Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1810;

!CENSUS:1820;
!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 873 Marion Co., SC David (sic?) Ayers, minor.
... guardian bond for Thomas Ayers, guardian 12 Apr 1827,
bondsmen: Thomas Ayers, Derius Ayers, William Ayers;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion pg 3
William Ayres age 30-39 (1790/1800)
110001-10001;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC pg 164
Wm Ayres age 40-49 (1790/1800)
1021001-111011;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 20 Marion Co., SC Darius Ayers 4 May 1840
Will 4 May 1840, recorded 24 May 1840
Wife Agness Ayers
eldest son Thomas Ayers
son William Ayers
son John Ayers
Sons Thomas and William Executors
Witnesses: Michael Watson, Darius Ayres, Nancy Ayres;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 795/799
William Ayers 50 Farmer $2000 Marion
Mary 45
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 16
Enoch 14
Mary 11
Dwight 9
Margaret 7
Hannah 5;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion # 1531 *;

!PROBATE ROLL # 1162 Marion Co., SC William Ayres 24 Feb 1863
Thomas W. Ayers shews that William Ayers departed this life on 30 Jan 1863 intestate ...
... many names listed
... no heirs named;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 166-167

Ayres. —Another family in the northeastern section of the county is the Ayres family. Of this family the first known to the writer was the Rev. William Ayres, and two brothers, Darius and John, usually called Jack Ayres. Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters—three or four.
...
Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 795/799
William Ayers 50 Farmer $2000 Marion
Mary 45
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 16
Enoch 14
Mary 11
Dwight 9
Margaret 7
Hannah 5;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion # 1531 *;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 166-167
...
Rev. William Ayres was a Baptist preacher; stood well among his clerical brethren, and was dearly beloved by the laity of his church; he married a Miss Shaw ; the fruits of the marriage were our esteemed fellow-citizens, Thomas W. Ayres and Enoch S. Ayres, and several daughters—three or four.
...
Rev. William Ayres and wife both died of smallpox during the war. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 795/799
William Ayers 50 Farmer $2000 Marion
Mary 45
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 16
Enoch 14
Mary 11
Dwight 9
Margaret 7
Hannah 5;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 795/799
William Ayers 50 Farmer $2000 Marion
Mary 45
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 16
Enoch 14
Mary 11
Dwight 9
Margaret 7
Hannah 5;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion # 1531 *;

!CIVIL WAR:Sellers p 602 Co. L Eighth Reg. Inf. D. Dwight Ayers. Marion. Died near Richmond;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 795/799
William Ayers 50 Farmer $2000 Marion
Mary 45
Catherine 20
Elizabeth 16
Enoch 14
Mary 11
Dwight 9
Margaret 7
Hannah 5;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion # 1531 *;