Dear Steve,


I am Demarcus Roland Poole and Wade Hampton Pool's descendant. My grandmother, Eva May Poole was the daughter of Wade Hampton Pool and his Poole cousin, Elizabeth Benson Poole. "Lizzie" was the daughter of Mary Newby and Demarcus Roland Poole of Traveler's Rest SC.

Both Demarcus and Wade Hampton Poole/P'Pool/Pettypool descend from Seth Pettypool and Mary Wood. Their two sons Young and William are my ancestors.


A few years ago, my father gave me Wade Hampton P'Pool's bible. Tucked inside was a delicate ivory invitation to a ball. I thought you might like to see it and share it with the visitors on your site.

Also tucked inside this bible is a little scrap of brown paper, showing a three day pass for W. H. P'Pool. I am including it, as well.

I also have a photograph of Lizzie and her son, Wade Hampton Pool, ca 1910--as she left for the Pacific NW with her young family. Her husband had died in 1898 and when given the opportunity, she sold her share of Poole land in Greenville and moved to South Bend, WA to be close to her brothers--then working on the Railroad.


Thanks for your wonderful site. I've enjoyed it very much.

Best regards, Maureen Mead

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