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Roscoe research going slowly but progressively. Receiving a little bit of data from different sources from time to time. Mostly from Roscoe and relatives that came from Chesterfield County but now live elsewhere around the country. Received some very interesting document from The Court of General Session of Chesterfield County from May through September of 1887 concerning William Joseph Roscoe and his wife Catherine Parker alias Catherine Purvis. William Joseph Roscoe was a son of Rebecca Roscoe (1841-1923) and a nephew of Joseph Franklin Roscoe(1843-1917). The nature of the papers I received was an indictment of William Joseph Rascoe for unlawfull marriage of races. The court papers alledge that William Joseph Rascoe was a Mulatto Man and Catherine was a white woman. They were married 24 April 1887 at Chesterfield.
William Joseph and Catherine Rascoe had twelve children, four or five of which were born in South Carolina between 1889 and 1896. The family moved to Coffee County Alabama about 1897. William Joseph Rascoe was born 1 October 1868 in the Cole Hill Township of Chesterfield County. He died 3 June 1930 in Coffee County Alabama. I have quite a bit of information on this family and descendants. The claim is that William Joseph Rascoe and his grandfather were Indian or part Indian. Probably Pee Dee, Cheraw, Catawba, Croatan (Lumbee) or Cherokee.
I have also made contact with a Roscoe family in Chesterfield County S.C., another in Richmond County N.C., and yet another one in Charlotte, N.C. who are providing data to me on the Roscoe families of Chesterfield County. My files are steadily growing. Also learning quit a bit about connecting families in the area.
James R. Rasco
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