1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 8 June, O'Neal Township, page 17, Hse #153, Fam #155 Few, Columbus W M 31 Physician SC SC SC [b abt 1849] Few, Flora E W F 21 Wife Keeping House NC NC NC [b abt 1859] Few, Vernon W M 5mos born Jan Son SC SC NC 1900 Federal Census, Henderson County, North Carolina, 1 June, Hendersonville, District 43, page 1B, 29 West Academy, Hse #9, Fam #10 Few, Columbus Head W F Feb 1848 52 Married 21 yrs SC GA SC Physician Owns Few, Floried Wife W F May 1859 41 Married 21 yrs 5 children/5 living NC NC VA Few, Vernon Son W M Jan 1880 20 Single NC SC NC At School Few, Jennie Dau W F June 1882 17 Single NC SC NC At School Few, Rosa Dau W F Jan 1884 16 Single NC SC NC At School Few, Benjamin Son W M May 1890 10 Single NC SC NC At School Few, Columbus Jr Son W M Mar 1892 8 Single NC SC NC North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000 Few Benjamin Vernon Male White Birth 12 Oct 1910 Henderson County Father Vernon Few, Mother Neale Crowder Recorded Vol 6, P 490 Few Ben Male White Birth 29 May 1890 Hendersonville, Henderson County Father C Few, Mother Floried Justus Recorded Vol 8, P 63 Few Columbus Jr Male White Birth 26 Mar 1892 Hendersonville, Henderson County Father C Few, Mother Floried Justus Recorded Vol 9, P 354 Index to Delayed Birth Certificates Vernon Few, Age 20 (b abt 1851), of Hendersonville, NC Neal Crowder, Age 20 (b abt 1859), of Hendersonville, NC License issued 11 Aug1900 Marriage 12 Aug1900 Henderson County, NC Ceremony by E E Edward, Minister, Hendersonville Witnesses T H Ewbank, Ellen R T Edwards, Carrie M Dunlap ------------------- Thomas Vernon Few BIRTH 5 Sep 1881 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA DEATH 12 Sep 1917 (aged 36) Burke County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, Henderson County, North Carolina Thomas, Son of Dr Columbus Few, Sr and Floried E Justus, married Sarah Cornelia (Neale) Crowder, daughter of Joseph Crowder and Sarah Elizabeth Billingsley, about 1901 in NC. To this marriage were born Mary, Neale, Benjamin Vernon and Frederick William. Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle, 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Thomas Spouse Sarah Cornelia Crowder Few 1878-1950 (2 memporials on FAG) Children: Mary Few Kluttz 1904-1972 Neale Few Woodward 1906-1938 Benjamin Vernon Few 1910-1953 Frederick William Few 1915-2004 Created by Donnie Ruyle 26 Jul 2009 -- Find A Grave Memorial 39893094, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39893094 -------------------
1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 19 June, Beech Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339 Few, James R Head W F Sept 1854 45 Married 22 yrs SC SC SC Day Carpenter Few, Salina [Perlina] Wife W F May 1850 50 Married 22 yrs 10 children/6 SC SC SC Few, James A Son W M July 1878 21 Single SC SC SC Weever [Weaver] in Mill Few, Bessie Dau W F Aug 1882 17 Single SC SC SC Wever [Weaver] in Mill Few, Robbert [sic] Son W M May 1884 16 Single SC SC SC Spinner Few, Tinney [Tiney] M Son W M Jun 1889 10 Single SC SC SC Few, William R Son W M July 1891 8 Single SC SC SC Few, Minnie Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single SC SC SC Hill, Lou Mother-in-law W F Oct 1848 71 Single SC SC SC In the 1910 census the enumerator really got confused on the entries for this family. You can see the supposed corrections for the eldest son and the wife, and yet many details remain wrong. It looks like a first level of correction was made, but that was wrong also, then on the second level of correction, not all the corrections were made. So the entries for Tinnie (the son Tiney) and his mother, the wife, things are muddled. Perlina, the wife, is the final entry, but some of the second-level corrections did not get made. Her name was first correctly written as Perlina L and Wife, but then the main name was marked out but the P was left and a period added, making it P L. 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 20 April, District 67, page 3A, New Cut Road, Hse/Fam #49 Few, James R Head M W 55 Married 34 yrs [mar abt 1889] SC SC SC Farm Laborer Rents [b abt 1855] Few, Tennie M [Tiney M] Wife [Son] (Son and Male written first, then changed to Wife and Female) F [M] W 20 Married [Single] SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1890] Few, Reader W [William Reader] Son M W 17 SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1893] Few, Florence M Dau F W 14 SC SC SC [b abt 1896] Few, Perlina L Son [Wife] (Wife and Female written first, then changed to Son and Male, but marriage info included) M [F] W 58 Single [sic] Married 34 yrs 3 children/3 living SC SC SC [b abt Sep 1852] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Tinnie Murphy Few Birth 23 May 1890 Greer, South Carolina, USA Residence RFD #6, Greer, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Married with child, Farming Employed by Brock Dillard, Greer Medium Height & Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair Registered 4 June 1917 Spartanburg [Spartanburg County], South Carolina South Carolina, Death Index, 1950-1952 Tiny M Few Age 59 Death Date 3 Jan 1950 Greenville County White Male Death Certificate #000460 South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965 Tiny M Few Death Age 59 yrs, 7 mos, 11 days, Married Birth 23 May 1890 Greenville County, South Carolina Residence 28 Morrow St, Chick Springs (Greer Rural), Greenville County, South Carolina Barber, Social Security #249-38-8844 Father James Robert Few Mother Laura Ann Few Spouse Thurza Dillard Informant Mrs T M Few (wife Thurza) Death 3 Jan 1950 at home, Chick Springs (Greer Rural), Greenville County, South Carolina Cause of Death Thrombosis, Coronary, due to Arteriosclerosis, general Burial 4 January 1950 Mountain View Cemetery, Greer, South Carolina, by The Wood Mortuary, Greer, South Carolina Certificate #50-000460 filed 9 January 1950
--------------------------- More About RICHARD FEW: Burial September 1688, Pennsylvania [note the historical source above, on his will, has date of will proving in court as March 1689 (1688).] Church Quaker Emigration June 02, 1681, Left England Immigration Bef. September 12, 1682, Arrived in America Occupation Shoemaker More About JANE WHITFIELD: Burial April 1674, England More About RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD: Marriage Bet. 1640 - 1667, England More About RICHARD FEW and JULIAN UNKNOWN: Marriage England Children of RICHARD FEW and JANE WHITFIELD are: i. JOANE FEW, b. January 22, 1650/51, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown; m. (1) UNKNOWN, b. Unknown, Unknown; m. (2) ROBERT SILVESTER, Unknown, Unknown; b. Unknown, Horsely, County of Glouchester, Mercer; d. Unknown, Unknown. Marriage Unknown, Unknown 2. ii. RICHARD JR. FEW, b. December 26, 1653, England; d. Bef. 1682, Wiltshire, England. iii. WALTER FEW, b. July 03, 1656, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown. iv. DANIEL FEW, b. November 20, 1660, Wiltshire, England; d. Unknown, Unknown. 3. v. ISAAC FEW,SR, b. April 06, 1664, Wiltshire, England; d. 1734, Kenneth, Chester County, Pennsylvania. vi. JOSEPH FEW, b. February 21, 1665/66, Wiltshire, England; d. Bef. 1682, Wiltshire, England. Burial Bef. 1682, England -- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html --------------------------- His birth record is ofund in Quaker records of Wiltshire, England. Wiltshire, England, Quaker Births, 1636-1837 Walter Few Birth 3 Jul 1656 Lavington Father Richard Residence Lavington A baptism record in Witlshire matches Walter. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 Walter Fue Birth Date 27 Aug 1656 [We have the birth date as 3 July 1656 from other sources. This May be the crhistening date, though it is nearly two months after the birth date we have. It is a few days after the reported birth date.] Christening in Urchfont, Wiltshire, England Father Richard Fue --------------------------- Will of RICHARD FEW SR.: The tweifth day of the 6 month in the year one thousand six hundred eighty & sixe.It having pleased ye Lord to visit ne RICHARD FEW of Chester with a great fit of siknes yet in perfect sense & memory But not knowing how it may please ye Lord to dispose of me and willing to setell ye affairs of my outward estate do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following: First I do give & bequeath unto my son ISAAC all my purchased land conserning two hundred & twenty acres as allso my citey lot at Philadelphia with all apurtaning thereof to him my said Son ISAAC for him and his heirs forever he allowing my wife JULIAN the one half of ye said 2 hundred and 20 acres viz so much of it as is or shall be cleared & manuered during her naturell life, she allowing the one half of ye charge it shall be expended thereupon during her said naturell life. Furthermore my will is that my said Wife shall likewise have herr abode and habitation in ye house with my son ISAAC during her natural like allso unless at any time ye house should not be thought convenient or that they should not agree so as to live together that then my son ISAAC shall at his own proper cost & charge build for my said Wife a convenient house of stone of seven feet high in ye wall & 14 long within the walls & 12 feet wide withing ye walls with a convenient chimmey in it. I so allso give unto my said Wife ye one half of ye stock that is raised upon ye plantation and ye increase thereof during her naturell life also and at her death then it shall be given and disposed of to my children & grandcildren and that my Son's Wife shall have the disposing thereof as to which of them shall seem meet and most becoming. Alas my will is yt all my debts and other charges be born & defrayed equally between my said Wife & my said Son ISAAC and further my Wife shall have ye use of half of ye household goods & untensells of husbandry during her life also. But if my said Wife should marey again then my will is yt my said son ISAAC shall have ye whole estate real & personall as above & yt my said Wife shall at ye end of six months after ye day of her mareing go of the plantation, he my said son alowing her 10 pound ye said 10 pound to be paid her at or before ye end of six months after ye day of her so maring. Also my will is that my granddaughter SUSANA FEW shall be sufficienty brought up and maintened with sufficient meat drink and apparell & learning sutable for her ye charge of ye said maintainance & learning to be born equally between my said Wife and my said son ISAAC until she be 18 years of age.but if my Wife should mary as above yt then my son ISAAC should have ye care & EDUCATION of her my said grandchild. [This seems toindicate that Susana's father, Richard's son Richard, has died before his father.] And also I do give unto my to said sons WALTER and DANIEL FEW & to my daughter JOAN FEW 5 pounds apiece to be paid or ordered to be paid to each particular or to whom each perticular shall order it to be paid in this province of Pennsilvania within 3 years after decease but if my said sons WALTER & DANIEL or my said daughter JOAN they or either of them should come into this province that then they or either of them yt shall so come shall have their particular proportion of 5 pounds as above to be paid them within a year after thoir or either of their so arrivall & my will is also yt those above said sums of 5 pounds apiece to be to my above said to sons and daughter by my son ISAAC & my Wife equally between them but if my said Wife should marey as above before ye 3 years after my decease be expired yt then my said sons & my said daughter ye aforesaid sums of 5 pounds apiece and at ye time above said but if either of my above said 3 children should dye before ye time of ye above said payment be expired yt then his or her 5 pounds as above shall be equally divided between ye other two & if 2 of them should dye before the time is expired the two of ye sons 5 pounds should be given to ye 3d but if they all 3 dye before ye said time for payment be expired yt then my said son ISAAC shall have ye whole sum of 15 pounds himself. Also & further I do give to ye use of poor friends ye sum of one pound to be paid within one year after my decease and to be disposed of as ye friends of ye monthly meeting at Chester shall think fit. And I do make my well beloved wife and my son ISAAC my lawful executrix & executor to carefully execute my last will & testament according to ye true intent and meaning thereof. And also I do make & constitute my friends THOMAS BRASIE & CALEB PUSEY my trustees to carefully to see the execution of it according to ye true intent & meaning thereof. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ye day and year above wrighten. Signed in ye presence of us whose names are under wrighten. Proven 26 March 1689 [not signed] -- Descendants of Richard Few, Genealogy.com, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/m/i/Walter-Smith-4/GENE5-0001.html ---------------------------
Greenville County, South Carolina, Marriage License Index, 1910-2010 Walter Lee Few Lola Monteas Johnson Marriage 21 Jan 1917 Greenville County, South Carolina Walter and Lola had two daughters. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Florence Orene Few [Florence O Few] Birth 7 Jul 1918 Greenville County, South Carolina Death Date 5 Feb 2000 Father Walter L Few Mother Lola M Johnson SSN 249286030 Feb 1941 Name listed as FLORENCE ORENE FEW; 10 Feb 2000 Name listed as FLORENCE O FEW U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ella Mae Few [Ella Maefew Brown] [Ella Hudson] [Ella Brown] Birth 4 Nov 1921 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina Death Date 21 Nov 2004 Father Walter Few Mother Lola M Johnson SSN 249286031 Feb 1941 Name listed as ELLA MAE FEW; 23 Feb 1977 Name listed as ELLA MAEFEW BROWN; Name listed as ELLA MAE HUDSON; 09 Dec 2004 Name listed as ELLA M BROWNSouth Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 Walter Lee Few White Male, Farmer, Age 68 Birth 24 May 1890 South Carolina SS #250-36-6377 Residence Rt 2, Taylors, Greenville County, South Carolina Father William Henry Few, Mother Fannie Stewart Spouse and Informant Lola Johnson Few, Rt 2, Taylors Death 24 March 1959 at home, Rt 2, Taylors (O'Neal Township), Greenville County, South Carolina Cause of Death Coronary Occlusion for 2 hours due to Arteriosclerosis Burial 26 March 1959 Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville [Greenville County], South Carolina, by The Wood Mortuary, Greer, South Carolina Certificate #59-003609 filed 30 March 1959 -- FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91F-RWJH-4?cc=1417492
William was widowed before the 1850 census. In that census William was listed as head of a household that included several of his grown children. His daughter Malinda is the oldest in the home, at age 54, followed by her sister Rachel, age 52. It appears several grandchildren are also in this household, children of Benjamin and Mary. On either side of William and his household were two of his sons, Ignatius and Ephraim, with their families. 1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 114, Hse/Fam #841 Wm Few 78 M Farmer $6000 Real Estate b North Carolina [b abt 1772] Malinda Few 54 F b South Carolina [b abt 1796] Rachel Few 52 F b South Carolina [b abt 1798] Mary Few 38 F b South Carolina [b abt 1812] Lavena Few 36 F b South Carolina [b abt 1814] Martha Few 29 M b South Carolina [b abt 1821] Catherine Few 6 F b South Carolina [b abt 1844] Benjamin Few 45 M Farmer b South Carolina [b abt 1805] Mary Few 43 F b South Carolina [b abt 1807] Susana Few 11 F b South Carolina [b abt 1839] James Few 7 M b South Carolina [b abt 1843] Rosana Few 5 F b South Carolina [b abt 1845] Columbus Few 2 M b South Carolina [b abt 1848] 1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 114, Hse/Fam #840 Ignatious Few 42 M Farmer $3000 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1808] Benjamin Campbell 23 F b South Carolina [b abt 1837] Akcy Few 40 F b South Carolina [b abt 1810] 1850 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 16 September, page 114, Hse/Fam #842 Ephraim Few 40 M Farmer $1500 Real Estate b South Carolina [b abt 1810] Milly Few 45 F b South Carolina [b abt 1805] William Few 12 F b South Carolina [b abt 1838] Matilda Few 6 F b South Carolina [b abt 1844] Andrew Dunaho 26 F b South Carolina [b abt 1834] ---------------------- Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s By Orville Boyd Jenkins Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017 One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or valleys southwards and westward. Westward Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana. Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route. Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east. Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania, into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West Virginia. Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys. Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that is now northern Kentucky. Southward Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama. We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines in Kentucky. These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in some genealogies. I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and clues. Westward Ho Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville. Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's brother. Crossflow Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana (across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee into Kentucky. Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South. The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward. The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation. These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic investigations all over the world. ---------------------- Benjamin F Few b 1830, mar Rachel Kendrick b 1840 William Few b 1797 m Sarah Ferguson William Few (1771-1856) m Susannah Tubbs James Few (1746-71) m Sarah Wood (1750-1804) William Few m Mary Wheeler William Few (1714-94) received a land grant in Washington County, Georgia, for services as private in the Georgia troops. He was born in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania; died in Columbia County, Georgia also see Entry #122014 -- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 161, 1920 -------------------- William Few Birth Feb 9, 1771 Orange County, North Carolina, USA Death Jun 12, 1856 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA William is the son of James Few "The Regulator." James was hanged in Orange Co.,NC by Gov. Tyron [Tryon]. William & his Sister Sarah were twins. William Mother's Sarah Wood married a Tory after James was hanged. Benjamin, James's brother when [went?] from Georgia to North Caroline and took William & Sarah back to Richmond Co., GA. Benjamin raised the twins. All of William's Uncles and his Grandfather William Few, Sr., fought the British in GA. William the twin is Sandra J. Savage Ruyle's 5th Great Grandfather. 2nd Great Grandfather of William E. Few. Inscription: Erected by Benjamin Few Burial Few Family Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Maintained by Amanda Few Allen, Originally Created by Robin Farley Dixson Apr 24, 2005 -- Find A Grave Memorial #10846582, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10846582&ref=acom --------------------
William Few, wife Mary Wheeler. William's father is reported to be a Mr. Few, immigrant from Wales, who came to Pennsylvania with William Penn. William Few's birth date is here reported to be 1709 in Pennsylvania, while other historical sources report he was born in 1714. -- Clarence McCutchen, application for the Sons of the American Revolution, dated 24 May 1917, Ancestry.com genealogy library Family Data Collection - Individual Records William Few Spouse Mary Wheeler Parents Isaac Few, Hannah Stanfield Birth 16 May 1714 Chester County, Kennett Township, Pennsylvania Marriage 1742 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Death 27 Jul 1794 Chester County, Pennsylvania Note that the date of death is reported above as 27 July 1794, but his will was probated on 21 July 1794, which would indicate he died some days before. The will was written in 1789. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 William Few Birth 1714 PA Spouse Name Mary Wheeler Spouse Birth 1710 PA Marriage 1742 PA Information about William's service in the American Revolutionary War is found in a descendant's 1905 application for membership in the Sons of the America Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 SAR Membership 18177 Application Submitted 6 October 1905, Approved 3 Feb 1906, Accepted by the Board 14 Mar 1906 Marion Letcher, born Cross Keys, Macon, Alabama 4 Sept 1872 Descendant of William Few Sr, born Chester County, Pennsylvania 16 May 1714, died in Columbia County, Georgia in 1794 and Rhesa Howard (William Few's son-in-law), born in Maryland about 1740, died in Columbia County, Georgia in 1799 Son of Dr Francis Marion Letcher and wife Clandia Caroline Howard Grandson of William John Howard and wife Ann Flewellen Billingslea Great Grandson of John Howard and wife Louisa Stever Great Great Grandson of Rhesa Howard and wife Hannah Few Great Great Great Grandson of William Few Sr and wife Mary Wheeler William Few was a colonel in the commissary department of the Georgia Militia Rhesa Howard served in the Georgia Militia and received a land grant in reward for his service. William died about 17 July 1794, in Columbia County, Georgia. Probate was opened on 22 July 1794 with the recording of the will. The will was accompanied by affidavits from two witnesses and signatories of the will dated 21 July 1794. No death date is reported in the probate documents. No death record has been found. ------------------ William Few Senior Will File Cover Will dated 24 October 1789 Recorded 22 July 1794 in Book A, page 21 The probate file contains 3 additional documents. Document 1 Will of William Few of Columbia County, Georgia. The will was written in Columbia County, Georgia, on 24 October 1789, 5 years before his death in 1794. Will Page 1 Mentioned in the will: Wife Ann Few Stepdaughter Katherine Hunt Children Benjamin, William, Ignatius, Hannah Howard and Elizabeth Andrews Document 2 Will Page 2 Mentioned in this page of the will: Wife Ann Few As executors: friend Benjamin Andrews (apparently his son-in-law) sons Benjamin Few and Ignatius Few Rhesa Howard Esquire (William's son-in-law, husband of Hannah Howard) Witnesses Signed : Waters Dunn Ben Butler Ann Her X Mark Taylor Wm Few Beginning of the affidavit of a signatory, Ann Taylor. Document 3 Probate documents accompanying the Will. Page 2 of the affidavit of will signatory, Ann Taylor. Affidavit of will signatory Walters Dunn Notarized 21 July 1794 (Date of death not mentioned in the probate records. It would have been before these affidavits opening up probated. Date on recording of the will for the court is 22 July 1794. One report of his date of death as 27 July 1794, then, is wrong.) -- Columbia County, Georgia, Court Records, accessed on Ancestry.com, Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, 27 November 2017 ------------------ --------------- William Few, Sr Birth May 15, 1714 Chester County, Pennsylvania Death Jul 21, 1794 Columbia County, Georgia William, son of Isaac Few, Sr. and Hannah Stanfield. Married Mary Wheeler, daughter of Benjamin Wheeler and Elizabeth Clements 16 May 1743, Baltimore Co., MD. To this marriage were born: Benjamin, James, William, Jr.,Ignatius, Hannah and Elizabeth. William Few Sr. on reaching manhood (21 years ?) he moved across the Pennsylvania line into Baltimore (now Hartford) County, Maryland. He settled on a farm in the Deer Creek area. However short the move geographically, he was no longer in Quaker Pennsylvania, but in Catholic Maryland. He met Mary Wheeler, the daughter of a well-to-do planter and devout Catholic, Benjamin Wheeler. More about William Few Sr. He is considered the "PATRIARCH ' of the Fews in American. He and Mary were the parents of 3 sons who fought the British. See notes on James Few. He emigrated to the Quaker settlement near Wrightsboro in St. Paul's Parish, Georgia in 1773. -- WILL; Columbia County Probate Court records, Appling, GA. Will book "A" pages 41-42. Researched by Donnie Ruyle William Few, Sr. was appointed Commissary 08 Nov. 1777 by Executive Council of Georgia, to the two battalions of Minutemen raised for the defense of the State of Georgia. An order on the Treasury was given for 1.357 pounds to William for buying provisions for the two battalions. He was to furnish the soldiers with good & wholesome provisions in like proportion as is ordered for the Continental troops within the state at the rate & pay of one shilling & seven pence per ration per day for each soldier & non-commissioned officers, to repay the above sums (if received by him) for the same when called upon by the Assembly to do so. It was signed by William Downs, William Few, and John Dooly, with John Lindsay & William Few, Jr as Witnesses, William Few, Jr. being a member of the Executive Council. William Few made bond for 10.000 pounds for security. -- The records are in :The Telamon Cuyler Collection Box 380, Folder 8, MS#1170, at University of Georgia Hagrett Library, at Athens, GA Spouse Mary Wheeler Few (1710 - 1788) Children James Few (1746 - 1771) Burial Unknown Created by Donnie Ruyle Dec 05, 2016 -- Find A Grave Memorial #173510574, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=173510574 ---------------
"William Few, the first, father of Senator William and of Ignatius and Benjamin, died in this county in 1789. His children were: Benjamin, William, Ignatius, Hannah Howard, and Elizabeth Andrew [sic, for Andrews]. ... He came from Maryland and was the grandfather of Dr Ignatius A Few. There were many Marylanders in Columbia" -- The Sunny South (now The Atlanta Constitution), Atlanta, Georgia, 28 July 1901, p 8, Section on William Few (died 1789) and Sons, Religion Section, via Ancestry.com, accessed 27 November 2017 William Few was born 08 Jun 1748 in Baltimore County, MD, and died 16 Jul 1828 in Fishkill, NY. He married Catharine Nicholson, daughter of Commadore James Nicholson and Frances Witter. More About William Few: Elected Senator - Georgia Children of William Few and Catharine Nicholson are: Mary Few, b. 07 Mar 1791, NY, d. 1872 Frances C Few, b. 01 Jul 1789, NY Matilda Few, b. 1793, NY, d. 1878 Caleb Asbury Few, b. 1819, SC, d. 1892 Albert Few, b. 1795, NY, d. 1810 -- Nicholson Family, http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/n/i/c/John-D-Nicholson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0077.html U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 William Few Birth 1748 MD Spouse Catherine Nicholson Spouse Birth 1764 NY Marriage 1788 NY U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Claims through Col William Few "Col William Few was active in stimulating the spirit of independence and when war broke out he went to the front and won the rank of Colonel on the field. During the war Col Few represented Georgia in Congress and helped frame and signed the Constitution as a member of the Federal Convention. Furthermore Col Few was the only Southern Senator sitting at the opening of Congress, March 14th, 1789. He was Senator from Georgia. His portait hangs in Independence Hal, Phil." Colonel, Georgia Militia, Hartman's Regiment William Few b 1748 d 1828, wife Catherine Nicholson, b 1764 d 1854 married 1788 Francis [Frances] Few b 1789 d 1885, married 1822, wife of Albert Chrystie, b 1790 d 1856 etc U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 Frances Few Birth 20 Apr 1789 Baptism 1 Jul 1789 New York City, New York, USA Father William Few Mother Catherine Nicholson Reformed Church Record Book, p 256 Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 William Few descendant of William Few who came to the colonies with WIlliam Penn Birth 8 Jun 1748 Baltimore County, Maryland 1758 his family settled in Orange County, North Carolina Became a lawyer, practiced in Augusta, Georgia, and was a member of the Georgia assembly and council 1778-82 Georgia representative to the Continental Congress 1787 delegate to the Constitutional Convention for the USA 1788 Elected Senator for Georgia 1794-97 Judge of the Georgia Circuit Court, delegate to the Georgia Constitutional Convention July 1799 moved to New York 1802-1805 elected to the NY state legislature Later became the US Commissioner of Loans Death 16 Jul 1828 Fishkill, New York -- Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volumw II, p 446, 1887 edition William was named in his father's will of 1789 as one of the executors of his father's estate, His father William died in July 1794. William Few Will Page 1: Mentioned in the will: Wife Ann Few Stepdaughter Katherine Hunt Children Benjamin, William, Ignatius, Hannah Howard and Elizabeth Andrews Will Page 2: Mentioned in this page of the will: Wife Ann Few As executors: friend Benjamin Andrews (apparently his son-in-law) sons Benjamin Few and Ignatius Few Rhesa Howard Esquire (William's son-in-law, husband of Hannah Howard) -- Will of William Few, written in Columbia County, Georgia, on 24 October 1789, 5 years before his death in 1794; probate docuemnts date from 21 July 1794. -- Columbia County, Georgia, Court Records, accessed on Ancestry.com, Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, 27 November 2017. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Col William Few Age at Death 81, born abt 1747 Death 16 Jul 1828 residence of his son-in-law Mr Chrystie, Fishkill Published 21 Jul 1828 New York Evening Post, New York City, New York, USA "The New York Post is an American daily newspaper that is primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. It is the 13th-oldest newspaper in the United States, and it had the sixth-highest circulation in 2009. Established in 1801 by federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post. The modern version of the paper is published in tabloid format." -- "New York Post," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post ------------------------- William Few Jr Birth Jun 6, 1748 Baltimore County, Maryland Death Jul 16, 1828 Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA US Senator, Signer of Constitution. Born into a small farm family he overcame poverty, limited educational opportunities and family hardships to become one of America's important military and political leaders. His passion for American freedom was fueled when his brother was hanged by Loyalists for his part in a North Carolina frontier uprising organized to protest the heavy taxes being levied by Britain. The family fled to Georgia leaving Few behind to tie up family financial and personal affairs. While in North Carolina he participated in the state's militia training, but was unable to serve due to his family obligations. However, the training proved invaluable when he rejoined his family in their new home near Augusta, Georgia. When he moved to Georgia he joined the local militia and spent the next few years training the citizen- soldiers. In 1778 he saw his first military action when his regiment attempted to impede a British invasion from Florida. The battle resulted in a sound defeat by the British but inspired the young soldier to review the militia's strategy. Later that year the British captured Savannah almost completely destroying the Georgia militia. Few's regiment, of which he was second in command, regrouped and using "guerrilla warfare type" tactics kept the British and Loyalist forces off guard protecting Augusta and keeping them from getting a stronger foothold in the area. Soon the forces were diverted to Virginia and Few was credited with helping save Georgia from falling completely into enemy hands. The leadership he displayed as a soldier propelled him into local political prominence and led the area's political leaders to appoint him to the Continental Congress and as a delegate to the Continental Convention. Even though he was not overtly active at the convention he worked hard in the Congress to assure the Constitution's ratification. After the new document was ratified he was selected as one of Georgia's original US Senators. He served from 1789 to 1793 before returning to Georgia where he served another term in the state legislature and sat as a circuit court judge. In 1799 he left Georgia and moved to his wife's home state of New York. While there he served in that state's legislature, was the state's prison inspector and worked as director and president of the Manhattan Bank before retiring to his New York country home. He died and was buried in New York in 1828, but in 1976 his remains were moved to Saint Paul's Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia. (bio by: Bigwoo) Spouse Catherine Nicholson Few (1754 - 1844) Burial Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA Maintained by Find A Grave Mar 15, 1999 -- Find A Grave Memorial #4723, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4723 -------------------------
---------------------- Gregorys and Fews in Migration Patterns from the 1700s By Orville Boyd Jenkins Posted on Ancestry.com 16 October 2017 One factor in reconstructing a family lineage are patterns of movement and migration. These migration paths are helpful in finding and evaluating records in our Gregory and related Few line. We see Gregory records in a generational pattern along the migration streams along the tidewater area or valleys southwards and westward. Westward Records are being discovered in the westward line from Philadelphia through Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland, through what is now West Virginia, still part of Virginia in the era we are looking at, and on to Ohio and Indiana. Brothers John, Richard and Benjamin Gregory, thought to be sons of Isaac Gregory of Pennsylvania, are mentioned several times in lists of residents of old Frederick County, Virginia, a large area at the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, also on a common east-west migration route. Records for a younger Richard Gregory are found in Culpeper County and Fauquier County, Virginia, on this westward path south of the Pennsylvania border. These two counties were established in 1749, cut out of Orange County, the original huge area from which Frederick County was originally established in 1743. These counties bordered Frederick County on the east. Dates and locations of various records match a line of movement from the residence of Richard's likely grandfather Benjamin Gregory of Pennsylvania, into Frederick County, and later back to eastern Virginia in Prince William County, across the Potomac from Washington, DC. This westward line of migration connects with the great Shenandoah Valley running southwestward along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains in what is now West Virginia. Records for a Lewis Gregory, who appears to be a son of Benjamin, son of Isaac, are found along this Shenadoah Valley route then across into the part of Virginia that later became Kentucky, one of the areas where Fews and Gregorys come into contact. This matches the pattern of residence and Gregory-Few marriages in some of these areas along this southward line of migration. Details are found in individual notes for the Fews and Gregorys. Gregorys from this lineage moved westward a bit to the part of Virginia that is now northern Kentucky. Southward Gregorys are found along the Shenandoah Valley which runs southwestward from Hagerstown to Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee, on the border, on through Jefferson and Cocke County, which were all one area of North Carolina, then East Tennessee (current I-81 to I-40 to Knoxville) in the 1700s and early 1800s and on toward Cherokee and contiguous counties in Alabama. We find Gregorys that appear to be from two different lineages who followed the Shenandoah or similar route from Philadelphia-Baltimore through Virginia into Tennessee, our line through the easterly route of the named east Tennessee counties, the other a bit more westerly, with members of both lines in Kentucky. These two lines seem to be connected to the same line from Pennsylvania and northern Virginia. But there are indication of one or two separate migration streams in the same areas. Early sources are not clear on these lines, and similar names in what may be different lineages seem to have been confused in some genealogies. I have been through all these areas and explored these lines of migration so have these in mind as I read through records and watch for connections and clues. Westward Ho Gregorys in the line of James Henry Gregory and Rachel Lewis are found in those counties of Tennessee from Jefferson-Cocke on to Knox, McMinn (where we find both these Gregorys, with apparently no crossover), Franklin, etc, in the westward migration route. Gregorys of our lineage also seem to have moved northwestward through the mountain passes toward Louisville. Fews and Gregorys are connected in the states of Virginia, Kentucky (which was originally part of Virginia colony), North Carolina and Tennessee (which was originally part of North Carolina Colony) in several generations. The Fews in North Carolina apparently followed the westerly route over the Smokies into Tennessee into Jefferson County, Tennessee, and surrounding counties where they connected again with the Gregory lineage. We find them in the family of Francis Marion Few from North Carolina Jefferson County, Tennessee, where his daughter Letha married Andrew Jackson Gregory, my great great grandfather's brother. Crossflow Traffic went both ways along those Midwestern routes over a period of two centuries. Fews moved into the Louisville, Kentucky, area from Indiana (across the Ohio River. Gregorys and Fews also moved from eastern Tennessee into Kentucky. Great migrations northward occurred in the 1920s and later because of extensive floods along the Mississippi, destroying much of the Delta South. The depression added to this exodus northward. Midwestern droughts accelerated movement to California. Further industrialization in the next two decades and after WWII accelerated this migration northward and westward. The geographical indicators are not only contiguous counties, but similarly in the counties along these common natural migration routes, which also reveal patterns of the same family decade to decade and generation to generation. These patterns match the same kinds of patterns we find in ethnic investigations all over the world. ---------------------- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for William Few Benjamin F Few b 1830, mar Rachel Kendrick b 1840 William Few b 1797 m Sarah Ferguson William Few (1771-1856) m Susannah Tubbs James Few (1746-71) m Sarah Wood (1750-1804) William Few m Mary Wheeler William Few (1714-94) received a land grant in Washington County, Georgia, for services as private in the Georgia troops. He was born in Kennet Square, Pennsylvania; died in Columbia County, Georgia -- Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Volume 161, 1920
----------------------- Columbia County, Georgia, Probate Records In the Court of Ordinary July 1810 William Rousseau, Thomas Hunt and John Clarke, witnesses to the will of Ignatius Few deceased being examined extempore and deposed in substance as following in the next page viz: Columbia County, Georgia, Probate Records In the Court of Ordinary Nov 4th 1811 William Few named Executor in the last will and testament of Ignatius Few deceased came forth and with said will and with the decision of the Hon the Superior Court of said County on the caveat against proving said will directing this said will and testament to be returned to this court for recording whereupon ordered the said will be recorded and that letters testamentary warrant of assignment issued to said William Few on his qualifying as an Executor under said will. [No further detail, signatures or annotations. No copy of the actual will is in the file.] -----------------------
"Sons of Robert Benjamin Few (1881-1954) include Robert Few and William Eugene Few (1934-2014). William Eugene Few is my father, and his biological brother is Robert. I think Lavonia is Dad's only sister by blood. These 3 had Katherine Foster as bio mother." -- Gerald S Few, Geneanet messsaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 June 2019 -------------------- William Eugene “Coach Bill†Few BIRTH 13 Mar 1934 South Carolina, USA DEATH 6 Feb 2014 (aged 79) Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Hill, Kershaw County, South Carolina William Eugene Few, 79, of Liberty Hill, SC, passed away Thursday afternoon, February 6, 2014. Coach "Bill" Few will always be remembered for his winning record. Billy Few grew up in the mill village in Rock Hill, SC, and graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1954. He excelled in football, basketball, and track & field. He was state champion in the javelin in track & field. Due to his extraordinary athleticism, Bill was selected to play in the 1953 basketball All Star Team, and played in the football North/South All Star Game, and Team Captain Few quarterbacked the Bearcats to the 1954 AAA State Championship. Billy Few went on to Clemson University on football and basketball scholarships, and in his junior year played in the 1958 Orange Bowl. In 1959, Coach Few started his legendary football coaching career. He coached at York, Kershaw, Pageland, Hudgens Academy, and North Central high schools. He was head coach and Athletic Director for twenty-six years compiling a 221-68-3 career record with three State Championships, eight Upper State Titles, and twelve Conference Titles. He Served as the Head Coach(1974) and the Assistant Coach (1971) in the Shrine Bowl, Head Coach (1971) and Assistant Coach (1966) of the North/South All Star Game. He was named State Coach of the Year 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1976 & 1984. Coach Few was inducted into the York County Sports Hall of Fame and the South Carolina Coaches Hall of Fame. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly sixty years, Hazel Ray Few, and sons Marty, Stephen, Joel, Scott, and Chris, and daughter Suzanne. The family received visitors from 4:00-6:00 PM Saturday, February 8, 2014 at the Baker Conference Center located in Kershaw, SC. Funeral services were held Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 2:30 PM at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church. Burial followed in the Liberty Hill Cemetery. Memorials could be made to the Clemson Alumni Association, 201 Sikes Hall, Clemson, S.C. 29634. Baker Funeral Home Published in Spartanburg Herald-Journal February 8-9, 2014 Parents: James Robert Few 1854-1921 Katherine Foster Looper Few 1895-1954 Half Siblings: Infant Looper Infant Few James Archer Few 1876-1944 Tiney Murphy Few 1890-1950 James Avery Looper 1919-2009 Jack C Looper 1921-1997 Lavonia Few Frost 1932-2012 Created by Patricia 8 Feb 2014 -- Find A Grave Memorial 12480303, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124803037 --------------------
South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965 William E Few Jr Birth 16 October 1955 Adress 511 Stonewall, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina Father William E Few Mother Mary Ray Few Death 16 October, 7 hours after birth, 1955 York County Hospital, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, Cause of Death Prematurity, Abrupt Placenta Burial 18 October 1955 Laurelwood Cemetery, Rock Hill, South Carolina, by Bass Funeral Home, Rock Hill Filed 21 October 1955
1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, O'Neal Township, page 13, Hse #123, Fam #124 Few, James W M 54 Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1826] Few, Mary W F 50 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1830] Few Ameila [Amelia] W F 31 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1849] Few, Sarah C W F 26 Dau SC SC SC [b abt 1854] Few, William H W M 23 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1857] Few, Ignatius W M 21 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1859] Few, Ira C W M 19 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1861] Few, Mary M W F 17 Dau Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1863] Few, Columbus L W M 14 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1866] Few, Kallip W M 12 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1868] Few, John A W M 10 Son Single Works on Farm SC SC SC [b abt 1870] Few, Benjamin F W M 6 Son Single SC SC SC [b abt 1874] ----------------------------- William Henry Few Birth 14 Apr 1857 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Death 5 May 1928 (aged 71) Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Burial Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina William, Son of James Few & Mary B Gregory, Married Frances S Stewart, Daughter of George W Stewart & Margaret Moon, About 1883, Greenville Co SC. To this marriage were born William Vandry, Arthur, Lida, Addie, Walter Lee, Allen Clennie, Fred Perry, Edwin Edgar & Bessie. Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle, 2nd Cousin, 4 times removed of William Henry Few Bio by Amanda Few Allen Parents: James Few 1826-1910 Mary B Gregory Few 1830-1899 Spouse Frances S Stewart Few 1881-1942 Siblings: Caroline Few Barbare 1849-1942 James Robert Few 1854-1921 Ira Clem Few 1861-1935 Mary Mamie Few 1863-1890 Columbus Lee Few 1865-1943 Caleb Asbury Few 1867-1931 John Oscar Few 1869-1922 Benjamin Franklin Few 1873-1911 Children: William Vardry Few 1882-1972 Arthur Few 1886-1887 Lida Few Smith 1888-1979 Walter Lee Few 1890-1959 Allen Clennie Few 1892-1981 Maud Few 1896-1897 Fred Few 1897-1980 Perry Few 1900-1979 Edgar Edgar Few 1903-1976 Bessie Few 1905-1991 Created by Robin Farley Dixson 3 Apr 2004 -- Find A Grave Memorial 8594160, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8594160/william-henry-few -----------------------------
William Manning Few Birth 1838 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Death 1900 (aged 61-62) Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Burial Fews Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina Married (1) Eliza Elizabeth Bates, daughter of William Bates and Jane McCall, 01 January 1859 Greenville Co.,SC. To this marriage was born: Louella Florence. Married (2) Sarah A. Lucas 31 December 1868 Greenville Co.,SC. To this marriage were born: Charles B., John, Millie Emma, Amanda Louise and Willie Alma Siblings: Matilda Emaline Few Thomason 1844-1915 Half Siblings: Laurence Few 1859-1863 Thomas Sidney Few 1864-1885 Children: Luella Florence Few Hill 1860-1937 Charles B. Few 1869-1904 Millie Emma Few Barton 1875-1950 Amanda Louise Few Barton 1878-1952 Willie Few Williams 1882-1963 Created by Elizabeth Olmstead 16 May 2010 -- Find A Grave Memorial 52472886, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52472886/william-manning-few
1880 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 5 June, District 91, page 12, Hse #114, Fam #118 Few, Benjamin F W M 50 Physician SC SC SC [b abt 1830] Few, Rachel M W F 40 Wife Keeping House SC SC SC [b abt 1840] Few, Robert A W M 14 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1866] Few, William P W M 12 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1868] Few, Sallie L W F 9 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1871] Few, Ignatius P W M 8 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1872] Few, Ella L W F 6 Dau Atttended School SC SC SC [b abt 1874]
1920 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 10 January, Reidville Township, District 97, page 3A, Hse/Fam #44 Few, Robert B Head Owns Free & Clear M W 38 Married AL AL AL Farmer (abt 1881) Few, Cora Wife F W 37 Married SC SC SC (abt 1882) Few, Edna Dau F W 11 Single SC SC SC (abt 1908) Few, Myrtle Dau F W 9 Single SC SC SC (abt Nov 1910) Few, Roy Son M W 5yrs9mos8 Single SC SC SC (abt 1914) William Ray Few BIRTH 7 Mar 1914 Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA DEATH 24 Sep 1929 (aged 15) Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Woods Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Greer, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Parents: Robert Benjamin Few 1881-19541 Cora DeShields Few 1876-1928 Siblings: Carl L Few 1906-1907 Half Siblings: Infant Few Lavonia Few Frost 1932-2012 Created by Monica Woodward 27 Dec 2006 -- Find A Grave Memorial 17175968, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17175968/william-ray-few
1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 19 June, Beech Springs, District 80, page 18A, Hse #320, Fam #339 Few, James R Head W F Sept 1854 45 Married 22 yrs SC SC SC Day Carpenter Few, Salina [Perlina] Wife W F May 1850 50 Married 22 yrs 10 children/6 SC SC SC Few, James A Son W M July 1878 21 Single SC SC SC Weever [Weaver] in Mill Few, Bessie Dau W F Aug 1882 17 Single SC SC SC Wever [Weaver] in Mill Few, Robbert [sic] Son W M May 1884 16 Single SC SC SC Spinner Few, Tinney [Tiney] M Son W M Jun 1889 10 Single SC SC SC Few, William R Son W M July 1891 8 Single SC SC SC Few, Minnie Dau W F Sept 1895 4 Single SC SC SC Hill, Lou Mother-in-law W F Oct 1848 71 Single SC SC SC 1910 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 20 April, District 67, page 3A, New Cut Road, Hse/Fam #49 Few, James R Head M W 55 Married 34 yrs [mar abt 1889] SC SC SC Farm Laborer Rents [b abt 1855] Few, Tennie M [Tiney M] Wife [Son] (Son and Male written first, then changed to Wife and Female) F [M] W 20 Married [Single] SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1890] Few, Reader W [William Reader] Son M W 17 SC SC SC Farm Laborer [b abt 1893] Few, Florence M Dau F W 14 SC SC SC [b abt 1896] Few, Perlina L Son [Wife] (Wife and Female written first, then changed to Son and Male, but marriage info included) M [F] W 58 Single [sic] Married 34 yrs 3 children/3 living SC SC SC [b abt Sep 1852] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 William Beader [Reader] Few Residence Rte #5, Greer, South Carolina Birth 24 Jul 1892 Dunean [Greenville County], South Carolina, USA Employed by G W Davis Farm Married with 1 child Tall, Slender, BLue Eyes, Black Hair Registered 5 June 1917 Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Signed W R Few U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 William Virgil Few Birth 30 Sep 1918 Greer [Greenville County], South Carolina Death Date Jan 1977 Father William R Few Mother Carrie Davis SSN 247072318 Dec 1936 Name listed as WILLIAM VIRGIL FEW; 29 Dec 1987 Name listed as WILLIAM FEW U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 William R Few Birth Date 24 Jul 1892 Claim Date 6 Sep 1960 SSN 247072317 Notes 26 Nov 1976 Name listed as WILLIAM R FEW South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965 William Reader Few Birth 24 July 1892 South Carolina Residence 183 Bon Air Avenue, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Laundry Superintendent, Spartanburg General Hospital, Social Security #247-07-2317 Father Robert Few Mother Plania [sic] Hill Spouse Nannie Edge Few Informant Mrs W R Few - "Same as Above" Death 3 April 1961 Spartanburg General Hospital, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Cause of Death Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease, Other Significant Condition Old Myocardial Infarction, Cardiac Insufficiency Burial 5 April 1961 Woodlawn Mausoleum, Greenville County, South Carolina, by The Wood Mortuary, Greer, South Carolina Certificate #61-006032 filed 10 April 1961
1860 Federal Census, Greenville County, South Carolina, 27 June, Greenville, P O Gowinsville, page 34, Hse #271, Fam #236 F M Few 40 M Farmer $75 Real Estate $460 Personal born So Car Hannah M Few 34 F Housekeeper born No Car Cannot read or write Lathy Few 6 F born So Car William R Few 5 M born So Car Lucy J Few 4 F born So Car U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 William Robert Few Appointed Postmaster of Fews, in Jefferson County, Tennessee 11 January 1890 U S Postmaster Appointments, page 590 ---------------------- William Robert Few Birth May 11, 1855 Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Death May 29, 1927 Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, USA William, Son of Francis Marion Few and Hannah M Childs, Married Julia Elnora Johnson daughter of James Johnson and Margaret E Layman, 29 Feb 1888, Smith Co TN. To this marriage were born: John F, Margaret Josephine, Arley Frank, Myrtle, Mary Etta, Bertha, Goldie M, Kay, Ray P and Carl William Robert Few, 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Sandra Jayne Savage Ruyle Funeral information submitted by Sandy Miller #48850283 Funeral Home Record: William Robert Few was born in South Carolina; died at the age of 72 years and 18 days on the 29 may 1927 at RT. 5, Anadarko from chronic myocarditis; buried in the old section-block 28; husband of Nora Few. Family links: Spouse: Julia Eleanor Johnson Few (1868 - 1921)* Children: John Frank Few (1886 - 1960) Arley Frank Few (1891 - 1967) Emma Myrtle Few Morgan (1893 - 1973) Ray P Few (1908 - 1967) Burial Memory Lane Cemetery, Anadarko, Caddo County, Oklahoma, Old Section-Block 28 Maintained by Donnie Ruyle, Originally Created by Cokeman2 Jan 28, 2011 -- Find A Grave Memorial #64823870, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64823870 ----------------------
William Few Will Page 1: Mentioned in the will: Wife Ann Few Stepdaughter Katherine Hunt Children Benjamin, William, Ignatius, Hannah Howard and Elizabeth Andrews Will Page 2: Mentioned in this page of the will: Wife Ann Few As executors: friend Benjamin Andrews (apparently his son-in-law) sons Benjamin Few and Ignatius Few Rhesa Howard Esquire (William's son-in-law, husband of Hannah Howard) -- Will of William Few, written in Columbia County, Georgia, on 24 October 1789, 5 years before his death in 1794; probate docuemnts date from 21 July 1794. -- Columbia County, Georgia, Court Records, accessed on Ancestry.com, Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992, 27 November 2017.
Birth James Bailey Gordon SAR Membership 83156 Application Date 6 Feb 1958 Descended directly from Fews and Stanfield Earliest Ancestors cited Richard Few, died 1688 and wife Jane (maiden name unknown) Same generation ancestors: Francis Stanfield, b England, died 1692 Pennsylvania Grace (maiden name unknown) , b England, died 1691 Pennsylvania Isaac Few, son of Richard and Jane, b 6 April 1664 in England, died 1734 in Pennsylvania Hannah Stanfield, dau of Francis and Grace, b 1683 in England, married 1697 or 1699 Joseph Few, son of Isaac and Hannah, 20 June 1708, d 1761 Mary Astor, no borth or death info, married February 1733 Mary Few, dau of Joseph and Mary, b 12 September 1741, d 22 November 1808, mar 1 August 1759 Joseph Buffington, b 20 July 1737 in Pennsylvania, d 12 August 1798 in Spartanburg, South Carolina Descends further from Mary Buffingotn, dau of Joseph and Mary, who married Thomas Gordon