ID Number: 28-24, 2-A, 9 Mattie Branham Watson Birth: October 15, 1892 Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA Death: April 28, 1961 Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA Burial: Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA Smyrna United Methodist Church Cemetery Find A Grave ID: 16713529 Family Search ID: L7FV-65W Mattie Branham Watson was born October 15, 1892 in Kershaw County, South Carolina to Rubin Branham and Amelia Cook … Continue reading Mattie Branham Watson

1882 Mary Jane Moak Livingston was born February 7, 1882, in Richland County, daughter of Henry Moak and Martha Motley Moak. 1900 Mary J Woak was counted in the census on 04 Jun 1900 in Richland, South Carolina, USA as a 19-year-old, single, female, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father, Henry Woak, her mother Martha Woak; and her brother John A Woak. … Continue reading Mary Jane Moak Livingston

1894  Mary Magdalene “Maggie” “Maggie” Hinson was born on 30 Jan 1894 in Elgin, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA a child of William David Hinson and Elizabeth E. “Eliza” Kelly Hinson. 1900 Maggie Hinson was counted in the census on 07 Jun 1900 in Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 7-year-old, male, single, white, daughter. Also in the home were; her father, William Hinson; her mother, … Continue reading Mary Magdalene “Maggie” Hinson Goff

1924 Thurmond Branham was born on 09 Aug 1923 in Richland, South Carolina, USA a child of John G Branham and Carrie Jackson Branham. 1930 Thurmon Branham was counted in the census on 29 Apr 1930 in De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA, as a 5-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home; were his father, John C Branham; his mother, Cary M Branham; … Continue reading Thurmond Branham

Camden (Special) — Complete power of law enforcement in Kershaw County was returned to the sheriff’s office at midnight Saturday and the Kershaw County Rural Police Department, founded in 1951, was abolished. Kershaw County citizens voted overwhelmingly in last June’s special referendum to return the county’s law enforcement powers to the sheriff. The issue of how the county’s law enforcement should be run had been … Continue reading Sheriff’s Office Heads Kershaw Law Enforcement

1958 On September 17, 1958, Leo Rose was listed in the newspaper article “County ASC Election Held at Kershaw.” On September 18, 1958, Leo Rose was listed in the newspaper article “Community Workers are Named.“ 1960 Leo J Rose born and lived in the Blaney section all of his life, a son of the late  John Isaiah Rose and Ada Evans Rose. Leo J Rose, 45, … Continue reading Leo John Rose

1880 Jannie C. Cook Hornsby was born in 1880. 1944 On November 12, 1944, MRS. E. D. HORNSBY was listed in the newspaper article”Mrs. E. D. Hornsby.” 1951 On November 19, 1951, Mrs. Jannie C. Hornsby was listed in the newspaper article “H. H. Hornsby Is Honored Posthumously.“ 1960 Jannie C. Cook Hornsby passed away on October 1, 1960. She was buried in Highway Pentecostal … Continue reading Jannie C. Cook Hornsby

1897 Thomas Bonnoitt Lunn was born in 1897 in Swift Creek section, Darlington, South Carolina, a son of Jessie E. Lunn and Martha Bryant Lunn. 1960 HARTSVILLE – T. Bonnoitt Lunn, 63, died at his home Tuesday afternoon, September 20, 1960. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 22, 1960, from Swift Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. H. B. Huggins, and … Continue reading Thomas Bonnoitt Lunn

1896 Viola “Vidy” Spires Davis was born January 22, 1896 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a daughter of Nathan J. Spires and Amanda Gleaton Spires. 1960 NEESES – Mrs. Viola S. Davis, 62, wife of J. W. Davis of Neeses, died at 2:15 Friday afternoon, September 9, 1960, at the Baptist Hospital after declining health of several years and a serious illness of two weeks. She … Continue reading Viola Spires Davis

1906 Luther Imanuel Kelly was born April 7, 1906, the son of Adolphus Kelly and Catherine Starnes Kelly 1960 Funeral Services for Luther I. Kelly were held this morning in the Micro Methodist Church at Micro, N. C. Interment was to be this afternoon at 4 o’clock in Smyrna Cemetery, Rt. 1, Blaney. Mr. Kelly, formerly of Blaney, died early Wednesday, September 7, 1960, at … Continue reading Luther Imanuel Kelly