Marion County, South Carolina - The whole text, 1902 (part 8 of 15)

Dew. - Another family may be noticed here - ^the Dew family, once pretty extensive, but not so much so now. The two old Dews, of whom the writer has any knowledge, were Christopher and Absalom. The writer has heard of one old John Dew, but what ibecame of him or of his family, if he had one, he knows not. Cross Roads Henry Berry bought his land more than sixty years ago, and he seems to have disappeared from the county. Old Christopher Dew seems to have been a man of some note in his day; he bought and owned a vast barony of lands on the Great Pee Dee River and in and out of the "Slashes;" he lived on the Pocosin, and died there, i8th December, 1827. The late Bryant Lane married his youngest daughter, Henrietta, that day, whilst her father lay a corpse in the house. This remarkable coincidence was related to the writer, many years ago, by old Bryant Lane himself ; hence the precise date is remembered and here stated. Old Christopher was a prosperous man ; he married a Miss Berry, daughter of the first old Andrew Berry, who was in the settlement at "Sandy Bluflf," about 1735, as hereinbefore stated. That it may be better known, old Christopher's wife was the aunt of Cross Roads Henry Berry; they raised a family of three sons and five daughters, as known to the writer; the sons were Wilson, Christopher and Abraham Dew; the daughters were Marina, Nancy, Mary (Polly), Charity and Henrietta. Wilson Dew married his cousin, a daughter of old Stephen Berry, and sister of Cross Roads Henry Berry; he raised a family; only one son is known, Christopher T. Dew, called "Little Chris," who married some one not known to the writer ; had a family of several sons and, perhaps, daughters; he moved to Horry many years ago, with his family ; was alive a year or so ago - an old man, eighty or more. Wilson Dew had daughters, how many is not known. One married her first cousin, the first wife of the late Captain S. D. Lane; she died childless, some forty years ago; and in November, 1865, he married again, Miss Flora Bethea, a daughter of the late Rev. S. J. Bethea. Captain Lane died childless, 5th July, 1899, and his widow. Flora, died a month or so ago. Another daughter of Wilson Dew married B. F. Hayes, as has been already stated herein ; they have only one child, a son. Rich Hayes ; I think another daughter married the late Samuel Berry ; if so, it is already noticed herein in or among the Berry family. Christopher Dew, Jr., son of old man Christopher, married a Miss Jones, sister of Bryant Jones, which has already been noticed in or among the Jones family. Abraham Dew, the third son of old Christopher, lived to a good old age in a state of single blessedness. Of the daughters of old Christopher, Marina and Nancy have already been noted herein, in or among the Hayes family. Charity married a Mr. Wise, and he died, leaving her with several children, James C, Finklea G. and Thomas Aquilla ; and, perhaps, some daughters - one, I know, a Mrs. Wetherford, and, I believe, another, the wife of John G. Kirby. James C. Wise died a few years back, at an old age, eighty years or more, leaving a large family. Finklea G. Wise lives in Wahee, a very old man; don't know to whom he married - think his wife is dead ; he raised some family. A. G. Wise, of Wahee, a son of his, is one of the best citizens of that township, a very reliable man every way ; he has a family of several children, sons and daughters, grown ; they are quite respectable. Thomas Aquilla Wise was idiotic; he had some property, and Finklea G. Wise was appointed by the Court a committee to look after him and his property; Aquilla died some years ago. Another daughter of old Christopher Dew, Mary (Polly), marrie Jesse Perritt; she died childless, years ago, as has already been noticed in or among the Perritt family. The youngest daughter of old Christopher, Henrietta, married Bryant Lane, as above stated, the day of her father's death; they made a good living, raised a family of four sons - Stephen D., Joseph, Robert L. and Bryant. Stephen D. Lane married, first, his cousin, Miss Dew, daughter of Wilson Dew; she died childless, and he married again, Miss Flora Bethea, as above stated ; he was a first-class, good citizen. Joseph Lane was killed in the war, or was wounded and died. Robert LLane, now of Dillon, another first-class good citizen, married. Miss R. C. G'addy, daughter of the late Hardy Gaddy ; by this marriage six or seven children have been born, mostly sons, none of whom are known to the writer, except the oldest, Verner, who was one of the late volunteers in the 2d South Carolina Regiment for the Spanish War. His uncle, Stephen D. Lane, willed to Verner his home place, which, I suppose, Verner will soon occupy, with a Miss Somebody as a helpmate. Bryant Lane, Jr., was an idiot, and died a few months ago, at his brother's, R. L. Lane, who was committee for him and his property. The daughters of Bryant Lane and wife were four - Miss Kesiah, now an old maid,. Mary (called Polly), Anne and Flora Ellen Lane. Hartwell C. Dew, one of our best citizens, married, first, Mary (Polly), and had by her six or seven children - Preston L., John L., Duncan M. and Joseph H. Dew, and two daughters, Roberta and Dora. Preston L. Dew married Miss Eugenia Allen, daughter of Rev. Joel Allen ; they moved to Greenwood some years ago, having several children. John L. Dew, now of Latta, married a Miss Cottingham, daughter of Daniel Cottingham, and has one child, a son; is ait Latta, merchant and fK>stmaster. Duncan M. Dew . married, first, a Miss Thornton; she had one child, and died, afterwards the child died ; and he married, a second time, a Miss Chappel; don't know where from; they reside at Latta, and have some children; he is one of the leading merchants at Latta - a. man of fine character, wholly reliable and trustworthy. Joseph H. Dew, as will be seen elsewhere in this book, is a graduate of Furman University, and, I believe, of the Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Ky. ; is a preacher of reputation in the Baptist denomination; married some lady foreign to this county ; stands well among his people ; don't know where he is. Miss Roberta Dew married Wylie Berry; they reside at Latta; have one child, a daughter; they are doing fdirly well. Dora Dew married H. E. K. Smith, on Buck Swamp ; he is a successful farmer, doing well; have some children, don't know how many. Hartwell C. Dew lost his first wife, Mary (Polly), and he married again to Anne Lane, a sister of his first wife ; by her has had several children - Mollie, Isla, Julian, Lawton, Janie, Harvey and another son, name not .known; his second wife, Anne, died; he survives, and has not again married. Hartwell C. Dew is one of our plain, honest and successful men ; has amassed a good property, is well advanced in life - I suppose, over seventy years old. His daughter, Mollie, by the last wife, married a Dr. Baker, from Georgia, and resides there. Isla married Rev. Mr. Grumpier, who died in a year or two, leaving her a widow, with one child. Janie married a Mr. Kinard, of Newberry ; they reside in thajt county. Julian, Ivawton, Harvey and L,awrence, are all unmarried, and still remain under the parental roof. Flora Ellen Lane, the youngest daughter of Bryant Lane and wife, married James R. Watson ; they now reside in Dillon, and have already been noticed in or among the Watson family. The other old Dew, mentioned in the beginning of this notice of the Dew family, was Absalom Dew. Whether he was brother to old Christopher Dew or not, is not known to the writer - think, however, that he was ; he also married a Miss Berry, daughter of the first old Andrew, of the "Sandy Bluff" settlement, and sister to the wife of old Ghristopher, and aunt of Gross Roads Henry Berry. Never knew or heard of but two of his children, sons, named William and Alexander. William Dew married a Miss Coleman, sister to the Rev. John D. Coleman, well known in this county as a Baptist minister ; by this marriage there were three sons, Leonard M., Har'twell C. and John, and two daughters, Ann Eliza and Martha. Of the sons of William Dew, the oldest, Leonard M., married a Miss Miles, a daughter of John M. Miles; by this marriage, three sons, Calvin (called Gad), Frank and Dennis, and, perhaps, a daughter, were born, when the father died, and left his widow and children; she being what is usually called a smart woman, raised her children creditably; they moved some years ago to North Carolina. Calvin married Mary Jane Brown, daughter of the late William'M. Brown; she died -within a yea;r or two, and left no child; Calvin himself died a few months ago. Know nothing of the other two boys, Frank and Dennis. Hartwell G. Dew has already been noticed above herein. John Dew, the youngest son of old William, went off into the war, and has never been heard of since. Ann Eliza Dew married Mr. John Atkinson, below Marion, and had one child, Thomas Atkinson, when she died. Thomas Atkinson married a daughter of the late Stephen A. Hairgrove, and is now one of our good citizens. Martha Dew married another Atkinson, below Marion, and by him she had a son, W. B. Atkinson, when Atkinson died, and left her a widow ; she still survives and has not remarried ; her son, W. B. Atkinson, resides with her on the old William Dew homestead, and is one of our most enterprising and successful citizens ; he married a Miss Gaddy, daughter of Samuel T. Gaddy, and has a considerable family ; think they have already been noticed in or among the Gaddy family. This closes the notice of the Dew family, an old and respectable family of the county. Much more might be said of some of them, but space will not permit ; enough has been said to enable future generations to trace their ancestry.

NiCHOi<soN. - The next family to be noticed is the Nicholson family. The first of the name known in the county was John M. Nicholson; he came direct, as I think, from Scotland; don't know how it was that he came to South Carolina, but think be came with some of the old Sinclairs. He was a blacksmith ; whether he learned that trade in Scotland or after he came to this country, is not known ; he was a large, strong and muscular man, unpretentious, made no display, personally or otherwise; honest and upright in his dealings with others, jealous of his own' rights, while he accorded to every man the same rights which he claimed for himself; was not querulous, but would not be imposed upon ; was of equable temperament, until he was aroused, then an antagonist might look out; physically he was a powerful man. He married, I think, a Miss Sinclair, and had and raised, as known to the writer, three sons, Archibald, Duncan and Walter Nicholson - may have had other sons ; these are all that the writer ever knew. He had one daughter, Nancy ; she married Mr. Elly Greenwood, a second wife of his ; they have some family. Old man Nicholson may have had other daughters. Archie Nicholson, now in the MuUins region, married a Miss Martin, daughter of Matthew Martin, and by her has several children, and is doing well - a good, industrious and law-abiding citizen. Duncan Nicholson married a Miss Edwards, daughter of Captain L,. M. Edwards, and by her has several children ; he, likewise, is an industrious, progressive and prosperous citizen; such men constitute the bone and sinew of the country, and its hope for the future. Walter Nicholson is unmarried, but, like his brothers, is attentive to his business - keeps it before him, and is perfectly reliable in every respect.

Jackson. - The Jackson family will next be noticed. This family is and has been very extensive in name and in its connections in the county. The first old Jackson was from Virginia, his name was Edward; said to have been a very small man in size - somewhat like the late Dr. James C. Mullins ; he settled on Catfish ; his wife was a Miss Manning, of Virginia, or it may be that Miss Mannning was the wife of his son, Edward ; he raised a considerable family of sons and, perhaps, daughters; of the latter, the writer knows nothing; the sons were, Edward, Jr., William, John, Reuben, Owen and Ervin Jackson. I cannot trace all these different sons seriatim, for the want of information, but will do so as far as I can. Edward, Jr., the oldest son, married, if not a Miss Manning, some other lady - I think, though, a Manning - and had and raised a considerable family of sons, and, perfiaps, daughters ; the sons were, as known to the writer, William R., Edward M. and Warren R. Jackson. William R. Jackson married a Miss Hayes, daughter of John Hayes, and a sister of old man Isham Watson's wife ; he raised a considerable family - one son, William R., and other sons, whose names are not remembered; some daughters also, only one of whom is remembered, Mary, who became the wife of the late Stephen A. Hairgrove, and they raised a considerable family of sons and daughters. Only one son survives, Thomas H. Hairgrove, now of Wahee. One daughter married Thomas Atkinson, who has some family - I think, two daughters. Miss Huldah Hairgrove also survives; she has never married. Think all the sons of William R. Jackson, Sr., went West. William R. Jackson, Jr., went to the Mexican War; I saw him after his return; he then went West. William R. Jackson, Sr., died more than sixty years ago; old man Isham Watson administered on his estate. Their wives were sisters. Edward M. Jackson, son of Edward, Jr., and his brother, Warren R. Jackson, married sisters, Ellen Adams and Anne Adams, daughters of old Elias Adams, whose wife was a sister of old Thomas Harlke. Misses Ellen and Anne Adams were first cousins of the late General W. W. Harllee. Edward M. and Warren R. Jackson both raised quite respectable families. Edward M. moved West many years ago, and carried his whole family - though some of them, perhaps, two or three, were married; two of his sons became Baptist preachers. Warren R. Jackson raised sons, Anderson W., James R., Jefferson A. and Sydney E. Jackson, and one boy killed accidentally by another boy, and, I think, two daughters, Agenora and Missouri ; another daughter, Amelia, died when a girl. Anderson W. Jackson married a Miss Flowers ; he became a Methodist itinerant preachei", traveled for some years within the South Carolina Conference, finally superannuated on account of eyes failing, and, I think, now lives in Williamsburg County; he had and raised two or three sons and, perhaps, one daughter - all of whom, I think, are married. He had one son, Preston B., who became, also, a Methodist preacher, and attained much distinction as such in the Conference ; he married a lady in Darlington, and after traveling for several years, was transferred to California; I can follow him no further. James R. Jackson married a Greenville lady; was waylaid one night on the road from Marion and shot within a mile or so of his home ; he died from the wounds in a week or so. It was pretty well understood who was the assassin, but no proof could be made. Jefferson A. Jackson married and had a family; he became a Baptist preacher of some note, and moved off to Texas, and in some town there had charge of a church for several years, and stood high in his calling ; he died there some five or six years ago ; don't know about his family. Sydney E. Jackson married a Miss Hayes, daughter of the late John C. Hayes; has seven or eight children - ^two daughters grown ; he left his excellent farm on Catfish some five or six years ago, and moved to Dillon, because of better school facilities there; he is a carpenter by tradt, and it is supposed that as Dillon is a growing and progressive town be is doing well at his trade; the income from it, together with the rents of his farm, enables 'him to support his large family. The oldest daughter of Warren R. Jackson, Agenora A., married the late Colonel John J. George; the fruits of the marriage were seven children, four sons and three daughters. One son died -when about arriving at manhood; the other sons are Jasper C. George, John J. George and William Warren George. Jasper C. George married Dora Adams, a grand-daughter of the late John C. Hayes; they have five sons. The oldest, Percy, is grown and now at Clemison College. Jasper C. George is one of our most energetic, persevering citizens; is doing well, and making money - a good farmer. John J. George, named for his father, married, first, a Miss Bethea, daughterjof E. Bethea; she died childless; then he married a Miss Rogers, daughter of Philip B. Rogers ; is raising a family, a farmer, and is doing well. William Warren George married a Miss Ellen Gaddy, daughter of John Gaddy ; he is and ever has been a merchant, now at Latta, S. C. ; a man of indomitable pluck and enterprise; has failed once or twice, and was apparently down to stay down; but not so, he rises and comes again; has done more for Latta than any i man that has been in it, according to his means, in building it up and booming the town - such a man cannot be kept down ; he has no children. The daughters of Colonel J. J. George and wife were three. Mary Ann married Michael Finnega-n ; they have several children, one or two married ; Michael Finnegan is one of our best and most progressive citizens, doing well, and raising a nice family; such men tell upon the prosperity of the country. Delia George, another daughter of Colonel J. J. George and wife, married John Haselden ; they have a family, two sons and two daughters ; they have moved to Horry, and are said to be doing well. Aurelia George, the youngest daughter, married Henry Berry, a widower; they have no children; Berry is a good citizen. Colonel J. J. George died soon after the war, having lost a leg in the last battle at Bentonville, above Fayetteville, N. C, just before General Joe Johnston's surrender; he left his wife, Agenora, with seven little children, and no property except a little farm, perhaps, 200 acres poor land ; she was an extra smart woman ; they went to work, she soon began to gain ; they made ample support and some money; she raised her family in credit, and they are all doing well ; she died two or three years ago ; she lost one son, Henry. Missouri Jackson, youngest dtoghter of Warren R. Jackson, married Frank Dew; they went to North Carolina, where she now resides, Frank being dead ; she has six or seven children, some of them grown ; know nothing further of them. Warren R. Jackson died in 1857, leaving his wife, Anne, with her several small children; his estate was involved, and much litigation ensued both in the Circuit and Appeal Courts, she finally was successful, and saved the estate from utter wreck and ruin. The writer knoweth whereof he speaks, being mixed up in it as her attorney from beginning to end. Of the sons of Edward Jackson, Sr., William married a Miss Manning, also settled on Catfish, and raised a family ; don't know how many - ^two sons only were known to the writer, Reuben and John M. Jackson. Of Reuben and his family, little is known ; he is dead ; don't know what has become of his family. John M. Jackson married a Miss Miles, a daughter of old David Miles and sister of the late Francis A. Miles ; he settled on his father's, William Jackson, homestead, and lived and died there; he raised one son, Frank M., and three or four daughters ; his wife died ; he lived for several years a widower, and died. His son, Frank, married a Miss Miles, his first cousin, a daughter of Charles Miles, Sr. The daughters of John M. Jackson, after the death of their father, moved off, perhaps, to Georgia. Frank M. Jackson then took possession of the old homestead and lived on it for several years, then sold it and moved into North Carolina, and thus he has been lost sight of. Of John Jackson, son of Edward, Sr., nothing is known as to what became of him. Reuben married some one and settled on Maple ; raised a family, of whom the writer knows nothing, except two sons of his, James and John Jackson. James Jackson married a Miss Herring, and raised a family of sons and daughters. Of his sons, Arthur and John became notorious during the war. James Jackson and his brother John were killed", just after the close of the w.ar, on account of their sons, and especially Arthur and John, by parties in revenge. The writer has ever thought that these two old men, James and John Jackson, were wrongfully killed ; but it was done at a time when human life was cheap, and in verytroublesome times. Another brother of old James and John Jackson was Henry Jackson. The three brothers married three sisters. Misses Herring, sisters of old Whittington Hamilton's wife, and Whittington, Jr., married a daughter of Henry Jackson ; she was a first cousin to him. While not much can be said in favor of this branch of the Jackson family, yet there are worse men than these three old brothers. Old Edward Jackson, St., had a son, Owen Jackson, who married Dilla McKenzie, a daughter of Robert McKenzie; he lived upon and owned the lands where Missouri R. Hamer and Philip B. Rogers now live and own ; he was a simple-minded old man, worked hard, was strictly honest and law-abiding, and strictly attended to his own affairs; he raised a considerable family, mostly daughters, and two sons only known. Hugh P. Price's wife is one of the daughters,, and, like her father, stays at home and mind's her own business ; she has no children. One son, William Jackson, called "Fire-coal Bill," married a daughter of old man William Hamilton, and who has already been mentioned herein, in or among the Hamilton family. Another son, Ervin M. Jackson, married Sarah Ann McKenzie, who died a few years back, leaving an only child, a son, Thomas Jackson, who has already been noticed herein, in or among the McKenzie family. Old man Owen Jackson may have had another son, if so it has escaped the memory of the writer ; and as to his other daughters, the writer has lost sight of them. Ervin Jackson, the youngest son of old Edward, Sr., married a Miss Watson, on Hayes Swamp, near the North Carolina line ; they settled near the father, old Mark Wa;tson, and by industry and frugality amassed a good property, and raised quite a respectable family. Owen Jackson, Jr., a son or a grand-son of old Ervin, married a sister of the late Duncan Murchison ; he died a few years ago; made a -considerable property, raised a very respectable family of sons and daughters, some of whom are among the leading men of Marlborough County. One son is known to the writer, John M. Jackson, as a leading merchant and business man in Bennettsville. They reflect credit upon the Jackson name. There is also a John R. Jackson, grand-son of old Ervin, now a kading man in the community of his ancestors. There may be others of the name in some one or other of the many branches of the Jackson family not mentioned, but they are not known, or, rather, their genealogy is not known, and hence not especially mentioned.

Galloway. - The Galloways may here be mentioned, four of them. They are importations from Marlborough, and our county would not be hurt by many more such importations - James T., William, Samuel T. and Joseph Galloway are their names. James T. Galloway married Miss Louisa Bethea, daughter of Levi and M'ary Ann Bethea, just after the war, and has been in this county ever since his marriage ; he has a considerable family, has succeeded well in life. Has one son, Henry, married, don't know to whom-^ - I think, a Miss Barrentine, of Marlborough. One daughter married to Mr. Maxcy McCown, of Florence County. His other children are with him ; he is one of our most substantial citizens. William Galloway, a later importation, a brother of James T., has bought land in upper Marion. A comparison of his place with what it was fifteen years ago will show that he is a farmer right; he is a hustling man ; know nothing of his immediate family, and the same may be said of Samuel T. and Joseph Galloway, a late importation, who have bought land on Catfish, near EUerbe's Crossing, and are moving ahead, first class men and excellent citizens; know nothing of their immediate families. Samuel T. Galloway married Johny Carmichael, and Joseph married a daughter of Elmore Allen, of Marlborough County. I knew their father and mother, James Galloway and Rebecca, his wife ; she was a Townsend, daughter of .old Jabish Townsend, and sister of the late Meekin Townsend, of Marlborough.

Sherwood. - The Sherwoods will next be noticed. The first Sherwood known in the county was John Sherwood, an old man, more than sixty years ago ; he was a great church man and exceedingly pious; he had two or three sons and one daughter. Of the sons, nothing is known, except as to James. James Sherwood married Miss Martha (Patsy) Bethea, a daughter of William Bethea, near Harlleesville ; by the mar- riage three sons were born and raised' - ^Cade, Postell and John. Cade Sherwood owns the old 'homestead of his grand-father, John Sherwood. James Sherwood died and left his widow with her children small; the widow married again - do not remember to whom. Cade and Postell grew up, and Cade bought the old homiestead of his grand-father, and married a Miss Ivegette, of Marlborough, daughter of James S. Legette. Cade Sherwood has one of the best plantations in upper Marion, an excellent manager and farmer; everything about his house and premises denotes comfort and convenience not excelled by any one in the county. Postell Sherwood, of Mullins, married his .first cousin, Miss Lou Scarborough, daughter of the late Rev. L/ewis Scarborough, many years an itinerant preacher in the South Carolina Conference, and sister of the Hon. R. B. Scarborough, of Conway. Postell is doing well ; has a small family, two daughters, but has not succeeded like his brother, Cade Sherwood. John Sherwood is unmarried.

Ai<if0ED. - The late Neill, James L. and L,odwick B. Alford, brothers, were importations from North Carolina, and were quite an acquisition to the moral, social and material prosperity of the county - men of high character, and contributed much to the upbuilding of the county; would be glad to have many more similar imporltations. Neill Alford married a Miss McPherson, S'ettled on the Big Reedy Creek, near where the Reedy Creek Presbyterian Church now stands ; by his marriage he had and raised a large family of five sons and ten daughters ; William McD., Henry, Robert, John and Walter L. Alford. William McD. Alford married a Miss McLean, of North Carolina, and has raised a large family of sons and daughters, five of eaoh sex; the sons arfe McLean (called Mack), Yancy, Robert, Plummer and William. Mack and Yancy only are married; don't know to whom. Yancy Alford is a practicing physician in Sumter County. One of Wm. McD. Alford's sons is a practicing dental surgeon ; think his name is Plummer or Robert. None of his daughters are married ; one of them, Miss Ella;, I believe was a teacher for some time in the Columbia Female College. Wm. McD. Alford has performed lis duty in the relations of life, and one specially-^that is, le has educated his children well, and exceedingly so, or a man of his somewhat limited means and the number of lis children ; he and family are among our best people - a man )f high character, indomitable will and energetic ; no task too leavy, and no difficulty insurmountable; the words "fail" or 'I can't," are not in his vocabulary. The people of his county ippreciating his many good qualities have made him their Rep- in the State Legislature. He is, as it were, relegated to the rear, because for the last ten years he has not been n line with the dominant party in the State - ^many of our best nen are in the same category. W. McD. Alford is one of our eading and most progressive farmers. Henry Alford, a )rother, married in North Carolina, and resides about Floral ;k>llege, in Robeson County. Robert Alford, another brother, lied a:bout 1868 ; he was a promising young man. John md Walter S. Alford have never married, though both are old ;nough to enter upon that, to them, untried relation in life. Df the ten daughters of old man Neill Alford, two are yet unnarried and may be called "old maids." Two of the married Mrs. McLucas and Mrs. DuBose, are dead; Mrs. ilclvucas childless; don't know as to Mrs. DuBose. Three lied unmarried. Of the married ones, three are living - Mrs. ^urrie, Mrs. James Berry and Mrs. Benjamin McKibben. Of kirs. James Berry's family, they have already been noticed in Kr among the Berry family. James L,. Alford married a Miss i/[cPhaul or McFail; by the marriage, twelve children' were om, six sons and six daughters. Of the sons, two are dead ; hose living are Daniel M., Frierson, Neill and Manton. Dansi M. Alford married a Miss Walter; they reside at Dillon; lave a family, one daughter grown ; don't know as to others of lis family. Frierson Alford married a daughter of Dr. Wiliam J.' David ; resides in upper Marion, and is one of our good itizens; has a family, some grown children. Neill Alford, a uiet and inoffensive man, married a Miss Stackhouse, daugher of the late Colonel E. T. Stackhouse ; they have a considerble family, some grown; don't know how many grown or therwise; they reside at Marion. Manton Alford married n Alabama lady, and resides in upper Marion^ - one of our nost respectable and worthy citizens. Of James L,. Alford's -ix daughters, only one survives, Dian or Dianna, who married Dr. McLean, in upper Marion ; they have one daughter, the wife of Clarence McLaurin; are said to be doing well. Not one of her five sisters ever married. Loderick B. Alford, brother of Neill and James L., also came from North Carolina, with his brothers, but did not remain long, he went to Tennessee, and married there a Miss Hall; after some years he returned with his family to upper Marion, and died there along in the fifties. He raised a considerable family - the names of only two of them are remembered. Althea, his oldest child, who married, first, James P. Mclnnis, who died and left her a widoiw ; she afterwards became the second wife of Colonel Levi Legette, and still survives ; think she had one child by Mclnnis, a daughter, who married W. D. Oarmichael, now one of the citizens of the county below Marion. The late Warren L. Alford married, and raised a considerable family; the names of only two of his children are known to the writer. Dock Alford married a Miss Harrelson, daughter of the late John E. Harrelson, and has a family of sons and, perhaps, daughters, names unknown. A daughter of Warren L. Alford, named Delia, has never married ; she may be classed now as an old maid. Warren L. Alford, a peaceable, quiet and harmless man, died a fe^y years past; his family are four or five miles below Marion', on the Galivant's Ferry road.

GrBEnwood. - Of this family, William and Frank Greenwood were known to the writer, sixty years ago. He once saw their mother, old Mrs. Greenwood. William Greenwood married a sister of Cross Roads Henry Berry ; only two children of this marriage were known to the writer - there may have been others - Dawson Greenwood and a daughter, w^hose name, I believe, was Mary. Dawson married an illegitimate daughter of old John Manning, on Buck Swamp ; think they went West or elsewhere. The daughter, Mary (or other name), became the wife of the late David R. Owens ; by him she had and raised two sons, Stephen G. and Leonard R., and two daughters. Of the sons, Stephen G. married a Miss Godbold, daughter of Ervin Godbold ; had two sons, one of them dead. Stephen G.

Owens was elected Clerk of the Court in 1872, and filled that position for four years ; the upheaval in 1876 defeated him for re-election. He was a very competent man, but became a lunatic some years afterwards, and died in the Asylum. Leonard R. Owens married a Miss Wall, and has considerable family at Marion - ^names not known, except oldest son, Paul, who is said to be very bright ; one daughter grown. Leonard Owens is a very competent business man; was postmaster for four years under the Hairrison administration, and four years a deputy under D. Mclntyre, during Cleveland's second term ; was again appointed by McKinley, and served two or three years, when he got into some trouble and was removed from office. He seems to be under a doud - yet resides in Marion. Don't know whether- his mother is dead or alive. Of the two daughters of Mrs. David R. Owens, one married George Wall, brother of L. R. Owens' wife. They live at Marion, and have a family, about whom nothing is known. Don't know what became of the other daughter of David R. Owens. Frank Greenwood died a few years ago, a very old man; he raised some fajmily; was a harmless, inoffensive ahd good citizen; don't know who his wife was; he had three sons and one daughter; the sons are EHy B., James and Donaldson. EUy married, first, a Miss Piatt, daughter of Daniel A. Piatt; by her he had no children ; she died, and be married again, a Miss Nicholson, who has already been mentioned- in or among the Nicholson family ; he has by this marriage some family, don't know how much; James Greenwood married Miss Addie Hayes, youngest daughter of the late John C. Hayes, who has already been mentioned in or among the Hayes family; his wife died, then her child died, and he became heir to her property; he has not remarried; is a first-rate business man, and resides at Latta. Donaldson Greenwood has never married; is harmless and inoffensive, a good young (old) man. The daughter, Amanda Greenwood, married Henry Berry, a widower; she had some children, don't know how many, when she died. Berry has married, the third time. Miss Aurelia George ; no children 'by this marriage.

hood, will next be noticed. Of this family, the first known was Duncan Mclnnis, who was a most excellent man and worthy citizen. He is thought to have been a Scotchman, though, perhaps, born in this country. He married some Scotch lady, settled in the Carolina neighborhood, raised a considerable family, four sons and four or five daughters ; the sons were Neill, John L,., Miles and another, name not remembered. The two latter emigrated to Texas some years ago, together with John L. Mclnnis. John L. married in Texas, a Texas lady, and some years after returned' to this State, and now occupies and owns the old homestead of his father; he had two sons born in Texas, William and one, name unknown. William Mclnnis has a family; married his cousin, a Miss McDonald, and has, perhaps, two or three children; is a first class man, of high character, good habits, and has proper ideas of life ; if misfortune should overtake him, he ^would still be a man. His brother, younger than himself, unmarried. Neill Mclnnis died a few years ago; he left a family, unknown to the writer; he was a most excellent man and worthy citizen, and will be mucK missed not only by his family, but by his community. Miles Mclnnis and another brother are in Texas. Of the daughters of Duncan Mclnnis, two of them married McLaurins, whether in Marion or Marlborough County, is unknown; they both have families, number and names unknown. One daughter married our respected fellow-citizen, A. J. McDonald ; they have children grown and married, and, perhaps, grand-children, but for want of information can say nothing about them. Another daughter married one James McDonald, I think, of Marlborough; they seem to be doing well. Another daughter is yet unmarried. There was, a way back in the forties or fifties, one James P. Mclnnis, who married Miss Althea Alford, daughter of Lodwick B. Alford, who has already been mentioned in or among the Alfords; he did not live long after marriage; seemed to be an energetic and pushing man. Whether he was any relation of the "Carolina" Mclnnises or not, is unknown to the writer. Another Mclnnis (Miles), who has been dead many years, lived' in upper Marion; he married a Miss Townsend, a sister of old man Light Townsend, a well known citizen of Marlborough County.

Old Miles Mclnnis was a harmless and inoffensive man; raised a considerable family, of whom nothing is now known. Don't know whether he was related to the "Carolina" Mclnnises or not ; but Miles seems to be a family name ; as John L. Mclnnis has a brother by that name, I infer that old Miles Mclnnis, of whom I am now writing, was of the same family - perhaps, a brother of old Duncan Mclnnis. Old man Miles Mclnnis has 'been dead many years ; he was not a man of much energy, though full of native Scotch honesty.

Stafford. - The first Stafford in the county known to the writer was the late Malcolm Stafford ; don't know anything of his parentage or -whence toe came ; he was a Scotchman, a man of more than ordinary intelligence, better educated than most men of "his day, a Christian gentleman, and a very useful man in his neighborhood; was much missed therein after his death, which, I think, occurred some time in the fifties. He married Miss Jeanette Campbell, daughter of old man Duncan Campbell, on north side of Little Pee Dee, in what is now called Carmichael Township; he settled on the south side of that river, near where Stafford's Bridge now stands ; he raised a considerable family - 'three sons, James Harvey, Duncan C. and Neill E., and three daughters. Of the sons, not one of them ever married. James Harvey Stafford died a few months ago, I suppose, near seventy years of age; be was one of our best citizens, accumulated a large property, bad a fine plantation, upon which he built a palatial residence, and had everything about him necessary for comfort and the enjoyment of life, except a wife and Children. He had $5,000 stock in the Dillon factory; a large stockholder also in the Bank of Dillon, and president of the same. He lost, some years ago, by the failure of the Bank of Hanover, in Wilmington, N. C, $3,000, and his maiden sister, Laura, lost therein $10,000; they were very prosperous. Captain James H. Stafford was no ordinary man. The following is from the pen of Captain A. T. Harllee, in reference to Captain Stafford : "He was a man of superior intelligence, and traveled much in his time. In 1856, he, with a number of other young men from the State, went to the then Territory of Kansas, and was engaged in what was called fJie pro-slavery war, in which old John Brown, afterwards hung at Harper's Ferry, Va., Jim Lane and other Abolitionists were c»nspicuous figures. Matters becoming somewhat settled at the theatre of war, Captain Stafford betook himself away out on the frontier of the territory on the Big Blue River, 200 miles from the settlement, and pre-empted a claim of 160 acres of land; but the winters were too severe, and after remaining a year, he returned to his home in South Carolina. At the breaking out of the war he raised a company with John W. Harllee as First Lieutenant, Duncan Murphy, Second Lieutenant, and William Manning as Brevet Second Lieutenant. The two latter were killed in Virginia, and Lieutenant Harllee was permanently disabled for field service by a wound in the knee. His company saw much service in Virginia in Jenkins' famous brigade. Since the war he lived most of his time on his old home place; but having purchased and built a fine residence on his plantation on the North Carolina State line, at 'Lone Home,' he resided there till his death> a few weeks ago, his sister, Laura, living with him." He was postmaster at "Lone Home." Captain J. H. Stafford was an extensive farmer, and succeeded well in his vocation. He was elected, without seeking it, a Couilty Commissioner in 1880, served very acceptably one term, and never after sought any office. Duncan C. Stafford, the second son, was killed in the trenches by a sharpshooter, in 1863; he was Second Lieutenant in Captain A. T. Harllee's company of the 8th Regiment. He was an excellent young man, of fine character and very promising. Neill E. Stafford, the youngest son, lives at the old homestead, near Dillon ; he is a graduate of Davidson College, is a well informed man, went into the war at fifteen years of age and was a gallant soldier; has never married, lives a bachelor's life. Of the daughters of Malcolm Stafford, the eldest, Delitha, married the late William R. Stackhouse, near Dillon; by this marriage, three daughters and one son were born. The eldest daughter is yet unmarried. Another daughter, Fannie, married Stonewall Watson ; she has five children, three daughters and two sons. Another daughter married H. B. Floyd, near Campbell's Bridge ; they have a young family. The son, Duncan Stackhouse, married a Miss Williams, daughter of J. B. Williams, of Nichols, S. C. Evaline Stafford, daughter of old Malcolm Stafford, married D. J. McKay ; by this marriage, six daughters were born and raised ; four of these daughters married, one of whom is dead ; don't know to whom these daughters married. The two youngest daughters of D. J. McKay and wife are single, and live with their parents. Miss Laura Stafford, another daughter of Malcolm Stafford, has never married ; she lived with her brother, James H., until his death, a few weeks ago, and still resides there, in a state of single blessedness. Old man Malcolm Stafford Avas a surveyor, an'd did much in that line. The writer has seen many of his plats, wliich were characterized 'by accuracy and neatness; has also seen wills and deeds drawn by (him; in these respects he was a very useful man.

Blue. - William Blue, first of the name in upper Marion, on north side of Little Pee Dee and Shoe Heel Creek ; he was the original grantee of the lands on which he and his descendants have ever since lived. William Blue had only two sons, Alexander and Daniel, and several daughters. Daniel Blue married a Miss McArthur, and raised a large family, all girls but one, William Blue, who was killed in battle in Virginia, in Captain J. H. Stafford's company of ist Regiment South Carolina, Hagood's Brigade, early in the war. Of the daughters of Daniel Blue, Mary married Duncan N. McCall, who was a gallant soldier of the Confederacy, and now resides on part of the Daniel Blue homestead, and has two children, both girls - one of whom is the wife of Albert M. Baker, a live and progressive farmer of that section of the county. Another daughter, Sarah, married Milton McPhaul, of North Carolina ; he and his wife are both dead ; their children have moved to Georgia. The youngest diaughter, Nancy, married a Mr. Miran, of N^Drth Carolina ; he died soon after their marriage, and she lives on the old homestead, with her three sisters, Martha Ann, Flora and Catharine - all of them now well advanced in years. Alexander Blue, the younger of the two brothers, was one of the staunchest citizens of the county ; he was from early manhood to his death one of the ruling elders in Ashpole Presbyterian Church, just across the State line from where he lived, and he rarely ever missed a service at that church ; he was beloved and respected by all viho knew him. He married Ann Alford, a daughter of Major Sion Alford, a prominent citizen of Robeson County, N. C, when 'a young man ; two children were the issue of ithe marriage, daughters. The eldest, Mary Ann, just after the war, married Captain A. C. Sinclair, who was the surviving commander of Fairlee's old company of Orr's Rifles, and they now reside on the Alexander Blue homestead, and have a family of five grown up children. The youngest daughtdr, Bettie, married Nathaniel McNair, of North Carolina, wlio died in 1894, leaving her with one child, a daughter, married to Edwin Smith, a lawyer of Red Springs, N. C, where he, his wife and Mrs. McNair now reside. One of the daughters of old William Blue and a sister of Daniel and Alexander Blue, married Daniel McDuffie; by this marriage only one child was born, a son, named William McDuffie, who was a very promising young man; he graduated at Davidson College with distinction, and died soon after graduation, in i860. Many in the Hofwyl Academy neighborhood will remember William McDuffie, as a teacher in that academy for two or more sessions, about 1855 or 1856 - ^may be 1854. He was a close student, bent on education - ^his close application to study may have shortened his days. The writer's older children went to sdhool to him at Hofwyl. Another daughter of old William Blue married a Mr. Campbell, and had one daughter, but she, too, died young. His other daughters never married, but lived to be very old ladies; all are now dead. The name of Blue, so far as this family is concerned, is already or about to become extinct in the county.

Bakbr. - The Baker family, in North Marion, will next be noticed. Squire Neill Baker, the first known in that section, was a sturdy Scotchman and an excellent citizen of the northern section of the county; he married Polly McArthur, and left many descendants in his section. One of his grand-sons, A. M. Baker, hereinbefore mentioned as a prosperous and progressive man, owns the old homestead. One of his sons, Edmund Baker, married a Miss McGist ; he died without issue. Another son, James Baker, married a Miss Bracy, and moved to North Carolina, where he died, and left a family of several children. An older son, John D. Baker, married Miss L/Ovedy McPriest, and! died, leaving her with two sons - Albert M. Baker, above spoken of, and Neill A. Baker. The widow, Ivovedy Baker, lives with her son, Neill A. Baker, in Georgia. Old man Neill Baker had but two daughters. The oldest married William McKay, of Nortli Carolina, and moved to Mississippi, where his wife died. The other daughter, Jeannette, married, just at the close of the war. Captain Gilbert W. McKay, who was at one time Captain of Fairlee's old company, and who may be remembered by many who now live in the town of Marion, as be lived there when he went into the war. Both are now dead, leaving two children surviving - John W. McKay, who lives at McCall, S. C, and Mary, who married John Millsaps, and moved to Georgia, where they now reside.

McPriest. - Alexander McPriest, a good citizen and staunch old Scotchman, lived in the same section of the county ; he married a Miss McKellar, raised a large family of children, all girls, but one, named Peter E. McPriest, who served through the war, but is now dead. One daughter married John D. Baker, as already mentioned. Another married William Braddy Lester, who also served through the war in Orr's Rifles ; he and his wife are both living. Two other daughters, Katie and Mary Ann, never married, and are living on their portion of their father's old homestead.

McKei<i<ar. - Peter McKellar was among the first settlers of this section of the county. He raised a large family; some of whom moved away, but many of tlheir descendants still remain and own portions of the old McKellar lands.' A. McKellar Trawick and his brother, William, grand-sons of Archie McKellar and great-great-grand-sons of the original Peter McKellar, now own one of the finest plantations in Carmichael Township, adjoining the plantations of Captain A. C. Sinclair, Captain A. T. Harllee and R. P. Hamer, Jr., the latter owning a portion of the McKellar lands, and Captain D. J. McKay another portion of the same. Archie McKellar, a grand-son of old Peter, married a Miss McCormick, of North Carolina, and raised a large family of daughters, and two sons, Peter and John, both of whom were killed in battle in Virginia early in the war. AH the daughters died single, but one, Elmyra, who married David Trawick, who was also killed, leaving her with the two sons above mentioned, "Mack" and William, with whom she lives ; neither of them are married. Captain D. J. McKay, as noted above, lives on the John McKellar homestead, near "Ivone Home/' in this section ; he has been and still is one of the most progressive of the many progressive farmers of his section of the county; by industry and perseverance he has amassed a comfortable living, and is one of the substantial and wealthy farmers of the county. He volunteered in the commencement of the war, and was First Lieutenant of Co. D, 25th S. C. Regiment, McKerraJl's old company, and served to the close of the war ; be was severely wounded and still suffers at times from his old wounds.

McKay. - Daniel McKay, the grand-father of Captain D. J. McKay, came to this county direct from Scotland, at what time is not known; he had and raised two sons, John and Archie. John McKay married Katie Alford, a daughter of Major Sion Alford, of North Carolina, by whom he bad and raised three sons. Captain G. W. McKay, Alford McKay, who died just as he attained manhood, and D. J. McKay, and three daughters. Flora Ann, Bettie and Clarkey. Of the sons, G. W. McKay married a Miss Baker, as already related, and he and wife are both dead, as herein stated. Captain D. J. McKay, just after the close of the war, married Miss Evaline Stafford, daughter- of Malcolm Stafford, as herein already stated in or among the Stafford family. D. J. McKay is an Elder in the Ashpole Presbyterian Ohurdh, a regular attendant; he has, from' early manhood, been an enthusiastic Mason, and has several times been Master of the lodges of which he was a member. Of the daughters of John McKay, Flora Ann, the eldest, married Colonel John A. Rowland, of L,umberton, N. C, whose eldest son, Hon. Alfred Rowland, was a Representative in Congress for two terms, from the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina, and declined a re-election on account of his health, and died soon after the expiration of his term. Bettie McKay, daughter of John McKay, married Dr. John K. Alford, of North Carolina, and had one son ; and after the death of her husband, moved with her son to Texas, where she died ; her son is now a prominent lawyer of the "Lone Star State." Clarkey, the youngest daughter, married Henry Alford, of Selkirk, S. C, a son of the late Neill Alford ; they moved to North Carolina, Where they raised a family, two sons and three daughters; the sons are successful business men at Maxton, N. C, and Henry Alford's wife has been dead several years, which leaves Captain D. J. McKay the only survivor of John McKay's children. Archie McKay, brother of John, married' a daughter of Jo^hn Drake, of Robeson County, N. C. Archie McKay was the father of the late Hector T. McKay, who married a sister of Hon. James McRae, as his first wife; and James McRae, for his first wife, married a sister of Hector T. McKay ; another sister of H. T. McKay married R. B. Braddy, who died, leaving one child, a daughter, who married a Mr, Morrison, of North Carolina. Hector T. McKay married, as a second wife, the widow of Dr. McKinnon. John J. McKay and his sister, Janie (don't know whether by the first or second marriage), are the only surviving children' of Hector T. Mc- Kay, and live on his old homestead. Hedtor T. McKay was one of the first men of the county; well informed, of good habits, indiustrious and frugal, kind-'hearted and liberal minded, thought for himself, and allowed the same privilege to others ; he was a man of well-rounded character every way; never aspired to political preferment, was elected and served one term as County Commissioner without seeking it; he was an exemplary citizen. Would like to dwell more on his many good qualities, but space will not permit.

McCoRMiCK. - The McCormick family and history of Little Rock will next be noticed, and is from the pen of Captain A. T. Harllee : "John McCormick, better known to every one in his day as 'Little Mack,' was another old settler of the upper section of the township, on Shoe Heel Creek and the North Carolina State line, and lived in the immediate section of the Blues, Bakers, McKellars and McArthurs ; he was a jolly old Scotch- man and everybody admired 'him ; he married a daughter of Duncan McEachem, on Wilkinson Swamp, in North Carolina, and raised a family of five sons, but no daugliters. His two eldest sons, Neill and Allen, married in Anson County, N. C, and moved there and have lived there ever since,: raising large families. His sons, Malcolm and Archie, died when young men. Duncan E. McCormick was the youngest of his sons ; he married and lived all his life in Marion County ; he was well known all over the county, having held the office of Tax Collector and various other stations of a public character ; he was a good business man, and started out in life as a clerk in the store of Colonel Thomas Harllee, at old Harlleesville, which is now Little Rock; he afterwards taught school, and was one of the pioneers in business at what is now called Little Rock. The business of all that section before was done at the bridge, near where R. P. Hamer, Sr., now lives, and the postoffice was Harlleesville, and had been since the days of Thomas Harllee, Sr., who was the original owner of most of the lands around there for several miles. Duncan E., with Tristram B. Walters, bought some lots from Enoch J. Meekins, not far from the church and school house, which had been given the public by Thomas Harllee, Sr., for church and school purposes; and they built on the lands they bought dwellings, storehouse and a large hotel building, and thus launched the town of Little Rock, named it after a rock that protrudes above the ground some three or four feet, and weighs, perhaps, 500 pounds, and now stands in the fork of the roads, one leading to Mars Bluff and the other to Marion via Dillon. They went to work and got the postoffice removed there, and the name changed from Harlleesville to Little Rock. No opposition developing to the removal or change of names, as some parties who had procured a lot close at hand started a grog ship ; and those who would have protested under other conditions and circumstances, were glad of the change of name; the grog shop, however, was short-lived, and there has never been one there since. It must not be inferred that Duncan E. was favorable to or a promoter of the grog-shop, for he was not, and was and always remained until his death a strictly temperate and moral man. Little Rock boomed for a while. At one time there were eight or ten stores in full blast and a large amount of business was done there. J. W. Dillon commenced business at that point and accumulated much of his large fortune there; he remained there until the railroad was projected and the town of Dillon established, and he removed all his business to that point. Duncan E. McCormick first married Martha Beckwith, and raised a family of three sons and two daugliters. Mary, the eldest, married John McGirt, of Robeson County, N. C. ; they have a large family of sons and daughters. Flora married John C. Hargrove, son of Asa Hargrove ; he first moved to North Carolina, and then to Mississippi, where they now live, and have several sons and daughters, all grown. Duncan E. had three sons, John, Philip and General (nick-name), all of whom' were gallant soldiers of the Confederacy, and after the war all of them removed' to Texas, where they are good citizens. Duncan E. McCormick's second marriage was to Harriet Walters, the widow of William Walters; she was the daugliter of one Ridgell, and in her marriage with William Walters had two daughters and one son. The eldest daughter, Bettie, married Daniel W. Alford, and they live at Dillon, S. C, and have two daughters and one son. The youngest daughter, Willie (Walters), married R. A. Brunson, after the war, and had two daughters and one son ; she is now dead. Augustus J. Walters, the son, married Sallie, the daughter of Alfred Edino; they now live at Forreston. Clarendon County, S. C, and have two sons and one daughter, all grown - ^the latter married. In his second marriage, Duncan E. had one son and three daug'hters. The son, A. P. McCormick, was a brilliant young man, was a lawyer and died soon after his admission to the bar. His eldest daughter (by the second marriage), Georgianna, married Duncan McLaurin, one of Dillon's most prominent and progressive citizens ; he was the first settler in the new town, was its first Postmaster, and on the organization of the town was its first Mayor or Intendant ; he owns three fine plantations ; one near the town of Dillon, one on the east side of Little Pee Dee, in Carmichael Township, and one above Little Rock, which includes the old William Walters homestead ; he is a large stockholder in the Dillon Tobacco Warehouse, in the Dillon Bank, oil mill and the new cotton factory ; he has three children, two sons and one daug'hter, all of whom are living with him. The other two daughters of Duncan E. McCormick, Ada and Ellen, the youngest children, and were twins. Ellen died when about grown. Ada married W. Boone White, and they live in Forreston, in Clarendon County, S. C. "Little Mack McCormick," so-called, I suppose, to distinguish him from some other larger Jdhn McConmick, was a capital man and of unique character; he loved whiskey and sometimes drank too much, perfectly harmless when drinking, and at such times was very religious, and talked religion a great deal. On one occasion, in the fall of 1839, the writer chanced to spend the night together with "L,ittle Mack" and his wife at old man Gilbert McEachern's on Hayes Swamp. "Little Mack" married the sister of old Gilbert, who at the time had a lot of hard cider on hand. It was on Saturday night. During the afternoon and evening the cider was passed around pretty frequently, and "Little Mack" got pretty tight. The writer in those days did not drink cider or anything stronger - besides, I went there to see Miss Margaret Ann, a diaughter of old man Gilbert, and a nice girl she was, too - 'hence I did not join in the cider drinking. At a late hour we all retired. Before day the next morning (Sunday), I was awaked by "Little Mack," who slept in a room adjacent to mine, singing aloud so as to be heard throug'h the w'hole house, the following familiar lines :

' 'Sweet is the day of sacred rest, No mortal care shall seize my breast; O may my heart in tune be found Like David's harp of solemn sound," &c.

He did not stop at singing one verse, but kept on until the whole hymn was sung, and aroused the whole house - to which he gave a lecture on Sabbath observance. Another instance of his religious zeal when "in his cups" is related as follows: Away back in the thirties, there was a circuit preacher on this circuit by the name of Mahoney. At one of his revival meetings or a camp meeting, which were very common in that day, "Little Mack" professed religion. Some years afterward, Mahoney paid a visit to his people about Harlleesville, and had an appointment to preach at Liberty Chapel, as it was then called. Mahoney was very popular when he was on the circuit, and consequently a great many went to hear and to see him, and among them' was "Little Mack" - 'he went pretty tight. On meeting Mahoney, he grabbed his hand and said, "O, Brother Ma'honey ; I am so glad to see you. I never will forget yoa, for you were the one that converted my soul." To which Mahoney replied, "It looks like some of my bungling work; if God had converted your soul, you would not have been here to-day drunk." Notwithstanding this stinging reply of Mahoney, "Little Mack" was not nonplussed in the least, but insisted that his conversion was genuine, and Brother Mahoney was the instrument. There were worse men than "Little Mack," if he did drink ; he has been dead fifty years or more - requiescat in pace.

Another family of McCormicks will next be noticed. Neill McCormick, known as Squire Neill, was the elder brother of "Little Mack," and lived in the fork of Hays and Persimmon Swamps, adjoining the McKellars and the McArthurs ; his old homestead is now owned by D. J. McKay; he married Katie McDonald, a direct descendant of Flora McDonald, of Revolutionary fame, and her grand-daughter, Bettie McCorenick, married another descendant of the same heroine, Hugh A. McDonald, who now lives at Dillon, S. C. Squire Neill had eight sons and one daughter. His elder sons, Daniel, Joe and John, went West - the first to Mississippi, the two latter to Texas, where they all married and raised families. Randall and Wylie died soon after reaching manhood, and the three others, James, Thomas and Frank, were all killed in battle in Virginia. James and Thomas were in Fairlee's old company, Orr's Rifles; Frank was in Captain Stafford's company. Thomas and Frank were both killed in the second battle of Manassas, at about the same time, and James was killed at Gaines' Mill. The latter married Drusilla McCormick, of North Carolina, and left a family of two sons and four daughters. The eldest, Warren Alford McCormick, married a Miss Wise, and moved to Marlboroug'h, where they now live. The other married Virgie Legette, the great^grand-daughter of old James McArthur, and lives on his old home place. One of the Flora Amanda, married T. R. McLellan, who is dead ; but she, with a large family of sons and daug'hters, survives. Laura, another daughter, married Henry Barnes, of North Carolina. Another married Richard Atkinson, of North Carolina, and they live at McCoU, S. C. ; and the youngest, as noted above, married Captain Hugh A. McDonald, of Cumberland County, N. C. ; he was a gallant soldier of the Confed- CTacy ; they now live at Dillon, S. C, and have a large family of children. The one daughter of Squire Neill McCormick, Manila, married Neill McEachern, and they left two daughters and three sons. One of the daughters, Manila, married Charles Altman, and they, with a grown up family of five children, live in Horry County. The other daughter. Flora, married James McKellar, both of whom! are dead, and left several children - ^the youngest son, Peter McKellar, being a prosperous merchant at Bemiettsville, S. C, where he married a niece of Hon. Joshua H. Hudson. Of the three sons of Neill McEachern, William died just as he was grown. Edmund Q. served through the war, and died soon after. John C. McEachern is still living ; he, too, was one of the heroes who served from the beginning to the end in the cause which was lost; he was a private in Fairlee's company, and bears the lionorable marks of service on his person ; soon after the war he married Jennie, a daughter of "Hatter" John Carmichael, and they have raised a family of four sons and two daughters, and he and his family live on his fine farm in the fork of Little Pee Dee and Hayes Swamp. The widow of Squire Neill Mc- Cormick lived to a very great age, and died on his homestead since the war. Neill McEachern after the death of his wife, Manila, again married, Sallie McCall, of North Carolina, by whom he raised a family of four sons and two daughters. Neill Duncan, the eldest, married Margaret McDuffie, daughter of Neill McDufifie, and has a family of four daug'hters ; he lives at McColl, S. C. Robert Bruce, the next son, married Amarantha, daughter of A. S. Buie, and bas a family of one son and three daug'hters; they live near Hamer, S. C. Peter G. and Edmund Bishop McEachern, the two youngest sons, live on their fine plantation, near Hamer, and their mother and two sisters live with them ; neither of them> have married ; they are up-to-date, progressive farmers, and it is said of them that no matter how high the price of cotton may rule, they always keep a lot for a better price. The writer heard a candidate who visited these McEachems say that he saw eleven fat Chester hogs there that would average 400 pounds each, besides a number of smaller ones - that was some three years ago; they owe no one anything; they have much more to sell than to buy.

McArthur. - James McArthur was one of the original settlers on the north side of Hays Swamp and on the North Carolina State line; he married a Miss Campbell and raised a family of three sons and four daughters. The eldest daughter, Effie, married Gadi Braswell, and her only son, Richard H. Braswell, now owns and lives upoU' a part of the old McArthur lands or homestead, just across the State line. Mary, another daughter, married Richard J. Millsaps, and moved to another part of tihe McArthur lands or homestead in North Carolina; they had one daughter, Mary Jane, who married T. J. L,egette, and she now lives at Rowland, N. C. Her four daughters, the eldest, Louise, married Joseph A. McEachern, and she died, I think, childless. The next oldest married Robe Bond ; the third to James A. McCormi-ck, and the fourth and youngest to W. A. Ivey, who lives at Dillon, S. C. - all of them owning part of the McArthur lands. The other two daughters, Katie and Jennie, never married, and both of them died at advanced ages since the war. Alexander, John and James were his three sons. The two former lived to be old men and never married, and died since the war ; both of them were too old for service in the army, but were patriotic citizens and contributed all in their power to the success of the cause that was lost. James, the youngest son, married Sarah McDonald, daug'hter of Neil! McDonald, in the "old Fork," which is known in that region as such, being the territory in the fork of S'hoe Heel Creek and Wilkinson Swamp and Little Pee Dee River; they had one child, a daughter, EUa, wbo married George R. Campbell, of North Carolina, and they live on their father's old homestead, or a part of it; Mr. Campbell is a good farmer and a good citizen. James McArthur went to the front in the beginning of the war, in Captain Stafford's company; was sent to the hospital, sick, at Culpeper C. H., and was never heard from after being sent from his company, and it is supposed that he died there, and is one of the many unknown dead whose remains repose in the soil of old Virginia. His widow, in 1873, married M. M. Watson, of North Carolina, who was a gallant soldier in the Confederate army, and lost a leg in the service ; he was one of our most respected adopted citizens at his death, and his widow died soon after; they left two sons and one daug'hter, and they live on another part of the old McArthur homestead, and are progressive and industrious young men.

McIntyrE. - Dougald, Daniel, Duncan and Archie Mclnltyre, four brothers, came from Scotland to Marion County in the early part of the nineteenth century - say from 1815 to 1820; all of them grown young men. Dougald, ithe eldest, married in Scotland ; his wife was Lilly Campbell ; they settled on the place where they lived and died, and where their diaughters, Jennette and Lilly, now reside ; they raised a family of twelve children, six sons and six daughters - ^the two eldest of whom, Elizabeth and John B., were bom in Scotland ; the sons were John B., Dougald C, Joseph, Duncan ET., James and William Wallace Mclntyre - none of them are now living; the daughters were Elizabeth, Jennette, Nancy, Margaret, Lilly and Mary. John B., the eldest son, was a tailor by trade ; moved to North Carolina; he married Civil Legette, and lived until after the war, when he acquired the farm near Hamer, where he remained until his dteath; he raised six children - three sons and three diaughters ; the sons were Jdhn A., Cousar and Dougald ; and the dauifhters were Sarah, Mary and Margaret. John A. lives in North Carolina, and is unmarried. Dougald married Lilly Faulk, of Selkirk, and lives in North Carolina. Cousar married Fannie Willis, and moved to Georgia. Sarah, the eldest daughter of John B., married John W. McMillan. Mary married John W. McLean, and is still a resident of the neighborhood. Margaret is unmarried, and lives with her brother, Dougald, in North Carolina. Dougald C, second son of old Dougald, moved to Robeson County, N. C, when quite a young man, and remained there during his life ; he was a leading spirit in many benevolent and public enterprises in his county, and for a long time filled the office of School Commissioner and also -that of Magistrate ; his widow and several children and many grand-children survive him, and are among the most highly respected people of Robeson County. Joseph, the third son of old Dougald, was an energetic and active farmer ; at the outbreak of the war he volunteered and went to the front, where he remained until the surrender; be married Emaline Carmichael, a daughter of Sheriff Archie Carmichael, and settled on the place near Hamer, where they lived and where they both died, leaving a family of seven children - ^three sons and four daughters; the sons are Duncan, Archie and Leighton; the daughters are Nettie, Ivizzie, Isla and Blanche, and have all, with one exception, removed elsewhere. Duncan went to Texas. Archie married Katie McLellan, daughter of Timothy R. McLellan, and settled on a place ad^joining that of bis aunt. Leig^hton is an invalid, and lives with his sister. Nettie, the eldest daughter, married J. Edgar Bass ; they live in Florida; this couple when they marriedi weighed over five hundred pounds avoirdupois. L,izzie, Isla and Blanche are single, and live in Dillon, with their invalid brother, Leighton. Duncan E., the fourth son of old Dougald, was a Presbyterian minister ; he was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Helena, Ark., when the war commenced ; he returned to his old home, and in order that his brother, James, who was the business manager and dependence of his widowed mother, mig'ht remain with her and his sisters, be went to the front as a substitute for his brother, James, and died while in service. James, the fifth son of old Dougald, was a man of some sterling qualities, was noted for his kindness of heart, and his affectionate care for those dependent upon him ; he lived with his mother until after the war, when his younger brother, Wallace, succeeded him; he married Mrs. Rebecca McCormick, a daughter of Woodward Manning, and removed to his late residence on Buck Swamp ; his widow and one son survive him ; the son's name is W. M. Mclntyre. William Wallace, the sixth son of old Dougald, the youngest of the six brothers, was an active and progressive farmer ; he lived with his mother and sisters, managing the farm, and also owned the place near Hamer, now the property of Frank Edens ; he served through the war in Co. I, Tenth Regiment, S. C. V. The daughters of old Dougald Mclntyre, Elizabeth, Jennette, Nancy and Lilly, never married. Elizabeth and Nancy are dead. Jennette and Lilly are living on the old homiestead. Margaret married A. C. Mc- Kenzie, and lives in North Carolina. Daniel Mclntyre, one of the four brothers from Scotland, was a farmer; he settled on a place adjacent to that 'of his brother, Dougald, where he lived and died ; he married Mary Carmichael, a daughter of "Commodore" Dougald Carmichael, and had three sons - Etougald W., John C. and Duncan A. Mclntyre - none of whom' are now living. Dougald W. was a farmer and surveyor ; he was twice married ; first, to Margaret McArthur, of North Carolina ; she died, leaving three children - one son. Palmer, and two daughters, Celestia and Rosanna ; both of whom are married and live in North Carolina. His second wife was Katie Roberts ; she died, leaving six children' - one son, Donald, and five daughters, Margaret, Kittie, Delia, Lilly and Cora; all are single, and with their elder brother. Palmer, and live on the homestead of their father. John C, second son of Daniel Mclntyre, was by occupation a farmer ; at the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the Confederate army and went to the front ; he was severely wounded in battle, from which he never entirely recovered ; he mairried Sarah Ann Carmichael, a daughter of Captain Neill M. Carmichael, and settled on the 0I4, homestead of his Grandfather Carmichael, on Pee Dee, where he lived for several years ; afterwards moved to the home of his father, whose failiijg health required the care and attention he and 'his kind-hearted wife couM give him ; his father died soon after, leaving to him the place, but he survived his father but a short while ; his wife, also, is dead; they had five children, two sons and three daughters; the sons are Jefferson D. and Daniel Frank; the daughters are Loretta, Mary Catling and Orella. Jefferson is an energetic and progressive farmer; he lives on his farm, near Hamer; he married Louise Carmichael, a daughter of Archie M. Carmichael. Daniel, Frank and his eldest sister, Loretta, are single, and live on the homestead of their father. Mary Cutting married G. Raymond Berry, and they live at Dillon, S. C. G. Raymond Berry is now the County Superintendent of Education. Orella married Peter Stewart, of North Carolina, and they live on their farm, near Carmichael. Duncan A., third son of Daniel Mclntyre, was a man of some education and business attainments ; he was engaged in teaching school at the outbreak of the war ; he enlisted in the Confederate army and served through the war; after the war ,he accepted a clerkship with S. A. Durham & Co., of Marion, where he remained several years ; he married Anne Legette, a daughter of Dr. A. S. Legette, of Centenary, and removed to Centenary, but died soon after, leaving one son, Daniel Mclntyre. Duncan and Archie, brothers of Dougald and Daniel Mclntyre. Duncan was a Presbyterian preacher; he died unmarried, while still a young man. Archie married Miss Effie McCollum', of North Carolina - I believe, an aunt of the late Brown McCollum - and settled on land adjoining his brother, Daniel ; and after Ijaving four or five children, sold his land, 175 acres, to the writer, in 1836, for $225, and moved to Alabama. Mary Mclntyre, daughter of old Dougald, married Joseph W. Williamson, and they settled on their homestead, near Kentyre Church, where they lived, and where they both died in the prime of life, leaving a family of seven children, several of whom were quite small. In connection with the Mclntyres of Carmichael Township, another -family of the same name in the county will here be noticed - I mean the Mclnltyres of the town of Marion. Archie Mclntyre was the first known of this family - don't know where he came from or anything of his parentage ; he was, doubtless, a Scotchman; he was a tailor by trade - this in former times was a lucrtitive trade; he married Miss Sophia Howard, of West Marion, daughter of old man Richard Howard, of that section, who was both wealthy and prominent in his day. Archie Mclntyre settled in Marion, and lived there all his life ; by his marriage he had seven sons and three daughters, that were raised; the sons were Richard, Robert C, Duncan, Archie, George A., Joseph and Douglas ; the daughters were Matilda, Rebecca and Sallie. Of the sons, Richard married Miss McCoU, and settled in West Marion; he had one son, named Richard (may have had other children) ; Richard, Sr., died, while yet young, and his widow married Rev. D. E. Frierson, a Presbyterian minister of some note, and went to Anderson

County. Richard Mclntyre, Jr., grew up and married a Miss McPherson, daughter of Robert McPherson, of West Marion ; he had some family, don't know how many or of w'hat sex ; he died a few years ago, and left his widow and family on the homiestead, and they are still there. Think Richard (senior) was a graduate of the South Carolina College, and a young man of promise. Robert Charles, the second son, was also a graduate of the South Carolina College ; he married, first, a Miss M-urdoch, of Marlborough County ; she died in a few years, childless, when he married, a second time, a sister of his first wife. These Murdoch girls had two brothers, who both died young, unmarried ; 'hence the fine plantation of their father, near "Beauty Spot," in Marlborough, fell to Mrs. Mclntyre; they moved up there and raised a considerable family of sons and daughters, all of whom are now grown. The mother died, and Robert Charles and his family surviving, reside thereon. Robert Charles Mclntyre was quite a literary man, was a Magistrate for some years in Marion, soon after the close of the war ; he was very capable and filled that position very acceptably. Duncan Mclntyre, the third son of Archie Mclntyre, married, first, Miss Rosa Evans, a daughter of General William Evans ; she died, childless, after a year or so, and he married again, the widow of John C. McClannaghan, whose maiden name was Betts, a daughter of Rev. Charles Betts, of grateful m'emory ; they have no offspring, and live in West Marion or Florence County. In the early part of the war, Duncan Mclntyre raised a company as Captain, which formed a part of the Eighth South Carolina Regiment, and gallantly went through the war; he also went to the South Carolina College, but think his educational course in that institution was interrupted by the war; be, though, is a wellinformed man. Archibald Mclntyre, the fourth son of Archie Mclntyre, Sr., grew up, and married Miss Martha Betts, another daughter of Rev. Charles Betts, about the commencement of the war ; Archie, notwithstanding his recent marriage, volunteered in the first company (Captain M. B. Stanley's) that left Marion for Morris Island, near Charleston, the 4th January, 1861. After the capture of Fort Sumter by the Confederate forces, the company was reorganized, and W. P.

S'booter, who was First Lieutenant in the original company, was elected Captain, in which Ardiie, Jr., was a member ; they went to Virginia, and in some of the early battles in that frontier State was fatally wounded and died - a more gallant soldier was not in the Confederate army. Dr. A. Mclntyre, now in the town of Marion, a prominent practicing physician, was born, I think, a short time after his father's death ; the widow married, a second time, Dr. E. B. Smith, an able physician, and a most excellent farmer, below Marion, who has a family of sons and, perhaps, daughters; one or two of Dr. Smith's sons are practicing physicians. George A. Mclntyre, the fifth son of Archie, Sr., was a young man at the beginning of the war, was also a Lieutenant in Captain Stanley's, afterwards Captain Shooter's company ; voilunteered and went to the front, and remained in the service till he lost his arm ; he became Captain of the company after the promotion of Captain Shootfer to a Lieutenant Colonelcy. After Captain G. A. Mclntyre became disabled for active service by the loss of an arm, he was appointed enrolling officer and assigned to Marion, and continued to perform the duties of that ix>sition to the end of the war. Soon after the war. Captain McInt)Tre married Miss Emma Young, daugliter of Major Johnson B. Young, and settled on a part of his mother's fine plantation, on the west side of Catfish, and has succeeded well in his calling. At one time since the redemption of the State from carpet-bag and scallawag rule, in 1876, Captain Mclntyre was appointed County Treasurer, which position he honestly and faithfully filled for three or four years, when 'he resigned, or declined a further appointment; since whidh time he has been in retirement upon his excellent farm, and may be truthiuUy said to be one of our best citizens ; he has raised a considerable family, mostly or all girls. One married W. C. Foxworth, who lives near him, and I think, another one is also married, but to whom is not remembered. Captain Mclntyre is a model man and is what is termed the noblest work of God, "an honest man." Joseph Mclntyre, the sixth son of Archie, Sr., went into the war and was a gallant soldier; married Miss Mary Mullins, ol-dest daughter of the late Colonel W. S. Mullins; they first settled over Catfish, on a part of the late Daniel F. Berry's lands, where he farmed for several years with as much success as might be expected on such a place ; after a Avhile there was a division of the large body of the MuUins lands, near Mullins, and the old Mullins homestead was allotted to Mrs. Mclntyre, to which they moved and now own, and are doing fairly well; they have several children, how many or of what sex is unknown. Douglas Mclntyre, the seventh and youngest son of Archie, St., is a prominent and leading merchant of Marion, and has been for several years ; he married, first. Miss Jennie Moody, a daughter of E. J. Moody ; by the marriage three children were born, as I think, two daughters and one son, or vice versa; his first wife dying, he married a Miss Fore, daughter of the late Daniel Fore, by whom he has some children, all small. His oldest daughter, Jennie, by his first marriage, married Robert Proc^ tor, and they have gone West. Douglas Mclntyre, in addition to his large ihercantile interest, has a large farm nearby town, which he successfully runs ; he is full of energy and enterprise and a model citizen; he was honored some few years ago by his fellow-citizens with a seat in the Representative branch of the State L/Cgislature, which position he filled with credit to him'self and satisfaction to his people. Archie Mclntyre, Sr., had three daug'hters. The eldest, Matilda, married Ezra M. Davis, of West Marion, a well-ito-do man; they raised a considerable family, but the writer does not know enough of them or about them to say more. Rebecca, the second daughter, married Rev. J. E. Dunlap, a brave and daring soldier of the Confederacy, in which he obtained the title of Colonel, and was and is a preacher of the Presbyterian Church - an able preacher he is; they raised a family of several children, sons and daughters ; his wife died some years ago, and Colonel Dunlap has had the misfortune to lose, by death, two or three of his grown and promising children. Some years ago. Colonel Dunlap resigne'd his pastorate of the Presbyterian Chur<3h in Marion, and moved to Williamsburg County, and has charge of two or more churches in that county ; he has not remarried, is yet a widower ; his children are all grown. Colonel Dunlap is a large-hearted man, brave as "Julius Caesar;" thinks for himself, and generally thinks right - no deceit in his make-up ; a friend to the poor and a warm sympathiser with the dis- tressed - ^a friend indeed. Sallie Mclntyre, the third and youngest daughter of Archie, St., a charming lady, married Dr. D. F. Miles, our present and efficient Clerk of the Court, personally a very popular man; has just been elected to the third term; has been honored twice with a seat in the State Legislature; he has a farm some four or five miles from Marion ; they have had five children - ^three daughters and two sons ; the daughters are Sophia, Mary and L,illian - all married. Sophia ma.rried Charles E. Evans; they have three or four children. Mary married Lanneau Stackhouse ; they have, perhaps, two children. Lillian married a Mr. Owens, first name not remembered; they all reside in Marion, and are good women. Dr. Miles and his wife, Sallie, had two sons, Frank and Lanneau. Frank, just at manhood, sickened and died, in 1899 ; so they have but one son left, spes gregis, who, is a lad - hope he will live and help keep up and perpetuate the name. Archie Mclntyre, Sr., though he began life as a tailor, managed well and accumulated a large property,- and left it unencumbered for his widow and children; several of his children were small when he died, but the widow was a good manager also, and kept the estate free from debt, and at her death transmitted the same to them unencumbered. Archie Mclntyre, Sr., though a tailor, like Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and who became President of the United States, was no ordinary man; he and his wife, Sophia, raised a family of high standing in every way. Of such a parentage their children and grand-children ought to be proud.

McKiNLY. - ^John McKimly and his wife, who was Catharine McNish, and their children, Daniel, Duncan and Neill, Mary and Jennette, came from Scotlandyand settled on the homestead, where they lived and died, and later where their children, Neill and Jennette, lived and died. Daniel, the oldest, was twentyone years old when they landed, and Neill, the youngest, was six. Daniel married a Miss McCormic, of North Carolina, and settled on the place adjacent to the homestead of his father, where he lived and died ; he applied himself to his chosen occupation with energy and perseverance, was a farmer on the intensive system of farming, and attained considerable success ; he had only one child, a son, Duncan C. McKinly ; he was likewise a farmer, and settled on his fine farm near Kentyre Church; he married Saraih Gaddy, a daughter of William Gaddy; they had four children, two sons and two daughters; the sons are William D. and John D. ; the daughters are Leonora and Mary. William D. removed elsewhere. John D. married Florence McKenzie, a daughter of David J. McKenzie ; they live in Dillon. Mary is dead. Leonora married Hugh McLean, and they moved to Florida. Duncan C. McKinly, the father, is dead. Duncan, the son of old John, engaged in commercial pursuits and moved to Mississippi, where he accumulated a large property, but never married, and is dead. Neill McKinly never married, nor did his sister, Jennette ; they lived and died on the homestead of their father, John McKinly. Duncan C. ultimately got all the property of his Uncle Duncan, of Mississippi, all his father's, and all his Uncle Neill's and Aunt Jennette's ; but it seemed not to do him or his family any good - only whilst it was going ; he died poor. Mary, the oldest daughter of old John McKinly, died unmarried, soon after attaining to womanhood.