Fallingwater River

About 1814 John McDowell settled near this spot on the Fallingwater River in Tennessee. He owned 30 acres. When John died about 1819, his estate included a horse valued at $97.25. Most horses that I have seen in estate settlements were valued at $7-$15. John owned a valuable stud horse. Had it been a famous racehorse?



This photo was taken at Burgess Park, which is open to the public. Burgess Park has three waterfalls; this is Little Falls. Burgess Park is near Sparta and Cookeville in Middle Tennessee.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

I am contacting S.C for McDowell Information

I have formed a table of data about the McDowell's in South Carolina. I have lined up the McDs in Fairfield County, Laurens County, and Union County to list the adult men in all records from the Revolutionary War time until 1830. I am going to send this to SC along with family tree information,and get local researchers to search Mcdowell history and court records.

My experience has been that there are local genealogy centers in some of the larger cities, as in the Pioneer Library in Bedford County, PA. I have been there three times. Also, near Rockville, Maryland, there is a genealogy center. However, this does not seen to be the case in South Carolina. I am going to take the advice of a couple others on the Internet and I have emailed the librarians in Winnsboro, S.C(Fairfield Co.), Union Co.,and Laurens, Co. 

So, something is being done! I don't know what people will find, but we are establishing new connections that have never been proven before, so we have to look in several places to find our answer.

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