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on
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Secondary
Research
When
not
researching
my
McLeods
and
working
on
the
FTDNA
projects,
these
lines
are
researched.
Wilke
of
Germany/N.Y.
Jessup
of
England
Checker/Tskeris
of
Greece/N.Y.
Abnett
of
England
Hudson
of
South
Carolina
Ives
of
South
Carolina
Sideline
Research
These
lines
have
married
into
my
family
(primary
and
secondary
lines
of
research
seen
above)
and
are
included
here
to
aid
other
researchers.
I
am
not
currently
researching
these
names;
however,
the
pages
are
updated
as
information
becomes
available.
Arrants
of
South
Carolina
Barnes
of
South
Carolina
Blyther
of
South
Caroliina
Boykin
of
South
Carolina
Cook
Family
of
South
Carolina
Coombs
of
Maine
Checker/Tskeris
Greece
Davis
of
South
Carolina
Dennis
of
South
Carolina
Freeman
of
South
Carolina
Holland
of
South
Carolina
Huggins
of
South
Carolina
Hurst
of
South
Carolina
Jones
of
South
Carolina
Josey/Jossey
of
South
Carolina
Keretas
of
Greece
Medhurst
of
England
Meyers
of
South
Carolina
Moseley
of
South
Carolina
Rodgers
of
South
Carolina
Ross
of
South
Carolina
Yates/Yeates
of
South
Carolina
Sumter
South
Carolina
Genealogy
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South
Carolina
Genealogy
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The
Ross
Family
of
Sumter
South
Carolina
of
Ross
Farm
Road
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
This
web
page
has
been
updated
in
May/June
of
2011.
The
original
intent
of
this
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible.
The
information
on
this
page
represents
the
combined
efforts
of
several
researchers.
I
have
verified
the
information
by
Wills,
Equity,
Deeds,
Census
and
Cemetery
Records
where
possible.
Where
no
source
is
given,
the
information
is
unproven/unverified.
Additions
and
corrections
are
welcome
(rude
emails
are
not).
When
writing,
please
include
the
Page
Title
and
Web
Address.
Proper
credit
is
always
awarded
to
the
provider
of
information.
Happy
Researching!
Keep
the
circle
of
sharing
intact,
include
the
following
if
you
take
information
for
your
own
records:
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
"Walking
with
ghosts",
Research
2000
-
2011
The
Research
I
primarily
research
my
McLeod
line
at
the
moment;
although
I
do
gather
records
on
other
surnames
of
interest
on
research
trips,
I
do
not
as
of
yet
seek
it
out.
Therefore,
a
lot
of
the
information
contained
on
this
page
is
from
the
memories
of
our
elders
and
boxes
of
research
notes
and
records
from
my
father,
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.;
some
of
it
is
from
the
Scarborough
Website
including
most
of
the
photographs.
Thank
you
to
those
who
have
given
me
permission
to
use
them
on
this
page.
Although
I
have
done
some
preliminary
census
research
using
Ancestry.com
On
Line
Census
Images,
I
have
not
yet
spent
much
time
in
the
Sumter
Courthouse
or
in
the
archives
verifying
information
with
the
appropriate
records;
therefore,
readers
are
strongly
advised
to
use
caution
with
this
information
unless
it
is
specifically
noted
as
proven.
It
is
my
belief
that
ALL
family
stories
have
the
truth
in
them,
but
one
must
remember
that
some
of
it
will
have
mutated
over
time
and
retelling.
Much
of
this
information
came
from
the
memory
of
Sarah
"Sally"
Brown
Partin
who
passed
away
in
2005
at
more
than
90
years
old.
Aunt
Sally
(really
a
cousin,
but
Aunt
out
of
the
respect
due
her)
was
the
daughter
of
Catherine
Ives
Brown,
known
to
all
as
Tanny.
Sally
lived
all
of
her
life
with
Tanny
until
Tanny's
death.
For
many
years,
Tanny's
twin
sister,
the
widowed
Mary
Rosa
Ives
McLeod,
lived
with
them.
Tanny
and
Rosa
were
the
daughters
of
Sarah
Ann
ROSS
and
Joseph
Freeman
Ives.
My
grandfather,
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Sr.
lived
the
first
six
years
of
his
life
with
both
his
Ives
grandparents,
Joseph
Freeman
and
Sarah
Ross
Ives;
he
grew
up
with
the
stories
and
relationships
shown
on
this
page.
My
father,
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.,
lived
with
Tanny,
Rosa
and
Sally
for
the
first
six
years
of
his
life,
hearing
the
stories
of
Confederate
Service,
immigration
from
Scotland
and
family
relationships.
It
is
a
pity
Dad's
interest
in
genealogy
didn't
arise
during
those
years
as
he
remembers
using
old
family
photographs
for
target
practice
in
the
barn!
Thank
you
to
my
dad
for
sharing
this
all
with
me!
This
page
is
dedicated
to
Aunt
Sally
Brown
Partin
-
A
Ross
and
an
Ives
-
but
most
of
all,
a
wonderful
Southern
Cook
and
an
unbeatable
story
teller!
The
Story
Sally
Brown
Partin
as
told
to
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.;
reported
by
Donald
to
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
The
Ross
and
Ives
families
have
always
been
referred
to
by
each
generation
as
relations.
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
and
his
wife,
Sarah
Ann
Ross,
(fourth
child
of
William
and
Sarah
Ross),
have
always
been
referred
to
as
first
cousins.
No
record
has
been
found
which
proves
that
William's
second
wife
Sarah,
was
an
Ives,
but
based
on
the
stories
of
family,
and
based
on
census
records
which
state
that
she
was
born
in
North
Carolina,
we
have
assumed
that
she,
like
Josiah
and
Penelope
Ives,
was
an
Ives
of
Edgecombe
Co.
North
Carolina.
William
Ross
was
born
in
Scotland,
as
can
be
seen
from
the
1850
and
1860
Sumter
Census
enumerations,
and
probably
born
around
the
year
1784.
He
and
his
first
wife
(whose
name
is
unknown)
and
three
or
four
young
children
set
sail
for
North
Carolina
in
the
early
part
of
the
1800's.
The
stories
told
by
family
relate
that
William
and
his
first
wife
lost
a
child
on
board
the
ship
which
carried
them
from
Scotland
to
North
Carolina
and
that
the
child
was
buried
at
sea.
While
still
in
North
Carolina,
William's
first
wife
died
and
he
remarried
Sarah
who
was
several
years
his
junior
(census
records
give
different
ages
as
will
be
seen
later).
The
daughters
who
had
survived
the
journey
from
Scotland
to
the
United
States
apparently
were
married
adults
by
this
time
and
remained
with
their
husbands
in
North
Carolina
after
William
moved
to
the
Rafting
Creek
area
of
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina.
The
first
Sumter
census
in
which
we
find
the
family
is
possibly
the
1840
Census
which
does
not
appear
to
substantiate
the
family
story
of
the
daughters
remaining
behind
in
NC
(see
below).
Family
lore
states
that
William
and
Sarah
followed
Josiah
and
Penelope
and
their
son
Matthew
Ives
to
Sumter,
who
came
between
1800
and
1810
and
this
would
appear
to
be
bourne
out.
(William
Ross
can
not
yet
be
found
in
the
either
SC
or
NC
1830
Census
records
but
all
his
children
with
Sarah
Ives
were
born
in
South
Carolina
beginning
in
1829
-
see
below)
The
families
owned
Rafting
Creek
and
Bradford
Springs
(today's
Spring
Hill),
Sumter
County
property
that
adjoined
or
was
very
near
each
other
on
what
is
known
as
Ross
Farm
Road
currently
in
Lee
County.
A
road
which
ends
with
its
meeting
of
Ross
Farm
Road
is
now
known
as
Harvest
Road
but
again
according
to
family
legend,
was
formerly
known
as
Ives
Road
while
the
creek
today
known
as
Bracey's
Creek
was
also
once
known
to
locals
as
Ives
Creek.
A
family
cemetery
is
said
to
have
existed
near
to
what
is
today
known
as
Bracey's
Creek
but
in
the
middle
1900's,
the
property
was
sold
and
the
new
owner
is
reputed
to
have
had
the
stones
thrown
into
the
Creek.
A
second
family
graveyard
was
located
on
Ross
Farm
Road,
also
on
property
that
was
sold
but
the
new
owner
in
this
case
cleared
all
the
area
around
the
cemetery
but
left
a
small
grove
of
trees
to
shield
the
graves.
This
second
cemetery
is
said
to
have
held
the
graves
of
both
Ross's
and
Ives,
but
this
is
not
yet
proven
and
unless
the
Ross
graves
are
found
elsewhere,
unlikely
to
ever
be
dis-
proven.
The
Ives
and
the
Ross
children
grew
up
together
and
were
apparently
the
best
of
friends;
when
the
War
between
the
States
began,
this
closeness
can
be
seen
in
their
enlistment
in
the
same
regiments
and
also
in
the
post
war
marriage
of
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
and
Sarah
Ann
Ross.
During
this
war,
family
legend
states
that
Sarah
Ann
spent
her
time
sewing
uniforms
for
the
boys
in
order
to
use
the
uniform
monies,
when
provided,
to
keep
the
family
farms
going.
One
of
the
most
poignant
stories
of
the
Ross
family
can
be
read
on
this
page;
this
story
was
written
by
my
father,
Donald
ROSS
McLeod
Jr.
His
father
Donald
Sr.,
was
named
after
his
grandmother's
brother
who
died
in
service
of
the
Confederacy,
Donald
Ross
(aka
Daniel).
The
Story
plus
the
Research
1800
-
1840
William
Ross
was
born
in
about
the
year
1784
in
Scotland
and
died
in
1861
in
Bradford
Springs,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
and
was
buried
probably
on
Family
Property
on/near
Ross
Farm
Road,
Bradford
Springs,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina.
William
was
married
before
1830
in
North
Carolina
to
Sarah
A.
Ives
who
was
Born
Abt.
1805
in
what
is
believed
to
be
Edgecombe
County,
of
North
Carolina
Sarah
died
in
1875
in
Bradford
Springs,
Sumter
District
South
Carolina
and
is
also
buried
on
Family
Property
on/near
Ross
Farm
Road,
Bradford
Springs,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
(2nd
marriage,
first
wife's
name
unknown)
1850/1860
Sumter
South
Carolina
Census
/Interviews
with
Sally
Brown
Partin
and
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
/
Estate
file
of
William
Ross
Administered
by
Sarah
A.
Ross
accessed
and
copied
June
2005
at
the
Sumter
County
Courthouse
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke/
Estate
file
of
Sarah
A.
Ross,
Administered
by
James
Ross
accessed
and
copied
June
2005
at
the
Sumter
County
Courthouse
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
and
David
Jay
Wilke
William
Ross
was
married
prior
to
his
marriage
to
Sarah
Ives.
He
immigrated
from
Scotland
to
North
Carolina
with
this
first
wife
and
three
daughters
in
the
early
1800's.
One
daughter
perished
on
the
voyage
and
was
buried
at
sea.
The
other
daughters
were
adults
by
the
time
of
the
mother's
death
and
were
said
to
have
been
married
at
the
time
of
William's
migration
to
South
Carolina
with
Sarah
Ann
Ives.
However,
the
1840
Sumter
Census
would
appear
to
indicate
that
perhaps
more
children
may
have
been
born
and
migrated
into
South
Carolina
with
their
father
and
stepmother.
In
William's
1840
household,
a
male
aged
20-30,
a
female
aged
10-15,
and
a
female
aged
30-40
are
present
and
unidentified
-
the
second
woman
in
the
30-40
age
bracket
is
obviously
his
wife
Sarah
Ives
Ross
-
was
the
first
woman
(aged
30-40)
one
of
his
daughters?
As
stated
before,
no
real
proof
that
Sarah
was
an
Ives
has
been
found
to
date;
this
is
the
surname
passed
down
through
the
family.
Appearing
to
confirm
this
is
the
fact
that
family
stated
the
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
and
Sarah
Ann
Ross
were
cousins;
however,
this
could
have
led
to
the
assumption
that
Sarah
Ross
was
an
Ives......
Census
Year
1830
No
William
Ross
found
to
date
in
South
Carolina
that
is
of
the
correct
age
range
(between
forty
and
fifty)
with
the
correct
number
of
children.
No
Willam
Ross
is
found
in
Sumter
or
Kershaw
County
to
date
(ancesty.com
may
not
yet
have
an
every
name
index
for
this
year
or
he
may
have
indexed
incorrectly).
The
following
William
Ross's
are
found
in
the
ancestry
index:
William
Ross
-
Barnwell
County,
South
Carolina
William
Ross
Edgefield
County,
South
Carolina
Wm
Ross
Lancaster,
Lancaster
County,
South
Carolina
Wm
Ross
Spartanburg
County,
South
Carolina
Wm
Ross
Spartanburg
County,
South
Carolina
Anthony
W
Ross
Pendleton
Village,
Anderson
County
,
South
Carolina
W
Ross
Chester
County,
South
Carolina
Although
the
two
eldest
known
children
of
William
and
his
second
wife
Sarah,
are
said
to
have
been
born
cr.
1830
in
South
Carolina
-
it
is
possible
that
they
were
still
in
North
Carolina
in
1830
therefore,
the
following
Wm
Ross's
are
shown
in
the
ancestry
index
for
that
state:
William
Ross
District
1,
Edgecombe
County,
North
Carolina
William
Ross
Surry
County,
North
Carolina
Willis
Ross
Anson
County
,
North
Carolina
(the
Ives
family
migrated
from
Anson
County
to
Sumter
County)
Wm
Ross
Log
House,
Beaufort
County,
North
Carolina
Wm
Ross
Guilford
County,
North
Carolina
Joseph
w
Ross
Mecklenburg
County,
North
Carolina
Census
Year:
1840;
Census
Place:
,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
515;
Page:
31
Enumerated
by
William
S.
Richardson,
accessed
using
ancestry.com
online
subscription
on
August
29
2007
Wm
Ross
head
of
household
-
2
males
aged
5-10
(William
Jr.
and
James),
1
male
aged
20-30
(--?--),
1
aged
50-60
(William
Sr.);
1
female
0-5
(Catherine),
1
female
5-10
(Sarah),
2
females
10-15
(Mariah
and
(--?--),
1
female
20-30
(--?--)
and
2
females
30-40
(Sarah
Ives
Ross
and
(--?--),
22
slaves,
7
family
members
working
in
agriculture,
2
in
maintenance
and
trade
Note:
There
are
three
unidentified
individuals
in
this
census
record
-
1
male
aged
20-30,
1
female
aged
10-15,
and
1
female
aged
30-40
-
this
could
mean
that
some
of
William's
children
from
his
first
marriage
were
in
South
Carolina
for
a
time.
neighbors
included:
Bracey,
James
Barnes?,
Wiley
Wilson,
Charlotte
Cato,
W.H.
Hunt,
Thos.
L.
Smith,
Daniel
Mathis,
Levi
Burkett,
Daniel
A.
Weldon,
John
N.
McLeod
(see
note
regarding
the
McLeods
in
the
1850
Census
information
below)
The
Ives
family
is
enumerated
on
page
34
of
the
Sumter
District
Census
1840-1850
Series
Number:
S165015
Year:
1849
Item:
00128
ignore:
00
Date:
1849/10
Description:
INHABITANTS
OF
CLAREMONT
COUNTY,
SUMTER
DISTRICT,
PETITION
ASKING
THAT
A
BALLOT
BOX
BE
PLACED
AT
CAPT.
RICHBOURGHS
MUSTER
GROUND
ON
RAFTING
CREEK.
(4
PAGES)
Names
Indexed:
- ROSS,
WILLIAM
A.
- ROSS,
WILLIAM
- CAPELL,
WILLIAM
H.
- CAPELL,
C.
A.
- CAPELL,
N.
H.
- CAPELL,
WILLIAM
H.
JR.
- CAPELL,
THOMAS
J.
- ROSS,
JAMES
M.
- BELL,
WILLIAM
K
- WATTS,
W.
T.
- JONES,
ROBERT
- DICKSON,
JAMES
- RICHBOURG,
R.
L.
Y.
- DICKSON,
S.
M.
- MCRADY,
THOMAS
- RICHBOURG,
B.
R.
A.
- DIXON,
BENJAMIN
- RICHBOURG,
J.
A.
- RICHBOURG,
JOHN
JAMES
T
- RICHBOURG,
T.
S.
S.
Locations:
RAFTING
CREEK/SUMTER
DISTRICT/CLAREMONT
COUNTY
Type:
PETITION/
Topics:
POLLS/MUSTER
GROUNDS
Year:
1850;
Census
Place:
Sumter,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
M432_859;
Page:
384;
Image:
153.
Enumerated
on
the
9th
day
of
October
1850
by
J.M.
Stuckey
accessed
using
ancestry.com
online
subscription
on
August
29
2007
Wm.
Ross
aged
66
Planter
born
in
Scotland
Household
1215
Sarah
Ross
aged
50
born
in
North
Carolina
Wm
Ross
aged
21
Laborer
born
in
South
Carolina
property
value
$1000
Mariah
Ross
aged
23
born
in
South
Carolina
(birth
year
1827)
J.L.
Ross
aged
17
born
in
South
Carolina
Sarah
Ross
aged
15
born
in
South
Carolina
Catherine
aged
13
born
in
South
Carolina
Daniel
aged
10
or
11
born
in
South
Carolina
neighbors
included:
Bracey,
Hester
E.
Dixon,
Charles
A.
Gaylord,
L
or
S.
J.
Bradley
(with
an
Elizabeth
McLeod
aged
31,
a
John
N.
McLeod
aged
12,
Francis
H.
McLeod
aged
10,
Mary
C.
McLeod
aged
8,
Margaret
McLeod
aged
4,
Elizabeth
aged
2
-
the
identities
of
these
McLeods
is
unknown
to
date
-
however,
in
the
1840
Sumter
Census
a
John
N.
McLeod
was
shown
as
a
neighbor
of
Wm.
Ross
-
Elizabeth
McLeod
may
have
been
his
widow
in
1850.
1840
Sumter
Census
enumeration
for
John
N.
McLeod
aged
20-30,
1
male
aged
0-5
(Francis
H.),
1
males
aged
5-10
(John
N.
McLeod
Jr.),
1
female
aged
0-5
(not
represented
in
1850),
1
female
aged
20
-
30
Elizabeth)
Note:
the
Ives
Family
was
enumerated
two
days
later
(household
1264)-
their
homestead
was
located
on
Harvest
Road
which
connects
with
Ross
Farm
Road
-
so
it
is
surprising
just
how
many
families
were
enumerated
in
between
the
two
families.
It
appears
that
on
the
10th
of
October,
Mr.
Stuckey
was
enumerating
merchants,
taylors
and
other
"town"
occupations
indicating
that
perhaps
he
traveled
to
the
Ross
Farm
Road
and
Harvest
Road
area
of
Sumter
on
two
separate
days
and
so
the
enumerations
are
somewhat
out
of
order.
The
1860
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
County
Census
shows
that
2
of
the
children
had
married
between
1850
and
1860,
but
that
both
those
children
remained
living
on
either
side
of
William
and
Sarah
on
family
property.
William,
the
eldest
son
remained
at
home
along
with
Daniel
(Donald)
Sarah
Ann
and
Katherine.
Sarah's
age
appears
to
be
correct
in
this
census,
it
is
shown
as
age
55
(confirmed
by
the
1870
in
which
she
is
shown
as
aged
65)
dwelling
number
542
The
enumeration
date
was
23
Aug
1860.
1860
U.S.
Federal
Census
Roll:
M653_1227
State:
South
Carolina
Page:
124
County:
Sumter
Year:
1860
Twp.:
Bradford
Springs
William
age
76
Farmer
Scotland;
Sarah
age
55;
Wm.
A.
age
30
Overseer;
Daniel
J.
age
18;
Sarah
A
age
23;
Katherine
(Catherine)
age
21
neighbors:
Daughter
Mariah
Ross
Richburg
at
house
541;
son
James
M.
Ross
at
house
542,
Matthew
W.
Ives
at
house
543;
Charles
J.
Ives
at
house
544;
Henry
and
Sarah
Catoe
at
house
545,
Mary
E.
Boykin
at
house
546;
J.H
or
N.
McLeod
and
mother?
Mary
at
house
547
(no
known
relationship
to
our
McLeods)
and
Washington
Bracy
at
house
548,
William
and
Amanda
Ives
at
house
568,
George
Washington
and
Margaret
Brown
Mariah
Ross
married
William
Richburg
about
1855;
their
first
child
Katherine
was
born
in
that
year
and
is
present
in
their
household
in
1860
along
with
Henry
and
Timmy.
James
Ross
married
Mary
P.
Jones
sometime
during
1855.
Their
first
child,
Lara
Ann
was
born
in
1856
according
to
the
census;
a
second
child
named
Alice
was
aged
3
months.
James
and
his
family
would
appear
to
have
built
a
house
on
the
property
of
his
parents
at
his
marriage
as
his
parents
are
shown
at
household
542
while
James
is
shown
at
543.
It
is
apparent
that
the
township
line
passed
between
the
area
where
the
Ives
and
the
Ross's
lived
respectively.
In
the
1860
Census,
the
Ross's
are
enumerated
in
the
Bradford
Springs
Township
while
the
Ives
family
is
in
Rafting
Creek
Township.
I
have
been
to
the
homestead
properties
of
both
families
and
the
properties
lie
very
close
in
proximity
to
each
other,
which
confirms
the
family
stories
of
the
children
of
both
families
growing
up
together
and
being
all
the
closest
of
friends.
Death
of
William
Ross
During
a
research
trip
to
Sumter
County
and
the
subsequent
Sumter
Courthouse
visit,
the
estate
file
of
William
Ross
was
found.
William
died
in
October
of
1861
without
leaving
a
Will.
This
fact
was
testified
to
in
Probate
Court
by
the
widowed
Sarah
Ives
Ross
and
their
eldest
son,
William
A.
Ross,
their
youngest
son
Daniel
Ross
and
a
gentleman
by
the
name
of
Levi
Burkett
whose
association
with
the
family
is
unknown
at
this
time.
Estate
File
of
William
A.
Ross,
accessed
and
copied
at
the
Sumter
County
Courthouse,
SC
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
June
2005
The
Children
of
Willam
Ross
and
Sarah
Ann
Ross
Ives
1.
Mariah
Ross
born
Abt.
1829
on
Ross
Farm
Road
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
unknown
in
unknown
buried
unknown
married
to
William
H.M.
Richburg
born
Abt.
1829
died
between
1860
and
1870
-
likely
killed
in
Confederate
Service.
Year
1860
-
at
dwelling
no.
541;
The
enumeration
date
was
23
Aug
1860.
1860
U.S.
Federal
Census
Roll:
M653_1227
State:
South
Carolina
Page:
124
County:
Sumter
Year:
1860
Twp.:
Bradford
Springs
William
H.A.
Richburg
age
32
Taylor;
Mariah
B
age
32;
(birth
year
1828)
Katherine
L
age
5;
Henry
W
age
2;
Infant
age
4
months
(Timmy)
Year:
1870
Census
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
South
Carolina,
img
1,
line
18
family
6
William
Ross
is
deceased
and
the
farm
is
being
run
by
his
son
William
A.
Ross
-
Mariah's
husband
was
apparently
killed
in
the
War
Between
the
States
and
she
is
found
living
with
her
brother
and
mother.
William
A.
Ross
agd
40
farmer
Sarah
A
Ross
aged
65
$1000
$400
Maria
Richbourg
aged
32
(should
have
been
42
according
to
previous
census
records)
Catherine
Richburg
aged
12
Henry
Richburg
aged
10
(should
be
twelve)
Timmy
Richburg
aged
8
(should
be
ten)
Donald
Richburg
aged
6
Children
of
Mariah
Ross
and
William
H.
Richburg
- Katherine
L
Richburg
born
abt
1855
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
United
States
of
America
died
unknown
in
unknown
- Henry
W
Richbourgh
born
abt
1858
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
United
States
of
America
died
unknown
in
unknown
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
unknown
in
unknown
- Timmy
Richburg
born
abt
1860
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
United
States
of
America
died
unknown
in
unknown
- Smith
Richburg
born
abot
1862
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
Confederate
States
of
America
died
unknown
in
unknown
- Donald
Richburg
born
about
1864
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
Confederate
States
of
America
died
unknown
in
unknown
2.
William
A.
Ross
born
Abt.
1830
on
Ross
Farm
Road
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
after
1870
Year:
1870
Census
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
South
Carolina,
,
,
img
1,
line
18
family
6
William
A.
Ross
agd
40
farmer
Sarah
A
Ross
aged
65
$1000
$400
Maria
Richbourg
aged
32
(should
have
been
42
according
to
previous
census
records)
Catherine
Richburg
aged
12
Henry
Richburg
aged
10
Smith
Richburg
aged
8
Donald
Richburg
aged
6
William
A.
Ross
has
not
been
found
in
the
1880
Sumter
or
Kershaw
county
census
in
which
he
would
have
been
around
the
age
of
50;
a
William
N.
Ross
has
been
found
in
Charleston
with
an
occupation
of
Blacksmith
there
is
no
proof
that
this
was
our
Wiliam.
The
census
shows
him
as
aged
55
(five
years
too
old)
and
married
to
a
woman
named
Sarah
who
was
aged
45.
The
census
also
states
that
this
Wiiliam
Ross'
father
was
born
in
Scotland
however
we
cannot
claim
this
with
any
certainty
as
our
William.
Further
researching
should
bear
in
mind
however,
that
the
younger
son,
James
M.
Ross
was
the
administrator
of
the
estate
of
Sarah
Ann
Ross
in
1875
-
this
could
indicate
that
William
was
no
longer
living
locally
and
administration
was
given
to
the
son
who
remained
local.
Possible
Census:
Wm.
N.
ROSS
Self
M
Male
W
55
SC
Blacksmith
SCOT
SC
Sarah
ROSS
Wife
M
Female
W
45
SC
Keeping
House
SC
SC
1880
Source
Information:
Census
Place
Charleston,
Charleston,
South
Carolina
Family
History
Library
Film
1255221
NA
Film
Number
T9-1221
Page
Number
37B
3.
James
Ross
aka
Captain
Jimmy
Ross
born
May
03,
1832
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
December
26,
1906
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
married
to
Mary
P.
Jones
Military
-
1st
Lt.
,
Nelson's
Battalion
(Enfield
Rifles)
General
Johnston
American
War
between
the
States
-
Survived
-
James
enlisted
on
January
14
1862
along
with
Charles,
James
and
William
Ives.
Charles
never
served
and
James
and
William
Ives
were
K.I.A.
at
Fort
Wagner
and
Adams
Run.
7th
SC
Nelsons
Battalion
Company
E
(Enfield
Rifles)
-
Had
men
from
Kershaw,
Sumter,
Richland,
Clarendon,
Barnwell,
Edgefield,
Fairfield,
Colleton,
Lexington,
Chesterfield
and
Orangeburg
Districts.
Its
commander
was
Captain
B.
E.
Boykin.
Because
all
the
companies
of
the
battalion
had
been
raised
directly
for
Confederate
service
"for
the
war,"
they
were
designated
to
be
equipped
with
Enfield
Rifles,
which
were
in
short
supply
at
the
time.
Thus,
the
battalion
is
often
referred
to
as
the
7th
SC
Battalion
(Enfield
Rifles).
The
battalion
itself
is
also
frequently
referred
to
as
Nelson's
Battalion
or
Rion's
Battalion
as
those
men
were
its
only
commanders.
Source:
James
A
Gabel
Year:
1870
Census
Place
Bradford
Springs,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Post
Office:
Spring
Hill
Roll:M593_1509
Page:
23
Image:
45
(1)
James
Ross,
aged
37
S
C
White
Male
Mary
Ross
aged
32
b.
1837
S
C
White
Female
Laura
Ross
aged
14
b.
1855
S
C
White
Female
Salmon
Ross
aged
4
b.
1865
S
C
White
Male
Sarah
Ross
aged
9
b.
1860
S
C
White
Female
Sarah
A
Ross
aged
65
b.
1804
South
Carolina
White
Female
(note
mother
Sarah
is
also
found
in
William's
household
in
this
census-
see
above)
Wallace
Ross
aged
2
b.
1867
South
Carolina
White
Male
Year
1880
Census
Place
Spring
Hill,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Family
History
Library
Film
1255241
NA
Film
Number
T9-1241
Page
Number
261A
James
M.
ROSS
Self
M
Male
W
47
SC
Farmer
SC
SC;
Mary
P.
ROSS
Wife
M
Female
W
44
SC
Kpg
House
SC
SC;
Laura
E.
ROSS
Dau
S
Female
W
23
SC
At
Home
SC
SC;
Sarah
A.
ROSS
Dau
S
Female
W
16
SC
At
Home
SC
SC;
Thomas
Salmond
ROSS
Son
Male
W
14
SC
At
Home
SC
SC;
William
W.
ROSS
Son
S
Male
W
11
SC
At
Home
SC
SC;
Susan
E.
ROSS
Dau
S
Female
W
9
SC
SC
SC;
Katie
F(lorence).
ROSS
Dau
S
Female
W
6
SC
SC
SC;
Wade
Hampton
ROSS
Son
S
Male
W
4
SC
SC
SC
neighbor:
three
doors
down
-
Charles
J.
Ives
Children
of
Captain
Jimmy
and
Mary
P.
Jones
Ross
-
Lara
A.
Ross
born
Abt.
1856
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
unknown
married
after
1880
to
T.M.
Bradley
- One
known
child
–
Malcolm
Bradley
- Alice
Ross
born
Abt.
1860
in
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
unknown
-
not
present
in
household
in
1870
- Sarah
Ann
Ross
born
July
9,
1861
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
July
12,
1938
in
Sumter
South
Carolina
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
1900
Providence,
Sumter
South
Carolina,
enumerated
June
26th,
27th,
28th
1900
Roll
T623_1543
page
13B
Enumeration
District
120
Allen
Creighton
aged
36
Katie
F.
Crieghton
aged
38
(should
be
aged
27
or
28)
Mary
E.
Creighton
aged
8
James
A.M.
Creighton
aged
3
Eva
L.
aged
10
months
SARAH
ANN
ROSS
Aged
37
Sister
in
law
1910
United
States
Federal
Census
Providence,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Hampton
Ross
33
Susan
Emma
Ross
48
Marital
Status:
Single
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
-
this
is
probably
Sarah
Ann
Ross
-
see
mystery
section
below
Florence
Creyton
36
Allen
Creyton
13
South
Carolina
Death
Index
-
Department
of
Health
1915-1949
Ancestry.com
Historical
Records
subscription
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
on
August
31st
2007
Sarah
Ross
died
July
12
1938
aged
78
years
-
Volume
47
Death
Certificate
Number
20197
- Thomas
Salmond
Ross
born
1866
married
in
1885
to
Sarah
J.
Burgiss
buried
at
Providence
South
Methodist
Sarah's
sister
Celia
Burgis
married
William
McLeod
Gaylord
-
William
was
the
son
of
Sarah
"Sally"
McLeod
and
Willis
Gaylord
-
Sally
McLeod
Gaylord
was
the
sister
of
my
great
great
grandfather
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
(children
of
Harriet
Yates
and
Alexander
E.
McLeod)
Year:
1900;
Census
Place:
Raften
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T623
1543;
Page:
8A;
Enumeration
District:
121
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
ancestry.com
subscripton
on
line
August
30th
2007
Thomas
S
Ross
34
married
15
years
Sarah
J
Ross
31
Mary
A
Ross
14
b.
1886
Raudall
c
Ross
11
b.
1889
Maud
L
Ross
8
b.
1892
Livy
E
Ross
6
b.
1894
Emina
L
Ross
3
b.
1897
Ethel
J
Ross
1
b.
1899
Year:
1910;
Census
Place:
Raften
Creek,
Sumter,
South
Carolina;
Roll:
T624
1465;
Page:
4B;
Enumeration
District:
113
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Salmon
Ross
aged
44
Sarah
Ross
aged
41
Maud
Ross
aged
18
Edna
Ross
aged
16
Lena
Ross
aged
13
Ethel
Ross
aged
11
Britton
Ross
aged
9
Robert
Ross
aged
7
James
T.
Ross
aged
10
months
neighbors
-
Sarah
J.
Ross's
parents,
Paul
and
Mary
Burgess
Year
1920
Providence
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Roll
T625_1712
pg
12B
Emuration
District
139
image
927
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27th
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1920
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T.S.
Ross
aged
53
Farmer
owns
property
Sarah
Ross
aged
50
Robert
Dalton
Ross
aged
16
James
T.
Ross
aged
10
Children
of
Thomas
and
Sarah:
- Mary
Alice
Ross
(June
15,
1886
-
????)
+
Frank
Caughman
(????
-
????)
- Randall
Clinton
Ross
(October
18,
1888
-
????)
+
Attie
Hawkins
(????
-
????)
- Maud
Louise
Ross
(1891
-
1945)
+
William
Carl
Scarborough
(1892
-
1961)
buried
at
Providence
South
Methodist
- Livie
Edna
Ross
(November
23,
1894
-
?,
1977)
+
John
Albert
McLeod
(1881
-
1976)
- Emma
Lena
Ross
(June
7,
1896
-
July
23,
1978)
+
James
Robert
Yates
(Sept.
26,
1880
-
June
7,
1957)
buried
at
Providence
South
Methodist
- Ethel
Irene
Ross
(Sept.
22,
1898
-
????)
+
Walter
Weldon
- Thomas
Britton
Ross
(July
24,
1900
-
????)
left
home
in
1923,
whereabouts
unknown
- Robert
Dalton
Ross
(April
6,
1903
-
September
12,
1978)
+
Katie
Boykin
(September
22,
1903
-
April
3,
1985)
- Hattie
Leola
Ross
(November
26,
1905
-
????)
(twin
died
in
infancy)
- Leonard
Hay
Ross
(November
26,
1905
-
????)
(twin
died
in
infancy)
- James
Thornwell
Ross
(June
22,
1908
-
August
13,
1987)
+
Leila
Lewis
(January
15,
1908
-
February
15,
1984)
Children
of
Captain
Jimmy
and
Mary
P.
Jones
Continued
- William
W.
Ross
born
1869
- Susan
Emma
Ross
born
cr.
1871
married
to
Jesse
F.
Smith
-
The
1880
Census
shows
her
age
as
9
giving
her
a
birth
year
of
1871
which
certainly
fits
in
with
the
ages
of
her
siblings.
She
is
named
as
a
household
member
of
her
brother
Hampton's
1910
home
AGED
48
-
in
1910,
she
would
have
been
about
38
or
39
years
old.
It
appears
that
someone
in
the
household
gave
the
wrong
sister's
name
for
the
woman
living
there
in
1910.
The
following
is
likely
to
be
Susan
Emma's
actual
1910
Census
enumeration:
1910
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Carolina
Census
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Jesse
F.
Smith
aged
Susan
E.
Smith
aged
37
James
C.
Smith
aged
4
(birth
year
1896)
Mary
A.
aged
18
months
(birth
year
1898)
Note:
A
circa
1910
photo
shows
Susan
Emma
Ross
and
Jesse
Smith
with
4
children
but
this
census
enumeration
allows
for
the
birth
of
Jesse
F.
Smith
Jr.
about
1910
which
corresponds
with
his
age
(13)
at
his
death
in
the
Cleveland
School
Fire
-
I
believe
the
wrong
child
was
labeled
as
Jesse
Smith
Jr.
in
the
photo
in
light
of
the
discovery
of
this
census.
See
below:
Jesse
F.
Smith
Jr.
(not
shown
in
this
census
born
shortly
after
it
was
taken)
died
on
May
17th
1923
in
the
Cleveland
School
Fire
(Death
Certificate
7879
-
SC
Death
Index
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records
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- Katherine
Florence
Ross
born
February
12,
1873
1861
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
February
5,
1973
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
married
to
Unknown
Creighton
who
was
deceased
by
1910
when
Florence
and
her
son
Allen
are
found
living
with
her
brother,
Hampton
and
sister
Susan
Emma
(see
below)
One
known
Child
-
Allen
Creighton
1900
Providence,
Sumter
South
Carolina,
enumerated
June
26th,
27th,
28th
1900
Roll
T623_1543
page
13B
Enumeration
District
120
Allen
Creighton
aged
36
Katie
F.
Crieghton
aged
38
(should
be
aged
27
or
28)
Mary
E.
Creighton
aged
8
James
A.M.
Creighton
aged
3
Eva
L.
aged
10
months
SARAH
ANN
ROSS
Aged
37
Sister
in
law
1910
United
States
Federal
Census
Providence,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Hampton
Ross
33
Susan
Emma
Ross
48
Marital
Status:
Single
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
-
this
is
probably
Sarah
Ann
Ross
-
see
below
Florence
Creyton
36
Allen
Creyton
13
- Wade
Hampton
Ross
born
June
27,
1876
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
November
5,
1951
Sumter
County
South
Carolina
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
1910
United
States
Federal
Census
Providence,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Hampton
Ross
aged
33
Susan
Emma
Ross
aged
48
Marital
Status:
Single
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Florence
Creyton
(Creighten)
aged
36
Allen
Creyton
aged
13
1918
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number
2379
Order
number
1446
Wade
Hampton
Ross
Address:
Rt.
4
Sumter
Sumter
South
Carolina
Birthday:
June
27
1876
Occupation:
Farmer
Employer
Self
Employment
address:
Rt
4
Sumter,
Sumter
South
Carolina
nearest
relative:
T.S.
Ross
Providence
LEE
County
SC
Tall,
Eyes
Gray,
Hair
Light
Black
4
pieces
of
bone
missing
in
right
leg
Witness:
illegible
McLeod
(John
Albert
McLeod
was
a
brother
in
law
but
it
doesn't
appear
to
his
signature
or
that
of
Edna
-
it
almost
looks
like
Twenty
H.
McLeod)
1920
Providence,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Roll
T625_1712
page
27
B
Enumeration
District
138
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Ross
Hampton
aged
44
Farmer
Single
1930
Sumter,
Sumter
South
Carolina
Census
Red
Road
Household
#50
Enumeration
District
33,
Image
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Roll2214
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W.N.
McLeod
Renting
age
57
(cousin
by
marriage
to
Hampton)
Peelee
McLeod
age
56
Cecil
McLeod
age
23
Sarah
M.
McLeod
age
16
Hampton
Ross
aged
52
Single
Boarding
Farm
Laborer
(Cousin
of
Stepmother
Rosa
Ives
McLeod)
4.
Sarah
Ann
Ross
born
Abt.
1835
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
April
01,
1902
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
buried
at
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
married
aft
1865
to
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
born
Abt.
1834Rafting
Creek,
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina
died
December
12,
1909
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
Census
Year
1870,
Rafting
Creek,
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
Joseph
F.
Ives
aged
35
-
personal
property
value
was
$165.00;
Sarah
Ann
(Ross),
aged
32;
James
W.,
aged
2,
Mary
aged
1/2,
and
Catherine
age
1/2.
Next
Door
dwelling
no.
270
Ives,
Julia
A
aged
64
Keeping
house;
real
estate
$500.00
personal
$100
Eugenia
aged
24
without
occupation;
Mary
aged
21
without
occupation
(
note:
Eugenia
should
have
been
30
and
Mary
24)
5.
Catherine
Ross
born
Abt.
1837
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
unknown
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
Catherine
is
not
present
in
any
of
her
family's
1870
census
enumerations
-
it
is
unknown
whether
she
had
passed
away
between
1860
and
1870
or
had
been
married
during
that
decade.
6.
Daniel
aka
Donald
J
Ross
Abt.
1840
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
furloughed
November
28,
1862
died
December
1862
while
serving
in
Co
D.
2nd
South
Carolina
Infantry
of
Typhoid/dysentry.
The
War
Between
The
States
From
the
notes
of
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.,
namesake
of
Donald
Ross
January
7,
1861,
Captain
John
S.
Richardson,
had
organized
a
militia
under
the
Act
of
the
General
Assembly
of
South
Carolina
which
allowed
the
state
to
raise
a
military
force
(passed
in
December
1860).
Both
Donald
Ross
and
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
had
joined
this
militia,
and
on
April
8
1861,
they,
along
with
other
boys
and
men
from
Sumter
and
Sumter
County,
would
be
mustered
in
Confederate
Service
as
Company
D.,
of
the
2nd
South
Carolina
Infantry
(The
Sumter
Volunteers).
They
left
for
Morris
Island
soon
after
muster,
near
Charleston.
The
Company,
along
with
other
units
of
the
2nd
South
Carolina
were
there
when
Ft
Sumter
was
shelled
on
the
12th
of
April
1861.
Company
D
and
the
2nd
SC
Infantry
remained
at
Morris
Island
until
the
26th
of
April
1861
when
Gov.
Pickens
ordered
the
unit
to
Virginia
under
Colonel
Joseph
B.
Kershaw.
Donald
and
Joe
fought
side
by
side
as
Infantry
men.
They
fought
gallantly
at
1st
Manassas,
Sharpsburg
and
Antietam.
At
the
end
of
the
first
year
of
enlistment,
Donald
re-enlisted
with
the
Infantry
while,
on
March
22
1862,
Joe
Ives
had
joined
with
Sgt.
Hugh
Garden
of
Sumter
to
form
an
artillery
unit.
On
April
8
1862,
the
unit
became
known
as
Garden's
Battery
of
the
Palmetto
Light
Artillery.
The
unit
was
formed
of
seasoned
veterans
of
the
2nd
SC
and
new
recruits.
Donald
continued
fighting
with
Co.
D,
2nd
SC
Infantry.
On
October
31,
1862,
enroute
with
the
2nd,
the
men
came
to
the
Shenandoah
River.
Donald
and
several
other
young
men,
stripped
to
their
B.V.D's,
removed
their
boots
and
proceeded
to
brave
the
sharp
rocks
and
icy
water
to
cross
the
river.
A
few
days
later,
Donald
was
hospitalized
with
pneumonia.
In
late
fall
of
1862,
after
a
"time
out"
from
the
war
at
Centerville,
Virginia,
where
many
of
the
men
became
sick
with
measles,
diphtheria
and
typhoid-dysentery,
the
2nd
was
furloughed
back
to
South
Carolina.
Many
men
died
of
disease
at
Centerville.
Donald
,
stricken
with
typhoid-dysentery,
was
able
to
return
to
South
Carolina
where
he
was
placed
in
hospital
at
Charleston.
On
November
22,
1862,
Donald’s
sister,
Sarah
Ann
Ross,
hitched
the
mule
to
the
wagon
for
the
long
trip
to
Charleston
from
Sumter.
The
family
had
received
word
that
Donald
would
be
granted
sick
furlough
to
recover
at
home.
Taking
several
blankets
and
a
quilt
and
laying
out
a
straw
mattress
in
the
back
of
the
wagon,
Sarah
Ann
began
the
journey.
Donald
received
his
furlough
on
November
23,
1862.
After
two
days
on
the
road,
he
and
Sarah
Ann
arrived
home
where
Sarah
(Sallie)
Ross
fed
him,
and
put
him
to
bed.
Donald
Ross
died
in
his
own
bed
on
November
28
1862.
Donald
Ross
is
listed
on
the
Sumter
Monument
to
the
Confederate
Dead.
Sarah
Ann,
Donald's
sister,
married
Joe
Ives
after
the
war.
Their
daughter,
Mary
Rosa
Ives
McLeod,
named
her
only
child
after
Donald
Ross.
He,
in
turn,
named
his
only
son
the
same.
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.,
named
his
eldest
son,
Kevin
Ross
in
honor
of
Donald
and
the
Ross
family
The
Death
of
Sarah
Ann
Ives
Ross
Sumter
County
Probate/General
Index
B
170
pkg
7
dated
March
8
1873
-
James
M.
Ross,
son,
Administrative
Bond
The
Estate
of
Sarah
Ann
Ross
entered
probate
on
March
8th
1873
and
was
administered
by
James
Ross.
The
warrantors
of
her
estate
were
James
M.
Ross,
(son)
William
A.
Ross
(son)
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
(son
in
law)
and
Issaic
H.
Bracey
(neighbor)
Appraisers
were
J.J.
Leitner,
Charles
Ives
(brother
of
Joseph
Freeman
Ives),
Mr.
Capell,
Jr.
John
Cato
and
Sebastian
James.
1890
-
1900's
In
December
of
1894,
Mary
Rosa
Ives,
the
daughter
of
Saran
Ann
Ross
and
Joseph
Freeman
Ives
(see
child
number
4
in
William
and
Sarah's
children)
married
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod.
Jesse's
first
wife,
Maggie
Josey
had
died
earlier
that
year
in
giving
birth
to
twin
boys.
The
twins
were
fostered
at
three
weeks
of
age
but
there
were
6
children
remaining
at
home
at
Whites
Mill
for
Mary
Rosa
to
stepmother.
In
February
of
1896,
Mary
Rosa
and
Jesse
had
their
only
child,
a
son
named
Donald
Ross
McLeod;
Donald
was
named
after
Donald
Ross
(aka
Daniel)
who
had
died
in
the
War
between
the
States
(see
War
Between
the
States
above).
Mary
Rosa
had
a
difficult
pregnancy
and
delivery,
perhaps
explaining
why
only
one
child
was
born
of
her
marriage
to
Jesse.
After
Donald's
birth,
the
survival
of
both
was
in
doubt.
The
two
were
sent
to
Sarah
Ann
and
Joseph's
home
to
recover
but
when
Jesse
went
to
bring
them
home,
the
grandparents
refused
to
allow
Donald
to
return
to
Whites
Mill
with
his
parents.
The
story
goes
that
they
were
afraid
that
Rosa
would
be
unable
to
care
for
the
infant
along
with
the
duties
of
a
miller's
wife
with
several
other
children.
Donald
Ross
McLeod
would
spent
the
first
9
years
of
his
life
with
his
grandparents,
even
past
his
grandmother's
death
in
1902.
From
1902
until
Joseph's
death
in
1909,
Donald
and
his
grandfather
would
divide
their
time
between
their
home
in
Sumter
and
the
Ives
Dairy
in
Florida
where
Joseph
and
Sarah's
only
son,
James
William,
had
migrated
with
the
railroad.
After
Joseph's
death,
Donald
would
continue
to
live
between
the
two
states
and
various
relatives;
this
pattern
of
constantly
changing
residency
would
continue
until
Donald
was
a
married
man
with
four
children
of
his
own.
In
1904,
Mary
Rosa's
stepson,
Angus
Robert
McLeod,
married
her
first
cousin
Betty
Ives,
who
was
the
daughter
of
Rosa's
uncle
Charles
J.
Ives
(one
of
the
appraisors
of
Sarah
Ann
Ross's
1873
estate
(see
just
above).
In
1907,
a
second
stepson,
James
Ervin
McLeod,
married
Betty's
sister,
Della
Blanding
Ives.
In
1917,
another
stepson,
John
Albert
McLeod,
married
Rosa's
1st
cousin
1
generation
removed
Edna
Ross.
Edna
was
the
daughter
of
Thomas
Salmond
Ross
and
the
granddaughter
of
Capt.
Jimmy
Ross
(see
child
number
3
in
William
and
Sarah
Ross's
children).
John
and
Edna
Ross
McLeod
would
remain
in
Sumter
for
the
balance
of
their
lives,
while
Angus
and
Betty
moved
to
Charleston
along
with
James
and
Dellah.
On
May
17
1923,
300
people,
many
our
family
members,
attended
a
play
at
the
Cleveland
School
in
Sandy
Mill,
Kershaw
County.
Tragically,
a
lamp
fell
from
the
ceiling
onto
the
stage
of
the
second
floor
hall
where
the
play
was
being
held,
causing
the
burning
oil
to
ignite
the
straw
and
oilcloth
used
as
set
decorations.
The
Ross
and
McLeod
families
suffered
losses
on
that
dreadful
day,
those
killed
included:
Mannius
Baum
McLeod,
first
cousin
of
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Miller
McLeod
and
his
family,
first
cousin
1
x
removed
from
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Bernell
McLeod
and
his
family,
first
cousin
1
x
removed
from
Jesse
Lazarus
McLeod
Jesse
Smith
aged
13,
son
of
S.
Ross
and
J.
Smith
(see
notes
below)
first
cousin
2
x
removed
of
Mary
Rosa
Ives
McLeod
Some
Family
Mysteries
Susan
Emma
Ross
Smith
or
Sara
Ann
Ross
Smith
-
Just
who
exactly
was
the
mother
of
JESSIE
SMITH?
In
October
of
2000,
I
was
given
the
family
photograph
below
by
my
father,
Donald
Ross
McLeod
Jr.
Although
it
cannot
be
seen
in
this
scanned
image,
the
photograph
is
labeled
-
The
mother
is
labeled
as
"Susan
Emma
Ross
Smith"
and
the
father
is
labeled
"Jesse
Smith".
The
only
child
named
in
the
photo
was
the
infant
seated
in
the
lap
of
its
mother
-
"Jesse
Smith,
burned
to
death
in
the
Cleveland
School
Fire"
is
what
is
written
about
this
child
and
then
pointed
out
with
an
arrow
(the
line
of
which
can
be
seen
in
the
scanned
image).
The
Cleveland
School
Fire
occurred
on
May
17th
1923
and
the
memorial
plaque
placed
at
the
site
of
the
school
stated
that
Jesse
Smith
died
at
age
thirteen
-
therefore
if
the
child
in
the
mother's
lap
was
Jesse
Smith
Jr.
,
this
photograph
was
taken
cr.
1910.
So,
what
is
the
mystery?
In
1910,
Susan
Emma
Ross
is
single
aged
48
and
said
to
be
living
in
the
home
of
her
also
single
brother
Hampton
Ross
and
her
widowed
sister
Florence
Ross
Creighton
and
a
child,
Allen
Creighton.
How
then
is
Susan
Emma
Ross
the
woman
in
this
cr.
1910
photograph
with
four
children?
Despite
the
1910
census
enumeration
of
Wade
Hampton
Ross
and
his
household,
which
states
that
Susan
Emma
was
living
with
him,
unmarried
and
aged
48,
all
the
other
records
indicate
that
the
woman
living
with
him
was
SARAH
ANN
ROSS,
another
sister
who
never
married
and
spent
most
of
her
adult
life
living
with
her
younger
sister,
Katherine
Florience
Ross
Creighton.
The
following
are
the
records
of
Sarah
Ann
Ross
according
research
in
August
2007:
- Sarah
Ann
Ross
born
July
9,
1861
in
Bradford
Springs
Sumter
District
Sumter
South
Carolina
died
July
12,
1938
in
Sumter
South
Carolina
buried
Tirzah
Presbyterian
Church
1900
Providence,
Sumter
South
Carolina,
enumerated
June
26th,
27th,
28th
1900
Roll
T623_1543
page
13B
Enumeration
District
120
Allen
Creighton
aged
36
Katie
F.
Crieghton
aged
38
(should
be
aged
27
or
28)
(FLORENCE
ROSS
CREIGHTON)
Mary
E.
Creighton
aged
8
James
A.M.
Creighton
aged
3
Eva
L.
aged
10
months
SARAH
ANN
ROSS
Aged
37
Sister
in
law
Note
that
in
the
next
census,
Florence
is
widowed
and
she
and
one
child
are
living
with
their
brother
Hampton
and
maiden
sister
-
since
that
maiden
sister
was
Sarah
Ann
in
1900
in
stands
to
reason
that
it
was
she
who
was
aged
48
in
1910
and
still
living
with
the
now
widowed
or
divorced
Florence.
1910
United
States
Federal
Census
Providence,
Sumter,
South
Carolina
Hampton
Ross
33
Susan
Emma
Ross
48
Marital
Status:
Single
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
-
this
is
probably
Sarah
Ann
Ross
-
see
mystery
section
below
Florence
Creyton
36
Allen
Creyton
13
South
Carolina
Death
Index
-
Department
of
Health
1915-1949
Ancestry.com
Historical
Records
subscription
accessed
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
on
August
31st
2007
Sarah
Ross
died
July
12
1938
aged
78
years
-
Volume
47
Death
Certificate
Number
20197
Note
that
the
tombstone
of
Sarah
Ann
Ross,
which
lies
near
to
her
brother
Hampton
at
Tirzah
Presbyterian
shows
the
same
age
and
death
date
as
the
Death
Certificate.
Is
the
photograph
of
the
Smith
Family
labeled
incorrectly?
Upon
finding
the
1910
census
enumeration
of
Hampton's
household
showing
SUSAN
EMMA
as
unmarried
and
aged
48,
I
at
first
believed
that
we
had
the
two
woman
confused
completely
-
yet
as
shown
above
-
the
records
bear
out
the
fact
that
it
was
Sarah
Ann
who
was
in
that
household
and
not
Susan
Emma.
So,
that
begs
the
question..........if
Jesse
Smith
Jr.
was
aged
13
at
this
death
on
May
17
1923
in
the
Cleveland
School
fire
and
therefore
was
born
in
1910
but
that
years
census
for
Susan
Emma
and
her
husband
Jesse
F.
Smith
shows
only
TWO
children
alive
in
1910
-
then
how
could
he
be
the
youngest
child
in
the
photo?
I
believe
that
Jesse
Smith
Jr.
was
the
child
in
his
FATHER's
lap
and
not
the
infant
in
the
mother's
lap
-
dating
the
photograph
then
would
be
cr.
1912
and
not
1910.
This
belief
is
based
upon
the
following
census
record:
1910
DeKalb
Kershaw
South
Carolina
Census
accessed
August
31st
2007
by
Lori
McLeod
Wilke
ancestry.com
census
subscription
online
Jesse
F.
Smith
aged
Susan
E.
Smith
aged
37
James
C.
Smith
aged
4
(birth
year
1896)
Mary
A.
aged
18
months
(birth
year
1898)
Look
at
the
photograph
again:
The
oldest
child
is
likely
to
be
James
C.
Smith
aged
4
in
1910
The
little
girl
to
the
right
is
likely
to
be
Mary
A.
Smith
who
was
18
months
in
1910
The
boy
in
the
father's
lap
looks
to
be
about
2
years
of
age
-
so
he
is
likely
to
be
Jesse
F.
Smith
born
after
the
1910
census
-
therefore,
Susan
was
probably
expecting
him
while
the
census
was
being
taken...
The
infant
in
Susan's
lap
is
unidentified
-
perhaps
we
will
learn
that
identity
upon
finding
the
1920
census
enumeration
for
this
family.
Are
all
the
photos
on
the
right
correctly
labeled?
I
am
grateful
to
Harvey
Scarborough
for
allowing
me
to
use
the
photographs
from
his
site
here
on
this
page
to
help
us
all
get
a
clear
idea
of
who
every
one
else
is
-
yet,
comparing
a
few
of
his
photographs
with
those
in
my
collection
have
caused
me
some
questioning.....have
we
labeled
some
of
the
older
photos
correctly?
My
own
collection
includes
a
photograph
of
Livie
Edna
Ross
McLeod
and
another
of
her
husband,
my
grand
uncle
John
Albert
McLeod:
Harvey
Scarborough's
collection
includes
a
family
photograph
believed
to
have
been
taken
at
Thomas
Salmon
Ross
and
Sarah
J.
Burgess'
50th
wedding
celebration
cr.
1935:
The
woman
standing
first
on
the
left
of
the
photo
is
labeled
as
Edna
Ross
McLeod
-
Edna
would
have
been
41
years
old
in
1935
-
this
woman
appears
to
be
much
older
than
41
-
compare
with
the
photo
below
in
which
Edna's
husband
John
Albert
is
said
to
be
the
first
man
standing
on
the
left
of
the
photo
-
he
appears
much
younger
than
the
woman
described
as
his
wife
in
the
above
photo
which
appears
from
the
clothing
of
Salmon
and
Sarah
to
have
been
taken
on
the
same
day
-
I
believe
the
woman
on
the
far
right
may
be
Edna
Ross
McLeod.
If
you
can
verify
the
labeling
on
these
photos,
please
email:
If
you'd
like
to
help
us
identify
additional
photos:
please
visit
our
Mystery
Photographs
-
page.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/index.htm
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Wilke
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