Richardson Family

• Richardsons in my database  This will bring you to the index page of my RootsWeb database.  Just click on a name of interest.

• Singleton Family Database - An excellent website with over 400 Richardsons.  This link brings you to the page listing of surnames.

• The Descendants of Charles Richardson (links to above RootsWeb database)  Charles was the father of General Richard Richardson (b. C 1704).

• Cemeteries

  • The Richardson Cemetery 

  • St. Marks Episcopal Church Cemetery

• Recollections of the "Sand Hills" in the Olden Days - by Elizabeth Sinkler Manning Richardson, wife of Richard Charles Richardson, Jr.  Includes information about life in pre- and post-Civil War South Carolina.  Also includes much genealogical information.

• Life of Elizabeth Sinkler (nee Manning) Richardson:  More information--also from Elizabeth

• Census Listings

  • Several pages of Richardsons from 1850 Census:

    • p. 95 top

    • p. 95 bottom

    • p. 96 top

    • p. 96 bottom

  • Partial listing of 1850 Census, Sumter County, South Carolina

• Photos

  James  Manning Richardson, Sr. & Mary Spann Richardson
  (Parents of Anne Sinkler Richardson)

  James Manning Richardson, Sr. (1848-1906) Parents: Thomas Charles Richardson & Mary Cunningham McWillie	Mary Spann Richardson (1842-1904) Parents: Richard Charles Richardson, Sr. & Elenora Norvelle Spann
  Their Children: Anne Sinkler 1870-1934 (m. Edward Percy Briggs, Sr.) Richard Charles 1871-1924 (m. Camilla Cantey) James Manning, Jr. 1873-1924 (m. Victoria Joseph) Thomas Charles 1875-1924 Elenora Norvelle 1877-1962 (m. Lucien E. Brailsford) Henry Burchell Richardson, Sr. 1879-1943 (m. Elizabeth A. Richardson)

  • Census Enumerations: 1870 | 1880 | 1900

  • Family Photos of their daughter Anne Sinkler Richardson (married Edward P. Briggs)

  • Family Descendancy Report

  Note: James Manning Richardson, Sr. & Mary Spann Richardson were second cousins.  They both shared Richard Richardson, Sr. (~1704-1780) and Dorothea Sinkler (~1737-1793) as great-grandparents.  

  • James, through his father Thomas Charles, and his grandfather John Peter, Sr.

  • Mary, through her father Richard Charles, Sr., and her grandfather Gov. James Burchell Richardson.

  • Here's a PDF formatted ascendancy chart showing the relationships.

   

  • Wills

    • General Richard Richardson

    • Gov. James Burchell Richardson

    • John Peter Richardson, Sr.