GENEALOGICAL EXTRACTS FROM THE
DARLINGTON FLAG, MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
FROM 1851 – 1861,
abstracted by Robert M. DeFee...This
promises to be the one of
the Old Darlington District Chapter’s best selling
publications. Robert M. DeFee is to
be commended for his dedication and devotion to Darlington
genealogy. DeFee has
located every known issue of the antebellum Darlington Flag
and extracted each article,
advertisement, or notice that contained information of a
genealogical nature. There
are the usual obituary and marriage notices.
In addition to these, we find legal notices
of sheriff’s sales, probated estates, suits in equity, and
reports from the Commissioner’s
of the Poor. Lists
of letters at the post office, land advertisements, crime reports,
prisoner escapes, pardons, notices of court martial, lists of
hotel guests, and railroad
accidents help round out this genealogical cornucopia.
There are numerous references
to adjacent districts as well as other states. For
African-American researchers there are
nearly 500 references to slaves extracted from estate
divisions, suits of equity,
runaway notices, and other announcements. All researchers with Darlington
ancestors will find something of value in this publication.
Two examples follow:
Died- On the 29th ult., Mrs. Siney Odum, aged 93 years, being the oldest inhabitant in Darlington District. During fifty-one years of her long life, she was a member of the Methodist Church.
[Issue
of April 9, 1851]
I
will sell at Darlington Court House, at public outcry, on the 16th of
March, being Tuesday of Court week, three valuable Negroes, viz:
John aged about thirty-five years; Mira, aged about forty-five years; and
Dolly, aged about fifteen years – to foreclose a mortgage from William W.
Campbell to me. Terms made known on
the day of the sale. Saml. W. Evans.
This book is invaluable for all serious Darlington researchers. © 2000, Library
of
Congress Number- 00-11143.
206 pages, soft bound, full name index. Price: $25.00
plus $4.00 shipping for first book and $1.50 for each
additional book.