Just as an introduction to those who may not know me, my full
given name is Roberson William Hughes, Jr. I was born in Charleston,
Charleston, South Carolina and raised in the south. Most of my
growing up years were spent in the beautiful little town of Camden
in Kershaw County, and I have many very fond memories of those
years.
I have been interested in my family
ancestry for many years, but have only been doing really serious
research since my heart failure in January of 1993. We all know
that we have ancestors, but not all that many folks go to the
time and effort to find out anything at all about them. I must
admit that I have been amazed at the great diversity of people
to whom I am related through time. Another thing that has surprised
me was discovering that I come from such "old blood"
in these United States. Virtually all of my blood lines were
settled in this country prior to the advent of the Revolutionary
War, giving me quite a few Veterans of that war. A rare exception
to this was a paternal line 5xgreat grandfather, Johannes Schwalm,
who made his arrival in this country as one of the Hessian mercenaries
contracted by King George III of England to fight against the
Colonists. He was captured during the fighting and switched sides.
Following the war, he settled in southeastern Pennsylvania, which
is where virtually all of my paternal line people are from in
this country. All of my maternal line families were settled into
the areas of what are now Kershaw and Lancaster Counties in South
Carolina prior to the war.
I invite you to take a look at my
lines. If any of these families are connected to you in some
way, and you would like to exchange information, I would be very
happy to hear from you.
Thank you for stopping by, and have
a great day.