hootons in american southeast, prior to civil war
i am particularly interested in corresponding with anyone who has information about hootons in south carolina, georgia and alabama, particularly from the time before the civil war.my grandfather was a stationmaster in bamberg, south carolina.his father was an intinerant music teacher who traveled between georgia and south carolina.he had six children in south carolina, then was widowed.he remarried and moved to alabama when the government resettled indians in oklahoma and opened up the territory for land claims.six more children were born in alabama.some of the first names of the south carolina branch: kidd, drewry, macmasters...