Am researching my great, great, great grandfather, John Seay. I find a John Sea in the 1790 Census for South Carolina, but cannot be sure it is he.

Also, have found a JOHN SEE, Whose birthdate puts him in the right time frame, (Birth: 21 Sep 1764 - SC, Orangeburg Dist Death: 4 Jul 1824 - SC, Lexington Co. ), but it shows his wife to be Mary Snellgrove (Abt 1774 - ), which does not fit.

The following information comes from family records and recollections; all relating to and since James H. Seay has been verified. Can you give me any further information on John Seay, the father of James H. Seay, who was a prominent farmer and landowner in Lower Richland South Carolina?

;JOHN SEAY, died late 1828 or early 1829 great, great, great grandfather, First wife was Pauline Nassery ? Children:

  1. James H (1798- 1866;

  2. Thomas ;

  3. Elizabeth;

  4. possibly a fourth, a daughter.

Second Wife: Mary Ann Seay died 1846 (I have seen the text of her will.).

JAMES H. SEAY (1798- 1866 ) great, great grandfather. Wife: Sarah Wilmoth Carter, (1815-1855) daughter of Robert Carter and wife Barbara? (married Dec 8, 1835) and that the children were:

  1. John Robert Dec 19 1841;

  2. Ann Elizabeth;

  3. William F;

  4. Marion J;

  5. Thomas N;

  6. Mary Louisa,

  7. Cecelia N;

  8. James Furman (1840-1861).

;JOHN ROBERT SEAY (great grandfather. First Wife: Rachel Elizabeth Stack Seay (father was John Stack, born 1822, died 1889.). birth and death records according to the Good Hope Cemetery records. Children:

PRESSLEY McLEOD, born 1871 died 1950 in Hattiesburg Mississippi. (my grandfather):

  1. Robert Leon 1866;

  2. Wilbur 1869;

  3. Bessie 1873;

  4. Elwood 1876;

  5. Sada 1878;

  6. Nina 1880;

  7. May 1882;

  8. Arthur 1885.

Please contact S. Seay-Smith with information on this family.

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