the introduction to this multi-volume compilation indicates that it does not include records from African American funeral homes. ¹²

The 1900 Census

The 1900 U.S. Census of Jeffreys Township, Florence County, South Carolina, was searched page-by-page for possible enumerations of James Conner's daughters with their hus- bands. There were many women named Mary and Ann and quite a few named Sarah or Sallie. Many of these women were about the right age to be James' daughters, but this made it impossi- ble to guess which ones might have been his daughters. There was only one woman named Nellie noted, however.

Nellie Johnson was the wife of Edward Johnson. According to the 1900 census, Nellie Johnson was born in South Carolina in August 1869, and her parents were also born in South Carolina. James Conner's daughter Nellie was ten years old when the 1880 census was taken. This places her birth about 1869/1870, depending on when she was born. If Nellie Conner were born in August 1869, she would have been ten years old when the 1880 census was taken.

Nellie Johnson was the right age to be the daughter of James and Nellie Conner, was born in the right state, and was living in Jeffreys Township where James and Nellie Conner had lived and where their sons David and Allen were still living in 1900. This suggests that Nellie Johnson might have been the daughter of James and Nellie Conner.

Edward and Nellie Johnson had six children, all born in South Carolina. Their children were named Philip, Nena, Eugene, Edward Jr., Matilda, and Nelie.¹³

Deedy Mack and Anna Wise

In addition to learning more about David Conner, his sisters, and all of their children, the current session was given the task of identifying Deedy Mack, who was enumerated in the household of James Conner, Jr., in 1900.

¹² See Research Calendar.

¹³1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule), Jeffreys Township, Florence County, South Carolina, Enumeration District 39, Sheet 8A, Dwelling 123, Family 123, Edward Johnson Household (Washington. D.C.: The National Archives and Records Administration. n.d.), FHL Microfilm 1241528. See Research Calendar.