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Dear Isaiah Cantey:
I believe Simon and Lena Canty are my great, great, great grandparents. My grandfather
was Harvey Cantey of Sumter, South Carolina orginally, but he later moved to Hemingway,
South Carolina, where he married Pearliner Campbell and had nine children. My father,
Paul Cantey, is the middle child. My dad actually thinks you and him met once. Funny,
huh?
I am trying to trace our family all the way back to Africa and I realize this may be next
to impossible, but I will keep trying. Any information anyone has would be of great
significance.
Just a note, the first "white" Cantey in the United States was Teige Cantey of
South Carolina. Originally he was from Ireland and then travelled to Barbados and then to
S.C. Just a bit of trivia we Canteys should all know.
Sincerely,
Michelle Cantey
your distant cousin