[Callers] Contra dance figures in history

[Jack Mitchell]

Do you know of any figures or dances that had their roots in English 
County, showed up in the Civil War period and are still extant in 
some form in modern contra dancing?  My mom is involved with a living 
history farm in SC and they will be doing a program that will involve 
all three types of dancing.  They would like to be able to trace a 
figure or dance through all three periods, and possibly look at how 
the figure has changed over the years.  If so, do you know details of 
how they had changed over the years?

Thanks!
Jack