. (See the descendants
of William Christmas, son of Jonathan.)
Coleman
Several lines are followed. Clues to the
origins of the Marion County Coleman family may be in
some of the files posted here that include charts,
abstracts of documents, and details on the Coleman family
of Bladen/Robeson/Columbus County, NC. Many family names
famliar to Marion area researchers can be found in the
charts and notes posted here, including the Nichols
family. (Also see Culpepper, below)
Conner Family of Wahee
An African-American family with early
roots in Marion County, in particular in the Wahee Neck
area. Website includes a family tree beginning with James
Conner, Sr. (born 1841) and his father, a slave named
James who came from Spartanburg County, SC. Also shows
connections to Williams, Wise, Johnson, and other Marion
families; family and tombstone photos.
Culpepper Family Clearing House
Another well done family clearing house.
Link posted here to the Culpepper family of old Marion:
Culpepper of Marion County
Follows Henry Culpepper who came from Martin County, NC
and married Mary Coleman. A number of Marion deeds are
cited showing lands on Jeffries Creek, in what is now
Florence County. Other family names mentioned here are
Brown, Burnet, Derackin, Exum, Gregg, Hicks, many more.
There is also a link here that follows the Coleman line
and some interesting data on Robert Coleman, Pee Dee area
Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife Prudence.
Eaddy
Website of Vanik & Bernadine Eaddy. Links disclose
information on James Eaddy, Jacob Bartell, Robert Hanna,
Huggins of Sewee, and other families.
Edwards
Rose Edwards' website for Edwards and many related
families. Primarily consists of charts, but Rose loads
her charts with lots of data and quotations from original
documents.
Finklea
Lots of local Finklea queries on this
site, with replies from various researchers.
Godbold Cousins
Bushy Hartman's amazing collection of
Godbold resources. Includes many scans of original
documents and numerous transcriptions. A must see for
anyone doing research in old Marion.

Thomas Godbold House, Marion
1804
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Godbolds
of the Southeastern United States
Ed Godbold's site. Information on some of
the Godbolds who went west. Also includes more
documentation on the early Godbolds of South Carolina.
Graves
Family Clearinghouse
Have to search for individuals or
locations. Contains documents, genealogies, DNA project,
Graves Family Bulletin, much more. Found within this site
is the following webpage about the
Graves
Family of Marion
Found posted here - information on the
early Graves/Greaves family that settled in Brittons Neck
and provided several Revolutionary War soldiers who
fought with Francis Marion.
Hunter
Website by Allen Hunter about his ancestors, Allen Hunter
(1786-1869) and his wife, Rebecca Morris Hunter
(1800-1871). They resided near Pamplico, in the part of
old Marion County that became Florence. Many photos,
tombstone inscriptions, old document transcriptions, etc.
Ivey
This site by Robert W. Baird is about the
Ivey family generally, but there are numerous references
to famlies that are associated with old Marion District,
including some Ivey family members who moved to old
Marion. There are some fascinating old records relating
to Marion County, local families of color, and all sorts
of goodies on this website. Of special interest to Pee
Dee researchers will be the links at the bottom of Bob's
homepage, which contain local references.
Jolly
& Goodyear
"Absalom Jolly married Rhoda Jane Goodyear in 1848
at Nichols, SC" and they soon moved to Alachua
County, Florida. This is their story, by their descendant
and researcher Dorris Harrison.
Jordan
Site is
down, formerly at: http://lumills.ownsthis.com/jordan.htm
Mike Mills has updated his website. It contains
the fascinating old account of the early Jordan and
related connections (Wall, Avant, Sweet, Gainey, Smith
& other), plus more family data and charts.
Keefe /
Keith
Troy
Keefe's website about Keefe's and related families. Troy
discusses many families associated with western Marion
County (especially in what is now Florence County)
including, besides Keefe,
Bigham, Boatright, Bostick, Cain, Eaddy, Hanna, Hyman,
and others.
Lane -
Campbell
Heather Francis' family website. Nice old
photos of the family
of Sampson Elmore Lane & his wife, Forrest Roma
Campbell.
Some queries in the Guestbook.
Lewis
LEWIS FAMILIES IN MARION COUNTY website by J.D. Lewis.
Land and estate records, Rev War records, timeline and
more of many Lewis family members in NE South Carolina
& SE North Carolina; includes Wm. Lewis of Horry,
Benjamin Lewis, many others.
Lupo
G. M. "Matt" Lupo's website has
information on many Lupo families who resided in many
areas, including old Marion, but all seem related to the
Lupo family of early Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Of
special interest is Matt's groundbreaking work on the
early Lupos in England and in Virginia. His archive of
correspondence among Lupo family researchers - the old
Lupo Genealogy Exchange - is posted here. The music you
hear on his site was composed by an early Lupo court
musician.
Middleton
Site is down, formerly at:
http://home.att.net/~jw.middleton/main.htm
Large section on the South Carolina Middleton family.
Lots of other Middleton data, queries, etc.
Monroe
Primarily
having to do with the Monroes of North Carolina, but
there are connections to the Marion County Monroe family,
the Moody and Gaddy families, and possibly others.
Muldrew /
Muldrow / McMuldrough
A Florence and Darlington County family,
with connections to several early families of "Old
Marion" including Finklea, Godbold, Hinds,Thompson
and others.
Munnerlyn Family
This website by long-time chapter member Francine
Munnerlyn Jones is chock full of data and records that
Francine has collected, transcribed, researched, written
and posted here regarding the Munnerlyn family. A very
nicely done site, will provide hours of reading about
this early family.
James
Munnerlyn's Webpages
Gone without a trace. Formerly at:
http://munnerlyn.homeip.net:9999
Much more on the Munnerlyn family of Old Marion; more
documents, deeds, information about family members, links
to letters, etc. James and Francine have been working
together on their Munnerlyn family, and have collected
quite a treasure of old Munnerlyn records.
Matt
McCauley's
Page &
Related Families
Down due to server crash. Formerly at:
http://marionscgen.homeip.net
Mostly about - but not limited to -
families in the (Lake View) area of Dillon County.
Potts Family
Settled on Pee Dee River in early 1700s.
Many area families have ties to Potts family including
Swinton, Thompson, White, others.
Price DNA Project & Family
Pages
Cathy Price Harmon's website with a
difference - documentation of a DNA project involving
male desendants of the Price family. Cathy descends from
Laban Price, who went from old Marion District to Alachua
County, Florida in the mid 1800s. There are links here to
Cathy's Price charts, Price family research, and
photographs.
Rawls Family
Bobby Rawls has been researching this
family for many years. The website is incomplete, but
some of the files Bobby has posted contain information on
the origins of the Rawls family that came from Nansemond
County VA and upper North Carolina and settled on the
Great and Little Pee Dee Rivers in the 1700s. See
especially the file on Old Luke Rawls.
Robbins
Betty Lou Robbins Norem has built this
website about her ancestor, Thomas Robbins, who came wth
his family from Edgecombe County NC to the Buck Swamp
area of old Marion District SC about 1815. Several of his
children intermarried with local families. Thomas, his
wife Mary, and most of their children moved on to Conecuh
County, Alabama within a couple of decades. Betty's chart
follows her Conecuh County line from Thomas, and follows
Thomas Robbins back through Edgecombe County. One son,
Frederick, married Mary Moody and remained in Dillon
County.

Robbins-Moody Home
The home of one of Frederick Robbins' descendants is
still standing at Kemper, near Lake View in Dillon
County. Still known as "the Robbins place" -
the last Robbins who occupied the home
was Mrs. Voncille (Robbins) Moody, wife of Chester Moody,
both deceased.
Sanders
Family Association
"A family club for ALL Sanders - Saunders
descendants."
Post a query. Or click on the History Link for records,
individuals, locations, etc.
Shackelford
Gone without a trace. It was recently at:
http://members.tripod.com/~wvgal/main.htm
You might want to try it again.
This is a Shackelford surname site. You'll have to search
for information on Shackelfords of SC.
The Snipes Family of Marion, SC
A Family TreeMaker
site by Pee Dee Chapter member William Snipes.
Bill has also placed a CD with Snipes family data in the
Marion Archives.
Stackhouse
Gone. Formerly at:
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/6648/Sellers_Bethea_Stackhouse.html
There is
also information about the BETHEA and SELLERS families on
this website. But of special interest is The Stackhouse
Family - portions of the book about the
Marion/Dillon Stackhouse family are reproduced on this
website by Mortimer Henrod Muckleberry, III.
Stalvey/Gasque
Thanks to Robin Moore for suggesting this link. (Click on
the "Dignity" link.) Robin writes:
I thought you might like to add Dr. Ira Benoy's website
to the Pee Dee Chapter's Links of Interest. It's
beautifully done and I think it would be interesting even
if you're not researching the families it mentions.
William Fletcher Stalvey married Idella Venturia Gasque
and he built New Life Church. My grandfather, Gary
Foxworth and his siblings went there for school and Dr.
Montague McMillan taught there.... He's included many
family photo's and one I especially like shows the family
in a car taken in 1911 on the way to New Life Cemetery
for a funeral. The License plate reads: MARION - 195.
Timmons, Cook, and Related
Families
Ray
Timmons' website - a must see for anyone with families on
lower Lynches Creek.
Be sure you take a look at the scanned plats Ray has
posted here. Also photographs, maps, Huguenots, and
family charts with notes and citations.
Trusler
(Britton's Neck)
A Charleston family, it's unclear whether William Trusler
ever resided on his lands in Britton's Neck. However this
website provides some documentary history of the Truslers
that mentions locals such as Abraham and Hugh Giles. It
appears that Truslow Lake, located between Giles Bay and
Little Pee Dee River in Britton's Neck, was probably
named for the Trusler family.
Turbeville
A clearing house for surname Turbeville.
Info on the Marion County Turbevilles, links, and other
helpful information.
The
Tyners
Website of Bess & Blake Tyner,
researchers and authors, primarily concentrating on the
Robeson County, NC area. Check their website for books
they offer for sale, and for information on some area
families, including Alford, Tyner, Prevatte, Snipes,
others.
Watson Family Association
The Watson Family Association Website
(Isham & Mary Hays Watson).
Information about the Association meetings and reunions
at Antioch Church.
White
Under "Major Family Groups" you will find links
to some White and Holloway family members who were in the
Pee Dee area. Some interesting colonial era documents on
these webpages, including a petition from the War of
Regulation and the will of Reuben White.
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