Picturesque Stateburg Described by Daughter of Homekec/M^ Heart

^^SSS^^H^^^fH _. ., _,_________.___ ornwaUts and General Greene made loom house are all built of pise. the White House, the only b<nitii *_ai- their headquarters. Not far away across the valley is olina girl who ever tilled that posi Picturesque Stateburg Described The Revolutionary owners of Hill "The Ruins." This place said to have tion. At "The Ruins" are some love Crest were Thomas Hooper, Esq., been called Buena Vista when Gen ly dresses and gowns once worn by hi-itht-r of William Hooper, signer of eral Sumter owned It was burned by Angelica Singleton Van Euren. 11.- Declaration of Independence, and the British under Tarleton, By Daughter of Homekec/m^ Heart Mary Heron Mackenzie, his wife. General Upon the next old hill Is Sans Sumter narrowly escaping, with his Souci, built and owned by Edward Through his marriage with their neice life. The present house nnd adopted fin lighter, Mary Jane near the site Rutledge, though his brothers, John Community in High Hills of Santee Attracted to Itself Mackenzie, Hill Crest became the of that occupied by General Sumter and, Hugh, both spent much time Lome of Dr. William Wallace Ander is said to have been built by a May- here. A portion of the original house.- An Extraordinary Group of High Minded sen, of Montgomer county, Maryland, rimt. It wis bought by Col. Richard forms the central part of the pres and since that time has been con Singleton and given by him to his ent building and is surrounded b\ South Carolinians. tinuously in the possession of the daughter, Videau Marion Singleton, splendid old oaks; the clenr springs Anderson family, the present owner, who married Robert Marion DeVeaux. of water are still in use. Mrs. Walter C. White, of Cleveland, The condition of the house at the Across another valley is JMardcn, BY MARY WILSON BALL. Ohio, and Stateburg, being a great lime of this purchase suggested the the home of Judge Wftties, buitt »y granddaughter of the first Doctor name of "The Ruins." a sobriquet him two years after th» Revolution; T j _. ... - , , . , tee a camp which he" c©aTTcd a "Uimp which quickly became its official but the house is no longer there. In undertaking to give a sketrh of of- Repose"- and kept- © hisu: - soldiersil -i.©;« « designation. Would that we might Here the raising of silk worms was the old home of my very early child there in health while the ^ pr (-....«h . of I In the.old H.ll Crest house- _ were tarry in the beautiful grounds shaded carried on and the culture and weav hood, I long for the pen of a ready the enemy below were "suffering born Gen. Richard Heron Anderson by grand old trees many of them ing of silk: in the beginning the eggs writer to bring close to you the charm with disease." and his brother. Dr. William Wallace natives of foreign soil, but we must; and mulberry trees were brought from of this unusual little community, ;n Ramsev mentions two residents of Andersen, Jr., respectively the rank- hurry on and enter the house, which France. The News and Courier, Its picturesque setting of that beau the neighborhood of 110 and 112 years. Ing line officer and the ranking sur Is a veritable treasure chest of an Charleston, of October 25, 1831, has tiful section of our middle country respectively, and records "Mrs. Lane, geon from South Carolina in the Con tiques. There is the magnificent old this item: known as the High Hills of Santee. near Stutesburgh. 95 years old. who federate war. The little office build- dining table of beautiful grain and "At the recent exhibition of the A community rich in history and tra on Sunday walks ten miles to church, ing used by Dr. W. W. Anderson, highly polished, easily capable of seat American Institute of New York, dition and memories of fair womrn attended by her desecndnnts to the Sr, still stands at the foot of the hill, i ing more than thirty people; the old a silver medal was awarded to and brave men. the story of whose fifth generation." Hill Crest. with its attractive old sideboard an exquisite piece of Mid- the Misses Waties of South Caro lives and deeds has come down to us H may be fitting before storting on house and its associations with Victorian or Empire style of furni lina for the two best specimens of through the years with unHiriinished © eiu! "t"t>ur of the High Hills to linger colonial days, the Revolution, the lustre Marion, Sumter, the Rutledge*, ... ..... ~ ture; the old candle shades and won Raw Silk, the product of this a while at the beautiful little Epis Mexican war and the Confederate derful candelabra on the Italian mar state." and in later years. Gen. Richard copal Church of the Holy Cross. It war; its extensive grounds with their ble mantels but wt must turn now We must regretfully pass by at Heron Anderson. our own "Fighting stands just south of the location o ?tately.-IHKJI.V oldurn trees.tiec.-i, longiu.©ig avenuesttvenues andana to one of the most valued possessions tractive old Edgehill, where tht wom Dick Andorson" of the Confederacy. the original village of Statehurg and U lovely flowers, all of this satisfies the en of the Confederacy met and The High Hills of Santee wpre among them all, the Marion china. .face* upon ihe old Indian trail, yiz.,! eye and thrills the heart. Here died Thi<» china was ordered knitted for the soldiers, and where granted to emigrants from Virginia the Ku*©* highway. In 1788 an act of J(ie[ R PoinseH, while on a visit to from England assembly was passed to incorporate -*- *.* -.«- «."... - . by a president of the United States, Benjamin Rhett Stuart of Charles about the middle of the 18th century. his friendVBoctor Anderson, in 1851, presumably Monroc, as dates and ton held his school. Near this is the The scenery resembles that of the the "vestry and church wardens of and he and his wife rest in the little hill upon which General Sumter, foothills and one loves to sit and the Episcopal Church of Stateburx© initials tally, for use In th« White churchyard. House, but to be marked with his after the Revolution, built the Home far* at OK? ever changing light and and in 1789 the church was built, the House, so that all his descendants shadows, and to follow ihe- h-mny nf Bite being given by General Sumter, Among the numerous relics con wife©s initials. E. M., Eliza Monroc. tained in the old home is one which Bv the time the china was ready for should there find a home, and he the misty outline unlil it loses itself and he himself was a member of the himself lived there for a number of in the distant horizon. And In the vestry It was then Chremont church, seems to me of special interest. It is shipment his term of office had al an old wax candle, yellow with age, most expired and congress, being un years. The wreck of the old mansion evening es the light grows dim and Claremont county. Sixty years later still stands among fine old trees, re the dusk deepens upon the hills, thvy a larger church was erected upon the one of those left behind by Corn willing to sppnd « ©*rS* "um n* money wall is in his flight from York town. calling among other memories the ro glow softly with another radiance same site and the name was changed for t retiring president, refused to mance of General Sumter©a only son, that of the memories of Ion* ai?n. to the Church of the Holy Cross. The On Lnfayt©Ue©s return to America acknowledge the order. these candles were used for Illumina Col. Thomas Sumter, and his charm Statehurg was first called Hnge- name, Clnremont, however, clung to Robert Marion, the General©s ing French bride. Natalie Hn Lage. flty, after an English landowner of both parish and rectory for many tion at the boll givrn in his honor. nephew, married Mrs, DeVeaioi At this ball Mrs. Enstii (formerly Madame de Lage, a member of the the place. Rowland Kugeley. but wt\s yenrs afterward. (Esther GigniHUt) and took his bride French nobility, was one of the im [later known as Clnremont. In a lo At the earnest ^solicitation of Dr. Miss Iiwrd of South Carolina), wife of Colonel, later General, Eustls, U. mediate household of the Princesse iter from Arthur Mlddlelon to Wil W. Anderson, chairman of the to England, Here he was Introduced de Lamballe, and wns .hreatencd liam Henry Drayton. April 15, 1775, building committee, the wdlla of the S. A., was an honored guest and ahe to the head of the china factory, wh,o sent to her friend, Mrs. Andersen, with arrest and probable execution. jh* spenks of "Rugeley, where Gov new church were built of pi» "£ showed him this particular set. This She and her daughter, acc-ompenied ernor Rutledge was nearly cnntured rammed earth, as he had great faith one of these candles with a charming gentleman, finding that Mrs. Marion©s by the la tier©s governess, escaping iby , Tarleton_..,. .. after.. the,.. .....-,-_...--,fall of Charles- , in the durability of this material, and letter: while m the box with the initials were the same as those on from France, became separated at toh." McCrsny, however, in relating! the test of time has proved the coH candles wa» this note: the china, suggested to Mr.

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