The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 25, 1891, OUR COUNTY EDITION!, Image 6
OUR COUNTY EDITION I
To a considerable extent every edi
MOn-of the SENTINEL is a coun1ty edi.
tion, but this week it is so to a much
greater extent than usal. We de
vote considerable space to a sketch of
the county in a general way, and the
brief sketches of our county oflicers
will be quite interesting, The en
gravings are well executed and ie
imarkably faithfult to the photographs.
This has been tested by.showing them
to intimate acquaintances of the sub.
jects, who unhesitatingly pronounced
them first class. The work was done
by one of the best establishments in
the United States. This has become
quite an interesting and popular fea
turo of enterprising journalism and
iB in no sense inap)l)ropriato for a Ia
per like tho SENTINEL which is run ill
the interest of the )eopl) of Pickens
county, and to interest and inform its
constituency in the counlty. Enter
prise cannot wait for the alpprovid of
every one. At every leap forwird it
Will meet with sharp critiCism1 from
the rear.. But we live and move and
have-our being in a prtogressive age,
and if the head light does not Ilicker.
we are going to run in on schedish
time by the 75th meridian. This v(1
ition of the SFvr1N'EL is by far the
largest issue of any newspaper, that
has ever been printed in Pickens comni
ty and nearly every copy has been
sold and. wo regret, niow that wo did
not print five hundred copies for free
distribution.
Maj- Stewart the Clerk of thecourt
did not have i pOw,to sitable, ail he
-with us regrets that ill health, tie
bad weather and a pressure of wirk
prevented him fro4,m ccomiplying willh
our request in this part icilar. A nl
we did not get toisee Corone- B,gs
and tihe Jury Comi issioer, M. Ser.
iff Brown in timo ]have them f"I
this edition, but vo ho to peseit
them soon. WVell tdis is the first at,
tempt of the kind that has ever been
made inl Pickens county, mi4l If it, did
nothing else it would keep us all from
thinkillg that we live in t ihe I bickwoi,((s
or bohilid the mountains. We live in
front of the mountains - tie sublime,
. time beautiful Blu
- ilg, in the best( secion n of coIItIrv
there is anly 1'where. All we Iieed to
develope it. is more Ilel. aniid imore,
muscle. 'These factors ire ci oNstaiilv
beifg ad(ded to our res(nbes, aiil
consiquentlyN we are
Prosperity anld eahh a' a \cout y.
Every one Canl be faithful to il,1
truth and still speak wellof this uII
ty, and overy lauidalc (enterti] se\ and11
agement, if 1no mUore i i fo r not
in the 115hj1 of - & onat
,s..,a. -Tea ingwll 'if ytour
'.,v andl its eniterpr*ises, thle sotoier
youl get youirself into that luibit the
better it will ho tfor youi, anid thet
quicker and~ higher will you ise ini
your own andtt the L'timiationlof others.
- ~ Piekens~ (County vwas forimed in 18;
nnd1( mcado of lie easter ti plo rtioni (of
Pic'kens dlistriot. Ac'cordling to-I lhe
recent map miadle by the State the
county co)ntainis somlet.hing. over 625
square mniles, but it. is generally sup)
posed to contain less than that numn
ber. It has1 three natural and one
aurtinicial boundlary. On the north
the lino is the Blue Ridge M1ountaiins
and Saluida Rliver, by which it is sep.
aratedi respectively from Nort h C'aro.
ia and a piorition of Greeiiville coun.l
ty. The entire eastern line is Salu
da IRiver. 'Te southlerin line leavesI
Saluda River at thle month of George's
Creek and rns~ a westerly course un-i
til it intersects t he road leadinig fromi
Pendleton to Ravenel's Bridgze, t hence
slaid1 road to Seneen River. Th'Ie wvest
ernI boundlary is Senie an'i id h KOeowe
Rivers iand by i amilendmeni.lt in 18'75,
Toxaway River was madue the line in
stead of White W ater River. It hais an
utidulating, and1( in sonie places a hilly
surface in the southbern pr ion. In
the northern part it is hilly anti muon n
tiusi. It is perhaps thme hcst waiter
el counhity in thle State. Its rivers
mire Saluida, Keowee, Oolenoy, TJ'xa
way and Twvelve Mile. Its tiree.ks are'(
legion. Thr is scrcl four miiles
of road in any dlirection, as nuimerous
as the roads are, that is not crossedi
by one or more streams. No better'
'wat.er poer thani those whI,ich
abound on almost every stream, canu~
be found any where. They are sanm.
oent to,run all the mills and factories
in the Stte.
The soil is varied, grey sandy, sandv
loamn and clay subsoil. bUtder ordin.
aniy cultivation it produces wuell.
While there are some fine mineral
waters in some of the sparcely settled
portions, the prevailing character of
tho.water-is free stone. A sulphur
spring deserving especial mention
lows from the foot of Potato Hfill
* Mountain near Maj. James H. Am.
2 ~ blew's. There are springs also aroundi
Boggs Mountain strongly imupregnat
.d. with iron and ether minerals.
* Pickens county is well adapted to
$o.production of all crops grown in
UN ier and middle Statted
'lie alluvial bottoms of the lower see- of
ion of the county Produces fine corn tti
rops,. on the ridg d111 ( table lanlds A
he finest of cotton and oat cropL are
>roduced, and thig section is also well al
6daptod to the production of the per- A
-ennial grasses, though they have not 1
cen tried to any great extelt. In
ei
;he upper or hill .iection, corn, rye, l
>ats, potatoeg and tabacco, can he A
grown to tho beit advantage, and t
where the land is not suitable for cil
tivati<m, all kinds of fruits will grow
and there i-; no better peach and
grape section to be found oi this eon
tinent. Last year's crop was good
and there is yet in the cointy lenty
of cotton and corn to scl. This year
our prospect is far ahead of any other
section of the State. Any person
wishilling to live in a conmunlity where
devesitied farniinlg enil be Ilade i
mon1ey-ln iking 1 bilsinless, siould colm.
to Picken,. The cli mate 1annot he
Vxcelld and it 1hats every advalitage
to be desired for inl tgrictiltiral cmll.
inul it Y.
It is lv known that the hills of
Piceln'ls coility aro rich in c'miIeI
Cial inincrals. Iron, iea, asbusit4s,
!qper, fuldspiar, and linetoie exist
here inl payin'." g:ut it its, as Ile ge.
o"ists- ive it: "Thesv iiniakl abmil
t1here and o l,v awNait tite inilix (d fc:p.
ital and energy% to make this 4n of the
mAost t 1 hriviIng Sec'- it s of the rapidly
growing ouths." Thilie liinest, gniite
to be had is fullil h(ie, ill ini(.Xhaus,tltl,
ible quanlilit ivs, aind saillpics (f V,d
uirlble limve alls) been fru10 in soml.w4
plaevs.
The2 opplortliunit iis ul'mr lheret for~
T II
dt 4ck ralisinig arte124 i.xt-lleI (e-l by:
the best pmrtimns )f what is kilwin aL-i
the stok raising itatus." WitI a
S1.1malfla 4b 4 kof .1 aap tlad a litth-.
Work, 111i.hi .ounilty w 1111iW 2(1 A )1)n
4f tie fillest pa.stur1-e lands in t
Worl. :ndihorses, mu1ts. caile an<l a
.sh-cpa en be raiso hdre at a large A
proltit. Therle is i ) d.ub t t ait C,
the b-st (f gra-zing rassm-s can h1 )
railised here and all thlie pa,;tuire u:11dS
WMuld he w%.(llI watered by (ear, lim
pid, re-freshinllg Spr-ilgs and taeanis
11n1d wIhenil onc1, th1e, 11n4dIs have ben ('
set in) gra it will rma1:n set f,)r all
I-ilile to th12e Xecisilo of worthhsles i
unldergrolwthl ia weteds. Ti ong win b22
ters, the ball, o sh>"ek rlaiS.I;, IS 11
thilg unki'm1n h.r 1nd v litih
t ke(-pin 14 t hwk cms al -4e tl I I
1T rC :0-e live tIw1s in th ('011ty
E"ahley, U,iberty . .g 1-... I ,,-11
(o2 the( Es .,2 i:1indh-a: :122 . Piehlis.
'I 24 t'ist th:ree4 and2 hf- hiave tI>44 b
schools4d re'uningi. t421 mon41ths il th
12aid oll', att the (1h pot fori leansonl e4
lege at Fort4 Hil, thriee fourths1 o'f a
goodt4 school for teni innithis in the'
ig supplem(en(1 t< d1 1y pi ate 52sbsrip
titonis.
ar2e (41 every:1 hlP2il. .In the la1st t welv
114>1th s moe e w diwellin lgs Iimiv*
year' 41 tof . ('(county's is1t4ory. T1he'
Sthbers for buliltding and1( in) tnet for
abn214 st any IVthIing abound2114. P~ine, 44ak,
iocust, spriuce(, ash, hickory and inuany
TIhe county2k no0w 1122 a popu41la1tionl
of niearI 17,U(00, most ly whites', an.2 in
y 1.. pri ('('nt. '1he1 whlites5 are lairget
ly1 in1 tlhe ma22jor1ity, anld te p1eetage 4.
(4f increase25 ini the' wh ite popiilatio is4l~I
more1 than12 doulet thait. of Ite laiks.
It, is pred'4ic'ted the incrlealse dur2'1ig e'
thle ne(x1.tlUdecade will be inore than 75 t
per1 cen'lt.
I
It
In
lIgNs mountain.1 His1 fahe was1vt
Johni2tV Eliat i 'Dl,i who wasi also th
nahv le uf this coutyl1~ . I lis mo2ther' . ,
waIs Eliaethi CL,yton2, a1 dau*lghter of II:
tiic late Stepe lyo h asd<
h(4fml nite pla(e no0w tIote hv dli
ThIe O'Dells aidi ClaytIons ar1e of' tht
Irish descent1. Trad'ition 11satys that
thet father' of Stetphen2 Clayit4' emne ell s
o4ver frem Irelan12d wiith Iiight (If is w.
newV(411 oninenit, the~y sou1.ghit thir ii'a
hiomesi m dihlerenit- i setions.I
he wa'zs three~222(42ths1 old, andt he wiasn
then placed'i under1:1 tht carie Of hi,~ 1
grand- father', Stephen CIh'.y on, hv
whom he was raiised. He ri'eciv4c all
hit schooling at Liberty under the
forage of Maj. 1). Oliee, Col. C. L.
>AlineglSworth and Thos. J. Dickson.
ter the war, le was t pupil of the
te Stephen llollingsworth. He was
3o for one sefsion, a pupil of Miss
ary Alice Clayton, aC former class
ate. The writer well reiciber-s
te aptuess of young O'Dell in inlath
natic. This is pre einilentlY i
aracteristic of the Chayvtonl famnily.
4 a general rule, algebra, triginlonlii
.-y and geoiett are as easy to tlwn14
s the' "Siingle rle oIf thre. \vw:
is de'sn'e, :md( the init-litiom of his
11n1d-father, t he sllmd l1 ave 1
hloroughl vdienti,on, ItM with thli:
1d inl view hl w\as seit to tie Arseni
I at C0lmtkhiaI, Nwere he h110 becil
oIIly i shiiort, film -, whell, inl JImIIIm.v
.865, the State cnicts wen- <rivi1
mitt by the iIINv:iion of Sierimn II. Ib(
vas' iii the seirlvice of tilt c.Ilfe<d(rlaN
%ithl the e.lets ight10,ViIt mIoIs. Ti I
%-as the last c,mnferate militlrv or-anl
zatfioI to ble d( ishShIlIII d. ('ap1t. J. 13
atrick ais nle (if thit 'Alicers I com
111anitd (n.Ir C(d. ,))lohn .P. Tholmas.
A flvr the cl,se of the wa, 'Mr
TDeli retunled t:i the faIn to whi
me has givell is hio st :lteutiill < V 1
In . (k C tle 21st (4 Jolv, 1870, h
vs m trri t .Ali;4 .rv 'a s
Ie Sii-c'old ( i ll. r ,11h f 1 ir e S ,bun- -
. , h. l'ar sIo . it . v Itsnl (d s ilt
tinrlv Y Mills pl -c ill Ti v-- lihilc
1ver, put nvriingt k ill i i m11
(-ar, 0hn14.,11higrntr Rofb
r 1 CIIrb Ie ('tl T Inving pllr
Ilas d the .hv (x, I'llii: l I letl
re k,he m"1'v d (i it amI(Ii so. Pll
rolughIt itl ) p , :1 hi-Ih MIt'. of (.nII
tat.ion. HI.o 4im r-iemlawi cnic,mf
Oars, when.) hw ml >v.(.d to is pres(.ni
I-Sidenic. al. Ih(mll,kw, thev vahmtbhe
Itati n f(r ly owniid bf y h.i:s 1
Ilv, 'apIit. A T. C ytin. ' ite ha
c nci l y 11N s1 uccessfuhl farn-Il r.
W hil - i - 1 ha n vr r -bl any1 * v lii .
f p>r,ft. h i, h s I bwf rtl . Il
I ig otv i i i of l >n 11 1 it t Iist,
le Wat isillt ti 4 Owpisb
e i Ich- l ' in I it I v I'-wns 'ip i
-hw.l v.,m I:,Si MI. Ahj ). i .'p
rad Ilv v : li has iv i'lil that can
a 1v Vt Im'ly I v1r s ie . 1m:1
11n111m11nb)r 4f thw .\liam-e vvver
'lIiitnscl ' it In ftI t } cwit v
Ild wa:ks th- n4 tll' ei:h.lik'
'"ll i -0. 1In 181 ) hot wt " clC dt
1111u- , :t . chn s1:1 tilt 4 i,hi d (,timt pofi
1111d v d( m -n raf i'14 . e it Ie 0 CIinlillit
Iet, r ofIll fl;:l- yc7,!-s. 11c is n1ot a
1:111 o)f hihI p n- -. sp ltl ablut nt
Iing,!: but h- it 4 : hil in f his 4 mVi
uns s h ise -:-v::!ivv' mwA wvhv
:s I: . Ow it:u o n.d - m l
-al rp1wn. If a i . v It - is
:nI blyillpa,thY V Hit till. C;lr
Ill-Iov,met, but1 !it. i:4 a n1um1 1f
I'le) -(d- n A (r n1!1:., and (0tvs
,c lIii,"~ to hIis j:-1 n .nt., i f h. h as
-V(;b. hv h s r
ber 1867. In 1878 he was eiected
to thLegislature. Hie tcok astrong
stand for ten)perance and greatly aid
ed in domg away with whiskey Ii.
cen se im this cou nty. Mr. Bowei has nI
ways takei a prominent part in every
moveienlt looking to the1 interest of
his comity tnd fulow farmers. Ih- is
a ieinber of the Faruers' Associa
tion and the Alliance, nd in the late
reforIn mnovemIet, hv. took ain act%ie
itetrest, anld wa1S, vlectedI l1wimber of,
tle lHouse. 'Mr. wn is a1 memeir
of Secoua Bapt ist chlnrcb tund takes 1
ren,1111t inltee-q,# inl everything tin t will
advancev flhe caulsc of fthe chm'ch alld
Suni hiy Schlool.
--7
IoN. C. U. CAlIPIENTER1, nR-PNEETT F.N
C harles 11. ( J1roeri
mwillnher of the Picken1s -delegatil),
Was biln inl tle cit y of (irevmifle ill
1859 ;wid is oIf Gre-mman En.lish ])I.
retg . His faither .1. F. n- ntr
Esq., is at promlini lt c(Inn i: o :nld
build(er of that placv. Hiis n >tw
rnaih-( iu1 was I iltle,t hnt1, and I
li al dec. 1:bi f 1111 th l t I-' Ilsh
Fim,ci-tl flit 'll. a nthr
lnt . 1 e-i b lt I Bi i Ifr m n lcIn.
t u t i A f-.
I i
: iI f: m I I It I S ; I I I I it
1880 h8 1 n r iI . lii nt I
t r ofth I atanPcn
f thi - I n I , : :I V a I .I I. a
t rw 1-mv :1l 1t:4 1 . : A I
S b. I bI- -Ia
tr , : e. I i -. it i
V, .1 Us 11 1 a V te II! . 4-41 114
I I wkt- .1 ;11 1 lt l 1 111 )lt 4- . - f F
Ila, I Ii :I t ti, a. c i , i i ib
crut ic ,1n Ihe I :- , ( h3 -
f. i. . h.r. bl' iA. .4 1 1 :T . t I o m . 4b
Inaxet18nt9 h in . k ( n ;-( . i, -lit1
m'(i4t w:ths : -4 11t 1 a i itl 42ti ti, , tIil i
Iliet atC V.dl act J iri-r, 'iI "1111 ill ( ) i
Ie f ii t he V liins a:i l at41 :1)4tvd a
44 . lit by:441 till - , bitl~ 411.r n t1il
flit lniiin( 1. i.n no-n11 f ti m -, 2)41 I
lie l gv :d44 s aat llulin4IteresI tit 4111 fb
nula )Se1>4 ' i nce'I h11 e wil Iit f .nrt
ii I d tst inl a " . - st lii1)., '1 1. 1,. j I
11g4 444akeni ll laltrink. nor Ido41 hIt Iusto
b.c444 in nf ri. II n4H iit!14 il is It.1 it
trongiiSi ad)je5 fal plans Pt'L-1 1h a
1-1 unty.I' l't-i141 was)44.rul ,,ilh - li i th of1 '
May 18:tlal,4in. i ('.S.a ('nt. hit 44 tion 4 .1
TwIAve 1\lile River Associationl. In1
1888, hIe wI electA Cle.rk of t w Cir
enit. oulrt ft'r twh.e,11rra(of four)t ear*
lie thei muoved to Pickens, h'aviig
purchaised the Philpot, 1House froni
Mr. Jaines E. Kirkslr. lie has
reatly ,ii pro-'ed this ph1,ke e1id inadle
it, a beluitifil vllag i,ilt. 114 is
onei1 11olig the activito n o4gresiv
11;ptist pl,puLltionl that has coinle iito
Pickens InI the( last f ew years, aicar
tcr ineibil T of th1e4 .lpdist cliirch1 re
cf,ntlyv or".'Ilize<d il >i k n . anid It(.
I is also oil, (If the triustves (f t il. Pick
idenvitilit.d w%ithI N%ha.tvver pnintiM*C.
Iud to the town%%I 10 ,llv.
11 A L. I , I I
heIIVI is Iir e .\k. W il'- ub\ hi
wa-;s 14>rn1 nc:w- 1 In ;1 PAth 4:1 thel
150h 144N e 1( j 1 Pi fll .lr
is J:111nes N. . ihe , - f w vuh.r--:n
c( e t I I Iis - val I - )).'w
[rchnd n 1al! m r I:I:: -4 , ;.. f
irelat.l ini tlw 'li r p:t - I -f t~is in
teenth I I ' -sG n I d' ii tihi in 1 5i(5
h. l i : i h*i'i iji-ind l n::.
4f A hI c- : . r. i
it a !I1
t I. . 1 1 1 Il. 1...
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lilt )I -f Ii ,,
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n<i u
'ti~hc WIs .S f..--l l Iil' \I ittii m
,t.ri 1279 V i - h-e notit 1451 if the
inn - lil iel ons on;t4 ni iti lal I<ith d
iaitig- tlwn ofi I lvi.i 1-'or a u1bib.1
l'nd (put up,iI I on ar.line :b et tis
tI lh e s 1)41of 1 ly I 1-.iOt1 ;!i he it m1
nilt e r t 14 i i-nn ilanI -. 144; * t \4It yt at,
y tu n. N I is 4ttn i4 o tn-lv r
rying he uml l 4- wen i-:ah- aind:4
Pickens,.1 uni , when4i4t he wasiit.
th nn Ie t II 4iln, uIlwre he11 has
I lei 414 has h u. l lit e siccs'l( u ilt boith
14n 1 unumt a o his la ie t' i,'.l ami
ilm j11a41il ' b ntt'nih t-> b bIfi of iti
Pickens ctout,Ci v'it V.I12 1nis
aictliii wfe ~.j L'r1;~ha 3uriu(, [
da1ughter of the Rev. J
They Wev 11;arried onIt
January1111 1860, anid S tf
Crook tonsh'Aip. Likt
at that tiinle the brig
their inarried lift) wvasi
hy tho elolds of war.
all -"good. byes" must I
from the ohlier's lips
the dear. young wifit it
as well as:- in his own,
ae s in for wh:1w oNi
ofi warI' inny brn. .1
SOrViCt VnCman . tuiler cOIln.
nindofCat.S.' D. G'o')dlett, ()th
thN.6 Clion Rgilit. He wvas
aft ( -NntIds n1lade Lieutenai lt of the
25thi Virginia, omn)ded by Col. 1).
W,Ytt ElittIlis Servico Was al
iInOSt. eni irely in Vrgiuin. In knu
ary*. 15, oil account of failitig health
Ie was seit hloie ol a furlough which
was cxtended ait various timles Iluitil
the sureiider. After the war lie set.
tied dowin to farining in Anderson
CM1unty, where he rvinainedl mntil the
15th of Dtveeiiber 1873, whten he
mov0d to th, town of Pickens, nld
settled ml tIle ple\ewhre he now re.
Si(Is. ic aed A. M. Folger put up1
on1 Town ICek. at, what, is nlow
kilwi as tihle faItle & CIeuients
!ill l'a t he fir-d. ciretilar saw O.hat
was uver k-peratell in iis Section.
TheiY also) buil( ait, thOwni timle, at
cottonlf gin aid g-rist imill. This bu-:i
1(18 wAs en1tirlv mlder. the linanage.0
mewnt anld c4nolO of Mr, Newberry
and \kll hiil he turn to accouit one
(if tle best water powers inl this Hve
tio I. lith devotd himself 'with per.
S(1vering!,* iindustrv to this business for
seven1 yea%, n hIn t(e en t ire plant
w(as s it out, together with tile tract
f biIIl, inl t(e fall of 1'7.), hili tle
Mxt. fall he bcgall his career as a
1111r1,11:11t by "()ing" into partner-ship
w\Itth e i - tt. J. C. Griflin ait the:;tand
n 1* 1f \lin Stre-t, lowN ccupie(d
bYV h1-ris & M,wrrs. IL still ris :1
hr.1tab!1 bsnSS Inl this' !ll( inel the
luth Ii<ie of Alain Stnet, niwxt (1(oor'
t" lisl .lw,-o C. to which
h1.'ac h u I1' \4d lat Jranw-v. M r.
Nc e n \u csi appimik-il Triailf JtiiC
inl 1i m:1111 1S41 vc'I t\wn) terills to the
sl i ;lh.: i,,n (f all. lI was again
4.4414i1 d t a thinhl .rIll, hat <lfib:d
Sd 'i- r. In 1s8 ens hc
I 1 ei44-- . 1of Ur j.1t J,.tIge wh4ieb
i I . 1 'V 1 11 1: ak well for
t- i . (.I P
Ili l t1 44 i l"11 h e L - " t ;
- 4 ..
nra
'w. \V. r. nurirriii, Fl 444 co4muM-STN.
S< e, I). '4 i.her I 0h, 8-hi, of Si'otch
Li !!" att'inled1 the~ "11h1 fiebl
w nthe winter~'1 :uni4 wIrkedl (oc
-h L ah r~ far <bulin411jg the siuInmier.
I tI y i'll . 4 - a I i>421 :d 411 1.va iage 44ni
was a sl, r1 tI a1 t thle UnOiun .ln(-r1'
son1 Colege, 011nI 4151stein Rdiver. 11.4
shor t. IIIne bein1g ('nllel home)1( bv the
4411l 1he wasiI ('4in41(lI(ed to reliniquishi
his~ tuies and21i( unii(2ge the farm.
114 rInil 4 n41 the fa.ri tuntil tin
4(pening 441 th ho 14sfilities het ween(41 thle
NCrth i 0l( South1 I whvlen- on the 1 3thi
d ay of' Augst 18G"1 , lhe enlisteud inl
('441n11:my 1%. lifthI Tennessee5( ]at
I',i(4ut1nant ('44l 2el Geo1, B. McClel.
lhe Iih1-:une enilist ed in Co4nilmuy- K.
he.vls. 114 wats inl active cluty d'uriig
411(1.t3rd. 18I5 1 r.; 11righ ~V f l)11(n enin
t hen returned1(4 to thlis (oIunty and1( be(
4 n tecing'!l scho1444l at Cross 1Road(1s.
I hi ph:2(' since'4 180 wIS iith thle e4xcep
Ij iln 4of 4n or4 441 wo*i yents', when lie
1an1ht subscr'ipti'n 1(chools. Oti '.he
21st of Si.tembl r.4 1 S71, he wasl mar-l~
rii t11o S\iiss Maigaret .1., (IhoAghter' of
lI VJ. WVilli:ans, of the Sala1 side.
in1 H and(4 lo't(( 1i'taken hold ixwi th
l,etminationl t4 do4 .eerythiing in his
power 1 I to1 dvane th' Ile ('onse4 o f ('teuc
1441 in1 t his c(llt v, .IlE 1s al elnsei
-III ns41 14:11 is 1 t do otIh'er', at'd no(
r'1entlyv bentijed1 by his athnllinistran
4i11. A\s nhove noted144(4, much(I of htis
-'untry schl4 n.141 all t his teainglIi
Ciri' been dne tiE'ill thel samei seci( n
1ne 4of the1 re-alI-s is tha4 lie lhas
'4n11 and1 pa14i5. lbis 4'p\41ri.-nce ill
his way wvil ienm uhesg
.estion1s to4 the. to:4-!I,-r (of thle coun11
y. Mir. I'.'ith is a farinwas well "c
is1 ten44h4r and4 has taIkenl an ne(tiVe' in
('rEst inlEV \v rtinIe that1 lo4ki (to the~
44n14it. 441 144' :i' i('ul rl 4 4classes.
14'41411 Ie is a proine t.lle(eI anan
41 hli severa r4'4esltntib-i pos( iito fin
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MATTIllMW HENDRICKS, CIIAIl'MA
BOARD 01' COtUNTY COMMI
MllattheW (10n(1rick w
tober thu 4th 1842, about
soutihwest of Pick'Hi.. '
was Col. John . 1-(.lndricks,
of Virginia, who died when Ma
was hix years of age. I I is mi('-er f
0 daughter of the h'ie Allen
He wis raised on 'lie faii -
noW lives, ieart Pt m1pkinilto ,
receied acornnen choo q
it the Oolenoy ACIelem11Y, b 1,.
pal teacher being J. B. Reid.
openlmg of the war in '61,
Hendricks then eiglteei ye
enlisted in Coiipany H. 4th : / A
Carolina VAlunteers, Captail,
(hiffin; remaind in the 4th 1V
miei4 one yevr awl then jo;Intkj
Brooks' Artilery, of (alilrlesion, un
der Captain A. U. Ifhdt rellmained
with that Command iearly two y-ears,
and th<n juineud Westlivld'S Caivil
t'der Cliptain J7hn1 Westield, a
remained wit h this c(mnmiad uin
tle lose if the wir. Hei was at t'
fnot all the 1 ino alld in Iiost of tH L
battles of Virini, First and See
Olnd .\lmnssa, (kc-ttysburg, Sharps.
bur, 1nahriesbug, ad all 4f thle
11iaINy h it 1 ..ts fru f ld around
litim l. I!is 'rotior Jamnes Al
Pcni-n< i:-k" wasI: killedI a t 1),
Whit,. Oak Huayblwlichmlo,
but 3ahwl. throughl tl
all u: \t the: S1u rn.nld t
Is ikW,n 4n - h1 11( 11('1 v .3M av 1R
08G5, 11111 it mie neut- the Ibl
ies- of f:ninig. Mar-eb ihe 2:.
I SGG, he was rinig. I' t t \ 'iss Mi
J, huhter df -ligspi L wp.r, w!
lilil ba blv se it11 w'Eiii-I i th t il l i ,~
1 M03r. H111nd1-rk-4 was appoi
publli.' L rosCiii He(ster's S'tore'(
illy Spin ( 'iiirebi. Ever Sil
that timi1 he has bieeiln ore or 1
inte.s%Liin layin (lut aill the pub
roMis of the co1ty, a1n to his a
wokinl that lim" thlecountyk is indel
d for the! mplendid gilradu of ill
b.r new public hi.Ihwavs. lie v
4 b-cted (',untY (' uisi oneL-i-;tiivr in
*nliat the (:or :-alization (f Ilhv B I
-n .J:uinin.ry heo w:ts m:ele Chairnas,
D)ent'on in thle (3 )noyt ia I i pi i-t Chun
:iul idk-ts anl let he iti ir-st ini all il
sL'c'i,is of lwd clii:reih for the a
vanicemient if thle catuse of religi.
anid hi1 'i1 is cunsl1.and licel:t l isi mu
sioighit after by his fiemci .s anid neigh
bors whIen ini troinbh..l
e
J. N. MiRHEJIt,~ Cot) NY iaoMthssIoNER.
Jainets im tmotns Muirphree waH
b~oru itt the WXill iami Murphree1'O lafce
fou ileiiis f.rm Pickents, on the
Twelve Mile Ri Uver. As his namie in
ienites, he( (Cme oii\q f st iardiy Irish
thle Twelve Mile farm, shortly after
thle Revoluit ion. His fathliEr, \tillim
as wvas lus ii mth ler, Miss Mary
B3aker', whoi wa bor5 n andiu( risedRC( on,
the farm no)w owneid by Mrs. Laura
Baker', thr iee miiles norlt fi of the coun
ty seat. Most. (of his ('dbication was
rceived ini1 the coin n sc(1fhiool oIf
his nteigli thrh, taught principally '
by tJtTrison Pa'irsons!. H is- T'outh
was spent ini hai work ont the farm..
On t hei lit ch of .Jaua ry , 1.853,h
was ~i hpily Inmrrii'iied to Missn Nancy
Price,<intier of theii laite l-athjdi
Picje, and14 set led oni M ile Creek.
He1( was stewar ofi 'h i the Pickents (di8
tict pr farmlliii for five4 years 1. When~
he gi.E( up the steward'iship1 hie mnoved
fto Cw Creek wthere lhe livedl uttit
I SGI, thle h:'uining oif t he war. On~
JIuly~ 214 il f htt t year, I ie, sam1e day
t he tir.t, ba:t t le ofI Manaliissas wViP
fought h:e ('nlisted ini Comtpany AA
(Orir s lIeUgimeln t, at. Sandy Springs.
Ilis fr.st siirvice was (li the South
Car'i hnia cEoast, friomt there his~
siiiiiitan was i+n to Vir'gig-.
ila and lit Iitached t o thea "'Stobnowalh
liigao,"' ktnowni lil Jalcksons foe~
hils fiamoiis e(nuounter duinig th.Q
ui MelDoiwell out of thle Shmenaundoah
Vailey, anid fri'enttly' enjoyed a ful!
neal( from the waigont trains of thesee
Nuortern, Generalsh. It was ntoto)ri
us~ that Bianks' armty kept, Jackson's.
wYl caar, mi brioad( andh imat for.
II mieti me durini g that camlitpaigni Mr'.
ilar that illuist Iioust GJelita vwhoienh
-trvdhi et wud ung
het war* he twvico felt the hot sting of
,he yanikee lead. At the usnm 2la.