The below information was pulled from the http://www.elvirachildren.com/ website:

Barnwell, South Carolina is the origin of  our past as former slaves.  It's alledged our existance comes from the Ashanti Tribe.  Through numerous trips from New Jersey to Kingstree and Columbia,  South Carolina I've unearthed lots of information, but not that of our relationship with Ghana Africa.  In the Kingstree courthouse I've spent countless hours looking at old 5lb record books and  poised to see our ancestors were that of land owners.  Your must not forget  it's 1892,  and 27 years after the Civil War.  The Dorsey, White, McGee and White family all purchased property by that time.     

RHINA  married TRAVIS MCGEE in 1867.  There’s no deed located in the Kingstree, South Carolina courthouse. However, on GEORGE DORSEY  mortgage deed it clearly states TRAVIS  property is "west" of GEORGE DORSEY. The Three Rivers Historical Society in  Hemingway, South Carolina archives the Tax Treasure Books. TRAVIS MCGEE is listed in the 1884, 1885 and 1901 for paying taxes on land and personal valuables. There are no records listed from whom he purchased his land.

...and so begins the McGee-McCrea-Bradley family lineage.

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