THE C~RETONS OF LANCASTER co.; s.c.

by

Tho~ns Kirk Cureton, Jr• and Biographies of some Soldier who served in the North and South Carolina Lines.

Proscnte~ nt the Reunion of the ~fnssey-Curcton Clan, ~Yaxho.w Prcsbytcricn Church, Waxhaw, s. c., Sunday, Sept. 11, 1949

LANCASTER co. , s. o. CUR~TON LINE

The line is directly de!cended from James CUreton, Sr., of Blanaford, Va.(adjoins Petereburg) where(according to ca,t. Tho~ae Jeremiah Cureton's account of the family, PP• ;71-;7; Historic c~mden, Part II, by Thoms.a J. 1}irkland and Robert M. Kennedy, Columbia, S. O., 1926) the family was e,:ngaged in tobacco planting. Jamee, Sr. m. a Heath and with the Masseys, Dobies and other families migrated to the r:axhaws. The ot'.1er brether settled in Greenville County, s. C., where his descendants still live. Thie account ae well as that of several others states the tradition that the family came from Wales about the middle of the 18th. century(1760?), settled near Lancaster, Pa., thence southward to t~e vicinity of Petersburg, Va., thence to s. C, T~ia account, recorded by Ca----tain T. J. Cureton, of Winnsboro, s. c., in 1904 as an elderly man, stating that the facts had been obtained from his uncle, Thomas Cureton, of the Waxhaws, who died in 1857 leaving a will, naming hie brot!1ere and sisters, nephews and ntiaes. Thia Thomas was the last surviving child of the original James Cureton, who came to the Waxhawa to settle in 1788 but, as Dr. J. Marion Sims points out in The S,tory of My Life, New York: D. Ap-r,leton and Co., 1888(p. 44), "Lancaster County was (in the Revolutionary ~Nar) a stronghold of the Whiga--the McElwains, Truesdale 1s, Douglasses, Cunninghams, McMullens, ·Mackeye and others of Scotch~Irish descent held the southern µortion of Lancaster and Chsrles Mackey was their acknowledged leader; while the Crawfords, Dunlaps, Jacksons(Gencral Andrew Jnckson was then 16 years old), Whites, Masseys, Dobys and Curetons, und others of the same stock, held the Waxhaws, in the northern section of the county." 11 The other brother" who settlod in Greenville County, s. o. seems from all available data to have been William Cureton, Sr., who left his manor in Lunenburg Co., Va., nenr Hung~rytown, about 15 milos south of Petersburg, and went south with William and Thomas Gordon, surveyors, in 1772-3, as

the Greenville County Records show(Location Book A, P• '287 1 1784-86, P• 298, John Thomas, Commissioner, District Ni_noty-Six, laid out 284 acres below the Cherokee boundary on a branch of Tyger River, for William Cureton, Sr., next to Major Gordon, James •Hill, James Crawl, Avery Nolin and Randall Robinson, all Revolu~ionary soldiers. Likewise, to William Cureton, Jr., 417 1/4 acres, on waters of Enoreo, next to Joel Chandler, n. Ferguson, Aubrey Nelins, John Caldwell., William Hill and William Gordon. They were apparently in this 11 Jutch Fork11 section between 177; and 1884 because William Cureton wo.s on original settler on Bush River, upuer Newberry Co., between tho Tyger and Enoree Rivers close to where they join the Broad(Annals of Newberry, by J.B. 0 1Neall, P• 150-161, states 11 The Fork, the tro.ct of land lying on Broad River between the Tyger and Enoree, about 6 sq. miles, bordering on Union County, original settlers were: Lyles, Jones, Grasty, Kellye, Chandlers, Bonds., Gorecs, Fergusons, Hills, Hancocke, Stew2rts, Gordons, Curetons, Dicksons, Nolands, Avereys, Andersons, Caldwells, Wadlingtons, John Clarke, James Murphy, the Littletons, Greens, Robisone, Vessels, Duff, the Maybins, Thoe. Wilson, Thoe. Perry, John ,.~/0-lker. William Maybm~s in the 1776 Mcmorinl Campaign against the Cherokees, in a Company corDmanded by Cantain Curenton and in the regiment commanded by Col.- -Lyles,---- all----- undor General~ ---- Williomson--which----- led to a complete overthrow of the Cherokees. A full acount of tbie expedition will be found 1 in the memoir of Mojor Junkin, in Magnolia., Vol. II, p. ;2) William Curetons name a~pears on several papers on file at Columbia with the State Historical Commission. In the Stub Entries to Indents, Bk. X, Part I, No. 1;78 he was paid 11 for fodder for public wagonsduring the Revolutionn. He was witness to an ordor given by David Dickson(who was his Lt~utenant in the Cherokee Champaign) for his back pay, Jan. 19, 1791. He and David Dickson appraised a horsethet was lost at the seige of Ninety-Six, July 15, 1783, before Wm. Tate in Camden District; also with Capt. John Lindsay and Nathaniel Davis appraised n horse lost in the service, Nov. 17, 1779• The payroll of Col. John Green1s Company of Foot, 6th. Va. Rgt. under Col. 1Vm. Russell, Sept. 1778, shows William Curtain(undoubtedly CUreton) along with CnDtain James Williams, Robert -2- Rives(who was a relative of Wm. R. Davio., and shows in Prince Goorgo Co., VD. with James C~reton, hie guardian,Blandford, Va. in 1790)1 James Jones(whose d. Mary was s-ponsored by Susannah Cureton in a marriage in Sussex Co., Va·•, Albemarle _Re·g}steJ!" __, .. ,~"~?· 18, 1774! p. 154--thia Susann~h m. Richard Hoo.th in Va. ond emancipated many slaves. with James Cureton, evidently her brother, Doc. 14~ 1790, .. Princa George co., -Va., setting free Moli, Amey, Stephen, Major, Nod, Bess, Mingo, Lydic., Ivory, Ne,d, Ben, Humphry,· Susanna, with James CUreton guardian for the minors. Artry and S.tephen a.re locnted with 'Nillio.m Jackson Cureton and Richard Cureton in Hancock County and Henry County#' Ga.• Mingo is named in Ylill'iam Cureton, Sr's wifo's will, lartho. Bo.ugh Cureton, J2;ckson County, Ga., 181,. Ned was ovlned by Jeremiah Cureton. John Cureton deeded his son William 100 acres on Blackwater Swamp, Va. and the witness ie Richnrd Heath. The Cureton bible rc,cord shows that Susannah Cureton was b. Jo.n. 19, 1724;. John Cureton we.a b. Sept. 27, 1731; Elizabet~1. Cureton, J~,n. 20, 1726. They were children of· John and Frances(Thwentt) Cureton. John Cureton died in Bertie Co., N. c., 1788)111fN} William Turner(who lived close to V!illiam Cureton in the Dutch Fork. Knight's Georg:ia Revolutionnry Roster shows that(p.379) William Cureton served with Col. Scmuel J~c~ ona be is 1 istecl as Lt. V/il 1- iam Cureton, granted bounty 622, 460 acres in Washington co., Ga., also lr!ill iam CUr0ton, Jr. served with Col. Jack and William Jr. stated in his petition that ho was from South Carolina and waa not a resident of Georgia in Mar. 1, 1778 when he enlisted a s a minut.eman. Thqsa grants were in 1784. V.'m. Sr. was listed with a wife and four children. \!!illiam OuretpM is shown in tho tax records of Hancock Co., Ga. for 1795 along with David Dickson, Henry Mitchell, James Grammer, James ThvJeatt, James Crawl, Y!m. Heath, Richard Heath# James Bonner, Robert Bonner, and Hohn Heath.· Same returns f'or 1802 sho1,v John Cureton (whom I think is the John Moon Cureton, who settled at Greenville about 1805), Martha Cureton, William Cureton, John Dixon, Jared Cureton, Burland Cureton, Robert Cureton, Hannah Cureton, Rezon Cureton, Thos. Harkins, James Moon, Susannah Moon, Robert Dixon, Thos·. Dixon., Jamee Robinson, Wm~ Ofrandler and Robert Bonner. William Cureton bought-other land from Gen. Griffith Rutherford in Georgia, under whom he served in the Revolution. Vim .• Sr. dioa· in Jackson

co., Ga., will dated May 10, 1810, at Jefferson, probated July 2 1 1810(Bk. A, p. ;2, where he named his good wife Martha. Baugh, of ). She died Apr. 25, 1813 and left a verbal will asking that she be buried next to her husband at William Chandler's, mentions her brother William Baugh, of Virginia (Bk. A, P• 48). Cuf1berland Parish by Lr,ndon C. Bell, P• 525 shows A llen Stokes and William Cureton processionara in Lunenburg Co • ., 1768. processioning lines between John Baugh and William Cureton., between John Es.ugh and Curtis Keatts in the presence of Daniel Baugh, Col. John 1:.rinn and Peter· Jones. Mnrtha Cureton, a. of John Cureton, b. 17;1, m. Capt. David Dickson, b. July 2;,· 1750. She was b. Apr. 29, 1764 and m. Mar .• 10, 1788. William Cureton, Sr. was a Justice of the Peece in Jac1

J0hn Cureton, Sr., contemporo.ry with the brothers Jnmcn o.nd Will inrn previously described wo.s b. in Prince George Co., Vo.. So 1)t, 27, 17:jl(cs sh0wn in the family biblb record and this chocks with tho noto P• 200 in Landan o. _ Boll's Cunborlnnd Pnrish, Lunenburg Co., Vn. which n·::,to sto.to □ 11 It wo.o doubt loss--,__ _ this John Cureton wh~ w~s the Rovolutionnry Solsior from Lunenburg Co. o.nd ho 11 wns n Vestryman of Cumberland Parish,1784-86 ) Boll st~tos tho no.mo wns dociphorod ns. Curlton but ho n~w knows Cureton is correct. Ho nlsc_ stctos thct tho fn~ily was fro □ Prince George Co., Vn. John's grnvoyard stone rends "In tho mo~ory of John Owroton(En ~liah u, old ~tylo) Sr., ~ho wn □ born Soptonber 27th., 1731 o.nd depQrtod this life Jnn. 5, 180;,·ngcd 72 yoo.rs., 5 m0s. nnd 9 days" o.s it roots in tho ycrd of tho Beaver Dao Bcptiot Church between Crooa Hill o.nd Cold Point, s. c. not fnr fro1:1 i,Towborry. Tho Union Co. records shew tho.t r.1c.ny po_oplo with whom Willinn Curot~n, Sr. wn □ closely related oolc out between 1784-87 nnd naved over into Georgia., cspccinlly Will ino Hnr:ipton Oho. rv:1lor on K~ep Branch, N. aide of Enoroo River, bounded by Dixon ~nd Coldwell, nloo John Hnilc, J.P., J0hn Winn, Thoa. Tnylor, Bonj, Johnson, Sr. nnd Jr., W□• Hill nnd Rcndpll Robin1one We recognize tboGo Virginiana who wero drr.wn oouth to fight tho Chorokeco just before tho Rovolutionnry War. ~f.nj. Thoo. (}crcl·-:-in VJnc tho first ahoriff !;f :Newberry Co. but nloo 1"'-wnod lnnd ncro:10 tho river in Union Co. Ho live~ next d0or to Wn. Curot0n, Sr. in tho Dutch Fork. J~hn Curot~n, Sr. soo□ o to have c~no o~uth in 1788 to take up tho lnn~s rolingui~hod by hia brother Willian· on Buoh River in ~ho Dutch Fork cl~ □ c to whore tho Tyger nnd Enoroo join tho Broad River. The plnntntion wns oo~o 1100 ncroo na doocrivo1 by John'a cons. Jnr.~oo Ho.rrioon 1 ivcd in thr,t · nocti~n t•~o o.nd now tho HnrrioJn dooconr!nnts otnto thnt Jo.nos Hnrriscn nnd Eliz.(hip wifo) bought nll 0f tho lnnd on Roo~y Rive~, about 20 niloo bol'":'w Groonvillo, rJhoro n John t:. Curotcn bought lnn~ fron V!n. 11 Wr.1. Nicholson on Rocky Crook, Groonvillo County Record, Bk. 1., p. 458, 1805 • Appnrcntly this is v1horo tho OLD CURETON MILL w2-n l~cntocf o.s sh:Jwn on Mills 1 Mnp of Greenville 0'.)Unty, 1820. The locntion in ~loo obonn on P• 212, T~10 Expcn:,ion of S::uth Oo.rolino., 1729-1765 by R. L. MorivJoo.thor. Virginio.ns were horo aG early ns 1756 to win the ollegtnnco of tho Chorokeoa(In~ian Booko, 5: 173, J. c., Mar. 2 9, 1756 whore thoy constructed n snnll fart nnncd Fort Prince George). Euch 1'1')CUL1ontc.tion hnn :jhov:n that J--:'.'hn Cureton, Sr. cold out to hio aon, J~hn Cureton, Jr., nnd coco oouth to his brother's place. By his first wife he hn d children: (wife Winnifred Heeth) Ncth2niel, David, John~ Jr., George rashington, D~nicl, Eliz~both B~rnott( w. cf Wn. Bnrnott), (Martha) Heath Cureton who· n. Dr;vi a Dicks·.~n nnd Jinny( \'tr.:. Pnino); by his eocsnd wifo., _Hnnnnh Thweatt, sisier of John~Thwentt, of Prince Go0rgo Co., Va. o.nd had children: Th~cn s Taylor Cureton, Su □ nnnnh and Edw2rd. Hio will nt ColuQbin, s. c. (Bk, c, P• 7, nones exocutora, E~wo.rd, Thoe Tnylor nnd D~vid, hia nano. His wifo 1s will at Lnur0ns, s. c. (Bk, c, P• 19J• On a. 'Suar.nnnh r-1. Nnthnn Hunter, cf Prosperity, S. C. A lotter frt)L the H1..1ntor fcr--1 ily str.tcn thet J'.')hn Curot:,n Wi.',G nn officer in tbe Revolution o.nr:1 had nn encounter v:ith nBl·'='-:dy Bill Cunninghnnn in r1hich ho acquitton bir·.oolf with c1istinction. His son, Thos. Taylor Cureton, b, nbt. 1784? d. nt Covington, Ga., 1828 c. Mnny M:;nni.ng, n. of Juc1go Lavi Manning, nnc1 he 1 iver-1 on the fr.r:ily plnnto.tion on Pc.1~~-etto Branch, Bush River, ncnr Newberry, S. o•. - In 1810 Thoo. To.yl:Jr Cureton v:ns iif:etj:-:r 0f tho Uopor Br.ttnlton of tho 39th. s. C. Rogir.~ont, w o.o Sheriff of Newberry County in 1812, _Ordinary of tho County 1818- 1827 ohortly ~ftcr which ho rotiroa to live with his son, Alfred Manning Cureton, Covington, Go.. Tho latter wr0tc in 1877 tbct John Cureton cn(:.c fr')u -4- Virginin ~na scttlo-4 on tho Sr..lu--1 0. River, s. c. and •:tillint.1 went en over to oettl0 0n tho Ogocchcc River in Ge0rgio. nrid thnt Jshn Curot0n v1ns r:-: •. twice. Er. Alfro~ Cureton Broo~c, of College Park, Ga. furniGhc~ v~lucblc dnta on this wh0lo li~c in 1946. Tho dcncon~nnto hnvc fnnno~ over into Atlnnta(deaeendcnt& Bf!b!neone-euroton r,nr1 fc~·~.ily), o.loo, tho Ourotons of Ccwotn co., Gn-icf. COYJeta. County Chr~-nicles for 100 Yenrs by fv:o.ry G. Jcncs o. n-:1 Lily Reynolds, Newnan, Gn•, 1929). · .

John Cureton, Sr. scor~.s t0 ho.vo cor:o s0uth by w~gon trnin fro[:. Virginia., lnnrling first nt Hickory, :DJ.. c.(c.cc".~rr1ing to Charles P. Cureton, of Laural, now "Po.trick, N. c. ). Tho Sullivan Cc., Tonn records sh-:w that Jshn Curtain( Cu rot on) b0ught lcn~ next to Iv1ajor li ntb•Jny Bledsoe, t:bo was _r::loscribes by Theodore R'.)scvelt as the foreri.ost In,.,ian fighter on the fr0ntior(;!/inning of tho \r/ost, ). He Vfr·,s killed by tbc In~ic.ns in 1788. On May 5, 1796, David Gilliland, of V\~,shington Co., Vn.- sol~ to John Curtin(Oureton) n ple:ntation next to Mnjnr Bledsoe in Sullivan Co., Tenn. for $900.00(Deotl Bk. 5, P• 10). John Curtin bought ndnitional land fron ~c. Sno~grass next to John Arno~a in 1807 anr-: John Curtin c. Mo.rgnret Snodgra ss-, Dec. 7, .1790 in Abington, Va. Col. v:r:1. Sno"."1grnss- wns Chief Scout for Coi. Y!r..1. Ca.c:~Jbcll. Cnpt. Jnr:.es 1:Jalkup settled in this sa~o neighborhcod in 1755·nnd lnter cecane a leader in the lsxha~~ Section, N. c. fighting with Wr2. R. Davie in tho Be.lltc of \'lalkup 1 s Plantation. In John Curtain's will(Bk. 37, P• 272, Sullive.n Co., Tonn.) :~~:entions no sons but gives possessions to his _wife Margaret Snor-1gra ss (Johnson), a widow, forr.1er wife of Benj. Johnson o.nf Vtr::..· Snoc1grass signs tho nill. He 1:,.entions bis st,ep daughter Nnncy Johnson, grnndson John Johnson, gr8 nason ,~lter Johnson, daughter Eloner Johnson, granc1son. 'Nc.lter, daughter fnry who r:!. John Johnson, stepson. John J 0 hnson. Executors were John Johnson, s~ of Benj. Johnson an~ Wnlter Johnson, July 1830. This 1:12.y be the John Cureton who left Virginia 2b•Jut 1799 selling out his lands in Lunenburg Co. Me.rgaret Curtin sold out in 1834. Capt·•. Jar_~es Lseper., of Tennessee, we. s a faL!cUs Indian Scout, signer of the Cu1:1berl0.nd Coi::pact,wa s killed· by the Indians in 1781. John Lepper by 1800 was living on the nBend of the Noll ichucky" next to the Cureton 1 s Ferry(Many Cureton recorc1s are at G·reenville, Tenn.• where V!ill iar: Churton( Cureton) seer:i~s to have cone with the Bishop Spangenberg- group to surv0y the boundary b0tween N. C. and Vn. in 1749(Colonial R0corss of N. c., p. xiii, Vol. N) Willian Churton represented N. c. wm~h Daniel Welson and Virginia was represented by and· Joshua Fry. In 1771 Anthony Bledsoe extended the line to the Wn xhaws- and intersectec1 the Charleston Road fror:~ Sal is bury near Waxhaw Creek, 1-:2aking nn offset to lonve the Catt wba Inl'.'1ians ins. c.(this WillieJ:-: Churton wns probably the Willian Churton(Curton.) who f iea at Edenton, N. c. r1entioning his brother John nnr:1 sisters Dorothy ana Scrab in Cbesbire, England(N. c. Hist. ann Genec.logical Re,gister, 2: 331, July, 1901, WILL OF JOHN CURETON, Vol. I, p~ 536, WILL Of WILLIAM CHURTON(Curcton), at Edenton., l'~f. O., Jan. 5, 1768, . r1entions lann in Orange and Rowan Co. John Curton Vance is ncntion0d as Lt. 2n~. Light Art il 1 ery, 1 Ot h. Regt., N. 0., 1777. Henry Bonner is aa j a cont, who a. 1766 leaving Thonas, Wr.1., Henry, Richard Bonner, who shov7 after 1769 in Prince George Co., Va. with John nnd Jar:es Cureton. In tho Chov1an and Bortio Co., N. C. rocorr:s we·- find t~.any nr:.r·cs tbat nro tb0 sn1:1 e as tboso who cc □ e to Tho Wilkcs~Y!a shington-Ho.ncock sect ic·n of Gecrrgia nnd s01~1.o of those on to tho Wn xhaws: Jn1:~.es Douglas anr1 his son Jae.cs, 1753; Jobn Bonner, 1753; John Jackson., -1711-12; John Robinson, 1714; Wn. Hunt er, 1722; VJr:1. Crawford, 1735; Robert Dixon, of Bertie-, 1727 l~aving sons James, Tobias, Robert, cl. Frances; Vin. Jnckson,--.c..____ 1790; Janes Jones, 1793; Elizabeth Anderson an~ sons Janes, Carolus; Thos. Bonner, prob. 1756 lonving son Tb.or~:as, son Henry, a. Eliznboth, a. Estbor Moore, ~. Anna Byrdc, f. Sarah ~harton,- ~. Elizabcth(Curoton); Joseph Winn, John Wallis; Robert Hunter., of Bertie, 1753 will naning c1 • .Elizr.beth ~filliar.1s, w. of Willinr.1 Willia~s; Elizabeth Jeffreys, prob. 1743, son Osborne Jeffreys; Tbos. Taylor, qf Currituck., sons Thos. and Ec-1ward; Peter 1!1cst, d. Sornh West, will 1751; Capt. Jar:'.es Wilson, 10th. N. C. Rgt; Co.pt. Jrn::cs Co.::•.i•bcll, 10th. N. Co Rgt: Chas. Debnan(Dobran) who i~porte

'i Tho C0.loniol Rocor'1s of ·3-oo:rgio., Vol. X, Jnn. 6,1767 to Doc. 5• 1769, Hi$ Exeeilency signea the grant for Ricbard Currington an~ also for Willian Hobbs., ,riflir-.n '!!illinns, Jr.:.r..1es Anrtcrson and Tor:nscna Robinson. All but the iatter wote in st. George's Parish between Augusta nnr. Snvannah. Richard's peiition was cado Dec. 1766{Vol. IX, P• 708, "a~tting forth that ho bad been about nino r.onths in the province anc1 hnd no lan~ grnntea hin and" was desirous of obtaining land as he had. a v.rife and six child'r0n and 5 slaves. therefore . p~aye~ for 250 acres on the north side of Briar Creek to adjoin westerly on the land of Jar.::.es Stigans • 11 In the sar::-~e locality were also grants to Nathaniel Hawthorn, Sylvanus Robinson, Townsend Robinson, Robert Hawthorne, Jaoes Roberts, John Mac·lcay, Janes Roge_rs, John Thona e, Joseph T.\'-Jod., Janes An~erson(deputy surveyor), Jar:i.es Butl9r, Bonj. Fox, ~r10. Jonas, Eliz. Anderson, John Coeyere-, Will ia1::ie, El fz ~ Butler, Wo. Blanr!, Janes Jacks on~ Jares·, Ana era on, J obn McLean, John Williams. Joseph Willians, Henry Laurens _and Joseph Massey.

' "Joseph Jetitioned that he had been in the Provihce 5 cos. and having a wife and six chil~ren was desirous of having land granted. hin on the north s ir:1-e of the Great Ogecho0 at In·1 ian Branch, 4 niles above Walter Kelly." (the application was postponed until ho produced a certificate of character required of all settlers)

We recognize the settlers above to be fro~ the Blackw~ter section of Virginia, fror.i along tho river as it branches off frot1 the Chowan and runs north toward Petersburg ana Blandford. The Virginia records show that :

Willian dureton~ of Westover Parish, Prince Genrge Co., Va. bought fron John Butlor and wife Mary and from Eliz. Wood lief, 500 acres North _of Bla ckwator s,;., amp, Wyanoko Parish, beginning at the Mnin Blackwater Sw anp and c!own an old line until it falls into or adjoins tha line of Willian Epps anrt that of William Hardyr.i_an. Mar. 14, 1715. Dee1 Bk~ 1713-28, P• 60. .

Williar:~ Cureton nade dead' to John Bonner for 250 acres, t'i'Gstover Parish~ Prince George Co., the cividing branch running into Blackwater ·swar.1p on the upper or westwarcT side of the line of John Haraynan. Jan. 1;, 1716. !bi~. P• 133•

Willian Cureton bought froo Willinn Har~yman 372 acres of land on the North siae of Blackwater Sw8np adjoining Benja□in Foster and Willian Epps. June 11, 172;.

Will ie.n Cureton solr:1 140 acres, part of a patent in 1682 to Tbor1as Cureton, father of sai~ Vlillio.n anc1 willed by Th6

1.Villin::1 is thour:!1t tc be the s2.1~0 ·r1 illiar1 Churton(Kurton)(Curton), in Gorr:1an sp0J.ling 11 Ch" is equivelent of the English nI{n nn~ in tho firet Goor'!is rccor~s of 1774 V!illiar:1 Cureton is spellerJ :•/illinr::-: Kurton or Curton. As n surveyor, he roaco~ all over the Vir~iniu, North Carolinn, South Carolina, Tennessee an~ Geor~ia lnn~sccpo. ~hen he suryeye~ the Va.-N.c. line, exten~ing tho Byrd 11 Diviain7 Line", his survey stoppec! at Steep Rock Creek in 1749 (Tho Colonial Recor0s ·of North Ccrolinn, Vol. XIII, .) Vol. II, P• 860 etates11 Mr. Ohurton 1 s original nc.p was laid before the General AsGc:::bly in 1766 ana Mr. Cburton was nllowc0 n hanosono gratuity~-soon ofter this he ,nied, in Doc·., 1767 but he left caps which ~10 hn~ Tii?orko~ on for 10 years in Lora Granville's District--hc r1id very goor1 work--ha ,..1 been a surveyor for Lorct Granville for over 20 years--Ca-ptain Gorr1on, Chief Surveyor in i:.r.:.crica, testifies in a letter to tho exellency of bis work stating that there is not so perfect a draft of so extensive on interior countr:v in any other colony in Acerica. Map. No. 3 represents Mecklenburg Co. end the r'!ivic~in:£ lino was that run last year between this province and the Cherokee Hunting Grounds. The lino extended to Col1 ftater, a branch of Rocky" River, eastv.rarrt boundery of tho Catawba River. He culled attention to 400 to 500 fnnil ies who hnd settle·":' westwo.r~ of the Catawba., who clait1e1 that they wore out of the jurisr:ict ion of N. c. n

John Cureton, the brother of the above Y/ill ier2, seor::s tc be the one ~. ~ho one who □• Frances (Thweatt) an~ he~ chil~ron: (1) Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1717;1756J (2) Frances, b. July 26, 1720; ,.l• 1747; ()) Sus2.nna, b. Jan. 19, 172)/24; npparently ~. Richard Hcntb an~ cove~ to Hencock Co~, Gn• with other relatives (4) Elizsboth, b. Jnn •. 1~ 20, 1726/27 is shown in the bible rccor~~ to have n. Robert Harrison nn~ to have ha~ a son Robert Hnrrison, Jr. (5) John, b. Sept. 27, 1731; ~. Jan. 5, 1803, headstone in the Bonver Dae Bcptist Church Ynrd nenr Laurens, ,g. O. Wr'.s V0atryr2nn of tho Cu::OJberl G~iCT Parish, Lune~1burg Co., Va. 1784-86; o.1s0 \7a s ErtsiGn in Ei:-lwcrd J'":'raan's C,-:-., Lunenburr:; Co., Cor:1r::issioned A ug. 11, 1777 by or~cr of Jose-ph I'illians(Cf. Orocr Bk. 14, 1777-84)(6) 1Villian, b. Mar. 27, 1737; cl. Mo.y 10, 1810. Captnin in Cbcrokoe Co.r.;paign; Lt. in Georgin Rov:olutionary Forces under Col. Sanuel Jo.ck. His son, Willian Jr. was a r2inutenan fro'~~ s. C. in 1777 and is aocunente,.., by tbo D. A. R. Linoa,ge Book, Vol. 86, P• 39, 1926, v1hich cites tbe r:e:.1bership npplicaticn of Mrs. Annio Fox Yates, of Thonaston, Ja. descendent of Willie~ Cureton nna Henry Bonner as follows: 1. Charles Tho1-:.as Fox(1848-81) n. 1877 Vir~inia Pritchard, b. 1851. 2. Charles James Fox_.(1821-64) n. 1846 Earg;rct Our0to11(1827-1907) 3• Dixon Cureton(l802-45( shoul:: be Dic1:zson Cureton), D. Luraney Bonnor(l801-1887) 4. 1.~illie.::: Cureton, Jr. r::. t:~ar a.rot Crnv.rl(croll)(1774-1852) 5. R~bort Bonner, b. 1777, ~. 1799 Elizabeth Heath, be 1782. 6. Henry Bonner,~. Ann Cnte. Officer in the Ge~rgia Lino, b. I -.~ Petorsbur~, Va., ~ie~ in 1erren Co., Ga• The ol1er John curotcn, b. ebt. 1696 anpenrs to have had n son Janos as a first child who 1. just before Aug. 14, 1716.. ;1hen he ~ ier-1 anrt 1 oft his worlr1 ly ~ .. 00-:1s to his wife an~ hor 1"10:iple, Joser~h enr1 Eliz. Ronn('."l:ren) an•~ appointer1 his br0ther( in-la\ltt) Joso-ph \'!ren his executor. 1,-.'i tnesses were Ro :~r R. T. 'I'ayler, John Ouriton, Philip Clnu~ before 7~. Haolin, Jestovor Parish, Prince Ge~rge Co., Va.· Our J2.r~es nuper·,rs to be a younp:er son, born of John nn,.-1 Rochel (probably Cr~wfora or Hawthorn). He first appears in tho records as a nei.?:;hbor of Thonas Bonner an

Thes c nnncs were taken froc the Report ~f the Notional Society of D. A. R. to the Snithsonian Institution, Senate Docuoonts, Vol. 16, No. 19, 56th. Congresa, 2n~. session, 1900-01, pp.;47-368. It_ .seens clear that the Curotons of s. c. went over to fi.~ht with their relatives in Geo,:-rria but it is reasobably certain that they were ot th~ surren~cr of Chnrleston but they nay have been before in Gcor,...ie, as Willian Jr. stnted that he enliste~ as a '.'::inutonan in s. c. in 1777. Canrllor 's Revolutionary Rccor~s of the Stnte .2.f. Geor_gia gives ad~ itional data: P• 58 Bolin.~ Curoton-----Certificate of C0l. Elijah Clnrkc., Mar. 25, 1784~ Entitle1 to a bounty of land end prnys for 250 ncres in Washington Co., Ga. Awnrder1 • :No. 857, r~lnr. 24, 1784, 257 1/2 a. P• 61 R1c• h-ar rl.. Curcton----Ccrtificate of Col. Elijah Clarke, Feb. 2, 1784. (Jr.) Entitled to u bounty of land nn0. prays for 250 acres in V!ashin~t·".'n Co., Ga. Awprded No. 858, 250 ecres, Hay 25, 1784, 257 I/2 a. p. 210 n ----Awnr".1ec 287 1/2 ncros in ·rtnshington Co., boun~in~ on all sides vncont, lot 703, ·warrant 491, i(ay 17, 17 84.

P• 52---W±lliao Cureton----Certificatc of Col. Grcenberry ~eg_, April 26, (~~Jc. J. Cureton) 1784. Entitle--1 to a bounty of 250 ncres and prays for so.ne in V/ashington Co.

William Cureton, Jr.--Cortificate of Col. Sn~uel Jack that he wns a r:1inuteri.nn, thou.-~h not living in Georg;ia in 1777 v1hen he enlisted o.s a cinutenan. Had lived in S. C. Entitled to a bounty of 250 oc·res. Grantee 287 1/2 acres., iv1ny 17, 1784, Wa shin~ton Co., Ga.

Richard Cureton, Sr.was awnr~ed lot 703, warrunt 491, 1784. Signed by Col. Elijah Clarke.

(all original ccrtificc.tes nre nt the Historiccl Archives Bldg., 1516 Peschtree st., Atlcnt2, Ga.)

In the sane ~roup of ~rrtnt s vvere those for ;~i'ill inr Bonner (200a., No. 960 ), Capt. tJeorge Walton, 02.pt. John Hill, Cupt. Sa~:1. Alexnnder, Col. Wn. Oan~ler (~n. Bonner assessed Tho~Gs Cureton's estnto in Prince Gc~r~e Oo., Va., 1777. Janes anti Thos. Bonner, sons of Wr~. Bonner assessed lands in the sn:::"e county, 1769, 1772, 0tc.)

In Capt. San 1~l0xo.nder 1 s District, \'lilkes co • ., Ga •. ., 1785 we find reported: John Bush., Dnvid Lockett., Jae.es Br':lwn, Richard Cureton, Henry Stokes, WilliaD Mattocks(M.2,..1c-Tocks), John Dismukes., Thos. Harkins, Wo. Snith., Sr., Bolen Cureton, Wn. Kurton(Cureton), r/n. Tyler, Sylvanus Walker, W□• Berry., Joseph Henderson, Wn. Rose, Thos. Stewnrt, Wr..1. Robinson, Thos. Curinton(son of Richard, Jr.), John Robertson, Sr. and Jr., Thos. Giles, Willian Dis:.:1uk0s, Gear e Stokes, Aa ron Frtrrin:-ton. ol. -8- Also in Cx~~- Sn=uol Alexan~or's District we find for 179,: ( P• 262 Sone Early Tax Di.c::ests of Georgia by Ruth BlliJt., Atlntd1a, 1926)

Thooos Cureton, Jr.-----Wilkes Co., 1 person, Land n

Thora s Cureton, Sr.----\'!ilkes Co., 1 no.le white, ; negroe$, ;so acres next to Robert Robinson, a1joinin? Soith Close by are also A brnhon Henth, Thoe. Heath, Richard Heath(defnulted) and Chappell Heath(0efaulted). The recor~s show. thnt Thanas Cureton . sold out to Robert Pu~h, 153 1/2 acres in Warren Co., on Becver Dao of Will inns Creek, lunr:1 given to Thanas Cureton by Gov. E~v,ard Telfair, Ap-"'ril 9, 1792(Deed' Bk. B, 1801-08, P• 52, Oct. 13, 1795, 1t:nrren Co., Ga.) We thin1r this Thonns, Sr. was o. son of the older V/illinn, r1bo in turn see~s to be a brother of the older Richard~ There is n bare possibility I that Thonas; ~r. nny hnve "ab'"1 icated" an~ left Virginia aurin ..i; the War~ where his death wo. s reporte~ in 1777. In thnt cnse we still think that ho wns the son of the older VJillinn, who took a land grant in Sussex Co., Va~, near Jones' Hole in 1770. This Willian cay.also have been the father of our Waxhaw Jene~, who was nn □ed "adninistrato~ de binis non" in the settlenent of the estate of Thor.:a s Cureton, v1ho bought land o.nd slaves fro□ '!.'illian Hobbs in 1764, Sussex Co.~ Va. Th0 wife of this Thonas was Susannah Jones, ~. of Richard Jones, whose will of Feb. 14, 1774 lists his children: Janes, Richard, John, Robert, Willino(Willio), Nathan, Susannah(wife of Thona s Cureton) and Ann; also wife Ann. The fa1::ily is n fanous one. Willie Jonos and Wn. R. Dnvie bocaoe politicnl allies in Halifax, N. C. just ofter the wnr nnn Davie n. his dau~htor, Snrah. This □ay be the connoction of Jo:-:res Cureton, a relative by law. Da,e spoke of Robert Rives as a relativo, of v1hor:: ho hnc bean especially fond(Relique~ of the Rive~, P• ) nnd Janes Cureton had been Robert's i:::uard ian beforehe ca:~-:e to Chester Co., S. c. Richard Cureton, Sr. left a TTill nt Sparta, Ga., Hancock Co., a~teri itar. 11, 1797; probc.tcr:t 1799 nt Spnrta, Ga. Naned' chilcl'ren: Willinn an~ Bolin(exocutors), Richnra, Jr., John, Benson, Robert, also daughters: r~ary(Palr.:or ), Jenn, Rebeccn (Conner), Ylinnofred, Hanriah--wife Martha (An

JAr,'ES 0U8ET0N, SR. (1739 nbt. to 1813 abt.) (Founder 0f the Cureton Fn::1ily in L~ncaster Co., s. c.)

Fron the Wcnroe Journal, Oct. 23, 1925 we ~et the following certifier.'! statcr.ont fron Thor.:-.as Cureton, the last rer.:aining son of Janes Cureton, Sr., who live~ hie wholo life in the ~nxhaw Section of N. C:

" I Tho·-~-ns Curoton, Sr., beinr, about 75 years of age, r10 hereby testify that r:::y fnther, Jnr~~es Cureton, cor.~e to this Waxhaw Settle- 1::ent fron Roanoke River, in North Cnrol ina , about 73 years nri;o when I was about one year old; and ny brother Jcrer.-i.inh Cureton, who was about 20 yer-rs older than r:yself cn~-:e with hie. My brother Jerer..:iah Cureton bought the Geo:r,'"l'e McCnnie olace sonetit:e after he cane to this countd, in about 1796, anr1 aottled ~own on tbe sane place and in the snce house v1here George M.cOa1~ie 1 ived'---r1y brother Jereri.iah Cureton wns of the opinion, fron inforr-:.ntion receivect fro □ old Mrs. Molly Cousar, the □ other of Richard Couser, that Andrew Jackson, Presi1ent of the United Stntes, was born at the Geor·-e McOanie place as described." (This 1 etteris publ ishetj in P8rton' s Life of Andre\rli' Jo.ckse>n, P• 56, Vol. I, New York: Mason Bros., 1860) NXXlCi?!MXlKIKMNM Thoras Jerer:.iah Cureton, a r;rnnnson of ~~~*X~~ Cureton, b. o.bt. 176;, ho~ the following- to say: JaDes nThis McOn~ie house lies nbout a hnlf a rile SE of whore I now live an~ is in Union County, N. o., for:~10rly called iV:ecklenburr; Co., N. c.; nnn is a little over a quarter ~fa nile SE of what is calle~ Cureton 1 s Pon~, about a quarter of n rile east of the state line, an~ the public road leadin_~ fror.1 L2ncaster- Court House, s. o. to Oho.rlotte, ·N. c. ana about 1 1/2 ~;iles north of ~.'/ri.xhaw Creek. I have the old land papers for said tract, which was patenterl to John McCone, 1761, upon a survey dated 8th, Sept. 1757; conveyed by McCane to Repetence Townsend, April 10th., 1761 and by Townsend to Goor~e McOai:id.o:, Jan. 3, 1766; and by b<:J f12ri:bliXX George McCnnie to Tho~a s Crawfor~, 1792; an~ fro2 Crawford and wife Elizabeth, to ri.y father July 23, 1796; and by ny father to cyself, nnd which I still own. Ey father co.r.:.e fro!: Vir_;,::inia with t::[ _gro.ndfather, Jnces Cureton, to Roanoke, N. c., ann fror: there to V!axhnws, s. c. t ancT purchase? the McCa □ ie place, where he livea n few years, nnd then recoved to the plnce where I now reside in LancQster District, s. c., where he re:~ained until his dee.th in 1847, beinp; 84 years of arre. 11 . ' Gw2.thri.ey 1 s Historical Re-:::ister of Vir[:ininns in the Revolution, 1775-178;, states:

p. 200------Jnnes Oureton----lst. Li~ht Dragoons, Continental Cavnlry, Col. Theodoric Bland, of Petersbur~, Va. Dec. 21, 1778, received ~ny ns wounnea soldier. r.2Ps. Inf. nbll. (nnri.e on nrny re r.;isto:r but had not received' bounty land) P• 201------Jo~es Cureton----Inf. nbll. Page Curtain " (author soys spellint is John Curtnin(Curtin) 2 CL uncertain) Willian Curtain 6 01 John Ourtnine(Curtin) 2 CL These are certainly Curetons because there were no Curtins in Virsinia at this tice.

Jai:-:es Cureton was paid 8 1/3 clollnrs for ;o days sorvice(Payroll Bk., No. 1, 1st. Rgt., Vo.. Li·-:-ht Dra1soons, Nov. and Dec. 1777. Coc~_:,.,nder Theodoriok Bland. Captain Richard Call. In this troop were the followin-g cen: John Jar:eson------Major Benj. Tenple-----Lt. Col. Richarc Cnll------ca,--.pt,. Jn~es Cureton------Pvt. Thos. Pecberton----Lt. John Crnirrr------"_,.._;i Willian N~orshar1----n.M. S. Edward Bertchet------" Henry Honth------Sgt. J ohr. r,nng------n Minson Proby------eorp. Ri cha ... ' Po ind ext er---" Robert Oliver------Oorp. Anthony Sonn------" Willia□ Jordan-----Corp. John Kirkland------" Philip ~ebber------Corp. David Organ------" Drury Hobbs------Trur~peter Bolling Bolton------" Nen.l McCaffry------Fo.rrier· David Bra':Jlcy------"

Daniel Benn------Pvt. Enoch Vnu~hn------n.J Williar Epps------" David Loe------".: 1 Jn:.-.1es Gunn------" John Y/!1ite------"" Robert Rose------Surgeon Benjn:::.~.in Hobbs------" Berrynan Green-----Qr:r. John Tinney------n John McLenn------Trunp Maj. Peter Leath------tt Patrick Carnes------S. Mate George Vest------" Andrew Nixon------Aclj.

Ja~es Cureton is on a list of pensioners of the Revolution---pd. 15 lbs. Willinc and ~ary ~ag., 20: 11-15, July, 1911. He is also listed in ----Payrolls- £f ----Militia-- Entitled to Land Bounty, Under Act of Conr-:-res&, Sept. 28J 1850, Rich~ond, Vn., 18511 Revolutionary War Records, Vol. I, Vir~inia, p. 231, by Ga ius Marcus Brur.~.baush, ?!ashington, D. ~., 1936. The Light Dra~oons passed through the Waxhaws and Cs □den, between March nnd Au·~ust, 1779(Blnnd 's Dr0.goons, 14 days fodder) Histor~c Car.1 den, P• 126. At 0110.rleston the Blend Dra~oons joined Col. Buforq, then later went with Buford in retreat to Cocden, retreating toward Charlotte throu~h the Wnxhawe. When about at the Waxha ws they wore overwheloed by the British under Lt. Col. Tarleton an1 the Battle of the Wa xhaws is so~eti □ es called "Buford's Massacre''• The only survivors were a few nen and Capts. Stoke~, Lawson, Hoard; Lts. Pecrson, Ju 2eson; also Ensign Oruit, Col. Buford and a few t.._en. It is not known for certainty that Junes Cureton was in this troop but it is probable th~t he waa. After returning to Vir~inin, he began sellin··g his property and apparently nade plans to return to live in the Wax haws, On Sept. 25, 1779 Janes Cureton bou·~ht-soce land in Suseex Co., Va.(Deek Bk. F, P• 22, 221). When he sold this land he stated:

"I, Jaces Cureton, of the County of Mecklenburg, N. o., and r1y wife Betsey, do hereby sell unto Willian Cureton 180 acres­ on Indian Swanp, next to Frederick Snith, Poythress, Branch· Mitchell and Thos. Weeks."

On May 12, 1770, Willino Cureton bought 49 acres on the south side of Jones Hole Swacp adjacent to Willian Mnttox(oppenrs to bent the sa □ e place Janes bought his land. Willin8 nnd Jore~ appear, therefore, anpear to be brothers)

The Willian Cureton npoonrs to be the son of John Cureton, b. abt. 1696 fro□ the following-transaction:(Pr. Geo. Co. Records, July 25, 1759, P• 102) "John Cureton deeds 100 acres of land to his son Willian on the north side of Blackwater Swacp, neur Blo.ndforc'f, Va. V✓ \~s: Richard Hoath 11 JaLles Curoton, b. nbt. l~~M slso nupe~rs to be the son of this older John, b. abt. 1696 and possibly Richnrd was anJther brother. -11- Janes Cureton was a lawyer of Blandford, Vr• and h~ vJas technicnlly exer...,_pt fror.~ rilitary service. However, his son,Willian, bou~ht 40 acres of land in Sussex Co~, Va. next to Thos. Weeks and next to other land owned by Willian Cureton, purchased fron Branch Mitchell and his wife Elizabeth. Witnesses: Benj. Mason, Frederick s~ith, Williar Cotten, Willian S□ ith. This is the sore land that his father had owned earlier, so the son w~s buyin~ it back. Willian went on ~own to the ~axhaws in 1795 with his other brothers, Jore□ iah, Everard and Tho~as. Ja □ es Cureton, the father, bought his first piece of land in the ,a xha ws in 1790 fro~ Rev. Robert Finley(L~ncaster Co. Deed Bk., O, nnc1 E, P• 37, 1790). ~1/illiar~ buys his first in 1795(Bk. C and E, P• 136,1795) It seo~s that Jaces Cureton had co□ e to the 1nxhn ws and left, inducing his sons to ~o there. Ja□ es wns elected Captain of the County Militia in 1790 and was elected to the Legislature. He is also listed in the,S. C. Census for 1790 but he was tryins to nove to the ~axhaws because he sold 180 acres in the Parisij of Albe~arle, Sussex Co. to Willian, his son, on Nov. 27, 1788 v,ith npr,e.rent intentions of lenving. This and was the so.r:.1e land' next to Freel e:rick Sr--i th, Wil 1 io.r~·- Poyt'.1res s and Thos. Weeks. It had been purchased by Jnre~ froD Haddon Pnrha~ and John Beginns, June 21, 1787(Sussex Deed Bk. G, P• 238.)

In 1814, Dec. 17, ITillia □ Cureton ca~e bnck froc the Waxhaw~ and sold the land, probably iust after his fnther died:

n~i!illiar:1 Cureton and Polly, his wife; Thos. Dunn and Betsey, his wife, the late Betsey Cureton, of one pc.rt nnd Pnul Mitchell of the County of Sussex, 144 acres for 161 lbs. and 14 shillings. Test: Benj. Turner, Branch fitchell, John Lee. Si~ne~ ryilliaD Cureton, Thos. Dunn and Betsey Cureton Dunn( who appe;:rs to heve rer1.a:rri0d after Jaces

The will of Williar Heath, of Albe□ orle Pnrish, Sussex Co., Va., nrobnted June 19, 1777, ~entions wife Elizebeth nnd d. Je~ioa(who n. Geo. Rives who went to S~rrta, Ge.), d. Rebecca, Agnes(b.-Mor. 15, 1772), Winnifred Cureton(wife ~f John Cureton, b. 1731), Betty Henth(possibly the one who ~arried Jaces Cureton). Estate shows transactions with Nathaniel Dobbie, Henry Bonner(Adr_,r. of Wr.:1. Bonner), Robert Rives(v,ho~-: J?. □ es Cureton centioned in his law practice in Blandford ua being his ~u~rdian), David Heath nnd ~randson, Seth Heath. Sons of _~illin~ Heath were: Josiah, Thanas, Dnvid, Nathan(who n. Elizabeth, d. of Thouas Cureton, of Sussex Co., Va.),-

In 1788 Ja~es Cureton rented his plantation in Blnn~ford, Vn.· to Van Leonard with the privile~e of cuttin~ ti2ber except along a lnne leadin~ to the Henths. In 1790 J0nes Cureton was bnck in Vir~inin but he was er:inncipatin6 the far-1 ily slaves., possibly to freo sor'e slaves to .r:;o south, where he was listed in the 1790 S. C. Census without E:ny. On Au.i. 15, 1791, Janes Cureton nnd wife Betsey ~nve n deed: for their house in Blandford to John Bnird, for 900 lbs. includin~ 15 1/4 ncres of lnnd. He wns n law partner with Joseph Weis i~er, who sisned the deed. Both Jaoes and Betsey si.~ned. In 1797 Jc.t:es and Jeret~iah Ouroton w~~-:re holding land jointly in Prince Geor~e Co,. In 1798 Ja □ es Cureton and wife Elizabeth sold to Williar-: Po.rhnn for 60 1 bs. a pl at of 151 1/4 seres in Sussex Co., Parish of Albenorle, near Indicn Swa □p.

On Dec. 2, 1800 Jares Cu:reton was in the State Le~islature and on Co~:1 itteee to exe~ine the Cler1< 1 s Office, reli~ion, chair•~an of tho cor.ieittee on expenses for the stnte, chr.:irr.".an of t!1e :;overnor's conr::itte0 on public arns and □ ilitnry affairs and was on the cor~cittee for Courts of Justice. He was n central fisure in the debates on the Alien and Sedition Laws (Cf. The Virginia Report, Alien nnd Sedition Laws, Richnond: J. w. Randolph, 1850, Pp. 264) 1!-!ith Gen. Henry Lee, he spoke agninst the resolutions. -12-

CAPTAIN JAL1ES CURETON, SR b. abt. 1739 in Bristol Perish, nenr Blandford, Conn. m. Betsey Heeth, a. of Willia2 Heath, of Sus sex~co., Va• a. nfter 1813 in the ,ax haws ~7 children nro known but in 18o4 he 1 isted ii~~n1:1al es over 16 in -the Prince Geor~e Co. Tax List, Va. where be is shown holdinc property jointly with Jeror.:.inh and Elizr1.beth) (In 1760 n Prosbytorinn ninistor n. Hannnh Rush in Pn. NaD.o given is Jo.r'!es Curtain) 1. Willie!':) Jn_ckson Cu:reton, b, nbt. 1760 2. Jorct':iah Cu;eton, b. abt. 1763 ; o. Nnncy Kirlj:; a. 1847 in the W2xhaws. 3, Mnry, b. abt. 1768; r::. Benjncin Heile, Jr. b. 1768; d. 4. Elizr.beth, b, nbt. 1770; r..1. Henry Massey, b. 1763; d. 1857in Wnxhows•

5. Everard, b. 1781; n. Robecca Belton; d. nbt. 1854 in Pickens Qo., Ala. 6, Tho~a s, b. nbt. 1782; bachelor all of his life; a. 1858 in Waxhn ws. 7• Snrah, b. cbt. 1785; ·o. John Doby II. Moved to Cosden.

Willinn Jackson Cureton Left the ~axha ws about 1813 and nnpenrs fro~ the 1 records to have -~one bac -: to Virp;in.: o. to settle up the riroperty 2ftcr his fethor died, Once south a~uin nnd left n record in Pulaski County, Ga., then wont on to Sp0rta wh,::;re he had other :relatives r:.nd he wns listed there as a Revolution~ry Soldier; finally settled in Honry County, Ala. next

to Pike. Tho Waxhaw records said he went to Piko co., Ala. and hnd lonrC) since cJ ied by 1~58 v!hon his brother ThoLles died. He died in tfarch, 1833, near Abbeville, Aln(Hcnry County) where he left a will nncin~ his wife, Celia, nnd his chil1ren: 1. Sarah, b. abt 1615 in Sa. She □• John A. Wood 2. Jnckson Josiah, b. nbt. 1816 in Go.. o. Cynthia___ to Texas. 3• Jane Eliz~bcth, b. abt. 1820 in So C; o. rn. H. Wood 4. Willian Obodinh, b. abt 1321 in Gnl □• May 5. Jnr::cs Uriah, b. P_ht. 1823 in S-2; c. f{o.r;:.::arot---- A. Stokes, etc. 6. s us 0. n' b • 8. bt • 1 8 25 in Gn - r:,. JO h n s·o VJ C 11 7, Seaborn Obediah, b. abt. 1827 in Go;~. Snrah Eliz. Brown 8. Mrrtha, b. abt. 1828 in Ga; n. Willien J. Willians 9. Hiraa K., b. abt 1829 in Ala; Nnncy Dovie.

Jcror.1iah Cureton Stayed in the Waxhaws. l\~nrried Nsncy Kirk, d. of Children were: ----- 1. Elizebeth, n. ( 1 ) Goor ·-~o 1.'/h i te (2) Maj. Sc □ Gibson 2, John Sul:1tor, c. Lyciia Potts 3. Willia~ Jackson, o. Charlotte Massey 4. Sarah,~. N~than Kinbrell 5. Jer0~iah, Jr., c. 1829, Julia Gil~ore, b. July 1808 b. June 1808; d. 1846 Harriet m Tr-• 1 b J ~ 6 1h0Mcs ~1r~, c une ~, 1803; r.-:. (1) Ch~rlotte.~~ssey_ (2) Elizabeth Rives Mnsscy 7. Anna, 2. (1) Willian Potts (2) Robert Potts Mary, b. ; ~. Benjanin Hnile(his first wife)

El izr.beth; b. __; r:i. Henry Mnssey, b. 1763; She d. 1857

Evernrd(Ever§tt), b. 1781 in Va.; □• Rebecca Belton, a. of Abrno Belton of Oanden. He w8 s a pl0_nter on Twenty-Five Mile and Horsepen Creeks, and for a tine was engn~ed in the oercnntile business in Oanden. He was pror.:iinent in the political noveoents of the tit1ea, served in the Legislature nnd in the Union Convent ion of 1832-33. In 1835 he i.:1igro.ted to Pic1{ens Co., Ala. where he a ied in 1852. Colonel Shnnnon rer~eu.bcred hir:: ns a courtly old ½entleman , with silvery locks, tnll end erest forn and polished canners. 1. John, b. 1820; :c::. Nancy, a. of Hu,···b Ounnin?hnm, of Liberty Hill, s. C. Loft one child, who died without issue. 2. Ann Doby, b. ; ~. T9o□ns Calvin Moreb and lived in Tusculoosn, Ala. Descendants untraced • ..:1:::. .3• Rebecco., □• Rev. Murra h, a Methodist e:inister, ~ec.- Covv-i-<:·1,i"' · whose son, Dr. Wil 1 inn Bel ton Murrah, w as elected in 1910, u Bishop in the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church, n ~nn of narked ability. 4. Elizcbeth,b. ; □• Josonh Cunnin~han 5. Everard, 2nd. b. 1826; died.a bnchel~r in Pickens Co., Ala. 6. Jnmes Belton, b. Mar. 12, 1809; d. Dec. 17, 1884; □• Mary Cunninghan, d. of Joseph Cunningham, of Liberty Hill, S. c., o□ Feb. 12, 1829. Children: . (1) A nn Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1829J d. 1904 (2) Joseph c., b. Aug. 26, 1831; a. June 11, 18;5 (3) Jane a., b. Nov. 4, 183~ co. H, 7th. S. a. Oaval ry. Blew -- (4) Cunl".Dinghao B, Cureton, b. XOCtXm~~X last bu~le call at Lee's d. Jnn. ~, 190dS>. Oct• 1, 18;5 surrender at Appa □ atox Court (5) Everard B. Cureton., b. At1Jr, 2(/1 18~J House, Va., Apr: 9, 1865. Was Killed before Richnond at Old Church, courier in Lee's forces. 1864. -14- Evernrd Ba, b, Aug. 27, 18;7; de Jan. 16, (5) 1K~IOCXKIJ b. 1908. (7) Mary Cunningha~, b, Apr. 10, 1845; a. Dec. 28, 1908. (8) Willia□ c., b. Jan.?, 1848; d. 18_ • in (9) John B., b. June 9, 1849; d. • (10) Rebecca B•, b. Mar. 10, 1850; . a. in Charlotte, N • c.

Thonas Stayed in Waxhaws, Was bachelor all of his life. Left will naning his brothers and sisters, Cf. J. s. G. Richardson, Reports of Ca~es in Equity, Vol. 1;: SecJ04, PP• ;3-35, 1866. THE V/ILL: Thor:ias Cureton, died Nov. 1858. Lancaster District., S.C. "I, Tho □ as Cureton, Sr., hereby dispose of all the estate, real and personal, n s follows: 1. Give to the children of r1y brother ~Nill inr.J. Cureton, late of Alabana, deceased, $500.00, to be equally divided between then. 2. Give to ny nephew, Janes c. ~£assey, the notes and accounts I now hold or no.y have nv.o inst hi □ nt his death. ;. I have no brother or sister alive; they nre nll dead, and have left children and so~e of their children have died; and if I were to die intes tate, sor:::e of ny grandnepher1s and nieces would not be able to take po.rt of □y ~state--now 46 ner:roes, stock, horses , nu 1 es , en t t le., a 11 r:i.y_ □n ny tr o. ct s of 1 n nd both in this stnte and in North Corolina, ny cotton erop, plantation tools, and all choses in action.

4. To ny nephew, Wil 1 iar-:2 Jackson Cureton, one sho.re. 5. To ~y niece, Sarah Ki □brell, one share. 6. The child~en of ny deceased nephew, Thosn s K. Cureton, one share. 7. Tho children of r.1y deconsed nephew, Jore Cureton, one share. 8. The children of r..1y a·ecens er3 niece, Ann Potts, one share. 9. The children of cy deceased nephew, John Cureton, one share. (These nre the child~en of oy deceased brothe~, Jere~iah) e 10. Also to the descendants of r:iy sister, Elizabeth Massey, i.e., to Benjamin H. Massey, son of Evernrd Massey, one share. 11. To Henry Reese Massey and Mary Massey, children of Henry Massey, one shore. 12. Children of Willian Massey, deceased, viz: Rebecca,, Jane E., Sarah A•, and Willia□ H., one share n □on1 thee. 13. Children of Charlotte Massey, deceased, one shore~ L. H. Massey, Charlotte Cureton MKMMMJ. 14. Children of the deceased sister Mory Hnile, one share, as follows: Col. Jaces Cureton Haile, one share. Mrs. Matheson, one shore, wife of c. Math~son. Elizabeth Knox, one shore. Children of Benj. Hoile, Jr., one shnre. 15, Children of ny deceased brother, Everard, one shnre to Janes Bolton Cureton, anc to ench and every one of Everard's children, one shnre. 16. Desire thnt Cunid and his wife, and Chnrlotte, shell choose their nnster. I noninCTte end constitute nnd appoint Willio.n Jnckson Cureton and Dr. Thocas K. Cureton, executors of this oy lost will and testn0ent. Oct. 1857. -15-

MASSEY-CURETON LANCASTER COUNTY LINE FROM Lt.Joel. WILLIAM MASSEY

Francis B. Hoitnan, ·Historical Re:2:ister of Officers of the 0ontinontal Arny, Washington, D. c., 1914, i' 384-;-~ives: - 1t• Col. Willinn Massey, s. c. Deputy Muster□aster-Gcneral, Oct. 20th. ____, prisoner at Charleston, s. C. May 17, 1781, Vol. 23: S. O. Historical Mag., P• 281, coved to ship Fidelity for St. Augustine, Fla,

This Williar: Massey v1as f:ro □ Brunswick Co., Vo., son of Joseph Massey, _where on Nov. 20, 1772, they sold out to Jar:ies Youn~ sone 538 ac res of lnnd on CTnttale Creek owned jointly oy: VJillio.c and Saro.h Rives, Willino and Elizabeth Massey, John and Elizabeth Doby. They took up a gro.nt under Geor~c III in the Waxhaw Section of North Cnrolinu -south 0arolina(0f. Deed Bk. 9, P• 230, where John and Willian Massey, sons of Joseph Massey sell 250 acres to John Doby)

The wife of Willin~ Massey wns Elizabeth Rives and their children were: Charlotte, Janes, Henry, Willia □, Polly, Geor-e, Benjanin, Joseph, Betsey, Robert, Jane, Ter.nerance(Cf. Brunswick Co., Vn. Deed Bk. 11, P• 50, where Willia □ Mnssoy is executor of Geor~e Rives, also Willia~ and Mary ~unrterly, 9: P• 163, 1901, where Geor ·e Rives nnnes dnu hter Eliz~beth Massey, will proved Jan. 25, 1773• Geor::-:e and Sarah Cook.Rives were parents of the wife, Elizebeth)

The third child of Willian Massey and Elizrbeth Rives(Massey), nanely, Henry Massey, was a revolutionnry soldier(listed on s. c. pension roll of RevolutionGry War Veterans, Lancaster District, Inf. and Cav., s. c. Militia , Feb. 5, 1834, aged 72 ). He bece1::e Stcte Sena.tor of Mecklenburg Co. after the Revolutionary War 0.nd n2.:rried Retsy Cureton, d. of Janes Cureton, Sr., of Prince Geor~e Co., Vu. and later of Lancaster Co., S. C.

The sixth child of ~illinn Massey and Elizabeth Rives Mossey, na□ ely, Bcnjnsin Massei, □o.rried Mildred Chew Robinson, d. of John Robinson, relative of Horseshoe Robinson of Revolutionary Story Tellins Faoe. Their childeen were: Willian, John Robinson, Joseph, Eliza Rives, Jane Downs, Benjcr-1in Frankl in, Sanuel Buckner, V/ill io.1:1 Thonns, Jnces Henry Downs, George Washington, Frnnces A□ anda.(Henry Downs of England ~nrried Jane Dou~lnss, of Scotland, who cn □ e to Anerica and settled in 0ran?e Co., Va. Their son, Henry Downs, cousin of Georse ~ashinJton and signer of the Declnration of Independence at Mecklenbur~, 1775, ~nrried Frances Chow, d. of Col. Chew of Virginia, and said to be the sister of President Madison's Dother. Their daughter □arrie~ John Robinson, kine □ an of Horseshoe Robinson, of Waxhaw fane, nnd hnd nine children: Frances, Jrnes, Henry, Henry Downs, Thocas, Mildred Chew, John, Sa~ and Jane. This sixth child, Mildred Chew Robinson, □ o.rried Benja cin Massey)

Elizabeth Rives ~assey ~arrie~ Thanas Kirk Cureton after his first wife, Charlotte Hnriett Massey died nt 19 years of age.

The s. c. Ga zctte, No. 2041, of Thurs. Sept. 7, 1775, shows that W illian Massey is n 1-::.e:-:1ber of the 2nd. Provincial Con.~ros~ for the District East of the Wntereo River with Col. Rich~rd Rich~rdson, John Kershaw~ Matthew Sin,.,.leton, Thos. Sur.iter, .Anron Loocock, Co.pt. W-c.. Richn rdson, Cnpt. Robert Patton, Rev. Wm. Tennent o.nd James Brnr'!ley. -16-

R IVSEJ'------MASSEY------CURETON COD.TNECT IONS Col. Willian Rives(Cf. P• 309 -----Reliqucs -of --the ---Rives by Child~) Capt. xIX!tGeorge and Sarah(Cook) Rives, of Sus sex and Brunswick Cos., Va.: (Cf. PP• 287-317, Ibid.) ho.a children: 1. Elizabeth Rives, b. abt. 1745 r..1. (1) Janes Massey, son of Joseph Massey. (2) Willian Massey, son of Joseph Massey (Willia □ Massey was Lt. Col. in the Continental Esta bl ishr.;.ent, Deputy Mustcrnaster General of S. c., lived nt Wa xh nw, s. o.) He □• Mildre~i Chew Robinson, a. of John 2. Ann Rives Robinson and had children: b. rbt. 1747 Elizabeth Rives Massey, □• Wr.1. Peebles b. 1807; d. 1862 n. Thor..10.s Kirk 0uroton, b. Jun, 3, 3• Benjanin Rives, 1803 and a4 July 3, 1857, buried b. nbt. 1749 in in the Massey-Cureton graveynrd in tkx Brunswick Co., Vn. the Wn xha w, s. C. plot about a nile ~oved to S. C. in from the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church. 1780, served in They had six children: S, C. Militia and XXXKXXl~MMXM¥X~XXXM~~~MXXK¼KiXXX then cn □ e back to Va. XXXXXXXXX2~X~1XM~$1X~i~X~XK~M~X d. in Chester Co., XXXXM~MX~M~KMK¥.X~XXNilXKXRIKtUX S. O. between 1810-20. ,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. Dr. Thoen s Kirk Cureton 4. Willian Rives, b. nbt.1751 r.1. Mary Mills d. abt. 1816 2.JaDes E. Cureton, n. s. Mary Youn~, d. of Iv~nry Thornton Janes Youn~, of 3. John Sanuel Cureton, b. Brunswick Co., Va. Jnn. 9, 1843; a. J~n. 2, Moved to Chester Co., 1909 at Center Hill, Fla. S. o. in 1780, back to □• Frances Jreh Brown a. of Va. then settled in Daniel Washington Brown Oanden District, s. c. in nnd Acandn Dixon Brown 1786. of Loncnster, S, c. (1) Elizebeth Barnes 5. Frances Rives, b. Mar.!, 1761 (2) Tho □ as Kirk, b. Dec. d. Nov. 1, 1843. Mr.rrie~ 31, 1872, in the Henry E. Jordan ~ho coved Woxha ws; a. Nov. 13, to Eastern Tenn. then bnck to 1930, Tulsa, Okla. s. a. in 1780. Cano bnck to Vn. n. Annie Jeffreys, d~ nnd □• Frances Rives and Willian o. Jeffreys, returned to S. c. in 1790. of Fernandina, Fla. Willian Massey was her 1st. (3) Willian McD~nald Gunrdinn nnd Benj. Rives b. 1875; d. 1945 v.10. s her 2nd• (4) George Brown, (Childs states that Benjocin Rives probably b. 1876; d. 1 iving nnrried Mary Robinson nnd nnong their (5) Clarence Lee, children was Robert Rives, nentioned by b • July 2, 1876 Wn. R. Do.vie n s a rcl~tive in his will) MM*MfXlX~i~XXHXM~KMM ~xxt~MXIXlIX?~~~x (6) Otis Rives, b. 1880; a. 1929 (one oldest son, John Sn □uol, Jr., died in 1888. Wns Honor Grad. of the Citadel in Charleston. HEN"RY MASSEY

A SOLDIER IN TEE MILITIA - SOUTH C.A.ROLil'"fA LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Prepared and read before WAXHAWS CHAPTER, D.A.R.

by Catherine Massey Starr (Mrs. Julian s.,sr.) Rt. 4 Lancaster ,Sout:h Carolina

1949

. HENRY 'IvLASSEY SR. 1. My Revolutionary ancestor By Mrs Julian Starr Sr. The mame MASSEY is believed te beef extremely ancient French

•rigin and t• have been derived from the residence •fits first bearers in the tewm. and lerdship •f MASCI, in Nermandy. The family held great pewer in the prevince, .fr•m the time e.f its invasien and cenquest by

Rell• in 910, until the rise •f Duke Willi01 ef N•rmandy. When Willia• invaded England in 1066 a.:nd became, after the battle e.f Hastings, the

Cenquer•r, he was accempa.nied by .feur members ef the MA.SCI family frem Flanders. They were Hame (•r Hamem) and his thr~e sens, RaJ11s , Rebert de Masci. Each is said te have held important cemmands in the

Cenquerer 1 s Army and in rec•gnitien •f this service Ham.en was given vast estates in Chesire. Part ef an old deed queted frem a hist•ry •f

Chesire reads: nr, William, King •f England, etc., d• give unt• Masci all my.right and title te the hopps and hepsland frem me and mine te thee and thine, land and limit fr@m heaven abeve te hell beneath, te held

•f me and mine with bew &nd arrew, where I sh••t upen Yarrew. And in witness ef this seeth, I seal with my teeth. In the presence ef Mauld and divers •th ers. rr Whatever ether qualificati@ns, William may have had, he cs.rtainly was net much •fa peet. This land lay near Liverpeel of the present day and was held befere the C@nquerer's time by Gherberd, a n@bleman ef Flanders~ as Ea.rl @f Ghesire.. 'I1he title, Baren ef Dunham, i!Va.s be­ stswed up@~ Ha~en and ha was called Hamen de Masci. It is net kn@wn when the spelling of the name changed te Massie, Massey and varieus other form.s bu_t it is th~ught that all were derived from tr1e same stem

of Masci in N@rmandv.'-' In 1631 a Jeffret Massey came te America frem England and settled near Salem, Mass. During the fellowing years until 1711 a number @f e ethers @f this same name came frem England and are recorded as settling 2. HENRY Mli\SSEY SR. in Virginia. In the first U.S. Census they are feund in Maryland, Virginia Nerth Carolina and Seuth Carelina, with vari•us spellings ef the name, te the number ef nearly~ hundred heads ef families.

It has net yet been established which •f this gr•up ef Virginia sett­ lers was the direct ancester ef Henry Massey Sr.,but investigatien may determine this eventually. The fact that his family was living in Brunswick

Ceunty, Va.,pri•r t• 1760, is shewn by the. will ef Jeseph Massey rec•rdsd tb.ere in 1761. In this will are feund the names •f his feurtesn children

@ne ef whem was William wh• settled in the Waxhaws in 1774. J•seph1 s wife is net mentiened s• we assume that she was dead at the time. Frem •ther seurces we learn that she was Elizabeth Washingten Lanier, a granddaughter •fa Jehn Washingten whese relationship te Geerge Washingten has net been estatblished. She has semetimes been cenfused with 1:tn©tl1er Elizabeth, daughter of the Jehn. Washingten wh• was •f the Ge~rge Wa.sl1ingten family, but investigatien has shewn that this Eliza.beth died unmarried as is stated

•n her gravestene. Se, as much as I weuld like to claim relatienship with the i:mnertal

G-eerge, hewever distant, I cannet honestly de se. Jeseph Massey's se:n.

James, married Elizabeth Rives, daughter •f Geerge Rives and Sarah Coek

Rives. James died in 1763 and his will is recerded in that year in Brunswick

Ceunty, Va. In November •f the same year,1763, his wid•w bore a sen and named him Henry Masssy. Later she married James 1 s brether William, and in 1774 they and their several children came te the Waxhaws and settled •n what is theught ts have b~en a King's Gramt •f land, theugh this has n•t been preved. Several hundred a.cres ef this land are still in p•ssessien ef their descendants. The eriginal hemestead was called the Red Heuse

Place and there are still t• be seen the feundatiens •f stene chimney and cerner pillars remaining. frem the •ld heuse. Nearby is the family burial plet surreunded by a stene wall and centaining the remains •f William,

Elizabeth. and several •f their children and grandcl1ildren.. It is t• be -HENRY -MASSEY .. SR. --- .. regretted that this part •f the land pas:sed •ut •f the family about 1866. ~•ng the graves in tb.i~ eld plet is ths.t ef Henry Massey Sr.,ene

•f the twelve children •f this couple, theugh he is said te be the child • f Elizabeth's first marriage t• William's br•ther, James Massey.~ few years age G•vernnent m•rkers were placed en the graves ef Henry Sr. and his father, William, since b•th had recerds ef Revelutienary Service. Tw•

ether sens •f Willialtl were in the Revelutien•ry service, James and William Jr.,but as far as I knew their rec•rds have not been preven. There is a

J01ws Massey listed as ene •f Marien's Men and Mr.Salley says there were tw• William Masseys fr•• Seuth Garelina in the service. These could bs

James '1.nd Viill~~ c!r• The rec•rds •f William Sr. and Henry have been appreved fer D.A.R. membership and several have jein.ed en their papers.

Cepies •f these recerds are appended t• this sketch. In 1?82 at the clese $f the war, Henry married Betsey Cureten, dau­ ghter •f J01es Ever•tt Guret•n aRd Betsey H~ath Cure.ten. They settled en land adjeining her father's •r it may have been a part of her father's place given te Betsey en her marriage. This land lay partly •r entirely in Nerth Car•lina as the state line ran between it and the Cureten Land. In his applicatien f•r a pension in 1832, Henry stated he was a resident

•f Mecklenburg Ceunty, N.C. He was a msmbs.r •f the N.c. House ef Repre­ sentatives frem Mecklenburg C•umty in 1811 and 1812 and State Senater from 1831 te 1832 as stated in Dr.J.B. Alexander's be•k, "The Histery ef Mecklenburg Ceunty". Henry and Betsey Massey had seven children. Bscause ef many marriages ef first ceusins and second ceusins I am descended fr•m him threugh twe •f his children. Everard eR my fathers side and Henry Jr. en my methers side. My father an.d msther were beth Masseys and secen.d ceusins. Alse, because

•f these intermarriages, I am descended frem William Massey threugh three ef his children, ceunting Henry Sr. as •n• •f them. The ethers are Benjamin, wh• married Mildred Chew Reninsen and Temperance, whese first husband was Reece Perter. 4. HENRY MASSEY r-6·!!)1,"\ 1,,._,\9 Willian and Elizabeth have maay descendants in this sectien and seat - tered ever several states. In gathering the family recerds during the

past few years I have eerrespended with m.any •f them. intereeted in ce:m­

piling a recerd as nearly cemplete as p•ssible. This cam b• den• enly

through the ceeperati•n •f all br.a.nchee ef' the family but I h•p• it will be dene s•m• day.

Fer the iRfermatien •f these interested I have listed the names

•f Williama' children •nd wh• each married. Since seme dates are lacking they are net in chrenelegical erder. 1. Henry Sr.· (Rev~) as stated was bern in 1763 and married Betsey Cureten.. 2. James (Rev.) 11.arriea. Mary (Pelly) Sykes ef Virginia.. Her w111· is recerded in th• La~easter Ceurt Heu3e. . . 3. William (Rev.) :taarried Betsey Marshall. Meved te Tarm.ess••• 4. Charlette - married Vvilliam McDaniel. 5. Pelly- married R•g•r Gibs••; lat•r married Benjamin Peeples. 6. Geerg•- married Mrs.Rebecca (Kirk) C•tteB; later marri•d Mrs. Mary (Br••mfiela} Merrisen. 7. Capt. Benjamin, 1775-1846, married Mildred Chew R•binsen. 8. Jeseph, b•r• 1773 in Va. died 1836 in Lancaster District s.o. married Martha Heed. 9. Betsey- :married_ Aquilla. Greer; :meved te T•nness•• er Geergia. 10. Jam• - married William Perter. 11. Temperance, 1786.;.1854; :m.a.rried Reese Pert•r ; later married J•seph Gillespie. 12. Rebert - never married. The children ef Henry Massey Sr. and Betsey Curet•n Massey ware: James O. (Cureten?) bern 1785, married Sarah May Blakeney, m•v•d te Ff•rida in 1851. 2. Charlette, berm 1788, married Benjamin Sykes Massey, her first c•usin..• 3. Hemry Jr.,borm 1794,married Elizabeth Perter, his first c•usin. 4. Everard, berm 1796, married Mary Knex Harper. 5.

6. Willia•, bern 1802; married ---- 7. Mary Rebecca, ber• 1808, married Jehn M~ssey, her first ceusin; died seem aft•r her marriage. Henr y Massey Sr. Revelutiema.ry Service appreved fer D.A.R. membership:

Hemry Ma.esey Sr .• was all•w•d a pensi•n f•r service in th• Revelutien.­ a.ry War. See File Ne .• 18-103 ; em an applica.tien executed August 30,1832, f. while a residemt •f Mecklenburg Ceunty N.C. He stated that h• was berm in Brunswick Ceunty,Va. in 1763. Remeved te Seuth Carelina im 1774 with his parents and resided th•r• in th• Waxhaw Settlement where he served im th• s. C. treeps as f•ll•ws: He first served •me menth under Capt.William Simpsen and Celenel Marshall a~d was disch•rged a few days bef•r• the Battle ef St•n•. He vel- . ,_ . unteered again umder Capt. Reb•rt Crawferd, jein•d General Sumter in Indian

Land, s.c.; was in the Battles •f Recky Meumt and Hanging Reck; served twe meBths; was discharged. v·olunteered un.d.er Capt. Drennan am.d was i:n the

Battle •f Fish Dam F•rd. Served tw• weeks and was discharged. Velumteered under C:el. Henry Ha:m.pten and was in the Battle ef Blackstecks Pla.ntatie:n

en Tyger River, in which Ge:mera.l Sumter was weunded. S.erved tw• weeks (See

File' 18-103-2.) Enlisted in July 1781 under Lieutenant Jam.es Thews in

Cel. Maham's Regiment •f Cavalry. Served •n• year and WliS discharged at Manry's Ferry, Santee River. SIGNED, V.WARNER, Cemmissi•mer. William Massey Sr. Reveluti•nary Service Appreved Fer D.A.R. Membership. William Massey Sr. was a member ef th• Sec•nd Previncial Cengress fer the

district eaf!t •f the Wa.t•r•e R.iver in Seuth Ca.relin.a, Neve:m.ber 1775, te . . ' March 26, 1776. (s.c. Histerical and G•n•al•gieal Magazine, Vel.7,pag• 103 106). Frem th• s01• seurce, Vol. 8, page ?8 - w• l•arn that he was Muster Master General and h•ld the rank •f Lieutenant Celenel in the Centinental Establishment. Im th• same article it is stated that WilliUI Massey meved 6. HENRY MASSEY SR. t• th• Waxhaws, s. C. frem Virginia im 1774.

Frem Indemts •f the Revelutien•ry War:

Issued th• .6th •f' May 1785 te Mr .William. Massey fer Ninety-eight N•.454) peunds, 5 shillings 4f sterling fer eundries fer Cent 1 ls and Militia Be•k P) in 17'79,. 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 a.s per •n• acc't in wh•l• and •n• im. part audited. Principal 98, 5 4¾ Annual Int. 6, 17 6l Issued 19th Jan.. 1785 te Ce_l. William. Massey fer twenty-twe peu:rads 10 Sterling - pay as Muster Master General f•r the State ef S•uth . - Ne.28 CareliRa in 1779 & 1780. Balanc• &-accaunt audited. Lib. 0 Principa.1 22 • • • 10 Interest 1 • • • 10 • .10 JOHN CROCKETT

Revolutionary War Patriot

Prepared and Read before Waxhaws Chapter,D.A.R. by Miss Nancy Crockett Route 4 l..ancaster, South Carolina

JOH.L"l CROCKETT Revolutionary War Patrio~

According to The Crockett Family and Connecting Lines by French and Armstrong, Vol~V of Notable Southern Families, the .. Cr8ekett name spelled in various ways originated in France. - . - Many French Huguenot,s, tlle Creckett,s among them, left France after the RevocatiQn of the Fdict of Nantes in I685 and fled to Eng1aad, then to Scotland and Ireland. The Croeketts eager to lose tlleir French identity changed the spelling of their name to i~s present form. The majority of the Crocketts remained in Ireland barely a generation before the great journey to .America began. The South Caro1ina Crocketts can trace their ancestry to Robert Crockett, who was a gPaadson of Robert Watkins Crockett, the fourth son of .Antoine Desasure Perronette de Crocket,agne and Louise de Saix, the F'rench re:fugees.(From:The Crackett. Famil:.y.) Robert Cr0ckett married Margaret Alexander in Ireland and left soon after for .America where their first child, a son, John Crockett, was born just before the vessel put in to Phi1adelphia in 1730. The date of landing is obscure but on February 28,I740, having moved to Orange County, Virginia, with his increasing brood, Robert found it necessary to have inserted in the county records: ((Importation from Ire1and to Phil.adelphia, thence to Orange County, proven by Robert Crockett for himself, Margaret, John, Arsble,

J) Jane, Samuel, Robert. Robert Crockett>s will(I746)is on file at Staun.~on, Augusta County, Virginia, a~d names the above mentioned children and in addi1iion James, Alexander,_ and an expected child who was baptized Andrew by the Rev. John Craig, Pastor of Augusta Church, in I747. -~,-1 After t.he father>s death the_Augusta County Records show tb-1; numerous guardians were appointed for the Crockett children, some of whom were charged with wast,ing the estat,e including their mother and ~-­ her second husband, John Ramsey. The disposition of the case _is o.bscure but Margaret and John Ramsey ieft Virginia around I758 and moved to Mecklenburg County, 1'.C. The older Crockett sons had evidently preceeded their mother to the Car~linas for the Anson County Militia Roll of I755 lis~ed:

-, - Andrew Pickens, Cap-t;ain; R~be~ Ramsey, LieuteDaat; John Erockett, Ensign; and among others Alexander Crockett,Co:rporal, amd Privates - . Archie and Robert Crockett. Of the entire troop of 72 members, 32 of them owned. iand in the Waxhaws and possibly I7 others since they have the same surnam~ (Meriwether). The Anso1:1 County Records, Wadesboro, K.c., show that. John and Archibald Crockett bought 528 acres on Waxhaw Creek, joining Andrew Pickens> and \'fm.Nute ~ut,tJ's lines,on Fe~ruary I3,I755, :from Samuel McElhenney. on .Apri~ 24,I756, Robert Davis of Anso~ County, !f.c., deeded Alexander Crockett;, orphan son ___ of Robert Crockett. deceased in Augusta County, Virgin~a, 202 acres on the north branch of Waxhaw Creek, witnessed by Robert Ramsey, John Crockett, and Repentence Townsend. Robert Davis had been an executor of Robert CrockettJs estate and had asked to be released when he was about to leave to leave the Virginia colony, Kay I9,I753 • .Archibald Crockett must have taken the upper section of the land purchased in I755 and extended his boundarie~ northward for he was one of the first elders of Providence Church along with his step-father John Ramsey • .Archibald Crockett married a d.aughterof Wm.King(witnessed his Deed)and they had among other children John ,. JI (, Creckett,tbe father of Il:lvy Crockett,the Hero of the Alamo. ,From: Ray's Mecklenburg Sig?ers •) John Crockett, brother of_Archibal.d, t,ook up his residence _,..., 't'- "b-GOI" .~J on Waxhaw Creek, but gradually acquired(I787,I795,~800)- southward along Cane Creek, about 300 acres. He attended Waxhaw Church for his name appears with Robert McClanahan>s and Andrew Pickens,when they witnessed Robert M:i.ller>s deed of 4± acres, including a house for divine worship, churchyard, and spring, to the Waxhaw Congregation on March 9,I758. There is no record of service in the Revolutionary War for John Crockett that ean be found, but he is credited wit,h supplying the pubiic troops under the command of Major Wm.R.Davie and the hospital at Camden with fl.our, corn, and wheat, and with the use of his wagon and team by the order of Mr.Gil.brath, for which he was paid ten pounds, eighteen shillings, and seven and one-half pence sterling.(Account audi~ed and Stub entry in Historical Commission, Columbia, s.c.) When the British moved into the Waxhaws after Buford>s Massacre, lJlay 29,I?SO, Crockett>s plantation was one of the places occupied.(James:Life of Andrew Jackson p.20) .Andrew Crockett in 1852 at the age of 83 testified(_Howe>s History of Presbyterian Church in s.c.)that he remembe~ed when the Oa\e.,: British camps were near his father's house•(Andrew Crockett in I824 sold Jacob Hinkle of Chester County 59 acres that had been willed him by the Last Will and Testament of John Crockett, deceased.) ,r Every horse, cow, hog, sheep, the poul~ry, the bee-hives were stolen, l) his father lying sick at the time •.• He also states that his oldest brother(E:l.ijah) was taken prisoner al.ong with,, Robert and Andrew Jack- son after the skirmish at TNaxhaw Church ••• That his father sent him to Lord Rawdon ••• who allowed him to bring away one of his father's mares ••• which he hid for some weeks in a thicket to keep her out of

. ~ the way of plundering Tories. 1f°~f ..,. John Crockett was buried in Old Waxhaw Cemetery with this '--\.J inscription on bis tombstone: In Memory of JOHN CROCKEI'T .. ,-; Who died Dec.I6,I800 Aged 70 years and 5 months Born in a ship in the year I730 (On the back is the piet,ure of a ship and:) Born upon the sea near Pennsylvania shore Lived in America till almost fourscore Happy the man who has his sins forgiven By our Redeemer who now lives in Heaven By his side lies Margaret ~CorkleJ Crockett, who died Dec.2I, I796, aged 6I years, and "tiwo. of their children, Margaret, I760-I764 · and John I764-I776,and their son Elijah Crocket~ I757-I798 and his wife ... . Mary R.Davie Crockett I759-I8I5, a sister of Gen.w.R.Davie. Elijah and Mary Crockett had I6 children, only one of whom has a marked grave in Ol.d Waxhaw Cemetery, Archibald D.Crockett I786-I8I5 • . - .. One son John Crockett, married. his first eous~n Mary Hayne Davie, daughter of Gen.W.R.Davie, and moved t,o Texas as did t,wo of the daughters who married Wallises. Another son Robert Carr Crockett married .Angerosia Richardson and they too moved to Texas. He- kept a Register and-Family Record, which is still well prese:M7ed ~oday in a book covered in bu~k­ skin and .in the possession of M.H.Crockett of Austin,Texas, who sent me a pho~osta~ic copy of some pages from this book and who spent several hours ia the old cemetery in I949 while on a visit ~G the eastern states. John and Margaret Croekett)s other son, Andrew Crockett, is buried near the Leckie Enclosure in the midst of I6 of his descendan~s, II of t.b.em by the name Crockett. He was born Nlay 23,1769, and married Agnes(Nancy)Dunlap on March s,rsoo • .Agnes Dunlap,born Nov.26,I779, was the daughter of Nancy(Agnes)Craighead Richardson and George Dunlap, bo~h of whom have Revolu~ionary Records, Andrew and Agnes Crocket.t had II chiJ.dren. Their oldest soncr:,~ j. . . ,....,,. ' John McKenzie Crockett married Levicy C.Barnett and they were the parents of John Newton Crockett and James E. Crockett, both of whom fought in the Confederate War, James dying in· a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia. John married his first cousin Henrietta Price and their children are:W.H.Crockett of Dal1as,Texas, Mrs.W.H.Millen and Mrs.R.L. Simpson of Lancaster, and Barnett Crockett,who-died when he was 32. John and Levicy Crockett had three daughters, only one of whom married­ Henrietta to s.R.Williamson, whose descendants live in Monroe,N.c. ~- .i:_ 4. ~("t.u.ruh ) Minerva Jane, J:t.a.i Dunlap, George Hyder, l\lary Ann Louisa, sons and daughters of Andrew and Agnes Crockett,never married. 5. Margaret Sin.thy Crockett married first, Wm.G.Massey and their . . only surviving chi1d Haney Molivia married Dr.R.L.Crawford, t,he ancestors of t,he Lancaster Crawfords. After Massey's death Margaret Crockett •~sey

) married Col.T.W.Huey, and thereby my grandfathers father-i~-law became became his brother-in-law. Robert E.A.Huey married El.izabeth Kee, Simeon Huey married CI}Alice M.Hunter and (2JMary Elizabet,h Robertson., and Amanda Huey married s.C.Mill.en Hood-the Huey children by Margaret

) Crockett s 2nd marriage • ••Robert Crockett married Sarah Sunningham. Their children married Walker McMurray,Wil1iam Van Landingham,Benjamjn Lindsay, and W.S.Allsbrooks-al1 but the last leaving descendants. 'l. l t\.oin..) .Agnes Elizabeth Dunl.ap Crockett married Henry Russel_ Price, 1~ 10. Rachel .Archanna Crockett married Dr.R.L.Strait, and Elijah Jones Crockett married Mary Gill. 11. My grandfather David McKenzie"Cr~ckett ,also a Confederate veteran, was the youngest of Andrew and Agnes Crockett>s II children. He married Louisa Elmira Huey the daughter of Col. Thomas Vialker Huey by his first wife Ma,rt,ha Lynn McMu.rray. My father Rufus Calhoun was the youngest of thei~ five chi1dren. Jmd.Waxhaw Cemetery contains 35 marked.Crockett graves. (l llfh _ I q S" o h\ ~ n ~" V J

5.lunelia=Virginia J•n•s m,1) Dr. Benj.F.Massey :"?~"''LJV '(2) Dr.Ed.J. H•eper 6.S amuel F. Dunlap - never married 2)Samuel F.Du.Rlap (1799-1834)m. Sarah Crawferd Witherspeen l~Jane Withersp••n Dunlap (1826-1861) 2. R•bert Crawferd Dunlap (1829-30)

3. Dr.Ge•rg• Vva.shington Dunlap m.(l) Elizabeth Harris(2)Drs.• Delia. · ) Harris) 6~ ROBERT CRAWFORD~ (b.4/7/1776; d-- u:mmarried 7. JEi.N CRAWFORD(b.4/23/1782; d.7/1811) unmarried • ~ • M 8.ISABELLA CRAWFORD ~b.5/3/1771; d.2/15/1795. m.T~emas White 9.MARTHA WHITE CRAi~ORD (b. 2/27/1788; d -- m.Cel. Themas Willi~ms Yerk,S.C. died in Mentg@mery Ala. 1841

10.ELIZABETH CRAV~1?0RD: (b. 3/28/179l;d -- m.VVillia.m Vau_ghn

2\JOSEPH CRAWFORD: (b ~--d .-- ) Meved te Edge:field,S .G. and Gurgia.

3)JAMES CRAWFORD: (b.--d.-- ) Married Jennett Hutchinsen. 7 shildren

Issus: Thema.s Crawford m. Elizabeth Jeseph Crawferd ( died in Charlesten) James Jr. married Christina White William Crawferd And three girls. THOMAS MACKEY

A SOLDIER IN THE MILITIA - SOUTH CAROLINA LINE

REVOLUTIOl'l"ARY WAR

Prepared and read before

Wa.xhavi1s Chapter, D.A.R.

by Perry Belle Bennett Hough (Mrs. Ben c.) 309 Elm Street Lancaster, South Carolina

THOMAS MACKEY :110 --.- -- By ·Perry Belle B8nnett [email protected] ·(Mrs .B•n vVaxhaws Chapter;D.A.R. ;Nev .26, 1948.) Data by Mrf! .C .E'..Deughtie, Atla.11ta,Ga. A SOLDIER IN THE MILITIA - SOUTH CAROLINA LINE. REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

MILITARY HISTORY. (The Nati•nal Archives -Pemsi•• Fil• S 21 357.) Date ef emlistm•mt: Emrelled in Militia- 1780. State:- Seuth Carelina

Length ef Service : Ten Memthe Ra:mk: - Privat•.

Officer3 u~der whom service wa3 rendered: Capt. D.Stewart, Maj.Themps•• Eli Kerehaw; G-em..Richardsaa1 s Brigade, Gem..Su..mter.

Ba.ttle3 engaged im: IR 5ceutim.g partia3 s.nd skirmishes. Reeidenc• of eeldier at enlistment: Age 18.

Date and pl~c• •f birth: - Ca.mden Di~.trict (Later Lancaster District) S•uth Ca.relin.a.) Februa~y 12,~762. . .

Remt1.rke: Died in La.nca3ter Di3trict, S .C ~ , January 8, 1842. Married (1) Charity Perry {a• Issue) Killed by a runaway team.

(2) Mary A:m.:m ·cren.sha.w in 1783. {Mether was ,P~Ma.tth•ws)

Left f•ur ee:m.s and. feur daughters: Thema.s Cre:m.shaw Mackey; Ga•rg• ]/fackey

J ehn. The:m.a.e Mackey; -Andrew J a.cks en. Mackey; Mary Am.1a Mackey; Cemf ert

Mackey; Na.n.cy Ja.m• Mackey (Agnes) & Ma.rg·aret Mis~eur~ Mackey. O:n the 25th day ef April, 1833, THOMAS MACKEY, Lamca.ster District, S.c. Persen­

-.lly appeared in •p•n c•urt befere his H•:m.•r, Richard Gant, Judge •f theC.•urt

ef Ge:mera.l Sessiens & Cemmen Plea.s, n•w sittimg a.t Lamca.ster Ceur·t Heu3e,fer

the Diatrict ef Lancaster, amd mad• •~th that he,THOMAS MACKEY,• resident •r aaid District & State, age 71 years, im •rder te ebtain th• benefit •f the 4-ct ef Cen.greas passed the 7th •f June, 1832, hereby ma.de the fellowing stat•• lhen.ts: That in the yea_r ef 1780, b@ wta.s snrelled in th• :militia •f S.outh

.. -~ari'lin.a. a:nd tl1at em the 1st da:y •f M3_rch, •f that year, he wa:! draftsd en a

teur ef three menthe; which tenr he ~•rved under the cemmamd ·•f Maj•r Tb:empe••

in C•l. Kimbrell'a Regiment & Gen. Richa.rd~•m's Brigade a.nd that at the •x• piratien ef s•id servic• h• rec•ived Re written di~charge, but was verbally . di~charged by Cel. Kimbrell en the 3rd •f June, 1780. On this teur •f service

,h• was stati0ned at Purrysburg, s.c., that•• •r about th• 10th •f Auguat L fellewing, he was again drafted knd -called i~t• service fer the term •f three TH.OMAS MACKEY 2. l /'l',! _JL menthe under the cemmand •f th8 s•id C•l. Kimbrell, but fer• time during th18

tsur h• was under the command •f Cel. Eli Ker8haw. He was verbally discharged

abeut the 10th ef Nevember; a p•rt ef thi8 thie teur he wae ~t•tien•d in the vicinity ef 1.. pla.ce called "Feur Hele3", i:ra S. c. and part •f the time at Aug- . . uet&, Ga. That•• er about the firet ef Jam.,1781, he velunteered his services fer reur menths, under the ~•id Gel. Kimbrell and under the immediate cemma~d

•f Ca.pt. D.Stewart. Thi3 eervice wa.e p•rfermed betw•en Cam.den & Waxhaw, S, .c. In thia eervica he wa.s severely weunded at Slea.:t1e, near Grannie Quarter

Greek in the vicir1i ty •f Oamde:m., iN.a Skirmi5h with a. detaclwent of Bri tieh and Torie~. Ia all which c•mp&igns and toure he served as a private seldier and wa alw•ye verbally discharged, and during which time he was net •ng~g~d in any civil pursuit; th_e time a.beve menti@ned whj_ch h• served in a. regula.r erga.niz­ ed •nd enrelled cerpe - wm.~ t1m. menth!S in a.11. He wa.~ eften e1J_t in hazardeu:! excursiens in sc®uting parties; ee~; etc., but net enrolled fer any sp~cific peri~d er und~r the c®ntrel @f any regular c~nstitutsd corp~. That h• her•by r•l i:m.quiehe~ evsr-y· claim te ._ pen~i•m. er a.nnui ty except the. pre3ent and d•• cl• res that his name is net en the pemai@n roll ef any st~t•.

Te ths questiens prepesed, he answers as fellews: (1) B•rn em th• Cat•wba River, L~ncaster District, s.c. •Rl2th ef February (2) He hae ne recerd ef his ageo 1762 (3) IR Lanca3ter District, South Carelina. (4) Drafted under Gel. Kimbrell - a.ls• velunte•red U}ader the cem.mand •f the :! aune. (5) He names Cel.Kimbrell,Col.Taylor, Geia.Richardss:ra., Ge:n. Sumt•r• (6) He mever received t• the b~~t of his recellectiea, a written discharge but invaribly a verb•l eRe.

:(7) H• :nem.es Benjamin Ma.s3ey a.nd Ezek:tatl Ma.~sey - a.~ gentlemen wh• can testify ils te his character and the belief •f his service as a soldier @f the Revelu­ tion. Swera te in Open Ceurt: SIMON BECKHAM, Clerk THOMAS MACKEY s.c. Lanc~ster Di~trict) P•rsenally c:tme befere me, Francis Metherahed, wh• being swern as law dir~cts saietb em eath,that he was well acquainted with Thema.s MRckey Sr. in the eld Revelutienary \'vs_r and was ·wit11 said [email protected] Macltey THOWJ.AS 1\1ACKJ~Y

en campaign in def,nse ef the u·nited st .. tes undttr C@l. Eli Kershaw a.nd thi~

depenant further saieth that said Themas Mackey served a3 a militia eelti•r

in ~aid campaigR until he was taken ~ick and in c•nssquence •f ~aid eicknes~

I ~-~ render~d unable te ~•rve amy l@nger and he further 3aieth that ho thinks

said MACKEY at that time w~s net more than sixteen ye~rs eld in his epinien,

and thi~ depenent further saieth that he knew said MACKEY in ether services. \ ~: R the ab•v• stated wa.rs he believed he di~cha.rged his duties a3 a tru• a.nd I • l I irai thful ~•ldier in the defense •f tb.e Uni tsd Sta.te~. ( Swern te and Su.bscri-

ed before me thi~ 17th day ef Octeber 1826) ,- Ceiel, J.P. Fra:mcis M•thsrshed. ancaster District.) Pe.rsetially· came befere me, Stephen Gamble and ~.fter being

wern, saieth that h• wa~ well acquainted with THOMAS M:ACKEY in the Rev@luti•m,

h~t he w•s under Davie's (?)Aug.6th campaign ~nd that his Gerperal Davis(?)

• under~teod that the said THOl-JIAS lVIACKEY wa~ a seldier threugheut the war. pwern and Subscribed · o~f•r• me this 2nd ef Oct.,1826 JOBN MCKENZIE STEPHEN GAMBLE

•, Benjamin Ma3sey •nd Ezekiel Massey - resident citizens ef Lancaster Dist.,

, .euth Garelin._, and the ls.st a. Clerg:yma.n, all in the vicinity •f the applicant

HOMAS MACKEY, d• certify tha.t we a.re well acquainted with. the 3atid Thtrma.s and

elieve him 71 year3 •f a,ge e_nd that he is reperted and believed in the ·neigh­

erheod te h3_ve been. a. ~•ldier of the Revelu.tien in which. @pinien we cencur.

wern t•- 25th April, 1833 BENJAivlIN. lVIASSEY IMON BECKHAM, Q.U.(?) EZEKIAL NLASSEY

t: md the 3aid Court de hereby declare their epinien after investig_atie:a ef the ,I l +atter, and after putting the interregaticns prescribed by the War Department I ~hat the abeve named applic•nt wa3 a Revelutienary Soldier and served a3 he Jts.tes; and th'-1 Geurts further certify that it a.ppears: that Ezekia.l Massey - ! i vth• he.s certified the foregeing declaration. is a clergyman reside:nt in th.9 Dis. I I ~f L~Rcaster, mnd that Benjamin Massey - who has alae signed the same - ar• ! tesiden.ts ef La11caster Di3t. and are ere di ta.bl• gentleme:m a.r1d that their stat- i~ment ie entitled te credit. RICH.ARD GANTT, Presiding. Judge. THOMAS MACKEY I,Simon B,eckham, Clerk ef C.eurt ef General Stts3i0ns& Cem:m.om. Pleas, de har•• by certify that the feregeing centa.inl'I the erigim.al preceeding·s of the said

Oeurt in th.e ma.tter ef the applicatien ef THOMAS I\11ACKEY, fer ._ p•an3 ien..

In testimeny whereef, I have hereunt• set my hand & seal ef effice thi3 25th day •f April, 1833. SIMON BECKHAM, CCCPs.

Th·us, THOMAS MACKEY became a pensiener by 1tn Act ef Cengress, datted June 7,

1832 and hi3 name wa~ inscribed on the Rell ef Seuth Car@lina at th• rate •f

$33.33 per annum, te cenLmence en the feurth day ef March, 1831.

In "Stub Entry te Indents fer Revolutionary Cla.ims 0 by A.S. Salley, Beek Q,Ne.189 - we find the fGllewing entry - April 6,1785, T• Mr. Thom•s Mackey for ••••ty-feur days militia duty dene •• the hers• and feet a3 a private.

Alse fer a rifle gun lest in the militia service in 1781 & 1782.

In a letter te Miss Nancy Crockett (10-12-48) Mr. A.S.Salley says: In the

Militia ef Seuth Carolina, men did net enlist er r$Ceive discharges. They were m-!mbers ef the 1nilitia by virtue @f being betw~en -Jightee11 & f0rty-five and in g@G>d pl1ysical c~n.dition, and 11.et exc1.1sed b~ca1.1.se ®f being a minist(!r

@r m. miller. They s~rved whe,n drs.fted ~r vol1.Jnte~red their services, and th•y were pa.id a.cc@rdi11g t~ th,~ 11.umber ef days served. The militia 3erved beth en feet and en hers•back. Thsy were paid double the •m•uRt that they get en feet when they 3erved em h•r~eback - twenty~five pounds currency was the regular pay. · When THOMAS MACKEY died, Jam. 8, 1842, he left a will, but it alen.g with all ether WILLS in L~nca~ter Ceunty, was destreyed in 1865 - se we have me way of judging the s.mouRt ef his estate, •ref the number $f children living, except threugh survivi11g Court Recerds. We as~um• that he was well fixed financially beca.use he left 300 acres af land to ene of his daughters, and five slave:! t• each of three children then living nea.rby, and ether land~ not recordffld. This leads u~ t• wonder why he applied for a pensien. Perhaps hia estate was inherited frem hi~ father, John M•ckey, since Themas wa~ severely wGunded and rendered unfit fer service in the R•velutien after 1782 (except TliOMAS MACKEY 7. ·-fT. ~ - . ~j_{_). JOHN T .11ACKEY was the '7th child of THOiv'IAS & :MARY ANN CRENSHAW MACKEY, wh•~•

childr.en are listed bel sw as fellews:- 1 •. THOMAS CRENSHAW WiACKEY, b•rn Sept.21,1784 - Di~d Aug. 2,1862 ·married JANNET EIVI NJ.A VIRGINIA BELL ( 1812) Bern 1791 -Died 1865

Hild ten children (all b•r:a in Lancaster County) (Meved to Mississippi) ...... 2. MARGARET MISSOURI MACM--iy, bern ~~--- Died ,1868. M. Jehn L.Caskey 3. GEORGE MACKEY, Bern 1786. Died abeut 1869, M.Louise Hughes? (ne issue) 4. COMFORT MACKEY , Born --- Died----

5. AGNES (NANCY) JANE M~CKEY, bern--- Died---- M.Jehn Jarret Sim~.(8children

6. MARY ANN MACKEY, Bern --- Died --- Unmarried

7. JOHN THOMAS MACKEY, Berm iune·2s, 1798. Died, Nev. 15,1882. M. P•lly Beckhui (a.beve) five childrsn.

8. ANDREW JACKSON.MACKEY, B~rn· .:.-1799, Died Aug.27~1876·; :M.Sara. Elizabeth Deuglas 1831 -three children. (M) Edith John3•n,wid•w 1842 -ten children

[n the "CYCLOPEDIA OF ElvlINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE CAROLINAS OF THE . . I :rrNETEENTH CENTUARY", Volume 1, pe.ge 314 - we find the follewing sk9tch ef I . . . ·11fe · cf Dr. J .F .Mackey ( 1836 -1911) : -

11 JOHN lVIACKEY was of _Scotch irigin. He emigrated fro111 Pennsylvania. te

~ancm.ster· Ceu_nty, South Carelina, at a very ~a.rly date, and became_ cne ef the leading planters ef the Ceunty. Hi3 sen THOMAS, was born in the new home seme- time after the remeva.l from Penn3ylvania., and ~erved in the Revelution a~ a patri•t seldier. THOMAS was the father ef JOHN T.MACKEY .The latter first saw

:i i The light en his father's planta~ion. After reaching his majority he went to

~eergia, and ~emained in that state for abeut ten year~, when he returned te \ . ! I l\i3 native cou_nty a.nd married Mary·- Beckham, I'_ lady ef Chester County,. S .c., c,f henored parent~• and rare r8finement. After his happy marriage he became

" •- plantsr, and was engaged in that calling at the time •f his death in 1882 .. •tl the age of- 85 years. It is of his sen, J.F. Mac.k~y, M.D. that we write ,articularly. Dr. Mackey was bern in Lancaster, s.c. May 23,1836. After re- leiving a thereugh preliminary scheeling in his native county, he ff entered iurman University at Greenville, s.c. and completed a classical course in that institutien. Dr.R.A.Wyli• became his preceptor in the study of medicine, s••~ THOMAS .MACKEY ..

5. Emma Elizabeth Mackey, Bern,Apr.15, 1875; Died May 6,1928 (M) Hum.end 6. Ella Mackey, Bern Ma.rch,13,1877; Died Nev.17,1906 7. Alice R Mackey, Bern, D•e.22,1878; Died --- (M) Herbert _Herto:m..

8. Leuise C Mackey, ~ern Dec. 4~ 1~80; Died---(~). Garrett. 9. Claudius W Mackey, Bern Sept. 9,1882; Died Oct. 13,1883

10. Maggie M Mackey, Bern Dec. 16,1883; Died,May 18,1899 (Unmarried)

- Children of MARY ROSELINE MACKEY VANLANDINGHAM & J.T.VANLANDINGHAM:- 1. William Themas Va.:rtla.ndingham, Bern 1857 . - 2. Mary Rebecca Vanlandingham, Bern July 1,1860; Died -- (M)Ja.ck Maseey THOMAS CRENSHAW MACKEY (Oldest sen ef Thomas and Mary Ann Crenshaw Mackey)

Bern, Sept. 21, 1784; Died,Aug.2, 1862 {M) Jannet Emma Virg·,inia B-ell -1812 (~ern 1791; Di~d 1865) Ohildren:- (All bern in Lancaster, s.c.) l.James Leenidas Mackey (1813 -1888) (M) Sarah Jane Duren 2. Dr._William Geerge Mackey (1814-1898) (M) Martha P.Reeves

3. Mary Melly Mackey {1816-1897) (M) Geerg• Gayden

4. Jane Yeunger Mackey (1818-1864) (M) Hebsen Neely

5. Themas Bell Mackey (1820-1887) (:M) Sara.h Elizabeth Willia.ms

6. Jo:!hua Da.vs.ge 11a.clrey (1822-1892) (M) Elizabeth Cex

7. Nancy Millieer Mackey (1827-1878) (M) Wallace Waters

8. Elizabeth Mackey (1825-1849) {M) Lindsey

9. Jehu Peace Mackey (1829-1873) (M) Eliza.beth Ma:!sey (M) Georg·e Severs 10.Recinda. Adaline M~ck•y . (1832-1898). AGNES (NANCY) JANE MACKEY {Daughter ef Them•s Mackey) Bern --- Died---- ., Married Jehn Jarrett .$iW! , B0rn--- Died --- CHILDREN: ·l. Thomas Mackey Sims (M) Eliza Crenshaw 2. Andrew Jacksen Sime 3. John Sime 4. William Sims 5. Mary P.Sims 6. Oharity Sims (M) Cyrus Mills 7. Misseuri Sim8 (Nete: Tr10:ma.s Mackey Sims & F1.mily meved t• Texas in 1850.) ,, • ., 4 .-. - • • • • THOMAS MACKEY 10. The ycunge3t e•n •f Thomas Mackey and wife, Mary Ann Crenshaw, was ].:)

Andrew J~ckeen Mackey. It ie intereeting te nete that thie child was Ra.med

f•r • future Pre~ident befere Andrew Jackeen had attain~d any great degree

•f fame. This leads ue te aeeum• th&t there was either a f•mily cennectien er a clese friendehip·between the .tw• families.

In a letter written by Mr.Crandall Mackey •f WaehingteR,D.C. (een ef •· ' . . . . - . Judge T.J. Ma.ck•y •f Char~~eten,s.c.) t• Mrs.C.E. Doughtie, in 1932, I qu•t•:

"After th• dea.th •f R•b Rey McGreger, there wa.s a p·ric• en the head of all . . .. . his descend•nts. Hi~ Grandeon, Jame~ McGreg•r,changed hie name te Mack•y, . . which was the name ef hie mether, and settled in Jeffere•n c~unty, Geergia. . . ~is sen (grandsen) wae bern there in 1766, and meved te Seuth Garelina. When thirteen year~ ef ag• h• was in cempany with a yeuth elder than himself, in

L•nc•~ter Ceunty,s.c. ferging Briti~h hGraea for a cempa.ny ef cavalry, ceJnm­

'.anded by his Uncle, Charles Mackey. While se engaged the tw• beye were captured

by the Britieh &nd impriaoned. The elder ef the twe bey~ was Andr9W Jackeen and the -yeunger waa John Mackey." The bey, John Mackey became a rm.meu~ physician and auther. He wrete th•

first beek on smallp&x (cowpox) which was published in Charle~ton. He al~•

wrote Mackey•~ Arithmetic, which was u~•d as a text b•ck threugheut the eeuth.

Thi:! JOHN MACKEY we.a the fa.ther •f THONiAS MACKEY, whe became Judge e:r the Sixth

Judicial District •f Seuth C•rolina from 1870 te 1882. JUDGE MACKEY visited ' . hi:! Mackey c@u~ina in Lancaster C•unty, frequently, and al5e Dr. J. M~riGa Sim~ in~New.Yerk. The relationahip wae- knewn and accepted at that time, but i~ lest te the present generation.

,I' ,ANDREVV JACKSON MACKEY, Bern ,1?99; Died Aug.18,187?.(M) Eliz1tbeth Deu_gla.s~ SARA ELIZABETH DOUGLASS wa~ the daughter ef Rebert Deugla3s, who had come te

America. frem Irsland im 1786 with his father and m•ther, JAW~S & JANE DOUGLASS f i and 3ettled in Lancaster C@unty. A Tembstene Inecription •t th• eld family burial greund near Deuglas Presbyterian Church, reade:-- THOMAS MACKEY

DEDICATED/ TO THE Iv1EI\~ORY OF/ J"A.MES DOUGLASS SR./BORN DEC.15,1754

in the Ceunty •f Antrim, Ireland. Ca.mete America in 1786 and

departed thie life July 31,1825, in the 7let year ef his age. ALSO

TO THE MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, JANE, wh• resigned her spirit te Him whe

gave it em the same day ~•v•n·heurs after the decease •f her husband, aged 75 ·year:,. Their rema.i:ns are beth lying in th• sU1.e grave." .. Cpildren ef ANDREW JACKSON MACKEY and wife, SARA ELIZABETH DAUGLASS:- ,.) Cemfert Mackey·, B•rn - 1834; Died ±81; 1861. (M) Willi01 Ruffi:m. B-ennett in 1855.) Children: 1. An.drew ~ackson Bennett, Bern 5-1-1856; Died 11-30-1893 2. William Perry Bennett, Bern 1-28-1858; Died 2-13-1943

3. Rebert Simen Bennett, Bern 12-19-1860; Diad 9-10-1931 :Z)MARY ELIZABETH MACKEY, Born Oct. 7,1839; Died Feb.25,19O8 (M-)Wm.~uffin Bennett : Children:- 1. Ruffin-Thomae Bennett, Bern 7-19-1865; Di~d 7-10-1937 · 2. Charle5 Davie Bennett, Bern 2-17-1868; Died -- 3. Mary Lenora Bennett, Bern 10-17-1870 Died -- (M) Judsen Beckham 4. Edward Martin Bennett, Bern 2-15--1873; Died 7-2-1937 5. Sarah Elizabeth Bennett, Bern 4-18-1876; Died -- (M) W.H. Terry

6. Luci• Amanda Bennett, Bern 4-12-1879; Died -- (Ivl) Jud Bell 7. Daisy Bennett, Bern 2-25-1882 Died --- (M) R.BQxter Rcbinsen 3}LYTTLETON PERRY MACKEY, Bern 10-10-1836; Died 8-8-1923 (M) iuna.nda Bruce Children: . . 1. James A.Mackey, B•rn 11~26-1859 2. Zed F. Mackey, B•rn 4-6-1861

3. :William P•rry Mackey, Born 1-13-1863.

4. S•rah Elizabeth Mackey, BGrn 1-25-1867

5. Themas Ruffin Mackey, Bern 10-29-1869

6. tewis Jack5en Mackey, Bern 4-4-1871 7. Samuel Dougla55 Mackey, Bern 1-31-1873

8. Arianna Amanda Mackey, Born 3-27-1874

9. Nettie Lenora Mackey, Bern 8-18-1876

10.Nancy Alic• Mackey, Born 4-5-1880 REUl31IlN :SENNETT

A SOLDIER OF TEE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Prepared and read. befere WAXHAWS CH.APTER, D.A.R.

by Perry Belle Bennett Hough (Mrs. BEN c.) 309 Elm st. , Lancaster, s •. c. 1949

REUBEN BENNET'!! lr-.: '> ,.... >cl~

By Perry Be 11• Bennett Hiugh-- -· ... - t Wa.xhaws Cha.pter,D.A.R. Nev .26, 1948 •. A SOLDIER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL LINE:. REVOLUTIONARY WAR MILITARY HISTORY. (The Natienal Archives Pen.sien File (S 18 714)

Date •f e:m.lis·t:m.•nt: 1781 - Lemgth •f Service: 22 m.enths, 15 days. Rank: Private. State: North Carelina. ' Officers under whem service wa3 rendered: -Captain R•bert Rayferd Celenels: Johnsen; Jelm. B.Ashe; Wynne Dicks•n General Jethr• Sumner; General Greeme. Battles engaged in: Eutaw Springs; with Gen. Greene in all marches.

Residence •f 3eldier at enli3tm•nt: Warren Ceumty, N.C. Age 24 (Unmarried) ...... Date and Pl1.ce •f birth: Bern. in Brunswick C•l:lmty Va.,1757. Re:mark8: Died iB Lamcaster District, s.c. Nev.14,1847; age 90 years. Wif•; Betey Beckham did net survive him. Left the f•llewing children: Mary Beckham, William Bennett, James Benm.ett, ReubeR Benmett, Simen Benn.ett, Phili•••

, Bennett and Jane Bennett.

On the 9th da.y •f December, 1825, Reuben Bennett, Lancaster District, s.c. made the f•ll•wing petitien f•r a pe:m.3ien. fr•m the State •f Seuth Car•lina:

T• the HONORABLE the SPEAKER and MEMBERS •f the HOUSE· OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The humble petiti•n •f ReubeB Bennett sh•w•th that after th• dreadful ca.la.mi ties a.nd :menstreue ha.rdehips ef the reveluti•n b.e ha.s still te en.- co unter sem• •f the cen.sequences ef that peried. He suffered grea.tly :f~ celd and the inclemenci•s •f the times and frem the severe trial he thinks that the relicts •~ it are injured t• him n•w as it has hastened en the weakness •f his grace and effects his bedy. Yeur Petiti•n•r at that period did n•t hesitate te de fer his ceuntry whatever he cenceived weuld ·advance her interests and eetab~ish her iRdependence. He feught in her

I cause 1.nd,suffer•d in her defe:n.ee. The prime ef his yeuth was sp•n.t in REUBEN BENNETT

her service; the very time he sheuld be laying in a scere fer his eld age. But his ceuRtry get his services and he has been u11.able te prescure fer himself such an estate as will save him frem the mest severe lab•r. ' His services were chiefly in this state. He f•ught in the b2ttle at . - the Eutaw under General Greene and cemtinued with him fer the spam ef

twelve menths. He jeined him at Cam.demand centimued with him in all his marches and reutes uRtil he served eut his time as aferesaid; was with him ~t Derchester, R•und O, amd at G•verner Bull's. He s•rved under Rebert

Rayferd, Capt. •fa velunteer cerps, a teur •f twelve menths and during all that time he c•mtinued in the lew ceun.try. He was in several en.ceunters

and skirmishes while with him. Y•ur petiener states that he has den• varieus •ther services, and ••!- many •f them in this st•t•. Yeur petiener has a wife wh• is eld. and is besides,· a la1t1e weman. He ~ls• h•s tw• daughters whe live with hi•, •~d •11 depend en him fer suppert. Yeur petieRer is new getting tee eld te lab•r, and cannet subsist witheut it. He has but a few years mer• t•

live, being 68 years •f age. Y•ur petiener states that as the prime •f his life was speat im the active service ef his ceuntry,and he is peer thereby he entains the hep• that his si:aking years and his present l•w estate will endue• yeur henerable b•dy te grant him pem.sio:m., which is· his prayer.

Test- JACKEY PERRY (Signed) -REUBEN X BENNETT SR. (ms.rk) Seuth Carolina ) L•ncaster District ) W•, the under subscribers d• certify that we are well acquainted with REUBEN BENNE'11T, the within petitiener and kn•w him te be mew living and a man •f g••d charsi.cter a.nd d• verily believ• the facts set ferth in hi~ petition te be just and true.

The 15th day •f Nevember, 1826. ( 3igned) JACOB HUGHES PETER FLEMING BURWELL BECKHAM V\TILLIAM THOMPSONt', REUBEN BENNETT . 3. CUTTER JOh""NSON. A. COILE, J. P. JASON CLARK ROBERT DOUGLAS ERVIN X SIMS HARTWELL SIMS WILLIAM X CAUTHEN Seuth Car•lina) Chester District) STEPHEN CRAIN •f sd District, appeared and mad• eath that he was enlisted in the first regiment ef N.c., twelve menths since shertly after the b•ttle •f Guilferd in 1782 ; that .he them became acquain­ ted with Reuben Bennett, wh• was then. in the same regiment; that he :m.a.rehed fr•m Nerth Carelina umd•r General Je.thre Smm.er; that their first Celemel was J•hla B. Ashe. The re~iment was afterward divided and sd Bennett was then under Cel. Win Dieksen. in Capt. Rebert Rayferd' s Cem.pany; that he had seen him frequently in this regiment and bec01e intimately acquainted with him ab•ut the time •f the Battle ef Eutaw Springs, in S.Co ; that th•y were t•• gether in camp in s.c. at the High Hills, the Reund O and Bacon's Bridge, en umtil they were discharged at Geverner Bull's Place •n the first day ef May 1783; that this p~rsen t• whem he h~s delivered this dispesiti@n is the same identical REUBEN BENNETT.

Swern to a.nd subscribed; Dec.· 7thl825.

JOSEPH GASTON J .Q,. (signed) STEPHEN CRAIN.

The c•mmittee en Pensi@ns te whom was referred the netitien_,_ ef

REUBEN BENNETT, praying. f•r a pension, _respectfully repert - that they have c@nsidered the same and recommend t® tb.is I-louse tr.at the petitiener be granted and that the said REUBEN BENNETT be placed @n the pensi@n rell,

DecembeJr 1826. ( signed) John McCG)mb, Chairman ®f C0mn1i tt!;®. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (D•c. 7, 1826)

Rsselved thQt the Heuse of Representatives do agree te the repo·rt. Ordered that it be sent to the Senate fer cencurrence. By Order of The Reuse. ·

(sigat1d) R. Anderson, C,H.R.

SENATE (Dec.15,1826) 4. . RElJBEN BENNETT

RGs~lved that th~ Senate c@ncur. Order~d te be returned. (signed) Jeb Jehnsen, C .s.

Thus REUBEr~- BENNETT became a Pensioner •f the Ste.ta ef Seuth Carolina

&t the rate of sixty d8llars per annum from the year 1826 er 1827.

By an act ef Cengress, dated June 7,1832, the Govermnent •f the•~•. u.s. made prevision. fer Revolu~ti•nary Seldiers te r~ceive pensions. B~ing eld and frail he did net apply for this pensien, but on Dec. 9,1850, his son.

Simen Berm.ett made a declaration in erder te receive benefit of the pre­ visi@n as fellews:-

"Tha.t the declaren.t in behalf •f him.self and surviving children •:r Reuben Benn•tt deceased, d•clares that his father was a Reveluti0nary Seldier, etc. - that his father departed this life in Lancaster District s.c. on the feurteenth day •r November, ene theuaand eight hundred and ferty-sevon (1847) at ninety years ef age; leaving the fellewing children surviving him, but ne widew - te wit - WILLIAM BENNETT, MARY BECKHAM,

JAMES BENNETT, REUBEN BEN}JETT, SIMON BENNE.TT, PHILIMON BENNETT, and JANE

BENNETT, all ef whem. are believed to be living and all •f lawful ag,e. n · In the CAMDEN JOURNAL ef July 4,1848, James H. Withersp@@R, Ordinary

•f La~c&ster Ceunty, has a netice fer a diviaien of the Estate •f Reuben

Bennett de ceased, "It appearing to my satisfactiem that Viilliam Bennett, Reubem Bennett and James B,ennett, three ef the defendents reside witheut· the S~at• •f s.c. It is therefore erdered that they d• appear and·••bject te th• divisien er sale •f the Real Estate •f Reuben Bennett Sr., en •r befere 5th •f Octeber, 1848."

It has net been determined where tb.ese three s•ns of Reuben B·en:m.ett went when they left Lancaster C•unty. Perhaps t• Geerg_ia, Flerida. er

Kentucky, since the recerds shew that a Reuben Bennett settled in Wilkes

Ceunty G·a.., as early as 1785, and als• •n• settled in Kentucky. Ne doubt they were kinsmen. The remaining twe sens, Simon and Philimen, remained at er near the heme plac•, and mest ef the B-en.:netts 11ew living in Lancaster C•unty are RE-UBEN -SENNETT ar• d•~cend•d from Simem, wh• married (1st) Pelly Cauthen (2nd) Salli•· [jG Baskins Herten. Simea, bern May 1,1799; died Oct.9,1868, was a healer (er

serts) a:md was affectien.ately given the title •f nDect•r" by his neighbers.

His •ld snuff-bexn a:m.d. family Bibl• are still in. the pesse~isi•:m. •f desc•na- . •nts at Heath Springs,s.c. Eight seas and twe daughters ef Sim•n and Pelly Cauthen lived t• maturity. After Pelly's death, Simen married a widew, Sallie Baskins Hert•m, wh• had feur sens. Frem this h•useheld went eight BeRnetts and feur Hertens te serve in th• Cenfederate Cause in 1861. Surely

this is an unbeaten recerd •f w•r service frem. the same h•us,eheld. Mira.cul­

eusly all twelve returned, altheugh en.e ef them - Geerge Washingten Be:nm.ett . . recsived weunds at Chicamauga, frem. which he never recevered. On his de.a.th b•d h• was married t• his childheed s~eetheart,Betsy Cellins, t• whem h• was betrethed bef'er• entering service. The BibleI Recerds are:- l.Alfred Bennett, B. Aug.11,1825; Died July 6,1898 (M) Margaret Hertem

2. Phileme~ Bennett Born.- Dec.15,1826; Died (M} Eliza Ba.skin.s 3. Wm.Ruffin Bennett; B•r:m May 9,1828; Died Ju:n• 22, 1906 (M.) 1st Cemfert Mackey- 2nd Mary Elizabeth Mackey

4. Ker:m.ey Bem.nett; Ber 11 Dec. 31, 1829; Died ___ (M), Saphrenia Sims . . 5. Margaret Saphreney; Bern Apr.28,1832; Died _(M) k'an Bailey 6. Herry Bennett; Bern March 14,1834; Died __(M) Cary Vanlandingham(widew)

7. Geerge Wa.ehing.te:n Be nnett Berm Apr.19, 1836 ;Died_ (M) B~i. Cellins 8. Mary L.B•nnett Ber:m. Ju1te 18,1839; Di•d ______(M) Hert•• 9. Reuben (4th) Bennett Bern July 2,1842; Died August 1,1902 (M) Nancy Harris 10. Simen Cauth•n Bennett Bern Dec.26,1845; Di•d_ (M) Susannah Tu.rner On Dee. 26, 1845, Pelly Cauth.e:a Bennett died in giving birth t• her tenth child, Sim•n Cauthem Bennett. In 1849 Sim•n Bennett married tha 2nd time a widew Sallie Baskins H•rttna ( a. sist•r •f his daughter-in-law, E'.liza

MAJOR ROBERT CRA~WFORD

WAXHAW$ MILITIA - SOUTH CAROLINA LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Prepared and read before WAXH.i~/S CH.APTER - D.A.R.

by Miss Mary Forest McAdams Lancaster, South Carolina

1949

MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD- 1.

,.....,\.._(')(3 Compiled by Ma.ry F•rrest McAdams, and presented-by Mrs. L.J.McAdams at th• regular meeting •f the Waxha.ws Chapter, DAR,en Sept.24, 1948. As certain mamee are characteristic te certain lecales, s• the name "Crawferd" ie familiar te these living in Lanca.ster, s.c. We say °Cra.wferdn

and each ef us pictures e••••m• by that name. Im visiting the Waxhaw Pres­ byterian Cemetery w• fimd the grav• •f Maj•r R•bert Crawferd, bern 1728 in . . --- L•ncaster, Penisylv~mia and died Octeber 8,1801, 1~ Lancaster, South Carelima. Then w• say, nThat muet be the R•v•lutieDary Ancester, my - the Cr•wferds

ha.ve been here a. leng time." Tucking thie inferma.tien i:n. a corner ef eur minds, we're cemtent the knewledge ~upplies all knewn·history ef th• Craw­ ford Family. But does it?

Hew many have m.sked yeurselves, nWhy is R•bert Cre..wferd's :aam.e •• a histerical marker? Where did he ceme frem? Was he Scetch, Irish, British?

What did he de? Why is he singled eut fer mentien in Nerth and Seuth Carelina

hi3tery beeks? Ju~t wh• was Rebert Crawferd anyway? Te these •f yeu sh•wimg

:interest, it's a pleasu_re te intredu.ce yeu te Ma.j er R•bert Cra1.vf•rd and his ba.ckgreund.

Ardlock, the castellated sea.t •f the h•u~e ef Cra.wf•rd in. Ayrshire,

Scetland, was fer cemturies as5eciated with chief evente •f Scottish hist•ry.

Standing en the river, Clyde'~ bamk, is Crawferd Ca5tle, seen• •f •n• •f Sir

William Wallace's n.ebl• expl•i ts and suppesedly where man:y bl••dy c•n:rlicts teek pla_ce betw••n the R•ma.:ru! a.nd B,ri tens. Deriving their lineage frem the eld Earls ef Richmemd, the Cra.wferds were Caledenians whes.e na.me sig,nifiee ua cressin.g sf bl••d" er "a. bl••dy pass." Playing a censpicu•us pa.rt in all preminent events ef Scottish Histery, the Crawferds were barems made by the King hereditary barens •f parliament and m.em.bers ef the CeUE.cil ef Ba.rems wh• ruled Scetland. When Jam.es 11 e.f Scetla.nd became James 1 •:f England, effecting a unien betw••• the two ceuntries, the Crawf•rds remained asseciated with rulers ef the kimgde:m. Besidee Crawferd Ce.stl•, ether pesessiens •f the family were -Du.m.ba.rten. Castle as w•ll a.s Kilburnie Castle and Kirk. MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD 2.

Emblazened em the frent •f Dunbarten Castle's gallery are the armeriar·

beariiags •f twelve families with whem that •f Cr-m.wf•rd is allied. Attract­ ing the curi•us in heraldry ~nd antiquities, Kilburnie Kirk is a fair spec­

imen •fa. humble Scettish Kirk. In this Kirk-yard lie the a.ncesters ef Gel. J•h:n Cra.wferd, wh• in the late 1600 1 s, ca.me direct frem .Ayrshire te Pen.n.

Settling with hie wife, Mary Campbell, in Lancaster, Pemm.; Col. J•hn. . . Crawferd became the father ef three se~s; Robe~t, berm in 1728, James and J•s•ph. Just as Cel. Jehn1 s decisi•n te leave ScGtland is ebscure, se is .. the re as en his three s•ns emigra.ted from Pennsylvania..

Perhaps, fired by discGntent f•llewi:ng Braddeck's defeat in 1755, the three beys felt cempelled te seek hemes in the mere prtitectQd sectiens ef

North and Ssuth Ca.r•lina. l-1:s.:ybe R&bert, being tb.e eldest, influenced his brethers with his ewn restlessness, • desire fer land and a hem• of his •wm. , Feeling eld ag8 a ha11dicap te pion0ering artd net willing to leave neighbors bsaring a thick Sc$ttisl'l burr like his ewn., C~l. Jorn blass~d tb.e beys, sllnding them f®rth witb.. i.vell-wishin.g: and, vvhe v...ncawn;1, pr:lbal,ly a matsculine sn@rt in his handkerchief. As early as 1700, s@me f8w scattered white famili•s settled in the

Waxhaws. But net until 1751, with the first g,ra.nt of land to Rebert MeElhenney, was a cenc&rted effert made at settlement. Ameng thes• early settlers are some names still censpicueus in Lancaster.: Whites, Pickens, Festers, Simpsens, Calh@uns, Dunlaps, Barnetts, .Millers, Lattas, Crecketts and others •.Am•ng these familie~, tb.e \'Vhit•s were already living in the

·wa.-:xhaws, when Rebert Crawferd, his tw• brothers a.nd their wives, arrived.

S.eme rece1~ds indicate the Crawferd:! emigrated te the Waxhaws in. 1760,

:along with the Jacksons. Hewever, ttiere is evidence substanti~ti:rag the

Crawferd 1 s arrival seen after 1755, and beth James Crawferd and George

McKe:mey being 111.arried te Hutchins•n sisters, these sisters an.d tw• ether

Hutehin~•n sisters in the locs__lity indu.ced Andrew Jackson Sr. a.r~d his wife,

Elizabeth Hutchinsen, to leave Ireland and settle in the New Werld. The 3. WiAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD Andrew Ja.cksem.s ca.me abeut 1765. Jeseph Crawford, preceeding te Ridgefield, s.c., later meved te Geergia amd became father ef William H.Crawferd, prominent in Geergian pelitics a.nd ene time ca.ndi date for presidency ef the Un.i ted States. Beceming land ewners en adjeining farms n•ar what is n•w the Nerth Carelina lins, Robert and James Crawferd ambitieusly feught Waxhaws in­ f~meus red clay, the _stands ef virgin timber and perils ef Cherekee raids. After helping his married brether James, erect a heme, Rebert selected his ewn heuse site a.nd cemme:nced building, clearing his la.nds and establ­ ishing himself in the c~mmunity as an industrieus bachelor with infinite prespects.

It is uncertain whether Robert Cr~wf•rd was cagey in mattere •f leve, er at thirty-five years •f age, justly ca11tieus. At any rate, in 1763 after livi:rng i~ the Waxhaws appreximately six y~ars, he prepesed te and was accepted by Jean White. Frem this unien were bern ten children, all ef whem in a.n age ef great infant m•rta.li ty, lived ts adulth••d ·•

Vvhil• achieving distincti@n as the uncle under wh.•a• ro•f An.drew

Jackson was reared, James Crawferd ns.ver realized the lecal prominence •f his brether, R•bert. Engaging in farming, cattle and her~e breeding,

Rebert Cra.wferd displayed shrewd business a.cu.men, becc1ming a man •f wealth and a large land h•lder. It was en ene •f Rebert Crawford's cattle drives that Andrew JackseB, age eleven, first visited Charlesten.(Charles Tewn) Rebert Crawford's friends and neighbers bestewed upen him the title ef

"Squire". In a. day when mest adults ceuld neither read ner write, Squire Crawferd subscribed ts the newspaper and Charles Tewn's "Th• Seuth Ca.relina Gazette.n Gathering benea.th a. tree at Waxhaw Church the neighbors frequently assembled te hear Squire Rebert, read the news.

It's interesti~, that as early as Feb. 17, 1692, Seuth Carelina. enjeyed

,e a. rural mail service. During the time of which we're speaking, absut 1765

William.Bull, acting geven.•r ef Seuth Carelina Prevince, rep•rted he'd 4. MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD u1t·t O recerm:m.ended t• the General Assembly c•ntinuance rr •f the p•st thr•ugh this previace - a.s at all rivers in this previne·• where reads pass, there are bridge:s er ferries where heuses are already.n Ands•, under the' eutlined plan ef His Maj~sty's deputy pestmaster general, a mam named Benjamin Fram.klin, Squire Rebert Crawferd centinued receiving his newsp~perso

This ea.me yea.r, upen the English Parlia.ment 1 B offici•us Stamp Act, produced'the celonist's hacking cry •f ntaxatilt)m. witheut repreeemta.tien..n Through his newspapersa and frequent cattle drives te Charles T•mi, Rebert ' Crawferd breught the upsettiiag werd heme t• the Wa.xhaw:!. What censte-rn.a.­ ti•n there must have been am•ng the5e liberty-levi:ng, ged-fearing Sc•teh and Iriah. Hew verbal epeculatieus must have flewn in the Waxhaws Church­ yard, ~e ~•ar after year the situatien became mere alarming. What fair­ •inded men ceuld appreve the T•wnsend Act?

Surely the gathering mu~t have smiled at the Seuth Carelina Gaz•tte 1 :! rep•rt ef May 30, 1771, that inhabitants ef Carelina, assembled under Charles Tewn's Liberty Tree an Thursday D9c. 13, had agreed "tea was net te be imp•rted int• this prevince ae l•ng as the duty en it centinued."

Tryirig te aveid treuble, Gevern•r Bull seized and stered the tea as it arrivsd in pert. Hewever he ceuld de n.ething te stop the peeple. A visien ef liberty remained in their minde, independence rang in their ear~. The suwner ef 1774 saw Seuth Ca.relina hurrytng_ teward her pa.rt in the Revel­ utiona.ry War.

On Jan .• 16, 1775, Governer Bull in.formed the assembly ef n the very extraerdinary and alarming disappe&rance •f about 800 guns, 200 cutlasses and 1600 peunds •f pewder a.nd minor steres." The peeple •f the Wa.xhaws must have laughed, learning that the G:emmens selemnly infermed Bull that diligent imquiry failed t• bring ferth a pers•~ whe knew what happened te the supplies. What chuckles th• Waxh•ws men must have had at the Cemmens extra jab, intended fer the Lerds of Trade, when the Cemmons infermed the a.cting G•verner that there was every rea.sen te supp•s• seme inhabitants MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD 5. ----·--·-- •,r) Ur'!,., •f the c•l•ny migb.t have ta.kiJn 1tt,' s• rem.a.rkmble a etep1·. becau.se th• very • larmimg acc0unts •:t· "tI1• deings •f the '_-:-•vet•nment im. ...:-re•t BritaiD.. Ev~rT-.. ene ,· with th• excepti•m •f G•v. Bi.,11, knew wh• toek th.e sunpl1•8. In fa.ct

it wa~ done with appreval •f the Reveluti•nary leaders iR the dark •f .the might se it weuld cause•• unneccessary dietres3 t• William Bull. That

geed man reeigned his •ffice and L~rd William Campbell teek ever.

Next,te the Wa.xhaws ca.me a.:m. acceunt •f tbe B•stem. Tea Party. The CreWll thimking a slender menu w•uld ceax these incerrigibl• subjects te mere

'· a.:m.emable frames •f mind, cl•sed Besten Pert. Beste:n appealed t• her si8ter e•l•niet~. Fr•m the Waxh•ws, wagens ef cern and barley and hundreds ef head

•f cattle were 3ent to Be3te:n te vary the dtet •f rice being !!hipped frem the lew c•uRtry. The Waxhaws was willingly being dramt int• battle and R•bert Orawferd was rea.~em.able sure which ef his :neighbers were T•ries and which were Reveluti•niets.

Om Lexi:mgt•n. Green and Concord Bridge, ca.nnens begaE. roaring. His Ex­

cellency,, Lord William Campbell the Geverner ef Seuth CareliRa, by prefes- siem a man ef the sea, feumd it expedient t• remeve his efficial seat a­ bea.rd a. vessel em Charles Tewn Ha.rb•r. E.xpress riders, ranging far with

p reclall'la ti ens cal 1 ing .fer measure~ •f defen8• fer S•uth C~rolim.a., feund

the men •f Waxhaws aware ef their duties. Organizing themeelves int• the

Waxhaws Militia, the cempany elected Squire R•bert Crawford, age 48, its Captain. Taking te the field.in June, 1776, under Capt. Crawferd's c~mmand,

the Waxhaw~ Militia preceded te Charles Tewn te help repell the invaders.

During thi5 march, Capt. Crawf•rd purcha~•d by cash fr•m en•, Themas

Pattersen, 225 sacks •f flour and 20 shillings werth •f perk fer the us• •f

his Militia while en. the read. Having been present fer the astemis~ing, de­

fense •f Charles Tewn p•rt, am a.ctien c•nfeun.di:rn.g· British plan.s fer a. c••• prehensive water a•d land seizure er the Seuthern States, the militia re­ turmed in July. Evidently, 1777 sawn• cembat fer the Waxhaws Militia. MAJOR ROBERT CRAWFORD

Hewever,. Ca.pt. Cra.wferd •ng•.g•d in sending previ3i•ns Nerth t• the Ce:n­ tinental Army under Gen.. Ge•rg• Washingtem's cemman.d.

A 8ecend time Capt. Crawferd1 3 Militia received the summens te eppese the British ~t Charlestewm.. JeiniBg •his uncle's cempany was 16 year eld·

Hugh Ja.cksen. We caJ.1. ima.gine the en.vy this created in yeu.:n.g Andrew. James

Cra.wferd sent twe ee:as a.nd a valuable wa.gen with hired dr:i.var te haul the tr••p's suppli~s. Ale• m~rching was a meunted cempany under Lt. William

Richard3em Davie, gedsem •f the late past•r ef Waxh•ws Church. Returning

victerieus, the Wa.xhaws Cempany had paid a price. Severa.l me:n fell at Stem• . . Ferry, a.n. action which helped push the B:ri tish 1?ack inte Ge•rgia.. B,adly weunded, _it was necessary te leave Davie behind. James Crawford's wagon

was l•st. Theugh ill and erdered net te fight, Hugh Ja.cks·en, with tru• ' . Irish 3tubbor:m.ess, c•ntinued fighting and after battle died of uexcessiv• hea.t and fatigue ef the d1..y."

Durim.g this year,. the army establi-shed a public 3tatien en Capt.

Rebert Crawf•rd 1 s plantatiem. As a result, Capt. Rebert sustained damage3 in the a.meunt •f 1414 peunds fer ths less sf services, burned timber, and the destructiem of ene heuse building and eBe crib. In 1783, Capt. Rebert made a claim te the Geverrim.~:r1.t fer this damage. Apprsisi:ng and witnessi:ng the am.emit were William Hadden, Andrew Beyd, Charles Miller and Rebert Crockett. The decument bearing the original signatures ef the witnesses being dtm.1.ged, (evidently by Rebert's cb.ildren a.3 the ma.mes Sara and James a.re scribbled en the papers b11.ck), Rebert Crawferd 81.tta.ched t• the erigina.l a h11.ndwri tten c•py. Red tap• a.nd a. certain a.meu-11t of clerical inefficiency· being net eingular t• eur g•vernmsnt ef teday, the Claims Department neti­ fied Rebert Crawferd th&tt the sigm.i tures all being pe.rfermed in the same handwriting, the indenture ceuld net be henered. Te a mam ef Reb~rt Crawferd leyalty aRd fighting Scettish heredity, that his w•rd sh•uld be misce~3trued fired him te write a scathing, Twe page rebuke •f the department's ineffi­ eRcy. He succeeded in getting a partial settlement fr•m the new g•verDJneRt. -IvLAJOR ·-RGBER'I' CRAVVFORD-- 7. Aneth•r British Army sailing fer the South, the Waxhaws Militia Cempamy in Cel. Richard8en 1 s Regimemt, again defended the seige ef Charles . . " Tewn, but unsuccessfully. The S•uth Ca.relina capitel falling,•n May 12,

1780, G-en.. Linceln a.nd his Centinental Army became priseners. Rebert Cr:a.w­ ferd, a Majer now, wa~ als• captured.

At this time, a peculiar incid@nt •ccurred. Finding the city limited fer i:mpris•:mnent •f ~• m.a.ny captured Revelu.tionists, the :g,ri tish pa.reled many •f the prisoners and sent them heme. Released on parele, having . . 3w•rri never t• take up ~rm~ s.g·ainst the British, Ma.jor Rebert Cra.wferd returned te the Wa.xhs.ws. M~a.:rawhile, with a few bands •f unpareled militia

Cel. Thema.s Sumter, escaped Charles Town a.nd h-eaded towards the back coun­ try te reerganize and resist. Everywhere, chaes imperiled the. Revelutiona­ a.ry ca.use. Teries whe had fled the provin.c• after the American victery ef

1776, returned in the feetsteps •f the successful iBV&dsrs. These who had stayed behind, re:m.a.i:ning seft-speken middl•-•f-the-rea.ders, showed their true celers. The weak-kneed and seft-spined enes everywhere begged the

King's pretectiGn. Net enly having t• elude the British regulars, Sumter als• had te be wa~eeea- watchful for the Tory Militia ready ts spring in his path.

Seeing the perileus cenditi@n •f the American cause, Majer R@bert

Crawford made an impertant decisien. Fully realizing the pessible ce~s•q• uences te himself and f~mily, Majer Rebert breke his parele and, as m•uu• ted militia refermed his shattered cemmand. When Sumter, a giant Gamececk over six feet tall and weighing 200 lbs, appeared in the Waxhaws, the cem­ munity rallied abeut him. In May ef 1780 Majer Crawford, carrying a silver meunted sw•rd a..nd riding a three-quarters bl@eded g·elding, fifteen hs.nd3 high s.nd five years eld, jeined C•l. Buferd then in retreat tewards Virginia.. On the 29th ef that menth cs.me w•rd te the Waxhaws Cemrnunity ef the Blosdy

Mas 8s.cre af Buferd. Quickly the -church filled with ·Nou.nded amsng whem were

Jeseph, William and James Crawferd, Jr., s•ns ef Rebert's brethftr Jam9s • • A few miles seuth ef the Crawford Plantati@n, a large British ferce 8. MAlOR ROBERT CRAVVFORD

moved up te Creckett's Plantation. Driving off herses aRd other livestock

Tery marauders cevered the Waxhaw ceuntryside. Had Ma.j0r Crawferd fallen int• Tery hand~, he weuld have been killftd as ether par@led Revelutienists

were. Te all whe would sue fer the King's msrcy, the. British cemmander

premi·sed s9curi ty. Declining this invi tati@n t® sue, :Mrs. Jacks en, her beys and such Crawferds as wers net already fugitives, drove their steck before them, retiring te North Ca.reline. where SUJnter stoed guard.

H~.ras sed by parti sa.n bands, the Bri tisb. seen: withdrew. Everyb@dy meved

back t• tb.e We.xha~r,s, f5ll01Ned by Sumter at the [email protected] ,-f 600 men Eif "'Nhom

Major Davies ndr'1.g~)@ns" were the c0rp d'sJi+:e.• On his tl1.rse-qum.rters bls«tded gelding ftnd with tws @f his y@u:ng S3JlS; and three nephews, Majer

Crawford rede with the drag®ons. Three weeks later, en Augu~t 6, 1780,

eccurred the B-.ttle @f Hangir...g Reck. But fer the disergta.nizing effect $f plundering at H&nging R•ck, sGavaral cs.sts o:r rum being the chj_;af boety,

Sumter might h£l.ve captured the .wh~l~ Bri tisb f@rce. Rtiturning t@ \/Yaxhaw injured.

Ten i.ights later, General G-ates Army was annihilated by th

American C@ntin~nt. But Simtsr, capturing @n~ ef Cernwallis 1 s supply tra.ins, fell bm.ck t@ defend the 'Vvra.xhaws. lial ting at Fishing· Creek ts rest his men, Tarleton su.rprised Sumter cempletely. E·scaping_ te Charl@tte en an ·unsaddled hers~ a.nd without his b.at, Sumter wa~ acce>mpanied by A naked drummer bey wb.e was ba.thing in the creek when the British Cavalry struck.

Majer Crawf•rd escaped en foot, le•sing his fine herse and silv,•r-meu.nted I swerd. William and J@seph Grawf11rd bees.me pris®ners •f the Briti.sh.

Establishing headqu!i.rters in RCilbe1... t Cra,,.nrf~rd 1 s :b..ouso, G$neral Gates penned a netice that he b.a.d sequ,sstered all trai ters prep~rties in the

0 Waxhaws. Tarleten's cavalry raked the c@untryside. Rallying a remnant ef

Sumter's c•mma.:n.d Ma.j•r Crawferd kept the field \llfith 11 farming utensils MAJOR CRAWFORD wreu.ght int• arm:! and perter diahes int• bullets •. " ~t this time, Ma.j•r

Cra.wferd feum.d it necessary t• refurnish his. militia's wa.geR service. With­ eut pay, William Maesey previdsd the wagons and Rebert Crawferd the herses.

On Sept. 26, Cer:m.wa.llis lest a day when Davie, his men a.E.d twe c•mpanies •f Nerth Carelina Militia teek the British celullm.s. at Charlette. At this time, passing the :sig:m. ameng, his fellewers in ths meuntai:ns, Jack S•vier and 1000 men white by bl••d, half Indiam in appearance and t~chnique ef wa.r, ce.rried their rifles te Sycamere Sh•a.ls. Arriving at Kings Meumta.i:n, assist­ ed by Virginians and Seuth Carelinia.1:3-s, a.meng them Major Rebert Gr~wferd, thsy wiped eut a. large ~ri tish Ferce .• Jack Sevier' s· neighberly a.ct, breke the pr•c•dent •f defeat. Te help rester• fortunes •f the Seuthern Revolutien­ ists, Nathaniel Greene ·arrived. Wandering tewards heme, Waxhaw refugees . . feund Majer Crawferd waiting te receive them. On Jam. 16, 1781, Majer

Cra.wferd purchased frem William WreRn, a. neighber, 66 bushels ef cern fer the use •f Waxhaws distressed inhabi tan.ts.

Theugh partially rede1D1ed, the ceuntrysid• became an armed & with every man sleeping by his wea.pens. Reuses ef the Revelutie;ns' principal partisans were clesely gu~rded by Maj~r Crawford's m~unted militia. This guard preved a worthwhile security measure. Te help the Teries, a bedy @f dra.go@ns meved en tb.e vVaxhaws. Gathering his squadr@n, Ma.j@r R@bflrt prepa.red te resist. On. April 9, 1781, a gr@up ef meunted men in country dress s:ppr•a.• cb.ed. A Rev$lu_tienist reinfercement thQught the bsdy a part @f the cr1urch vVhen a few hun.dred yards away, tb.e scr@en ef men with®ut u.niferms turnGd a.­ side, revealing a cempany of T•ry Drag0®ns with drawn sabres. Gha1rging the WM Waxh&ws Me~ting Reuse, the church~set afire and eleven er· Majer Crawferd's men captured. His cempany again shattered, M&jer Crawferd, determind-l_te centinue figb.ting theugh he might be e:nly a ftH&t seldi•r. Beginning his service re:­ cerd as a. Capt~in, then a Majer, Rebert Cra1Nf@rd at 53 years. @f age became MAJOii----ROBERT,. CRAvVFORD ... 10.. . a private. F•r the next twe years until the war's end, h• fought as a privats, a waggener, and an adju~t•nt under the eld Swamp Fex, Francis

Marien. At the war's victerieus end, Squire Rebert Crawferd, having served 7 years and in six maj•r campaigns, returned t• his plantatism, his hem• and hie family. Under a epecial act •f Congress, he attempted to cellect pay­ ment fer his ferag• and previsi@ns censistantly previded his cemrnand frem his ewm pecket. In mest instances, th•S• indentures met with n• payment at all,

•r enl-y partial r•cempense. But Squire R•bert cemplained only once - at the -i.:n.efficient government clerk's impudent suggestiem of dishenesty. With en.ly this blemish marring_ his glerieus recollections, Squire Rebert raised his children and lived te see 5 •f them marry ~nd begin families ef their •wn. At

73 years •f age, en Oct. 8,1801, the bedy ef Rt1bsrt Cra.wferd feu:n.d its final resting place in th• cemetery ef Waxhaw Presbyterian Church.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Backgreund: Gre•t S~uth Careiinian Traditiens _and Reminiscences ef the American Reveluti~n - Jehnsen.

Memeirs ef the War •f 1776 - Lee

Th• Old Waxhaws - A phamphlet by Cel. R.T. JayRes. NARRATIVE: Vel.l -page 540 - Histery •f Presbyterians in Upper s.c. - H••••

tr tt rr fl n n •• Traditions of S•uth Carelina - JehnseR - page 348.

Histery ef Nerth Carelina - Wheeler. Vel.1- pages 190 & 286.

Histery @f Nerth Carelina - S,chenk Andy Jacksen, Bey Seldier - Stevensen. Pertrait ef a President - Marquis James.

Life •f Andrew Jackssn - M8.rouis James. Ge~n•alegy ef the Witherspeen Family - J0s. G.Wardlaw. State Recerds ef Seuth Ca.rolina. - Werld \'Var Memerial, Celumbia, s.c. See D.A.R. Magazine, Nevember, 1920. -CRAWFO:RD-- 11 •.

~-~ del. Jehn Crawf•rd came fr@m Ayrshire, Scotland. Three •f his sens ~rrived:--18 ill the Wa.xha.we ~ 1760. 1.) ROBER.T CRAWB1 0RD (b.1728; d.10/5/1801) m.Ma.y,1762 (Je~n ~Jane)White;d.2/4/KM

Issue: -1.Jam.es Cra.wferd (b.6/26/1767; d.?/8/17) m. Oct. 2, 1792,Agn•~ Ceusar (b.3/6/1771; d.8/14/1838) Issue: 1. Rebert Denn•m Crawferd@Charles Pinckney Crawferd (2) 3. Mary J.Crawferd (4) ~arriet Crawferd. 2. WILLIAM CRAWFORD (b.9/18/1773; d.;>:m. Mary Phifer 10/19/1803 ·-·b·.-12/1/1784; d.1860) m 2}:j_d Jas.Childers Issue: l.Eliaabeth c. m.Jehn Deby. 4 children 2.Wm.C. Crawf•rd m Lucretia Mull; 5 children

3. JOHN CRAWE1 0RD: (b.12/24/1778(• d.4/21_/1831) m.10/17/1816 -Anne Beard Phifer b. 3/8/1788; d.7/1/1855) ·daughter ef Cel. Martin Phifer and Elizabeth L0cke. Issue: I.Martin Phifer Crawf~rd (b.3/29/1824;d.4/4/1862) m. Alice H•rris - 12/10/1850 (b.--d.--)

2.Eliza Jane Crawferd (b.6/4/1820; d.-- married George Mccottry. Witherspe@n 3. Jehn L•cke Crawferd (b.12/23/1822; d 9/14/1842 4. Rebert La.fa:yette Crawferd (b.12/25/41825; d 4/ 20/1863 ;i:n.Molivia. Massey. 3/18/1851.(b .--d .-- )

4:. SARAH CR,A:Vi/FORD: (b •. 6/2?/1765; d.3/3/1805) m.3/2/1784 - Is~ac D•nn•m

Issue: Jane Dennem (b.11/19/1786; d.1/1/1834) m .Cel. James Hervey With.ersp@@n (11/20/1784; 6/27/1842) l.Isaac D.Witherspeem (1803-58 m.Ann Reid 2 .St..rah Cra.wferd W'i thersp@@n ( 1806-32) m.Samuel F .Dunlap 3.Nancy White Withersp•~n {1808-9l)m.James H.Thernwell 4.Jam•s Hervey n (1810-65) m.Mary Elizabeth J°$nes 5. Geerge McCettry W. (1812-98)m.Eliza Jane Crawterd 6.Elizabeth Margaret W.(1813-99)m.Benjamin F.Sadler 7.Mary Ann W. (1818-90) m.Jeseph Wardlaw 8.Andr~w Jacksen w. (1824-91) m. Mary Witherspe@n 5. MARY CRAWFORD: (b.6/26/1767; d.1845) m.Dr.Samuel F.Dunlap (1765-1810J Issue: Eliza Jt1.n• Dunlap (11/6/1?91; 10/6/1853) m. Bartlett Jenes (12/27/1787; 2/2/1831) · I.Mary Elizabeth Jenes (1811-1856 m.J.H.Witherspeen 2.Benj.Rush Jenes (1813-95)m.Emily Taliaferr•

3.Eliza Theresa (4/4/1816; 5/11/1890) m.J.M.Sims 4.Bartlett Censtantine m. Sue F•rney THQMlS -MACKEY . 5. . :1,1 fer eceuting partiee). Perhaps his inherited trait ef Scetch-Irieh thrift enabled him te accumulate •n estate witheut much physical eff•rt. Certaimly

the pe:asien fund •f $33.33 per annum did n•t add t• •ny great extent, te his a.ccumulatie:m.~ I:n a letter frem Mrs. C.E. Deug.hti• •f Atlanta, Ga.,dated Nev. 3, 1940 I qu•t• the fellewing: "Ma.ry Misseuri Mackey Parker (great gra.nd-da.ughter of THOMAS MACKEY wrete me a letter i:m. 1909 which I quete - "I wished that I had asked mere q~estieme in my yeuth but I ca~ tell you that Gr•ndpa'3 Father

THOMA S MACKEY served f•r a while il51 tl1e Revelutie:n a.:nd that hi~ first wife wae killed by a rum-away te8.ll'l and he married eur Great Grandm~ther, whose :maiden mrun• was Mary Ann Cre:n.sha.w (her mether was a Matthews). I den1 t kB•w wheth•r they were a peer family er not, but Gre~t Gramdfather had a go@d-~*•* h••• and a geed many slave~. Sh• 5Urvived him sever~l years, dyi:m.g in 1844, I thi:m.k, at the a.gs •f 84. The mether ef the late Dr.JAMES MARION SIMS •f N•w Yerk, was a. c•u~i:n te Gra1adpm. - her :ma.iden na.m• was IvIAHALA MACKEY. There was a cennectie:m. ef them a.B far ba.ck a.e I caltl. ge."

The exact relationship •f THOMAS MACKEY to Charlea Mackey (Grandfather •f Dr. James Marion Sims) has net been determined. They ceuld hav• been br•thers - if not brethers, certaimly they were ceusims, fer it ha~ always been ha~d•d down ae a family traditi@n that they were beth frem the ea.me f•mily - which was eriginally MCGREGOR, but changed t• MACKEY, te e3cape persecution im Scet­ land. It i8 ~lmest certaiu th•t they were ame:ng the earliest Scetch-Irish c@mi:mg dewm frem Augusta Oeunty, Virginia. (Shertly befere this - from P•nn.) ~s early ae 1740 these Scotch-Irish frem the nerth were pushing dewm int• Seuth Carolina. a.le:ing th• Catawba River. At the same time Scetch-Irish fre:aa the

merging ef the~• twe greups in St. M~rks Par~sh, near Fredericksburg Tewnship befere there was a ~•ttlement in the Wa.xhaws. Many •f th••• eettled am Beaver

Creek, Hanging R•ck Creek and Cedar Creek. Dr. J .Marien Sims, in. h.13 aute­ biography name:! sem• ef th••• families (fr•m the nerth, we believe) as

McE'lwa.ins, True sda.le s, Deuglm.5e ~, Our1ningham8, Mc11ulletl.s, McDena.lds & Mackeys. THOMAS MACKEY 6. 45 S•me ef the~• coming inte Beaver Creek Sectien frem the seuth w•r•

eger Gib:!eR, Jen•than Chrietma.e, Jehn Hud~_•n, James Lynch, Arthur Cu.nningha.m, elenel Adam McWillie, Lewia Gellins, Adam Thempee:n, Samuel Dixe:n, Jamee

ommerville, Reuben Patter~•n, Sh~w Br•wn, Dr.David Geerg• & William Ruseell.

eseibly th•~• were net all Scetch-Irieh, 5•m• may have c•m• fr•m VirgiRia

.nd m.ay ha_ve beea. pure English. There were some cha.ra.cteristic tra.ite - .

·... , aJnely they were a.lmest 100% vi/higs, and slaves w~r• negiligibl•. ( Scetch-Irieh

rem nerth) but net se with Scetch-Irieh fr•m the aeuth. McWillieg and Mc-

-Culleughs were R•yalist~. Cunninghame traded extsnslvely in the slave m•rkets •

.Juet as the Sc•tch-Iri~h i:m. the Wa.xhaw3 were Presbyterian, s• were these

Pre~b-yteria.n. e_nd their place •f wer5hip we.~ tb_e •ld Be1.ver Creek Pre~byteria.n

~hurch a.nd Church-ya.rd. The princip:1.l families fermimg the cengrega.tien were

.,.ugh Su.m.merville, Ada.m Thempsen and William Ru_3sell. Others were Mentgem.eri•~

'a.rbers, Hoods, Shrepshirea and McAdams. La.ter, when the Ga.mp Creek

'J ethedist Church wa.~ erga.nized (1799) ~•m• are believed te ha.ve jei:med the

ethedist. Seme- may have ,jeined the Hanging Reck Methodist Chu.rch which i t•s erga.nized in 1794. Jehm Horten seems to have beem the leader •f the

_fa.n.ging Reck iv.lethedieta. Early Ba.pti~t~ in this are1.. were Lewi~ Cellins,

~illia.m Brewer, Ruel Eva.ns, Daniel Monaghan, Joseph Baker, Jacob Merris,James i'":lergu5en, Alexander Walden., Richard Holly, Jame~ Rich, Charl•~ Ingram,

ichard Knight a.nd Fergusen Hale. The Ma.ckeys w•r• first Prssbyteria.m.~ -

B.ter. Methodist5. In the Mount Carmel Methedist Cemeta.ry, La.ncaste·r Ceunty,

1.iNe find• G-evernm.ent Marker with the inscripti@n: THOMAS :MACKEY/ -Pvt./ Kilv1BRELL' S S .c .TROOPS/ REV ./WAR. / JANUARY 8, 1842 ( de a.th date) BORN INLANCA STER./ DISTRICT/ .s.c./ FEB.12,1762 l3y the 3ide ef thi~ m.ark.-r lie tw• ~tones a~ f•llewe: - - JOHN T.MACK EY/ BORN/JUNE 28,1798/DIED/ N0V.,15,1882 AGE/ 84 YEA RS, lOMONTHS/ 17 DAYS.

MARY MARANDA / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH & REBECCA CRENSHAW BECKHAM/. JA DEVOTED, MOTHER AND CHRISTIAN. THOMAS MACKEY after his cellege ceuree wae completed amd he remained with that eminent

physician-fer three years, when he we:nt te New Yerk City, after which he wa.8 graduated in -the eam• ceur3e frem the S.C. Medical Cell~g•, receiving his

dipl•ma i:ta the ~primg •f 1859. In the fellewimg yea.r Dr. Mackey enlieted in

the army ef the State as a private iR Ker3haw 1 s Regiment.

In the fellewing year he became an Aee't Surgeen in the C@nfederate Ser­ vice,beimg a.~sign9d te the third Seuth Carolina Regiment, a.nd he remaim.ed with

this cemmand until the close ef the w~r, eervin.g with fidelity aRd •fficiency. He them lecated at Lamcaeter and has succeeded in establishing a reputati••

as ene ef the most ekillful physicians in the Sta.te. Dr. Mackey wa.s a. member

ef the State Medical Asseciati~n. Im 1869 he married Miss M~ry E.Perry •f

Lanca~tsr, and three sens and tw• daughters have be.en bsrn t@ them.He i3 a l'i.eyal Arch Ms.sen." The five childrem Gf JOHN THOMAS MACKEY (1798-1882) & MARY MARANDA BECKHAM:-

1. Jehll Franklin Mackey, B@rn, Iviay 23, 1836; Died,Sept.29,1911

2. Mary R~seline M ga_ckey, Born -- 1838 ; Died,-1928 (:t1)J33e,ph VanlandinghsJ11 3. R~becca Mackey, Berm -- Died -- (M) Geerge Duncam 4. Framces M~ckey (Died in imfancy)

5. Daniel Newberm. Ms.ckey, B1ern. -- 1848; Died --1906 (M)Martha Va.mla.Rdi:ng~ haJ11. Child r••·•f·JOID1-FRANKLIN NIACKEY (1836-19ll)&MARY E.PERRY ,Bern, Oct.18,1850; Di•d Oct.13,1886. . . ' 1. Charles Mackey, Ber:n,Ja1a. 16, 1870; D-ied A·ug.2,1892 (M)WJillia.m Gaae••

. (?"(Yl). I, w~ ~ I 2. Maude Ma.ckey, Berm - Died -- t_jM~,William C ~H•u~h.. _ 3. Mary Eliza.beth Mackey, Bern.,July 5,1874; Died,Dec.22,1938 (UU1a.rried) 4. Frank Mackey, Bern -- ;Died --- (M) Katherime Ross.

5. Perry Mackey, Bern --Oct.31,1878; Died,July,20, 1936 (Unmarried). Children ef DANIEL NEvVBERN MACKEY (1848-1906) &MARTHA VANLANDINGHAM Born, July 4,~842; Died ~-19?7• 1. Mary A Mackey, Bera Sept. 10,1868; Died June 2, 1882 . '• ' ,. -2. Jehn Them1us Mackey, Bern, Jan. 12, 1870; D-ied May 10,1931 (M)B,ell• · · · · Twitty)· 3. R•bert Barber Mackey, Bern, Feb. 18, 1872; Died ,Jume 13,1929 (M) Lou Miller. 4. Sallie M.Mackey, Bern Oct.1,1873; Died---- (M) Butler - THOMAS-MACKEY 12.• ~i-. - 11. Rebert E.Mackey, Bern 4-16-1883 'Lr 12. Walter Willif•rd Mackey, Bern 4-17-1886 lNDREW JACKSON MACKEY - Married ~•c•nd time, EDITH lIOHNSON Childr•n: 1.Jan.e Mackey, Bern, 1843; Died Nev. 1912 (M) Albert Twitty (6 childr••

2. Su:!!utnna Mackey,Ber:a 1853; Died Oet.15,1916 (M)Calvi:m. Reeves (9 u)

3. Nancy Mackey (Net Married)

4. Ma.rga.ret Mi~~•uri Ma.ckey, Bern, 3-28-1851; Died 6-18-1924 (M) Jehtt E.Cat•~ (6-children) · · · 5. William Mackey, Berm 6-9-1850; Died 5-8-1888.(M(L.S.Catee ( 3 childrem 6. Jeh:m. Mackey B•rn-- Died --- (M) Mi~s•uri Ellis ( 8 children) 7. Frank Mackey ,Berm 8-8-1854; Died 1884 {M) Belle Adams 8. Matilda Mackey, Birm, 2-28-1857; Died -- (M) R.F. C~t•• (6 children)

9. Celumbus Mackey :g1 Bern -- Died -- (M) Lucy Lowry

10. Oliver Wet!ley Ma.ckey, Bern 4-8-1863 (M) Em:m.a Hu111ter

MEMBERS OF THE WAXHAWS CHAPTER½P AR (Lancaster, S.C.) wh• were admitted - - on the Service Rec•rd •f THOMAS MACKEY are: EUPHEMIA GIA.NSON BRITTAIN (Mr~.Ma.x Garrett) Nati~•al Ne. 325730. ' ' M/A.RY MACKEY HOUGH CLARK (Mrs. Julian J.) Natienal_Ne. 372919 ,REUBEN BENNETT---- ,. .... i.., Baskins, wife •f s•n Philemen). Te this unien was berm a daughter, Sarah~J, Sc•tia Bennett, wh• later married A.K. Bailey, and m•v•d with her half . ' . sister, Margaret Saphreney Bail•y (abeve) te Kesciusl(•, Mississippi, ale:m.g ' ' with their mether, the widew ef Sim.en Ben.nett.

MILITARY SERVICE:-; William Ruffin Ben:mett: Ce. H. 4th s.c. Cavalry; J.H. Fester, Captain, Cel•n•~ Rutledge. First knewn as HampteR1 s Brigad•, later as Butler's

Brigade. Enlisted Apr. 1862; discharged Apr. 26,1865 at Greensbere,B.C. . ' . Reuben F.Bennett: Same service as abeve. Ruffin Bennett toek care •f his '• . nbabyn brether, wh• wa.~ feurteem years yeu_nger. Fre:m a. MS. in.

Hieterical Ce:m.m.issien •f 81 .-C., we hav• the f•llewi:m.g data: - "TEE CATAWBA RANGERSu; the first cavalry Cempamy f•r Lancaster District hae beem erganized, and its s•rvicea tendered t• Geverner Pickens.

T·hey will be accepted, previd•d they ar• equipped •. Each member is

f'l;trRishing his ewm equipments. They have leng ~abres, br•ad bewie knives amd larg • pistels, with the best of herses. This eempany was

thereughly equ ipped. The Cempam:y was c:a.ll•d "THE CATAWBA RANGERSn • . James D.Mcilwaim was Captaim. This cem.pany later became Cempany H. . - Feurth s. C. Cavalry.

James Kerm•y Bennett: Ceusin (prebably sen •f Philem.en Bennett - sen. e:r

R~ubem. Bennett. V/AXHAW GUARDS; Capt. R.L. Cra.wferd. He was IL 1st Cerp•ral, l~t•r was premeted t• 3rd Sgt. Died June 9,1864 Geerge Washingt•• Bennett: Private, Cempany H. Lancast•r Ceunty Invinc-

ibles. Captain; Am•s McManus. Weunded ~t Chicamauga.

F rem whemc• came eur Revelutienary aRcester, Reuben Bennett and wife,

Betsy Beckham. Bef•r• the R•velutien aad fer a f•w years fellewing, ma.:ra.y •f' their kin wer• buying la.md in Camden District a.leng Beav•r Creek ' - - and Cedar Creek, coming dewm. frem Warren Ceunty, N. C. This greup ef sett­ lers named their first settlement RUSSELL PLACE, and later had a Muster Greu•d nearby which they called WARRENTON. Thea• places still retain their . . . . , ~- . ' , ... -·' ' . '.:. ~-- . RE-UB-EH BENNETT 7. 58 names and ar• lecated in Kershaw Ceuntr, very oles• te Kershaw - Lancaster

beund.a.ry line. They can be feund •• the Mills' Map •f Kersha.w·D'istrict·•:f

1825. The Pensiem Recerds •f WILLIAM VANLANDINGHAM, RALEIGH HAMMOND, and REUB EN BENNETT shew that they enlisted fer ~•rvice in the Revelutien

frem Warre11 Ceunty, N.C. ; died in Lancas·t•r Ceunty,s.c. Other families

kn.ewn te_have c•m• fr•m th•r•.•r• Russells, Hilliards, Beckhams, Baileys Ballarde, Dukes and Flemm.ings;t~.

Seme •f these are believed te hav• been instrumental in spreading the B-aptist Fa.i th threugheut Lame aster County. Nearby Beaver Creek Baptist

Church was established in 1814. Te the west - Ferk Hill Baptist ~hurch

was established in 1813; and a few miles n•rth - New Hep• B,aptist C-hurch in. 18 17.

William Beckh01 cam• at am early date, bringing practically all •f his . . family. S,eme ef his sens sett,led in Ch•ster Ceunty. His daughter, B;etsy, who h ad married Reuben B:ennatt, in Warren. Ceunty, N .c. o:ra. May 26, 1786, fellewed with her family. B,•th William and his sen William Jr. had served

in the Granville C.~unty t,iilitia of 1754, u.nder the cemmand @f c-.1. William

Ea.ten. Frem this we cenclu.de thll.t VVillia.m Sr. was a patriot in the Revel­ utien, though hi~ eervice recerd h•s net been checked. In the Kersh•w

Ceunty C.eurt House we find the WILL of \'iilliam Beckham made in 1796, pre- b&ted in 1799, naming fiv• bey~ and feur girls as fellew8:- James Beckb.a.m, · Simen Beckha.•, Philemen Beckham, Benjamin Beckham and William

Beckha.m Jr.; Ellzabeth Bennett, Caty Ga.rdner, M•lli• B.eckham a.nd :Nancy B.

Tha Beckham Family is •f English linea.ge, a.nd ha.s alw1:ys been spelled ~sit is im Lancaster Ceunty - BECKHAM. The name 13 derived fr•m th• Angle-Sax•n werds "beck" signifying n a. small breekrr and tthllltl'·' m.ea.ni:ng

"h•m•tt •. Th• erigina.l :mea.nim.g being semething like tth•m• near th• br••klet".

The first recerded Beckhams lived in Nerf•lk Ceunty, England, and their

Ceat-•f-Arm.s was cenferred abeut 1430 er earlier. Desce·nda.:nts •f JOH'N BECKHAM, with their family cennecti•ns fer mamy generatiens, are given in RETIBW.N. .. B~ENNETT __

the a.nnals ef the Ceunty ef Nerfelk, England. '1VILLIAM BECKHAM, the iDllnigrant aneester, emigrated frem E:mgland te herica in 1701 and settled in Easter~ Virginia.

In March 1748, ene-· Jehm B-ennett, UI1ma.rried, received.· a. grant •f ene ' hundred acres in Fredericksburg Tewnship (mew Camden) al•:ng the Water•• River. In 1775, a Bemmatt Family is sh•wm en the Meuz•n Map, living n•ar . ,, Hariging Reck Creek. Their relatien5hip, if any, te Reuben Bemn.ett h•e net

bee:n checked, but the spelling •f th• name is tb.e ea.me. The surn.a:m.e BENNE.TT ie derived frem the Latin werd "B,emedietusn, :m.ea.n.-

1~ "blessed". Among the earliest recerds is that •f Jeh:ra B\emnett, wh• was sheriff in Wiltshire in 1267. Bearers ef the mam• were ameng the earliest

British settlers in .b.erica. The :m.•st premine:nt •f the early B)en.netts in

Vir gillia. was RICHARD (1606-1676) wh• ca.met• Va. in 1622;·:Member •f H•us•

•f Burgesses, 1629; Member Kimg 1 s Ceuncil, 1642 - 1660; Gevermer ef Virginia

1652 - 1655-; Cem:m.i~si•n•r te Englan.d, 1657; Majer General,VirgiRia Ferces 1662 - 16'72 • THOMAS BENNETT, the pregemiter ef the Bennett Family in N.C. and S.C • . was• member ef the Reuse •f Burgeese5 frem Mulberry Island in 1632. He had cem• frem England with many ethers by the same name and settled in the Edw•rd Bennett Celeny in Nansemend Ceunty. Ted•y there still exists a Bennett

pe.eture a.nd Bennett Creek. On• •f the heme places was knewn as "Old

Chi:mn•ys." Themas Benn.ett died ill 1634-35, leaving a. sem, Richard Sr., wh• settled in Upper Isle •f Wight Cou~ty. Richard Sr. died im 1709, leav­

ing a sen, Richard Jr. and grandsen, James - •f Brunswick Ceunty,Va. The

WILL •f Ja.m.es was pr•bated March 1,1752. He nam.es feur b•ys and feur girls ameng them, the first REUBEN BENNETT, wh• married Mary Regers (daughter ef

William Regers) •f Surry Ceunty, Va. This Reubem Bennett wa.s the father •f

eur ~•v. ancester and n• d•ubt has a service recerd •f his •wn; since he lived abeut ten ye~rs after the war elesed. His WILL was prebated in Wa~r•n Ceunty Nev. 1793, and he mentiem.s th.re• sens- REUBEN, CHARLES a.nd WILLIAM -REUBEN-BEWE'rT -9. - 60 and wife, Mary. In the Census Recerds it appears that CHARLES remained

in Warren Ceunty, while REUBEN 2nd and WILLIAM meved te Camdem District. Im the Churchyard ef NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, Lancaster Ceunty,s.c. there stamds • Gevernment Marker tea Revelutienary Seldier next te the graves of Reuben Bennett (4th) and N1..ncy Hs.rri!'!, upem which is the fellow­ ing inscriptiem:- REUBEN BENNE:TT Pvt. Jehnsen's N.C. Regt.- Rev. War. Nev. 14,1847 (Death DRte} Born in Brunswick C•unty, Va.,1757 Married Betsy B•ckham, Warren Ceumty,N.C.

Up•n the abeve r•c•rd, Perry Bell• Beru1ett (Mrs.Bene.) became a charter member ef Waxhaw Chapter, Daughters ef American Rev•lutien, 1941 and was given National Number (325731)

Elizabeth Robins•• Freeze (Mre Wharey Meere) #365732

JOHN WILFONG~ Sr.

A SOLDIER IN THE MILITIA ~ NORTH CAROLINA LINE REVOLUTIONARY W.AB.

Prepared and read before WAXRAWS CH.iU?TER - D.A.R.

by

MATTIE ADA'MS PLYLER ( l[rs. H.DeVli tt) 304 West Meeting Street Lancaster,South Carolina 1949

.JOHN WILFONG -SR .•. 1 .. {j1_ ...

) In 1745 there came frem the nr@vince ef Penn~ylv•nia t• the Seuth Ferk

•f the Ca.tawba River, in what is new Ca.ta.wba Ceu.nty, Nerth Carelina., a beld

a.nd adventurieu.~ pieneer, Heinrich Weidner, a native ef Sax•ny,Germany.

( The mederm version •f his na.m.e i:! Henry Wb.i tener). He was a.l•n• and wa.s the

first white man, traditien says, te 3et f•et upen the seil ef Catawba County.

He wa.s se pl••..:,ed with tb.e a.bunda.nce •f wild game and a.nim.ale in th• w•eds,

the fertility ~f the soil and the beauty •f the area that he reselved that

he w•uld make his heme there. The ~p•t·h• ~elected is lecatsd about feur mil•~

eeuth ef the present city •f Hickery, N.C. He suent the winters trapping and

was very successful. Each spring he weuld return te Pennsylvauia to sell his pelts which he teok en pack h•r~•s.

On •n• •f hi~ trip~ he breught with him as hi~ wife tG share hi~ pi•neer

exi~tence, Catherine Mueb.l ( new called Mu.11), a.nd a yeuth. by the name •f

Cenra.d Yeder, the 1_n.cester •f a lfl.rg• line •f descendants in tbis secti•n.

Ceming ba.ck with him a.ls• w•r• man-y Penn~ylv•.n:i•n~ •f Dutch ancestry, a.meng

them. tw• br•thers •f Mrs .vVeidner, Abra.ffl. Mull and b~is wife, Peffh Mull, atnd

J•hn Mull a.nd hi~ wife, Ma.ry Ann tAntbeny :Mu_ll, a.Rd areu.nd 1760 a yeung man

Geerge Wilfen.g, wh• ma.de hi~ heme with the Weidner~.

The settlers acqu1.red land frem the Celenia.l Governmen.t a.nd established

herr-H!3. They were in terri tery frequented by the Ca.t,_wba. Indian.s who, tra.di t-

I ien tell~ us, were friendly t• the whites, & th• pioneers lived n••r them •n

peaceful term~. When the French and Indian War br•k• out, the settler3 i3e­

ls.ted as they were,wer• -net a.wa.re of it and ar•u.nd 1758 er 1'759 the f•ll•w-

y ing incident eccurred.

The Abram. Mul1 famil-v had buJ.lt their hem• near the Weidners a.nd •n• '!.;

aftern••n Mre .Mull, a.3 the 3tery g••s, w:a.s driving un th_• cattle f•r the

night and upen a.ppreaching the beu.se, tbe cattle came running back. That

alarmed her. Sensing danger she crent nea.rer h•r heuse an.d saw it in flames

a.nd the Indians gathered a.beut the pla.c•. She ran t• Henry Weidn.ers' and gave

th• alarm. Fearing further vi•lence the Weidners •nd Mrs.Mull fled te the JOHN -- WILFONG SR-.

,ca.ne brake a.l•ng th• river and spent the night. Th.e next merning Weidner ' . inve~tiga.ted a.nd feund th.e bedie5 •f Abram Mull and his cl1ild ~ca.lped. .A

b11_nd •f mara,u_ding Chereke• Indians fr•m bey.end the meuntain~ w•r• th• n•r•

petrat•r~ •f thi5 gha~tly deed.

Th, Weidner h•u.s•h•ld a.nd Mre. Mull ga.thered uu their remaining p•~s•

essiens a.nd went te La.ncaster Ceu.:n.ty, Seu.th Carelina., wher• they stayed 1.beut

tw• year~. The friendly Catawba Indian~ kept a. small 1Nhi t• oak tr•• near

\'Veidner 1 ~ heme painted red :a.5 leng as the Cherekee5 rema.in.ed •n the warpath

-e.n.d Weidner weuld vi3it th• a.rea. fr•m time t• time te s•• when it weu.ld be

safe t• return permanently with his family. When finally the tr•• wa5 n•

lenger red they went back to Nerth Car@lina.. With them went Jstmes RebinsGn

Jr. and his wife, Catherine. Rebinsen w:..s the sen sf Mary a.rid James Rebinsen

Sr., with. wham the fugitives h~_d made their h@me du_ring tbeir ata:y in s.c.

vVhen the vV~idners r~t1J.rn~d they [email protected] th.at the Cb_erek~~s had burned

tbeir heme. They built an@ther, pla.cing it ever a. spring .in @rder t® pr••

vid• • ~upply ef water in the event of anethsr Indian raid er 8eige. The ~ruins ef this secend house can be ~••n t•day •n Whit• Oak Farm, tha plac•

g•t ting it~ na.me frem the white ea.k tr•• pa_inted by th• I:ndia.ns as a. warn­

ing sign.

In 1761 a. y•ung wid•w, M•ry Peffh Mull, deffed h@r widew 1 s weeds a.nd

~he and the yeung pieneer, Geerge Wilfeng, were in tb.e fir5t wedding cere­

meny in the Seuth Fork Valley. He beught • large tract •f land frem Weidner

and built a heme. Thie farm teda.y is knewn. a.s the 0 :Slka.:na.h Hunsuekerunla.ce.

-, Wilf•ng wa3 the 3•n of an immigrant frem the Netherland~, Jac•b Wilfeng,

(said te be ~pelled erigin•lly W•llfgang). The elder Wimfeng had land•d

at Philadelphi• in Penn~ylvania, in 1?34. It 13 said he had twe ether ~•ns,

Nich•la.s, wh• rem;a.ined in. Pen.nsylvanis., a.n.d Jaceb, wh• al~• migra.ted to Nerth

Carelina.. Geerg• Wilfeng was b•rn in the Prevince •f Pen.n3ylva.nia, Nevsmber

3,1740, and hi~ wife in 1744. He died N•v. 3, 1818 and his wife, Jun• 7,

1816. Beth are buried in the churchyard at Saint Paul~ LutheraB JOHN WILFONG SR.

Church, the eldest church west •f the Catawba. River, nea.r Newt•n, N.C. The fellewi:mg children were berm te them: . . . Jehn Wilf•ng Sr.,b•rm Apr.8,1762; died June 18,1838, married Ha~ah Sigmen., 1785 Sarah Wilfeng - married Adam Gres••

E:liaa.beth Wilfen.g wh• married Jaceb Klein, son ef S.eba.stian Klein.

Katherine Wilf@ng married Andrsw Heyl, sen ef John Heyl.

Peter vYilfeng who married Susannah }I@yl, sister ({'lf Andrew !£ da.u_ghter •f Jehn Heyl. Mary Wilf~ng married Daniel W~idner,sen ef Henry Weidn~r.

During tr1e R.eveluti@nary War, Ge@rge Wilfeng, an ard@nt Whig, 'l."T8..s very intere,stecl in mi1itttt111·y ~tff::;iir-s 1:.1.:r1d ,1v-Es a.ppei:n.ted majer j_n the Sec@nd Reg­ iment •f R•wan Tre@ps (N.C.C.R~l0-532). When the war breks ~ut, Wilf0ng's sen, J"ehn Wilf@ng, Sr. and many ef his neighber3 an.d relrttives, ameng them Da.niel vVhitetn•8r, his brether-in-law, and Da.ni@l' s br@ther, Abram.,

Micb.ael Schell, Jesse R@binsen~--sen @f JanHts R@bins@n Sr., Jehn Tu1·ull and

' . ethers plm.ced their trusty rifles @n their shou.lde,1--s a.nd marched a.way te

treops ef thit r~g-ulaA.r British Army. Outstanding am.eng the battlf.ls in which these rugged me~ frem western North Carelina feught was the battle ef Kings'

[email protected]. With several gr@ups fr•m the meunta.in 3ectiens •f Tennessee and

Virginia. tlHty rn.Rrcl1tad against Cel. Fergus@n' s British army which was in u.ppar S@uth Carelin.1. and vvas hurrying tcD ,j<9in Cernwallis' army at Charl,;»tte. 'J They evert@~k Fi$rgusen at ltir,}.gs' T~$untain in Oct. 1.§.7_0 ... Ferguson ha.d placed his farce in a very 3treng pesit:i_@n @n the t~p ©f the m®untain; the dauntless west~:r•i1,:,rs cliu1bed the side~ ef the m®untain, sh@u_ti:ng and

wm.s slain.

The fcl}ll~~wing stery is a tr~ditl@n in. the Whitener fliilrnily. During the battle A.brain vi/11it!9n<~r, wr1J at the tim~ vvas fighting near J•h.n 1flilf@ng and Micha

Whitener, wit:nessed his death and becoming em.raged, v•wed t• kill the British leader. He crept fr•m reek te reek near the summit •f the hill upem

which Fergus•m wa8 stati•ned en his herse and taking careful aim he fired. Fergusem fell dea.d. J•hn Wilfeng a.nd Michael Schell wh• saw Whitener's action. verified Whitener's claim tha.t his was the fatal shet ef the eight Fergusen received. The rifle fr•m which this shet was fire-d was fer a tim•

in the museum, at Guilferd b•ttle greund but ia n•w in the p•~sessien of the Whitener family. Histeria:a~ agree that the battle ef King's Meumta.in. turned the scales of the

wa.r. Jeffers•n called it the "je-yful turn •f the tide."

"Nerth C:3.relina Celenia.l _Recerds 0 -gives the fellewi:mg a.cceunt •f J'ehB.

Wilf•Eg' 8 service in the war: "Jeh:m. vYilfe:rng - enlisted in the Wig army S-ept.

1,1780, under Capta.in Sigme:n and Lt. Va.nh•m in Col. McDewell's regimen-I;;. . . . Marched te Merga.nten., th•n te G:8.Re Cresk i:ra Burke, t~hen te Wa.uta.uga.. Re­

turned with Cols. Sevier, Campbell an.d Sh~lby t• Ca.ne. Creek, thence te th•

Cewpe:ae where they were jeined by Gels. Cleveland a.nd Williams and Lincelm. trG@ps, after which they crossed Broad River and r·eught in the battle sf

King's Meuntain. The same day (htl. Fergusen wa.s killed and the ·Nhfale army

takem pris©ners. In this battle '\rl:llfong iNas w@und_e.d in ths ?eft arm.

R~turn8d heme Oct. 8, 1780, the next day after tha battle.

"Im July 1781 he velunteered fer 16 months with Capt. C•wan and Lt. Hammond's Regiment, which marched fr@m Linceln Ceunty t• near Augusta, Ga.,

fr•m thence te Eutaw Springs a.nd was in th• battle S,ept. 6, 1781. Then t• White H~ll, Seuth Carelina. Im March 1782 he marched t• the Cher•k•• Natien under Capt.Jesse Jehns•m, and returned te General Pickens in Seuth Carelina, where he served the rest •f his time."

In a beeklet, "Memeria.1 Service fer Henry Weidner, lVIa:y 30,1894n ·, we

find recerded the address delivered en this eecasien by Judge M.L.McCerkl•

ef Newten, N .c. We quete the f•lltrwing:- from this address: ttYeumg Wilfeng

en. hi.s way heme fr•m the great battle (he was discharged n•ar \Vilkesb•r• . 5. JOHN WILFONG SR. ------&d and cressed the Catawba River near Island Ferd), abeut six miles frem the ~iver, wea.ry a.nd wern frem making hi~ way heme, came t• the house of Ga.ptain.

1 Pa.ulzer S1 ig:me:n, whe lived an Lyle s Creek, en th• eld place ewned by tr1e

late Legan Dellinger, Esq. He stepped t• get a drink ef water fer h• was

badly weunded. Capt. Sigmen called his daughter, Hannah, a stripling girl

•f sw••t sixteen, ta bring the yeung man seme water frem the spriag. She al­

mest flew &s she went and ca.me. She was fa.ir as a lily, her ch.eeks as a. r~s•, her hair as shining g•ld. He stayed and rested all night. He left next

mernimg. He loved Hannah at first sight. After the war was over they became

' husband and wife. They raised a large and respectable family ef children.

Our hast l1~r9 teday, Jehri Wilfeng Rebinsen, is ene ef the descendants •f

this uniem.

nJehn Vlilfeng, Sr., became a g_reat :man in wealth, preperty, pepularity

and g••d deeds. He maver s~ught pelitical •ffice, notwithstanding he was

ch.esen. electer en the Van Bur•n ticket and wa.s mad• chairman @f tha.t cellege

where the g,res.t Nath-.niel Mace:m. wa.s hi:! celleagu•, te cast the vote •f that

bedy. He is honored en the Guilferd battlegreund where @. beautiful lake o:m.

that histeric spe_t is named in his l1c,nor, "iJiJ'ilfeng Lake."

His death •ccured a.t the age •f 76 as he was ma.king hi3 way alone t•

Catawba Springs seme f•u~teen miles distant frsm his heme. His hers• was

found tied tea trse and his dsad b@dy- in the w•eds nearby. He was taken ill

it w~.s assumed, a.n.d ha.d lain dewn t• rest by th• way. His bedy wae laid te

rest by the side ef th@se ef b.is wife and his pa.rents, Majer and Mrs .Geerge

Wilfong, at St. Paul's Church. Hannah S.-igmen, his wife and da.ughter ef Capt. Paulzer Sigm•n, was berm. July 1'768 and died March 22, 1834. T• this ceuple were born the fellewing children: Jehn Wilf•:mg, Jr. who married B;arba.ra E.L. Summey

13' •. tAug .13, l '793; D:·. Jan .13, 1883 B.S.spt.20,1809;D.Feb.9,1888 David Wilf•ng wh• married Anna Ramsour. 6. JOHN WILFONG SR.

Mary (Pelly) wh@ was bern March 27, 1798, died Jun• 23, 1886. Married H@nry_Weidner Rebinsen. Barbara Wilfeng, :ma.rried Dr.S.P.Simpeen.. Sa.rah Wilfo:rn.g. ., bern cTune 30,1788, married David Ramsour.

Eliaabeth Wilfeng whe married Jehm J.Shuferd B.Aug~23~1795 B. 1792 D.Oct.27,1816 D.1873 Henry Weidner Rebinsen was the son of Jes~• Rebin~•n and the grandeon ;•··•f James Rebin:!en Jr., who had c•me t• the camm.unity from s.c. with the Weid mere. Jesse Rebin.sen married Melli• Weidner, daug·hter e_f tho pienee:.r,

Hemry Weidner, and as the Weidners were gettir;ig •ld, the yeung csupl• meved

t• the •ld homestead, new called 1'White Oak Farm", t• care fer them.. A8 a. re­ sult Weidner deeded the heme and surrounding acre~ te his son-in-law. The

yeumg wife and the enly child •f this unien di•d but Rebin3en remained with

the Weidner:! ~:nd later married Mary Ann Mull, the da.ug·hter •f N!,a-r..:y Am.n Antheny and JehR Mull, (wh• had ceme from Pennsylvania with WeidR8r and was hi3 brethe ;in-law). The Jssse R•bineens had enly ene child and him they named Henry

Weidner R•binsen in hener of the eld pieneer. On Aug. 3, 1819, this sen was

married. te Mary Wilfeng:, daughter •f Jahn Wilfong Sr. They had the f•llew• ing children:- Betsey Rebinsen - wh• married Andr•w L. Ramsour

B.May 23,1820;D~Dec.29,l882 B. Jan 8, 1822 Married A.pr. 15,, 1843 Alfred Rebinsen who married Careline Suttlemeyer

B.July 14,1824;D.Iv1arch 29,1874 - married Jan. 13,1857

Lm.ba.:n Rebinsen John Wilfeng Rebins•n whe married Elizabeth Shuferd B.Apr.6,1832; D.Jul.15,1903 B.Oct.1,1834;D.Jun.20,1896

C.:atherine Elmina. R@bins@n wh(& 1n!A.rried J$s@ph C®rpening B.Jan.B,1822; D.Oct.7,1870 - B.May 22,1809; D.Nev.23, 1882 marri~d D$.c.18,1845

Henry ~Vsidner R@binson was tb.e third owner ef that histerj_c spst, White

O~.l~ Farm, ,11hich v;as the site af the first permanent settlement in. Catawba \-Oeunty. There Rebinsen built in 1840 the fameue eld celonial type h•m• which JOHN WILFONG SR. 7.

is still etandin.g teday and where his grandsem, John Wilfeng Rebinsen,II,

mew lives and nearby •n the same place, Jehn Wilfeng Rebins•n, III, and

J0hn Wilfeng R~binsen IV. The eld h•m• con~ains many interesting ebj•cts of piemeer •rigim, Imdian relics, •ld recerds, mementees and pieces ef furniturs

left by fermer ewners. There •n• may see an origin.al d•cument signed by

Geerge III •f England, granting land t• Jehm Mull, Mull 1 s discharge paper

1frem. the Revelutiena.ry army, as well as six silver teasp••:ns which wore the property ef John Wilfeng Sr., and have his initials engraved upen them. Near

the Rebinsen heu3e is the stump •f that white eak tree which was used as a

w~rning sign by the Indians and which was revered by its ewners until it was blew:m dewn by th• wimd several yea.rs age a:nd umder which th9 men ef th•

neighb1trheed assembled te ge te war- the [email protected], the Indian a.nd the War between the States.

W'ith the death @f this tree there pas:se.s away a :!ym.bel •f the a.dventur­

\·•us spirit that prompted the· pi•neers •f this sectien te risk their all in

a hazardeus venture in a strange ceuntry, endowing Catawba Ceunty with a

rich heritage - a reliable, industrieus aRd progressive citizenship. REFERENCES: l.Sherrill: Annals ef Lencela C8unty - p.8 2. n u tt u tf -p ~ g Rucker: Genealogy ef Peiter Heyl and his Descendants - p. 45.

3. Memerial Service for Henry Weidner - May 30, 1894 - p. Rucker: Genealegy ef Peiter Heyl - p.63 389

4. Rucker: G-enealegy @f Peiter Hevl - p. 349 ti ti ff tt ft ~j 5. P• 64 6. n n n rt n p. 45 7. Inscriptisn at St. Paul's 8. Ruc~•r: p.349 10.N. C. Celenial Recerds - 10 - 532 :Mem~rial Service fer H, Weidner -p.

12. N.C.C.R. -22-158: 13. Mem@rial Service fer H. Weidner - p 14. Sherrill: Annals ef Lincoln C•unty-p.116-117 15 ft n n n n p • 119

16. Ruc~er: Genealegy ef Peiter Heyl - p.348 :-Memorial Service fer H,Weidner n - p .332 18 .F01ily Register- heme ef Jehm. W.Rebinsen II, Newt·e:in,N .c. RFD 2