I had a few goals for this visit:
- Locate estate records for David and Peter Quattlebaum that FamilySearch had indexes for, but not the actual records.
- Search for Civil War pension records for Nathan Hyler. I had a newspaper article saying he's applied - but did he actually get the pension?
- Find evidence of Samuel Armstrong's service in the Revolutionary War.
- Find evidence of Franklin E Leapart's father, said to be George Leaphart.
I succeeded on the first two, half succeeded on the third and came up empty on the fourth.
On the third goal, I was able to look up the source cited by the DAR for Samuel Armstrong's revolutionary service, which was an article in the South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. But the problem is that I still need to make sure that this is my Samuel Armstrong and not another man by the same name.
As for finding evidence of Franklin Leaphart's father, thanks to Sherman destroying the entire town of Lexington in 1865, there are no pre-civil war records. Thanks a lot Sherman!
I was underprepared for my visit, based on assumptions I made based on my last visit. When I had visited about two years ago, microfilm images could only be printed via a microfilm reader with a quarter receiver, much like a bubble gum machine. Now, there are fancy microfilm readers attached to computers. And me without my thumb drive!
I'd say the visit was moderately successful. I found a few things I wanted, but not everything. We left around 3pm and decided to head over to the Lexington County Library and check out their South Carolina Research Room.
I was underprepared for my visit, based on assumptions I made based on my last visit. When I had visited about two years ago, microfilm images could only be printed via a microfilm reader with a quarter receiver, much like a bubble gum machine. Now, there are fancy microfilm readers attached to computers. And me without my thumb drive!
I'd say the visit was moderately successful. I found a few things I wanted, but not everything. We left around 3pm and decided to head over to the Lexington County Library and check out their South Carolina Research Room.
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