Marion County, South Carolina - The whole text, 1902 (part 12 of 15)

Another family of MacMillans are at Marion Court House. The first known of this family was old John McMillan, a sturdy Scotchman, born, as I think, in this country, but his ancestry not very remote came from Scotland. Old John married a Miss Avant, of a Marion family, and came and settled in Marion in the latter thirties or early forties ; he was Postmaster for some years and ran a drug business. In those early times the drug business was not what it is now - one or two stick baskets would have held his stock, and his was as large ais most of the stocks of the kind then kept in the country towns of the State. He had and raised to be grown two sons, Sydney E. and WiUiam Cicero, and three daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.

Of the sons, Sydney E. married, first, a Miss Palmer, a daughter of the then late Hon. David Palmer ; by this marrigge, one son, John C. McMillan, was bom, when the mother died; the child, now Dr. J. C. McMillan, was taken and raised by his grand-parents, the McMillans. Sydney E. McMillan, the father, married, a second time, a Miss Sherwood, of Wilmington, N. C, a most excellent lady ; the fruits of this second marriage are several sons and daughters, names of all not remembered. A son, S. A. McMillan, called "Lex," is one of the leading merchants at Latta ; he married Miss Sue Rogers, the eldest daughter of Hon. Lot B. Rogers ; they have two children. Another son, whose name is Frank, married a Miss Smith, daughter of Hon. J. W. Smith, at Latta. The eldest daughter of Major S. E. McMillan, Mary, married to W. M. Monroe, one of the most successful merchants now at Marion; they have six or seven children, all boys. Major S. E. McMillan has several other sons (one Robert) and daughters. 'Some of them grown and some not ; those grown are unmarried, names not remembered - ^the grown children, especially the girls, are nice and worthy; they cannot well be otherwise, after being raised and trained by such a mother as theirs. Major S. E. McMillan was Major of the militia before the war, and commanded a company in the loth South Carolina Regiment, as Captain. It is needless to say to those who know him, that there is but one S. E. McMillan in this section of the country. W. C. McMillan, the second son of old man John, married twice; first, a Miss Cameron, daughter of the late Hector Cameron, of West Marion ; by her he had one child ; the mother and diild both died. After a time, W. C. McMillan married Miss Mattie Porter, daughter of Rev. John A. Porter, of the South Carolina Conference; by this marriage they had and raised ten children, five sons and five daughters ; the sons are William C, John P., Sydney, Walter and Edwin ; the daughters are Emma, Sue, Belle, Louise and Mary. Of the latter, the eldest, Emma, who was a charming young lady, sickened and died in blooming young womanhood. The next daughter,

Sue, married Samuel A. Blackwell, a young merchant of Marion ; they have one or two children. The other three girls are unmarried - two of them not grown. Of the sons of W. C. McMillan, the eldest, W. C. McMillan, Jr., married Miss Sallie Bethea,* daughter of Edwin A. Bethea, now of Latta; W. C. McMillan, Jr., is and has been in Columbia for several years, in the drug business, and is said to be doing well ; he is well qualified by training and education for that business ; he graduated in a college of pharmacy in Philadelphia, some years ago, and was the only graduate of such a school in the county whilst he was here ; they have two children. John P., Sydney and the other sons of W. C. McMillan, Sr., are all unmarried, and remain with their mother or are off in some business - ^they may be said to be "hustlers." The father, W. C. McMillan, Sr., died some years ago ; he was a successful man in business, looked closely after his affairs, and left a good estate unencumbered; he ran for years a successful drug business, together with a farm. Recurring again to Major S. E. Mc- Millan's family : The son by his Palmer wife, John C, grew up and was mainly educated by his uncle, W. C. McMillan, Sr. ; he studied medicine and graduated in a medical college some years ago, and settled down in his native town to the practice of his chosen profession, in which he succeeds well ; he married Miss Mattie Robson, daughter of Major Robson, of Charleston, a most estimable lady - ^think they have two children, a son and a daughter. Of the daughters of old John McMillan, the eldest married James Potter, of Georgetown, who died a few months back, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years ; by the Potter marriage three children were born and raised. The eldest, Eugenia, is now the wife of J. T. DuBois, of Marion, who have several daughters, M. Sue, Kate, Sallie, Etta, Meta and Hattie. Of these, M. Sue is the wife of P. B. Sellers, Esq., at Dillon. Kate married C. S. Herring, of Dillon, a young business man; they have two sons (small), John and Charles. J. T. DuBois and wife have only one son, William J., who is at Laurinburg, N. C, in the bakery business. The other daughters of DuBois are unmarried. The other daughter of the Potter marriage married Willie Sheckelford, who is dead; they had several children; the widow and child- vhen last heard of were in Horry or at McCoU. Evander iT, the only son of the Potter marriage, married a Miss ling ; they have three or four children ; the father died at ion a few months ago; children small. The second ;hter of old John McMillan, Sarah, never married. Elizathe third and youngest "daughter, married Robert Gregg, /^est Marion; they had and raised one son, W. C. Gregg, is now in the machine shops of Emerson McDuffie at ion, and it is said is a fine machinist or workman; he is and lives with his mother in Marion; they have no Iren.

iLi^ER. - The Miller family, in North Marion, were fory a large and noted family. Old man William Miller, se wife was a Herring, was a stout, athletic man, and noted his great strength and physical power. They had and d several sons, John, William, Jessee, Edmund, George Hezekiah, all of powerful physique, and one daughter, I 7 - there may have been other daughters. The writer / the parties named well in his youth, but for the last fifty 3 has known but little of them, and tlhe subsequent genera- 1 of the family are not known to him. The one best and est known was the second son of old William, named iam, called "Gunger Bill Miller;" he was an excellent ;n, attended to his own business, farming, kept out of debt, made a comfortable living ; he lived on the North Carolina ; line, close to a large white pond, suppose three or four 5 in circumference, and caflled "No Man's Friend;" he first, a Miss Abbott, and by her had three children, sons, John and Henry, and a daughter, Mary ; don't know : became of Mary. John had epileptic fits, and died of I when a young man grown. Henry, now one of the good ;ns in that part of the county, grew up and married a Miss d, and has several children, sons and daughters ; he has a William, who married a Miss Townsend. "Gunger Bill ;r" lost his Abbott wife, and married, a second time, the w of Isham Philips, and by her had two sons, David and ;rt, 'both grown, yet single, and live on their father's home- I, industrious and steady young men, and bid fair to emu- late their father in good citizenship. Jessee Miller, the third son, was a good citizen, but do not know to whom he married ; he raised a family of sons and daughters; know nothing of them, except that one of (his daughters married Duncan Gaddy, near Caddy's Mills. Edmund Miller, the fourth son of old William, married a Miss Gilchrist, as I remember it, and had but two daughters, one named Diana, the name of the other forgotten. George Miller, the fifth son, married a Miss Snow, and had three sons, George, Hezekiah and Allen; had two daughters - one married David Rowell, the other daughter still single. Hezekiah married and has one son, Edward, and one daughter. Edward married a Miss Barnes; the daughter is single. Allen Miller married Miss Effa Martin, daughter of Rev. Norman Martin, and raised three sons, Robert H., William and Alexander Carson. Robert H. married a Miss Thompson, and has two sons and five daughters. William married a Miss Mack Pipkin, and has two sons. Alexander Carson married a Miss Bemna Benton McGirt (a relative of the writer's children), a daughter of Joe McGirt and wife; they have eight children. Hez^ekiah Miller, the sixth and youngest son, married a Miss Hill ; they have three sons living and some daughters. It is said this latter family have not turned out well. These older Millers were raised in a day when the muster^field bully was the most noted man in the community - talked of most, was honored and feared more, much more, than those who did not aspire to buUyship. These Millers, all except John and "Gunger Bill," partook more or less of the spirit of the times, and were ambitious of the honors that wreathed the brow of the muster-field bully. These were the times of which Judge Longstreet wrote in his "Georgia Scenes," to which the reader is referred, if he desires to call to mind the vivid pictures drawn by that a:ble author. In those times, the scenes pictured by Judge Longstreet as occurring in Georgia were comon everywhere, and especially so in the South. Those scenes were drawn by a master in the art. The writer will not attem'pt to draw one - they are much easier to be imagined than to be described. John Miller and "Gunger Bill" were not ambitious for such honors - ^their minds and energies ran in a less barbarous and more civilized and praise- worthy channel. Jessee and Edmund were the bullies of the family; George and Hezekiah were not so much so. Jessee and Edmund were giants in size and strength; George and Hezekiah were of medium size or a little over medium, but were very agile. About 1830 or 1831, on a muster day, then at Carmiohael's Bridge, on Little Pee Dee, the Millers and the Barfields and perhaps others got into a row and a general fight. In the melee, Thompson Barfield, a small man, weighing not over 120 pounds, but active as a cat and fierce as a tiger, cut Edmund Miller across the abdomen a gash four or five inches long, and also one of his intestines ; his intestines came out, and he caught them in his hands and walked some twenty-five of thirty yards to a place where he could lie down. Dr. Robert Harllee, at Marion Court House, was then the only physician in the county east of the Great Pee Dee River; he was sent for and came ; he sewed up the intestine and put all back in proper place, and then sewed up the outside wound, and in due time Miller got well and strong as ever. Such occurrences were common in that day. They were usually, however, only fisticuffs - no deadly weapons, and I suppose the knife was used on this occasion because of the great disparity in size of the two men. 'A somewhat similar row occurred just across the State line, in North Carolina, some years afterwards, between the Millers and Gaddys - which was the foundation of the suit between the Millers and W. H. Grice, a Magistrate at the time, who at the instance of old James Gaddy, issued a warrant for the arrest of the Millers, and under which they were arrested and lodged in jail in Marion and kept there for some time-^the arrest was for an offence committed in North Carolina. The suit was broug'ht (I believe, two of them,) to recover damages for the arrest and imprisonment. The case or cases are reported, I believe, in 2 Rich. Law, or in Strobhart's Law, i vol. - I have not the boojcs before me. Those old Millers are long since dead, and it is hoped and believed the younger and present generation of those families are an improvement upon their ancestors in this regard. John and "Gunger Bill" are excepted.

sive, 'but may in time become so. John F. Spencer (late) came from Greenville District, I think, in 1845, then an oldyoung man - at least thirty years of age; he was a dancing master and a most excellent violinist, an adept in the art ; he dressed well and made a fine appearance; he captivated and married a Miss Godbold, then only thirteen years of age, a young girl going to school in Marion ; she was the daughter of old Stephen Godbold, in Wahee; the marriage created some flutter in the family, as also in the community at the time (an elopement) ; the marriage was, however, an accomplished fact, and could not be undone - the status quo could not be restored. Old man Stephen Godbold did not long survive the marriage, and his lands, where she now lives, with a number of negroes and other property, fell into the hands of his daughter, Mrs. Spencer. As the law then stood, the whole personal property of a married woman, upon her marriage, vested in the husband, and his marital rights attached as soon as it went into his possession ; in this case, however, his wife had no property of her own at the time of the marriage - it was only in prospect upon her father's death ; her friends invoked the power of the Court of Equity for her protection, and had the whole property settled upon her, through a trustee, appointed by the Court, and which effectually prevented the marital rights from attaching. The Court of Equity was ever ready to exercise its jurisdiction in this regard, for the protection of married women as to their property. This ancient and cherished jurisdiction of the Court is not now necessary to be invoked. The Constitutions, both of 1868 and 1895, emancipated ma,rried women as to their property, and it is effectually protected and cannot be taken for her husband's debts, although by him contracted for the support and education of the family, except by her consent. J. F. Spencer and wife had and raised eleven children to be grown - ^five sons and six daughters ;; the sons are John, William, Thomas, Henry and Nathan ; of the daughters, one died unmarried, when about grown ; the other five are all married - don't know to whom, except one, who married" a Mr. Sessoms ; it is said they are all doing well. The sons are all married, except the two youngest, Henry and Nathan, very promising young men. John, the eldest son, married a daughter of old man George Turiaeville, near by, and has a considerable family - one son, named John, now grown and unmarried; don't know who the other two sons, William and Thomas Spencer, married. J. F. Spencer became and was a good citizen ; (he lived to a great age, more than eighty years old when he died ; for the last several years of his life he was paralyzed and helpless as a baiby ; Mrs. Spencer survives, and is and has been all the way through life a most excellent lady, a good mother and a good manager of her affairs and of her family ; is deserving of all honor and great credit for so doing ; she was the only surviving child of old Stephen Godbold, by his last marriage. An elder sister of her was unfortunately killed in a runaway on the road, in the early forties, when returning in a carriage from Carolina Female College, in Anson County, N. C, to her home. Dr. William H. Godbold was driving the carriage, and his niece, Miss Desda Gibson, was also in the carriage, but escaped with only slight bruises, and afterwards became the wife of C. C. Law, of Darlington.

Wii,iviAMSON. - The first of this name came from London, England, some time before the Revolutionary War. His name was Joseph Williamson, was a merchant either in or near Georgetown, and married the Widow Jordan - ^her maiden name was Mary Jenkins ; to them were born two sons, Joseph and John. Joseph died when young. John married Martha Owens, and eight children were born to them, five sons and three daughters ; the sons were Joseph, John and William D. ; the other sons died when quite young, so did the daughters, except one, Elizabeth O. Joseph Williamson married Emma Wise, the daughter of Moses Wise. John Williamson married Frances Philips. William D. Williamson married Prudence Nance. Elizabeth O. Williamson married Levi Gerald, the grand-son of Samuel Gerald, a noted Whig in the time of the Revolutionary War, and of whom it is said the Tories sawed his legs to the bone or to the marrow, to make him tell where his money was. To Joseph Williamson and Emma Wise were born ten children, seven sons and three daughters, named as follows : Martha A., John J., Emma J., Joseph M., Solomon M., David R., Robert L. and Samuel W. - the other two having died young. To John Williamson and Frances Philips were bom eleven children, four sons and seven daughters, named as follows: Martha Ann, Elizaibeth S., Sarah E., Leonora $., Hanna F., John B., Bright J., Mary, Annie, Annis and Joseph W. To Elizabeth O. Williamson and Levi Gerald were born six children, four girls and two boys, as follows : Martha Ann, Kate E., John L., Samuel W., Catharine and Sarah. To William D. Williamson and Prudence Nance were 'born eight children - one son, Daniel J., who was killed in the war, and seven daughters : Martha A. R., Sarah Ann, Susannah, Elizabeth Annie, Prudence Anne; two others died in infancy. Martha A. Williamson, daughter of Joseph and Emma Wise, married Thomas W. Ayres. John J. Williamson married Mary E. Baker, daughter of William B. Baker, Sr., and to them were bom two sons, named W. Lawrence and John J., Jr. Emma J. Williamson married Allen Grififin. Joseph M. Williamson married Elizabeth Annie Williamson, his cousin, and to them were born three sons and one daughter, named as follows : William J., Gustavus A. and Sydney G. ; the daughter, Artimissia M. Solomon M. Williamson married Zilpha Collins, daughter of John J. Collins, and to them were born two sons, John C. and Ferdinand Williamson. David R. Williamson married Jane A. Collins, daughter of William Collins, and to them were born three children, one son and two daughters, named as follows : Alice, David C. and Adra. Robert L. and Samuel W. Williamson were killed in the war at Fort Fisher, N. C. ; Solomon M., David R. and Daniel J. Williamson were also killed in the war. Martha Ann Williamson, daughter of John Williamson and Frances Philips, married J. H. Thompson ; they had no children. Elizaibeth S. Williamson married Malcolm McMillan, as already stated among the McMillan family. Sarah E. Williamson married W. A. Brown, of the Sister Bays. Hannah F. Williamson married John L- Gerald. John B. Williamson married Martha Coleman, daughter of James Coleman ; to them were born seven children, all dead, but one daughter. Mary Williamson married John McMillan. Annie Williamson married W. E. Gasque. Annis WiUiamson married N. D. Coary. Joseph W. Williamson married Mary Kate Mclntyre ; to them were born eight children ; these have already been mentioned among the Mclntyres (don't know sex or names). Leonard S. and Bright J. Williamson were -filled in the war. Martha A. R. Williamson, daughter of William D. Williamson and Prudence Nance, married David J. Owens, son of old Solomon Owens. Sarah Ann Williamson married John D. Jordan. Daniel J. Williamson married Trecia Fowler, daughter of the late Jessee Fowler, and they had six children, three sons and three daughters, named as follows: Martha P., Elizalbeth, Susan, William D., Jr., Jessee and Charley. Susannah Williamson married Daniel M. Carmichael. Elizabeth Anne Williamson married Joseph M. Wilsiamson. Prudence Anne Williamson married H. G. Harrelson. W. Lawrence Williamson married a Georgia lady (don't know her name) ; they had a family, number and sex unknown. John J., Jr., died unmarried. William J. Williamson married L. M. Tululah Elvington, daughter of John E. Elvington, and to them have 'been born twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, as follows : Modanza, Sidi, Eulah, Willie, Overton, Ryan, Marcellus, Cristie, Lolah, Walter, Velna (baby), dead. Gustavus A. Williamson married Francois Belk, daughter of Rev. Julius Belk, and to them have been born six children, three sons and three daughters (don't know their names). Sydney G. Williamson married Mary A. Oliver, daughter of the Hon. A. C. Oliver, of North Carolina; they have eleven children, nine sons and two daughters, named Junius, Rembert, Bertha, Wilborn, Lonnie, Monroe, Grover, Ambrose, Layton, Luna and Charlie. Artemissia U. Williamson married J. Emory Smith, near Mullins ; they have a family, number and name unknown. John C. Williamson married a Miss Johnson, and have eight children, mostly iboys. Don't know who Ferdinand Williamson married. David C. Williamson married a Miss Watson; William D. Williamson, Jr., married Martha Martin; Charlie Williamson married Miss Celia Martin; Jessee Williamson married a Miss James ; Martha Williamson married H. G. Collins ; Elizabeth Williamson married Robert Brown ; Susan Williamson married David H. Shelly. The last nine or ten mentioned above all have families, but the number, sex and names are unknown, and the writer has no convenient means of ascertaining; they are all young, and have not as yet attained to manhood or womanhood. The Williamson family is large in name and extensive in its connections - is and ever has been a respectaibk name in the county.

Wali,. - This family, extensive in name and its connections, can be traced no farther back than to Wright Wall, the grandfather of ex-Sheriff William A. Wall. Wright Wall married a Miss Rice ; the fruits of the marriage were six sons, viz : John, James, Washington, Hugh G., Isaiah and Lawson. Of these, John emigrated West, James never married. Washington married a Miss Vaught, they had children : Columbus, George, Peter, Martha, Amanda, Sarah, Elizabeth and Gabriella. Of these, Coliunbus married in Horry and resides there now. George Wall married Mary Owens, daughter of the late David Owens; they have three children, girls. Peter Wall married in Horry; don't know to whom - he and his wife separated, and what has become of them is unknown. Martha married a Mr. Cox, in Horry; nothing further is known of them. Amanda married Barney Collins, son of the late Sheriff, Robert Collins ; it is said they have several children, and are at McCoU. Sarah married Henry Shaw; by him she had some children, don't knoiw how many'; Shaw died, and the widow afterwards married William R. Hux, a widower, with several children, in Horry ; don't think the two families agreed ; Hux lived on the Dog Bluff Road, leading to Conway. The writer, during his long practice in Horry, passed the house of Mr. Hux, and on one occasion stayed with him a night. His first wife was then sick, and soon after died; he had then one or two children grown. Some year or so after his marriage to Mrs. Shaw, it was observed by the writer, in passing, that Mr. Hux had built another dwelling house near by his residence, and had put his first children' in it, which of itself was evidence of disagreement, and on inquiry was informed that disagreement was the cause. Some time afterwards they separated, and she went up to Marion to her sister, Mrs. L. R. Owens, who lived near the writer. Mrs. Hux sent for me to go over there, she wanted to see me. The writer went an'd had a talk with her, heard her statement of her troubles, and gave her such advice as he thought proper under the circumstances. Was informed some days afterwards by Mr^ Owens, that Hux came there the next evening after I was there ; that they compromised their difficulties ; that Mrs. Hux went home with him the next day ; heard no more of the trouble; Hux soon after sickened and died; don't know what has become of her or her children. Afterwards heard that one of her sons by her first marriage was in the Citadel Academy in Charleston, and was very smart ; don't know whether he graduated or not, or what has become of him or the other children. Elizabeth married a Mr. Cox, in Horry. Gabriella married L. R. Owens, of Marion ; they have a number of children - ^two, perhaps, grown - all bom and raised in Marion. Owens was a very competent business man ; was in the postoffice at Marion for years - twice under appointment, and served one term (four years) as assistant; he eventually got out of the office, became a lunatic and was sent to the Asylum, where he now is. His older brother, S. G. Owens, died in the Asylum some years ago, who was also a very competent business man - served one term, from 1872 to 1876, as Clerk of the Cour't, was a very efficient Clerk. There seems, however, to be a "crazy streak" in the family. Since L,. R. Owens has been sent to the Asylum, Mrs. Owens and her children have moved to Augusta, Ga. ; she left an elegant home in Marion - I think, unsold. Hugh G. Wall, Sr., married, first, a Miss Davis, and by her had three children, to wit : Hugh G., Jr., Albert and Sarah; he married, a second time, a Miss Eagerton, and had children, to wit: Henry (killed in the war), Marion, Edwin, Furman, William B. ; and daughters, Elizabeth, Eliza, Laura and Simpson. Hugh G. Wall, Jr.; has had two wives; the first, a Miss Wall (a cousin), and by her had one child, a daughter, who grew up and married T. C. White - ^they have some children ; by the second wife, a Mrs. Richardson (widow), nee Watson ; by her he has several children, sons and daughters, names unknown - one daug'hter married, to whom is not known. Albert Wall married a Miss Wall (a cousin), they have no offspring, but are doing well. Sarah married Ben Davis; they have two sons and two daughters, all married. George Davis married a Miss Richardson. Jefferson Davis married a Miss Davis ; they have some children. Anne Davis married Nicholas Davis; they have children. Maude Davis

Married Ervin Richardson, Jr. ; they have offspring. Marion Wall married a Miss Baker ; they have two sons and two daughters. Edwin Wall married a Miss Harllee, daughter of Captain Robert Harllee ; they have a family, number and names unknown. Furman Wall married a Miss Mace, daughter of John M. Mace. Furman is dead ; left his wife a widow with three or four children. William B. Wall married a Miss Altman; they have three or four children. Eliza:beth Wall married J. F. Casque ; they have two or three children ; they moved to Savannah, Ga. Eliza Wall married F. M. Philips, in the "Friendship" neighborhood; he is dead, and left four or five children. Laura Wall married A. V. Rowell, and had four children ; she is dead. Simpson Wall married Robert Rowell, they have a family. Isaiah Wall married, first, a Miss Keith, and had two children ; the wife and both children dead ; he married, a second time, to a Miss Casque, a daughter of old John Casque - the latter was quite a character. It is said of old John that he had a case in Court, and Ceorge W. Dargan (afterwards Chancellor) was his lawyer. The other side put up some witness on the stand, who swore pretty strongly against old man Casque, and when he had concluded his testimony, the witness was turned over to Casque's lawyer for cross-examination ; and as Dargan rose from his seat, old man Casque spoke out aloud and said: "Tangle him, Dargan, tangle him." To this second marriage ten children were bom, nine sons and one daughter; of the sons, six are dead; there were two named James - the first thus named died, and another born after his death was also named James, and he died ; the other dead ones were Chapman, Samuel, Isaiah and Ivawson D. Wall - the latter died in January, 1901, leaving only one child, a son, named Marion ; the surviving sons are William A., Julius and Pressly. William A. Wall married Miss Ellen Keever, had six children, four sons and two daughters, one son dead ; the surviving sons are H. Witherspoon, William A., Jr., and Victor S. ; the daughters are Wilmar and Mary Ellen. Wilmar is grown, and one son nearly so. William A. Wall has been for years quite a prominent man in the county - first a Deputy Sheriff for several years, and finally was elected Sheriff in 1888 - made a good Sheriff, served his full term; but the tidal wave, politically speaking, in 1892, put him out; he was succeeded by W. T. Evans, who held the position for two terms, when he was sucseeded by B. R. MuUins, the present Sheriff, and in his practical judgment he has made ex-Sheriff Wall his chief clerk and deputy. One peculiar trait of ex-Sheriff Wall was and is his reticence and detective power - ^you never know what his business was till you see it executed, and always successful in making arrests without trouble, and was always successful in detecting crime and ferreting out criminals. Julius Wall married a Miss Saunders; they have one child only, a son (small). Pressly Wall married a Miss Byrd, daughter of Dr. Byrd, near Scranton, where they now live; they have five children, three sons and two daughters (small). Lawson D. Wall, Jr., married a Miss Flowers, and had an only son, Marion ; the father died 1st January, 1901, as before stated. Amanda, the only daughter of Isaiah Wall, married J. J. Richardson ; they have no children. Lawson Wall, Sr., son of old Wright Wall, never married. The Wall family, as a whole, were and are good, holiest people, inoffensive and quiet citizens, law-abiding, seldom or never in the Courts - and especially in the criminal Courts ; trustworthy in every respect.

McEachern. - Some of this name have been incidentally mentioned already, but none of the family now to be noticed - I mean, the family near Hamer, on the "Short-cut" Railroad. Neill McEachern emigrated from Scotland with his then family to Marion County, S. C, in the first part of the nineteenth century; he married, in Scotland, Miss Effa McKellar; they had four sons, Duncan, Daniel, Gilbert and John, and two daughters, Sallie and Elizalbeth - I think four of his children were born in Scotland. The father, Neill McEachern, was a sturdy old Scotchman, industrious, economical, energetic and persevering; was honest, and accumulated property. Duncan married, lived and died in Marlborough ; he married Mary Ann McGill, and is yet living; he settled on Hay's Swamp, one of the best agricultural sections of the county ; they had and raised four sons, Neill, Joseph, John B. and Duncan, and four daughters. Neill, the eldest son, never married, is an old bachelor. Joseph, the second son, married a Miss Legette ; they had one son, named Benjamin ; his wife died, he is now a widower, and is merchandising at Rowland, N. C, and it is said doing a fair business. John B., the third son, married a Miss Campbell, and has two children (anall) ; he lives on the old homestead, with his mother and maiden sister, Margaret, who has never married; John B. is an excellent man, a good farmer, and is succeeding well. Duncan, the youngest and fourth son, is a practicing physician ; some two or three years after his graduation he emigrated to Georgia, where he married a Miss Grimes, and has two children; it is said he is succeeding well in his profession. Effa, the second daughter of old Daniel, married Richard Braswell, of North Carolina, just across the State line ; they have two daughters only, Mary and Isla. Mary is married to Thompson Williams, of North Carolina. Isla is yet single. Richard Braswell is doing well. Louise, the third daughter, married William D. Carmichael, the youngest son of old Sheriff Archie Carmichael; There are four W. D. Carmichaels in the county - whence I have to identify this one by his father, old Sheriff Carmichael. W. D. Carmichael resides at Marion ; he is a mechanic, and runs a bicycle shop, with E. H. Byers as a partner, and he and wife run a puhlic boarding house in Marion and have much patronage ; they have three children, two daughters and one son ; the daughters are Nina and Edna. Nina is grown and is now in school at Red Springs, N. C. ; Edna is near grown ; the son is named Daniel Archie, for his two grand- fathers, is a lad ; the children are all very promising, and are being raised right - their mother, Mrs. Carmichael, ,is one of the many good women and an excellent manager of affairs. The writer knows whereof he speaks, as he boarded in their house for about five years. Miss Sallie McEachern married John R. Jackson, who is one of the many progressive farmers of that section of the county ; they have two small children, a boy and a girl.

Another family of McEachern, no relation to these mentioned above, may be here noticed - ^the family of Neill McEachern, whom I knew more than sixty years ago; he was twice married - one of his wives was a Miss McCoU ; he had several sons and some daughters; the sons are Peter, Edward, John, Edmund, William (dead), Neill and Robert; a daughter named

Manilla, and Flora Catharine - ^the latter married James Mc- Kellar; the youngest daughter by the last wife not married. The sons, Peter and Edward, live, together with their mother and two maiden sisters, in the Hay's Swamp section, and are well to do - ^think they have already been noticed herein, and need not be repeated ; their father, I suppose, is dead - he was a man with a family more than sixty years ago; of the other sons the writer knows nothing.

Carmichaei,. - This large and respectable family live mostly on the north side of Little Pee Dee River. They are a Scotch people, as their name implies - ^honest and frugal, industrious, practical and trustjvorthy every way, ambitious seemingly only to establish and to preserve an unsullied character. This family originated in and came from Scotland in the latter half of the eighteenth century. There were three or four of them, first settlers, whether brothers or relatives does not clearly appear, but it is supposed they were, at least, in some degree, related to each other. Whether they came together or at different times, does not appear, but they settled in close proximity to each other. Neill Carmichael was one of them ; he married Miss Christian Carmichael, a daughter of one of the emigrants - whether he and his wife were cousins, does not appear ; they had three sons, Archie, John and Daniel. Archie, known as Sheriff Carmichael, was born in 1797, and lived to the advanced age of eighty-six years, and was universally loved and respected, venerable for his years and his high Christian character ; he was twice elected Sheriff of the district, which office then as now was for four years; a man then could only be elected and hold the office in alternate quadreniums. Carmichael's first quadrennium was from April, 1841, to April, 1845. During his first term in the Sheriff's office there was great monetary depression - ^the mass of the people were in debt. Money could not be raised, property had but little value, and consequently there was great distress among the people. Fortunately for the debtor class, they had a kind-hearted man in the Sheriff's office, and he would not force collections by levy and sale of their property in such time of general distress; some of the creditor portion, money sharks, who had executions in his office, had the Sheriff ruled for not forcing the collection of their demands, and the result was that the rules were made absolute, and the Sheriff had to go to jail ; he became a martyr to his kindness of heart, to his leniency in office. He was in jail for about twenty months, in 1842 and 1843; he and his family occupied the apartments in the jail provided for the jailor's family. He moved his books, papers. Sec., into the jail, and there attended to the business of his office just as though he had remained in his office in the court house; collected money and paid it out - he was, to all intents and purposes, still Sheriff, except as to his personal liberty ; he did not put his foot on the ground during his incarceration. His oldest son, A. B. Carmichael, was born in jail. The creditor party were not hurt, they ultimately got their money, and have gone into oblivion it, while Sheriff Oarmichael multiplied his friends and had the consciousness of having discharged his duty, and palliated the distresses of his people without injury to any, and lived for many years in grateful remembrance by his fellowcitizens; and though now dead, will continue to live in the hearts of people for all time to come. The people manifested their appreciation of his martyrdom by triumphantly electing him Sheriff again at the next alternate election for Sheriff, notwithstanding the combined opposition of the money sharks of the county, and served another term from April, 1849, to April, 1853. For six terms of that office it may be said that it was Godbold in and Carmichael out, Garmichael in and Godbold out. The sixth term, instead of Carmichael, it was his nephew, N. C. McDuffie. Carmichael did not run again on account of his age, and the office was turned over to his popular and efficient nephew. Archie Carmichael, in his younger days, was elected Captain of the militia, an office then much sought, and which place he filled with acceptability and much to his credit - hence he acquired the honorary title of Captain Carmichael. Much more might well be said of Captain Oarmichad, but space will not permit. His private character was unsullied, was without spot or blemish ; he was in every way a Christian gentleman. The three sons of old Neill Carmichael were Archie, John and Tailor Daniel. Captain Archie married, first, a Miss Murphy, and by her had three children, Archie B., Mrs.

Joseph Mclntyre and Mrs. John E. Perritt; his second wife was Miss Margaret MeLeod, who still survives, and by her had two sons, Neill J. and William D. Carmichael. A. B. Carmichael married Miss Lizzie Gaddy, daughter of the late Henry Gad'dy ; by this marriage there were two sons born and raised, to wit: Clyde and Gaddy. Clyde married Albert Edward's daughter ; Gaddy Carmichael is yet unmarried. Emaline Carmichael married Joseph Mclntyre, deceased ; to this marriage were iborn and raised seven children. The eldest, Nettie, married J. Edgar Bass ; they went to Georgia. Of the other six children, Archie married a daughter of Timothy R. McLellan, and Blanche married Henry Farley, of Dillon, the other four, Lizzie, Duncan, Isla and Layton, are unmarried; their father and mother are both dead. These may have already been mentioned in or among the Mclntyres and McLellans. Mrs. John E. Perritt has no children. Neill J. Carmichael, oldest son of Sheriff Carmichafel by his second marriage, married a daughter of Duncan C. Carmichael, called "Red Duncan," and by her has ten children, the eldest of whom is grown ; the others less, down to the youngest, perhaps a balby. William D., the youngest son of Sheriff Carmichael, married Miss Louise Mc- Eachern, daughter of Daniel McEachem, and live at Marion ; they have three children, Nina, Edna and Daniel Archie. These have already been noticed in or among the McEacherns. John Carmichael, a jolly Scotchman, called "Hatter John," the next brother of Sheriff Carmichael, married, also, a Miss Murphy ; to them were born some eight or ten children. Edward D. Carmichael, an excellent man and good citizen, married a Miss Carmichael, daughter of Daniel W. Carmichael, of the Fork section, and by her had several children, only two of whom are known to the writer, to wit: R. J. Carmichael, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., now a Lieutenant in the regular army of the United States, and Thaddeus Carmichael, a graduate of the Citadel Academy, in Charleston, S. C, and who is a promising young man. Of the other children of "Hatter John," James married Martha Campbell, daughter of the late John J. Campbell. Eliza married Daniel Campbell; Jennette married John C. McEachem; Amanda married Malcolm C. Carmichael ; Caroline married

Joseph Murphy; Martha married David S. Edwards, of the Fork section ; Nancy and Catharine are unmarried. Of these, it is supposed they all have families of children, more or less numerous, though not known to the writer. Martha, who married David S. Edwards, has several dhildren grown and, be it said to their credit, that their children are being educated^ - at least, a son, G. E. Edwards, is a graduate of Wofford College, is quite a promising young man, is engaged in teaching, very popular, and is preparing for the ministry and, as is supposed, will apply to the next South Carolina Conference to enter upon the duties of his chosen profession in the Methodist Church, South. Mr. D. S. Edwards has, also, two daughters, graduates of Rock Hill, very smart and promising to be useful as well as ornamental to society ; I tlhink, one or both of them is now engaged in teaching. What a contrast between them and their ancestors of fifty and a hundred years ago! Daniel, called "Tailor Daniel," the youngest brother of Sheriff Carmichael, never married - don't know what became of him, but suppose he has long since died. Of the daughters of old Neill, sisters of Sheriff Archie, Mary married Duncan McDuifie, who settled in the "Fofk ;" they raised a family of four sons - ^A. B., Neil C, D. D. and George Alexander, and one daughter, the first wife of Isham H. Watson, and who have already been noticed in or among the McDuffie and Watson families. Nancy Carmichael married John Carmichael, of Cumberland County, N. C, and Catharine married Captain Neill M. Carmichael; whose father, Duncan, came from Scotland, and married a Miss Monroe, and had six sons, Neill M., John, Malcolm, Duncan, William and Archie. Of these, Duncan married a Miss McRae ; the wives of John and Malcolm are unknown ; William married a Miss McRae; Archie married Sarah Harrelson. Diincan Carmichael had sons, William D., Archie, Mack and John R., and daughters, Mary and Flora. Mary married Duncan Murchison, and for him she had two sons, William and John D., who are now young men in the town of Marion ; William is a Representative from the county in the lower House of the General Assembly ; both are unmarried. The other daughter of Duncan Carmichael, Flora, is unmarried. Of William Carmichael's (brother of Duncan) family nothing is known.

Of Duncan Carmichael's sons, William D. married a Miss Harllee, daughter of Captain Peter Harllee, and has a considerable family - one son, I think, named William, very promising, a graduate of the North Carolina University at Chapel Hill ; acquired distinction, and is now and has been since his graduation principal of the High School in Durliam, N. C. William D. Carmichael was a Captain in the late war, and was badly wounded in the jaw and tongue, which affects his speech ; he was a gallant soldier, and is a progressive and successful farmer in upper Marion; he has other children grown, unknown to the writer. John R. Carmichael, brother of Captain W. D., married a Miss Meekins, daugihter of E. J. Meekins, of the Harlleesville section, and had three children, one daughter and two sons. The daughter, Johny, marriefd Samuel Galloway, a farmer, and has some family, how many is unknown; Coy Carmichael, a young man and uimiarried, and Alexander, who is married, and now lives in Atlanta, Ga. Their father died when his children were quite young. Archie Carmichael married a Miss Harrelson, and had John, Monroe, Albert J., William and Joel, and girls, Mary, Nancy, Civil, IvOU, Hettie, Lilly Mack and Ellen - the latter married Albert Rogers ; she is dead, left no offspring. John married some one unknown, also Monroe. Joel married Hattie McLellan, daughter of Timothy R. McLellan, and has a family, Mary married a Carmichael, and has some family. Ivou married' Jefferson Mclntyre. Albert J., William, Nancy, Lilly Mack, Civil and Hettie, are all unmarried. Captain Neill M. Carmichael, another of the six sons of old Duncan, married Miss Catharine Carmichael, a sister of Sheriff Archie, and raised a family of eight sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter married John C. Mclntyre, mentioned elsewhere herein; their son, David, married Catharine Carmichael, daughter of Malcolm Carmichael, and have no children. Calvin C, son of Captain Neill M., married Margaret C. Buie, and they have no children. Duncan D. married Julia M. Wright, of Marlborough County ; they have five children. None of the rest of Captain Neill M.'s children ever married. Daniel M., one of the younger sons, and his two maiden sisters, Mary and Margaret, live on and own the homestead where Captain Neill M. lived and died.

Daniel M. is a prosperous farmer and merchant, and a large and successful tobacco grower. Gilbert, the youngest son, was a partner of Daniel M. in their various business enterprises, and was a man of fine judgment; he was County Commissioner for one term, just previous to his death, in 1894. Another son, Alexander, died in 1877. All of them were gallant soldiers in the Confederate war, except Gilbert, who was too young to go. The eldest, Franklin, and the youngest (except Gilbert), Evander, were killed at the same time by a shell at Petersburg, Va., in 1864.

An instance of the devotion and patriotism of our Southern women will not 'be out of place here. About the last year of the war, an agent of the government was through the country buying up corn, meat, &c., for the soldiers. Captain Neill M. sold him, for Confederate money, as much as he had to spare ; and at dinner the agent assked Mrs. Carmichael if she had any sons in the army, and she promptly answered, "Yes, seven of them - all but that little fellow there," pointing to Gilibert, "and I wish he was old enough, I would have him there, too." Instances of like kind were not uncommon among Southern matrons.

Another Duncan Carmichael came from Scotland, and set- -tled in upper Marion ; he married a Miss Carmichael, and had three sons and three daughters; the sons were Dougald B., Neill C. and Daniel; the daughters were Mary (Polly), Christian and Nancy. Dougald B. married Flora McLellan, and raised a consideraible family, who have already been mentioned in or among the McLellan family. Neill C. married the widow of Edward Campbell, whose maiden name was Martha Jane McCollum, who had three sons, Dougald, Chalmers and Lanier B. Carmichael. The latter was a fine looking man and full of promise, but died unmarried, two or three years ago, after a short illness. The two former, Dougald and Chalmers, went West, and, I suppose, are married. They had four daughters. Catharine married Richard McCoU ; they have a family. Matilda married William McCollum, and Ha became the wife of William McQueen, in North Carolina. Viola, the youngest, is single. Neill C. Carmichael, called "Cut-face Neill," from severe cuts in his face made by some of the Millers, when a young man, in a fight with them, died many years ago; his widow, Martha Jane, being a thorough business woman, kept right on making money and raising and educating her children ; she died within the last year; as already stated, she was the widow of Edward Campbell; by him she had one daughter, who became the wife of George J. Bethea, on Buck Swamp, and has already been noticed in or among the Betheas. The other brother, Daniel, died, a medical student in Charleston, unmarried. The daughters of old Duncan were, as stated albove, Polly, who never married and lived to the age of ainety-three years; Christian was the first wife of George W. Reaves, as stated already in or among the Reaves family.' Nancy married Archibald Murphy, and had three sons - ^Johni, who married in North Carolina; Duncan Murphy was killed in the war, and. was a Ivieutenant in Captain J. H. Stafford's company; the third son was Dr. N. C. Murphy, who married a Miss Reaves, and who died in Marion, in autumn of 1886, and left three sons and two daughters - ^all of whom have already been noticed in or among the Reaves or Watson family. Dougald Carmichael came from Scotland, and settled in Marion County, on north side of Little Pee Dee ; don't know to whom he married, but he had sons: Major Daniel, Squire Neill, Michael, Malcolm and Archie. Daniel married Agnes Campbell, had one son, John C, and five daughters. John C. is unmarried. Squire Neill married a Miss McCoU, and settled on south side of lyittle Pee Dee, near Carmichael's Bridge ; they had and raised a considerable family, three sons, Daniel W., Dougald and Neill, also three or four daughters. Daniel W. married a Miss Edwards, daughter of Samuel W. Ed-wards, on Buck Swamp, settled in the "Fork," and is still there; they had Luther, Oliver, Gilbert, Samuel, Maston Neill and Baker Carmichael, and daughters. Anne married Edward D. Carmichael ; Martha married Austin Edwards ; Jennie married a Sinclair ; Rebecca married an Edwards; Susan married Asbury Jackson; Fannie married a Rogers. Luther Carmichael married a Miss Martin; Gilbert married, also, a" Miss Martin ; Oliver married a Miss Carmichael ; Samuel married Miss Harrelson ; Maston and Baker married sisters, names unknown ; Neill went West, married and had four children ; his wife is dead. Don't know what became of Doug^d and Neill, younger sons of Squire Neill. Squire Neill was a Magistrate in his day, also a surveyor, and was a useful man. Michael Carmichael married and settled on north side of Little Pee Dee, opposite Carmichael's Bridge; don't know to whom he married; be liad a family, not, however, kn©wn to the writer. Malcolm, another brother, married and settled on Bell Swamp, on north side of the river, but know nothing of his family ; and the same of his brother, Archie.

Another family of Carmichaels, on Buck Swamp and Maiden Down, is ako to be noticed among this- large connection - whether related to those above mentioned, is not certainly known, but suppose they are, and had a common ancestor in Scotland, whence they came. I allude to old Squire Dougald, a prosperous and capital ma.n in the section named. Squire Dougald Carmichael married Martha Carmichael, and had four sons, James, Alexander, Angus and Daniel, and five daughters. Flora, Margaret, Nancy, Mary and Sarah. Angus married Miss Pencie Lewis ; died and left his widow and one child, a daughter, who grew up and married John W. Norton ; she had one child, a daughter, named Iva ; when she was six or eight years old, was caughton the band wheel of a gin and killed. Alexander Carmichael married a Miss Geve, in North Carolina, and by her had six children, three boys and three girls; the boys were Albert, John and Solon; the girls were Susan, Nettie and Augusta. Albert never married; he is in Florence. John died when young, unmarried. Solon is in Horry County. Susan married Calvin Morgan, and resides in Florence. Nettie and Augusta died unmarried. Daniel Carmichael married a Miss Williamson, and had a number of children, and among them was William D. and Gilbert Carmichael, of the Ariel section. William D. married a Miss Mclnnis, of upper Marion, and has a family. Gilbert married a Miss White, and also has a family. ^James Carmichael married the Widow Woodward, nee Jordan, and died, leaving one child, our rising B. M. Carmichael, who married, first. Miss Murray, daughter of Rev. John W. Murray ; she had one child, mother and child both died; and he married a second time. Miss Maggie Williams, and has a family coming up. Polly Carmichael never married. Flora married W. L. Lewis, who has already been mentioned among the Lewis family. Margaret married David W. Edwards, and has three children, E. C. Edwards, late County School Superintendent, and Melvin Edwards - ^both of whom are married, have families and doing well; Mrs. Ed^ wards is dead ; her daughter married one of the Rogers, in that region, and they are prospering and have a family. Sarah Carmichael married Daniel Lewis, of Horry, ex-Sheriff, an excellent man and first class citizen.

Baker. - ^This old and respectalble family had its origin, so far as Marion County is concerned, as stated by Bishop Gregg (P- 75) - "Soon after (1735), a family of Bakers came from Newbern, N. C, to Pee Dee. One of this name married a daughter of Nathan Evans. William Baker was prominent in the Revolution, and marked for his devotion to the cause of liberty." From the above extract, it seems they came here as a family - ^the head of it not being named. One of the name married a daughter of Nathan Evans. Whether it was William, that 'became "prominent in the Revolution" or another, does not appear ; but from tradition we glean the fact that the grand-father of Long Billy Baker and the late William J. Baker, was named William, and, I suppose, he is the "prominent" William spoken of 'by Bishop Gregg ; and if he is not, the one that "married a daughter of Nathan Evans," it is not known to whom he did marry, nor do we 'know how many children he had, except two sons, William and John. Tradition informs us that William Baker was the great-grand-father of Mrs. Wm. J. Davis, B. F. Davis and J. Preston Davis - ^but whether, he was William Baker, Sr., or William Baker, Jr., does not appear. We are further informed by tradition that the grand-father (maternal) of Mrs. W. J. Davis was Joshua Avatit, who married Miss Catharine Baker. William and John Baker are the proximate progenitors of the family, as now known. This William Baker married the Widow Hugh Giles, whose maiden name was Annis Philips ; by this marriage there were two sons, James Baker and William J. Baker - ^the latter was called "Fat Billy ;" he never married.

the Court, there were several jurymen excused or wanting to be excused from serving on the jury during that term - some on account of the recent confinement of their wives, and some on account of the daily expectation of confinement. Of these applications there were an unusual number - so much so that it attracted the attention of Mr. Baker, who had been drawn and summoned to attend as a juryman for that term, and was sitting in the jury seats near by the writer. Mt. Baker beckoned to me to go to him ; I went, and he said to me he never heard so many applications to be excused from service on account of the expected confinement of their wives ; and added, "he wanted to be excused' himself, and thought he might be;" and looking .down upon his front, said, "from appearances, it looked like he might be confined himself before the week ended, and he did not want to be in Court, when that event happened." He was a capital man and a first class citizen.

James Baker, the elder brother, married a Miss Taylor, the half-sister of Major David J. Taylor ; by their marriage three sons, William W., Joseph A. and James M., were born and raised, and two daughters. Of the two daughters, one married Robert Monroe ; they have no offspring. The other daughter married Benjamin Baker, and they have five children. Of the sons, William W. married, first, Miss Martha Tennent, and by her had seven children (two of them are dead) ; there are now three sons and two daughters ; the sons are James Oscar, John Tennent and Warren Caldwell. The two oldest have gone West ; the youngest, Warren Caldwell, grown but unmarrired, remains with his father. The two daughters, Mary and Lillian, unmarried. William W. married, a second time (his first wife dying) , the Widow China, her maiden name was Gordon, and by the second marriage they have one son, named David Gordon. Joseph A. Baker, the second son of James Baker, married, first, Mary J. Graham, daughter of James Graham; they had two sons, James G. and Joseph Mary. James G. Baker married Anne Monroe, daughter of Dr. F. M. Monroe ; they have four children, daughters, all small. Joseph Mary mar'ried Anne Gaddy, daughter of the late James M. Gaddy; they have three children, two sons and a daughter. The first wife dying, Joseph A. Baker married a second wife, Anna M.

Graham, and have two children - one a son, Marion Taylor Baker, who married a Miss Wrightson, of Spartanburg, and a daughter, Mary R. Baker, unmarried' - she is a physician, and located at Rock Hill, S. C. James R. Baker, the third son of James Baker, Sr., married Miss Mary Monroe, a daughter of Major David Monroe ; they had six children, all boys - one is dead, five now living ; the mother is dead, and the father has not remarried; 'he lives in Marion. These three sons of James Baker, Sr., are all progressive farmers, doing well, and among them own a large landed property, and are first class citizens. William Baker, as hereinbefore stated, married the Widow Giles, whose maiden name was Annis Philips ; to this marriage were born a daughter, Mary, who married Gospero Sweet - they removed West ; and another daughter, Eliza, who married Nathan Evans; another daughter, Susan, who married Alexander Gvvens; another daughter, Jennette, who died quite young ; and another, Mattie, who married T. F. Brown, and the two sons above mentioned, James and William J. The father, William Baker, died when his children were quite young ; Mrs. Annis Baker lived to a very old age, and was a very remarkable woman; the death of her husband did not seem to affect her success in life and business in the least - she was an excellent manager of affairs and of money, raised her children quite respectably, and continued to accumulate property and amassed a large fortune, which she distributed herself during her life. John Baker, brother of William, above mentioned, married Katie Evans, and by their marriage two children were bom and raised, William B. and Polly. William B. married Addie Lenora Davis, a sister of Wm. J. Davis ; Polly married Hugh Giles. To William B. Baker, called "Long Billy," and wife, Addie Lenora, were born nine children, they raised eight ; their names were Mary Elizabeth, James D., W. B., Jr., J. E., Benjamin B., Susana C., Rebecca and Thomas D. The eldest daughter married John J. Williamson ; they had two children, William L. and John J. ; the father, John J. Williamson, died, and left these two children. James D. never married. William B., Jr., married Lou Legette, daughter of Captain David Legette ; they had nine children, raised six, named Gertrude, Hannibal, Mattie, Carry, Pauline and Boyd. John E. Baker married

Elwood Davis, daughter of Dr. W. M. Davis ; they had six children, named Brockinton, John, Mary, Lenora, Neill and Herbert. Benjamin B. Baker married Jennette Baker, daughter of James and Rebecca Baker ; they had six children, raised five, named Robert, Alex. T., Leola, Rebecca and Benjamin B., Jr. Miss Susan Baker never married. Rebecca Baker married F. M. Wall ; they had seven children, raised four, named Estelle, Beaty, Nevada and Willoughby. Thomas D. Baker married Mattie Snipes, daughter of Wilson Snipes ; they had seven children, named Adger, Eloise, Lizzie, Imo, Mattie, Cary Lenora and Thomas Wilson. William B. Baker, Sr., was a most excellent man, always cheerful and pleasant, kind-hearted and obliging, took the world easy, made the best of all circumstances in life - and did not fret as to that which he could not control ; honest, straight and liberal to a fault. Peace be to his ashes - his many virtues are a rich heritage to his posterity.

Davis. - ^The name Davis is very common, and is met up with in almost every section of the country. In Marion County, it is very numerous in name and in its connections. The first appearance of it here was about 1735, in Britton's Neck, where a colony from England came and settled about Old Neck (now) Methodist Church. This was four years before John Wesley made the move in England, as the basis of the Methodist Church in the present day, both in Europe and America. One of that colony was a Davis - ^what the given name was, is unknown. Bishop Gregg, in his history (page 69), says: "One of these (settlements) was in Britton's Neck, twenty miles below Moss Bluff and forty miles above Georgetown. It was composed of the families of Britton, Graves, Fladger, Davis, Tyler, Giles and others. They came directly from England, as one colony, and being members of the Established Church, one of their first acts was to erect a house for the worship of God. Their minister. Dr. Robert Hunter, came with them, and is supposed to have died there. He was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Allison." In a note to the above extract, the Bishop further says : "This building was of black cypress, with a brick foundation, and is still to be seen ( 1859) > or was a few years since, in a good state of preservation, on the road leading from

Port's Ferry to Potatoe Ferry, on Little Pee Dee. About the year 1780, the congregation having been long without a minister, and doubtless much broken up by the troublous times of the Revolution, united with the Methodists, and the building passed into the hands of the latter, by whom it has since been retained. Charles Wesley is said to have once preached in it." In the extract above, the name Davis appears, and it is to be presumed that he is the progenitor of the Davis family now below Marion, or a great part of that extensive family. The writer has made every effort possible to trace the family from him down to the present generation, but has not been able to do so ; but will present such facts as he has been able to find and obtain. First from William J. Davis and wife, Susan B. Davis - ^the latter was a Miss Davis before her marriage, no relation to her husband (if any, it is very remote). William J. Davis' grand-parents (maternal) were Baker and Evans; his paternal grand-parents were Harry Davis and McCants. His father was named John Davis, called "Jacky Davis ;" married Miss Susannah Baker ; he had four children, two sons, Eli or Elihu and William J., and two daughters, Laura or Louisa, who married William B. Baker, and Susan, married John B. Sheckelford. William J. Davis married Susan Brownfield Davis. Nothing is said of Elihu Davis, brother of William J. Davis. Mrs. William J. Davis' grand-father was Joseph Davis, who married Anne Keene, and had eleven children, viz : Daniel, Benjamin S., William, Joseph and A. G. Davis, sons; the daughters were Maria, Mary, Eliza, Christianna, Susan and Rachel. Daniel died, leaving no child living. Benjamiii S. Davis, the father of Mrs. W. J. Davis, married Miss Julia Avant ; they had six children - three sons, Keene, B. F. and J, Preston Davis ; the two latter are now leading and prominent citizens of Marion; and three daughters - 'Catharine, Susan Brownfield and Julia F. Avant Davis. Of these sons, Keene Davis died unmarried, when quite a young man. B. F. Davis married, first. Miss Ella Jenkins, the only daughter and child of the late James Jenkins, and they had : sons, James, C. L., Fontaine, Benjamin F. (dead), Claudius (dead), Robert L. and Marvin Warren; and daughters, Lizzie, Sallie, Mary, Emma (dead) and Julia. James C, the eldest son of B. F.

Davis, married a Miss Oliver, daughter of A. R. Oliver, and has a coming family. L. Fontaine Davis, the second son, married a Miss Stevenson, daughter of the late James N. Stevenson, and has four children, three girls and a boy. Robert L. married Kate Mclntyre, daughter of Captain G. A. Mclntyre, and has one son. Marvin Warren married a Miss Hodges, of Abbeville. Lizzie is unmarried. Sallie married Jessee G. Holliday, lives in Marion, and have a coming family.* One daughter, Mary, married William Stackhouse, of Dillon; they have three children, two daughters and one son. Emma, a promising young lady, died a year or two ago; Julia, the youngest daughter, is unmarried. B. F. Davis is a prosperous man, an excellent citizen; has represented his county in the lower House of the General Assembly, and has the confidence of all who know him. B. F. Davis' first wife dying, he married, a second time. Miss Corinna McCormic, of upper Marion, and by her has one son, a lad, named Henry Grady. J. Preston Davis resides and merchandises at Marion, with his son, Cantey, and they are doing a fair business ; he also has a farm below Marion ; married a Miss Cantey, of Clarendon or Kershaw County, and has three sons, Cantey, Joseph and Keene. Of these, Cantey married a Miss Oliver, of Clarendon County, and has three children, two girls and a boy. Joseph Davis married a Miss Hodges, of Abbeville, and has three children, two boys and one gid. Miss Cora, the eldest daughter, is unmarried ; the son, Keene, is also unmarried. Mary married Harold Brunson, of Florence. Mineola married Dr. Thomas P. Baily, of Georgetown, now professor in the University of Chicago ; they have two boys. Eva married Albert Guery, and has one daughter. J. Preston Davis has the confidence of his fellow-citizens ; he was elected some years ago County Treasurer for the county, and served acceptably one or two terms ; was also elected a Representative of the county in the State Legislature, and was faithful to the trust reposed in him by his people. Abram, or A. G. Davis, brother of Benjamin, married (name not known), and had three sons, A. G., Dr. William M. and Joseph Davis. Don't know who A. G. Davis, Jr., married ; he moved to North Carolina, some years ago. Dr. William M. Davis married a Miss Belin, of West Marion, now Florence, and lives in Florence County. Before the formation of Florence County, Dr. Wm. M. Davis represented Marion County one term in the State Legislature; he has a family; Joseph Davis married Miss Ervinia Richardson, oldest daughter of the late William F. Richardson, and by her had two children, a son, William G. Davis,* and a daughter, Addie Davis; when the father died, his widow married Rev. J. B. Campbell, Of the South Carolina Conference, and of whom more will be said later on. Joseph Davis, the grand-father of Mrs. Wm. J. Davis, B. F. Davis and others, it seems, had two other sons, William and Joseph, but as to them and their posterity, if any, the writer has no further information. The grand-father, Joseph, had, also, daughters : Martha, who married Tristram Thomas, of Marlborough ; Mary also married James Thomas, of Marlborough (had no children) ; Susan married James Lyles, of North Carolina ; Anna Maria married Hugh Fladger ; Eliza married Joseph or James Johnson, the father of the late Dr. William R. Johnson; and Rachel married James Newson (had no children). Benjamin S. Davis, the father of Mrs. W. J. Davis, B. F. Davis and others, had three daughters: Catharine Davis, who married, first, John Collins, and he died and the widow married Hugh James Floyd, of Horry ; Mrs. William J. Davis and Julia F. Miss Julia F. is unmarried, and from her (Julia F.) the writer has had much of the above account of her family. Harry Davis, the grand-father of Wm. J. Davis, it seems, had three sons - ^maybe four ; they were James, Jackey, Harry and David Davis. Of Jackey's posterity and old Joseph's we have already spoken; now I will notice that of James, brother of Jackey ; he married some one unknown, and had a son, named Theodore Gourdin Davis, who married and lived on the Godfrey's Ferry Road in Britton's Neck. The sons of Theodore Gourdin Davis were Edward William, Theodore G. and Nicholas Calvin. Edward William Davis lives in Florence County, and is quite a respectalble citizen. Harry Davis, Jr., married and had sons. Dr. Oliver, Jackson, James C. and Ervin Davis (don't know that these are stated in the order of their ages).

Jackson Davis married and had three sons, viz: Poster, Stephen and Abraham Davis. James Davis emigrated to Georgia. Ervin never married (dead). Ohver Davis married Eugenia Richardson, and had six children - ^three sons, Orion, Shep. U. and Richelieu, and three daughters. May, Sarah and Lorine. Of the daughters. May and Sarah died unmarried ; Lorine married James Porter, of Georgetown. Of the sons, Orion and Richelieu went to' Georgia. Shep. U. Davis married, first, Miss Maggie McWhite, and by this marriage four chiMren were born - one son, Alva, and three girls (all small) ; the wife died, and he married, a second time. Miss Mamie Smith, of North Carolina. S. U. Davis is no ordinary man ; only a few years ago he commenced life with nothing comparatively, but by diligence and strict attention to business and good management, he has accumulated a comfortable living; yet comparatively young, he may by continued good management acquire large wealth ; he is a man of high moral character ; in 1898, he was elected as a Representative of the county in the lower House of the General Assembly, and declined re-election in 1900 ; a worthy, exemplary, good citizen and Christian gentleman.

Another branch of this large and numerous family remains to be noticed - ^that of David Davis. He was one of the old Davis', a brother of Harry, Sr., or Harry, Jr., Jadcey and James,- David Davis had two sons, and may be others; the sons were Frank and Henry. Frank married, first. Miss Argent Gerald, and by her had Marion Davis and Sarah Ann. Marion Davis married some lady to. the writer unknown ; he died, and left several children, none of them known, except Mrs. Sturgis, now residing in Florence; she first married a Mr. Timmons, who died and left her a widow, with one or two children - one I know, Miss Annie Timmons ; the widow married the late Morgan W. Sturgis, and he died, leaving his widow and one or two children ; Mrs. Sturgis and daughter, Annie, are running the American Hotel, in Florence, which I understand they have bought and paid for, and are doing well in their hotel business. Sarah Ann, the daughter of Frank Davis, married, in July, 1847, John C. Bethea, Sr. ; they had one son, John C, Jr. ; his father died when John C, Jr., was about two years old, leaving him a good property ; the mother never again married ; she died, 9th April, 1893, at the age of seventyfive years ; she was a remarkable woman in many respects, of fine sense, and managed the large property left to her and her son with much success ; her son, John C, Jr., married, and has a family of seven children, resides at Dillon, and has already been noticed in or among the Betheas. Frank Davis married, a second time, the Widow Brown, the mother of the late T. F. Brown, whose maiden name was Julia Davis ; by her, it seems, there were no children ; his Brown wife dying, he married, a third wife, who was a Miss Port, and by her he had one son, Joseph P. Davis, who never married, though he lived to middle life or past it, and died at Port's Ferry, on the Great Pee Dee - which took its name from the Port family. Henry Davis, the other son of David Davis, and brother of Frank, married twice ; don't know who his first wife was ; she was killed in the blowing up of the steamer Richland, Captain Brock, in or about 1848, she had no child or offspring; Henry Davis married, a second time, a Miss Bostick, of West Marion, now in Florence County; by the Bostick wife, he had six sons. The eldest, John C. Davis, married a daughter of William J. Davis; he died some year or two ago, his widow surviving, with five child!ren, daughters. Henry, the next son, married a Miss Sistrunk; they have no children. The next son, David, married a Miss Harrel; he is dead, leaving his widow and two children. Preston, the next son, married a Miss Harnagor, and has five or six children. Wardlaw, the next son, married a daughter of William J. Davis ; they have three children ; the youngest son, Joseph, is unmarried, is a physician and is in Georgia or Florida. Henry Davis, Sr., the father, is also dead, and I think his widow is dead, too.

Henry Davis was elected as a Whig to the Legislature, in 1840. The political contest that year, between the Democrats and Whigs, was very heafed and bitter, not only in Marion District, but throughout the entire country. It was the Van Buren and Harrison campaign, and may be designated as "the ooon-skin, log cabin and hard cider" campaign. The Whig party was successful, and Wm. Henry Harrison was triumphantly elected President of the United States. The contest was very exciting in Marion District - each party had its candidates. The Democratic candidates were, for the Senate, Addison L. Scarborough, and for the House, John C. Bethea, Hugh Godbold and William T. Wilson. The Whig candidates were, for the House, David Palmer, Henry Davis and Dr. Daniel Gilchrist; and for the Senate, Benjamin Gause. The result was Gause was elected Senator by eighteen votes ; David Palmer, Henry Davis and John C. Bethea were elected as members of the House. Of the six candidates for the House, there were not fifty votes between the highest and the lowest vote. John C. Bethea was the only Democrat elected. In 1842, Henry Davis, Joseph Jolly and another were elected without opposition. The "coon-skin, log cabin and hard cider" fever had abated. President Harrison died in a month after his inauguration, and John Tyler was President, and he very much dampened the ardor of the Whig party.

Daniel Davis, a brother of JaCky Davis, was the father of , Randall, William, George and -James Davis. George Davis had sons, Hugh, John R., Benjamin and James. William Davis had two sons, John and Wiliam. Randall Davis married, first, a Miss Avant, and by her had two children, Henry and Sarah ; the Avant wife dying, he married a Miss Lucas, and by her had several children. His son, Henry, married a Miss Wiggins, first, and by her had five children; his second wife was a Miss Lucas, and by her has one child, a daughter. Sarah, the sister of Henry, married Ira Avant, and has two children, boys (small) ; think she and her husband have separated. Hugh Davis married Miss A.nnie White, daughter of the late Wesley White; Hugh is dead; he left four children, Hugh G., Julius and David, three sons, and one daughter, named Orilla. John R. Davis married a Miss Shaw ; he died, and left several children, names unknown. William Davis married, and had two sons, John and William. Know nothing of James Davis, brother of Randa:B, nor of the sons of William Davis - have heard they were killed or died in the war ; these all live or did live in Wahee Township. The Davis name and family are very numerous and extensive in its connections, and have ever been prominent and respectable.

and raised nine children; six of them are married and three single. Ella married Wm. G. Davis; he died last year, igoo, and left three or four children ; they are at Marion. Richard F. married Miss Mary Louise Godbold, daughter of Dr. Wm. H. Godbold; they have two sons (small). Ida May Davis married John C. Davis (dead), as above stated. William Preston Davis married Miss Cornelia Raysor, daughter of Rev. Dr. Raysor. Viola Davis married B. F. W. Davis, now living at Waycross, Ga. C. Keene Davis married Laura Brockinton, daughter of the late Dr. John Brockinton, of Kingstree. The three single children are George Pierce, Jennie and Gary Davis.

Stanley. - Captain M. B. Stanley and his brother, Thomas E. Stanley, are importations from Darlington County. Captain M. B. Stanley was a volunteer in the Mexican War as a private soldier, was in many of the battles and came out unscathed. After the Mexican War, he came to Marion County, where he has since lived; he married Mary Jane Godbold, daughter of the late Asa Godbold, Sr., and settled where he now lives, below Marion, on the Big Reedy Creek, east of Legette's Mill. At the breaking out of the late war between the States, he was elected Captain of the first company from Marion County, composed' of its best men, and left for Charleston harbor 4th January, 1861, and his company was mustered into the ist South Carolina Regiment (Maxcy Gregg, Colonel), and was stationed on Morris Island, and participated in the first battle of the war, which eventuated in the capture and surrender of Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, commanded by Major Anderson, on 12th and 13th of April, 1861. This act marked the beginning of the four years' war which followed^ - the bloodiest war on record. Soon after that action, owing to the terms of enlistment of the company, it was reorganized for service in Virginia or for the Confederacy, and a revolunteering for the war. The greater part of the company revolunteered and formed a new company, and the distinguished Wm. P. Shooter was elected its Captain. The new company went to Virginia, and saw hard service during the remainder of the war. Captain M. B. Stanley did not enter the new company, but was an active partisan in other branches of the service throughout the bloody struggle. As before -stated, he had married and settled ; he had and raised a family -of three children - two sons, Elbert B. and William Edward, .one daughter, named Charlotte. The eldest son, Elbert, married, first, a Miss Nesbit, by whom he had five children (small) ; the Nesbit wife dying, he married Miss Melvina Gregg, daughter of the late O. S. Gregg, of West Marion, by whom he has one child. William Edward married the only daug'hter of Robert Godbold, and has two children, both girls (small). Charlotte, the only daughter of Captain M. B. Stanley, married J. J. Richardson; they have five children (small). Captain Thomas E. Stanley, the younger brother of Captain M. B. Stanley, came into the county just before the war, as a clerk for C. Graham; he volunteered in the first company from Marion, and continued in the service till the close of the war ; was a gallant soldier, a very genial and good citizen ; he married, after the war, a Miss Brown, daughter of the late T. F. Brown, and settled on Tyrrel's Bay, on his wife's patrimony, and has an excellent farm ; they have had and raised two sons and four daughters, names unknown ; two of the daughters are married' - one to James Godbold, and the other to a Mr. Owens ; the other two daughters are single - ^said to be smart. Captain T. E. Stanley is a very intelligent man, harmless, honest and a good, patriotic citizen.

Harrbi^s in Britton's Neck. - Samuel Harrel is eighty-two years of age; his father was Levi Harrel, from North Carolina; came here in 1806 ; married Elizabeth Jones ; his grand-father was Ephraim Harrel, who married an Indian woman, on Roanoke River, in North Carolina, and moved to Fort Clairborne, Ala., and died there. Samuel Harrel first married Anna Isgat; they had four children, all dead, but one daughter, named Frances Maurice, who is the wife of James G. Altman. Samuel Harrel's second wife was a Miss Fountain ; by her he had one soij, George W. Harrel, who lives in Florence County.

AiTMAN. - ^James D. Altman is a son of Thomas Altman, who married Elizabeth Dozier ; had three sons and two daughters; the sons were William, John and James D. Altman.

William and John 'both died in the war; one of disease, the other from wounds received' - he died at home. James D. Altman was also in the war, in Captain Crawford's company. Thomas Altman had three brothers, Stephen, William and Jack. Stephen Altman lived on "Big Sister" Bay, five miles east of Marion ; was a quiett and inoffensive "citizen ; he married a daughter of Rev. Moses Coleman, and raised some family, don't know how many - one son, Preston, and one daughter, and perhaps other children. Of old William and Jack Altman and their families, the writer knows nothing. James D. married a daughter of Samuel Harrel ; they have twelve children, all daughters, but three ; one daughter dead ; they have twentyone grand-children; five daughters married - one to John West ; one to Alexander McKethan, in North Carolina ; one to Alva Todd, in Horry ; one to John W. Davis ; and one to Benjamin James, in Williamsburg. The oldest son of James D. Altman, Benjamin E., married a Miss Foxworth ; the other two sons not married.

WHAi,EY.-^John H. Whaley married Susan Carter; they had ten children, six sons and four daughters. Two of the sons were lost by the casualties of war. F. D. Whaley diead ; left wife and one child. Three of John H. Whaley's sons are now living, to wit : H. J., D. B. and W. Manly. H. J. Whaley married twice; first wife was Miss M. F. Altman, who had nine children ; his second wife was Miss Ella Guyton, children none ; he has three daughters married - one married Rev. J. D. Harrelson ; one married W. H. Thompson, and the other married Rev. H. D. Jones. D. B. Whaley married Mass Ida Davis ; they have seven children, five girls and two Ijoys, names unknown. W. Manly Whaley married Miss Frances Regan, daughter of the late Charley F. Regan ; they have three children (small).

Richardson. - This large family in name and its connections, so far as Marion County is concerned, had its origin in the names of William Richardson and John Richardson, who came from Roanoke, Va., just after the Revolutionary War; they were brothers - William was much older than John. Wil- liam was old enough to go into the war, and, as tradition informs, served throughout the war four years in place of his father and three years for himself. John was too young to go into the war. The two brothers, soon after the war, came to South Carolina, married and) settled in Marion County, and from these two sprang the large family and its connections now existing and remaining in the county - ^many having emigrated to other parts. Old William married (don't know who), and had sons. Hardy, John, Hopkins and William, and two daughters, Polly and Alice ; he married, a second time, Nancy Roberts, and by her had sons, Richard, Jadkson, Thomas and Henry, and three daughters, Martha, Nancy and Betsey. John M. Richardson, now living, eighty-four years of age (and my informant was the son of William, Jr., who was the youngest son of WilMato, Sr., by his first marriage) . Hardy, the oldest son of William, Sr., married a Miss Davis, and went West. John, the second son, married Sallie Johnson, and by her he had Benjamin, John, Washington, James and Ebby, and daughters, Betsy, Sarah Ann and' Catharine. Benjamin married a Miss Gasque, and had Graves, James, Preston and Sydney Richardson. Graves married, first, a Miss Altman, then a Miss Dill, and then a Miss Smith. James married a Miss Britton, and has a family, how many is not known. John died young. Washington married in Georgetown, and lived and died there. James never married, and died in the war. Ebby married a Miss Atkinson, and had two children; he died in the war. Henry married a Miss Davis, and moved to Mississippi. Hopkins and Richard never married. William Richardson, Jr., married Eeasy Martin, a sister of old "Cuff Mose" Martin (well known in his day). "Cufif Mose" Martin was quite a character. It was said of him that he never wore any shoes or hat, but wore a cloth cap, which his wife spun, wove and made for him. This was his garb when the writer saw him last, in i860 ; he lived then on the west side of Little Pee Dee, near the river swamp, on the Galivant's Ferry road. The writer, with several others, were on our way to the Horry Court, and passing Mr. Martin's house, close to the road, the old man was out in his yard. We stopped, and the old gentleman came to his bars at the road, and we had some talk with him, principally about his bees and bee-gums. There was a line of bee-gums on each sidle of the path from bis bars to the edge of his yard - forming a little lane or street from the bars to his house ; he said there were a hundred gums there, and said that he haid a hundred other gums back of his house (a little cabin), on the side of the river swamp. Those bees and beegums were his chief crop ; he saved his honey and sold it. I suppose the old gentleman, in his apparent poverty, was a happier man than any of our crowd. He was then ( i860) an old man and died some years afterward, at the age of ninetyone years. He was a true man, and as independent in his action and modes of life as King Edward VII. of England. I could relate other incidents in his life, illustrative of his unique character, but want of space will not permit. They had two children, sons, John M. and William. The Martin wife died, and William, Jr., as distinguished from the first old William, married a second wife, a Miss Richardson ; by her he had sons, M|Jthew, Hopkins, James, Ervin, Arna an'd Hampton; he then married Miss Chinnis, and by her had two children, one boy and one girl. The boy, Edward, dlied. John M. Richardson married Polly Drew, and had three boys, William, Hamilton and Peter ; the Drew wife died, and then he married Caroline Cribb, and by her had three sons, Lee, Hampton and English. William, son of John M., died in the war. Hamilton married a Miss Deck, and moved to Horry. Peter married Milly Richardson, daughter of Ervin Richardson, and by her had Walter, Eddy, Byrd, Coy and twin brothers, Troy and Corde. Lee died, four years ago, unmarried. Hampton married a Miss Richardson, and has two sons (small). English married Miss Alice Cribb ; has no children. Matthew married Miss Sallie Johnson, and had one son, Marion, who died in the war. William married his cousin, daughter of John M. Richaridson ; he has Jessee, Ervin and Franklin, and Ann Eliza, Susannah Lee, Eugenia and Lena. Hopkins, when a young single man, was thrown by a horse and killed. James, brother of Matthew, married Miss Rebecca Cribb, and had sons, William, Avery, Arny and others, names unknown. Ervin Richardson married Ann Pace, and by her had Cornelius, Henry, Preston and Allen ; first wife dying, he married, a second wife. Miss Boatwright, and by her had a son, Boyd - no daughters. Avery married a Miss Pace, and by her had John Calhoun, Robert, Sydney, Bradley and Sumter. John Calhoun married a Miss Foxworth, and has children. Robert Richardson married Miss Alice Sanders, and has two children (small). Sydney married Miss Nannie Carter; they have no children. Bradley married Miss Patsy Baxley ; they have two children (small). Sumter is grown and unmarried. Hampton Richardson married, first, a Miss Atkinson, and has some children (unknoTvn) ; his second wife was a Miss Godbold, daughter of Vincent Godbold; had two children, one named Cicero; his third wife was Victoria Smith, and they have several children (names and number unknown) ; the third wife dying, he married, a fourth one, Nancy Richardson ; they havfe no children. John Richardson, the younger brother of old William, called "King John," married a Miss Fladger, the sister of old Hugh Fladger, and sister of General Thomas Godbdd's wife; they had and raised four sons. Valence, James J., William F. and Andrew Jackson Richardson, and three daughters, Charlotte, Martha and another. Charlotte married Jessee Legette; Martha married David Legette, and the other married Nelson Legette. Valentine Richardson married a Miss White and moved to Georgia. James J. Richardson became a Methodist traveling preacher ; he married in North Carolina. The South Carolina Conference then extended into North Carolina, and included Uncolnton, Fayetteville and Wilmington. He died in 1833 - I think, at Lincolnton, N. C. - engaged in his ministerial duties. William F. Richardson, born in 1806, married Miss Elizabeth Palmer, a daughter of David Palmer, then a prominent man in his community and county; they had and raised daughters, Ervinia, Augusta Alice, Mary and Emma, and one son, James J. Richardson. Ervinia, the eldest, married, first, Joseph Davis, and by him she had two children, the late William G. Davis, and a daughter, Ad'die Davis ; Joseph Davis died, and she afterwards married Rev. J. B. Campbell, of the South Carolina Conference, and by him she had two sons, Rev. J. A. Campbell and John S. The former is a traveling Methodist preacher, is married and has a growing family. James S. Campbell is unmar- ried, and is a druggist. Mrs. J. B. Campbell has five daughters, four of whom are married and one single. The second daughter of William F. Richardson, Augusta, married James Godbold, and settled on the old homestead of Wm. F. Richardson ; they have five children - two sons, Wade and Warren, and three daughters (names forgotten) ; these sons and daughters are all grown and unmarried^ - ^they are smart and promising. Alice, the third daughter of W. F. Richardson, married John H. Hamer, of Harlleesville ; she is dead; she had and left surviving her five children, to wit : Edward R., Mary C, Tristram, Ovianna and John H. Of these, Edward R. married MisB Julia Berry, daughter of James Berry, now lives at Dillon, and has five or six children (small). Mary C. married Neill Berry, and has three children (small). Orianna married Lawrence Manning ; they have no children. Tristram, a doctor, is unmarried, and has emigrated to Texas. John H., Jr., is grown and unmarried^ - a dentist. Mary, the fourth daughter of W. F. Richardson, married John O. Willson, D. D., of the South Carolina Conference, and after having one child, Bessie, she died. Bessie grew up and married Captain Donaldson, of the United States army, a son of T. Q. Donaldson, of Greenville, S. C. Emma, the fifth and youngest daughter of W. F. Richardson, married Hon J. M. Johnson, now serving his thirteenth year as Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, and who resides at Marion ; they have seven children. Flora, John M., Jr., Palmer, Louise, Robert, Richardson and Alice ; the four first named are grown and promising young people. J. J. Richardson, the only son of W. F. Richardson, married Miss Charlotte Stanley, who has already been noticed among the Stanleys ; they have five children. Of the two old Richardson brothers, William and John (King John), the latter was the more prosperous, the former was the more prolific in his progeny. William F. Richardson, son of "King John," was a most excellent man, a solid, good citizen, of high character and remarkable for his fine sense. The writer knew him well ; we served in ante-bellum days together on the Board of Commissioners of the Poor for the county, two or three terms ; he died at the age of fifty-seven, in 1863, universally loved and respected. Much more might truthfully be said oi him, and his many fine traits of character, but want of space forbids. Andrew Jackson Richardson, brother of William F., married a Miss Palmer, half-sister of William F.'s wife ; he moved to Georgetown many years ago, and died in that old town. The writer saw his widow a few days ago.