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1752 Arrival on the Caledonia
My ancestor, Caspar Byerley arrived in Charleston South Carolina in October of 1752 aboard the ship Caledonia. From the research of L. W. Folmar, I found that the Caledonia was ” a three masted ship about 85 feet in length, square rigged on … Continue reading
Parents of Pleasant Henry Leffew
Researching one’s family to identify the “begats” is an exercise of working backwards, generation by generation. Prior to the digitization of many records, information was gathered by visiting places where the records lives. Information was also gathered by correspondence with … Continue reading
TVA Grave Removal of Lemarr Cemetery
The building of Norris Dam in Claiborne County, Tennessee by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) displaced a greater number of families than any other TVA project. The land purchases displaced over 3000 families over the 153,000 acres in the Norris … Continue reading
The Speed of Online Research
When I started my family research back in 1977, there was no internet. Computers that existed were those that required a very large room connected to dumb terminals connected directly to that computer in that very large room. To research … Continue reading
Granny Young – Gone but Not Forgotten
Sam and Sarah Lemarr Young were my great grandparents. Sam Young died 9 years before I was born so I only know him through pictures and stories my Grandmother Barley and her sisters told to me. Granny Young died when … Continue reading
Two Caspers, Two Families
Many researchers of the Byerley family have long confused the two Casper Byerley’s and at one time I was among them, believing that my ancestor first migrated to Pennsylvania and then on to South Carolina. I ignored some important information … Continue reading