Edgefield County, South Carolina - The whole text, 1897 (part 9 of 11)

Under The Oaks At Lanham'S

No excuse nor apology need be given for the insertion in this history of this account of a day "Under the Oaks at Ivanham's." It is too well written and describes too vividl}' some incidents at the battle of Franklin during the war between the States, to be permitted to drop into oblivion as a mere newspaper article. The day was the fourth of September, 1891: IvAnham's Spring, Edgefied Co. , September 4th.

Under the beautiful oaks and poplars that spread their protecting boughs over the bold spring which here gushes from the earth to gladden the water drinkers of Edgefield County, there was to-day a notable gathering. The occasion was the inspection by Adjutaut General Farley of the Capers Light Infantry, and a reunion of the survivors of Companies I and.K of Twenty-fourth South Carolina Volunteers, commanded by General Ellison Capers. The Capers Eight Infantry recently organized and named in honor of General Capers, gave a picnic to-day, and the Edgefield Hussars and the Edgefield Light Dragoons were their guests. This a lovely spot, which has been resorted to for many 3-ears for the annual picnics of the Edgefield Hu.ssars, and the spacious dancing pavilion owned by that company was used to-day for sheltering a thousand people who had come from every part of Edgefield, and even from distant counties to attend the reunion. But for the weather the attandance would have been doubled, but the rain which had commenced to fall early in the morning continued at intervals during the day, and kept the picnickers under shelter until late in the afternoon.

The scene was a very attractive one. When the representative of the State reached the ground just before noon to-day, there was standing room only under the pavilion. Edgefield County boasts of some exceptionally handsome women, and a hundred or two of them were present. Their fresh summer costumes contrasted prettih' with the bright uniforms of the militia and the sober suits of their civilian escorts. Many notables were here. General Capers, rudd}- and genial; General Butler, a magnificent looking .soldier; Congressman Tillman - Uncle George - as rugged as an oak, and with a look of determination in his steel gra}' e3'es that bodes no good tor the purist of the penitentiary when he shall be called upon to sustain the charge made at Greenwood that this "bushyheaded Congressman had bsen bought up by the monej' moguls."

Governor Tillman, v.-earing a natty black suit, standing collar, and white tie, looked little like the "Farmer Ben" of a 3'ear ago. He has lost the haunted look that he had during the last campaign, and as he moved through the crovvd he seemed thoroughh- well pleased with the world and with liimself.

Editor Bacon, of the Edgefield Chronicle, tightly wedged in between half a dozen girls, recalled E^ndseer's "Monarch of the Glen," and was literally "another form gone to press." He pulled the tails of his Prince Albert in out of the rain and scanned the lowering clouds as tliough beyond them he would seek the sanctuary.

When General Capers arrived vsuthiu half a mile of Eanham's this morning he was met by the Capers Eight Infantry and marched with them to the pavilion under the tattered battle flag of the Twenty-Fourth South Carolina, which, after the war had been sewn together by Mrs. Capers, and was pre- .sented by her husband a year ago to the State through Governor Richardson. Secretar}- of State Tindal had loaned it to the Infantry for this occasion.

General Butler said: "Tlie pleasant duty devolves upon me of introducing the orator of the day. General Ellison Capers, a gentleman whose gallantry was known and admired by all who were associated with him during that terrible conflict, the war between the States - a man whose conduct, whether on the march, in carap or on the battlefield, was an inspiration to all who came within his influence - the man whose splendid leadership these brave men follovv'ed through the tr3dng da3's of that terrible war - the gentleman, soldier, and Christian, wlio has always lived up in full measure t'> the duties of life, wherever t!ie;- have devolved upon him. A l^rilliant soldier in battle he is equalh' a faitliful follower of the cross. He has always done his duty to his country and his God, and I welcome him rno^t cordially to the County of Edgefield." [Applause.]

Getieral Capers addressed himself to tlie Capers Light Infantry; I:is old comrades and his old friends of P^^dgefield: "There come," said he, "occasions in a man's life when he fmds it difficult to express t'ne conflicting emotions of his mind. This is such, an occasion. I am here in tlie presence of my old conu'ades and friends, survivors of the gallant compau}' of my regiment. Here are their younger brothers and sons, and, in one or two instances tlieir grandchildren, formed into a military company, with which they have done me the distinguished honor to associate my name. Here l^efore me is a generation who have grov.-n up since the eventful scenes throtigh which we ha\-e passed, my old comrades.

"As I marched today under that flag I thought of the noble and heroic founder of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment, Colonel Clement H. vStevens, of Colonel Jesse Jones, Major Appleby, i\Iajor Hammond, Major Hill, Adjutant Palmer and all the gallant and heroic dead v.dio have fought under its folds, and by the .sacrifice of their lives have built wp its glor3\

"No regiment had a grander record than tlie Twent}'-Fourth South Carolina. Up to September iS6j. out of a total of 1,152 men who niarched out under that flag 563 were killed, wounded or captured, and 157 died of disease at home or in camp, making a total of 720 casualties up to that time."

Speaking in this strain, General Capers .said he thought he could best serve the young men present by relating incidents of their fathers and elder brothers, and selected th.ose connected with Hood's Tennessee Campaign, and especially of the battle of Franklin.

He described the desperate condition of hds men, thirty of whom v/ere without shoes and seventy without blankets in the bitter cold November of that clin:e when thev crc-ssd the

Tennessee River. He described graphically the battle of Franklin, the advancing lines of Hood's army, the lay of the field and the position of the enemy, the gallant charge and the capture of the flag of the Ninety-Seventh Ohio Volunteers by Lieutenant James Tillman, commanding Company I, Anderson Walls, Owen Carpenter, and the late J. Press Blackwell.

"General Gist rode up to me in the course of the battle and 'Called out excitedly - the only time I ever saw him excited on a battlefield - 'Colonel I count on the 24th, today.' I kissed iTiy hand to him as he rode away to his death. That he could on the 24th' the result show^ed.

"In front of the enemy they had felled a locust thicket, making a magnificent abattis. Through those thorns the men of the 24th gallantly plowed their way, falling like leaves in the wind.

"In the providence of God, I was shot down. I have always believed that I owed my life to men of Edgefield, (a voice, 'Here's one of 'em') who seized me by the arm and dragged me up to a ditch, where I was protected from further fire.

"While I was lying wounded Jim Tillman came to me and said 'put your hat on your sword and wave it, and your men will go over the ditch.' I replied that I was too weak from the loss of blood to do even that. But Jim Tillman never wanted inspiration to dut3^ He led the men over and that night gave me the flag of the Ninety-Seventh Ohio.

"The man who holds the tattered flag now before you - Adam Carpenter - defended it gallantly in that battle, in the absence of the gallant color bearer. Sergeant HoUis, of Company H. When Carpenter, having exhausted his ammunition was hard pressed by one of the enemy, he picked up a rock and brained his assailant.

"Was there ever, in the history of a people meeting such overvv'helming defeat as came to Southern armies, such a scene as is here presented? A meeting to commemorate memories that were glorious, in spite of defeat, because the examples of heroism and sacrifice were inspiring."

emulate the noble deeds of their fathers and elder brothers, and thanking them with much feeling for the honor of associating his name with them and in inviting him to address them today.

General Capers was listened to with great attention throughout, but at times the downpour of rain was so heavy as to almost drown his voice, and the hoarseness caused b}- speaking against the rain, forced him to shorten his address.

At the conclusion of the address, the centre of the pavilion was cleared and the band began to play. In an instant thirty or forty couples were on the floor, and the dancing was kept up all the afternoon. During the day the Edgefield Hussars, the Edgefield Light Dragoons and the Capers Eight Infantry were inspected by General Farley.

The Hussars, thirty-six men, were officered b}^ S. B. Ma3S, Captain; R. S. Anderson, First Eieutenant; L. A. Brunson, Second Eieutenant; J. J. Elolland, Third Eieutenant.

This afternoon a meeting was held of survivors of companies I and H of the Twenty-Fourth South Carolina, at which General Capers presided. A resolution was unanimously passed recommending a reunion of the survivors of the entire regiment at Columbia at some suitable time. Next August was suggested. General Capers was requested to appoint a connnittee with himself as Chairman, to be composed of one man from each company in the regiment, with whom he should correspond to make arrangements for the reunion.

The utmost good order prevailed during the da}-, and notwithstanding the rain, the occasion was thoroughly enjoN'ed by all who were present.

Ambrose E. Gonzaees Penn'S Drug Store

In writing of the town of Edgefield and its bt:siness, I believe that I did not make that special mention of Penn's Drug Store that an old and Iionorable institution like that deserves. It is seldom, indeed, th.at aii}^ business in this country where changes are yet so sudden and so rapid, continues for thirty or forty years in the same hands, descending from father to son, as this has done. It started before the war, and was then and for 5^ears knov/n as the Drug Store of G. L. Penn. For a long time, I know not how long, the business was conducted by W. B. Pen-.i, the son of G ly. Penn; and now, in August, 1892, I find that the business is again that of G. Iv. Penn, with the addition of son, making it G. I,. Penn & Son.

This is the way that aristocracies are built up. By the transmission of certain noble and superior qualities from father to son, and to son again, there comes a fixity of character and noijility of heart and mind that makes the family aristos, the best, for that is al! the word means. The best for leadership in war; the best for leadership in tne State, and in the councils of the nation. The best scholar; the best teacher; the best statesman, is the greatest ari;;tocrat. And there may and ought to be an aristocracy in Inisiness.

Waters Family

Philem:)n B. Waters, son of Philemon B. Waters, who was one time Sheriff of Nevvberry Count> , mentioned in O'Neall's Annals, was born September ist, 1807. Pie recei"\'ed a good Englisli and classical education - was a lover of literature and v>'as an eloquent and gifted man. He married Martha Caroline Chappell, and soon thereafter moved to Prairie Bluff, Wilcox Coiuity, Alabama. During the Seminole War in Florida he served as Captain of the Wilcox Guards, He was much beloved and popular, as is testified by his comrades and neighbors. He died in early manhood, July 30th, 1840. His remains were interred with Masonic honors at Prairie Bluff.

At liis death he left surviving him, one daughter, and his widow, who was then enceinte. The widow, with her family, sub-sequently returned to Edgefield, S. C, where she afterwards married Bennett Perry. She is yet living (1893,

February,) nearl}- eighty years old. near Bouknight's Ferry, in Edgefield County. The daughter, Sarah Gilliam, first married Arthur Dozier, and after his death, John E. Perr}-. She and Philemon B. Waters, the son born aft r his father's death, are living at Johnston, S. C. This son is a lawyer in practice at Edgefield, and is also a member of the Legislature from that county. He was also Captain of Company "K," Second Reginient of Artillery, during the War of Secession.

Battle

Not counting the Jumonville affair, which, nevertheless, cuts quite a figure in French history and literature, the first regular conflict delivered by Washington was the battle of Fort Nece.ssity, in the Great Meadows, nov.^ styled the Glades, of the Alleghai}}' Mountains.

A document, ^-ellow and stained with the accidents of a century and more, has recently been found in Virginia, which tells another story of the disappointments of the brave. It proves that to be shot and "have j-our name .spelt wrong in the Gazette" is but one of fame's U'.an}' mockeries. The soldier whose plaint is liere set forth long survived the fight, but failed, as it appears, to secure his share of the reward of land coieferred b}^ Virginia upon her .soldiers. Led by the current of emigration then .settling southward, Philemon Waters became a citizen of South Carolina.

Among tlie remote hills of Orangeburg, then practically more distant than Oregon is !iov/, he had learned of no limitation of time for the presenting of his claim. Perliaps, thinking it a safe reserve in the way of legacy to his children, lie allowed this part of his presumed a.ssets to slumber unrealized for twenty 5'ears. Then was informed b}- a traveler from the rallying ground of the small but famous expedition that his right had. probably lapsed, and that for its revival it behooved him to be up and stirring. The steps he took are recorded in three manuscript pages of foolscap, as given below.

The Colonel Hite (misspelled Hight) named in the manuscript was a descendant of Jois Hite, one of the first settlers of Virginia Valley, familiar in history for his legal contest with

Fairfax, which involved the title to 100,000 acres of land, lasted just half a century - from 1736 to 1786 - and ended in Kite's favor. The Colonel's visit to South Carolina was probably connected with the running off of some of the family slaves by the Southern Indians in the French War. Hite never recovered his negroes. Possibly their blood might be traced in Tan-le-qnah, or among the Cherokee remnant left behind on the Georgia and Carolina uplands.

General Steven, who establishes Water's claim to the first shot, was a man of note in the lower valley. Among his descendants are Virginians highly distinguished in the councils of the Stale and the Union.

Charlestown, S. C, 3rd June, 1772. Hon'd Sir: I am informed by several gentlemen from your parts, and by Colonel Hight particularl)', that there is two hundred thousand acres of land laid out on the Oliio River for those men that were in the engagement in the 3^ear 1754 with Col. Washington and your honor at the Meadov\'s.

I have therefore taken this opportunity to acquaint your honor, that I am in the Land of the living and to beg 3'ou will write me a letter by Col. Hight, or by the post, directed to the post office in Charlestown, in which letter be pleased to inform me whether it is worth my while to come and claim my property in that surve}' on the Ohio, or whetr.er there is any objections against my receiving it as my dividend in the Land. Your answer to this by Col. Hight or the post oi5ice will much oblige.

Philemon Waters

That country is settled 100 miles below Fort Pitt, that is 163 miles below Girt's plantation, and there is a great run to it as ever was to Carolina. They could raise about 6000 fighting men over the mountains. They whip the Indians whenever saucy.

It will be an excellent country in a short time, and some spots of land sell at a pound per acre already. I will be glad to hear of your welfare. I am

Adam Stephen

I do hereby certify that the bearer, Mr. Philemon Waters, was a Soldier at the battle of the Great Meadows in the year 1754, and that he that day applied to me to receive his claim to land under Mr. Dinwiddle's proclamation of 1745. But as the 200,000 granted by that proclamation hath been long since surveyed, distributed, and patents issued in the names of those who put in their names before Nov., 1773, it is not in my power to give him any relief nov/.

Geo. Washington

Sat., 23 May, 1775. This day came before me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County, Philemon Waters, Jr., of Orangeburg District, in the Colony of South Carolina, and made oath on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God that he being a soldier of the battle of the Great Meadows in the year 1754, became entitled to a part of 200,000 acres of land on tlie Ohio granted by the Hon. Gov. Dinwiddle's proclamation; and this deponent upon his oath had declared that, being a resident of South Carolina, he never heard in an}^ manner whatsoever, until about the middle of April last, that any time was limited for the claimants under the aforesaid procla- mation to come in and make good their several claims to the above lands, or he, the said deponent, should have used his best endeavors to have entered his claim in due time.

Henry Peyton

Whether a real Waters ever got his land there is no information. He stands recorded, however, as the first to fire a shot in Washington's first battle - the beginning of the long volley that rolled from the summit of the Alleglianies to Quebec, Concord, the Brandy wine, and Saratoga till it died out on the beach at Yorktown, and that is some satisfaction for his descendants.

Captain Lewis Jones

In the year 1S92 Captain I^ewis Jones, at the age of seventyseven, after a long illness died at his home in Edgefield. He was the last of four brothers -and of a family that has made itself historic in the annals of the District and Count}' of Edgefield. lie was Sheriff of the District four years from 1852 to 1856, and he was without a superior in the discharge of the duties of that important olhce. After he was Sheriff he was elected to the Legislature, and faithfully- discharged the duties of a Legislator. At the breaking out of the War of Secession he raised a company of cavalry and joined the vSixth Regiment.

After the war he was for a number of years President of the Atlantic and French Broad Railroad, and afterwards of the Carolina Cumberland Gap, and did as much as s.uy one to give Edgefield a railroad connection with the outside world.

In private life he was pure. In his dealings with others he was honest, though he had a somewhat cold and stern appearance, yet it was appearance only. His friends loved him and were bound to him as closely as friends can be to any one. He sleeps in the family cemetery on the hill North of the village and overlooking it.

Robert W. Jennings

, It is a great pleasure to the writer of this history to trace the career of the descendants of the primitive settlers of Edgefield and to find that it has been honorable to themselves and to the land which tlieh' forefathers helped to reduce from the condition of wild uncultivated forests to that of blooming fruitful fields. Among the early settlers of Edgefield there were none more honorable and energetic and useful than the Jenningses of Little Saluda. But Edgefield cannot keep all her useful citizens. The same spirit that brought the men of energy here, is still active in the descendants of those men and moves them out and on t(j other fields of labor and usefulness. A grandson of Edgefield, son of R. W. Jennings, born in Edgefield, and now proprietor of the Jennings Business College of Nashville is rising to distinction, of which he is altogether worthy, in the far off State of \Va?hington on the Pacific Ocean. Recently (1S9.?) he was a candidate for the office of Attorney-General in the District in which he resides, and during the canvas, having been taunted by his opponent v/itli his Southern birtli with the intent to excite prejudice against him, he made this eloquent reply:

"Yes, sir, I am from Tennessee, and ever}- foot of lier soil is dear to my heart. I love her mountains and her dales. I love her woodlands and her meadows, her rushing rivers and her rippling brooks; I love every leaf upon the trees of her many colored forests; I love e\-ery lark, and linnet, and thrusli, and golden-throated songster that pipes its morning lay to the rising sun; I love all the daisies on !)er thonsaiul hills; I lo\-e her sunny skies and lier starry heavens, and even here, 3,000 miles away, upon the Western Coast of America, on the shores of Puget vSound, looking out across the broad Pacific to the gateways of the day, I fancy, that sometimes upon my cheek, I can feel the soft, warm breath of her perfect June days, and I seem to be once more

"I love it all, and if 3'ou, sir, think I would deny my birthright to get this oflice, for once you mistake your man. I would not do so for the office of Prosecuting Attorney for this or any other county, though it were offered to me upon a golden platter set with diamonds. ' '

A Granddaughter Of Edgefield Distinguished In Paris

We copy the following from a late number of the Nashville Banner. The j^oung lady spoken of is a daughter of Prof. R. W. Jennings who lived in our town in his boyhood, and belongs to a branch of the old Jennings family of Saluda. For many 5-ears past, he has been at the head of the Jennings Business College of Nashville, one of the leading institutions of the kind in our country.

"It will be gratifying to the friends of Misses Mary and lyouise Jennings, the accomplished daughters of Prof. R. W. Jennings, of this city, to learn that these ladies are achieving noteworthy success in art in the Academic Delecluse in Paris which the}^ are attending. The first medal for the best head has been awarded by the academic to Miss lyonise in a competition in which there were sixty contestants, representing many schools and nationalities. Some of the contestants had been students of the New York Art League. This achivement of Miss Jennings is not only highly creditable to her, but it also reflects credit upon the Nashville school of Fine Arts, of which she and her sister were pupils."

Colonel David Denny

When the call was made for volunteers for the Seminole War in Florida in the year 1836 David Denny, who was then a young man living near Perry's Cross Roads on the Saluda side of the County, was elected Captain of the company raised in his section. Edgefield furnished three companies; one from the Seventh, one from the Tenth, and one from the Ninth Militia Regiment, besides some from Hamburg. The names of all are given in this connection as taken from the Advertiser of February nth, 1836, with the introductory remarks of the Editor at that date.

The following incident in the history of that campaign, so honorable to Captain Denny and to the men under his command has never been put on record in any book, nor even the county newspaper. It was told to the present writer by James Y. Culbreath, Esq., son of William Culbreath, who was a member of the company, afterwards confirmed by Mr. Clarke Martin, who was also one of the compar.y and was present and a witness of the fact. Mr. Clarke Martin also gave me the additional information that the fording of the water to reach the hammock was just after Sergeant Nicholas Summer, of Newberry, of Captain Hargrove's mounted men, had received the wound of which he afterwards died at Tampa, An account of that is in the Annals of Newberry.

Near the close of the campaign the Indians were driven into a densely wooded hammock, surrounded, or partially surrounded by water, so that they were, for the time, practically inaccessible in any other way than by fording the intervening water. Mr. Martin tells me that they could see the smoke rising from the Indian camp-fires, and the Indians themselves moving and dodging from place to place. It was necessary to rout them and drive them from their sheltered position, even at the sacrifice of a company. Captain Denny's Company was detailed and ordered forward for the performance of this duty. The water the men had to pass through was not too deep to wade without swimming, but this fact they had to ascertain experimentall3^ They were ordered forward, and forward they went, completely exposed to any enem}^ that might be lurking and lying concealed in the swamps beyond. When about half way, or a little more than half way across, Captain Denny faced his men and then called out, "Halt!" With drawn sword, standing waist deep in water, with enemies in front of whose numbers they had little idea; not knowing but that they were all marching to death, Denny says: "Men, remember you are from South Carolina and from Edgefield District! Forward, march!" They went forward, but the enemy fled and disappeared at their approach.

Judge A. P. Butler in speaking of this incident and mentioning that address always characterised it as equal in force, energ}', compactness, and effectiveness to any he had ever heard or read, and was worthy of any commanding officer at any time. It was like a solid shot with a true aim and going direct to the mark.

When the War of Secession broke out Colonel Denny again volunteered and was elected Captain of a company - went to Virginia with it, but being too old for active field service he resigned and returned home where he remained performing faithfull}' all the duties of a farmer citizen until his death.

He was a member of the Baptist Church, a faithful and true man, doing his duty in all stations in life in which he was placed, according to his highest conceptions and perceptions of what those duties might be.

General James Jones

This distinguished gentleman, an honor to the State and to the County, was the second son of Colonel Mathias Jones, one of the pioneer settlers of Ridge Spring; and was born October 3rd, 1805. He vas educated at the academy at Edgefield Court House, at which institution he was prepared to enter the vSouth Carolina College. He graduated in 1S24, in a class of nineteen. In the class were Dr. Josiah C. Nott, Professor R. T. Brunily, and Tames M. Calhoun, sometimes President of the Alabama Senate. At his graduation Dr. Cooper was President of the South Can/iina College. After his graduation he read law at Edgefield and began practice tl:cre at a time when that Bar had some of the best and most brilliant lawyers in the State.

In 1S27, May 3rd, he married Miss Catlierine Louisa Creyon, of Columbia, South Carolina. After his ir.arriage he engaged successfully in his profession at Edgefield. In 1836, in obedience to his military instincts he raised a company of volunteers for the Seminole War. General Milledge L. Bonham, then a 3'oung man, was Orderly Sergeant of the company. The reader will find a roll of that company elsewliere in this book. This company formed a part of the regiment of Colonel Abbott H. Brisbane, of which regiment A. G. Magrath, afterwards Governor of South Carolina, was Adjutant. After the expiration of his term of service in Florida Captain Jones became Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina, which oflSce he held acceptably for many years. Becoming dissatisfied with the practice of t'le law he accepted the position of manager of the \^aucluse Factory, which is .said to have been the first cotton factor}' built in South Carolina. The first building was erected by a German named Christian Breithaupt, wlio settled in Edgefield. This building was destroyed by fire, but was soon rebuilt. He continued some time as Superintendent in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Gregg, but after awhile sold his interest and mo\-ed to Columbia in order to assume the duties of the newly created office of Commissioner of the new State Capitol, to which he had been elected by the Legislature. This office he filled to the satisfaction of all until the war came and the work was suspended.

On December .-^ist, 1S42, he was appointed by Governor Hammond to the Chairmanship of the Board of Visitors of the newly created militar}' scliools at the Arsenal and the Citadel. No better selection could have been made. For more than twent3--two 3-ears, without salary, he gave the necessary time and attention to the cause of the Military Acadeni}'. During his time of service here from 1S42 to 1865 he had as his colleagues, Jamison, Hanna, Means, Wallace, Wilson, Young, Perrin, Gage, Simms, regular members, and Adjutant Generals Cantey, Dunovant, DeSaussure, Garlington, and Governors Hammond, Aiken, Johnson, Means, Manning, Adams, Allston, Gist, Pickens, Bonham, Magrath, ex-officio members of the Board of Visitors.

In 1 86 1 he became Colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment of vSouth Carolina Volunteers. In 1S62-1S63 he served in the lo\ver part of the State, when he resigned and was made Quarter-Master General of the State.

After the war was over, Mr. William Gregg, President of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company, being absent for a time in Europe, General Jones was induced to remove to Graniteville arid assume entire control of that business and its management. He lived but a short time after this. He died of apoplexy on the 20th of October, 1865, his wife having preceded him to the toml:) by aijout three years. On the da}^ of his death the sun was in eclipse, and on the 20th of October, 1892, just tv\'ent3'-seven years after his death, the sun was again in eclipse. But no man's life and death can affect the general course of nature. Indeed it seems sometimes that nature does not care whether we live or die.

General Jones and his wife had no children of their own, but out of the kindness of their hearts they adopted two, a son and daughter, of R. H. Nichols and his v/ife, Susan B. Travis, who were teachers by profession and who died suddenly, leaving these children in distressed circumstances. The children added greatly to the happiness of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and are

General Jones was a believer in the Code Duello and was regarded as high authority on such questions as the Code was expected to determine. But to his honor be it said, he used the Code as an instrument of peace whenever it was possible for peace to be restored between the parties.

Edgefield may have produced and nourished greater men than General James Jones, but few more useful to the county and to the State than he. He was captain of a company during the Seminole War in Florida; Adjutant and Inspector General of the State; manufacturer; Commissioner of the new State House; Confederate Colonel; Quarter-Master General of the State, and Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the South Carolina Military Schools for twenty -two 3'ears, all which positions he filled with honor.

This sketch of the life and services of General James Jones is drawn from Colonel J. P. Thomas' History of the Citadel Academy of South Carolina.

Colonel T. P. Shaw

Colonel Thomas Pickens Shaw was born in Edgefield County, June lOth, 1828; died August 2nd, 18S3, at his home near Poverty Hill, S. C, in the same county.

At the commencement of the bloody struggle between the States Colonel Shaw raised a company and was elected its captain. The company was afterwards known as Company "B," Nineteenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. Colonel Shaw rose by regular promotion, initil he became the commander of the gallant regiment. At the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, Colonel Shaw vv^as severely wounded while at the front in the thickest of the fight, in command of a brigade. Several days after the battle he was captured and remained a prisoner until the close of the war.

He was admired for his chivalr}- and braver}'; esteemed for his ardent patriotism, and loved for his generosity and kindness. Colonel Shaw was married January 23rd, 1868, to Miss Mattie Lanier, the daughter of the Honorable Silas Lanier, of one of the most prominent families of South Edgefield.

Samuel Calliham Scott was born at Scott's Ferr}', April 22nd, 1807, and lived in Edgefield District the greater portion of his life. He died in Webster Parish, Louisiana, August 5th, 1873. From him is derived about all we know of the early history of the family.

John Scott and his wife, whose maiden name is not known, came to America about the first or middle of the eighteenth centur3^ John Scott was from the North of Ireland - his wife was a Scotch lady.

The names of their children are not all now known, the following only are remembered: Samuel, known as Ready Money Scott, James, William, and Joseph.

They brought with them great wealth in money, how much cannot now be estimated, but enough with their thrift and energy, afterwards, even from one, Samuel, to make at least two of his generations of many families rich.

John Scott and sons brought with them letters or documents of credit, or recommendations from the King of Great Britian to the Colonists. Samuel, the eldest son, seemed to be favored with a grant of land in South Carolina from King George II or King George III.

Dear Sir: According to promise, have seen Dr. W. D. Jennings, the Encyclopedia, Genealogist, &c., &c. , &c. He says your great-grandfather, Samuel (Hard Money) Scott, did own a town and nearly the entire county, or district as then known. He thinks it was Orangeburg City and County. He has seen the deeds and plats to Hard Money Scott, granted by King George. The deeds and plats are made out on sheep - skin or parchment. Bob. Middleton's father got them yearsago in Charleston, after the death of old Mr. Middleton, whO' died in Charleston, and was, perhaps, Bob. Middleton's grandfather. He sa3-s old John Middleton, the father of Bob., brought the package of papers from Charleston, and it is thought that he never opened the package; nor was it ever opened until after his death. I don't knov*? whether Bob. Middleton or Geo. D. Tillman, son and son-in-law's attorney, have the papers.

He thinks above attorneys will make effort to recover this vast amount of property. Tillman's son-in-law, the lawyer, says that he is satisfied that the property can 1)e recovered. If so, you are undoubtedly an heir to this vast estate. Hoping you complete success in life, that you may enjoy most beautifully the proceeds, &c.

This Scott family first settled on the Georgia side of the Savannah River, but moved over to the Carolina side, prior to the Revolutionary War, and established their homestead at the place then and to-day known as Scott's Ferry.

Here they were resident during the war of independence, and their property continued in the family from Ready IMoncy vScott to his son, Samuel vScott, - from him to his only three children, Elizabeth, Jolm, and Samuel C. Scott. Elizabeth, being the eldest, retained that portion including the ferry.

Elizabeth never married. She willed to Oliver H. P. Scott, and William E. Scott, the eldest son of her brother, &c., &c. The latter two transferred to parties outside the family.

James Scott, the next eldest, moved West, on the Alabama River. William and Joseph Scott moved to the middle or eastern portion of South Carolina. The two latter, being the 3^oungest of the original family, entered the American Army, and were made, one a Captain and the other a Lieutenant. Their names are mentioned in Ramsay's History of South Carolina.

Samuel Scott, (Ready Money) owned and remained at the homestead, Scotts Ferry on the Savannah River. He was married to Miss Joyce Calliham, a brave and plucky lady of a brave, patriotic family of Scotch descent. Her brother, Joel

Calliham, served as a soldier the entire time of the Revolutionary War. Served under Sevier at the battle of Kings Mountain, and is mentioned by Iv. C. Draper in his history on page 424, as one of the Heroes of Kings Mountain.

Just after the Revolutionary War other records were made of the services of the families of Scott and Calliham; but these remaining in manuscript have become lost or destroyed.

Samuel Scott, Ready Money, was one of the pioneers of Ninety-Six District, being a man of wealth, of education, and a good surveyor, his influence was considerable. He acquired the name of Ready Money by being always prepared to pay cash for what he bought, and by always demanding cash for what he sold. The story is related of him that he once attended a large sale of tobacco at a warehouse in Augusta, Georgia. He was not known to be present. A number of business men of means were there to secure the entire lot at a bargain. The tobacco was sold in small lots with privilege to the purchaser of taking the entire warehouse full if he desired. After a few lots had been sold Ready Money commenced to bid. The capitalists present not knowing the bidder, and hoping to get rid of him permitted the lot on which he had bid to be knocked down to him at a mere nominal price. "How much do you want, sir?" was the question of the auctioneer. "The entire lot," was the ready reponse. "Who's the bidder?" "Ready Money Scott, and here it is; I want the keys, sir." In less than twenty-four hours he realized quite a large profit on his investment selling to these same merchants.

Scott's devotion to the cause of American Independence was proverbial. He was a man deeply interested in the welfare of the country - the owner of large landed estates between Savannah River and Steven's Creek - all his wife's relatives and his own had espoused the cause of the colonies - he lived at a very important crossing of the river, Scott's Ferry, recognized as a point of military importance - the military establishing a fort for its and the country's protection. Pace's Island in Savannah River just above the mouth of Scott's Creek and the ferry was the rendezvous and hiding place of the tories for that portion of Georgia and South Carolina, from which they frequently raided the country on either and both sides, using this Island or German f Island below the ferry to store their

Stolen goods. When the fact was discovered that the Tories were using these islands as places of deposit for their stolen goods none of the neighbors seemed willing to make the trip to Ninety-Six where the American array then was, and Mr. Scott being then too old and infirm, his wife, Joyce, wdthout the knowledge of any one save that of her husband, mounted a fleet horse after sundown and at night rode the whole distance from Scott's Ferry to Ninety-Six and gave the information to the military there. Lieutenant Joel Calliham with a select body of troops was sent down to put a stop to these proceedings. He routed and dispersed the whole camp and force of Tories, and for a time thereafter that part of the country was free from their depredations.

For this act of patriotism Samuel Scott and his wife Joyce were made to suffer at the hands of the detached body of Tarleton's troops who visited the place for plunder. Augusta at the time was in the hands of the enemy.

Mr. Scott at the time of the Revolution was too old to take part in person as a soldier, but he furnished money, raiment, and food, and further encouraged the rebellion by sending and keeping in the service of the continental forces, his brother-inlaw, Joel Calliham, Lieutenant in Sevier's Regiment. In consequence of his zeal and patriotism the Tories and British burned and destroyed his dwelling and corn cribs, killed and stole his stock, carried off his slaves, and annoyed him in many other wa5\s; but I think those mentioned above quite enough. It seems, however, that they were not, for his and his w^ife's feet were burned to make them tell where their money was buried. In addition to this indignity, his wife, with a rope around her waist, was ducked in the Savannah River to make her divulge this secret, but without avail.

The money and plate so buried have not been discovered to this day. Family documents, by which the foregoing statements could be proven, have been lost and destroyed.

The foregoing description seems to have included the destruction of the two raids on this place - Tarleton's, in which the two were treated with indignities by him, destroying the fields of green corn, ripping up feather beds, &c. , &c. The other raid will be described further on, which was more destructive and serious and from a different command.

On this raid from Tarleton's command, one of the Callihams, an American soldier, was made prisoner and taken to Augnsta, Georgia, and placed in their militar}^ prison, the walls of which are occupied to this day and sits on the bank of the Savannah River, according to the recollection of my informant on Reynolds Street.

While in the prison Calliham had learned that they wee to be transferred to safer quarters down the river. Knowing the road over which they were to be marched he determined to make his escape. He accordingly divested himself of heavy wearing appeared and with a long Scotch cloak wrapped about his person - having a diagram of the British works which he had already prepared and tightly folded and placed in his mouth, watching his opportunity he suddenly threw off his cloak and leaped ii.to the water under fire from the guards. Swimming and diving alternately he made the Carolina side in safet3^ calling at the house of an old patriot lady in a nude condition she furnished him a suit of her clothes and he proceeded to rejoin his command which was at the time near Ninety-Six,

Dear Sir: My father, David Thomas, was born in Edgefield District, S. C. , in the year 1775 and died in I^ouisiana 1849. He was a nephew to Joyce Calliham, the wife of Ready Money Scott, who lived on the Savannah River above Augusta, Ga., and had a ferry that is known to this day as Scott's Ferry. In 1850 I visited among my relatives there and heard much of the family history from old kinspeople who are now dead. Samuel Scott, better known in that country as Ready Money Scott, was a verj' thrifty farmer. He got his soubriquet from the fact that he always paid the ready money for what he bought, and would not sell unless the ready money was paid to him. This habit obtained for him the reputation of having money, and when the war broke out between the colonies and Great Britian, he, having cast his lot with the colonies and rendered such services as are usually given by patriots to the cause this espousal brought upon him and his family much persecution.

For robbery he was visited from time to time by the Tories and the British. One time they destroyed a field of growing corn by turning their cavalry horses loose in it, while the men plundered the dwelling house. and premises.

Failing to find any money, they ripped up with their swords the family featherbeds and gave the feathers to the winds. It is a well authenticated fact that old Ready Money Scott was an intense patriot, and aided the Colonies in their struggle for freedom against Great Britian.

At another time a raid was made by the Tories from upper South Carolina and North Carolina, supposed to be a detached body from the noted North Carolina Tory, Colonel Fagan's command, operating principally in that State. Connecting themselves with the Paris Island gang, they visited Scott's Ferry and neighborhood, destroying the place by burning his corn cribs, stables, wagons, vehicles, and killing" his stock - taking with them valuable horses and quite a number of his slaves to North Carolina. The latter made their escape near the head waters of the Savannah River, and returned home in canoes down the river, (foraging on the way) to Scott's Ferry.

Recapitulation

John Scott and wife - from Ireland and Scotland. Children: Samuel Scott, the eldest; James Scott, moved to iVlabama; William Scott and Joseph, moved to the middle part of South Carolina.

Samuel Scott, the only son, married Miss Mary Baker, of Abbeville District, S. C. Children: EHzabeth, the eldest; next John, next and last was Samuel Calliham Scott, father of Dr. J, J. Scott, Shreveport, Ea. The father of these three children died young, and the widow afterwards married Armistead Burt and had many children, most of whom and their children still live in Edgefield County and Augusta, Ga. Elizabeth, the eldest, heiress of the Scott's Ferry tract, died unmarried, about 30 years of age, willing her property, land, and slaves to her mother, Mrs. Burt, after her death to O. H. P. Scott and a cousin of his.

O. H. P. Scott served in the Confederate States Army, Hillary Collier Scott was living in Philadelphia when the war broke out. He came South and joined the Confederate States Army - was taken prisoner and treated very cruell}^ - died soon after being exchanged. Hugh H. Scott, of Edgefield, saw service with Hampton. John Joseph was also in the army and is a Confederate Veteran.

The Martins Of Martintown

The Martin family, of Martintown, in Edgefield County, were prominent, brave, active, and engergetic Whigs during the Revolution, but as Martintown has long since gone to decay, and as the family, from whom the name w^as derived, is almost or quite extinct in Edgefield, it might please the reader of this book to find here a few items of the family history.

The Martin family was of Scotch-Irish origin. The family emigrated from the North of Ireland somewhere towards the close of the sixteenth century (should be I think seventeenth) and settled originally in Caroline County, Virginia. The family was a large one, there being seven sons and one daughter. The names of the sons were: Abram, John, George, William, Matthew, Barclay, and Edmund. The daughter's name was Eetty. They resided in Virginia for many years, and finally scattered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.

Martin, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in the year 1708, and there grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth Marshall, of Caroline County, who was said to be a niece of the father of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after his marriage he moved to South Carolina and located in Edgefield District and there lived and died.

He had eight sons, as follows: William Martin, James Martin, John Martin, George Martin, Barclay Martin, Edmund Martin, Marshall Martin, Matt Martin, and one daughter, Letty Martin.

Of these children, William, the eldest, married Miss Grace Waring and left three children, Robert, Elizabeth, and William. He was captain of artillery and was killed at the siege of Augusta. It was this Mrs. Martin who, in conjunction with Mrs. Barclay Martin, born Rachel Clay, captured the British courier with dispatches while on his way from Augusta to Ninety-Six, as elsewhere related.

Several of this prolific family rose to distinction. Charles was an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

Many more names might be added to this roll of the Martins, all worthy, all true men and women; but if all were written that miglit be written of the children of Edgefield abroad, it would embrace the world, and the book would soon grow to unwieldy size.

Werts Family

The Werts family first made its appearance in Newberry in the 3^ear 1758, and it was not until nearly one hundred years thereafter that they crossed Saluda into Edgefield.

John Werts, son of John and the grandson of the original John of the American Revolution, moved into Edgefield in the 5'ear 1856. He had eight sons and one daughter. Mar:/. Two sons, Elijah and Jacob, and his daughter died young. The other sons were: J. Wesley, E. Emanuel, J. Noah, A. Calvin, Alfred S., and Andrew A. J. Wesley was a Lutheran minister, whom I used to know very well. His wife was Caroline Derrick. Mr. Werts moved to Orangeburg in 1876, where he died in 1883. His widow and three daughters live near Leesville, in Eexington Count}'. Three sons and one daughter live in Orangeburg County; another son, J. Q. Werts, who married Miss Houseal,- of Newberry, is a Eutheran minister in North Carolina. E. Emanuel married Emmaline Wheeler. He was a prosperous larmer on Halfway Swamp, when he and his .son James and one daughter, Rosalie, died in 1888 of typhoid fever. They rest at Trinity. His widow, two sons, and two daughters survive him. His son, J. Andrew, married Kittie Eong; J. Sidney married Eula Turner; his daughter, Sallie, married Thos, A. Pitts, and Ida, Geo. C. Wheeler. These all married well.

James Noah was twice married, first to Catherine Hipp, who died before the war. He enlisted in Company K Fourteenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, was wounded at Gettysburg, and after the war he married Mary Smith, of Edgefield County. He died in 1874, leaving no children.

Calvin A. went to Mississippi in 1858, but on the breaking out of the war he returned and enlisted in Company K Fourteenth Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. He served four years under Stonewall Jackson, was wounded at Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender of General Eee. He moved to Florida in 1866. He was twice married, first to Miss Newcome of Florida, second to Miss Boyd of Georgia. His first wife gave him one son and three daughters. He is engaged in the cultivation of oranges.

returned to Edgefield and married Christianah Schuinpert. They reared four sons, William F., R. Lee, Eugene, and Julian. William F. married Eva Long; R. Lee, Eugene, and Julian are not married. Their daughters were Nita, who married Jefferson Free - she died in 1895 - and Alice, who married Spene MafFett - and Sallie, who is not married.

Andrew A. was quite young when the War of vSecession broke out. He volunteered in Company H Third Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, and was in every battle in which that regiment was engaged. He was wounded at Gettysburg; was in the battle of Chickamauga; was at the seige of Knoxville, thence back to Virginia and the great battle of the Wilderness. Near the close of the waf the Third Regiment was sent to Chaileston, and Andrew A. then became one of the scouts that waded the swamps near Pocataligo, watching the movements of the enemy and capturing many prisoners. Many a winter night this little band of scouts crossed the Salkehatchie River on the burnt timbers of an old bridge, sometimes wading waist deep in water, feeling their wa)^ and camping without fire, to find their pants frozen stiff the next morning. He was in service till the close of the war.

In 1867 he married Emily May. Eight children were the fruits of this union, three sons, J. Rufus, Forrest E., and Grover C, and five daughters, Lula R., wife of E. J. Mitchell; Minnie L. , wife of J. V. Cooper; Dora M., Ella P., anu Alma M. are not married.

Andrew Werts, a descendant of Adam Werts, of Newberry, left one son, Levan M., who lives on Cloud's Creek. Simeon O. , proprietor of the Johnston Hotel, is a sen of Henry Werts, of Newberr}^ County.

Members of this family have long been knou'n to the writer of this book, and it is a source of pleasure to him to be able to say that he has always found them to be strong and true men.

Haltiwanger Family

Jacob Haltiwanger was born March 30th, 1785, near Chapin, Lexington County, S. C. He married Elizabeth Feagle and lived for some time in Newberry County. His parents came to this country from Germany, and his father took an active part in the colonial struggle for independence. Jacob had three brothers and two sisters: George, David, William, Nancy, and Christina.

William and David both lived near Spring Hill, Lexington County. Nancy married Henry Eleazer and lived at Spring Hill. Christina married Jacob Huiet and moved to Edgefield, where they lived and died and where some of their descendants still reside. George lived and died in Lexington County. He was a Lutheran minister and also Sheriff of his county at one, time.

Jacob lived for a while in the lower section of Newberry County, and moved frohi there to Edgefield County, in 1820, settling on Big Creek, near Trinity Church. He had ten children, five boys and five girls: George, Nancy, Catharine, Levi, William, Leah, Julia Ann, John Elmore, Emeline, am' Isaiah.

George was born May nth, 18 13; married Elizabeth Ann Dreher. He had nine children, five of whom are still living, three having died in their infancy and one in the Confederate War. George graduated at the Lexington (S. C.) Theological Seminary, and afterwards at Gett}'sburg. He was ordained in 1840 and preached for some time in Lexington. From there he moved to Ebenezer, Ga. , where he preached until his death, March loth, 1862. His gentle and loving disposition won for him friends among people of every faith. He was one of the pioneers of the Lutheran Church in its earlier days. His living children are Abner Daniel, who married Ella Counts, and resides in Columbia; Albert Josiah, married Sallie B. Lipscomb, and resides in Atlanta, Ga. ; Paul Hazelius, married Catherine N. Bouknight, and resides in Columbia; Mary Rebecca, married John Luther Fellers, and resides in Columbia; Arthur George, married Laura C. Cole, of Des Moines, Iowa, and resides in Columbia.

Levi was born April 14th, 1819, and married Melvina Attaway. They had nine children. He moved with his family many years ago to Lake City, Fla., where he still lives. One of his sons, Oliver, married Miss Kemp, and lives in Saluda.

Railroad, known as Dyson. In sight of his home stood Sister Springs Baptist Church, the oldest church in that section of the country. * He did a prosperous mercantile business before and after the war. In 1878 his people elected him to serve them in the Legislature, where he represented them two years. He died March 7, 1889, and was buried in the old Trinity burying ground. He had ten children, six of whom are still living. Sidney Daniel lives at the old home place in Edgefield. Joseph Johnson and Henry are in Walhalla. J. William is in Oklahoma. Jacob B. is Auditor of Edgefield, and resides there. The only daughter living, Addie, married George Wise, and lives near Edgefield Court House. George, a son who is dead, was a graduate of Newberry College, where he taught for several years. He afterwards practiced law.

Eeah was born November 7, 1825, and married first J. Wesley Trotter. They had five children. After his death she married Samuel Dyer, by whom she had two children, James and Alice, who still live at the home place near Trinity Church, in Saluda County. Eeah and her hu.sband died and were buried the same day at Trinity Church.

Catherine was born August i6th, 1817, and married Dave Boozer. They moved to Mississippi, where they died. They had several children, who still survive them.

Emeline was born January 3rd, 1835, and first married Jones Rushton near Batesburg, by whom she 'had one daughter. He was killed in the late war. She then married Mike A. Deloach. They had three children. She now lives at Ninety-Six, Greenwood County.

Isaiah was born May i6th, 1838, and married Fannie Counts. He lives in Lexington County, in what is known as "The Dutch Fork," and has served his county as Clerk of Court. He has a large family.

* The Baptist Church, Sister Spring, was overlooked when giving the account of the Baptist Churches in the County. I relied upon others, pastors and clerks, for sketches of the churches. This being one of the oldest it must have been constituted about the year 1800. Chestnut Ridge was constituted in 1809. I regret the oversight, but the brethren may rest assured that it was not done purposely.

Greenwood, near Dyson. She had seven children, six of whom are living, two girls and four boj^s: Elbert H., a graduate of Newberr}' College, and printer and publisher, lives in Newberry. Rowena A, , a graduate of Columbia Female College, married Rev. W. W. Daniel, a Methodist minister, who resides in Columbia. Nathan E., a graduate of Newberry College, w^ho is teaching in Texas. Eva, who with Wm. B., a graduate of Newberry College, and I,uther B. , live at the old home in what is now Greenwood.

James Sheppard, father of Honorable J. C. Sheppard, was a native of Newberry District, but left there v/hen he was a }^oung man and first settled in Edgefield about two miles from. Higgins' Ferr}- at a place where the old Ninety-Six road crosses the ferry road. He there did business, mercantile, for some years with Mr. William Coleman, father of A. P. Coleman. This was about the year 1825. After awhile he moved out to the place above the Court House where he lived for mau}'^ years a comfortable and useful life. He continued the mercantile business, and being prudent, energetic and industrious, he naturally prospered. He was not immoderately ambitious of distinction in public life, but was at one time a member of the General Assembly, as Representative. Of his children by his first marriage - he was married twice - I was acquainted only, and that slightl}^, with his son George. His secondwife, the mother of John C. Sheppard, w'as a Miss Mobley, daughter of Dr. William Mobley. His son George married also a daughter of Dr. Mobley. James Sheppard and his son George both gone long ago.

John C. Sheppard is still a young man, and it is not by any means too late for him to achieve distinction in public life, if he so desires. In 1882, if I mistake not, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, and again in 1884, as there was no opposition to the State officers who were then in office. Hugh S. Thompson was Governor. In July, 1886, Governor Thompson resigned to accept the office of assists. nt Secretary of the

United States Treasury, and Mr. Sheppard became Governor. In 1892 when Mr. Tillman, who had been elected Governor in 1890, was a candidate for re-election, Mr. Sheppard was put forw^ard by the Conservatives as the opposing candidate. After a very warm contest Mr. Tillman was re-elected. Since the election Mr. Sheppard has been steadily at work at his profession, which is that of law, at Edgefield in company with his brother.

There were other Sheppards also once living in Edgefield Count}', kinsmen of these. One was a Lutheran minister, and his name appears elsewhere in this book in the brief sketch of the Lutheran Church. The other was Dr. David Sheppard, a practicing physician, who was a surgeon or assistant surgeon of a regiment during the War of Secession. He died about the year 1890 or 1891, not long after his second marriage. He was an amiable, good man. The minister moved West, and I do not kno\An at this time (1893) whether he is living or not.

Recollections And Reflections

Yesterday, August 3rd, 1892, I met the daughter of a mau whom I once knew and loved, and the granddaughter of a man I knew and loved when I was a little boy at school over sixty years ago. He was older than myself by several years, but all the little boys loved him and looked up to him with fond confidence and trust, as he was so gentle in his deportment and bearing towards them; it was impossible for them to do otherwise. I do not now remember who our teacher was, but the school house w^as in the piney woods, not far from Pine Pleasant Church, but before that church was built, before Mount Enon was founded, just before that great religious revival that swept over the whole country, in which Barnes, Hodges, Worthington, and some others did so great a work.

It is a great pleasure, but at the same time a very sad one, to review the past and to call into active being once more those persons and events, which now live only in the memories of some, or on the pages of the historian. I can see that little, log school house, with the writing desk running nearly the whole length of the school room, with a long open window to admit the light. I can see the broad open fire-place, almost as wide as the house itself. I can see the rude benches without backs, and another desk running lengthwise of the house and sloping at both sides with a flat space on top - for the use of the cipherers and other students to rest their books and slates upon. I can hear the children while conning the regular evening spelling lesson - such a noise as they made, loud enough and discordant enough to wake the seven sleepers of Ephesus, if they could be waked at all by discordant noises. I can hear the glad shouts ot the boys when school is dismissed and the noise made by a falling bench or two, thrown over by the boys in their wild, mischievous fun. I can see the girls with their bright eyes glancing mischief at the boys. I see distinctly one girl, about twelve years old, who walked with a slight limp, being a little lame in one foot. I see her coming up from the spring with a bottle of milk poised steadily upon her head without holding or touching it with her hands - this she had placed in the morning, in the spring, to keep it cool and sweet until noon. I thought her as sweet and pleasant as the jug of milk she carried. I can see the boys gathered around my friend morning, noon, and afternoon. I can hear him say that it seemed to him that everybod}^ must love him, for that everybody called him "Bud." Yes, everybody did love you, Budd, and they continued to love you until that last sad da}' when you left, and were no longer here to love or to be loved. All these are gone; all turnei long ago to dust and ashes or to spirit, which is more impalpable still. Yes, Budd Bryant, it is your daughter's daughter whom I have just seen, the daughter of Rev. lyUther Broaddus, whom to know was to love - whose presence, whose voice, whose smile has called up and made to pass in review the buried memories of over sixty years. She is as good, I hope and believe, as father and grandfather, and I trust that love may wait upon her steps through life. The following lines, written .soon after our acquaintance began, when her father was pastor of the Baptist Church at Newberry, aptly express the feelings of the heart:

To Aileen

Au old time German ston- tells That on the eve before the bells Of Christmas ring out clear and sweet, A little child with naked feet, In tattered garments old and poor, Goes softly round from door to door, Low knocking, begging to be let Within from out the cold and wet. And if one opens, the tale tells. Before the ringing of the bells. That little child, all glorified, Becomes the Holy Christ who died To save the world; and then He breaks The bread and gives; and then He takes The wine and pours it in the cup, And blesses ere they drink it up; And then He passes from their sight Apparelled iu bright robes of light.

And He is softly knocking still, And you can open if you will, This holy, blessed Christmas tide, To Christ, the one-time crucified. To Christ, the child now glorified, And say: "Come in, thou heavenly Child! Abide with me this winter day! Abide with me, forever stay!

An Act Of Heroism

The principal actor in the incident I am now about to relate is not a native of Edgefield County, but she married in Edgefield and lived for several years in that county, and still owns a small property there. Her husband was a native of that county, in which he lived his whole life and died, and was buried near the place where he was born. And her father, if I have not been wrongly informed, was born near Saluda Old Town, in Edgefield. The act of heroism itself occurred near Ninety-Six, and in Abbeville County, but near the line. The actor was Mrs. Susan Chapman, nee Gaulden, who was born near Ninetj'-Six, and now, 1892, lives in that town. The hearing of the story moved me so much that I felt botnid to record it in the History of Edgefield as one of the heroic deeds of one of her many noble women. Mr. Gaulden was a native of Edgefield.

On Sunday, the first Sunday in June, 1890, Mrs. Chapman was on a visit to her sister (passing the day with her), who lived, if my memory is not at fault here, at their father's old place. The children, and some of the neighbors' children, were playing about in the yard, and, heedless of danger as children always are, were playing about, and running over and upon the well. The well was covered; that is, planks were laid upon, across, and over its mouth. But it appears that the planks were not very strong. At any rate, while Alberta M. Davis, a little girl about eight years old, was upon it, the middle plank broke and she was precipitated to the bottom of the well, a distance of over forty feet. Mrs. Chapman was in the house with her sister, and as soon as they heard the childr^Ttx ?>(;Teani they ran out to see wlViit the trouble was. They lowered a rope in'inediately, and Mrs. Chapman went down, stepping from stoiie to stone, with which the well w^f^ walkd, holding on to the rope to keep from falling, while htr' sister held the end a?>ove. As soon as she reached the hot Jonrshe raised and held the child's head above water, until assis-" tar^ce could be had. Fortunately a negro man was living near and in a few minutes he was with them. He descended in the" same manner Mrs, Chapman had, and brought the chiW iothe* surface. Thei'e seems to have been no windlass nor bucket W the well, as Mrs. Chapman ascended liolding to the rope and stepping from stone to stone as she had gone down.

Mrs. Chap'nan herself is a very delicate and gentle looking Vv'oman, and when asked afterwards how it was that she could go down at once to the rescue of the child: "Why," she replied, "I never thought anytliing about it at all. The child was in the well an.d had to be saved and I went. Somebody had to go at once, - that was all."

Mrs. Chapman is the widow of Andrew Chapman, a nephew of the writer. When quite a young man he w'as ratlier wild flnd reckless. This did not last long. He soon became steady and industrious, and was an energetic, upright, honorable, business man. I do not think I have any young relatives to whom it is possible for me to become so warmly and devotedly attached as I was to him. The reader can understand and appreciate his sterling character and the estimation in which he was held by some others who knew him, when he learns that Mrs. C. Mower, who was then a leading merchant at Newberry and a woman of exalted character, wept when she heard of his death.

Colonel Lewis Elzey

I had heard and read of Colonel Lewis Elzey, but his name had almost entireh' faded out from my mind and memory, when I received from a friend a clipping from an old newspaper, which gives an account of an interview with him. He was then living: near Aiken. The date of the intervie.v is not

^iven, nor the date of the publication of the paper in which it appeared (only slips were sent me), but I think it was in the year 1875, from the dates of advertisements which appeared in the same number of the "Advertiser." In giving an account this interview I cannot do better than to copy it verbatim. Who the "reporter" is I have no means of knowing:

"I am 83 years old - was born In Virginia before the Revolutionary War - was a lieutenant in the regular army during the war of 1812 - encamped at Lower Sandusky, on Lake Erie, during the naval fight of Com. Perr}- - could hear the guns and see the smoke, but could not see the vessels."

"Well, at that time there were not more than four or five graduates in the whole arm3^ Scott was not a graduate. I got my commission by the recommendation of a member of Congress."

"I knew Jeiferson, Monroe, Chief Justice Marshall, John Randolph, and others. When President Monroe returned to Virginia, his term as President having expired, he took the position of Magistrate in Loudon County, and acted for a good many years; but the office of Magistrate in those days was always filled by men of talent and eminent character - not like the'd - d Trial Justices of these days, for they are the greatest curses in the annals of time. The oldest Magistrate of the county, in those days, became Sheriff, although they never -occupied the position, but farmed it out and gave the proceeds to charitable purposes. I knew Jefferson by sight; he fre- -quently came up in the country where I lived, near Winchester. He was very popular with the common people. Chief Justice Marshall was a very plain man in his dress and manner - very much like Chancellor Harper of this State. I have often seen him with his knee buckles loose, flapping about his legs, and sometimes half of his coat tail would be off. We used to laugh at him about helping an old woman catch her chickens, who had brought them to town for sale. They got out of her basket and Mr. Marshall ran all over the streets to catch them for her,"

"No, all the Marshalls were that way. Jim Marshall dressed his children so badl}' that they once complained to my father that they were not dressed as well as the other children in the neighborhood. My father spoke to Jim about it, and he said: 'Captain Elzey, people know that Jim Marshall is rich - very rich - and what is the use for him to dress his children so fine? You can spoil children ver\' easily. When j-ou used to come to m}^ father's house I have many a time hunted eggs for your dinner in my shirt tail.'

"Chief Justice Marshall once sent word to a Mr. Duvall, with whom he was not personally acquainted, that he and family would dine with him on a certain da3\ When the da}^ arrived, Mr. Marshall rode on before and his carriage with family came on behind. When he reached Mr. Duvall' s house, he asked if he could get dinner. Duvall said: 'No, you can't get dinner; I am expecting Judge Marshall and family to dinner, and as they are very fine people I .should not like to present you to them.' The Chief Justice responded that he knew Mr. Marshall's famil}" very well and he believed he would stop anyhow. Duvall was very much taken down when he found that the ordinary looking guest \^as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States."

"I came to Charleston, S. C, in 18 16, with a drove of horses, made lots of money on them, and got on a spree. Horses were worth more then than the}' are now, that is, fine horses. Fine horses are worth more in Kentucky than they are here. When I first came to Edgefield, in 1816, there was plenty of game in the woods; we once, in a camp hunt, killed eleven deer on Shaw's Creek, There was a paper published at Edgefield then by Mr. Eandrum, called 'The Hive.' "

"There was Glascock, Edmund Bacon, Jeter, Eldred Simkins, i^IcDuffie. Edmund Bacon was a fine speaker, graceful in manners and gesture, verj' cunning in his arsfuments, and had the most musical voice I have ever heard. Eldred Simkins was a book-worm. Jeter was Solicitor, and a ver}^ sensible, practical, and short speaker. McDuffie was a great orator, but he was awkward in his manners in private, and got very much excited in speaking - sawed the air with his hands. Glascock was a forcible speaker, but never studied his cases - used frequently to hunt foxes all the morning and make an argument in the evening. I never knew him to study but one case, and that was a case he had in Beaufort, in which he defended a man by the name of Spavins against a man by the name of Spikes. He went down to court three days beforehand, and there he heard for the first time that Petigru and Billy Martin (Judge VV. D. Martin) were oh the other side, '"and, by G - d,' said he, 'I had to study.' I remember one remark he made to the jur}-: 'Spikes, gentlemen of the jury, is the plaintiff in this suit, and he has tried to spike this case, not with ten penr.y nails either, but if you, gentlemen, don't spike Spikes, I am mistaken.' He gained his case. -

"Nathan Griffin came to the bar afterwards, about 1824. I think he was in partnership with Judge Butler, and never made a speech until after they dissolved, and they were partners ten or twelve years. Mr. Griffin then became one of the most effective jury lawyers in the State. His style was conversational, which always wins in the long run. Mr. Griffin was a good judge of human nature, and an excellent examiner of witnesses; he was very punctilious and sy.stematic. I was not a great admirer of Mr. Calhoun. Mr. Griffin once .said to me: 'Elze}-, Calhoun is ten years ahead of his age.' 'Well,' said I, 'if he is that far ahead I shan't try to catch him.' Judge Gant used to hold court in Edgefield when I first came here. He was a fancy man. I remember he once lectured on temperance while he lived at Mt. Vintage - met me the next day - 'Elzey,' said he, 'I didn't mean that lecture for you, but for them d - d A's. in your neighborhood; for the drunker they get the more religion they have. ' ' '

Ninety-Six

As Edgefield and Saluda Counties were once part of the large District of Ninety-Six, of which the town of Ninety-Six was the capital, I feel that I ought to insert the following legend, which accounts for the origin of the name. This was written for the history of Abbeville, but I feel sure that the reader will not regret its insertion here, as Edgefield and Abbeville were once parts ot the same great district.

There is always a reason for the names of places. A place is either named after some eminent man or woman, or it is imported by the settlers of a new place and given to it through a fond recollection of their old home, and a desire to carry the name with them if they cannot carry the place. In this way only recently a Newberry has sprung up in Florida; in this way Newberry itself was brought from England and planted here; in this way Abbeville derived its name, and it is a good one, pleasant in sound, pleasant in fact, and must have been very dear to those good Huguenots who brought it with them from the vine clad hills of France.

There are many Indian names of places, and rivers, and streams, of which Saluda is one, all over the State. I would that there w'ere more; but Ninety-Six is not one, it is very decidedly English. Ramsay does not tell us its origin; nor does any other history wath which I am acquainted. I do not think that I have ever seen the story in print, though surely it ought to have been, and may have been long ago. It was told to me as a legend or tradition when I was quite young. I remember crossing Eighteen Mile Creek and, I believe. Twenty-three Mile Creek, and hearing the names of others when they were given to me when the story was told. Shall I tell the story, or try to tell it here? I feel sure that I shall mar it in the telling; but as it gives name to Ninety-Six, as well as other localities on the route, it must be told. It is a story of love, of the love of a beautiful Indian maiden devoted to the welfare and safety of her white lover, who was at that time many miles distant from her. She wanted to give warning of the approach of danger, as Pocahontas gave warning to the English of a threatened attack upon Jamestown. This Indian maiden, whose home was in the neighborhood of Fort Prince George - ^Keow-ee - of the tribe of the Cherokees, learning of a contemplated attack upon the white settlements below, which were then very weak, and among whom was her chosen youth, determined to give them warning. L,earuing of the time fixed for the departure of the braves, she anticipated it by a few hours; passed over the ninety-six miles which lay between Keowee and her destination in less than twenty-four hours, gave the necessary warning, and saved the settlement from destruction. The place at the end of her journe}^ has ever since been called Ninety-Six in commemoration of her heroic deed, and her name is kept alive in the thoughts and memories of men by being used as the name of a hotel, or house of rest for weary travellers at Anderson. It is a soft, sweet name like many others used by the Southern Indians. The very soul of music and of poetry breathes through many of them. Her name was Chiquola, and surely a weary traveller could sleep well in a house having such a euphonious title. Of the after life and fate of this heroic Indian maiden, the stor}^ relates nothing.

Such is the sweet poetic legend that I have always heard connected with Ninet3^-Six, and as having given it name. And yet, in spite of all poetic sentiment, the name was changed by Act of the General Assembly on the 8th of March, 1787, to Cambridge. The words of the Act are as follows:

''Be it enacted, That from and immediatel}' after the passing of this Act, the town heretofore called by the name of 96 shall be known and called by the name of Cambridge and no other; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. JOHN LLOYD,

John Julius Pringle

As Cambridge it continued to be the capital and seat of justice of an extensive territory, which continued to be known as Ninety-Six District until it was cut up into the counties of Edgefield, Abbeville, Newberry, Laurens, Spartanburg, and Union. As Cambridge it became a seat of learning (having a chartered college) and intelligence, of wealth and influence. As Cambridge it was the home of some eminent lawyers, who became judges and men of great influence in the State for many years. As Cambridge it was a beautiful and flourishing place for some 3'ears. But now, in spite of legislative enactment, it is almost forgotten that the name Cambridge was ever used. The town has vanished, leaving only the fragments of a house or two to mark the spot, and a few large oaks to shade it. These, too, have disappeared, as I have been told, since I wrote the above sentence, and nothing now appears to show that Cambridge ever was. The name Ninety-Six still clings to it, though transferred to the new town on the G. &. C. Railroad, which runs near.

Anne Kennedy

I hope, in fact I know, that the readers of the History of Edgefield will not be sorry to see the following anecdote inserted here. It belongs to the History of the State, but did not come to the knowledge of the writer until about the close of the year 1896, or the beginning of 1897. I hope to see it inserted in a future edition of that work - Chapman's History of South Carolina. The anecdote is related by Mr. D. H. Russell, of Anderson, a great-grandson of the heroine.

At the time the incident occurred Anne Kennedy was about 18 years of age, and lived at Hamilton's Ford, on Broad River, in York District. The Tories came to her fatlier's house to burn it. She was sitting carding wool rolls to make clothes for her father and brothers, who were with Sumter. The band stopped in the yard and one of them went in the house and picked up a chunk of fire to set the house on fire. She seized the intruder and proved to be the stronger and more powerful, and succeeded in forcing him to the edge of the piazza. And getting him by the collar and by the seat of his pants, she threw him headlong into the yard. He was so enraged that he seized his gun to shoot her, but the others were so amused at a woman's handling him so easily that they prevented him from doing it. In the scuffle he pressed the chunk of fire against her left wrist to force her to release her hold, but she would not let go. The scar remained on her wrist through life, and she carried it with her to her grave. She died in 1836, and is buried in Anderson County.

ing these facts, "lived until I was 12 years old, and I have often heard him relate the story, and have also frequently heard it from my grandfather. On my way home from the surrender in 1865 I passed through York County and spent a night with her nephew, Kennedy Hamilton, who reported the story to me and the next morning sent his son Robert with me to see the site where the house stood on a high hill overlooking Broad River."

Here is a copy of an old letter giving price of cotton in 180S. The letter is addressed to Major Zack S. Brooks, Edgefield District, by his negro man. Saint:

"We have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of yours, dated the 8th instant, consigning us Fifteen Bales of Cotton weighing forty-fix hundred and seventy-nine pounds, and we have herewith enclosed you the weight of each bale of cotton for your information, wherein you v,'ill find that we have noted the eight bales of Mrs. Brooks. It being impossible to procure your limits for your cotton at present, for the very primest and best qualities of cotton is selling at eleven cents per It). , have in consequence thereof put your cotton in store, and shall wait your further instructions as to the sale. We have sent in conformity to your order sundry store goods, amounting to Fifty-five pounds. Eleven vShillings, and Six pence, which is at your debit wc wish them safe to hand and that they may be perfectly to your liking. You will find that we omitted sending to 3^ou the Six Barrels of Salt, which is in consequence of the advance in price whicli has taken place on, this article. It cannot be procured at present under 5s. lod. per Barrel in our market. We therefore was of opinion that you would have rather been without this article as we sent you a waggon load not long since. Mr. A. Deliard did not leave a Tobacco not with us as you expected or we should have attended to your instructions.

Here is a copy of another old letter giving prices of cotton and other things ten years later. This letter is addressed to Mr. Jonathan Weaver, Edgefield District, S. C. :

"Dear Sir: Within is the sales of your cotton, which we hope will please. We also send you agreeable to your order, as bj' the within bill, which we hope will also please you.

"The price of West India Rum was One dollar 20 cents, and it being only 3 proof, and 4th Proof Jamaica being only $1.45, we were under the impression that it would suit you best, because in addition to the rum being better than W. I. it is cheaper, because it will bear much more water.

"The balance of two hundred and forty-two 91-100 dollars remains in our hands subject to your order when called for, as we had no instructions what to do with it.

"We are under the impression that it will come down to 25 or 26 cents, but that it will eventually rise again; we think that it may in the spring command 30, but that is uncertain; it is only our opinion.

"Groceries of almost every description are high: Sugar, 14c. ft); Molasses, 65c. @ 68; Coffee, 35c., 37,^2; Coarse woolens are high; Fine woolens and cotton goods much as last season.

The original bill now lying before me shows that John Abney, on the ist December, 181 9, sold to Charles O'Neale 6 bales of cotton, total weight 1908 pounds, 15^3 cents per pound, amounting to $295.74. And 5 bales of cotton, total weight, 1574 pounds, at 16 cents per pound, making $244.51)4.

Charles Bulow was a few years before the war of 1812 with Great Britian. After the war prices were high and again went down as with us after the War of Secession.

From a letter from Charles O'Neale to John Abnej', Esq., dated Charleston, June 13th, 1820, I learn that cotton at that date was worth in Charleston money 17^, in Bank of Darien, Ga., money 18 cents per pound.

i\nd in a letter from the same to the same, dated Charleston, 4th September, 1822, it is stated that "prime old cotton is selling at i2^^cts - ver}'- good nets - inferior 9 @ locts - I am under the impression that now if prime will open @ i2}4 @ i3cts - perhaps a few bales that first conies in may rate some higher - I do not think it a safe article to deal in without you could lay it down here at i2 5-2Cts."

And a little later I find cotton from this part of Edgefied finding a market nearer home than Charleston - price a little better than in September, 1822.

Hamburg was a new town ten or fifteen j-ears old when this cotton was sold there. This, I suppose, must be the same William Pinchback mentioned in the Annals of Newberry, page 120, new edition. Judge O'Neall .says of him that he was one of the old inhabitants of Newberry, and that he built the corner house on Caldwell and Boyce streets, once occupied by Mr. Bierfield as a hotel. He came to Newberry from Chester, in iSio or iSii - was a cabinet maker by trade, but became a merchant, and like Pratt and Boyce, made one or more trips North, carrying out cotton and returning with merchandise. He removed to Charleston and there did business as a cotton speculator and realized a fortune in 1825. He afterwards lived many years in Abbeville District, and there owned a large and valuable plantation. He finally moved to Mississippi, where he died in 1S48, leaving neither wife nor children. His large estate went, of course, to the nearest of kin.

The Fires Of Edgefield

I hope the reader will not regret the space taken up by these old accounts, nor the time consumed in reading them. I confess that I have a weakness this way, in that I take great pleasure in looking over old letters and papers sixty, seventy, or a hundred years old. I have an old letter written in 1783 to a gentleman in Charlesten about the collection of rent then due on a house in the city, and telling how to proceed. THE FIRES OF EDGEFIELD.

On the morning of the 30th of October, 188 1, the business part of the town of Edgefield was laid in ashes. Just three years thereafter, wanting a fev^ days, October 21st, the same part of the town was again burned. Only one of the new

Again, a little less than eight years, a third fire, the most disastrous and destructive of all swept the town. This last fire occurred on the night of Thursday 21st of January, 1892, at about half past eleven o'clock. The flames were first discovered bursting from the deep and wide basement of the old Masonic Hall, in which was the Advertiser printing and pul)- lishing office. Soon ulmost the entire population of the town, whites and black, male and female, were upon the square. There was but little wind, and the flames from the burning building shot straight upwards towards the sky.

The buildings West of the Hall could not be saved, and all efforts were centered upon saving the Folk law office and the new McHugli building at the lower end of Park Row. These were saved; Park Row was saved - the Farmer's Loan and Savings Bank; the Chronicle office and the two new Butler stores. B}^ half past twelve Dr. Parker's dental office and Abney's old law office, in which this writer has passed man}- pleasant hours, were entirely gone. And now the flames swept the entire East end of the old Ryan Hotel, which was of wood. The young people were dancing a Germaii in this house, and the young men, as soon as the alarm of fire was rai.sed, and it was known that the hotel would burn set to work and moved out the new and handsome furniture of Major Anderson.

The jail was saved by hard and faithful work, the colored men were ahead in this work and strove with the greatest zeal and intrepidity. Soon the roof was thoroughly wetted and covered with wet blankets, and the jail was saved.

The Ryan Hotel, the old Gray house, the Whittaker Hotel, the contiguous wooden buildings at the corner of the square, the old Brj-an brick store (Kearsey saloon), the large brick building, owned b}^ Mr. D. A. Tompkins, were all swept away.

In reading the accounts of this fire, as published in the papers at the time, it is surprising to find so little insurance on the property destroyed. The citizens must have felt that they were surely exempt from the ordinary calamities by fire. On Masonic Hall and the Edgefield Advertiser there was no insur-

The Pine House

The Pine House, or Piney Woods House, is one of those old historical landmarks that has been known in the county for considerably over one hundre.' years, in fact ever since before the Revolutionary War. It was then called the Piney Woods House. If I am not mistaken it has been in the ownership of the Bettis family ever since a period anterior to the Revolutionary War. They were probably the first settlers and owners. On the 17th of March, 1893, Benjamin W. Bettis, the patriarch of the Pine House passed away at the advanced age of eight5'-two years. Surel}- it must have been a happy home with pleasant surroundings to hold one through a long life of upwards of eighty years. There are very few who pass through so many years and die at the place on which they were born. Life to such fortunate persons must learn at last to glide on like a calm and placid dream and death at the end is a waking up rather than a dropping to sleep. The writer and compiler of this history sometimes grows sentimental and yields placidly to the mood and feels like letting time and tide flow on and on forever and do nothing himself but simply glide along.

Trenton, a railroad town built near the Pine House, is a lively, thrifty little place, but the writer of this book once passed a dreary five hours there waiting for the train from Augusta, and there he avenged himself wTiting some doggerel verses which he thought of printing here, but does not.

Edgefield Village

Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly, passed the i4tli day of March, 1795, establishing county courts and regulating the proceedings therein, the following Justices, appointed and duly qualified, for the County of Edgefield, met at Edgefield Court House on the second Monday, being the nth day of July, 1785, and proceeded to the appointment of a Clerk as directed by law. Justices present, I,eroy Hammond, Arthur Simkins, John Pervis, Benjamin Tutt, John Moore, and William Anderson.

The Justices constituing a quorum, luianimously appointed Robert vStark to be Clerk of the County Court, who took the oath required by law. The County Court continued to hold sessions at Edgefield Court House until abolished by the Act of 1799.

The first court of General Sessions held at Edgefield Court House, as shown by the journal in the Clerk's office for Edgefield, (then District) met agreeable to law on Monday the 24th day of March, 1800. Present his "Honor Lewis Trezevant, Esq."

The Court ordered the commission of his Honor published, read, and to be entered on record. The commissions of Sampson Butler, Sheriff, and Richard Tutt, Clerk, were also read and ordered to be recorded. These officers had pursuant to law drawn on the 22nd day of February, 1800, the grand and petit jurors. Previous to the Act of 1799 the Court of General Sessions was held at Cambridge in the old Ninety-Six District from its establishment in 1769 to iSod.

Judges From 1795 To 1892

The list of Sheriffs as given me is imperfect and imcomplete, nor are the times of service given in all cases. The earlier Sheriffs were Wm. Thurmond, James Butler, Edmund Belcher.