Marion County, South Carolina - The whole text, 1902 (part 7 of 15)

McKenziB. - ^Another family will here be noticed - ^the McKenzie family. The first known was old Robert McKenzie ; he settted and lived there till he died, near where Dothan Church now stands; don't know who his wife was; he raised a family, some of whom the writer knows nothing of. He had a son named John and one named Asa; he had a daughter named Dilla and one, his youngest child, named Mary (Polly) ; may have had others, perhaps did have. Old "Bobby," as he was familiarly called, was one of the principal founders of Dothan Church, where first located, and also where it now stands. It was first located on the road from Harlleesville to Mars Bluff, opposite the dwelling of John C. Bethea, and for several years in the first of the nineteenth century camp meetings were held there; the camp ground was above the road leading to Harlleesville, between the cross of the roads and Little Reedy Creek ; it was called Bethea Camp Ground ; camp meetings were held there as late as 1808 and 1809. The grand-father and father of the writer was there at a camp meeting in August, 1808 or 1809. This the writer got from his father, Jordan Sellers. The circumstances as related were, that they were at camp meeting there and heard that Levin ,

Sellers, a brother of my father, and traveling preacher of the Methodist Church, had died on Cypress Circuit, in the low country, and my grand^father proposed going down there after his dead son's horse, books, clothing, &c. ; that old John Bethea, Robert McKenzie and others dissuaded him, on ac- count of his age and the hot weather, from going, but to send his son, my father, which he did, and my father went accordingly, and got his brother's horse, saddle-bags, &c., and carried them home. This church building was not then called Dothan, was then called Bethea's Church. About 1830, most of the congregation moved to the place now and since called Dothan, and first built a log church. The writer was there at church in 1832, then a lad, and saw old "Bobby McKenzie;" he was a very pious man. Of his sons, John, called "Jackey," married Emery Jackson, a daughter of old Ed'ward Jackson, the first of that name on Catfish. "Jackey" and Emery raised a considerable family, as remembered - Robert, James, Elisha and David J., and several daughters, names not remembered. Jackey died and left Emery a widow, with her children, and who died a very old lady, since the Confederate War. Robert, the oldest son, married a Miss Sallie Kenady, and raised a considerable family, mostly sons, John W., Eli, Allen, Frank and David, and two daughters, Sarah Ann, the name of the other not remembered. John W. McKenzie married, first, a Miss Brigman, daughter of the late Thomas Brigman, who had several children, and died; he married, a second time, I don't know to whom. Eli McKenzie married a Miss Spivey, daug'hter of Isaac Spivey; think she is dead, leaving several children. Allen McKenzie married another daughter of Isaac Spivey ; she died, leaving several children, and he married again, a Miss Jackson, daughter of the late Reuben B. Jackson, who has one child. Erank McKenzie married a Miss Spivey also. David McKenzie married a Miss Allen, daughter of ffhe late Joseph Allen, of Buck Swamp ; he and his wife are both dead, leaving some children, don't know how many; the children are cared for by their uncle and guardian, Herod W. Allen. Of the daughters of Robert McKenzie, the oldest, Sarah Ann, married Ervin M. Jackson; she had, perhaps, two children, a son, Thomas Jackson, who now lives in the Dillon community ; she died some years ago. The other daughter of Robert McKenzie married Kenneth Hargrove; know nothing more of them. Robert McKenzie and his wife, Sallie, both died some years ago ; the sons are all industrious and progressive men, all successful farmers and good managers. Of old "Bobby McKenzie's" other son, Asa, the writer knows nothing ; of his daughters, Dilla, married Owen Jackson, a hard-working, honest man; he lived and died on the road from Dothan Church to Harlleesville, on the place now owned and occupied by Missouri Hamer; he raised a considera:ble family of daughters and one son, Ervin M. His oldest daughter, Elizabeth, never married ; two daughters married William T. Jackson, and died childless; another one is the wife of Hugh P. Price, and has no children. I think there were other daughters, not now remembered. His son, Ervin M., married Sarah Ann McKenzie, as already stated. Old "Bobby Mc- Kenzie's" youngest daughter, Mary (Polly), married the late David Ellen, of grateful memory; the fruits of this marriage were Ritta, Zimri, Robert M., William B., Wesley, Elijah, Mary Jane and Martha Ann. Ritta married Isaac Price, who many years ago emigrated to Mississippi with his family, and died; I think his widow is still living, and it is said that she and her children are all doing well and are highly respected. Isaac Price (called Peter) was an older brother of Hugh P. Price, of Maple notoriety. Zimri M. Ellen married Miss Margaret Little, a sister of the late Rev. John R. Little; was an industrious, thriving man ; he died in November, 1890, childless ; his widow, a first-rate, good woman, still survives, and is doing well. Robert M. Ellen married Miss Mary Wilson, of Marlborough, sister of Rev. John B. Wilson, a Presiding Elder now in the South Carolina Conference; Robert M. died some twenty years ago, leaving two or three children; his widow went back to Marlborough; married again - don't know to whom, or what has become of her or her children. Wesley and Elijah Ellen both went into the war, young single men, and both were killed or died. William B. Ellen married Miss Amatida Bethea, daughter of George J. Bethea; he owns the old Ellen homestead at Dothan; has raised a family of five children, three sons and two daughters ; he is a hard-working.

well-to-do man, and a good citizen in every way; don't know the names of his children, except the oldest son, James ; he is married, don't know to whom ; he is depot agent and telegraph operator somewhere - I think, on the Central Road, in Clarendon County. Mary Jane did not marry ; Martha Ann married William Bundy, of Marlborough; have lost sight of her and Mary Jane - they are somewhere in Marlborough County, near Red Bluflf. Mary (Polly) Ellen, first wife of David Ellen, was no ordinary woman for business ; she died 14th November, 1854. Old man David married again, 17th September, 1857, the Widow Charles Munship; the fruit of the marriage was and is John H. Ellen, near Dothan, an excellent manager and successful farmer and a first-class citizen; he married a Miss Moody, daughter of the late Richard Moody, of Buck Swamp ; has three children, a son now in Wofford College.

Manning. - ^Another family now to be noticed is the Manning family. The first known of them was old John Manning ; he came from Virginia ; married a sister of old Buck Swamp John Bethea, whether before or after his arrival in South Carolina, is not known - perhaps, before he came. Nothing is known of his family or progeny, except one son, whose name was John; who John, Jr., married is not known, but he married some lady arid settled where his father lived, on Buck Swamp, where John D. Bethea now lives. It is now remembered that his wife was a Miss Lee, a name now almost extinct in the county. There yet remains James W. L,ee and his son, Calvin Ivee, fairly good citizens of the county. If there are others of the name in the county, the writer knows not of them. John Manning, Jr., raised a considerable family of sons and only one daughter, Lisha, who became the wife of the late William Roberts, and who has been somewhat noticed in or among the Roberts family. Of the several sons of John, Jr., none will be noticed here except Meely and Woodward, as the others, Ira, James and, I think, one named John, emigrated West. Meely married Miss Mary (Polly) Kinney, of Marlborough, and settled, lived and died in that county. Woodward married a sister of Meely's wife, and first settled on Buck Swamp, but afterwards moved to Marlborough and lived there for years, and then moved back to Marion, and lived on his father's old homestead till he died, some years ago. Meely Manning raised a large family of sons and two daughters; the sons were Eli, Thomas J., William, James, John, Frank, Houston and Holland. These, though born and raised in Marlborough, many of them came back to Marion and became citizens of their mother county. The two daughters were Sarah Jane and Gerona. Eli, the oldest, married Miss Amanda Bethea, a daughter of Tristram Bethea, of Floral College; he settled and lived in Marion County, raised two sons, Thomas B. and Eli. Thomas was a doctor ; he practiced medicine some years at Little Rock ; he married a Miss Carnes, of Sumter; he emigrated Westward. Eli, a promising young man, went West. EH Manning was an excellent man and citizen; he died some years ago; think his widow went West with her sons. Thomas J. Manning married Miss Anna Haselden, a daughter of the late Major James Haselden. Thomas J. Manning was killed by the deserters, whom he, with others, was hunting in Donahoe Bay, in the latter part of the war ; he left his widow, Anna Manning, and five children, three daughters and two sons, in good condition, so far as the means of life were concerned ; the widow managed well, and raised her children quite respectably, and all are married and doing well. Her oldest daughter, Lettie, married Dr. J. H. David, now of Dillon, S. C, an excellent business man and very prosperous; they have five or six children. The next daughter, MoUie, married E. Burke Berry, an excellent citizen and very prosperous man ; they have but one child, a son, who bears his father's name, E. Burke, Jr. The youngest daughter, Tommie, married Thomas Wickham Berry, and has four or five children, all daughters; he, too, is doing well and prospering. The eldest son, James H. Manning, a thorough-going business man and prt^ressive farmer, married his cousin, a Miss EUerbe, daughter of the late Captain W. S. EUerbe; they have several children, unknown to the writer. The younger son, Lawrence Manning, one of our good citizens and reliable men, married, first, a Miss Malloy, of Chesterfield ; she died childless, and he married, a second time. Miss Orianna Hamer, daughter of John H. Hamer; they have no children. Mrs. Ann Manning yet survives, and stays with her son, Lawrence. William Manning married Miss Martha Jane Stackhouse, daughter of the late Wesley Stackhouse, about the beginning of the war, settled in Marion County ; 'he went into the war early, and was killed at second Manassas, 29th or 30th August, 1862; he left one child, a daughter, named Willie; her mother afterwards married her cousin, Milton Stackhouse, of Marlborough - or, rather, they went to Marlborough and still reside there; her daughter, Willie Manning, was well educated, and is now a professor or teacher in some 'high sdhool or college; has not married; James Manning married a Miss Covington, and lived in Marion for years, and then went back to Marlborough ; have lost sight of him and his family. Houston Manning married a daughter of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, resided in Marion till his death, some years ago; he died in Baltimore under a surgical operation there and then performed on him ; he was one of o»r best citizens; he left 'his widow, who has since died, and three children, two sons and a daughter. One of the sons, Maurice, recently married Miss Nellie Bethea, (feughter of D. Mcl^. Bethea. Austin, the older brother, is yet single; both are promising young men. The daughter, Miss Eva, is yet unmarried, and is a pretty girl. Holland Manning married, first, a Miss Gibson, of Richmond County, N. C, or of Marlborough County, S. C. ; he settled and lived in upper Marion until after the death of 'his wife, by whom he had four or five children ; he then married Miss Clara Bethea, daughter of the late Colonel James R. Bethea ; since that marriage he has resided ou' his second wife's place, still retaining his place in upper Marion ; he has two children by his second marriage, both daughters; three or four of his first children are married - don't know to whom. Meely Manning's oldest daughter, Sarah Jane, married Captain D. W. Bethea ; by this marriage, two sons, Le Roy and D. W. Bethea, Jr., bearing his father's name, were raised. I^e Roy, the older one, resides in Marlborough, on his mother's patrimony; D. W., Jr., resides on his father's homestead, in Marion. Sarah Jane, the mother, died more than twenty years ago. Le Roy and D. W. Bethea, Jr., both have families ; are good citizens and promising young men. Their father, D. W. Bethea, St., married, a second time, a Miss Brunson, of Darlington ; no offspring as a result of the marriage; lie died a year ago. Of the sons of Meely Manning remaining in Marlborough, are John, who became a Methodist preacher, and Frank Manning, who was a Captain in the war, and has two or three times represented his county in the IvCgislature. The youngest daughter, Gerona, married a Mr. McLean, has a large family, and resides in Marlborough. Meely Manning amassed a large property, died during the war, negroes were emancipated; his large landed estate was unencumbered; he left his family in good condition. Woodward Manning left but two children, daughters, Rebecca and Sallie; he had a son. Who lived to be grown, named Robert, but who died in early manhood, before the war. Rebecca, his oldest daughter, married, first, Frank Bethea, who died January 2d, i860, leaving one child, a son, who died soon after his father. The widow married, a second time, Simeon P. McCorniac ; by him she had three sons. Simeon went to the war and died of measles, and her three boys all died in one week with diphtheria; so far as children were concerned, she was where she started - childless. After the war some time, she married a third time, James Mclntyre ; by him she had an only son, who is now one of our fellow-citizens. Woodward Manning Mclntyre, a large, fine-'looking man ; he married a Miss Atkinson, of North Carolina, and has one or two children. Rebecca, his mother, still lives, and is an excellent woman. Sallie Manning married John D. Betbea; they live on the old Manning homestead ; they have four or five children, don't know whether sons or daughters. Woodward Manning died some years ago, and left his two daughters in Comfortable condition; he did not make property like his brother, Meely; they were 'both harmless, inoffensive men and attended to their own business ; for years Woodward drank excessively, but quit entirely a few years before his death.

Jones. - The Jones family will next 'be noticed. The writer has some difficulty in ascertaining and assigning properly the remote ancestry of the Jones family in Marion County. To the writer three old Jones - ^John, Bryant and Thomas M. Jones - were known; but Bishop Gregg, in his history, goes further back than the writer's knowledge, and if Bishop Gregg is correct, the father of the three aJ)ove named was John Jones, a brother of the noted Tory, Captain Joseph Jones, who led the Tory party to the killing of Colonel Kolb, in April, 1781. Time, the great leveler, together with the conduct of our people during the late war, has measurably put an end to the odious distinction between Whig and Tory of the Revolution, and properly so, too. The descendants of many of the Tories of the Revolutionary War are now among our best people, and of highest respectability ; and further, many of the soldiers in our late war, descendants of Tories, were as good soldiers as the Confederacy had. I need not specify, because it is generally known and well understood, and hence the term, Tory, as a derisive term, ought to be no longer named. Bishop Gregg says, on page 360: "Accordingly a company of about fifty Tories collected at the place now known as Tart's Mill, six miles above Marion Court House. The leader was Captain Joseph Jones, a native of that neighborhood, &c." This company, led by Joseph Jones as Captain, went over to where Society Hill now stands, and killed Colonel Kolb, plundered and burned his house. In a note to page 361, Gregg says: "John Jones, a brother of the Tory Captain, was seen on the return of the party as they passed old John Bethea's, riding Colonel Kolb's horse and saddle, with a feather-bed tied before him." Bishop Gregg, on page 367, further says: "Captain Jones, the leader, which surprised Colonel Kolb, was a man of some note. He possessed a good property, and was ingenious to a remarkable degree. He is said to have made the first surveyor's compass ever used in Marion District. Notwithstanding his course during the Revolution, he continued to live on Catfish until about 1802, and then removed to Colleton District, where he died not very many years since." It is presumed (in the absence of more definite information) that either Captain Joseph Jones, or his brother, John Jones, was the progenitor of these Jones on Catfish, or the family in question. Rather suppose it was John and not Joseph Jones. The killing of Colonel Kolb in the manner in which it was done, and the plundering of his premises, was most certainly a horrid crime, and a severe blow to the cause of independence in South

Carolina - ^at least, for a while ; but yet we are obliged to admit that it was not without provocation. It was merely retaliatory. Colonel Kolb with his men had just been down on Catfish, in the region of the Jones, and had killed several of the Tories, so that if honors were not even, conduct and conditions were about equal. The writer takes it for granted that one of these Jones was the father to the three brothers, John Jones, Bryant Jones and Thomas M. Jones. John Jones lived on the road leading from Isfham Watson's crossing of Catfish to Marion Court House, not more than half a mile from the crossing. The writer stayed all night at his house in 1838, went there in company with the late William Gaddy, a son-inlaw of old man Jones. Old man Jones had two sons, John D. and Samuel (if there were other sons, the writer never knew or heard of them) . There were two daughters, Sallie and Elizabeth, who married two of the Gaddys, William and James, and have already been noticed among the Gaddy family. John D. Jones married, first, a Miss Avant, below Marion, and settled on the north side of Little Pee Dee, where his son, John Thomas Jones, now resides; he was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, and a most excellent man and manager of affairs ; he raised only three children, a daughter, Mary, and two sons, James A. and John Thomas. The two latter went to school to the writer in 1834 and 1835. James A., the older, married a Miss Huggins, a daughter of Solomon Huggins, and by her had several children - one a son, J. O. Jones, a promising and worthy man, the others not known. The father, James A., went into the Confederate War, and was either killed or died in the war ; his family are about Nichols. John Thomas Jones married Miss Sallie Nichols, as hereinibefore stated in the notice of the Nichols family; is yet living, a first-rate, practical man and a worthy citizen ; he raised a family of six sons and four daughters. The sons are Evander, Eli, Beverly, Kendree, R. Boyd and another, name forgotten, all young men of promise ; four of them have families, two unmarried - good people. Of the daughters, one married J. B. Williams, of Nichols; one W. L. Hewit, of Marion; one D. N. Bethea, in upper Marion, and Miss Fannie is unmarried. Taken altogether, there are no better people in, the county than they are.

Mary Jones, the daughter of John'D. Jones, married John Hug-gins (famiHarly called Jack) ; they raised several children. He (John Huggins) was a local preacher in the Methodist Church, a capital and good man; he died years ago, suddenly one morning, as he rose from his knees at family prayers ; he raised a considerable family, mostly sons, George W., Johji, Dock and Charles - ^may have been others. George W. married a Miss Porter, daughter of Rev. John A. Porter ; he moved to Georgia some years since; know nothing further of him. Dock Huggins married a Miss Johnson, daughter of the late Hugh R. Johnson ; they have a family, names and number unknown - a well-to-do citizen. Don't know to whom John and Charles married, if at all. Know of but two daughters, Zilpha and Miss Louisa, now at Dillon ; Zilpha married a man by the name of Blackwell ; he and family have gone to parts unknown. A daughter of Blackwell, raised by her aunt. Miss Lou Huggins, married Mr. E. L. Moore, of Dillon. Miss Louisa Huggins, a nice woman, has never married. "Jack" Huggins may have had other sons and daughters, unknown to writer. Old John Jones had another son, Samuel ; he emigrated West many years ago. John D. Jones married, a second time, to the Widow Walters ; by her he had no children ; she survived him - don't know what has become of her. Bryant Jones married, late in life, Elizabeth Berry, daughter of old Henry Berry the first, as hereinbefore stated, and settled down in Wahee on the "Grove" lands ; they raised a family of three sons and three daughters. The sons were Henry B. Jones, Frederic D. Jones and James E. Jones ; the daughters were Elizabeth, Nancy and Mary (Polly). Henry B., the only survivor of the family, married a Miss Hood, second cousin to him, and lives on his patrimonial estate; he raised a family of six children, two sons and four daughters ; the sons are Frank and Charles. Frank married a Miss Sessoms, and has a coming family, is a quiet, good citizen. Charles is unmarried. One daughter, Hattie, married a Mr. Bowen, a son of Dr. Bowen; don't know where they are or what they are doing. The other three daughters are single and with their parents. Frederic D. Jones married the Widow Stephen Berry, whose maiden name was Fama Watson. Fred. D. Jones and his family have already been noticed in or among the Watson family. James E. Jones died some years ago, unmarried. Elizabeth Jones married the late James Watson, and has already been noticed in or among the Watson family. Nancy Jones married William A. Brown; they raised five children, three sons and two daughters. One of the daughters married Calvin Dew; she and her husband are both dead, childless. The other daughter died unmarried,. though grown. Of the sons, Edward is a physician and citizen of Latta; he married Miss Victoria Martin ; they have some children ; don't know how many. John Brown, the second son, married a Miss Turbeville, daughter of our good citizen, Stephen Turbeville. William Brown married a Miss Bowen, daughter of Dr. Bowen, of Florence County, and have several small children. Mary Jones (called Polly) married B. W. Jarnigan, of North Carolina; he lived and died in the neighborhood of his marriage, three or four years ago; his wife also died soon after; they had and raised two children, a son and a daughter - Dr. J. E. Jarnigan and Sarah Ellen. Dr. Jarnigan married Miss Alice Bailey, of Fairfield County; his wife lived several years, and died childless. The Doctor still remains a widower, muoh to his own disgust and surprise to his friends ; he was physician to the State Penitentiary for three or four years, and was Consul to Honduras, appointed by President Cleveland, for two or three years, and was recently elected to represent the county in the State Legislature; has had much experience in affairs and more of observation in his life, and is well equipped for the position he now occupies. His sister, Sarah Ellen, married A. J. Matheson, of Marlborough, who is now a very wealthy man, engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits - succeeds in everything he touches, and turns it to gold ; they have eight children living, sons and daughters - several of them married. Thomas M. Jones emigrated with his family to Alabama more than fifty years ago. A sister of John and Bryant Jones married old John Blackman, became his second wife. Another sister married Christopher Dew the second, and by him she had two children, Frederic C. and John A. Dew, both dead. Frederic left several children, son's - John Foster, Philip and Christopher; and daughters - don't know ; one the wife of James Haselden. John A. Dew

CoTTiNGHAM. - The Cottingham family will next be noticed. Andrew Cottingham and his brother, Daniel Cottingham, are importations from Marlborough County. Andrew Cottingham was the son of Conner Cotting'ham, bom the 4th January, 1818, as he told the writer himself, and' is still active and strong for a man of his age - a first rate citizen ; married, I think, a Miss Sinclair; has made a good living; has raised six enterprising and respectable sons, J. C. Cottingham, Daniel C. Cottingham, A. J. Cottingham, Elkanah Cottingham, William Cottingham and A. J. C. Cottingham; most or all of them, except A. J. C, are married or have been married. Elkanah settled and lived in West Marion ; his wife died two or three years ago ; don't know whether he has remarried or not - think he has several children. Daniel C. Cottingham married a Miss Legette, daughter of the late James B. Legette, and lives in the "Free State" section of the county - a good citizen and is doing well. J. C. Cottingham married a Miss Legette, of Marlborough County ; has raised a nice family, doing well ; has a son, promising young man, a graduate of Wake Forrest College, N. C. A. J. C. Cottingham lives at Dillon, one of the leading merchants of the town; has made money - enterprising arid progressive; be does not marry fast - ^pays a great deal of attention to ladies, and especially to the younger ones, but never gets to the "sticking point." The Cottinghams are all first class citizens, energetic and progressive, doing their share in the general make-up of the county, so far as the development of the county's resources are concerned. We would like to make other such importations from Marlborough County or elsew'here as the Cottingham family have proven themselves to be. Andrew Cotting'bam raised one daughter, who married W. J. Carter, of Dillon, a worthy and useful man ; they have several children, sons and daughters, and are prosperous. If there are other daughters, the writer does not know them. - Daniel Cottingham, a brother of Andrew, is another good citizen of the county, but I dtm't know enough about them to specify and give them a place herein seriatim. One of Daniel

Cottingliam's daughters married Henry Berry, a son of Captain Stephen F. Berry. Another is the wife of our progressive fellow-citizen of Latta, John L. Dew ; have only one child.

There is another family of Cottinghams, not of recent importation, that must have a place herein. I mean old Yates Cottingham, whose sad end has already been noticed. Yates Cottingham married a sister of old Thomas Harllee ; where he came from is not known; his only fault was that he inordinately loved liquor ; by his marriage he had a son, Stewart Cottingham; there may have been others - never heard of any others. Old Yates had daughters also - one, at least, the mother of the polite and accommodating barber now at Dillon, Henry Cottingbam ; don't know who his father was. Stewart Cottingham was a very reliable and very worthy man; don't know wlio his wife was; he had a son (and, perhaps, others), named Thomas (a Harllee family name), who married and raised a family, unknown to the writer; he died a few years back.

Hamilton. - ^Another family to be noticed is the Hamilton family. This is an old family in the county, never noted for being over-pretentious, but plain, honest, hard-working people. As known to the writer, there were two brothers, William and John, in the prime of life a hundred years ago ; don''t know to whom either of them was married. Of William Hamilton and his family the writer knows more than of John and his family. William Hamilton had two sons, Whittington and William. Whittington married a Miss Herring, by whom he had several sons, John, Arthur, Stephen, Tobias, William Warren and Whittington ; and some two or three daughters. Of the sons, John married and raised several children, sons and perhaps daugbters ; the sons were Allen, Perry, Ira, John H. and Bryant. Allen married a Miss Price, by whom he has a large family of children, how many not known. Perry died unmarried. Ira married a Miss Surls, daughter of A. B. Surls, of Dillon. Bryant is unmarried. Arthur Hamilton married a Miss Hyatt, and by her had only one child, a daughter, now the wife of Talley Martin ; know nothing of Martin's family. Stephen Hamilton married and has sons, Dayton V. and William K. ; a daughter, the wife of Angus Moore ; they all have families. Tobias went to Horry after the war; never married; accumulated a nice property, which went mostly to his brothers and sisters. Dr. William W. Hamilton, now of -Marion, married Miss Rebecca J. Fore, daughter of the late Thomas Foi-e, by whom he has only one child, a son, named Thomas F., now nearing manhood, with a fine prospect for life ahead of him. Whittington Hamilton married his cousin, a daughter of Henry Jackson, and by her has several bhildren, two sons and, perhaps, three daughters. The sons are Whittington, Jr., and Warley. Whittington, Jr., married, but his wife died childless, a year or so ago ; Whittington, Jr., is now a widower. Warley married a Miss Waters, and has some two or three children ; he resides at Dillon, an energetic and enterprising young man. Whittington Hamilton's daughters - ^two or three are married, but to whom is not known ; has one single one with him. Of old man John Hamilton's family, the writer knows but little; he had two sons, John and Tristram, both are dead. John_ married a daughter of old man Alexander Henderson, a unique character fifty years ago; by the marriage there are two sons, Jasper and Tristram, two excellent men and good citizens; both married. Who Jasper's wife was is not known. Tristram married Miss Nellie Bethea, a daughter of E. Bethea, of Latta, S. C. ; they reside at Dillon ; have two or three children, and are doing well. Of the daughters of old John, also of his son John, or of Tristram, I know nothing, and, therefore, can say nothing about them. William Hamilton, a son of old William, married twice ; who his first wife was is not known ; his last wife was a Miss Moody, a daughter of the late Rev. Hugh Moody ; by her he had and left several children ; know nothing further of them. Of the daughters of old William, I can only speak of two of them. One married William Jackson> called "Fire-coal Bill;" both are dead. "Fire-ooal Bill" had six sons in the war, and all gallant soldiers - Robert, I^evi, Owen, Malcolm, others, names not remembered. Another daughter married Elisha McKenzie, and raised a large family, sons and daughters ; but of their children the writer is not informed and can say nothing. The Hamilton family, taken as a whole, are good people, taking into consideration their time and environments. They lived on Maple Swamp and its bord^ ers, and that region of the county was, up to 1!he war, the "dark corner" of the county - not scarcely civilized. Since the war a new order of things has obtained on Maple, and it is now one of the best sections of the county, a progressive and up-todate population. The Hamilton family was true to the Confederacy from beginning to the end. "Fire-coal Bill" Jackson had six boys (half Hamilton) in the war, and no better soldiers followed the flag than they. Dr. W. W. Hamilton went into it as a Second Lieutenant and came out as a Captain of his company. Heard one of his comrade Captains say of him, that he (Captain Hamilton) was one of the coolest men he ever saw in battle; that he went on all occasions without hesitation and without trepidation wherever he was ordered, it mattered not how dangerous the position. He is a kindhearted man and a real gentleman, and is an honor to his name and family ; and while saying this, the writer would not disparage others of his family.

Braddy. - The Braddy family will now be noticed. John Braddy, the first known in the county, married Martha (Patty) Bethea, daughter of John Bethea, and sister to old Tristram and Cade Bethea ; he raised a considerable family of sons and daughters. The sons were John B., lyUton C, Tristram B., William W. and Robert B. Braddy, and of these, Robert B. alone survives ;* the daughters were Elizabeth, Harriet and Kittie. John B. Braddy married Miss Mary Crawford, a lovely girl, raised by Hug'h Godbold, a niece of his wife, Rhoda; they remained a few years in Marion and then went to Alabama; had two children when they left. Braddy and wife are both dead. Luton C. Braddy grew up and studied medicine and located near Holmesville, on the North Carolina line ; he was a young man of fine presence and promise, a picture of health, robust and strong ; he took brain fever and died therefrom ins three or four days, unmarried. T. B. Braddy married, first, a Miss McKinnon, of Robeson County, N. C.,- and by her had three sons, Daniel McK. Braddy, Luton C. Braddy and Adolphus Braddy, and a daughter, Alice Braddy, when his wife died ; and he married, a second time, Miss Anne Nichols, a daughter of old Averitt Nichols, and by her he had one son, Oscar, who has already been mentioned among the Nichols family. T. B. Braddy was shot and killed by D. W. McLaurin, in November, 1881. McLaurin was tried for it on the charge of murder, and was acquitted. As the writer was employed by the sons of Braddy to assist the Solicitor (Dargan) in the prosecution of the case, he will forbear saying anything further of the homicide. Daniel McK. Braddy married, and tlhey have now only one child, a daughter. Luton C. Braddy married, and has several children, all girls but one, Adolphus Braddy, who died suddenly some few years ago, unmarried. The daughter of T. B. Braddy, Miss Alice, is still unmarried. Daniel McK. and Luton C. Braddy are excellent ^ and good citizens, energetic and prosperous. William W. Braddy, a fine specimen of the physical man, married Miss Lizzie Evans, a daughter of the late Nathan Evans, by whom he h&d several children, sons and daughters. Walker Braddy, his oldest daughter, married J. W. Davis, of Marion ; they emigrated to Alabama, where she died, leaving some children. William, his oldest son, died about the time of his majority, unmarried. Another son, Robert, died when a lad. His daughter, Susan, married J. T. Coleman, a professor in the Citadel Academy, in Charleston; they reside there, and have one son, named Walker. His youngest, a son, named Wigbtman, two weeks old at his father's death, is a young single man in Charleston, and belongs to the "Grip-sack Brigade" of commercial travelers, and, I suppose, is doing fairly well; his mother still survives. W. W. Braddy was elected Clerk of the Court in 1868, and held that position at the time of his death, November 29th, 1872. S. G. Owens had been elected as his successor in office, but had not qualified and entered upon the duties of the office at the time of Braddy's death, but did so in a short time afterwards. Horace Greeley died the same day that Braddy did, 29th November, 1872. R. B. Braddy, the youngest child and son of old John Braddy, still lives ; he married, first, a Miss McKay ; she had one child for him, a daughter, and then died. After some years he married again, a Miss Wishart, of North Carolina ; they had five or six child- ren, sons and daughters. The oldest daughter married a Mr. McQueen, of Horry, where they now reside. Another daughter, named Hattie, married to some one not now known. His youngest daughter was an infant when her mother died; she was taken by Mrs. J. R. N. Tenhet, of Marion, and raised ; is now a young lady, and instead of taking her true name, Braddy, she takes the name of Tenhet - Miss Ethel Tenhet, so her name appears in the Columbia College catalogue, where she graduated. His sons, Edgar and Otho, and another, have left the county and perhaps the State, all unmarried. The old gentleman moves about among his (Children. His daughter by his first wife married some gentleman in North Carolina ; saw her father a few weeks ago coming up from Marion on the train, he and his son, Edgar, were on their way to see her in North Carolina. The eldest daughter of old John Braddy, Elizabeth, married Mr. Jefferson Williams, of Marlborough, in February, 1830; by this marriage several children were born ; only one, Benjamin, now survives ; he formerly lived in Marion, a merchant, failed; he went to Sumter County, and there married a Miss McFadden, an only child of her parents ; he resides in Sumter, on the patrimony of his wife, and is said to be succeeding well. "Ben," as he was called, liad a good -deal of the "get-up'' in him, and was an honorable boy. The second daughter of old John Braddy, Harriet, was a very pretty girl, very popular, but did not marry young ; she finally married Nathan Evans, a widower, below Marion, and lived and died there, where B. F. Davis now resides ; by her marriage she had four children, two sons, Julius and Lawrence, and two daughters, Martha (Patty) and Fannie; she died about 1879, wi'th cancer. Her oldest daughter married Richard Jordan, of Horry, a first-rate business man; he merchandised several years with his brother-in-law, Julius Evans, as a partner ; they finally failed, and each at different times went to Georgia or Florida. It is said that Jordan has succeeded well in his new home, and has raised a nice family, mostly girls ; two of them were here on a visit to their uncle. Captain W. B. Evans, in 1899 ; they were fine looking. Julius Evans married and went to Florida, and is said to be doing well ; one of his daughters. Miss Edna, was also on a visit to her undle. Captain

Evans, in the summer of 1900, on her way home from Winthrop College. Lawrence Evans, the second son of Harriet Evans, nee Braddy, married in Horry, don't know what has become of him. The younger daughter, Fannie, went out to Georgia with her sister, Mrs. Jordan, and married some one out there; have lost sight of her. The Braddys, as a family, were very ardent in their disposition and attachments, and were very good citizens, and self-asserting.

Clark. - Another family to be noticed is the Clark family, Malcolm and Kenneth, two brothers, citizens on Little Pee Dee, near where the town of Dillon now is. The writer can trace them no further back than themselves; but is satisfied they were of Scotch origin ; they both had and raised families. Malcolm married a Miss McCollum, of Robeson County, N. C, aibout 1839 or 1840, a very excellent lady, a sister of the late Brown McCoUum's father; don't know how many children they had - think there were three sons and two daughters - Martin Luther, John Calvin and Robert Knox Clark. The two daughters (names not known), one married the Rev. Duncan McDuffie ; she died, leaving some children ; one son, named Archie. Duncan McDuffie married again, and now lives in Florence County; has been School Commissioner of that county; a worthy, good man. The other daughter of old Malcolm married a Mr. Gasque, from about Marion, who died in a few weeks after his marriage; his widow had a posthumous son, named Robert K. Gasque; don't know what has become of either him or his mother. Of the sons of old Malcolm, Martin Luther died when about grown, unmarried. John Calvin was a Lieutenant in the Confederate War, and was in command of his company in some battles in Virginia, and was killed in front of his command, calling out to his men, "Come on, come on," not go on ; he was one of the many brave men from Marion in that eventful struggle, made by the South for Southern independence. John Calvin Clark, when a boy at school at Hofwyl Academy, was considered by his school comrades, or some of them, at least, as a coward, and was so branded; yet he was anything else but cowardly when duty required the exercise of true courage; his courage was not of the school-boy 'sort or the muster field kind ; but was true courage - the courage to do right, the courage to do his duty, however dangerous the position might be. Rc>bert Knox Clark, late Clerk of the Court, was the second son of old man Malcolm, well known to many now living; he, too, was not a coward, either in war or in peace; he married Miss Nannie Stackhouse, daughter of the late Wesley Stackhouse; by the marriage they had three sons and four daughters. The sons were Martin Luther, Robert Knox and John Calvin' - ^the same names that his father, old Malcolm, gave to his sons. The four daughters were Dora, Eliza, Lilly and Nannie, the latter about two years old when her father died, in 1888. Martin Luther Clark, the oldest son, is now at Marion, editor of the "Marion Star" newspaper. The next two sons, Robert K. and John Calvin, the writer has lost sight of ; don't know what has become of them. Of the oldest, Dora, has never married. Eliza, the second daughter, married the Hon. William A. Brown, below Marion, and has several Children. Lilly, the third daughter, married a Dr. Smith, son of Dr. E. B. . Smith, below Marion' ; don't know the results of the marriage. John Calvin, the youngest son, and Nannie, the youngest daughter, are harely grown. It is due to the memory of the late R. K. Clark to say that at the age of seventeen, he volunteered and went into the army in Captain C. J. Fladger's company, and in January, 1863, was transferred to the Arsenal Academy, in Columbia ; remained there that year and in January, 1864, was transferred to the Citadel, in Charleston, and remained there during the year 1864, and was then transferred back to the army, where he remained till about the end of the war, when he came home and undertook to avenge his father's death - who was killed by deserters on 12th March, 1865 - ^which he in great part succeeded in doing. It was after this he was married. In 1876, he was elected Clerk of the Court, which position he filled with credit to himself, for four years ; he was then appointed County Treasurer, which position he held for one or two years, and resigned, and retired upon his farm, where he lived till 1888, and died thereon ; he was likewise a man of true courage ; he had the courage to say no, which every man does not possess. The old man, Malcolm, died game. He was passing up the road from Marion, on Sunday after Sherman's "bummers" had passed through the upper end of the county, I2th March, 1865, and came upon a crowd of deserters, who were cooking in Samuel Page's lane, near where J. R. Reaves now lives. The old man had his gun, and on approaching the crowd cooking, and recognizing who they were, one of them, the leader, said to him, "Old man, put down your gun and surrender." He did neither, but fired in among them ; the one he aimed at jumped behind his horse, and Clark's load entered the horse, and killed him; whereupon others of the crowd seized their guns and fired upon the old man and killed him. The deserters left him and the dead horse there in the road, and they lay there two days before they were removed. The few old men then in the community were terrorized by Sherman's bummers and the emboldened deserters to such an extent that they were afraid to remove old man Clark and the dead horse out of the road, and give the old man a burial. The circumstances of the killing were told, afterwards, by one of the deserters to a friend, and that friend informed the writer. Kenneth Clark, a brother of old Malcolm, was a first-rate man and good citizen ; don't know whom he married ; he had a son, John Clark, and one or more daughters ; the old gentleman is dead. His son, John, is on the old homestead, a first-class citizen, a good soldier in the war, has never married ; is prosperous and quite respectable, drives a fine horse and a fine buggy, is fully able to take care of some man's daughter as a wife, but does not seem to have much fancy for such a life. Old man Kenneth Clark was also a brave man- - could here relate an incident in his life in proof of his courage, but space will not permit. Those who knew him will indorse him, not as a coward, but as a brave man.

There is another Clark, Pinckney Clark, two or three miles east of Marion; don't know anything of his parentage, or where he came from ; he has a family, think grown and married, sons and perhaps daughters ; he is obscure, makes no noise in the world, inoffensive and works for his living. His family, now poor and obscure, may in the future develop into prominence - who can tell! The writer could name parents within his day, who were as obscure as Pink Clark's family, vs/hose children are now prominent citizens among us. Such developments often occur. It also happens that those prominent in the present, go down into obscurity and dwindle away in the second and third generation - "There is a providence that shapes our ends, rough-hew them as we may."

HarrElson. - Another family now to be noticed is the Harrelson family. Of this family, on Buck Swamp and Maiden Down, the writer cannot say much, for the want of information; he cannot trace them gen«alogically. They are somewhat numerous in name and in their connections, and in former times more prominent than they now seem to be. In 1798, Lewis Harrelson and John Ford were elected as Representatives of Liberty County (now Marion) in the State Legislature. (Gregg's History, page 459.) Also, in the Acts of the Legislature of 1798 (section 7, p. 289,) we find Commissioners appointed "for the purpose of fixing on a convenient and central situation, whereon to establish and build a court house and gaol for the District of Marion and to superintend the building of the same;" and among them we find the name of Benjamin Harrelson ; and it may be supposed that he and. Lewis Harrelson, the member of the Legislature that year from Liberty or Marion, were brothers, and it is to be presumed that the best men were selected for the Legislature and for locating and building the court house and gaol for the county. Hence the Harrelson family of that day was prominent and among the first people of the county. From these two Harrelsons, and, perhaps, others of the family whose names have not been preserved in the records of the times, have descended all the Harrelsons of the county from that time to the peesent. The writer only wishes that he could trace them down to the present generation. The writer remembers that in July, 1835, he ate supper one night at the house of an old man, Hugh Harrelson (I believe, was his name), where the Widow Lewis Harrelson now resides, near the lowest bridge on Buck Swamp ; he had daughters grown. The writer could tell why he was there and who went there with him, and the circumstances of the occasion, and what happened in that family two or three years afterwards, in connection with one who went there with him, but all that is not necessary in a book of this kind. The writer was then only seventeen years of age. These old Harrelsons were men of high character and stood well among their iJeople, and from them descended the large family with their connections, which now inhabit the county. Although those of the present day may not be as prominent as their ancestors, yet all the way through, they have been law-abiding, industrious and honest people, part of the bone and sinew of the county. The late Lewis Harrelson, near Miller's Church, married Miss Mahala Rogers, and by her had six or seven children, sons and daughters, all minors at his death. The oldest son, Charles, is quite a promising young man ; the names of the others not remembered; they are soon to take their places in society. The late Lewis Harrelson had a brother, J<jhn Harrelson, who died or was killed in the war ; he left two daughters, both married and have families; their names not remembered. Lewis and John Harrelson had a sister, Mary Jane, who married our capital citizen, W. T. Cribb ; she died a few years ago, childless. There are other Harrelsons in the county, collaterally related. George Harrelson, near MuUins, is an exceptionally good man, and is doing well. Another branch of the family is on the Back Swamp, above Ariel. Old man Hugh Harrelson, down there, was a well^o-do man; married a Miss Smith, of Horry, and raised a family of five sons and five daug'hters. John E., Hugh G., David J., Samuel and another not now remembered; the daughters were Mrs. William J. Atkinson, Mrs. James Atkinson, Mrs. Prudence Johnson, Mrs. John D. Sessions, and Miss Theresa, Who died unmarried before her father. The old gentleman left a last will and testament and, by means which it is not necessary to state, it got into the Courts, and it wag in some form or another in the Circuit and Supreme Courts of the State for twelve or fourteen years. This is stated from the personal knowledge of the writer, as he had to do with the litigation from start to finish. Of the old man Hugh Harrelson's sons, Hugh G. married, I think, a Miss Williamson, and died young, leaving his widow and some children; don't know what has become of them. John Ellis Harrelson married, and raised a large family of children, sons and daughters, who are aniong our citizens now ; some unknown, but those that are known are good men and prospering. Ham Harrelson, a son, is one of the leading citizens of his community. John E. Harrelson died about two years ago ; he was an energetic and persevering man, and substantially a good citizen. The other sons of old Hugh Harrelson all died unmarried and childless. It is assumed that these Back Swamp Harrelsons are of the same family as the Buck Swamp Harrelsons ; that they are all collaterally related ; that they all had the same common ancestor. L,ewis, Hugh and Benjamin seem to be family names from the early times down to the present ; that events and circumstances separated them, though not far apart, in the same county. In the absence of other and better information, the writer is bound to assume that they are all of the same family originally, and sprang from a common ancestor in the first settlement of this part of the State, Marion County. At all events, they are here and have been from time immemorial, and have been and are quite respectable. Another branch of the same family are those on the north side of Little Pee Dee River. They are certainly of the same family as those on Buck Swamp and Maiden Down. Zephaniah and Stephen Harrelson, two old men, resided on Bear Swamp and Cainey Branch, near the Gaddy Mills, sixty-five or seventy years ago. Stephen Harrelson raised a large family of sons, nine or ten, who are among us now, and are respectable, good citizens ; don't know the names of all of them, but name such as are remembered - ^John R., Alfred H., James W., Joel and Hugh only are remembered; another one is a Baptist preacher. Of these, Alfred H. Harrelson married a daughter of William Roberts, and has a family of sons and daughters ; he is an industrious and prosperous man and a law-abiding citizen. James W. lives near MuUins, is also a quiet and worthy citizen. John R. (called Jack) raised a considerable family, died years ago. One of his daughters was the second wife of Dr. George E. Shooter; another is the wife of John Altman. Joel Harrelson has raised a family, is a progressive, good citizen, and is well to do ; don't know to whom he married. They were all good soldiers in the war, did their duty there and are doing the same now, in time of peace. Don't know anything of old man Zephaniah Harrel- son's progeny ; he died many .years ago, a respectable, good man in his day ; don't think he had many children. A daughter of Stephen H. married Neill B. McQueen; is now a widow; she is an extra smart woman, if alive yet.

Martin. - Another family will here be noticed, to wit : the Martin family. This family is somewhat extensive, both in name and its connections. The first Martin in the county, of which the writer has any knowledge or information was Matthew Martin ; have not been able to learn who his wife was. He lived in the Maiden Down section, and raised a family of four sons and two daughters, and, perhaps, other daughters, to the writer unknown ; he was a thrifty man, and accumulated a good property as a farmer for his day and time. His sons were John, Matthew, Stephen H. and Aaron; daughters' names unknown. John Martin married a Miss Hays, daughter of old man Benjamin Hays, on north side of Little Pee Dee; by her he had and raised a family, how many is unknown. He had a son, Alexander Martin, now in Horry County; he married a Miss Cribb, daughter of Anthony Cribb; he went years ago to Horry County, raised a family and they are in that counity. John M'artfin "had some daughtters. One married Dempsey Cribb, Jr. ; another married a Mr. Baker, and another married a Mr. Lovet; know nothing further of them. John Martin died before the war, freezed to death. Matthew Martin, Jr., married a daughter of Captain John Rogers, in the Fork; by this marriage he had and raised four daughters, names not known. One married Jesse Butler, who moved to Darlington, and is dead ; he had a family of several children - one son, named Charles ; suppose they are all in Darlington now. Another daughter married E. W. Hays, of Hillsboro, and is now a widow ; $he has some children. Another daughter married R. B. Piatt; she is dead; think she left some three or four children. Another daughter married a Mr. Nicholson (Archie) ; they are raising a family, prospering and doing well. Aaron Martin, the youngest son of old Matthew, Sr., married a daughter of Captain John Rogers, in the Fork ; they are now both dead, but left a family of two sons and seven daughters ; the sons were Mitchel M. Martin and Valentine Martin.

Mitchell married Miss Lizzie Smith, daughter of the late Stephen Smith; the fruits of the marriage are four sons - Vance, Victor, Clyde and Mitchell. Of these, Vance married Miss Florence Owen, daughter of the late Rev. John Owen, who was accidentally shot and killed a few weeks ago; they have two- children, a son and a daughter. Victor Martin lately married a Miss Pepper, of Southport, N. C. The two younger boys, Clyde and Mitchell, are with their mother. Mitchell Martin died some years ago, at Mullins, S. C, where his widow now resides. Valentine Martin, the youngest son of Mr. Aaron Martin, married Miss Margaret Norton, daughter of the late John Norton; to this marriage twelve children have" been born, ten of whom are living - seven daughters and three sons. One son, Donald, is grown; and five daughters, Lilly, Pensy, Maggie, Kate and May ; the other names not known. Of the daughters of Aaron Martin, the eldest, Anne, married her first cousin, Richard Edwards, a notice of whom has already been taken in or among the Ed'wards family. The second daughter, Louisa, married W. H. Daniel, of Mullins; for him she had three children - one son, Robert, and two daughters, Katie and Mary. Katie married George Reaves, and has two or three children. Robert Daniel married Minnie Be^hea, a daughter of Dr. John J. Bethea, who died childless, and Robert is now a widower. Mary Daniel, the youngest, died in early womanhood, unmarried - quite a charming young lady. Katie Mantin married Perry J. Williams, of Nichols, S. C. -; by him she had two or three children, when the father died and left her a widow ; she afterwards married and went off to Georgia. Emma Martin, another daughter of Aaron Martin, married J. Oscar Daniel, of Mullins, by whom she had several children, when he died ; she afterwards married William Leith ; whether there was any offspring by the Leith marriage, the writer does not know ; she died, and Leith, after a time went off West; don't know what became of her children by Oscar Daniel. Ida Martin married B. F. Elliott, of Marion, and by this marriage a daughter and a son were born. The daughter is very promising, and is now in the Salem, JST. C, Female School. The son is a mere boy; name not known. Victoria Martin married Dr. Edward Brown, now of Latta, S. C. ; by this marriage three sons and one daughter are born, all yet children. Mary Martin married a Mr. Oole, from North Carolina; they left immediately for Georgia; don't know anything further of them. Stephen H. Martin, a brother of John, Matthew and Aaroji Martin, not mentioned in the order of their ages, married a daugihter of the late David S. Edwards, and by her 'had several children, and then died. Two of his sons, "Mack" Martin and David Martin, grew up, and "Mack" married Miss Josephine Moody, a daughter of the late Salathiel Moody; they had some family, how many is not known - a son, named Robert, who was rather an extra keen and sensible young man. The family went West some years ago, and it is said are doing well in that region. David Martin went West also; have heard nothing of him since. Stephen H. Martin had a daughter, named Sue, who married Perry J. Williams, of Nichols (first wife) ; she had some three, or four children, and died very suddenly, without any apparent cause. "Mack" Martin, her brother, became the guardian of her children, and took them and raised them; the oldest, a daughter, Maggie, became the wife of Benjamin M. Carmichael; they are raising a family. "Mack" Martin, their guardian and uncle, managed in some way to turn the boys, three (I think), and their means over to Carmichael and wife, and went West ; after this Carmichael and wife have had charge of them. The writer has understood that two of the boys are graduates of Wofford College, or if they did not graduate they matriculated in that college, and went for a while, perhaps, two years or more. Hope they will do well, as they were orphans, indeed. Two daughters of Matthew Martin, Sr., are only known of ; don't know their names. One married the late Samuel Edwards, and the other married his nephew. Captain L. M. Edwards; both of whom have herein already been noticed in or among the Edwards family. The Martin family thus far noticed are an unpretending people, hard-working, honest, good citizens, satisfied with themselves, regardless of what others might think or say. Matthew, Jr., and Aaron married sisters, good ^omen, and by industry and frugality accumulated a good property, and left it unencumbered for their children.

and the writer's information is (whether true or not) that they are no relation to those above mentioned; some of them I know nothing -about, and, therefore, can say nothing concerning them. The late William Martin married, first, a daughter of the late Rev. Moses Coleman - a mighty good woman, as it is said ; she had for him several children ; don't know how many. The sons, Daniel, William P. and Charles Betts Martin, now among our good citizens, and doing well. Daniel Martin married a Widow Chreitzberg, whose maiden name was Game, a daughter of our excellent man and fellow-citizen, Robert B. Game; they have no children. Daniel is a hard worker, a goodfman, and is doing well. William P. Martin, another brother, is and has been for several years in the railroad service as section master at and near MuUins ; has made some money and saves it; he married a Miss Rushing, the daughter of Henry Rushing, also a railroad man ; they have, as I am informed, several children, whether sons or daughters the writer does not know. Charles Betts Martin, another brother, is one of our citizens, but whether married or not is not known. Their father, William Martin, married a second time, but to whom is not known ; he died a year or so ago, and left a widow with children, about whom the writer knows nothing. William Martin had by his first wife a daughter (may have had more), named Julia; she married Joseph M. Price, a nephew of the writer ; think they have five or six children, sons and daughters. Price is now above Columbia in the railroad service as section master. There are other Martins in the community that the writer would like to notice, but for the want of knowledge or information he cannot do so. The Martins and their connections are very numerous, and many of them quite respectable.

Henry. - ^Another now to be noticed is that of our respected fellow-citizen, John E. Henry. This family is not very extensive in name or connections. The grand-father of John E. Henry was named John; I suppose he lived at Marion; he married some lady, I think, a Miss Dudley, sister of the late Colonel Dudley, a prominent member of the bar for years at Bennettsville, S. C. ; by the marriage two children were born - a son, the late David S. Henry, and a daughter, whose name I have forgotten. The father died, and the late Addison L. Scarborough married the Widow Henry, and for him she had two children - a son and a daughter - Richard and Mary F. Richard Scarborough became a doctor, married a Miss Crawford or Cherry ; died a young man, childless, and his widow afterwards married the late Major O. P. Wheeler; both are dead and left no child. Mary Scarborough married the late James J. Harllee, a member of the Marion bar, but did not practice much after his marriage - devoted himself mainly to his large farm near Marion, which his wife inherited from her father, A. L. Scarborough. In 1861, J. J. Harllee and wife -sold their plantation, near Marion, now owned by the daughters of the late Fred. D. Jones, and took their negroes and money, &c., and emigrated to Arkadelphia, Ark., where they remained, I suppose, during the war. J. J. Harllee was killed about that time, as it was said, by a horse running away with him; his widow, Mary F., was left poor by the war and by other causes - extravagance mainly, as it is said. A girl that had never known what it was to need or want anything, both before and after her marriage, was reduced to penury and want. This the writer knows from correspondence with her after the war and information obtained from others. Our correspondence was in reference to her claim for dower in certain lots in the town of Marion, which he brought action for and recovered, and sent the money to her. She had no child ; she afterwards married a "Yankee" officer from Wisconsin, a widower, with four children, whose name was F. M. Chrisman. This marriage, I suppose, took place during the Reconstruction period in Arkansas. David. S. Henry, the son of John Henry, grew up and married a Miss Telatha Flowers, and by her had only one child, a son, our energetic and enterprising fellow-citizen, John E. Henry, who married Miss Charlotte Bethea, a daughter of the late Levi and Mary Ann Bethea; they have several children, sons and daughters - ^one son named Sheppard, one named John (called Jack), and Patrick, and a daughter named Mary, who married Mr. Augustus Aiford ; they moved to Georgia, have several children, and are said to be doing well. The sons, Sheppard and Jack, emigrated West somewhere, and, I siippose, looking out for themselves. John E. Henry and wife have another daughter grown, whose name, I believe, is Ella; besides these there are other children, younger. John E. Henry is an enterprising man, and is apparently doing well; they own and occupy the old homestead of Mrs. Henry's paternal grand-father, old William Bethea. The sister of David S. Henry married the Rev. Tracy R. Walsh, a strong preacher in thfe Methodist Conference, who is dead; his family are scattered through Marlborough and Chesterfield Counties.

HuGGiNS. - ^Another family may here be noticed - the Huggins family. The first known of this family were John Huggins and Willis Huggins, not brothers, but first cousins.* Old John Huggins lived at Huggins' Bridge, on Little Pee Dee ; he married a Miss Campbell, sister of Gadi and Theophilus ; he raised a considerable family of sons and one daughter - if there were other daughters, the writer never heard of them ; the sons were Solomon, Henry, John, Theophilus, George, Enos and Ebben. Solomon Huggins married some one to the writer unknown, and raised a family, of whom I know nothing. Henry Huggins married a Miss Elvington, daughter of old man John Elvington, of whom mention has already been made herein. Henry Huggins had a son, Theophilus, now one of our good citizens, on Little Pee Dee; he married some one to the writer unknown, and has raised a considerable family. Henry Huggins raised one daughter, Martha, and, perhaps, others. Martha married James A. Jones, an older brother of our excellent fellow-citizen, J. T. Jones, and her family has already been mentioned herein, in or among the Jones family. There may have been other sons and daughters of Henry Huggins ; if so, the writer knows nothing of them. Henry Huggins and wife died many years ago. Another son of Henry Huggins is now remembered, Thomas A. Huggins, who married and raised a family, not known to the writer; Thomas A. Huggins died a few years ago, quite an old man. John Huggins, Jr. (Jack, as he was called), has already been mentioned

*John Huggins and Willis were first cousins. Their fathers were brothers; their grand-father was the common ancestor, and, I suppose, was the first Huggins in the county, about 1740 or 1750. l8 in and among the Jones family; his wife was Mary Jones, a sister of our J. T. Jones. Theophilus Huggins and George W. Huggins became Methodist traveling preachers in the South Carolina Conference, and both died therein.; George W. Huggins never married, and died young - in Conway or Horry - to which circuit he was then assigned, in 1835. In the minutes of the Conference of 1899, in the chapter entitled "The dead of the South Carolina Conference, 1788 to 1900," George W. Huggins is put down as joining the Conference in 1833 ; that he died October, 1835, at the age of twenty-seven, and was buried in Horry County. As to the place of his burial, it is a mistake; he was buried at Huggins Bridge, on Little Pee Dee - not more than a hundred yards from the place of his birth. The writer attended his funeral and knows whereof he speaks. Theophilus Huggins continued in the itineracy until his death ; he married some one unknown to the writer ; think he died in the North Carolina Conference. Enos Huggins, a very vigorous and athletic young man, sickened and died when young, unmarried. Dr. Ebben Huggins, a dental surgeon, married and settled in Horry County, just below Galivant's Ferry; he raised a large family - or, rather, had one - he dying before the younger ones were raised. Old John Huggins' daughter, Mary (Polly as she was called), married the late Stephen Smith; by the marriage several sons and daughters were born; the sons were, and are, Ebenezer, George W., S. Elmore, Benjamin Cause, S. W'hiteford and J. Emory Smith, and another, named Augustus, who was killed during the war on a train near Florence ; and daughters, Mrs. Mitchell Martin, Mrs. George W. Rogers, Mrs. J. C. Harrelson and Mrs. Celia Atkinson. Ebb Smith was killed or died of disease in the war. George W. Smith, one of our steady and progressive citizens, married a Miss Nance; the fruits of the marriage are several sons and daughters ; some of them married and have families coming on, the names of all of whom are not known. One daughter of George W. Smith married Allen Lewis. A son,' Augustus, at Mullins, married a Miss Dill. Bonham Smith married a Miss Lewis. Another daughter married Hampton McMillan ; another daughter married a Mr. Nye. Benjamin Gause Smith, another progressive and pros- parous citizen, married a Miss Piatt, daughter of the late Rev. John B. Piatt ; they have, I think, ten children, seven sons and three daughters; the older sons are L,. Boyd Smith, Rembert Smith and others, names not remembered. The two oldest' daughters, Florence and Leila, are married. Florence to W. F. Norton ; they have no children. Leila married P. S. Cooper, a first-rate business man at Mullins ; they have had two children, both dead. The third daughter, Polly, liamed for her grand-mother, now a little girl. L. Boyd Smith married a Widow Gibbes, in Macon, Ga. ; they are living at Mullins ; he is in the saw mill business ,' is a graduate of Woflord College. S. Elmore Smith, a first-class business man and an excellent citizen, married a Miss Montgomery, of Williamsburg County ; has a large family, sons and daughters, mostly daughters. Has one daughter married ; she married a Mr. Love, of Wilmington ; think they are now residing in Mullins ; has a son grown, named Eugene; has other daughters grown. S. Whiteford Smith married a Miss Boatwright, daughter of the late Thomas W. Boatwright; by this marriage are two children - a son, Fleming, who, I think, is married, and a daughter, whose name is Bessie ; think she has arrived at womanhood. Whiteford Smith is a business man and good farmer; was County Superintendent of Education for four or six years; retired from that position and was immediately elected as a Representative of his county in the State Legislature. In whatever position he has been placed, he has met public expectation - a man of strict integrity every way, and perfectly reliable. J. Emory Smith, the youngest son of old Stephen and Polly Smith, married a Miss Williamson, a daughter of Joseph Wil- Uamson, and has a family coming on. It seems that J. Emory has not succeeded so well as his older brothers ; he is- young and may yet win, outstrip them in the race of life. Mrs. Lizzie Martin and her family of four sons have already been noticed herein or among the Martin family. Mrs. George W. Rogers, another daughter of Polly Smith, nee Huggins, has raised a nice family of sons and one daughter; the writer is not posted as to the particulars of this family. I know three of the sons, Leroy, Lucean and Chalmers; they are promising young men, and in the race of life will be very apt to be among the winners in the race. Leroy married a Miss Gore, in Wilmington; she died a few days ago, leaving an infant. Chalmers Rogers married Miss Laura Smith ; they have two child- 'ren. Willis Huggins, the cousin of old John Huggins, whose progeny we have been tracing, was a very respectable and good citizen; married some one and raised a family - one son and three daughters. The son, Jesse Huggins, was a promising young man ; was Captain of the Maiden Down militia company, a position then much sought by our best men; he was killed by John Martin, hereinbefore mentioned; he never married. Willis' daughters were Nancy, Elizabeth and Polly. Nancy Huggins married the late John Norton, father of the Hon. James Norton ; she had three children, one son and two daughters. The son is John W. Norton, now of Mullins; he married, first, a Miss Carmichael; by her he had one child, a daughter, named Ira, who was killed by the band-wheel of a ^in, vvhen a girl; he afterwards married the Widow Carmichael ; by her he had one daughter, named Minnie, who died -when about grown. The second wife died, and he married, a third time, a Miss Ivey; by whom he now has four children, Ttwo sons and two daughters, all small. John W. Norton went through the 'Confederate War. Some years before the war he ^enlisted in the regular army of the United States and served in the frontiers for five years: Lizzie Norton married Aaron Oliver, of Robeson County, N. C, by whom she had three sons and four daughters. One of the latter died unmarried; another daughter is now the second wife of John C. Sellers. Mrs. Lizzie Oliver is dead. The second daughter of old John ^Norton and his wife, Nancy, married Lewis Huggins; her name was Caroline; they had several children, sons and -daughters. Lewis Huggins and family emigrated to Georgia years ago ; have lost sight of them. Elizabeth, the second daughter of old Willis Huggins, married, first, a Mr. Lupo; Xupo died childless, and his widow married John Hill, for whom she had two children - a son, Charles, and a daughter, . Adaline, when the mother died. Charles Hill is on Bear Swamp. Adaline married a Mr. McCormic, of Cotton Valley ; know nothing further of them. Polly, the youngest daug'hter of old Willis Huggins, never married, and is dead. There are

Other Huggins in the county, of whom the writer knows but little. The Huggins family and their connections are extensive, and especially the descendants of old John. The old house he lived in and raised his family stands yet, near Huggins' Bridge ; it is a unique old building, weather-boarded with shingles - ^was very old and dilapidated. The other Huggins alluded to above are sons, and, perhaps, daughters, of the late Neill C. Huggins (I think that was his name) ; he married a daughter of old Squire Neill Carmichael, near Carmichael's Bridge, on Little Pee Dee ; he has long since died, either in the war or soon after, from wouyds received in the war or from exposure; he left a good large family; was a coming man, doing well ; his sons, as known to the writer, are t). A. Huggins, Neill Huggins and Judson Huggins, who are among our citizens ; whether the mother is dead or alive, is unknown to the writer.

Hayes. - The next family to be here noticed is the Hayes family, of Kirby Township. The first of this family in this county were James Hayes, John Hayes, William Hayes and Ebben. Of these, Ebben did not remain here, but emigrated West; nothing further is known of him. They all came from Virginia, and were of English descent. The other three married and settled in this county. This family came here during or before the Revolutionary War. Don't know who any of these old Hayes married. James Hayes had four sons, whose names were Levi H. Hayes, William Hayes, John G. Hayes and Mills Hayes. The first, William Hayes, had three sons, Ebben, Dwight and Henry Hayes. Ebben Hayes, known to many living, was a local Methodist preacher, and represented his county in the State Legislature after the war and during the Reconstruction period; he was twice elected, served two terms or four sessions of the Legislature, and died at an advanced age a few years ago. Dwight Hayes, a brother of Ebben, became a Baptist preacher of some note ; he died many years ago. Henry Hayes grew up and married Miss Marina Dew, a daughter of old Christopher Dew ; his wife was a sister of his brother Ebben's wife; he died comparatively young, leaving a widow and several children, who with their children and grand-children are now among us. We have thus traced the sons of the three brothers (leaving ^bben out, who went West), James Hayes, William Hayes and John Hayes. Of old James Hayes' children, Levi H. Hayes married a Miss Whittington, and by her had seven sons, James N., Levi G., Benjamin P., Erastus W., Hamilton R., A. G. and Robert H. Hayes. Levi H. Hayes had two daughters, if no more. One became the wife of Joel Meggs, who, perhaps, raised a considerable family; only two sons, William H. and John L. Meggs, are known to the writer ; and a daughter, who married Dr. N. C. McLeod. Another daughter of I^evi H. Hayes, named Ann Elizabeth, married John A. Dew, who died and kft his widow childless; she still lives. Of the sons of Levi H. Hayes, James N. and Erastus W., are dead, but left families. Levi G. Hayes married a Miss Jackson, and went West many years ago. A. G. Hayes married, also, a Miss Jackson, sister to his brother L. G. Hayes' wife. A. G. Hayes, called G. Hayes, died or was killed in the war. Erastus W. Hayes married a Miss George; think he died in the war. James N. died some time before the war. B. F. Hayes married a Miss Dew, daughter of Wilson Dew ; has only one child, a son, .our good fellow-citizen. Rich Hayes. Hamilton R. Hayes married a Miss Harper ; has four sons, Charles W., James Adger, Humbert and Hamilton R. Hayes, Jr; and six daug'hters, names not known. One married W. H. Meggs ; one married Rich Hayes ; one married Tracy Fore ; one married Andrew Tart ; one married a Napier ; one married Wilson Berry ; and one is unmarried. Of his sons, Chatles W. married a Miss Hill; James Adger married a Miss Napier ; Hamilton R., Jr., and Humbert are unmarried. William Hayes, a son of old James, married some one, but do not know to whom ; he has been dead many years; and of John G. Hayas and Mills Hayes the writer knows nothing. The late Ebben Hayes married a daughter of old Ohristopher Dew, as before related ; he had seven sons and several daughters; the sons were Jessee H., Ebben, Wilson, Joseph D., Nicholas W. and John David ; these, with their sisters, are all married, have children and grand-children, and are among our many good citizens. Old John Hayes, one of the first comers, married a Miss Berry, an aunt of Cross Roads

Henry, and raised a family; his sons were Newton, Coburn, John C. and David S. Hayes. Of Coburn, nothing is known. Newton married a Miss Clark, andJiad a family of sons and daughters, but of them nothing is known. Newton Hayes died some twenty years ago, over eighty years of age. John C. Hayes married a Widow Lindsay, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Stubbs, an excellent woman she was ; by this marriage he had five sons, who lived' to be grown - L,ewis E., Henry C, James S., Thomas C. and John C. ; the latter was born one month after the death of his father ; these are all now living, and among our best citizens. Of the daughters of John C. Hayes, Sarah Jane first married aii Adams, of Marlborough, who died in a year after the marriage, leaving her with one child, a daughter, named Dora, who is now the wife of Jasper C. George, and who has now five sons. The Widow Adams afterwards married the late James DuPre ; she still survives. Another daughter of John C. Hayes - ^Ann Eliza, I think, ^as her name - married Philip B. Meekins ; they went to North Carolina; know nothing more of them. Another daughter, Mary Ellen, married Elihu Berry; by this marriage were born one son, named Elihu L,ide Berry, and another son, Thomas, both of whom are single ; and four daughters, Telatha, Emma, Lucy and Leilah ; of whom Telatha married J. W. Davis, went West, and died, leaving twin daughters, whom her mother now has, and is raising. Emma Berry married Montcalm Dow Atkins; they have now two children. Another daughter of John C. Hayes married Charles Miles ; they moved to North Carolina. Another daughter married Sydney E. Jackson ; they now live, at Dillon, and have seven or eight children, two daughters grown. Jackson is a good citizen and doing well. Another daughter, Addie, married James Greenwood ; had one child, and died ; the child then died ; Greenwood is a widower of ten or fifteen years; he inherited the entire estate of his wife, is a business man and is doing well. Of the sons of John C. Hayes, Lewis E. married a widow (name forgotten). Henry C. Hayes married a Miss Legette, daughter of the late James B. Legette; they have a family, don't know how much. Thomas C. Hayes is yet unmarried. John C. Hayes, Jr., married, first, a Miss Stubbs, of Sumter; she died a few months ago, leaving five or six children, one quite an infant; he married a few days ago, the secx>nd time, Miss Rebecca Fore, daughter of the late Willis Fore. David S. Hayes, the youngest son of old John Hayes, married, rather late in life, a Miss Fladger, daughter of old Hugh Fladger ; by this marriage two daugliters -were born ; one died unmarried, at about twenty years of age. The oither, named Ida, is the wife of John B. Moore, of Latta ; they are doing very well, and have some children; don't know how many, a daughter grown. David S. Hayes died some twenty years ago, and left a good landed estate to his daughter, Mrs. Moore. The information the writer obtained" as to the old Hayes did not extend to the females; but was confined exclusively to the males. The writer knows from other sources that old John Hayes had one daughter, at least, named Mary; she became the wife of old man Isham Watson, and in turn became the progenitress of most of the Watsons in the county, and their connections, hereinbefore mentioned. I will close this notice of the Hayes family with the relation of an incident in that family, as told to the writer some years ago by old Aunt Fama Tart, who was, in many respects, the most remarkable woman with whom he ever met ; old Aunt Fama was a grand-daughter of James Hayes. She related that during the Revolutionary War in Virginia, her grand-uncle, William Hayes, was drafted to go into the war ; that his wife was a large and portly woman, and had considerable beard upon her upper lip ; that when the time came for her husband, William Hayes, to report to his company to go into camp, she donned his clothes, cut off her hair in man's style, and went and reported to the officer as William Hayes ; she was accepted, went into camp, and for several days performed all the duties of a soldier in camp life, until such time as she thought her husband had gotten out of the reach of the officials, when she disclosed her sex to the officer in charge. She was discharged from service, made her way back home, and in the progress of time got a hearing from her husband in South Carolina, where he had fled, and she then made her way to him. From this narrative, the writer infers that James Hayes, an older brother, had previously came to South Carolina, and that William fled from Virginia to South Carolina, to join his older brother, James, there ; and as soon as the wife, left in Virginia, ascertained that be had made good his escape and had reached his brother, James, that she then put off to join him. According to the account we have of the family, this heroine of a wife was the mother of the late Ebben Hayes, and the grand-mother of all his children and also of Henry Hayes' children.