Elizabeth died in 1864. She was among the earliest buried in the cemetery behind Greenwood Methodist Church. Known then as Methodist Cemetery and now as Greenwood Cemetery, it was the first cemetery in the village. 28 II. Other Family Information Elizabeth and William’s children (Elizabeth and Thomas did not have children.) Lewis, the oldest, was born about 1821 and died after 7 June 1880. 29 His date of death and place of death and burial are not known. He married Sarah Ann Griffin 22 September 1842 in Lincoln County. 30 Her date and place of birth are not known. Lewis, Sarah and children moved to Greenwood in the 1850s. Their household was family #781 in the 1860 U.S. census and Elizabeth’s household was family #780. 31 In the Civil War, Lewis served in Co. B, 5 th Regiment, South Carolina Reserves and in Co. F, 1 st Regiment, South Carolina State Troops. 32 28 Greenwood Co., S.C., Cemetery Records , 2:57, 2:63. 29 1880 U.S. census, Abbeville County, South Carolina, population schedule, Ninety Six Township, p. 330A, enumeration district (ED) 014, dwelling 119, family 125, Louis [Lewis] C. Parks; digital image, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 2 August 2019), citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1217. 30 “Georgia, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978,” database with images, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 2 August 2019), image, Lewis C. Parks-Sarah Ann Griffin; citing Georgia, Lincoln County, Marriages (White), Book H (2), 1829-1849, p. 91. 31 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, population schedule, Greenwood, p. 110 (penned), dwelling 806, family 781, Lewis C. Parks; digital image, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 20 December 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1212. Also, 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville Dist., S.C., pop. sch., Greenwood, p. 110 (penned), dwell. 805, fam. 780, Eliza [Elizabeth] Byrd. 32 Compiled service record, Lewis C. Parks, 1st Lt./Capt., Co. B., 5 Regiment, South Carolina Reserves, (90 Days, 1862-3), Civil War; digital images, Fold3 (access through participating libraries : 2 August 2019), citing NARA microfilm publication M267, roll 0201. Also, Compiled service record, Lewis C. Parks, 3rd Lt./Jr. 2nd Lt., Co. F, 1 Regiment, South Carolina State Troops (6 Months, 1863-4), Civil War; digital images, Fold3 (access through participating libraries : 2 August 2019), citing NARA microfilm publication M267, roll 0148.
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