The Jasper Family
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How is this Family Connected?
Susannah McElfresh Jasper, Mary McElfresh Foster and Maisie McElfresh Fitch all sisters whose families wound up neighbours near where Jaspers, McWhirters and Hames settled the Grindal Shoals area of Union County South Carolina.
Story of this Family
Will link this to Grindal Shoals Gazette for Robert Ivey’s works.
Seargant William Jasper. Has statues in Charleston and Savannah and Counties and cities named after him right across the country. His brother, Nicholas Jasper, was also a veteran of the Revolution having served with Thomas Brandon and John Foster with the Second Spartan Militia.
John Foster bought land from Nicholas Jasper after Nicholas had determined to remove to Kentucky. The land he bought gave his wife Mary a home near her sisters and cemented John Foster;s place in this clan of inter related families.
Other significant members of the family