THE QUARTERLY
YORK COUNTY GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DECEMBER 1993
Table of Contents

The Wherry Family In York County - by William B. White Jr., from The Sesquicentennial History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, York County, SC (1808-1958).

The Hutchison Family Of North and South Carolina - by Charles and Linda Reid.

John Currence Obituary - August 2, 1827

York County Deaths, 1877 - Death notices abstracted from the Southern Home, a Charlotte, NC newspaper edited by Daniel H. Hill, a York County native.

Byers Family History Told On Grave Stones (Beersheba Cemetery York Co. SC) - by Thuro V. Byers

Cumberland/Franklin County PA Settlers in York County - by Ann Burton.  Information on the Craig, McCoy, Kinkead, and Howe Families

Recollections of William J. Bowen (Part 4) - Mr. Bowen's recollections about his neighbors who lived along Allison Creek east of Yorkville before and after the Civil War show an intimate knowledge of the family life of his communtiy.

General Sessions Journal, York District, 1806-1808 - The General Sessions Journal is an account of court business - jury lists, appontments by judges, indictments and verdicts of the court cases, recommendations of the grand jury, etc...

John Springs' Daybook (Part 2) - The planter, John Springs III, of the Fort Mill area, was active in many areas and kept meticulous accounts of his activities which included the operation of a country store in 1808.  The store accounts were for a store called "J.&A. Springs" which he operated at Springfield in partnership with his brother, Adam Springs.

Notes On The Rooker and Kerr Families - An edited abstract of notes made by the Creed sisters, Henrietta & Paulina, deceased of Rock Hill.

Civil War Veterans Pension Regulations

James B. Davison Obituary - April 1885

Co. B, 12th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, Casualties at the Battle of Groveton VA - From the Yorkville Enquirer, September 10, 1862.

Robert and Jane Harris -  From A History of the Harris Family, 1754-1895 by Mary Letitia Chalmers.

Wallaces of Clark's Fork and Allison Creek - by Robert E. Wallace

York County Marriages - 1876 - York County marriages found in the Southern Home, a Charlotte NC newspaper edited by Daniel H. Hill, a York County native.

"To The Great Scandal of Good Citizens" - Court of General Sessions, Case #916 (826) Fall 1858.

The Telephone Connects Rock Hill and York - 0From the Yorkville Enquirer March 3, 1887

"The Flying Visit Home" - by Sam Thoms, Historical Center of York County SC.  The 17th and 18th Regiments, South Carolina Volunteers during the spring of 1863.

Choctaws take in the Catawbas - (1851)

Tombstone Inscriptions in Old Pettus Cemetery

The Education of Thomas Dryden Spratt - by Thomas Dryden Spratt, July 1875.

Obituary of Mrs. O'Leary - From the Yorkville Enquirer, February 7, 1884.

Obiruary of Jeremiah Moss - From the Yorkville Enquirer, May 18, 1887.

Herbert Lanier-Great Uncle Of The Poet - by Louise Pettus

York County Justice System in the 1780's

Elcetion District 10 - New Acquistion District, 1776.

McCorkle Pension - War of 1812 -  Stephen McCorkle, private in Captain Kendrick's Company.

Broom Drill - From the Yorkville Enquirer, June 4, 1885.

Dr. J.E. Massey - From the Yorkville Enquirer, circa 1890.

Yorkville's First Physician - Dr. Josiah Moore, 1803.

J.H. Walker's King's Mountain Hotel - Advertisement, Yorkville Remedy, April 7, 1853.

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