John Truesdel, son of John and ___________, see Part One, b. Kinghill [townland], County Down, 
Province of Ulster, Ireland [now Northern Ireland] 1740, d. Kershaw Co, S.C. 20 Mch 1806 [Fam Rec]; 
m. in Ireland - Molly [Mary] Hollingsworth, dau of Henry & his 1st wife [name unknown] Hollingsworth, 
b. prob Annachinchage [two miles north of Kinghill] @ 1732, d. Kershaw Co, S.C. 15 Mch 1815.

Leaving his father's home, John Truesdel with his wife and children embarked on the brigantine 
"FREEMASON" in 1772, landing later the same years at Charleston, S.C..  As one of the 53 eligible 
passengers, including several neighbors from the Rathfriland area, John petitioned the Provincial 
Council at its 6 Jan 1773 meeting for his immigrant bounty - 250 acres of land.  All petitioners were 
certified as being properly accredited protestants in good standing [meaning at this time Anglicans].  
Only six of the petitioners were able to pay for their warrants, John not being one of these.  Based 
on his grants, John Truesdel settled in the Flat Rock between the present county seat of Kershaw County 
and Heath Springs.

John Truesdel was a soldier of the Revolution having served 40 days in Col Kershaw's Regt [militia] in 
1783.  In Census 1790, as "John Tisdale jr" [enumerator's error] he was living in the Camden District, 
which contains the present Kershaw County, having a family - males, 4 over 14, 4 under, females 2.  By 
1800 Kershaw County had been formed and John had turned over to and was living with his son John who in 
turn had adopted the title of "Junior".

John was a poor correspondent, not writing to his people back in Kinghill until 1792, twenty years after 
his departure.

In places, through error, Molly is given the surname of "Miller".  She was a Hollingsworth, sister of 
half-sister of Hena Hollingsworth [see letter of 1773].  The Hollingsworth tradition parallels that of 
the Truesdale - Cromwellian soldier at Drogheda, moving later to County Down.  While Molly must have 
been a Presbyterian in order to marry John Truesdel, elsewhere in Ireland at this time the Hollingsworths 
were Quakers.  Both John and Molly are buried in unmarked graves above Kershaw toward Heath Springs.

Children, except youngest, born Kinghill:

	i	Robert	Did not migrate with parents.  Went to sea
				in 1782 hoping to join his family but was
				not again heard from [1792].
	ii	Sarah		m. Samuel Jones
	iii	John jr	1769-1854; m. 1797- Nancy McDonald
	iv	James		m. Rebecca ______________
	v	Hollingsworth	1772-1850; m. ________ _________


Second Generation


Sarah Truesdel, dau of John and Molly [Hollingsworth], b. Kinghill; m. - Samuel Jones.  She accompanied 
her parents to America.  This family moved to Alabama.  Children:

	i	Columbus
	ii	James
	iii	John
	iv	VanDusen	[dau]
	v	Malissa


John Truesdel jr, son of John and Molly [Hollingsworth], b. Kinghill 14 Mch 1769, d. Kershaw County, S.C. 16 Jan 1854; 
m. 1 Jan 1797 - Nancy McDonald, dau John McDonald, b. Richmond County, N.C. 22 Aug 1780, d. Kershaw County, S.C. 11 Jul 1854.

As eldest son John jr presumably inherited his father's realty, primogeniture then being legal.  There is 
no will nor transfers recorded.  With his brothers James and Hollingsworth acquiring holdings across the 
line in Lancaster County while John jr remained on the original grant, the presumption is confirmed.  In 
1800 John jr was head of family [Census].  In 1810 his widowed mother was living with him, he owned 8 slaves 
and, in addition to farming, produced annually 170 yards of cloth.  In 1840 he owned 56 slaves.  According to 
Drakeford Ms he was a small man, Nancy was short and plump.  The family were Presbyterians.

At John's death his holdings were extensive - several plantations and 107 slaves.  His will, written in 
1852 [Kershaw County Wills III A 192] bequeathed:
	"to my wife Nancy the dwelling house and 200 acres [100 bought of John Chestnut and 100 of Robert Mahaffey] 
	lying on creek below Hanging Rock bridge.  Also old George his wife Hannah and 5 of their oldest children 
	* * * * for a year after my death; also their beds and furniture.  At the death of my wife Nancy, land to 
	be divided equally among the sons of my son James Truesdell.  My daughter Elizabeth Haile, the children of 
	my daughter Margaret Ballard [as one heir].  vis: Caroline, Columbus, Emily; my son John M and my daughter 
	Martha Gooch - share and share alike * * * to my sons Jesse and John N * * * bank stock to be divided equally".
	
The remainder was to be sold and divided equally, Mary Catoe's heirs excepted.  John had objected to her 
marriage and, in effect, had disinherited her.  He left her sons only $100 each.

John and Nancy Truesdel are buried in Hanging Rock Churchyard, his tombstone with the added inscription, 
"Eighty years a resident of Kershaw County".

Children [Fam Bib in possession of Mrs. Beckham} born Flat Rock [twn], Kershaw County, S.C.;

	i	William	b. 15 Sep 1798, d. 2 Oct 1819
				buried Charleston, S.C.
	ii	Mary		1800-1848; m. 1816 - Wylie Catoe
	iii	Jesse Edward	1802-1873; m. 1823 - Edith Jones
	iv	Elizabeth McDonald	1804-1863; m. 1821 - James 
	`					Cureton Haile
	v	Daughter	b./d. 20 Mch 1807
	vi	Margaret	1808-1844; m. 1829 - Thomas Parks Ballard
	vii	John N	1810-____; m. 1831 - Mary Hilton
	viii	Martha	1812-1892; m. 1832 - Henry Hilliard Gooch


James Truesdel, son of John and Molly [Hollingsworth], b. Kinghill 1760/70, d. 1830/40; m. ante 1803 - Rebecca 
[surname unknown], b. @1785, d. after 1850 [Census].  James' parentage is established by references in the 
early correspondence.  He married possibly as early as 1800 when he settled in Pleasant Hill [twn], Lancaster 
County, S.C. [Census].  James was a planter, his wife carrying on as such after his death.  Children as known:

	i	John		1805-____; m. Mary M____________
	ii	Henry		1810-1857; m. Drucilla Cauthen
	iii	James Rembert 	1816-____; m. Eliza Cauthen
	iv	George	1820-____; m. Mary Ann Fletcher
	v	M___[dau]	b. @1826; living with mother in 1850
				[Census]
	vi	Jesse T	1820-____; m. M________ [surname unknown]


Hollingsworth Truesdel, son of John and Molly [Hollingsworth], b. at sea enroute to America 1772, 
d. Lauderdale County, Fla. before Feb 1850; m. [name unknown].  Hollingsworth [also, Hollinsworth] married 
shortly after 1800, his wife being of about the same age [Census].  He first settled in Lancaster County 
living there until after 1820 when the family moved to Lauderdale County, Fla.  In 1830 he had a large 
family, at least six males and three females.  On 9 Feb 1850 the Florence Gazetter announced the appointment 
of John N Truesdel as administrator for the estate of Hollingsworth Truesdel.  Little is known about his 
family.  Children as known:

	i	John Hollingsworth	1806-1862; m. Nancy Harrison
	ii	Thomas			1812-____; m. Ann __________


Mary Truesdel, daughter of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 25 Sep 1800, 
d. ibid 31 May 1843; m. 25 Nov 1815 - Wylie Catoe [Fam Rec], b. 1800/10, d. 1830/40 [Census].  She 
lived in Kershaw County adjacent to her brother John N Truesdel.  In 1840 her family comprised; 
herself, two males 10/15, one female 15/20, one 10/15, and five slaves.

Jesse Edward Truesdale, son of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 17 Dec 1802, 
d. ibid 23 Jul 1873; m. 2 Oct 1823 - Edith Jones, b. S.C. 25 Oct 1805, d. 27 Nov 1870 [Fam Rec].  
He was a farmer.  Lived in Flat Rock [twn].  Children born Flat Rock [twn], Kershaw, S.C.:

	i 	John James		b. 3 Jul 1824, d. 2 Sep 1825 of 
					"bilious hives"
	ii	Elizabeth		1825-1903; m. John Moore
	iii	Samuel Constantine	b. 1829, d. 17 Oct 1832 - 
						"burned and lived only a few 
						days"
	iv	Nancy M		1830-____; m. John Richard Rutledge
	v	Seaborn Jones	1832-1896; m. Caroline Mary Kirkland
	vi	Jesse Erasmus	1834-1885; m. 1866 Amanda Elizabeth
					Stephenson
	vii	Sarah Rosannah	1837-1896; m. Jesse A. Kirkland
	viii	William Jasper	b. 1 Oct 1840, KIA near Richmond, Va 
					29 Jun 1862 "of face wounds".  Civil
					War, pvt Co G 2d S.C. Vol, mustered in
					State 24 Apr 1861, in Confederate Army
					at Richmond 22 May 1861; promoted to
					corporal 21 Dec 1861.
	ix	Burwell Jefferson	b. 4 Feb 1843, d. 23 May 1900;
						Medical Doctor
	x	Francis Marion	b. 26 Nov 1847, d. 9 Apr 1849
	xi	Franklin Pearce	1852-1915; m. 1884 - Harriet Adeline
					Barrett

Elizabeth McDonald Truesdel, daughter of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 4 Dec 1804, 
d. 11 Dec 1843; m. 2 Dec 1821 - James Cureton Haile, son of Benjamin and Mary [Cureton] Haile, 
b. S.C. 5 Aug 1800, d. 9 Jan 1865.  He was a planter.  Lived adjacent to John Truesdel jr in Flat 
Rock [twn] [Census].  Elizabeth was "tiny, pretty and blond" [Drakeford].

Margaret Truesdel, daughter of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Flat Rock [twn], Kershaw County, S.C. 15 Oct 1805, 
d. 20 Aug 1844; m. 5 Feb 1829 - [Col] Thomas Parks Ballard, son of William and ____________ [Jarman] Ballard 
of Albemarle County, Va., b. 17 Nov 1799, d. Desha County, Ark. 22 Sep 1866.  Her children, by name, inherited 
under her father's will of 1852.

John N. Truesdell, son of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 23 Aug 1810; 
m. 1 Jan 1831 - Mary Hilton, b. S.C. @ 1811, d. before 1860.  His nickname was "Jack".  Farmer and 
planter.  Lived near his father in Flat Rock [twn].  In 1860 he was living alone except for a John Truesdell, 
aged 9; in 1870 and 1880, as daughter and son of Nancy, b. 1844 and James b. 1866 [Census].  There is no 
mention of a second wife and these names do not check with his known grand children.  John N. and Mary are 
buried in unmarked graves between Kershaw and Heath Springs.  Children [Census 1850] included:

	i	James S.	b. S.C. @ 1831
	ii	William M.	1832-____; m. - Margaret A. ___________
	iii	Jesse C.	1834-____; m. 1860 - Jane N. __________
	iv	Mary		b. S.C. @ 1836; m. - Blair Caston.  They 
				had a daughter who married Napoleon Taylor.
	v	Burwell	1837-____; m. - Margaret Caskey
	vi	J___[dau]	b. S.C. @ 1839; m. - Richard Robinson. 
				Living with John N. Truesdell in 1860 
				[Census].
	vii	John Thomas	1840-1930; m. - Mahalie J. Stroud

Martha Truesdel, daughter of John jr and Nancy [McDonald], b. Kershaw County, S.C. 11 Sep 1812, 
d. Lancaster County, S.C. 31 Jul 1892; m. 1 Nov 1832 - Henry Hilliard Gooch, son of John and 
Elizabeth [Riddlespurger] Gooch, b. 11 Mch 1811, d. Lancaster County, S.C. 6 Aug 1893.  Farmer.  
Children born Chester, S.C.:

	i	Nancy Elizabeth	b. 12 Oct 1833, d. Lancaster County, 
					S.C.; m. 4 Dec 1851 - William 
					McIlwain.  Children:
					- Henry J.
					- Robert Edward
					- Mary Harriett; m. John C. McDow
					- William
					- Carrie	; m. John T. Green
					- Loreen
	ii	Margaret		b. 9 Jan 1835, d. Lancaster County, 
					S.C.; m. 4 Dec 1855 - Christopher 
					Brice
	iii	Henry W.		b. 23 Feb 1842, d. Lancaster County, 
					S.C. 31 Jul 1909; m. Lancaster County,
					S.C. 23 Sep 1869 - Mary Jane McIlwain.
					Children:
					- William
					- Lula Mary