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THE SOUTH C AROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL M AGAZINE PUBLISHED Q UARTERLY BY THE SOUTH C AROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHARLESTON, S. C. EDITEDY B A.. S SALLEY, JR., SECRETARY A ND TREASURER OF THE SOCIETY. VOLUME III. Printed l or the 5oclety by THE W ALKER. EVANS & COGSWELL CO., Charleston, S . C. 1903. SouthCarolinaHistoricalandGenealogicalMagazine SouthCarolinaHistoricalSociety OFFICERS OFHE T SOUTH C AROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY President, G EN. EDWARD 1st V ice- President, Hox. JOSEPH W. BARNWELL. Snd V ice- President, COL. ZIMMERMAN DAVIS. 3rd V ice- President, HENRY. A M. SMITH, ESQ. i 4th V ice- President, HON. F. H. WESTON. Secretary a nd Treasurer and Librarian, A. S. S ALLEY, JR. Ourators : LANODON C HEVES, D. E. HUGER SMITH, 8. P RIOLEAU RAVENEL, THEODORE D. JERVEY, CHARLES. W KOLLOCE, M. D., REV. C. S. VEDDER, D. D., REV. JOHN JOHNSON, D. D., REV. ROBERT WILSON, D, D., YATES SNOWDEN. fBoard o Managers, ALLF O THE FOREGOING OFFICERS. Publication C ommittee, .JOSEPH W BARNWELL, HENRY A. M. SMITH, A.. S SALLEY, JR. THE SOUTH C AROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL M AGAZINE PUBLISHED Q UARTERLY BY THE SOUTH C AROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHARLESTON, S. C. VOL. I ll— No. 1. JANUARY, 1 8O2. Entered a t the Postoffice at Charleston. S. C., as Second-class Matter. Printed f or the Society by THE W ALKER. EVANS ft COGSWELL CO.. Clwlerton, 5 . C. IOO3. PUBLICATION C OMMITTEE. JOSEPH. W BARNWELL, . HENEY A. M. SMITH, I A. S. SALLEY, JR. FEDITOR O THE MAGAZINE. A. S. SALLEY, JR. CONTENTS Papersf o the First Council of Safety 3 Army C orrespondence of Col. John Laurens 16 Daniel T rezevant, Huguenot, and some of his De scendants 2 4 Notes a nd Queries 56 Publications R eceived 59 The S outh Carolina Historical Society d7 Necrology 6 .8 N.. B These MAGAZINES are one dollar each to any one other t han a member of the South Carolina Historical Society. M embers of the Society receive them free. The membership f ee is $3 per annum (the fiscal year being from M ay 19th to May 19th), and members can buy back numbers o r duplicates at 75c each. In addition to receiving the M agazines, members are allowed a discount of 25 per ncent o all other pnblications of the Society, and have the free u se of the Society's library. Any m ember who has not received the last number will please n otify tho Secretary and Treasurer. A-ddress a ll communications, and make all remittances, to A.. S SALLEY, JR., SEC. & TEEAS., CHARLESTON, S t C. The S outh Carolina Historical a nd Genealogical Magazine. VOL. I II. JANUARY, 1902. No. 1. PAPERSF O THE FIRST COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE-NOVEMBER, 1775. [Continued, f rom the October number.} [103.] [ RETDRN OF CAPT. EZEEIEL FOLK'S co. OF E ANGERS.] A r eturn of the Officers noncommissioned officers and Privates of the Company of Rangers Commanded by C ol9 William Thompson Esq? from 18*h day of June to the 7^ da Of October 1775 * Wt I will be remembered that when the Provincial Congress of South Carolina elected officers for the regiment of Rangers in June 1775 Ezekiel Polk was elected one of the captains and Samuel Watson one of the lieutenants. They wer' both commissioned by the Council of Safety on June 18th. Captain Polk recruited a company and joined Major Mayeon'R camp at Ninety Six on Sunday, July 23, 1775 (Vol. I. of this mag., p. 68). He remained in camp just a week, and on Satur day, July 29th, marched out of it, sent his men to their homes and wrote Major Mayson a letter announcing that he had quit the sirvice (Vol. I., p. 70). For this he was dismissed from the service, but he explained his conduct satisfactorily to Win. Henry Drayton. special representative of the Council of Safety, and was reinstated by the Council to the command of his company independently of the 3d Regiment (Rangers), but under the command of Col. Thomson (Vol I., p. 192). This is the first return of the company. SO.A. C HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. I II r-T — - ooo0000 o f? oo oo is s o io to •- ; QQQC§QnQQQQQGQQP QQQQQQf SWWW-HOOOOSasOSOSOaC&OaC&C&O0ODGOO0O0 51 a so»»ososa»SoDacooooT^o030ooooao30o6*a5 i?g - •& -*^°flMaH3O£JiU B• t ^^^ J rf, 2 pJiSEcsJ ^B«^f5S^ ^ ulsi^el ^l«fl|||Sfi|ia||f|3l|a i jllll 111 s i fllfl ^^ la** i § r.« j| •sg-si H l a 01 fa fliS f lqSS'Sfl-Sg«39SSa N-c'^3 Pi lli|4| N g Cdj HajPH" 333 FIRST C OUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY, 2 3CO O I 00 30 XQ030 - 3 I i*H O g ^ el O s 1 T) ° 11 M i I i V K £ 1 I 1 Hi 3 O § 3 c « 2 o 2 W . X*-- t« *J;O a.g _ C ® ^ : ce r""\ & a r fi .2 •5 £ "3 i , A O 33 ->; >'>'>,>' o e 9 Sou O §^ 5-2- ^ f i: o5io t >oo 02 O 6O. 8 CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE [104.] [ HENRY LAURENS TO CAPT. ARNOLDUS VANDER HORST.] Sir. Im a ordered to inclose & return you the Account which was laid before the Council of Safety this Morning upon which is a Bill, on the Colony Treasurers payable to your order for £86.3.9 for provisions &c made use of by your Company in the late service at Haddrel's point — the Council observe that your Company have relinquished a further claim which they had upon the public for £203.0.3— & have ordered me to return you thanks & to request you to return their thanks to your Officers & Men. I am &c 16 O ctob 1775 Capt Arnold? Vanderhorst Christ C hurch Endorsed: C opy 16*h Octobr 1775 Capt Vanderhorst [105.] [ HENRY LADRENS TO COL. WM. MOULTRIE.] Sir— mI a ordered by the Council of Safety to desire" you will immediately order an equiry to be made howmany Seamen are inlisted in the Regiments of Foot, & to make a return of the names & numbers of the whole' to Morrow. & to enquire of such Seamen if they are willing to change the service by acting on board the Colony Schooners where their pay will be considerably advanced — I am Sir Charles T own Your most obedient 19th O ctober 1775. & most hum Servt Colonel M oultrie. Endorsed : C opy 19*h Octob? 1775 To Coll? Moultrie FIRST C OUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY. 7 [106.] [ GEORGE GALPHIN TO THE COUNCIL OF SAFETY.] Addressed : T o The H onabl Concil of Safty Ch : Town Gent? I b elive I inentind by the Express the. other Day that mr. Rae my nevey & eon was gon up to the Creeks with the amnisou & a talk from the gent?1 of the Committe in Savannah & a talke from my self the ancer to them is In Close? m? tatte give out a talke from S1.* James Wrigh* & Cap? Stuart the same Day thire ancer is Likeway In Close? about half the uper Town? is in the Interest of west floarada & has yoused all thire Interest to bringe the rest of the nattion to thire way of thinking but they Could not preswade them to it nor it will not be in there power to Do it in Case they are 8epleydfrom hear as usall they are all nt home & very unEasey for want of amnison to go out a hunting as this is the month they go out for there winter's hunt they Disiere that this talk may be sent to the beloved men of Ch : Town & Georgia & for me to send up there ancer Emedeatly Let it be good or bad if the gent™ of the Committe in Savvanna wood but Let part of the good? & amnison know on Savvanna beloning to the merch*8 hear Come up that Everey trader might have 2 horse Load of amnison to Carey up know it wood satisfy them tho it is not more than half what they uselly Carey wee have Lost half the uper Town? allred? & if they had been suppleydas usall wee should not Lost one Town of them but they have sent there trade to pensacollo & they have brought up plenty of amnison for them holms 10° had anuff a Do to stope severele of the trader that Deale Down hear from going to peneacollo for good? and amnison 100 D avid Holmes. (See Vol. I. p. 124.) 8O. S CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. n& i Case there is no tunnison goe to them till the Commis- sinor? meet? at Salsberry101 & has finssh* there biasness there the seson for hunting will be over & there will be no passey- fying them & they will say all the talk we have sent them is nothing but Ly? for they, ware told there wood be -nothing but Lying talk8 sent them from these two provences one of the heed men told holms that m* tatte102 give out a talke some time ago to the Indian? & told them they ware not to belive any talke but what Came from Cap* Stuart or the governo? if any man brought any other talk8 there he wood send them in Irions near the great watter holms Chalengd tatte with it in the square before ail the Indian8 he Deny3 it, the fellow got up that told holms & he told tatte he was a Lyer he Did say say so & florist his hatchet a bout that holms had a nuff a Do to passefy him as Long as mT.