Re: Finally an answer on John Sinclair in Union Co. SC

["Matheson" <zoo@uswest.net>]

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Lisa,

Wow!  What an amazing family story!  I'm going to add that to my
'collection' of anecdotal stories I tell people about researching their
family history.  I'm glad you finally have an answer of sorts.

Karen Matheson
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From: Toomean2@aol.com <Toomean2@aol.com>
To: sinclair@zilker.net <sinclair@zilker.net>
Date: Saturday, September 26, 1998 2:44 PM
Subject: Finally an answer on John Sinclair in Union Co. SC


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>For those of you who have seen my postings on John Sinclair in SC, I
finally
>have
>an answer.  I may have mentioned that my grandfather told my mother that
his
>g-grandfather was found running wild on Brown's Creek.  The only part that
was
>wrong, was that it was Turkey creek not Browns Creek.  Here is the
newspaper
>article that proves such:
>
>THE NEW ERA  Union co. SC Thursday, April 8, 1897
>
>A STRANGE FAMILY
>The Father was Captured Wild
>[Near Union]
>
>About five miles from Lockhart Mills, in this county lives a family,
Sinclair
>by name,
>with a remarkable record.
>     It comprises the father, mother, and two daughters and they are
>prosperous, happy and contented, contracting no debts, weaving their own
cloth
>they wear,
>doing all their own work, using neither whiskey or tobacco, and raising
>anything they
>consume except sugar and coffee, which is purchased from the proceeds of
the
>sale
>of chickens and eggs.
>     But the strangest part is yet to come, Mr. Sinclair's father was
captured
>on
>Turkey Creek, four miles below Union Co., in the early history of South
>Carolina,
>evidently being at the time 7 or 8 years of age.  He was as wild as any
beast
>and
>lived on fish which he killed with a stick.  He was run down with horses
and
>captured,
>and of course could not talk.  He was given the name of Sinclair and
adopted
>by kind hearted people, who raised him.  He finally developed into a useful
>citizen, but always
>showed evidence of his strange youth.  His history remained a blank, but
>probably
>back of it all if we but knew, was some thrilling and remarkable romance.
>     His son, deferred to above, is now in his 86 year, his wife being 79.
>
>[the son referred to is James Sinclair and his wife Susan Powell]
>
>interesting huh?
>
>Lisa Burns, in SC
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