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PART III pafles IT to 20 Igrl THE UNION TIMES lg) VOL. LXVI. NO. 47. UNION. S. <J., FlilllAV, XOVli.MItKIt 21. li)l?i 91.00 A YEA It - u 2sXX?XX3e3$3fc$XX?XXXXX3ttC$tt?e3fc? T 3*fistoric "" """ MIAT-tm (By Miss Minnie Lee Walker) H "When time who steals our years away + * Shall steal our pleasures, too, The mem'ry of the past will stay, , And half our joys refiew." In this day of automobiles, interesting trips are taken to battlegrounds ^'8 and other historic spots off the rail- .c Voad. It has been a pleasure to visit U1 Pinckney and gather data for the un- " written history of Union County, *: South Carolina, which is the work of a the Fair Forest Chapter, Daughters ^ ot tne American Kevolution for 1910 ~ and 1917. ^ According to Ramsey, in 1789 the circuit courts of South Carolina were made more beneficial and convenient by being invested with complete orig- n< inal and final jurisdiction. In 1791 cc it became necessary to make two addi- d1 tional circuit courts, and thus Pinck- K ney and Washington were added to P the other seven districts of Beaufort, s< Charleston, Georgetown, Orangeburg, 11 Camden, Cheraw and Ninety-Six. t Pinckney District, named in honor J. of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, was ds formed out of Spartanburg and Union s? of the Ninety-six District and York is and Chester of the Camden District, ys The District court house and jail were c< at Pinckneyville, situated in the tl" northeastern portion of Union coun- w ty, about 16 mile? from Union, and a one mile from Pinckney Ferry, where rt Pacolet river empties into Broad. The T hanging ground was a mile from the fi village and it is known that one horse w thief was hanged there. In 1798 the M nine circuit courts having proved in- ot adequate and the county courts also bi unsatisfactory, the judicial system of ol the State was revised. The nine dis- hi tricts were abolished and circuit courts w beginning with 1801), when the new lil " BP55 V ]T"T| JAIL AT PINCKNEY, UNION i AS IT APPEA #>rv pnnntv TKno ITninn Koo Kaon tUn t c/ county-seat of Union county since J. mo. I) When the people settled at Pinck- al ney?in old times called Pinckney- Ii ville?they laid out the village by a in certain plan and named the streets for D Charleston streets. In the deed where E Elizabeth Bankhead sold nine lots in n< Pinckneyville to Thomas C. Taylor in m 1809 the following streets are mentioned: Meeting, Broad, Water, jyj Tradd, etc. It was expected that Pinckney would be a commercial r metropolis of upper South' Carolina, g and residenc?s and stores were built 3. accordingly. It is said that a commit- hi tee of congressman visited Pinckney- a, ville as well as Great Falls in Chester n( county ,with a view to establishing h< the United States Military Academy jn and West Point, New York won by j) only one vote. hi In 1797 there was an act passed by S( the legislature bestowing a charter on jn Alexandria College, named for the dis- j0 tinguished educator and minister of t; the gospel, I)r. Joseph Alexander, who jr was the first pastor of Bullock's pj Creek church, York county, South jn Carolina, a short distance on the other side of Broad river. The college was to be located at Pinckneyville, and occupied the attention of presbytery, but it was not established. There was a log schoolhouse at Pinckneyville. The Eaves family lived near u tu -t 1- s- ? re v. i nerc was no cnurcn in me village. The people attended Bullock's ? Creek and Mount Tabor?both Pres- i, byterian churches. Rev. Robert Y. .' Russell preached at Mount Tabor for- Yj ty or fifty years. jv A sketch of Pinckneyville would be incomplete without mentioning the McMahans. The founder of the family was Daniel McMahan, who was ar born in Coleraine, Ireland, in 176{>. . D. pirickneY ?! IM MMT HIM HIM t*IX?H \ e came to the United States in 1783 id peddled jewelry and such things 1 om Philadelphia to South Carolina, i e walked a dozen times to Phila- 5 dphia and back with his pack, and ] hen he could afford it, bought a t irry-all and horse. (1n his thir- ( enth trip he was robbed of $500.00 i i gold at Smith's Ford on Broad l ver, which caused him to have to pro > walking again. The robber was , Iso a counterfeiter, who lived in a t ive on the border of North and South t arolina, so when a posse would come I ? arrest him in Rutherford county he i ould run over to South Carolina and i ce versa. I Daniel McMahan settled at Pinck jvville in 1804 and houirht the >urthouse, which he fitted up for a * welling. He married Miss Margaret ; incaid of Fairfield in 1808. The * inckney property remained in pos- J jssion of the McMahan family until ' 378 when Miss Mary McMahan sold to the late 13. F. Foster, whose son, B. Foster, owns it at the present ' ay. In the deed Miss McMahan re;rved the minerals on the land. There a gold mine two or three hundred ards back of the brick store. The 1 >urthouse, as before mentioned, was ; le residence of the McMahans and as burned in 1871 or 1872. It was j wooden building, and it is said when ' ;modelled made a comfortable home. * he old people remember the beauti-. il flower yard and summer house ' ith its climbing roses. Daniel Mc- ' !ahan died there in 1846. He and ' her members of the family were * aried at Bullock's Creek. A portion * f the inscription on Daniel McMa- 1 an's tombstone is: "Whose long life * as strictly moral, and whose acts of ? berality proved him the friend and 1 tfgutarof Christianity." He left BOUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. RS TODAY iveral sons and daughters. Dr. John McMahan lived in Fairfield, Dr. aniel F. McMahan moved to Florida fter the home was hurmed, and Mrs. vine and Miss Mary McMahan lived i Greenville, South Carolina. I)r. aniel F. McMahan married Miss liza Hoey. The Stewart family lived ear the McMahans. Some of them oved to Florida. Across the street from Daniel Mclahan lived Thomas C. Taylor, an,her Irishman, who kept the hotel, ecords show that these two sons of rin had several lawsuits about lines id titles to property. A neighbor id a pair of oxen named McMahan id Taylor because he said they would >t pull together. Before Taylor died i requested that his body be buried i front of the McMahan place, so aniel McMahan would have to see s grave every day. The lonely and ditary grave is still in full view. The scription on his tombstone is as folws: "Sacred to the memory of " L. f T> 1 ...U ? " f iiuiims v. layior, who was oorn 111 ?v eland 25th March, 177(5, and died in c inekneyville, S. C., 19th June, 1832, * the 57th year of his age." c 'Silent grave, to thee 1 trust r This precious part of worthy dust, 0 Keep it safe, 0 sacred tomb, j. Until a wife shall ask for room." 5 His wife, Elizabeth Taylor, does not ^ :st beside her husband. She moved . 1 Dallas county, Alabama, and in \ 139 through her attorney, James . owler Walker, sold lots in PinckneyHe containing five acres to William ^ cGowan, who was living there at at time. The witnesses to the deed ere G. M. Plexico and James H. j lexander. Squire James H. Alexider was a merchant, and for vears ? (Continue] on Page 18) VV\\VVV\>kV\S\VN\\\VV%X%\\\VV^ C. E ""m"" miim mm??-voir?mm? jlftistorical Wc The chapters of South Carolina IH. J 1QVn rlnna ..1 ... 1- I ? '1 I " M?v uvuv nuuut'l I Ul WUTK 1*1 cumpii- v>nc ng historical papers this year and Male 278 is the record for 1910. The pa- son, pers have heen of unusual merit, "Rev nany of them being personal experi- P. \\ ?nces related by Veterans, such data hock f not written now would be forever '"Jeff ost. j"Mis The Mary Ann Buie chapter of I vis," Fohnston leads with fifty original pa- St lers. Mrs. O. D. Black is the his- Jo :orian of this chapter and she has "The seen faithful and efficient. The order Mori s reversed this year in the first and St second, for the M. C. Butler, of Co- Sout umbia, was first in 1915, and this Frar year is second. These two chapters M. nave led in historical work for South Care Carolina for two successive years. P. R Vlrs. U. R. Brooks is the historian Rut! por the M. C. Butler, and has sent in Susi< ;wenty-one splendid papers. Besides eral neing historian for this chapter Mrs. Web Brooks has been District historian, and cas," las sent in a most comprehensive re- man1 port from Ridge District. Colu This is the record for 191G: "Son Abbeville: No papers. "Nal Edward Croft, Aiken: "The White Mine Man's Revolution in South Carolina." berti Address by Hon. !>. S. Henderson; Mrs. 'Hampton's Road Conference, Mrs. Vete Kate Ligon; "Ku-Klux Klan," Mary Miss N. Percival; "Misrepresentation of tie r Jefferson Davis," Mrs. H. A. Clark. "Chi Dixie, Anderson: ''Gen. Francis Ridg Marion," Mrs. T. A. Wiginton; "Or- "The ranization of the Confederate Govern- Adel nent at Montgomery," Mrs. Grace G. the ! Cochran; "Lee Versus Hooker at "M. 1 Chancellorsville," Mrs. Grace G. Coch- ycr; an; "Sherman in South Carolina." (Adc Mrs. Lena Gamhrell; "Stonewall Jack- of t ion," Mrs. Grace G. Cochran; "Scout- "Rer ng," W. W. Russell; "Gettysburg," ginis Mrs. Grace G. Cochran; "Misrepresen- Davi at ion of Jefferson Davis," Miss Nelle son, SflMflowu^flSldelishtA on fThimirtrv W feffersdn Davis,^Mrs. ciJ?G>^ch^by J an. Day R. E. Lee, Anderson: "Life in An- Mem lerson During the . Confederacy," Hoyl prize essay) Miss Hazel Pruitt; "The Filet lond Between Carolina and England," Mors Irs. I). S. Vandiver; "Wherein South (mec , , . **? .... - . A* arouna i.ea,' compiled hy Louise i?1IS^yer Vandiver; "Sketch of Robert Co 'hurch, Louise Ayer Vandiver; "Rem- "Sto niscences," Mrs. W. S. Ramsey. Smit Palmetto, Anderson: "Incidents of sonhe War," Miss Bettie Earle; "Child- Rlood Days," Mrs. J. Baylis Ijewis; Robert E. Lee as a Scholar," Mrs. Pape amcs Sullivan, Jr.; "The Burning of "olumhia," Miss Bessie Major. pape Hampton Legion, Allendale: "The Cr Star of the West," Mrs. P. 11. Tisay. W Batesburg: "War of Secession," pcrs. medal), Hal Shealey; "Autobiogra- Ed ihy of Civil War Recollections," Wesey Nichols; "A District Judge in a pers, Vardrobe," "Gen. Kilpatrick's Hasty Ei ^rder," Joab Edwards; First Year of El Var of Secession," (medal). pers, Lottie Green, Bishopville: "Roll of n ^ Company F, 7th S. C. Battalion. Ha- aro rood's Brigade," Mrs. Janie B. Flow- *me( :rs; "Some Recollections of the Last re<j~ Days of the War," Mary Bradley Reid. c '' Marlboro, Bennettsville: "Robert foung Hayne," "John Caldwell Cal- !q?loun," Jessie K. Faison; "Negro Sup- ,. ;rstitions." Nancv McLaurin Pratt: ?.'ln? 'Christmas of Now and Lone Apo," *|>.e Urs. D. D. McColl; "Andersonville ,.'r^ Prison Life," Mrs. H. H. Newton. Michael Brice, Blackstock: "Life rPPr >f Jefferson Davis," Mrs. D. W. Rob- i?, nson. ?,u> William J. Gooding, Brunson: No ?/es >apers. Francis Marion Bamberp, Ramberp: _: 'Fierhtinp Force of the Confederacy," medal) Joel Stevenson; Recollections if My Father's Return From War," , ' ilrs. Sallie Rice Owen. Stephen Elliott, Beaufort: No pa- a >ers. , Al Johnson Hapood, Barnwell: No pa- ~ a(; era. J^ac) John D. Kennedy, Camden: "Abramm Lincoln," Anna C. Ancrum; Jj* 'Gen. Robert E. Lee." Mrs. Sill; "The Confederate Navy," (medal) Marraret Richards; "The Confederate l'n; "lavy" (2nd medal) Paul Twitty. p,rSf' Fish Dam, Carlise: "Privations of .. Soldiers of '61-'65," "Yankee Base- ',ver less," Miss Lily Cornwell; "The Story k,? 'f Cotton and Cotton Gin," Miss Lou- parT, se Deaver; "The Southern Views of p Secession," Miss Sara Thomas; "The .'r Call to Arms," Mrs. Ruth Hill Woods. Charleston: "Reconstruction Days," PaPe Senior prize) Ralstead C. Fowler; 1,1 Domestic Life in Dixie '61-65 (Jun- Willi ?r prize) Natalie Jenkins. hour Confederate College, Charleston: Mon Jo papers. The Cheraw: .No papers. ratio Chester Chapter: "A Tribute to the Sold 'rivate Soldier," By a Veteran; "Ser- UaricJ reant H. White's Reminiscences of he Crater and Battle"; 'G'eneral Mrs. Vade Hampton, 1818-1902," Mrs. W. c%w\xvwvw*wxvvwv DI ?Ofc ~WWZ >0(H >rk for 1916 >"* *?** fewbold; Memorial Day Addn sster County's Part in the W: oln Marion; Diary, S. T. And 1st Lieut. S. C. Cavalry, C. S. William E. Ilo^ns," Mrs. .1 r-iw... ?n- O...I !--> n icimci, I/I. ojruncy DU^enc I> ," "Sketch of Surgeon Anderso 'erson Davis," Mrs. S. II. Hare] irepresentations of Jefferson 1 "Cornelia Blinker." onewall, Chesterfield: No pap< hn C. Calhoun, Clemson Colie ! Women of the War," Mattie ccan. ephen D. I>ee, Clinton: "' h's Part in History," (met! ices O'Daniel. , C. Butler, 'Columbia: "So ilina in the Confederacy," Mrs, lurray; "Fort Sumter," (med 1 Owens; "History of Charlestc 2 Summers Haiti wander; "G Maxcy Greprjr," Mrs. Ella Brc b; "In Memoriam?I)r. B. S. 1 ' Gen. U. R. Brooks; "Gen. Sli s Official Report of Burning mbia," Mrs. William Maxw me Raids," Allie May Gast than Bedford Forrest," M s; "Battle of Shiloh," Miss ] i Carmack; "Gen. J. B. Gordo Campbell; "War Stories of ran," By John T. Gaston sent Allie May Gaston; "First 11 >f Manassas," Roberta Carina irms of History," "Report e District," Mrs. U. R. Broo Hampton Ro^/ls Conferenc e R. Brooks; "Memorial Day South," Elizabeth Noble Simo C. Butler (Address) Mr. Ben S: "Matthew Calbraith Buth lress) Col. U. R. Brooks; "Skc he Life of John Bell Hoc niniscences of the War," Miss \ i G. Quattlebaum; "Jeflfen s," (Address) William P. Eye June 3rd, 1916. (?le Jiampton, Columbia: Addr fttnes \ST H6yt deliveredin Anderson, 1897; Confeder lories," Address by James ; delivered in Greenville 18 1 by Mrs. Rebecca Iloyt; "T lis of the Confederate Soldie lal) 11. C. Brearty; "Secessioi R. C. Iloyt. 1. Andrew Jackson, Clovi newall Jackson," Mrs. M. h; "Wade Hampton," Edith Ja< W. Hall, Cross Hill: No papi hn W. Mclver, Darlington: rs. mes Wideman, Due West: rs. aham's, Denmark: No papers illiam Easley, Easley: No ] Icefield: No papers. hn G. Morrison, Estill: No ] itaw, Eutawville: No papers, lison Capers, Florence: No axcy Gregg, Florence: "Soi ilina in War Between the Stat? :lal) Vivian Dwyer; "Teach C History." lirfax: "Robert E. Lee s ewall Jackson," Mrs. W. itsey; "South Carloina 18(>0 ," Virginia Durant; "South C i," Virginia Durant; "Women 60's," Virginia Durant; "Shilo ;inia Durant; "Reminiscences War," Mrs. M. A. Moye; "N esentation of Jefferson Davi a Knight; "Origination of 1 :-Klan," Blanche Preacher; "1 ent vVar and Its Effects," M Youmans; "Ku-Klux-Klan," M d. Lightsey. orence Thonnvell, Fort Mill: trs. oses Wood, Gaffney: "Causes { Beginning of the War Between es." rthur Manigault, Georgetov kson and His Exploits," Min (man Doar; "South's Debt itude to the U. I). C.'s" (meda ; Ex-Confederate Soldier." >rt Sumter, Greenville: "Stc i of Robert E. Ijee," Kitty P. I' "Glimnses of Confederate Nav E. W. Carpenter; "An Histori ," Kitty P. Perrin; Eulogies ed in house of representatives h Carolina, 20th Nov. '0.?. on ( es M. Perrin, Presented by Ki errin. eenville: No papers. ibert A. Waller, Greenwood: rs. impton-Lee, Greer: Address iam Easley Chapter, "John C. C i," "Gen. Wade Hampton," "As uments," "Life in War-tim Meaning of Our Emblem," "E< in," Miss Bertie Smith; "Priv ier of the 60's," Maida Westmo ; "Gen. Thos. Jackson," M II. Walker; Robert Edward Lc A. H. Miller; "Misrepresentat (Continued on Page 10) VVVXXX<< nor WXXXXXXXXXVXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX^ crj r^cw wocr mk wocdo 00 Nullification J(L.= (FORMED BY MAJO] ir," ler- (1830-'38) L.% A.; ol las. (By Mrs. B. (J. Clifford) \ ab,n ? COMPANY RULES. '" . er [in; This company shall bo known by er Da- the name of the Pacolet Blue., and j. shall be attached to the 24th or Col. p, ;rs. Battie's Repiment. O jre: No member shall leave the com pa- | H M. ny unless he shall have moved to an ni inconvenient distance or by a vote of jj The the majority of the company present j?| lal) and no one shall be admitted a mem- -p, ber of the company unless by a vote j.-( uth of the majority of the members pres- jj C. ent. ,ir lal) Any member may be expelled from jj, in," the company for improper or unpen- jc en- tlemanly conduct by a vote of two- j,-( iwn ?nirds of the members present. W L.U- Any soldier who fails to attend rep- je or- nlo v muotno ,,?,!??? 1 1 " ? uioi iiiuotci unices iur guuu anu sui-||() of ficient excuse shall pay fifty cents, |j., ell; the captain two dollars and the other on; commissioned officers one dollar each, yy Irs. And in case of failure to attend its Ro- battalion and regimental muster the p. n," fine of each officer or private shall he or a doubled. w h>* , ar at- Whereas the State of South Carock: lina oppressed by the most partial p| of taxation and unequal and unconstitu- p, ks; tional exaction after repeated remone." strances and protests has finally been T1 in compelled to throw herself upon her ns; reserved rights to preserve her citiiw zens from utter degradation anl ruin. jr," And whereas the said State in sol- I>? teh emn convention assembled has passed id," an ordinance nullifying the unconsti- an fir- tutional and oppressive acts of con- th ;on gress empowered the legislature to lai hi- pass such laws as will defeat their he operation in this State. [ he ir - ate A. 92, "he r," nth BRICK STORE AM) RUINS OF T V !S." UNION COUNTY, S. (\, AS or ind And, whereas the president of the ce M. United States disregarding his hiph H to duties and the sacred powers invested w ar. in him by the constitution has thought t< of proper to issue his proclamation de- tl !h," nouncinp the said ordinance command- B of inp the free citizens of this State as it [is. subjects of one consolidated empire of tl iB|" which he is the head, to retrace our P> ?u- steps and to disgrace ourselves and p The our children by acknowledging that I. [rs. w? had no rights or if we had that Si [rs. we are afraid to assert or maintain ai them. ui N? We, therefore, the undersigned subscrihcrs do hereby acknowledge and ind declare that our allegiance to the e' the State of South Carolina is paramount to all other obligations and we do not v^: unconditionally disavow anv other al- I nle legiance to any other power under to ?* heaven save that which wc recognize v:i through the State of South Carolina tr as a sovereign and independent State, pi m" We would heartily wish to remain in a ?>;i er~ peaceful and equal Union with our th y. brethren of the other States we would ni ca' gladly rejoice at their prosperity and or happiness when honestly gained. We T1 sprang from the same ancestry. Our j,j ?'- fathers were engaged in one common a tl>' toil of bloody revolution; and we, their w< posterity, enjoy the common renown be and common glory of their achieve- ne ments. But here is our country and m our home; here are our wives and our bu to children, our altars and our firesides hi al- md in defense of these we will stand jn to or fall with Carolina. T1 ie>" We, therefore, the undersigned do lit :'u* hereby acknowledge ourselves a volun- fo ate jeer company formed expressly for th rc" the service of the State and we will As 'rs- hold ourselves in readiness and under in 'e>" the command of the governor of this A 'on State, so soon as we may be offi- sp cercd, equipped and received and who- Pi ** I M"M *"(11 (Tompanv 0 =..J R STARKS SIMS' i?r are foes of our State shall he lr foes whether at home or ahroaih nd May (Jod defend the right. Signed: J. S. Sims, Womack Fowl , John B. Mohley, William M. Fowl . John Mohley. Jr.. James (ietson, is. Fowler, KUis Fowler, Win. K. >wler, Arehihald M. Phillips, James rr. B. Culp, James Kannady, John )iiu, Daniel Moseley, Reuben Colean. Wm. Whit lock, Sam Moseley. amuel Fernandez, Adam Little, hilip Little, Archie Tucker, John acker, Frederick 1 ostei. Jeremiah aster, Lem Fowler, Jo (Juin, John odge. Walker Fernandez, Wm. Ma y, Wm. Ward. Wm. Horn, .lames ohinson, Moses Undue, Wm. Moseley, >hn M. Fowler. W. W. White. Wm. awler, Ezekiel Gibson, John Gibson, in. Lyles, Wm. Faucette, Jas. Fowr, Newton (loudelock, Milton Goudeck, Jno. Littlejohn, John McWhirter, imes Spillars, I. W. Jones, John H. ison, D. A. Phillips, B. A. Crocker, . L. Nichols. We, the subscribers, do agree to relir to any part of the State the guvnoi may order us at a moment's arning, armed with a musket and nmunition. It is understood that we e in honor bound and most solemnly edged to perform this agreement 'omptly, all excuses laid aside. ItlBl'TE TO LIEl'T. STAKES PORTER Columbia, S. ('., 2-20-4. jar Mrs. Clifford: 1 have written to Bishop Stevens id tried to get him to relate to me e circumstances of I.t. Porter's galnt conduct at Antietam. You know is an old man, totally blind, and writes that his memory is too un1 1 ' * ? . ' '( V Y LOR HOTEL AT PINCKNEY, THEY APPEAR TODAY. rtain of facts to relate the details, e writes, however, that he thinks it as Boyce's Battery which had been I'iliiy c t o?? in i" -n !'t>.! I ">!>< , an ' i' :i? I e time of b: /rino- to that! v. 1'oitei was uallant 1 v <i rhtin * with a very few men. and that hi . hi Col. Stevens, commanding Evan-' litrade, was attracted to Porter's illant behavior, as was also Gen , h\ who happened to he nearby. He, tevens, went at once to his assistive, and they fought the Battery itil its guns were no longer needed that particular spot. This is all ^ lat I could pain from Bishop Stevis. Faithfully yours, Ellison Capers. In the latter part of 1864 McBeth's ight Artillery was defending the , wn of Asheville, N. C-., from an inision of Jay Hawkers and regular oops. The Battery consisted of six ins divided in sections of two guns ich and placed at different points of e town. ('apt. Gi Jeter was in comand of one section, I.rieut. Scaife of le and Lieut. Starks Porter of one. ' re attack was made at the point eut. Porter commanded. He made l r most gallant defense. The guns ?re tired with such rapidity that they came almost red hot, hut the firing -! ver ceased. At Mr. Porter's com- ^ and a private (Jim Bunch) ran with ickets of water and, at the risk of s life, poured the water on the guns, this way cooling them somewhat, le bluff succeeded. The enemy he >vinp themselves opposed by a larpe rce with many puns, retreated and e city was saved. This spot in Seville was named Battery Porter compliment to its pallant defender, larpe hotel was built on this same ot and the name chanped to Battery u-k hotel. * jft , I f