Liberty County, Georgia - Chapter 19: ® the After History, 1903

Chapter 19: ® the After History

Soon after the war, it being obvious that the church build- 'ing, if left without proper care and attention, would soon go to ruin, in obedience to a public call a number of the rightholders met and appointed Messrs. J. B. Mallard, Ezra Stacy and L. J. Mallard trustees, in whose hands and care the building and property were left. These trustees met and leased the building to the colored people, the only pay required being the keeping the building in repairs and the cem- -etery in order. They also made a division of the communion service and other articles possessed by the old church into three parts, one for each of the retreats. The things to _ be distributed were the Bell, the Marble Font, two Silver Tankards,four Silver Baskets, and four Communion Cups. Upon inquiry I find that Dorchester has at present the marble fount, the gift of Dr. William McWhir; one tankard, the gift of John Lambert; one basket and one goblet, the gift of S. Monroe, Esq. Flemington has the bell, one tankard and two goblets, the gift of John Lambert, and two baskets; but Walthourville has received nothing. What has become of the remaining goblet and basket, nobody seems to know. Some think they were destroyed in the house of Mr. John B. Mallard, when burned; but being solid silver the remains would have been found in the debris; others, that they were taken by the Federal soldiers, but no one can tell when or where. At the annual meeting in March, 1889, in the report of the Select Men, it was stated that the portion assigned Walthourville had been placed in the keeping of Dorchester; but upon what authority the statement

At a later meeting of the trustees about July 1, 1875, Mr. Fy. T. Q. Cassels being in the place of Mr. J. B. Mallard, ee signed, the church building was again leased to the colored | people at the nominal sum of one dollar per annum for reli. gious worship, they also agreeing to keep it in repair, and also to work out the cemetery twice every year; and also, - at the same time for school purposes, for the sum of fifty dollars a year for fifteen years. , .

At the call of the trustees, a number of rightholders met : at Midway November 7, 1877, to consider the propriety of = selling the building, which proposition was carried in the - affirmative and the trustees were authorized to sell thesame, - "§ the proceeds to be put in some safe investment, the interest | a of which only, was to be used in keeping up the graveyard. 4 This, however, was never done. be

Meeting Of The Society

Ten years after this the society met again March 9, 1887, for the first time in twenty years, the building being "7 in the hands of the colored people, and has been meeting annually ever since. On account of the smallness of the mem-_ bership, ladies were allowed from that meeting and since to - ; sign the articles of incorporation. The object of these meet- _ ings being more of the nature of a reunion, whilst formally exercising control over the property and 'keeps in order ; the resting place of the dead. For this purpose pig vag association'' was organized at the annual meeting in 1892. ©

At the next meeting, in 1893, it was resolved that hereafter _ the preaching of a sermon, followed by the administration ; of the Lord's Supper, shall be a part of the regular order of - exercises. Accordingly at the next annual meeting in - March, 1894, a sermon was preached by the Rey. James Stacy, D. D., followed by the administration of the Sacra- - ment of the Supper, and which has been the custom since. __

& of the select men, in leasing the house again to the colored yo _ people for another term of twenty years, to be used only for = religious purposes. But through some misunderstanding or : dissatisfaction, the lease was not carried out. For the colored people having already had a school house for a number

' of years, erected the next year(1895) and near by, ahouse of oe worship of their own; since which time the old building has ; stood unoccupied, being used only at the annual reunions.

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all the necessary ocegeiese: for the occasion. / dingly they arranged with Col. C. C. Jones, Jr., to de keer When the day arrived the weather was so inclement, it raining all the time, there were hardly more a score of eae - - the writer being one BS: pone the exercises until the 8th of the next month, and the Independent Troop be requested to take charge of the ceremony and conduct the same. Col. C. C. Jones, however, delivered his address, which was listened to with profound interest by those who were present, and who showed their appreciation by having the same published.

In accordance with the above action, on the morning of May 8, 1889, the people reassembled, the Liberty Troop being present and also the Liberty Guards, another volunteer company of the county, who had been invited to be present and take part in the exercises. The former was commanded by Captain E. P. Miller and the latter by Captain J. M. Darsey.

The column marched west until nearly opposite the door of the church, turned to the right and then to the left, between the place the corner stone was to be laid, the military passing around to the south and east of the place the corner stone was to rest, facing north and west, and the members of the Society facing south. The corner stone was then laid by Captain W. A. Fleming.

Upon the sealing of the stone private A. S. Way, of the Liberty Independert Troop, read two odes composed by the late Rev. Samuel J. Cassels, and in addition delivered an eloquent and appropriate address, which was listened to with profound attention, and the same ordered to be published in the Hinesville Gazette and Brunswick Advertiser and Appeal.'

and bushes. Where once stood fine reidewese the at - wealth and refinement, now may be seen little h , the homes of squalor and wretched poverty. All of the old cit i izens who could well get away have gone. I seriously di whether a half dozen white families could now ry within four or five miles of the old church. The co to-day very much in the condition of the once pro; land of Judea, entirely stripped of her former presti glory. And the stranger visiting the community but be painfully impressed with the ever recurring Is this the place and these the eacople we have pee. about?

as their forefathers did, after the first invasion avd de tion by the British? And why may not the same be utilized and made to produce as formerly? The « nation is soon given: On account of the sickliness Bt that - months, with any assurance of health. For this reason _ white overseers were never employed. The plan was to select some intelligent trusty colored man and make him foreman, entrusting the keys and leaving directions with him. As the country is level and the roads straight and smooth, the land owners could live with their families five or six miles away, or even more, from their farms, visit them in the _ day time and return at night to their homes. The foreman or "'driver,'' as usually termed, would oversee the work and see that the directions of the owner were carried out during his absence. But the case is entirely different now. The colored man will have no colored boss or foreman over him, and the land owner must either live upon the farm through the sickly season and jeopardize his own life and that of his family, or else turn the whole thing over to the negroes. And any one at all familiar with the general character and habits of that people, will require no vigorous imagination to forecast the result. Wethen can readily see why the land in the lower half of the county around the old church should so depreciate in value as to become almost worthless. Whether the future will bring any relief, we can not say. - Of this, however, we feel sure, that the present offers none. Under such environments and with such a gloomy outlook before them, the owners of land have been selling their farms in small parcels to the colored people at mere nominal values, aud the prospect at present is that, sooner or later, that whole section will be owned by the people of that race; and whether, when thus completely under their domination and control, they will be equal to the task of reclaiming, improving and developing the same is a problem the future alone can solve.

As already stated, the Northern Congregationalists have established a large and seemingly flourishing institution in a few miles of the old church, and are laboring to elevate that people to a higher intellectual, social. and religious plane. In these special lines they may have achieved much, but to the outsider and mere looker-on there seems thus far to be very little, if any improvement in the department of agriculture, or any signs of an outward, visible progress.

That part of the country presents the same neglected, forlot condition to-day that it has for the past thirty years at | more, since the time of emancipation. Indeed the trend, ae e anything, seems rather in the direction of further degeneracy - 4 and ruin. acs ae

The question then may here very properly be raised, why at has the Lord dealt thus with His people? If so faithful to __ their trust and so zealous in His service, why visit them with such misfortunes and cause them to drink the cup of sorrow to its bitter dregs? I know of no better answer to this inquiry than by here copying an extract from a sermon preached by the writer at the annual celebration of - the Society of the old church in May, 1889:

'You have no doubt already made an application of this subject to our present surroundings. This people have for years been confronted with a sad and mysterious providence.

A picture has been presented for their contemplation, with lines deeply drawn, with alternate lights and shadows, and calling alike for thanksgiving and sadness ; thanksgiving for - the past, sadness for the present, and over the whole, for a - coronal of hope, the dim bow of promise. When we look around and see the desolation, where once all was bright - and fair; when fond memory brings to light the brighter - scenes of other days; when we remember the unwonted piety - and zeal of our ancestors who worshipped here at these sa- _ - cred shrines, and recall the great blessings vouchsafed unto : them in the past, and the wonderful prosperity with which ~ this church was for generations so richly crowned; when we consider the noble work she has so nobly done, the many precious souls saved through her instrumentality, and the multitude of whom it shall be said at the final count, when in her.'; the many ministers she has sent out, among them missionaries to foreign fields; the many prominent, influen- - tial useful men she has given the state and world, among them Governors, Congressmen, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Professors, Teachers, Presidents of Institutions of learning, to say nothing of the numerous hosts of 'pious men and women she has reared to adorn the private walks of life; when we call to mind her great zeal and interest in the religious training of the colored people,' her strict observance of the Sabbath day, her numerous charities, her liberal contributions to the various causes of benevolence and religion, and her unswerving opposition to the liquor traffic, that powerful foe of the church and unmitigated curse of the world; when we consider all these things, and then contrast them with her present condition; her altars deserted, her sacrificial fires gone out, her house of worship fast going to decay, her once happy homes abandoned and her people scattered abroad, we naturally raise the question, why isit thus? Why these reverses, this revolution, this decay ?

"For an answer, we repeat the aphorism already given: 'All sunshine makes the desert.' The discipline of earth is but the admixture of victories and defeats, of alternate marches and retreats. It is necessary that clouds and darkness, be interspersed with light, disappointments and drawbacks be mixed with success. The frosts of winter, the genial months of spring, the withered leaves around the ripened grain, all are needed in their several places. Such is the weakness of human nature, that uninterrupted, outward prosperity would soon cause any people to be puffed up with the idea of their own greatness and goodness, their superior sagacity and wisdom. Like the Jews of old, they would soon begin to arrogate to themselves the high prerogative of being in an especial sense the people of God, and therefore to look down with haughty disdain upon their less fortunate neighbors. It might be that this people were drifting into a sentiment of that kind which the Lord saw necessary to rebuke.

1. I here mention two facts omitted in their proper place. (1). The first is that the church at one time, 1833, contracted with, and paid Mr. Eugene Bacon, for the hire of bis servant, sam, a colored minister and watchman furnishing him with food and clothing, and also a horse, that he might give himself wholly to ministerial work among the people of his own color. (2). The second is, that later on, in 1838, as they needed the presence of Tony Stevens, another colored minister and watchman, at the meeting of the Church Session, they agreed to pay his owner for all the time lost from the farm, whilst attending such meetings in the week days. A thing wholly unheard of elsewhere. ?

"Or it might be that the object of these visitations prevent further degeneracy in another direction. ; as this people were shut out from the rest of the world th maintained their primitive simplicity of religious belief 2 practice, which was the foundation of their past achieve- _ : ments. But with building of the railroad, and the intro. Bs duction of foreign influences, began also the gradual but certain departure from the puritan strictness and piety of their faithful ancestry. Like the ship loosed from its moorings, - they were beginning to drift out upon the tide of an increasing worldliness, and some such disaster or reverse seemed necessary to arrest further spiritual degeneracy and - ae decline. Even as God in mercy sends death to remove the i = aged and infirm before they present the revolting picture of © £2 7 utter imbecility and wasted manhood, so it might be that - ' this church was cut off in its prime, and its record sealed up before the world should witness the sad spectacle of spirit- __ ual decay, and her past history in any way marred by the a acts of her degenerate sons. . 3 'Another and better reason is, that her work was ened * and the time for her removal come. 'First the blade, then os the ear, then the full corn in the ear; and afterwards he put- - bi teth in the sickle, for the harvest is come.' The sickle is as important an implement of agriculture as the harrow or - f plow. Communities and nations, like individuals, have - an allotted time for fruitage and when that time is past the sickle is put in to prepare for another sowing. No two blades of grass, no two rivers, no two sunsets, no two experiences, no two lives, no two deaths, are the same, nor yet have any two generations the same work to, perform. When one finishes its mission it is removed and another ~~ raised up to take its place. And should this old church ee Ros an exception to the rule? pee ne ''And though our hearts are saddened to-day by the evi- ae dences of decay surrounding us, may we not find comfort in - 4 the precious truth that life comes out of death? The decay- - ing tree perpetuates itself from the scions springing up from its roots. Man dies but lives in his works which follow, and - his children who come after him. Joshua succeedes Moses - to the Jewish, the Jewish to the Christian, and the Christian is yet to yield to the Heavenly. Old Midway is not really dead, but only changed its form, only metamorphosed in her outer life. She still livesin her children. In her three fair daughters, Dorchester, Walthourville and Flemington, and her four equally vigorous and active children of Afric hue, Medway, Midway Congregational, Riceboro and Ebenezer, seven living organizations instead of one, seven centres of influence in the place of one single centre of radiation.

'She also lives in her many sons and daughters scattered everywhere, like precious seed, to form the nucleus ofchurches in different and distant places. 'The blood of the martyrs' has always been 'the seed of the church.' The persecution in the days of Stephen caused the gospel to spread, being everywhere preached by the refugees. So the dispersion of this people has caused them to enter everywhere into the fabric of church and state, carrying their principles and impressing the influence of the old church, and making her power more widely felt. The Varnedoes at Valdosta; Bakers, at Thomasville; Stacy and Way, at Brunswick; Fleming, at Newton; Stevens, at Leesburg; Quarterman, at Winder; King, Dunwody and Minton, at Roswell: Dowse, at Bath; Heywood and West, at Perry, besides the large numbers entering into the population of the larger cities, as Savannah, Macon and Atlanta, are witnesses to this truth. No other community has contributed so largely to the upbuilding of the different churches in the state. Like her own world renowned Pear Tree, she has suffered the dismemberment of her own body for other plantings in other places; and like Samson of old, has actually slain more in her death than while living.

"What the future of this people will be, we know not. God may have some other work for them to do, and with this bitter training may be preparing them for it. The children of Israel were schooled in the wilderness for establishment in Canaan. The hardships and trials of the revolution only better prepared our forefathers for laying the foun- strengthened their character, as to make them the erences , witnesses for the truth upon the earth. So it might be that y God is sifting this people like wheat for another planting, -

And though the former order of things may never be restored, and this building, hoary with age and rich in histor- | ic renown, as well as sacred memories, may tumble in ruins, and even these tombs and monuments, which mark the last resting places of many loved ones, whose mouldering bodies lie slumbering in this camping ground of the dead, be completely obliterated, yet if the descendants of this people, con- i scious of the mighty responsibility resting upon them, and inspired with fresh vigor and zeal from the monuments of the past, instead of spending the time glorying over by-gone achievements, or indulging gloomy forebodings about the + gloriously begun by their forefathers and even make the rec- - ord of the old church still more illustrious. And it is possi- © ble, in some way unknown to us, that God mayin the future - raise up even here, out of: these mouldering ruins, another - church and clothe it with the vigor and freshness of former years.

Select Men

NOTE. - No regular meeting in 1865. In December of this year at a called meeting L. | J. Mallard, L. L. Varnedoe, and A. M. King were ''authorized to hold office of ect Men till annual meeting." There was, however, no ''annual meeting" of the Society until twenty years afterwards, in 1887, and after the dissolution of the churoh.

John Quarterman, Sr

I give the genealogies of a few of the early families, beginning with the most remarkable, that of John Quarterman, the ancestor of so many ministers and prominent men.

John Quarterman, Jr., died June 21, 1769. Mrs. Sarah Quarterman married second, Parmenas Way, Sr., (second wife) June g, 1772.. Mrs. Sarah Way died June 20, 1776. Parmenas Way, Sr., married third, Mrs. Elizabeth (Andrew) Baker, widow of Richard Baker, November 12, 1776.

Elijah Quarterman, son of John and Sarah, married Margaret Wilson in South Carolina in 1783. Nochildren. After the death of Elijah Quarterman, she murried Join Stacy May 3, 1787.

John Winn, the son of Peter and Mary Farley Winn, aid grandson of John and Sarah Winn, was born December 4, 1774, and married Eliza Wilson, daughter of James and Elizabeth Wilson, May 7, 1806. :

Thomas Quarterman, Sr

Children: - r. Rebecca, born September 19, 1758 ; married John Norman September 5, 1775. 2. Joseph. 3. Thomas, (omitted from the Recard.) 4. William. 5. Sarah.

Thomas Quartermanx (Vo. 1) married (third) Mrs. Rebecca Ball in South Carolina, 1779. She was Rebecca Baker, the aunt of Dr. Daniel Baker, and married first, Samuel Jones, second, Edward Ball, and third Thomas Quarterman.

Mrs. Renchie Quarterman, his wife, married (second) Hon. John Elliott, United States senator, July 1, 1790, who died 1791; and married (third) Rev. Cyrus Gildersleeve (four children). Mrs. Renchie Gildersleeve died November 15, 1807.

Thomas Quarterman (Vo. 3). son of Thomas and Renchie, married first, Elizabeth Osgood; second, Elizabeth Peacock, (five or six children); third, Mrs. Sarah E. Norman.

Rev. Robert Quarterman, son of Thomas Quarterman, (No. 1), and his third wife, Mrs. Rebecca Ball, married (first), his cousin, Rebecca, daughter of Robert Quarterman, September 1, 1807.

Edward William Quarterman, son of Rev. Robert and Rebecca Quarterman, married Adeline Way. Among other children, Rev. John Way Onsen born March 18, 1841.

Children: - 1. Edward Clifford, born May 17, 1844. 2. Charles Frances, March 4, 1846. 3. George Howard,.January 25, 1848. 4. Mary Augusta, July 14,1850. 5. Georgia Serena, December 28, 1851. 6. Elliott Clifford, February 22, 1855. 7. Horace Winn, December 12, 1857. 8. (Rev.) Louis Theodore, May 20, 1866. Edward Clifford was born at Singapore and killed in the war between the states in 164. All the others, except Louis Theodore, were born at Ningpo, China.

Sarah Quarterman, daughter of William and Sarah, married John Stacy, (2d wife) November 23, 1797. Children : - 1. John William, born November 3, 1798. 2. James, Septem-

Children : - 1. Son Quarterman, bora January 25, 1799; married Sarah daughter of Thomas Mallard, by (1st wife.) 2. Daughter, Sarah, married John B. Mallard, (2d wife )

Mary Eliza Stacy, daughter of John W. and Mary Stacy, married Robert T. Quarterman March 15, 1855. He married (1st) Wilhelmina Middleton. Robert T. Quarterman died March 24, 1885.

Thomas Goulding Stacy, son of John W. and Mary Stacy, married (rst) Caroline Palmer December 18, 1860. Children : - 1. Palmer Goulding. 2. Carlton Ingersoll. 3. Harry Sumner.

Jemima Quarterman

Jemima, daughter of John Quarterman, Sr., and second wife, Hannah Taylor, married John Way, Sr., son of Samuel Way, about 1775. Son, John Way, born January 12, £776.

Remark

The above is but an imperfect list of the descendants of John Quarterman, Sr., but enough to show how wonderfully blest in the extent of his posterity. Soin the number of prominent people descending from him, as appears from the following list I give, of those I now remember.

The Way Families

Besides a host of prominent men, in the walks of business and social life, and a large number of noted women too numerous to mention. What a wonderful record! I know of no other man upon whom such high honor has ever been bestowed.

The Baker Family

There were several of these, namely: William, the first deacon, and grandfather of Dr. Daniel Baker; Benjamin, the clerk; Richard, John Baker, Sr., and Major Wilkar and Col. John Baker.

William Baker, Sr., First Deacon

Rebecca Jones, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca, married (ist) W. H. Cassels, who died April 20, 1789. Married (2d) Robert Iverson, father of Hon. Alfred Iverson, United States Senator, March 9, 1790.

Mrs. Rebecca Jones married (2d) Edward Ball, of Virginia, Jan. 21, 1773. Children : - 1. Elizabeth. 2. William, born May 31, 1777. 3. John Osgood and Samson Edward, November, 1779.

John Osgood Baker, son of William, Jr., 2d deacon, and Elizabeth, married Adeline Fabian December, 1823. Among the children, two sons were ministers, William Elliott and John Fabian. The latter married and had two sons who were ministers, William Steele and Adolph Elhart.

Daniel Baker, the celebrated evangelist, and brother of the above, married Elizabeth McRobert, March 28, 1816. Among the children were two ministers, Daniel Sumter and William Munford.

Benjamin Baker

Eliah Baker, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth, married Mrs. Rebecca Norman, (nee Baker), daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Andrew) Baker, April 13, 1797.

Richard Baker William Baker

Col. John Baker came from Carolina, and doubtless was related to Richard and William, but how, I am unable to say. The Record speaks of John © Baker, Sr., and wife, Sarah, who joined the church in 1763. If this be Col. Baker, then'he was married twice, for he afterwards, in 1784, married Mrs. Mary Lapina, who afterwards married Dr. McWhir. Col. John Baker died

The Way Family

There were several of these. The church book literally teems with them. Among the original settlers were Samuel, Parmenas, Edward, Nathaniel, Moses, and Andrew. Indeed, so many and so intermarried were they, that at this late day it would be well nigh impossible to trace out the different relationships. The case is very aptly put in the following couplet of names, formed, it is said, by Dr. W. P. Mc- Connell in 1843, a year generally known as one of exceeding scarcity and hardness, which I give both as a specimen of Liberty county wit, as well as illustration of the point. Said he:

The Way family is just as old as numerous. Together with the Sumner's, it is the only one the: can be traced directly back to England through th= .uassachusetts colony.

Henry Way came over from "Sristol, England, with Roger Williams, February 8, 1631, and settled in Dorchester, and died in 1667, aged eighty-four years. His wife, Elizabeth, died April 23, 1665, aged eighty-four years. They had three

1. NOTE. - William W. Baker, for many years a Senator from Liberty county and Commander of the Liberty Troop, was killed by his horse a few miles from Milledgeville on his way home after the adjournment of the Legislature His remains were taken back to Milledgeville and interred, and the Legislature erected a monument over his grave. He was unmarried.

sons born in England: George, Richard and Aaron, who removed with their father. George never left Dorchester, and still has a large number of descendants living in and around Boston. The Carolina and Liberty county Ways descended chiefly from Richard and Aaron, and especially of the latter, of whom we know most.

In Daniel Axtell's day 'book, used on the Ashley, we meet with the names of Aaron Way, Sr., Aaron, Jr., Moses, William, Sr., and William, Jr. And in the probate court in Charleston we have the will of Moses and William Way. From it all we would make the following genealogical descent:

From William and Perces, his wife, were born William, Jr., and Henry, and daughters Perces, who married a Sumner, and Waitstill, who married an Osgood.

The Osgood Family

William Norman LTI., son of the above, was born January 25, 1794, and matried Sarah Sanford, of Bryan county, Ga., November 17, 1818, and died April 6, 1827.

I regret that Iam not able to speak with absolute certainty concerning the early history of this family. From the best lights before me, I give the following line of descent:

Children : - (Rev.) John, Susannah, who married Benjamin Baker, and probably Joana, who married John Lupton, and Sarah, who married William Baker, Sr., first deacon.

Rev. John Osgood married twice, and had two children, - Sarah, who married John Quarterman, Jr., and Mary, who married Joseph Way. His first wife was Hannah and his second was Mary Andrew, sister of Judge Benjamin Andrew.

The Andrew family was quite large, as follows: Benjamin, James, the father of John and grandfather of Bishop James Osgood Andrew, Joseph, and Lydia, who married first, Saunders and second, John Winn, Sr., Hannah, who married first, George Godfrey and second, Rev. John Alexander, Elizabeth, second wife of Richard Baker, and Mary, (2d) wife of Rev. John Osgood.

Children : - 1. Josiah. 2. John. 3. Thomas. 4. Sarah, who married Paul Fulton, August 9, 1767, the great grandfather of Rev. Dr. T. D. Witherspoon and Chancellor R. B. Fulton, of Mississippi. 5. Mary, who married James McCullough, February 20, 1775. 6. Elizabeth, married Jonathan Scarth, March 18, 1773.

This family was eminently a large and military one, many of them being intimately connected with the Midway people, I give a few of the more prominent members.

John McIntosh Mohr, (or Mhor, as the Highlanders write it, meaning grea?), was leader of the clan that came over with Oglethorpe from Scotland in

First Generation

Children of John Mohr and Margery McIntosh : - 1. William, married Mary McKay. 2. John. 3. Lachlan, the General. 4. George, married daughter of Patrick Houston. 5. Ann, married Robert Baillie, whose granddaughter was the wife of Judge Iverson L. Harris. 6. Barbara.

Second Generation

Children of William and Mary Mclutosh : - 1. Col. John MclIntosh,* of Sunbury fame. 2. Lachlan (Major). 3. Margery, married James Spalding. 4. Hester, married Alexander Baillie.

Third Generation

Col. John Mcfntosh married Sarah Swinton, of South Carolina, and had a son, Major William Jackson McIntosh, who married Maria Hillary, and who was the fatherof Dr. William H. McIntosh, Baptist minister. Col John McIntosh also had ason, Col. James Simmons McIntosh, who fell mortally wounded in the Mexican war.

Major Lachlan McIntosh, son of Col. William and Mary, was the father of Commodore James McKay MclIntosh, and also the father of Miss Maria McIntosh, th2 authoress, and also of Mrs. Ann Ward, the mother of Hon. John E. Ward.

Hester McIntosh, daughter of William and Mary, married Alexander Baillie. Their only daughter and child, Margery, married John Kell, Jr., son of John Keil, Sr., "planter," and was the mother of Captain John Kell, Adjutant General of the State of Georgia.

Fourth Generation

Col. James Simmon McIntosh, who iell in Mexico, had two sons, John Baillie McIntosh and James McQueen McIntosh, the former a Federal and the latter a Confederate General. General John Baillie McIntosh lost a leg at the battle of Gettysburg, and General James McQueen McIntosh was killed at Pea Ridge, Arkansas. After his death, his brother sent for his wid-- ow and child and had them carried through the lines and kindly cared for them till the close of the war.

There are many other families of whom I would love to give sketches, but both want of time and lack of suitable material within reach would alike debar me from undertaking anything further in this line. Nor yet are the ones given as full as I would like to make them.

Some General Statements

Michael Bacon, of South Carolina, had a son, Thomas, doubtless the father of Samuel and Joseph, who were brothers, and from whom the Bacons descended. Rebecca Bacon, who married Thomas Quarterman, Sr., was the daughter of Joseph. Michael Bacon was brother-in-law, both to William Way, Jr., and Josiah Osgood I. It was Josiah Osgood II. who removed to Liberty county. Michael Bacon died in 1745.

Benjamin Baker, the son of Thomas, married (1st) Susannah Osgood, sister of Rev. John Osgood. Sarah, the first wife of William Baker, Sr., (first deacon) must also have been a sister of Rev. John Osgood, as he speaks in his will about ''Sarah and Elizabeth,' daughters of Benjamin Baker, as ''his neices,'' i. e.. through his wife. So Joanna, wife of John Lupton, must have been another sister, as said Lupton leaves a large share of his estate to his '"'beloved Susanna, daughter of Benjamin Baker."'

There were two Quartermans who died in Carolina, Robert and Thomas, the latter having a son, William, and who, in all probability, were brothers of John Quarterman, Sr. Rebecca Quarterman, of whom William Baker, Sr., was guardian, and who afterwards married William Graves, was doubtless the daughter of one of these.

the only man that went from Liberty county to aid Texas in her struggles with Mexico. People at the time said he "lacked sense," but behold Texas to-day with her three millions of inhabitants! This same old hero when seventy years old, fought all day in the Confederate ranks at the first battle of Manassas.

It is also worthy of special mention that the great state of New York has to-day as its chief executive one of the regular descendants of the Midway people, in the person and character of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, who is the greatgrandson of Gen. Daniel Stewart, the writer being also his great grand nephew.

General Daniel Stewart, the brother of Sarah, the writer's great-grandmother, married Susannah Oswald, (all members of Midway church). Martha Stewart, their daughter, married (1st) United States Senator John Elliott, and (2d) James S. Bullock. Martha Bullock, their daughter, married Theodore Roosevelt, and the Ilon. Theodore Roosevelt, their son, is now the Governor of New York.

With the bare mention of this remarkable fact as a_befitting close to these sketches and this volume, the writer here bids his readers an affectionate adieu!