Family/Spouse: Mamie Ellen Shealy. Mamie (daughter of John Anderson Shealy and Rachel Happy Boland) was born on 10 Nov 1878 in Dutch Fork area, Newberry County, SC; died on 28 Feb 1972 in Newberry, Newberry County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Drayton Long served in the Confederate Army. His regiment was : 3rd Battalion, South Carolina Light Artillery (Palmetto Battalion)

The 1880 Census lists Drayton I. Long (birth year 1847) and wife, Catherine (birth year 1850). His occupation is listed as "Farmer".

In the 1930 Census, Drayton Long is listed as living with his daughter, Mary C. Meetze and her children.

Drayton I. Long is miss printed in several places as Drayton J. Long. It seems that a lot of people thought his name was Drayton Jacob Long instead of Drayton Isaiah Long.

The 1880 Census lists his name as Drayton I. Long. His signature shows the " I" looking like a "J" in some places.

The Death Certificate of Drayton I. Long lists: " Dratton" (J or I) Long
Birth as January 13, 1846 - Death January 29th, 1931 - Age 85
Birth place: Newberry County - Widowed-----
Father: Unknown - Mother: Elizabeth Meetze - Informant: Jacob W. Long

Drayton Long is buried in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Little Mountain, SC.


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Drayton married Mahaly Catherine Shealy about 1867 in Newberry County, S.C.. Mahaly (daughter of John Andrew Shealy and Mary Caroline Sease) was born on 8 Apr 1849 in in or near Chapin, South Carolina; died on 8 Jun 1922 in in or near Chapin, South Carolina; was buried in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetary, Little Mountin, Newberry County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Death Certificate of Catherine Elizabeth Long lists:
Birth as 1849 - Death June 8, 1922 - Age 75
Birth place: Lexington County
Father: Andrew Shealy born in Lexington
Mother: Caroline Sease born in Lexington
Informant: Jacob W. Long

Notes:

Thomas Long was about 10 months old when his father, Bartholomew, died.
His mother, Catherine, was much younger than her husband and was left a widow at the age of about 35 years. She later married Philip Gruber. In about 1810, 10 years after their father's death, Thomas and his 2 brothers were deeded 150 acres of land on the North side of Camping Creek.

The 1880 Census lists John Thomas Long, age 80, and his wife, Elizabeth Long, age 65. His occupation is listed as "Farmer".


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Thomas + Elizabeth Meetze. Elizabeth was born in 1815; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John + Mary Caroline Sease. Mary (daughter of John C. Sease and Christina Bearberg Lowman) was born on 13 Jan 1821 in Lexington County, SC; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bartholomew Long died in 1800 in Newberry County, leaving his wife, Mary Catherine Minnick Long with three babies. His three sons (George Bartholomew, John Jacob and John Thomas) were almost 4 years old, 2 years old and 10 months old at thier father's death.

Catherine Minnick Long was about 35 years old when Bartholomew died and she married Philip Gruber after the death of Bartholomew.

Catherine and Phillip Gruber had a daughter who married Henry Smith.

It is possible that Catherine married a third time to a Cromer.

The Estate of Bartholomew Long shows that Catherine had trouble getting money from the Estate and had to petition the courts for money each year for support and schooling of the three sons. The Estate papers indicate that the sons were educated for $15.00 per year each. The sons were not deeded their father's land until about 10 years after his death. 150 acres on the North side of Camping Creek was deeded to the three sons of Bartholomew Long

The Estate of Bartholomew Long lists property: ......Horses and furniture, His apparel, Horned Cattle, Sheep & Swine, Plows and Implements, Anvill and Balles, Crops gathered - fodder and corn and cotton, Flour and Brandy.


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Bartholomew + Mary Catherine Minnick. Mary (daughter of George Bartholomew (William) Minnick and Mary Madalena Summer) was born in 1765; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that Mary Catherine Minick was married to Bartholomew Long first, then to Andrew Cromer and then to Phillip Gruber. The widow and heirs of Andrew Cromer in 1809, sold land from the estate of Andrew Cromer (Nby Deeds J 473)

William + Mary Magdalena Werts. Mary (daughter of John Henry Werts and Ann Catherine Hair) was born in 1788; died in 1877 in Newberry County, S.C.; was buried in Sheely-Hipp-Ramage Cemetery, Newberry County, SC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Christina Bearberg Lowman about 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]