Welcome New Visitors
If you are visiting for the first time and we don't have your email address, please email John Howell @ jjhowell41@aol.com. We will include you on our email list, keeping you informed. Or you can mail us at: 1422 West St. Elgin, SC 29045 Please include your surname and/or family names you are in search of; Donations Accepted/Requested.
This Fort Jackson family reunion home page site is dedicated to bring together the descendants of former land owners of what is now the military base of Fort Jackson, located in Richland County, South Carolina. Here you will find updates on upcoming events for future reunions, a little information about past events and some brief history on some of the families. To reply to posted messages and also to see any replies click on blue message headline name.
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I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers,and in front
to see my son,and his son, and the sons upon sons beyond. And their eyes were my eyes.
As I felt, so they had felt and were to feel, as then,so now, as tomorrow and forever.
Then I was not afraid, for I was in a long line that had no beginning and no end,and the
hand of his father grasped my father's hand, and his hand was in mine, and my unborn son
took my right hand, and all, up and down the line that stretched from Time That Was to
Time That Is, and Is Not Yet, raised their hands to show the link,and we found that we
were one, born of Woman, Son of Man, made in the Image, fashioned in the Womb by the
Will of God, the Eternal Father."
From: How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewelyn
Our 2011 reunion has come and gone. Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves. We had many new attendees as a result of the excellent article in The State Newspaper. The SC Institute of Archaeology had an excellent presentation as well as the Mormon Church on their research tools. 2011 could have been our greatest reunion. Now we must plan for 2012. Thanks to everyone who participated and especially the descendants who represented their ancestors. Our ancestors of the land would have approved of this get together. We must never forget them.
OUR 2012 REUNION IS SET FOR OCT. 13th, 2012 at the Mormon church on Ft. Jackson Blvd. Columbia, SC. More Information as planning materializes.
A Note from the Founder:
Our Peope First
My thought on our reunion is that we must concentrate on the people of the land ahead of the land. The land was, is, and will always be there. Our ancestors were there for a short period of time and their leaving was not their choice. We must never forget their sacrifices, their patriotism to their country, and their desire to help others who were in need. We are who we are today because of them. JJH
Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a memorial installed near or on the land with original landowners' names to honor them and their sacrifices?
Contacts for more information
John Howell @ jjhowell41@aol.com
Brenda Laney @ bren1942@charter.net
Anita Schwartz @ juspeachy0519@att.net
William Bauer @ williamrbauer@msn.com
Mark Lynn @ PalmettoDem@yahoo.com
Cliff Tucker @ ct2717@live.com
Glenna Kinard @ gbkinard@sc.rr.com
Janet Gregory @ jcgregory113@yahoo.com
