 1779 - 1819 (40 years)
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| Name |
MERIWETHER Francis |
| Birth |
1779 |
Spotsylvania County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1819 |
Abbeville County, 96th District, SC |
| Notes |
- 201. Francis6 Meriwether (John5, Francis4, David3, Nicholas2, Nicholas1) was born Abt. 1779 in , Louisa Co., Virginia, and died 1819 in Greenwood, Abbeville Co., Sc. He married Mary Ragland Meriwether, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Sarah Ragland. She was born 15 Mar 1787 in , Spotsylvania Co., Virginia, and died Abt. 1860 in Greenwood, Abbeville Co., Sc.
Children of Francis Meriwether and Mary Meriwether are:
389 i. Catherine Ragland7 Meriwether, born 16 May 1803; died 31 Oct 1880. She married Alfred Cobb; born Abt. 1799 in , , South Carolina. 390 ii. Nancy Ann Meriwether, born 16 Apr 1805 in Abbeyville District, South Carolina; died 17 Oct 1881 in Madison, Madison, Florida.
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RichardFowler22 added this on 28 Jan 2013
1-There was NEVER a 96th District in South Carolina. This implies that there were at least 95 other "districts" which was not the case. In 1767, SC was divided into 7 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, each with a court house and jail, to accommodate the growing residents of the colony. The upper area, taken by treaty from the Cherokees was named NINETY SIX DISTRICT (no hyphen and no TH) because the jail and court house were placed in the little village of NINETY SIX, an important trading post with the Cherokees between Charleston and Keowee their capital.Tradition has it (without proof) that the village was so-named because of its distance from Keowee. 2-At the death of Francis Meriwether (Mrs. Watson gives the date as 1809 not 1819 in "Greenwood County Sketches", page 327) there was no longer a 96 District. In 1785, the whole state was divided into counties (but still called districts). Ninety Six district thus ceased to exist in 1785, as it was divided into the counties of Abbeville. Edgefield, Newberry, Union and Spartanburg...and 100 years later, in 1886 McCormick was formed from Edgefield, Greenwood was formed from both Abbeville and Edgefield, and Cherokee County was formed from Union and Spartanburg Counties.
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| Person ID |
I2098 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
Capt. MERIWETHER John, b. 12 Mar 1753, Spotsylvania County, VA d. 31 Jan 1820, Abbeville County, 96th District, SC (Age 66 years) |
| Mother |
MCGEHEE Esther Martha, b. 24 Nov 1753, Louisa County, VA d. 3 Mar 1807, Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Apr 1771 |
Louisa County, VA |
| Alt. Marriage |
16 Apr 1771 |
Louisa County, VA |
| Family ID |
F696 |
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