Marion County, South Carolina - The whole text, 1902 (part 14 of 15)

The late Jdhn M. Smith, of Marion, was the son of a Methodist preacher - I think from Marlborough County; he was a tailor by trade ; he married a daughter of James H. Pearce, and sister of Dr. James F. Pearce, of West Marion - an excellent lady she was ; they raised a nice family of three sons, Robert J., Colin 'and A. Jackson, and two daughters, Mollie and Anna. Of the daughters, Mollie never married. Anna became the wife of David Gasque, brother of E. H. Gasque, of Marion ; they live in Columbia, and have for years ; they have a family. Of the sons, I think, Robert J. is dead - ^was an upright business man, rrioved off somewhere. Colin and Jackson are in high railroad fK>sitions - Colin in Columbia and A. Jackson in Knoxville, Tenn, and has his mother with him ; they have been in railroad positions ever since they were grown, and Colin is now a middle-aged man. John M. Smith, the father, was the first railroad agent at Marion, 1854; he remained in that position for many years - was honest, straight and harmless, and one of the neatest and most cleanly men I ever saw ; he would wear a pair of linen pants in the summer all the week and handle freight every day, and at the end of the week the iron prints would not be out of his pants. He lived and died in Marion, at the age of seventy-two or seventy-three, on the 3d February, 1893, without an enemy.

There is another Smith in Britton's Neck, of what family is unknown. The writer only knows of him - has seen him at Marion. I allude to Scotch Smith ; he is an energetic and capital man and good citizen.

Flowers. - ^This family sprang from Henry Flowers, who came from England, about the middle of the eighteenth century. He married Patsy Savage, and settled and lived where ex-Sheriff W. T. Evans now lives ; he took up and owned large bodies of land around him, many thousands of acres ; he had and raised a large family ; the sons were Archie, John, Henry, William, James, Jacob*and Bennett ; the daughters were MoUie, Betsy, Nancy, Sallie and Olive, or Olivia. Of the sons, the writer can get no definite information, except as to Bennett, the youngest son of old Henry, who married Miss Annie Payne, and had and raised two sons, Ervin Huger and John J., and three daughters, Annis, Olivia and Annie. Of the sons, Ervin Huger married Elizabeth Keeffe, and had one daughter, Telatha, when the father died, and his widow married Matthew Martin, and had several children for him. Telatha grew up and married the late D. S. Henry, and by him had one son, John E. Henry, our present energetic and progressive fellow-citizen on Buck Swamp, who has already been noticed herein among the Henrys. The widow, Telatha Henry, afterwards married Rev. John L. Smith, on Buck Swamp ; from this marriage there was no offspring ; Mr. Smith died and left her a widow, and she is now seventy-two years of age, and lives with her son, John E. Henry. Of the other son of Bennett Flowers, John J., the writer knows nothing or but little ; he infers that he was the immediate or remote progenitor of our present fallow-citizen at Marion, John H. Flowers, who married, about 1859 <^^ i860. Miss Anne Flowers, his cousin, at Marion; she died childless, some years ago ; her husband still survives. Annis, the eldest daughter of Bennett Flowers, married Solomon Owens, who soon died and left her a widow ; she died childless some years after, at a very advanced age. Olivia, the second daughter of Bennett Flowers, married General Elly Godbold, and by the marriage six children were raised, three sons, Huger, Zack and David, and three daughters, Ann, Cherry and Maggie. Huger

Godbold, the eldest son, married a Miss White, daughter of old man Stephen White; they had and raised, I think, three sons and three or four daughters, who have already been noticed among the Godbolds. Zack Godbold married a Miss Gregg, and had six or seven children, three sons and three or four daughters ; his wife died, and he married again, and moved off. Of his sons, our excellent and enterprising fellow-citizen, D. E. Godbold, one of the leading merchants now at MuUins, is the oldest; he married a Miss Young, daughter of the late Major J. B. Young, and has some family (small) ; he is Mayor of the town of MuUins, at this writing, is much respected and a very efficient ofiScer. Of his sisters, I think they are all dead, except Miss Susy, the youngest, who is with him, quite an accomplished lady and an efficient business woman. Zack Godbold raised a company for the Confederate Army, and went into the -war as Captain, and was a brave and efficient officer. David Godbold, the youngest son of General Elly Godbold and his wife, Olivia, went into the Confederate Army, and was killed in battle or died of disease - a promising young man. Of the daughters of General Godbold and wife, Ann, the eldest, married Alexander Gregg, of West Marion, who was murdered by some negroes, on the morning of the election, 7th November, 1876 - perhaps the most memorable election ever held in South Carolina. Four or five of the negroes were tried for his murder, and one (Jack Burgoyne) was convicted for it by a negro jury, sentenced to be hanged, and was hanged. The writer was Solicitor at the time, and knows whereof he writes. Mr. Gregg was an excellent and well-to-do citizen, a harmless and inoffensive man. Those were troublous times. The widow, Ann Gregg, still survives ; she has some three or four children, all grown. Cherry, the second daughter of General Godbold and wife, married Robert Gregg, of West Marion, who died some years after marriage, childless ; his widow married then J. Maston Gaddy; they had no offspring, Gaddy died, and she died soon after. Maggie, the youngest daughter of General Godbold and wife, died at about eighteen years of age, unmarried.

don't know who the wife of Henry, Jr., was, nor is it known whether he had other sons than Love nor whether he had any daughters. Love Flowers, born in 1790, lived to be eightyfour years old, and died in 1S74; he married twice; his first wife was Elizabeth Brown ; there were two sons by this marriage, William and John. William married Caroline Brown, daughter of Richard Brown ; he died about two years ago, in Horry County, leaving a number of children. John married Elizabeth Do^er, a sister of J. TuUey Dozier ; John died about three years ago. Love Flowers' first wife dying, he married Martha Baxley, a daughter of Barny Baxley ; by this marriage he had twenty-two children, all of whom died in infancy, except James J., Henry, Williamson, Barny, A. Love, Bennett, Nathan, . Joel, Elly, Everett, Samuel S., Lucy Ann and Rachel. It seems that thirteen of the twenty-two were raised. James J. Flowers never married ; he died in 1865. Henry Flowers married Sarah Ann James, a daughter of Henry James ; he died in prison, in Elmira, N. Y., 1864; he left a number of children. Williamson Flowers married, first, Elizabeth Marlow ; by her he had a number of children ; this wife died, and then he married Mrs. Martha Parker; they have no children; live below Marion Court House. Barny A. Flowers married, first, Ann Lambert, daughter of James Lambert ; no children ; she died, and he married, a second wife, Mrs. Ann James, -widow of Henry L. James ; they have five children ( small) . Love A. Flowers married Henrietta Brown, daughter of Lewis Brown, and had a large family; he was killed by lightning, below Marion, in 1872. Bennett Flowers married Miss Mary James, daughter of Henry James ; had one child, and died of disease in the Western Confederate Army during the war. Nathan Flowers married Miss Ann Marlow ; no children ; he died in prison at Rock Island, 111., about the close of the war. Joel Flowers never married; he died in prison at Elmira, N. Y., during the war. Elly Flowers married Miss Minnetta Brown, daughter of William Brown ; they had one child ; they live on the old homestea4 of his father, on Reedy Creek, below Marion. Everitt Flowers married Margaret A. James, daughter of Henry L- James ; they have five children (small), and live at Dillon. Samuel S. Flowers married Susan Best, daughter of Captain John J. Best, of Horry; they had several children; moved to Texas eight years ago ; the last heard from them, his wife was dead and he was in Keaney, Nebraska. Lucy Ann Flowers married J. TuUy Dozier ; they have a number of children, among whom is our present County Supervisor, J. T. Dozier, Jr. J. T. Dozier, St., is dead' ; the widow is living with her son, J. T., Jr. Rachel Flowers first married Lewis Brown, Jr. ; they had one child, and her husband died during the war ; after the war, the widow married J. C. Price; they have a large family, now in Horry. Old Love Flowers, a patriarch, had eleven sons in the war, including the two by his first wife, William and' John ; all his sons went to the war, except Everett and Samuel S. - the two latter were too young. Few men contributed so many to the lost cause. The first Methodist Church or meeting house built in the county was built (I suppose, of logs,) by old Henry Flowers, and was located near the house of ex-Sheriff Evans, about 1783 to 1790. Bishop Asbury's Journal speaks of it, which I have not now before me, but to which I refer. Asbury and Whatcoat, in passing through the country on their way to Charleston, stopped at Flowers' house, and preached under the oak now standing in ex-Sheriif Evans' yard, and with such success as to induce Mr. Flowers to build a meeting house, in which the Bishop afterwards preached in his annual travels. Flowers and his family became members of his church and others also, and it is said that old "Jimmy Jenkins," afterward and for many years a distinguished preacher of that denomination, joined the church at that place, which was for many years thereafter called "Flowers' Meeting House." Flowers and his seven sons and five daughters, together with their families - for several of them had, doubtless, married by that time - ^were enough of themselves to form and keep up a respectable church of their own without the accession of others to it, and it may be reasonably supposed that others joined and worshipped there. The last vestige of the large body of land owned there by old Henry Flowers, was bought by the Commissioners of the Poor for the county, in i860, from John H. Flowers and wife, Anne, for a county poor farm and house, and it was located and erected there in i860. The writer was, at the time, Chairman and Treasurer of the board - ^made the trade for the land (ninety-seven acres, I think), drew the deed, had it executed, paid the purchase price to the grantors, $970, had the buildings construcfted, and established it as a home and farm for the poor, and, I believe, it is kept up and used for that purpose to the present time. The deed is recorded, and if the original deed is examined, it will be seen to be in my handwriting. The wisdom of the scheme has been vindicated by over forty years' continued use. Have not seen it for fifteen or twenty years ; don't know how it is managed now.

MuLtiNS. - This family is an importation from North Carolina, and a good importation it is - would like to have several others such. The first of the name in this county was the late Colonel William S. Mullins, followed a few years later by his brother, the late Dr. James C. Mullins, and from these two brothers came all by that name now in the county. Their parents were Fayetteville, N. C, people - names not known. It is said their father was a merchant in Fayetteville, and did not succeed in making a fortune for his children - only enough to educate them - ^three sons, William S., James C. and Henry ; one daughter, as known to the writer, Ida, who became the wife of E. B. Owens, of this county, and another daughter, who became the wife of a Mr. McNeill, who finally settled in Horry. It seems that the greatest ambition of their father was to educate his children (a very laudable ambition). His son, William S., after graduation in the University of North Carolina, and after admission to the bar of North Carolina, came to Marion County, and married a Miss Hodges, daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Hodges, of the Little Pee Dee and Gapway section ; by his marriage he acquired a large property in lands and negroes ; and having a competency thus acquired, and the exigencies of the family and the large estate which had fallen in by the death of Dr. Hodges, and of his only son, William H., who died unmarried, he did not pursue the profession of law, for which he was peculiarly and eminently fitted, but devoted himself to his farm and family, to which may be added politics or state craft, and he was much better adapted to the latter than to farming. Colonel Mullins was first introduced to the public of Marion County in the memorable contest between Co-operation and Secession, or Separate State action, in 1 85 1 . The contest was exciting and bitter - every nerve was strained and every legitimate means used by each party. The county was carried by the Co-operation party by only thirtyfive majority, and the success of the party in Marion County was attributed mainly to the eloquent appeals to the fears of the people by Colonel Mullins ; he was a natural born orator, and having a mind well stored with general knowledge of affairs, and especially with the knowledge of governmental science, his stump speeches were overwhelmingly effective. The State was also carried my a safe majority for Co-operation, and thus prevented, for the time, the final issue between the North and the South. The Secession party believed then, as it is most generally believed now, if the State had then (1851) seceded, there would have been no attempt on the part of the Federal Government to coerce the seceding State or States, as the case might be; that the fanaticism of the North had not been worked up to the point of war as it was in the next nine or ten years, and the South would have been allowed to depart in peace. Whether that would or would not have been better for us, need not and cannot be discussed here. Thus was Colonel Mullins introduced to the people (publicly) of Marion, and initiated into South Carolina politics ; he filled a large place in the confidence of the people, it may be said, to the end of his useful life. In 1852, there was a general election for Senators and Representatives in the Ivegislature, and' the contest in that election was about as lively as it had been the year before - each party had its candidates. The result was that Dr. Harllee (Secession) was elected Senator by 171 majority, and Dr. W. R. Johnson (Secession) and W. S. Mullins and Colonel W. W. Durant (Co-operation) were elected members of the lower Houses by small majorities. Colonel Mullins was then successively elected to the lower House from that time to 1868, when Reconstruction put him out, with all other Democratic white jjeople. Colonel Mullins at once took a high stand in the Legislature^ - a strong and successful debater, was one of the then several leaders in that body. During his career as a member of that body he was run for Speaker against (now) Judge C. H. Si-- monton, and was beaten only by three votes. There were

Strong men then in that body - such men as James Simmons, B. F. Perry, C. H. Simonton and many others. To be Speaker of that House was no little honor or attainment. William S. Mullins was no ordinary man - hence so much space (much needed) in this book is devoted to him. He was brilliant, quick and always ready, and had a reputation as orator and legislator of which his adopted people and his family, descendants may justly be proud. Colonel Mullins was President of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Company for one or two years ; he was also elected Senator to the Ivegislature in 1872, but was counted out, as all other Democrats elected that year were by the Radical election officials then in power. As already stated, he married Miss Hodges, and they raised to be grown six sons, William L., Frank, Charles, Edward, Henry and Guerry, and three daughters, Mary, Lizzie and Julia. Of the sons, Frank and Charles died young men and unmarried. William L. is yet unmarried. Edward married a Miss Shaffer, lives in Marion and, I think, has two daughters, not grown ; he was so unfortunate as to be accidentally shot on Thanksgiving Day, a few years ago, by which he became paralyzed and lost both his eyes. Henry married a Miss Norwood, daughter of Geo. A. Norwood, of Greenville; and is one of the leading merchants of Marion ; has two or three children (small) ; he was a graduate of the South Carolina College ; studied law and entered upon its practice with flattering prospects of success, but after two or three years abandoned it altogether, engaged in merchandising, and is now following it, in partnership with his brotherin-law, Samuel A. Norwood, at Marion - ^apparently doing a large business. Guerry Mullins, the youngest son of Colonel Mullins, married, first, Maggie McKerall, daughter of the late W. J. McKerall, Esq., who died childless, in about a year after marriage ; he married, a second time. Miss Emily Price, daughter of the late Dr. D. S. Price, of Marion ; think he has by her one or two children (small) ; he is engaged in buying cotton at Marion. The eldest daughter, Mary, married Joseph Mclntyre, of Marion ; they live at Mullins, and own and cultivate the old homestead of her father, W. S. Mullins ; they have several children, some of them grown, names unknown to the writer. Lizzie, the second daughter, married Dr. Archie Mclntyre, of

Marion, within the last year; they live in Marion. Julia, the youngest daughter, is unmarried. Dr. James C. Mullins, the second importation from North Carolina, after graduating in medicine, came to South Carolina for the practice of his profession, about 185 1, and located first near Parnassus, in Marlborough County ; he married there Miss Artemissia DeBerry, a daughter of old Henry DeBerry; he moved to Marion just before the war, and settled in the town for the practice of his chosen profession, and at once obtained a good and lucrative practice ; he had three children, sons, Benjamin R., Henry and Johnson ; be went to the war as an army surgeon, and remained therein till the end at Appomattox ; his wife, Artemissia, died during the war - I think, in 1863 or 1864 ; he came home from the war, and remained a widow until 17th May, 1871, when he married again. Miss Florence Moody, daughter of E. J. Moody; by this marriage he had three sons, R. Randolph, Frank K. and Charles Woods, and one daughter, Florence. Of these, Frank died unmarried, a young man. Randolph and Wood are both single. Of the children of his first wife, Henry, a very promising young man, died in Bennettsville, where he was engaged in a profitable business, some ten or more years ago. B. R. Mullins, his oldest son by first marriage, married a daughter of Dr. Dixon Evans, of Marion, and has several children; he is a capital business man and is now Sheriff of the county, and promises well in that important position. Johnson, the youngest son by his first marriage, went West some years ago. R. Randolph, the oldest son by the second marriage, is in business (druggist) in Greenville. The Doctor died some five or six years ago; his widow, with her two youngest children. Woods and Florence, live in Marion. Dr. Mullins was an' excellent physician ; up to a short time before his death, he did an immense practice and had the confidence of the entire community ; for the last year or two of his life, there seemed to be a failure of his mind - 'his mental powers gave way. Colonel W. S. Mullins and Dr. J. C. Mullins, it was said, had a brother, named Henry, who was more talented than either of his brothers ; he went into the war as Captain of a company in a North Carolina Regiment, and was killed in battle in Virginia. The Mullins were loyal to their section.

Gregg. - Robert J. Gregg, formerly of West Marion, and one of the numerous and respectable family by that name, came over on the east side in 1818, and married a Miss Evans, a daughter of old Nathan Evans, and sister of the late Thomas Evans, Sr., and ever after lived and died', in 1874, in the town of Marion ; he had and raised two sons, William Wesley and Robert Evans Gregg, and several daughters. Of the daughters, one, Serena, became the wife of William C. Foxworth, who raised a family, now among us as fellow-citizens. Another, Ann, married John Woodberry, of West Marion, and she raised', I think, two sons (names not remembered). Another married the late William J. Dickson; she had and raised quite a family - four sons, James J., Bonna (both dead, unmarried), Wesley and Maxcy, our present County Auditor. Wesley married in Darlington and resides there. Maxcy is unmarried (he and a maiden sister live together) ; and, I think, four daughters. The eldest, Ida, married Dr. D. S. Price, and is now a widow, with some children. Two other daughters married George C. Walsh, and be and the latter wife have gone West. Of the two sons of old man R. J. Gregg, William Wesley married a Miss Wayne, of Georgetown ; they had a family of the three sons - William, who was killed in the war, Wesley and Robert James; and three daughters, Nannette, who married a Mr. Carter, and have gone elsewhere, and Anna and Lizzie - 'the two latter are unmarried. Our fellow-citizen, Wesley L,. Gregg, married a Miss Bell, of Coloimbia, an excellent lady; they have, I think, three sons (names unknown), all grown, and one daughter, whose name, I think, is Belle. None of the sons of Wesley nor the daughters are married. Wesley is a cotton buyer of Marion. Robert James Gregg, the younger brother of Wesley, married a lady, I think, of Wilrnington, N. C, her maiden name not known ; they have a considerable family ; sex and mmiber not known, some of them are grown ; he is merchandising at Marion. The father, William Wesley Gregg, was killed or died of disease in the war; his widow still survives and is now well advanced' in years - an excellent old lady. Robert Evans Gregg, the younger son of old R. J. Gregg, married a Miss Shaw, sister of the late Judge Shaw ; they had several children, don't know how many. A son, Robert E., Jr., who married a Miss Miller, in Mariom; he died last year - don't know whether he left any child or not. Another son, Thomas, who is unmarried and lives at Dillon, superintends the Emerson Hotel in that town, and is a worthy young man. Another son, who died some four or five years ago, not grown. The eldest daughter, Nannie, married Henry E. Gasque; she is a very smart woman - they have one or two children; and another daughter, Lena, grown and unmarried. If there are other children, they are unknown to the writer. Robert Evans Gregg died two or three years ago, at about seventy-five years of age ; was an industrious and harmless man, honest to the core. The old man, Robert J. Gregg, the progenitor of all the Greggs herein mentioned, was one of the best of men - "the salt of the earth;" he was Tax Collector for the county in ante-bellum days for more than thirty years - was first elected in 1838, and was elected every two years consecutively thereafter till the war. The Tax Collector in those days took the tax returns, which the Auditor now does, and then collected the taxes, and made his returns to and paid over the moneys collected' to the Treasurer of the Lower Division, in Charleston. And the old gentleman, often before the day of railroads, walked to Charleston and carried his returns and money, paid it over to the Treasurer, and bring home a clear receipt. On one occasion, he and General William Evans were in Charleston together - old man Gregg a foot and the General in a sulky ; they both left Charleston on the same morning, a three days' travel from home. Sometimes one would be ahead on the road and sometimes the other, and so they had it, and on the evening of the third day, old man Gregg arrived in Marion about half an hour ahead of the General. This was fifty years ago or more. Great improvements have been made since that time - ^the facilities for travel and communication with Charleston and with tiie world generally have been greatly multiplied; but while these great improvements have been made, the morals of the county has greatly deteriorated. No Tax Collector or County Treasurer would now dare take such a trip with his thousands of money in his pocket ; he would be killed and robbed on the road, as was Treasurer Copes a few years ago, in Orangeburg County. No doubt, old Uncle "Jimmy Gregg" felt as safe on the road then as he did at home - if he had felt otherwise, he would not have ventured the trip. During the long service of old "Uncle Jimmy Gregg," as he was aflfectionately and familiarly called in that office, there were never any shortages, as now-a-days - not the least breath of suspicion of wrong-doing, be it said to his credit in memory of him. It is a legacy to his descendants to be prized higher than wealth, more precious and lasting than gold. Wealth may take to itself wings and fly away, but character never. R. J. Gregg was one of the extensive family of Greggs in West Marion, but to which branch of that family the writer knows not.

Collins. - Of this scattered and extensive family the writer has not been able to gather sufficient data from which to connect them and to trace their genealogy satisfactorily. The first now known of them were two brothers, a hundred or more years ago - the two brothers were Thomas and Jonah. Thomas was the progenitor of the Collins about Maiden Down and Mullins. The writer saw old man Thomas seventy years ago ; he lived and died on Maiden Down and Martin Swamp, right at the junction of the latter with the former; he was then past middle life, and, I think, was a Justice of Peace or Magistrate away back in the 30's - 3. prominent man in his day ; he had a family, but do not know who his wife was ; he was the greatgrand-father of the late Sheriff Robert Collins. He had a son, named Thomas (and perhaps others), who was the father of John, Solomon and Samuel, and probably four daughters. Solomon and John married sisters - ^the sisters of old Captain John Rogers, of the "Fork" section ; and their father, Thomas Collins, Jr., married, for a second or third wife, another sister ; thus it appears that the father's wife and the wives of his two sons, Solomon and John, were sisters - and if they all had offspring by the respective marriages, it would be difficult to tell what relation the children would be to each other. John Collins, the grand-son of old Thomas, was the father of the late Sheriff Robert Collins, and of his brothers, the late Stephen T. Collins and Samud Collins ; John may have had other sons and, perhaps, daughters, not known to the writer. Don't know who Samuel Collins married ; or anything of the children ( if he had any) of Solomon Collins. There are two very respectable, good citizens now in the Mullins section, by the name of John and Owen Collins - they, perhaps, are sons of Solomon Collins or Samuel ; they both have families. Owen has a son, married, who is called "Romney" - that his true name is Deuteronomy, a name taken from the Pentateuch, one of the five books of Moses. Stephen T. Collins, brother of Sheriif Collins (older) , married Miss Margaret Smith, daughter of Hugh Godbold Smith ; he raised a family, how many and of what sex is not known ; he had a son, Hugh Collins, living on the road to Mullins just above Gapway Church, who seems to be doing well, and has a family ; he also had a daughter, who married E. B. Owens, already noticed among the Owens family. Stephen T. Collins may have had other children but they are not known to the writer ; he was deputy for his brother, Robert, while Sheriff and was very efficient ; he died a few years ago. Robert Collins, the Sheriff, married a Miss Powell, of North Carolina, and had and raised a family of three sons and, perhaps, daughters. Of the three sons, Barney, the eldest, married a Miss Wall, sister of George Wall, of Marion; they have a family, already mentioned among the Walls. John, the next son, died a young man, at Marion, whilst his father was Sheriff. Sydney, the youngest son, married some one to the writer unknown, and has gone out of sight - don't know what has become of him. Sheriff Collins, the father, died some years ago. The writer will here relate the circumstances under which he became Sheriff : In May, 1867, during the Reconstruction period, Neill C. McDuffie, who was then Sheriff, resigned the office, and the fact of his resignation was not known in Marion to the public for two weeks, when it became known in the following manner : The writer one day received a letter from Governor James I,. Orr, announcing the fact, and saying that if we could get some man who could take the "iron-clad oath," that was suited to the offipe, that he thought he could get General Canby to appoint him, and' urged that we attend to it at onoe, lest General Canby might appoint some objectionable negro or some carpet-bagger. I immediately showed the letter to Hon. A. Q. McDuffie, Judge Wilcox and others. It was agreed among us that Robert Collins was the man - that he was fit for the office, having been a deputy for several ye&rs, and that he could take the required oath, as it was known to us that he was opposed to the war. I saw Mr. Collins that evening and opened the matter to him ; he said he could take the oath and would accept the office if he could give the required bond, and asked me to wait a reply to the Governor until the next day, when he would let me know whether he would accept or not. The next day he saw me and said he could give the bond and would accept the position. I immediately replied accordingly to the Governor, and in a few days the appointment came from General Canby through the Governor; and thus Robert Collins was made and became Sheriif of the county. At the first general election after the Constitution of 1868, Collins was a candidate for Sheriff, and was elected for four years more, and served until his term expired; he made an excellent Sheriff, and especially in those troublesome times, but was not "Radical" enough to get tlie nomination of the dominant party for a second term. Daniel F. Berry received the Radical nomination, and General Elly Godbold, the Democratic nomination, in 1872. The latter was elected, but was counted out, and Berry was counted in, as was the case with all others at that election. Of the two brothers, old Collins, Thomas and Jonah, the latter became the progenitor of the Collins below Marion and the Pee Dee Island Collins ; don't know much .about them. There were two or three brothers, descendants of old Jonah, to wit: William, James and Jonah - ^these were either sons of old Jonah or grand-sons. William Collins was the father of Mrs. Valentine Rowell ; he may have had other daughters and sons, of whom nothing is known. James Collins was the mediate or immediate progenitor of Benjamin Collins, of the Pee Dee Islands ; he may have had other descendants. The late Shadrach Collins, of Pee Dee Islands, the great fisherman - ^the man that in late years supplied the Marion market with Little Pee Dee bream and other fish, belonged to this branch of the; Collins family. Shadrach_ acquired the distinction or sobriquet of being presidentof the ugly club ; he was not a handsome man, but a genial, good-natured one ; always pleasant and in a good humor ; ambitious only to live and to let live, did not want much of this world's goods. In the contest for the presidency of the ugly club, some twenty- five or thirty years ago, Shadrach was beaten by a man by the name of Powell, of West Marion ; but Powell did not live long, and upon his demise Shadrach came in without opposition, and enjoyed his honors till his death, a few years ago. Under an unseemly exterior was a kind, good i heart; he thought no evil and did none, and was respected by all who knew him.

Another family of Collins, not related, as I am informed, to those mentioned above, is that of the late John J. Collins, of the Ariel section ; know nothing of his ancestry or where he came from ; he was, before the war, a very substantial man and citizen ; livedi on a very poor place, yet he amassed a considerable fortune - did so mainly by raising young negroes. He was married, I think, three times - ^married, first, a Miss Wheeler, sister of General E. B. Wheeler ; she had one son, John E., and perhaps other children. John E. Collins married' a Miss Davis, sister of B. F. and J. P. Davis, of Marion. John E. Collins had some children, about whom nothing is known ; he died, and his widow married a Mr. Floyd in Horry ; the Wheeler wife died, and old man John J. Collins marired a Miss Howard, aunt of Colonel R. G. Howard, of West Marion ; by the Howard wife he had sons, J. Burt and Edward Collins, and may be others, and a daughter, who married McRae, the father of our late County Supervisor, John A. McRae ; she also had another son, Malcolm D. McRae, and daughters unknown to the writer. Edward C. Collins married a Miss Legetfce, daughter of Colonel L,evi L,egette, and by her had five or six sons and two daughters. ' One of the daughters married Frank Fuller, and resides at Florence. Think the other daughter died unmarried. One of the sons (Woodson) died in youth; the other sons are scattered - some in this county and some in Florence. Mrs. Collins, the mother, died, and her husband, Ed. C. Collins, went to Florida. J. Burt Collins married Miss Prudence Harrelson, daughter of old Hugh H. Harrelson, on the Buck Swamp, near Ariel ; he was killed or died in the war ; his widow survived him, and two daughters ; the widow married again to A. P. Johnson ; and the daughters marriedi - one a Mr. Vaught and the other James Turbeville. The war and its results seemed to baffle and to paralyze the efforts of old man John J. Collins ; he could not adapt himself ti> the changed conditions and did not survive the war long - 'he died in June, 1871, broken in spirit and in fortune ; a good citizen in his day. This account of the Collins families may not be correct in some particulars, but it is given according to my knowledge and information - it is not satisfactory to the writer, but is inserted as it is.

Wiggins, of WAHEE.-^The writer has not been able to obtain the genealogy of this family any further back than to old Micajah Wiggins, the father of the late Baker Wiggins. Old Micajah married (don't know who), and had and raised sons, Elias, Daniel, Micajah, Jr., Stephen, Benjamin and Baker, and one daughter, who married' the late Thomas Shaw, and raised a family, who will be noticed further on. Baker Wiggins married Judah Foxworth, a daughter (I think) of old Job Foxworth - if not a daughter, a descendant ; they raised three sons and two daughters, to wit : Charles, Henry Houston and Francis Marion, and Virginia and Martha Ann. Charles died unmarried. Henry Houston married Miss Florence Johnson, a daughter of the late William Johnson, of Wahee; they have seven children - one son, Harman, grown, the others not grown. Francis Marion, a merchant at Marion, unmarried, but ought to be. Of the daughters, Virginia married Corde Whitebeart; they have four children; reside at Florence. Martha Ann married Yancy Thomas, not long since, of whom nothing further is known. Baker Wiggins, the immediate progenitor of the above, was a first-rate man and excellent citizen ; unfortunately for him, he had no early opportunities for education ; he could not write his name, yet he was genteel and very courtly in his bearing and manners ; in these respects he was excelled by but few ; he was a well-rounded man and reliable in his dealings with his fellow-man. Elias Wiggins, brother of Baker, married, and had a family, how many is unknown - one son, Jasper Wiggins, and two daughters, Eliza and Susan. The son is unmarried. Of the daughters, Eliza married Joseph Powers ; they have one or two children. The other daug'hter, Susan, is unmarried. Daniel Wiggins died, unmarried. Micajah, Jr., married a Miss Tanner, and removed to Georgetown. Stephen Wiggins married Elizabeth Powell ; they had a daughter, who married Jerry Holderi, a capital man and good citizen, in Wahee Township. Another daughter in Florida or Georgia - Susan (I think) ; don't know whether she is married or not. Benjamin Wiggins disappeared in the war - may have been killed.

There were in the early part of the nineteenth century some other Wiggins on the Pee Dee, who gave name to the "Wiggins _ Landing," on Great Pee Dee ; they figured and were prominent previous to 1820. They are referred to as relatives of old Mason I^ee, in his (Lee's) will, which gave rise to the celebrated will case of Mason Lee, as found in one of McCord's (second volume, I believe) Reports. Lee was a Marlboroug'h man, and one of the most remarkable men I ever read of. He was wealthy, and gave all his property to the two States of South Carolina and Tennessee. He was never married. If he had died without a will, the Wiggins would have inherited his property. He had two illegitimate sons, twins ; one of them he acknowledged to be his, the other he would not acknowledge, and gave as a reason that in crossing a staked and ridered fence, that one of the boys went over the rider and the other went under it. He stated in his will that he did not want any of the Wiggins to have any of his property, and authorized his executors to employ the best counsel in the State to defend his will against the Wiggins from the lower Courts to the highest Court. He further said that he would have given his property to the Penniwells, his two bastard sons, or the one he acknowledged, but he was afraid they did not have sense enough to successf uly contend with the Wiggins ; and, therefore, he gave his property to the two States of South Carolina and Tennessee, who might be able to cope with the Wiggins. The will was attacked by the Wiggins, and it was carried by appeal from the Court of Ordinary to the Court of Appeals ; the will was sustained, and the Wiggins were worsted. One of them was named Baker, and from that fact and the circumstances of their living near Wiggins' Landing, near the present location of the Wiggins family hereinabove mentioned, the writer draws the inference that the now existing family of Wiggins on Great Pee Dee are of the same stock as those related to old Mason Lee, and against whom old Mason had such strong aversion - ^this is only conjecture.

There are some other Wiggins in the county, in the Gaddy Mill section. Many now living knew old man Charles Wiggins; his first wife was a Miss Johnson, of Black River; his second wife was Molly Britt, of North Carolina ; they are both dead. The first wife had three sons, John M., Henry and C. Wesley Wiggins. John M. married Aby Butler, has a family, of how many is not known ; he has a son, Marion Wiggins, of Dillon, who married a Miss Grantham; has five children (small). Henry Wiggins married and had a son, named Charles, and lives at Dillon. The son married, and had two children ; the mother died, and he married, a second time, the Widow Price, whose maiden name was Pauline Watson, daughter of the late William Watson; no offspring. Henry went West. C. Wesley married a McCormic, and settled in the Cotton Valley section of the county ; he was doing well when last heard of by the writer - have not seen him for years. The old gentleman was a jolly old soul ; he was jailer at Marion in the early 70's ; his second wife had no children.

Shaw. - ^The first Shaw known in the county was William Shaw, born in March, 1759, and died in February, 1863, at the age of 103 years and eleven months to a day, as his son, the late John D. Shaw, told the writer - a case of remarkable longevity. The writer saw and talked with the old gentleman at Marion Court House, in 1859 or i860, and he said he was 100 years old; could get about then with much agility - ^much more so than most men at the age of seventy years. In connection with old William Shaw, I will quote from Bishop Gregg's History, pp. 403 and 404, and note : "Another name which has no place in history and is now unknown in the region where he lived, deserves,- in one respect at least, the first place in the annals of the Pee Dee, if not in the story of the Revolution throughout the thirteen colonies. Jacob Brawler gave his own life and the lives of twenty-two sons to the cause of liberty in Carolina. He removed from Tar River, North Carolina, to Liberty Precinct, and settled on Catfish, sixteen miles below the present village of Marion. He was married twice, and had large families by both wives, of whom all were sons, except one daughter. After the fall of Charleston, some of his sons were drafted ; but the old man said there should be no division among them - ^that if one went all should go, and that he would accompany them. Twenty- four (three) in all, they embarked in the strife, and almost incredible to relate, but one of the sons returned to tell the tale of their slaughter. Overwhelmed by the calamity, the frantic wife and mother went off, not knowing whither, in search of her loved ones, but only to return, after a fruitless search, a broken-hearted mourner. She was eventually put upon the parish and lived to old age. The surviving son, who was of weak mind and body, died a few years after, and the name became extinct in Marion." In a note to the foregoing passage the Bishop says: "This account, which may appear almost incredible, was related to the author by the late Hugh Godbold, of Marion, and confirmed in every particular by William Shaw, a humble but worthy and respectable man who was of age at the time, lived in the same neighborhood and knew the family of Brawler well. Mr. Shaw was born in March, 1759, and in the spring of 1859, when the author spent the night with him at the house of Mr. Godbold, was possessed of astonishing vigor of body and mind for one of his years. Neither his sight nor hearing was very seriously impaired. He sat up to a late hour, listening with unabated interest to a conversation about the early days of the Pee Dee, taking part himself, and was as cheerful as a man in his prime. He said a red oak was then living, which stood in Brawler's yard. Brawler was poor, but ingenious. He adopted the following method of catching bears : Driving sharp nails, pointing downward, in a bee-gum, he baited it at the bottom (with honey), having secured it well. The bear putting his head down, would be caught beyond the possibility of extrication. William Shaw had passed his hundredth year when the author saw him for the first and last time, and considering his activity was one of the most remarkable cases of longevity on record."

The writer has made these lengthy quotations for the purpose, first, of showing to posterity the almost unparalleled case of longevity of one of our old citizens, William Shaw, and, secondly, to perpetuate the name and fame of old Jacob Brawler and family - a name that should ever be dear to the people of Marion County. Bishop Gregg's History has long been out of print, and is now read only by very few ; but by giving it a place in this book, written for Marion County, the name and fame of Jacob Brawler and family may be preserved in the county for another hundred and fifty years - ejfo perpefua.

William Shaw married some one to the writer unknown ; has tried to ascertain her maiden name, but has not been able to do so; he raised three sons and may be others, as well as daughters - one daughter, Ann ; the sons were John D. Shaw, who died a. few years ago, at the age of eighty-nine, and Thomas Shaw, who married and died some years ago, leaving four sons, Edward Baker, Daniel, Armstrong and Henry, and perhaps daughters. Henry was a soldier in the Confederate War ; he married a Miss Wall, daughter of Washington Wall, and sister of George Wall, of Marion ; they lived together several years, and had several children, when he died and left his widow and children surviving; the widow married again, a Mr. Hux, of Horry (see the Wall family). John D. Shaw, the oldest son of old William Shaw, married a Miss Davis, and had one son, our capital citizen, Stewart T. Shaw, and one daughter, Ann, and may be other children. Stewart T. Shaw married a Miss Altman, daughter of William Altman, and has a family, not grown. Stewart Shaw, like his father, John D. Shaw, is a most excellent man and a substantial, good citizen. His sister, Ann Shaw, married a Davis, and has a family, unknown to the writer. Thomas Shaw married a Miss Wiggins, sister of the late Baker Wiggins ; they had four sons. Edward Shaw, killed in the war. Baker Shaw, who married Betsey Tanner ; he is dead, and left five children, four girls and one son, named Thomas. Daniel Shaw married a Miss Foxworth, and has five sons, Willie, Clarence, Charley, Joseph and Evander. The two latter are married. Joseph married a Miss Boatwright, daughter of Foster Boatwright. Evander married a Miss Shaw. The other sons are unmarried, and live with their parents. Armstrong Shaw, the youngest son of Thomas Shaw, married Miss Maria Lucas, and has but one child, a daughter, named Julia, who lately married McRoy Dozier, who is clerking for W. S. Foxworth, at Marion, a promising young man. Old William Shaw had one daughter, Ann, who married Robeson Tanner, and became the grand-mother of Mrs. James T.

Dozier. The writer has learned that John D. Shaw married twice, but who, except the Davis wife, is not known, or whether there was any progeny by that marriage is not known.

DoziER. - Of this family but little information has been obtained, yet it is a name long and favorably known in Marion. It is a French name, and came to South Carolina among the Huguenots (as is supposed). The first of the name as now known in the county was the great-grand-father of James Tully Dozier, the present County Supervisor of Marion County. His name was James Tully Dozier, a name whidh seems to have been continued in each succeeding generation to the present. Old James Tully had a son, James Tully, and he in turn had three sons, James Tully, John F. and Henry. Henry Dozier was very deaf ; he and his brother, James Tully, are both dead ; John F. still survives. To whom the three brothers, James Tully, John F. and Henry, married, is unknown to the writer. The late James Tully Dozier left a son, James Tully (now County Supervisor), who has been for years a very efficient deputy Sheriff, and, I suppose, knows not only all the public roads in the county, but all the neighorhood roads, and even many of the footpaths ; he knows almost every man in the county above twenty-five years of age, and notwithstanding his extensive knowledge in these respects, he could not tell me much of the genealogy of his family - from which this lesson may be learned, viz : that no man can be an adept at everything. As already stated, he is now our County Supervisor; has not been long in office, but promises to make an efficient officer ; he married Miss Iris Grice, a daughter of the late Sheriff, A. E. Grice, well remembered by many; he has two small boys, names not remembered ; he had a sister, who married Henry W. Smith, now a liveryman in Marion; she died a few years ago, and left some three or four childi-en. There is one David Dozier, a good citizen of the county, of tJhe same Dozier family, but to which branch of the family he belongs, is not known to the writer. There were in former times other Doziers in Marion. I think one of our first Sheriffs and first Clerks of the Court were Doziers. A public street, one of the oldest streets in the town of Marion, was named and is now called

Dozier street ; they were prominent in that day. There were other Doziers, I suppose of the same family, here in the early part of the last century. One, A. W. Dozier, represented us in Congress in the early days of the republic ; he was a lawyer of ability and a man of high character; he lived in Georgetown or Williamsburg - a brother or uncle of our highly esteemed late fellow-citizen, Dr. T. J. Dozier, whose family are now in Britton's Neck and muA respected. I think I rightfully infer that all these Doziers in Marion, Georgetown and Williamsburg had a common ancestor among the Huguenot stock, and are all collaterally related, either proximately or remotely. We had a young Dozier here, a lawyer, since the war, who lived and praoticed law in Marion for two or three years, who manifested ability ; he left, however, and went to California, and in a few years became a Circuit Judge in that great State, with a salary of $3,500 or $4,000 annually - no mean position, in honor or emoluments.

FoxwoRTH AND BoATwRiGHT - Of this family, the writer is wanting in definite information whicb he has made efforts to dbtain, but has not been able to dt> so. There were two old men here years ago, Stephen and Job Foxworth, and he presumes that most or all of the name now in the county are descendants of these two old men - in this, however, he may be mistaken. William C. Foxworth, on west side of Catfish, was a descendant of one of them; he was an exceptionally good man, was always on ithe side of right ; he married Miss Serena Gregg, oldest daughter of R. J. Gregg. Old "Uncle Jimmy," as he was called, died a few years ago, leaving his wife, four sons, and two daughters - Fdward, William Capers, George and Thomas, as I remember them, and the two daughters were Sallie and Lucy. Of the sons, Edward is single. William Capers married a daughter of Captain G. A. Mclntyre, and has a family of some children, and is one of our good citizens. George married a Miss Watson, a niece of Major H. B. Cook's wife, in Horry. Thomas, I suppose, is not married. The eldest daughter, Sallie, married E. H. Gasque, and has already been noticed in or among the Gasque family. Lucy, the younger daughter, married a Mr. Hutaff, who died and left her with two children, and then she dlied ; don't know what became of the children. William S. Foxworth is a descendant of one ol the old Foxworths, don't know which; think his father was named Charley J. - in this, however, I may be mistaken. William S. Foxwortih is a leading merchant of Marion; commenced there with, nothing, comparatively, twenty-five or thirty years ago, and by strict attention to business and good management has succeeded well, has accumulaited a large property and may be regarded as one of the heavy men, financially, in the town of Marion ; he married Miss Kittie Smith, a granddaughter of "Horse-Swapping Billy Smith," an excellent woman, and is raising a family - has three or four children. W. S. Foxworth is no ordinary man ; he is W. S. Foxworth - does not pretend to be any one else ; a strictly religious man, and by precept and example tries to influence others in the same line - he is a good and useful man ; if we had more men like him the county would be bettered. There is one Benjamin Foxworth in Wabee, a quiet, hard-working and inoffensive citizen, a descendant of one of the old Foxworths ; he married the Widow Annis Mc White; has two children, a son, Truman, and a daughter (name unknown). Truman married a Miss Godibold, daughter of Huger Godbold; they have some children. The daughter married some one about Mullins; don't know who, and has a family. There is, or was, a Jack Foxworth, near Marion, some years ago; he married a Miss Johnson or Meares; raised some family, don't know how many or what has become of them, or whether Jack is dead or alive. Jack was harmless, not ambitious of wealth or honors - he was contented to be Jack and Jack alone. Mrs. Goddard, now at Mairion, is a sister of Jack. I suppose they are descendants of one. of the old Foxworths, Stephen or Job. There was, before the war, two Foxworths, William (called "Little Billy") and James. William, I think, died and left a widow and, perhaps, children. James moved off elsewhere; he lived, one year or two, before the war, in the "Free State" section, on a place afterward owned by the writer. As well as remembered, he moved to Sumter Ck>unty. These two latter, "Little Billy" and James, were, as is supposed, descendants of one of the old Foxworths named herein. I think the late Ervin Godbold's wife was a Foxworth, likewise a descendant of one of the old Foxworths ; she died before Ervin, and left several dhildren, one of whom married the late S. G. Owens, once Clerk of the Court in Marion. Another one, Thomas Godbold, is in Wahee, who, I think, lives on and runs the farm of S. G. Miles. I omitted to state in connection with iihe late William C. Foxworth, that he had a sister, who was *he wife of Thomas W. Boatwright, a most excellent, good woman; she had only two children, daughters. One married Frank Dill, in Wahee; they have a family, don't know how many. One daughter of Frank Dill married Augustus Smith, of Mullins, a thriving, promising young man. The other daughter of Mrs. Boatwright married Hon. S. W. Smith, of Mullins, whose family, only two children, a son and a daughter, have already been mentioned among the Smiths or Huggins families. Frank Dill and S. W. Smith, the husband of these two Boatwright girls, are first class men and leading citizens of their irespeotive communities. Frank Dill, of Wahee, is a son of the late Bright Dill, of Britton's Neck, wht> was, I think, an importation from Abbeville County, and a good importation it was - would like to have many more such ; he was none other than a Christian gentleman. In connection herewith, the Boatwrights may be noticed. Thomas W. Boatwright, as above stated, married Miss Foxworth, sister of the late W. C. Foxworth ; he was a harmless, inoffensive man- - if he ever harmed any one, it was himself, yet he had energy and push about him; his wife was a most excellent lady; thfey had but two children, daughters, who were well raised, with right ideas of life, have made good housewives, and have raised and are raising nice families - ^the virtues of the parents are inherited by the children and shape their course in life. Don't know anything of the ancestry of T. W. Boatwrig'ht, or of any other Boatwright in the county; there are other Boatwrights in the county, or have been - Foster, John and Fli Boatwright, but of the families of either the writer knows nothing, nor wihat relation they are to each other, if any, is not known ; they are humble and peaceable citizens, content with their own and live honestly. There may be other Boatwrights with their connections in the county, not known to the writer.

Whitb and Monrob. - The genealogy of this family was obtained from W. M. Monroe, of Marion, whose mother was a Miss White. He says the first known to him was his greatgrand- father, Joseph White, w'ho came from England; but when, he does not state ; he married Judith Gainey ; they had five children - four sons, Silas, Matthew, Benjamin and Stephen, and one daughter, Elizabeth. Silas married Elizabeth Avant, and had two sons, Jdhn and Andrew, and two daughters, Charlotte and Elizabeth ; he married, a second time, Eliza Rowell, sister of Major Wm. B. Rowell, and had three sons, Joseph, William and Whitby ; he married, the third time, the Widow Fladger, widow of old Charles Fladger; they had no children; he (Silas) was the grand-father of all the Whites living in the Centenary neigibborhood, below Marion; Matthew White never married ; he died a young man. Stephen White married Mary Fore, daughter of Richard Fore, and a sister of old Joel Fore, whose family 'has already been mentioned herein ; they had six children' - ^two sons. Nelson and James, and four daughters, Fanetta, Angeline, Mary and Rhoda. James married Ann Eliza Stackhouse, daughter of Isaac Stackhouse, and sister of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse; they haid one child only, a daughter, Martha; he died soou' after marriage; the widow married Daniel Fore, who has already been mentioned herein among the Fores and Stackhouses, as also her daughter, Martha. Nelson White married Frances Finklea, and had six children - ^two sons, James and Stephen, and four daughters, Mary, Eugenia, Sallie and Alice. Can trace them no further. Fanetta, the eldest daughter of Stephen White, married David Monroe; they had eight children - ^five sons and three daughters; the sons, Robert, William M., David, Walter and Thomas; the daugliters were Sallie, Mary and Maggie. Of the sons, Robert married a Miss Baker, and has a family. William M., one of the leading merchants at Marion, married Miss Mary McMillan, a daughter of Major S. E. McMillan ; they have a family of six or seven children, all boys. Don't know who David married, if married at all. Walter S. Monroe married a Miss McCall, of Bennettsville, sister of Colonel C. S. McCall, and died; don't know whether with or without issue. Thomas Monroe married Miss Rhoda Gaddy, daughter of the late James M. Gaddy; they have some children, how many or of what sex is unknown. Of the Monroe daughters, Miss Sallie is unmarried. Mary and Maggie both marMed - one to James T. Baker, and is dead, leaving five or six dhildren, all sons ; they live at Marion. The other daughter married a Mr. Summerset, and, I think, is dead. While writing about the Monroes, it is proper to mention (and it may have been mentioned herein already) that Major David Monroe was one of the many good importations from North Carolina; he had been married twice before his marriage to Miss Fanetta White ; first, to a Miss Mace (and may have already been noticed among the Mace and Godbold families) ; by the Mace wife he had one child, a daughter; her mother died and left her an infant ; she grew up and married a Mr. King, of Fayetteville, N. C. ; did well, and, I suppose, has children and gramid-children in the old North State; Major Monroe's second wife was a Widow Haselden, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Godbold ; by bis marriage with the Widow Haselden he had two sons, James and Francis Marion. James, I don't think married; he was Colonel of a regiment in the Western Army of the Confederate States, and was killed or died with disease or wounds. Francis Marion Monroe married Miss Carrie Lewis, daughter of the late Ebben L/ewis; lives near Latta, and has long been a prominent physician of the county and of the Latta community ; he has a nice family - five diaughters and two sons. His eldest son, Clement, died a young man., quite promising, while a student in the Sout!h Carolina College. The younger son, McKay, or McCoy, is now a young man about grown. One daughter, Anna, married James G. Baker, now of Spring Branch ; they have some children, how many or of what sex is unknown. The other daughters are all unmarried. Angeline, the second daughter of old Stephen White, married Joseph Hunter, I think, of Darlington ; they had three sons, Stephen, James and William, and a daughter, Mary. Of the sons, one married Miss Costaricca Jones, daughter of the late Fred D. Jones, of Marion - think they have already been mentioned herein among the Jones or Watsons ; he died a few years ago, and left Costa, a widow, with six children. Don't know of the other Hunter children. Mary, the third daughter of old man

Stephen White, mairried Huger Godbold ; they had seven children' - four sons, Julius, Elly, Waities and Robert, and three daugihters, Maggie, Alice and Leila. Of the sons, Waties is the only one now living in the county ; he married a Miss Rogers, daughter of Joseph Rogers, of Wahee ; I think they have two children. His youngest son, Robert, married Lizzie Jones, daugliter of Allen Jones, of Mullins ; he was in railroad employ and was killed on the railroad, and left her a widow, with one child, a daUgliter. Of the daughters of Huger Godbold, one married a Mr. Gause, another married Truman Foxworth, and one not married. Rhoda, the youngest daughter of old Stephen White, married, first, James Graham; he soon died, and then she married Stephen Smith; lie died, and she is now a childless widow. Benjamin White, the youngest son of old Joseph White, married Hannah Gerald ; they had born to them six children - ^three sons, Hugh, Evander and James, and three daughters, Ann Eliza, Mary and Fannie. Of the sons, Hugh never married. Evander married Jane Fort ; he was killed in the war. James married Maggie Lucas ; they had three children; he died from wounds received in the war. Of the daughters, Ann Eliza and Fannie never married. Mary married William Haselden, near Mars Bluff ; he died a few years ago, and she is the only one of 'her father's children now living ; she has three sons and one daughter living with her. Benjamin White and wife lived to be very old ; he was paralyzed and she was blind; they were living near Darlington, when a cyclone passed through there some years ago - the house was blown down and they were both instantly killed. Elizabeth White, the only daughter of old Joseph White, and sister of Stephen White, married Henry Foxworth; they had six children' - thrree sons, Eli, Job and Wesley, and three daughters, Matilda, Judith and Elizabeth. EH married Eliza Foxworth ; Job married- Carolin Gasque, and Wesley married Ann Woodward. Silas White has a number of grand-children living down below Marion, bearing the name of White, but my information is too meagre to trace them seriatim. Stephen White has only two grand-sons bearing the name. There was an excellent man and good citixen in Wahee Township, w'ho died a few years ago, by the name of Wesley White, who raised a family, mostly daughters, and one son, James White; he was said to be a cousin (first) of old man Stephen White, but how or in what way does not appear; he married Sallie Mace. Think this family has already been noticed herein among the Mace family.

Snipes. - The first Snipes of this family came from England!, some time before the Revolution, and was a Baptist preacher ; his wife was a Miss Cox, from Ireland ; they settled near Tyrrel Bay Church, now the Gibson estate; there is a creek on the Gibson estate, now known by the name of Snipes Branch or Creek. These Snipes sold their lands and moved up on Little Reedy Creek (below Marion), near the Reedy Creek Baptist Church, and some of the Snipes family have ever since" owned these lands. This Baptist divine, whose name was Daniel, had a son by the name of Joseph (it is not stated whether ihe had) other sons or not), w'ho it was destined should become famous in after times - ^this was the Captain (a;fterwards Colonel) Snipes, who was a terror to the Tories of the Revolution, and who, in turn, so much terrorized him, as related in General Horry and Mason L. Weems' Life of Marion, whose account of it will be transcribed 'herein, and thus is perpetuated to ithe credit of the Snipes family. It is not stated to whom Captain Snipes married; he had five sons and two daughters ; the sons were James, Daniel, Nelson, Thomas and William ; the daughters were Jane and Mary.

Genealogy of James Snipes - He married a Miss Baxley, by whom he had one son, David, and three daughters, Martha, Telatha and Mary. David Snipes, the son, married a Miss Drew, and died without issue. Martha married Henry Squires, of Horry County, to whom were born four sons and one daughter. Telatha and Mary Snipes never married, and hence no issue.

Genealogy of Thomas Snipes - He married Patty Brown, to whom were born four sons, David, Thomas, Joe and John, and four daugliters, Emaline, Amelia, Mary and Caledonia.

David and Joe died without issue. Thomas married Miss Matilda Stanly, to whom were born six sons and one daughter, Robert, William, Charles, Wadfe Hampton, Doctor and Barnes ; the daughter was named Rosa. Robert Snipes married Miss Minnie Stephens, to whom was born one child, Mattie. William Snipes married Miss Lizzie Haselden, of Williamsburg County ; they have one child, Bessie L/Ouisa. The other four boys are not married. The daughter, Rosa Snipes, married William Haselden, of Williamsburg County, to whom was born one child. Patsy. John Snipes, son of Thomas Snipes, married a Miss White, of this county ; they moved to McCoU's Station, where they now reside. Emaline Snipes married Benjamin Ammons. Amelia Snipes married John Carter. Mary Snipes married a Mr. Brown. Caledonia Snipes married Hamilton Capps. This ends tihe genealogy of Thomas Snipes' family down to the present time. William Snipes, brother of Thomas, Jimmie, Daniel and Nelson, married Polly Venters, of Williamsburg County; have no issue. Daniel Snipes, brother of these, and the progenitor of the late Wilson Snipes, well known to the present generation, and the most prominent branch of the Snipes family of to-day, married Polly Marlow, to whom were iborn nine sons and one daughter ; the sons were Wilson, Daniel, James, Charley, Michael, Perry, Allen, Richard and Thomas ; the daug'hter was Julia Ann. Wilson Snipes, I suppose, was the eldest of the nine sons, and was unquestionably *he most prominent - a. most excellent man and good citizen every way ; an honest, hard-working man, of much larger heart than his purse - the poor of his neighborhood, although he was not rich, missed him when he died; he was a very illiterate man, could not read or write - ^had no education except what he got from observation ; in his talk, he murdered up the King's English at a terrible rate, yet he could always express himself so as to be understood. He always "called a spade a spade," and so of everything else he talked about - he never hesitated to speak his mind about anything, without regard to which way it cut. There was but one Wilson Snipes, and long will he be remembered for good by all who knew him. Notwithstanding his ignorance of letters, he was a zealous supporter of schools ; be gave his children, or the most of them, a good common school education, sudi as the best schools of the county afforded; he built and furnished a school house with the best apparatus of the times, at or near Reedy Creek Baptist Church, and was one of the prime movers in originating and erecting Mount Olivet Methodist Church, on the east side of Big Reedy Creek, where he and his wife now lie buried. Some amusing incidents are told of old man Wilson, and one or two of them will not be out of place here. In his early days - in fact, almost to old age - he was very profane, even in common conversation ; so much so, that he would swear unconsciously. In his latter days, he reformed, joined the Methodist Church, professed religion and, of course, quit swearing, and every one who knew him believed in the genuineness of his conversion. On one occasion some minister went to Mount Olivet to preach. Before the preaching commenced, he looked around in the "amen corner," saw Brother Snipes at his place in the corner, and beckoned to him to come to him; Snipes got up and went to the preacher. Who asked if there was any one there who could lead in prayer in conclusion of the services. Wilson looked round over the congregation, and turning to the preacher, says, "No, not. a d - d one." On another occasion, his pastor went to old man Wilson's house, as I suppose, on a pastoral visit, and w*hile sitting in the piazza, concluded he would examine the old gentleman somewbat as to the condition of his soul and prospects for heaven, &c. ; among other things he asked him if he enjoyed religion, when old man Wilson replied, "D - d if I don't." Whereupon the pastor spoke reprimandingly to him aibout using such language, and old Wilson replied, "I was not conscious of it." Such was the force of habit, that old man Wilson could not quit all at once ; every one who knew Wilson Snipes believed fully in his piety. He married Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a daughter of Rev. Moses Coleman ; to the marriage were born four sons and four daughters ; the sons are Addison Jonathan, Wilson, Calhoun and Augustus Beauregard; the daughters are Julia, Serena Adelaide, Mary Elizabeth (for her mother) and Mattie Carrie. Addison Jonathan married Miss Louisa Rogers, a grand- daughter of Colonel Levi Legette ; to whom have been born five sons and three daughters, Evan, William, Blakely, Edwin and Carl; daughters, Lilly, Anne and Ivouisa. None of the sons are married. Lilly married A. P. Johnson, of Horry County. Wilson Snipes, Jr., married Miss Minnie Caroline Timmons, of Williamsburg County, to whom were bom four sons and four daughters; daughters, Ethel Millissa, Mary Lucretia, Willie Maude and Edith Ximena; the sons are Winfred Hubert, Bertie Fay, Ralph Vincent and Wyatt Ense. Only one of this family being married - Mary Lucretia, to Rollin Kemball Johnson, of Williamsburg County; they have one child, Brighty Evelyn. Wilson Snipes, Jr., has been school teacher and fanner for a quarter- of a century ; and two of his daughters, Ethel and Mary, are prominent teachers. Calhoun Snipes, brother of Wilson, Jr., married Miss Maria Shelly; they have three sons, Rufus, Clyde and Monroe; daughters, Viola and Mabell - none married. Augustus Beauregard Snipes married a Miss Ward ; they have no issue. Julia Snipes married Henry Grantham, of Horry County. Serena Adalaide married Jerry H. Lambert; had one child, a daughter, and died; the daughter has lately married Redden Smith, called "Little Reddin." Mary Elizabeth, no issue, dtead. Mattio Carrie Snipes married Thomas Baker, of this county. Daniel Snipes, brother of the late Wilson Snipes, and the only survivor of the nine brothers, like the others of them, went into the war - he was a Sergeant in his com.pany ; was captured by the Federals, and sent to Elmira prison, in New York, where, as he said, he was nearly perished to death; had to rest several times from weakness while walking through the city of New York, on his way home; he was shipped from New York to Savannah, where he landied and walked from' there home ; he yet lives, near MuUins. Daniel Snipes married Miss Elizabeth Loyd, to whom have been bom eight sons and two daughters ; the sons are John, Thomas, Robert Charles, Henry Rufus, Joe Hooker, Daniel Preston, Benjamin Franklin and Arcihie Gilchrist. Of these, John Snipes died in Hawkinsville, Ga., brought home and buried in the MuUins cemetery. Thomas Snipes, second son of Daniel, married Miss Louisa Castles, of Chester County, and is now at Janesville, N. C, a telegraph operator. Robert Charles Snipes married Miss May Waller. Henry Rufus Snipes married Miss Janie Roberts, issue one daughter, Janie Ethel. Joe Hooker Snipes married Miss Rosa Belle Coleman, of Florence County ; no issue. Daniel Preston Snipes married Miss Hester Hausea, of Florence County; issue one daughter, Jessie Pearl. Benjamin Franklin and Archie Gilchrist Snipes are unmarried. Of the two daughters of Daniel Snipes, names not given, one married Elly D. Smith, below Marion ; know nothing of their family. James Snipes, brother of Wilson and Daniel Snipes, was killed in the battle of Franklin, Tenn. A young lady of this county, now married, has his photo and a small quantity of gold, which he gave her on his departure for the war. He was a volunteer, and stayed in the war until he was killed ; he seemed to have a presentiment of his death - he said just before the battle to his comrades, "Well, boys, it is hard to fight through this war to near its close, and then be killed." Poor fellow ! he has his reward, if nothing more - he has the gratitude and veneration of his countrymen. Michael Snipes and Richard, two other brothers of old Wilson, died in Richmond, either of disease or wounds, and are buried in Hollywood Cemetery. Richard had married -Miss Charity Ikenor, to whom were born two sons, Edward and Christopher. Edward married a Miss Porter. Chesley Snipes, another brother of Wilson and Daniel, died in the war, at Georgetown; he was brought home and buried. Perry Snipes, another brother, died in the war; he had married a Miss Avant, and had one dhild, a son. Major Snipes. Thomas Snipes, another brother, emigrated to Texas, and from there went into the war, and was killed in battle or died of disease or wounds; his sons are now said to be prominent bankers in Seattle, Washington (State). Allen Snipes, another brother of Wilson and Daniel, died in Charleston, in the war; he was broug'ht to Florence, and buried there, by his brother Daniel. Thus it will be seen that of the nine Snipes brothers who went into the war, only two of them survived the struggle and lived to get home, Wilson and Daniel. Daniel Snipes is now the only survivor, an excellent man and good citizen, and deserves more than a passing notice. They were poor men, had not much to fight for, yet nine brothers of them went into the war, and seven' of them never returned. But few such instances occurred. There is another reason why this notice of them should t>e extended - ^that is, on account of their grand-father. Captain Joe Snipes, of the Revolution, and I will give it in the language of the author of the Life of General Marion (Brigadier General Horry and Rev. Mason L. Weems, pp. 197-202). I insert it in full, that it may be transmitted to the people of his own county - that the lyife of Marion is out of print, and, if not, is not generally read as this book will be : "Captain Snipes, who made such a figure in the wars of Marion, was a Carolinian of uncommon strength and courage, both of which he exerted with great good will against the British and Tories - from principle partly, and partly from revenge. But though a choice soldier he was no philosopher. He did not consider that to fight for duty, people must love it ; that to love it, they must understand it; that to understand it, they must possess letters and religion ; that the British and Tories, poor fellows ! possessing neither of these, were not to have been expected to act any other than the savage and thievish part they did act ; and, therefore, no more to be hated for it than the cats are for teasing the canary birds. But Captain Snipes had no time for investigations of this sort. Knowledge by intuition was all that he cared for; and ihaving it, by instinct, that an Englishman ought never to fight against liberty, nor an American against his own country, he looked on them, to use his own

God's service to kill wherever he could find them. But Snipes was not the aggressor. He kept in very decently, till the enemy began to let out, as they did in plundering, burning and hanging the poor Whigs, and then, indeed, like a consuming fire, his smothered hate broke forth.

"Afraid, in fair fight, to meet that sword which had so often shivered their friends, they , determined to take him, as the Philistines did Samson, by surprise ; and having learned from their spies that he was at home, they came upon him in force about midnight. His complete destruction, both of life and property, was their horrid aim. Happily, his driver or black overseer overheard their approach, and flying to his master with terror-struck looks, cried out, 'Run ! run ! massa, run ! de enemy 'poii' you.' Snipes, stark naked save his shirt, darted out as swift as his legs could carry him. 'But where shall I run. Cud jo - ^into the barn?' 'Oh, no, massa! dey burn de bam, dat sure ting.' 'Well, where shall I run, then?' 'Take de bush, massa! take de brier-bush.' Within fifty yards of the house was a clump of briers, so thick set that one would have thoug'ht a frightened cat would scarcely have squeezed herself into it from hot pursuing dogs. But what will not fear enable a man to do? Captain Snipes, big as he was, slipped into it with the facility of a weasel through the chinks of a chicken coop; but lost every thread and thrumb of his shirt; and moreover got his hide so scratched and torn by the briers, that the blood trickled from him fast as gravy from a fat green goose. Scarcely had he gained his hiding-place before the Tories, with horrid oaths, burst into his house, with their guns cocked, ready to shoot him. But o^h, death to their hopes ! he was gone; the nfest was there, and warm, but the bird had flown! Then seizing poor Cud jo by the throat, they bawled out, 'You d^ - d rascal, Where's your master ?' He told them he did not know. 'You lie! you black son of a b - h! you lie.' But he still asserted that he knew nothing of his master. Suspecting that he must be in some or other of his houses, they set fire to them all - to his dwelling house, his kitchen, his stables, and even his negro cabins - watching all the while with their muskets ready to shoot him as he ran out. From their nearness to his lurking place, the heat of his burning houses was so intense as to parch his skin into blisters ; but it was dteath to stir, for he would certainly have been seen. Not having made the discovery they so much wished, they again seized Cudjo, and with their cocked pieces at his breast, swore if he did not instantly tell them w'here his master was, they would put him to death. He still declared he did not know where he was. Then they clapped a halter round his neck and told him to 'Down on his knees and say his prayers at once, for he had but two minutes to live !' He replied, that he 'Did not want to say his prayers now, for he was no thief, and had always been a true slave to his master.' This fine sentiment of the poor black was entirely lost on our malignant w'hites ; who, throwing the end of the halter over the Hmb of an oak, tucked him up as though he had been a mad dog. He hung till he was nearly dead, when one of them called out, 'D - n him, cut him down, I'll be bound he'll tell us now.' Cudjo was accordingly cut down ; and as soon as a little recovered, questioned again about his master ; but he still declared he knew nothing of him. He was then hoisted a second time, and a second time, when nearly dead, cut down apd questioned as before, but still asserted his ignorance. The same inhuman part was acted on him a third time, but with no better success, for the brave fellow still continued faithful to his master, who squatted and trembled in his place of torment, his briar bush, and saw and beard all that was passing.

"Persuaded now that Cudjo really knew nothing of his master, they gave up the shameful contest and went off, leaving him half dead on the ground but covered with glory. It is not easy to conceive a situation more severely torturing than this of Captain Snipes. His house, with all his furniture, his kitchen, his barn and rice stacks, his stables, with severa;l fine horses, and his negro houses, all wrapped in flames; himself scorched and blistered with furious heat, yet not daring to stir, his retreat well known to a poor slave ; and that slave alone, in the hands of an enraged banditti with their muskets at his breast, imprecating the most horrid curses on themselves, if they did not instantly murder him, unless be disclosed the secret ! What had he to expect of this poor slave, but that he would sink under the dreadful trial and to save himself, would sacrifice his master. But Snipes was safe. To discover his hiding place, death stared his slave in the face, but happily his slave possessed for him that 'love which is stronger than death.' Captain Snipes and) his man Cudjo had been brought up from childhood together; and the father of our hero being a professor of Christianity, a Baptist preacher, whose main excellence is 'to teach little children to love one another,' had taken pains to inspire his son with love towards his little slave. Nor did that love pass unrequited. For Cudjo used every day to follow his young master to school, carrying his basket for him, prattling as he went; and smiling would remind him of the coming Saturday, and what fine fishing and, hunting they would have that day. Many a time had they wrestled and slept side by side on the green, and thence springing up again with renovated strength, set out in full march for some favorite fruit tree, or some cooling pond, there to swin and gambol in the refresihing flood. And when the time of dinner came, Cudjo was not scornfully left to sigh and to gnaw his nails alone, but would play and sing about the door till his young master was done, and then he was sure to receive a good platefull for himself. Love thus early engrafted on his heart grew up with daily increasing strength to manhood, when Snipes by the death of his father became master of the estate, made Cudjo his driver or overseer, and thus riveted on his honest bosom that sacred friendship which, as we have seen, enabled him to triumph in one of the severest trials that hum'an nature was ever put to. : The above is a solemn fact, and the wise will lay it to heart."

Witcox. - This family has only been mentioned in part, among the Waynes and perhaps Smiths. John Wilcox, the progenitor of the family, was one of the many valuable importations from North Carolina. He came to Marion in 1837, at the age of twenty-four ; he married a Miss Wayne, as already noticed, and to which reference is made ; after the death of the Wayne wife, he married a Miss Clark, of Clarendon County, who still survives, and to the marriage five sons were bom and raised, Clark A., James C, Henry M., Edward T. and P. A. Wilcox, now in Florence. Of these, Clark A. married Miss Minnie Moore, of Bennetts ville, daughter of Jc^hn S. Moore; they have several children, number and sex not known; he merchandized in liis native town for several years, and though well trained in mercantile life he did not succeed in business - failed a few years ago, and is now one 6f the Knights of the "Grip;" his family still resides in Marion. James C, the second son by the Clark marriage, grew up, was very promising ; graduated in medicine, settled for practice in Darlington, and at once entered into a large practice ; married some lady in Darlington, to the writer unknown; was Mayor of the town for one or two terms, very efficient ; and at his early demise had not only acquired a good reputation but had made some money ; he died early in his career and left his widow with some children, number, names and sex not known. Henry Wilcox, the third son by the Clark marriage, is a graduate of Woflford College in the class of 1880 ; after graduation he went to Darlington and engaged in business there - I think, a drug store ; he married in Darlington, to whom not known ; don't know how his business in Darlington terminated, but some eight or ten years ago, he returned to Marion, and opened up a hardvra.re business, a rather large establishment for the place; since which time he has been thus engaged with seemingly fair prospects of success ; he has a family of children, how many or of what sex is unknown. Edward T. Wilcox, the present Mayor of the town (and, I think, he has been Mayor once or twice before) and a very efficient one, married a Miss Buck, daughter of the late Hon. W. L,. Buck, of Horry ; she died a year or two ago, and left him two or three children - a most estimable lady she was ; he has not remarried; he ran a furniture business for several years in the town with seeming success, but sold that out, and went into the flour mill business ; his establishment is near the depot, and promises success - Ed. is not wanting in enterprise and energy ; as Mayor of the town he is doing much for its improvement, as any one can see, who has known the town for some years past. P. A. Wilcox, the fifth and youngest son of Judge Wilcox, is yet a single man ; he graduated in the South Ckrolina College, studied law with C. A. Woods, Esq., of Marion ; after admission to the bar, he went to Florence as a partner of his preceptor to practice ; in a few years the partnership was dissolved and he practiced for a while by himself. Old Judge Wilcox (he was Probate Judge for many years) was a unique character in many respects - there was but one Judge Wilcox. The writer could relate or dilate upon many of his traits of character, but want of space will not permit.

Young. - ^This name, now extinct in Marion County, was once prominent. Johnson B. Young, I think, another of the many good importations from North Carolina, was the head of the name in Marion ; he came here in his youth, perhaps from 1838 to 1840. He and John Wilcox were for many years, and up to the war, partners in a large mercantile business. Johnson

B. Young married a Miss Whilden, of Charleston; they had and raised three sons and four daughters ; the sons were Frank, J. Blake and "Hal" (don't know the name) ; the daughters were Emma, Willie, Celeste and Julia. Of the sons, Frank married Miss Murchison, of Wilmington, N. C. ; he merchandised in Marion several years, with R. J. Blackwell as a partner ; he sold out his interest to G. A. Norwood, and the business continued three or four years under the name of R. J. Blackwell & Co., when Norwood in turn was bought out, and since that time it has continued by Blackwell alone. Frank Young removed to Birmingham, Ala., and there engaged in some business, don't know what ; he died four or five years ago in that city, childless; his remains were brought to Marion for interment. J. Blake Young merchandised two or three years with T. Leon Bass as a partner, at Latta; the business was not successful, and he, Young, emigrated to Texas ; was unmarried when he left - know nothing further of him. "Hal," the other son, I think, married a Miss Stevenson, daughter of J. E. Stevenson^ ; he has moved to Florence, has a family, and is said to be doing well. Of the daughters of Major J. B. Young, the eldest, Emma, married Captain G. A. Mclntyre, and has already been noticed among the Mclntyres. The next oldest daugthter, Willie, has never married. The third 'daughter. Celeste, married R. J. Blackwell, a leading and successful merchant at Marion ; they have a family of children of both sexes, the number and names unknown - ^the elder ones near grown. Major Young died some years ago, a worthy man and good citizen, and much respected. I inadvertently overlooked the youngest daughter of Major Young, Misis Julia ; she married D. E. Godbold, now of Mullins, and a leading merchant there; they have three or four children, all small, already noticed among the Godbolds.

Johnson. - This is a very populous name everyw'here. There are two or three families of that name in Marion County, but I do not know enough of them to trace them or their connections back to the original. The late Dr. William R. Johnson, a leading and prominent man in his day, was bom in this county, I think; his father was named Joseph, and lived in Wahee in 1843 > suppose there were other children - one A. G.