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VOL. 29 NO. 2-SC

JANUARY 2009

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Manager - Mike Bright One of the best stores in the area to shop for quality and value is WALMART SUPERCENTER, located at 2035 Whiskey Rd. in Aiken, phone 803-648-9197. They carry a full line of clothing and shoes for each member of the family, as well as furniture, housewares, sundries, toys, jewelry, hardware, sporting goods, a full line grocery department, bakery, deli, meat department, fresh produce, a beauty salon, all those personal touch items for your car and much, much more. WALMART SUPERCENTER believes that the most important thing is customer satisfaction, and the friendly courteous personnel strives to assist you in every way. People prefer to do business with them because they furnish quality products at prices they can afford. They accept most major credit cards! We, the editors of this 2009 Historical Review, are pleased to be able to list WALMART SUPERCENTER among the area's leading businesses. Mike and all asssociates at WALMART SUPERCENTER in Aiken thank their customers for past business and support, and invite you to stop in soon!

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A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM GEIGER Abraham Geiger was given special education because of a handicap caused by smallpox in his youth, which left an arm weakened. He was prominent in politics when Granby flourished. Later he became interested in educational matters, moved to Platt Springs and established the Platt Springs Academy. From Mills Statistics 1826: "The Platt Springs Academy has long been known to the public as a first rate institution for the education of youth preparatory to entering college. It owes its foundation and present eminence to the liberality and indefatigable care of Abraham Geiger, Esq., who for several years supported it from his private purse. The Academy is now one of the most flourishing in the state. It is one of the finest schools in the state where many prominent citizens are educated. The institution has a small but well-selected library attached to it. The average number of students is from 60 to 70." It is said that Newberry College traces its beginning from this school. Major Abraham Geiger was Lexington's first member of the House of Representatives. He was recognized as a soldier, patriot, statesman and philanthropist. He developed vineyards, and was an advanced agriculturist who was widely known. His articles in Southern Agriculturist (1832-1833) were on silk culture, grape culture, and Improvement of southern Agriculture. He served as Major in the War of 1812; was author of several books, a German historian, and Biblical scholar. He was one of the largest landholders and cotton planters of his day, and it is believed that he operated the first cotton gin and old style screw cotton compress ever constructed in Lexington County. He was one of the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature in 1807 to investigate the State's ownership of lands in the old town of Saxe Gotha. He is buried in the Geiger cemetery in Sandy Run.

COUNTY HISTORY INDEX Aiken............................................2-6 Bamberg...................................14-15 Barnwell....................................17-20 Lexington..................................21-23 Orangeburg.................................8-11

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Sunday - Thursday 10:45 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. Friday & Saturday 10:45 A.M. - 11:00 P.M. captain d’s opened its first restaurant in 1969. Shortly thereafter, they earned the reputation of “The Great Little Seafood Place”, because of their outstanding service and dedication to their customers. captain d’s creed has always been and will always be to serve freshly prepared seafood each day. They offer a wide variety of menu selections. While maintaining an attractive, unrushed atmosphere with warm hospitality, their goal to the customers has always been to serve you your meal hot and delicious. captain d’s is located at 1907 Whiskey Rd. in aiken, phone 803-641-6476, and at 990 Broughton St. in Orangeburg, phone 803534-1103. As the writers of this 2009 Historical Review, we heartily commend captain d’s, “The Great Little Seafood Place!” for their delicious seafood and friendly service. The staff at captain d’s thank their customers for dining with them, and invite you to dine with them soon!

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MO’S CONVENIENCE & TOBACCO Locally Owned & Operated The place to go to pick up something for that late night snack or for your favorite discounted tobacco products and alcoholic beverages is MO’S CONVENIENCE & TOBACCO, conveniently located at 185 Buford St., phone 803-642-2996 and at 3104 Wagener Rd., phone 803-6420161, both in Aiken. The idea behind their business is to serve the people of this area with a wide variety of name brand merchandise, including discounted cigars and tobacco products without long lines at the checkout. They have scientifically stocked their shelves with items often forgotten at the supermarket, and items we all need at unusual hours of the morning and evening. They offer lottery and are open Sunday for alcohol purchases which adds to the reason why so many people drop in morning, noon and night when they’re in a hurry. Wholesale phone orders and price inquiries are welcome and no sales taxes are charged to small businesses with nontax permits. The writers of this 2009 Historical Review compliment the management of this minimarket for their efforts to offer what is needed, when it is needed. Remember the name, MO’S CONVENIENCE & TOBACCO, you’ll find their stock complete and their service extra fast. Everyone at MO’S CONVENIENCE & TOBACCO thanks their customers for past business and support, and reminds you they are of service to the entire area!

Golf is one of America's favorite participant sports with men and women in all age groups playing more and more every day! In the Aiken area, better golfers prefer the smooth green and beautiful fairways of THE AIKEN GOLF CLUB, at 555 Highland Park Dr. Southwest, phone 803-649-6029, in Aiken. This is truly a "golfer's course" and it's specifically designed to be both challenging AND tremendous fun! Tee off with your friends and discover just how great a game of golf can be. You'll find that your score will improve when you play on a course that's well-cared for like this one AND you'll enjoy your game a lot more at this beautifully landscaped facility. The writers of this 2009 Historical Review are pleased to list THE AIKEN GOLF CLUB among the area's leading businesses. Everyone at THE AIKEN GOLF CLUB thanks their customers for past business and support, and reminds you they are of service to the entire area.

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SMALL TOWNS OF AIKEN COUNTY

Courtesy Of Aiken County Parks, Recreation & Tourism Through the years Aiken County's balmy, healthy weather has attracted many new residents who brought with them a variety of customs and traditions. Many small towns sprung up around the county as the railroad, textile mills an farming expanded to meet the needs of a growing and wealthy population. Horse Creek Valley was so called merely, because it could be and was in reality forded frequently by horses. In the upper Horse Creek Valley is the Graniteville group - Vaucluse, Graniteville and Warrenville. Vaucluse was named after a town in France. The first textile mill in Aiken County was built here in 1833. The present day Vaucluse mill is built on the original mill's foundation. Graniteville got its name from its underlying strata of blue granite out of which the original Graniteville Mill was built in 1846 by William Gregg. The Burnett Family established the community of Burnettown in the late 1800s. Ask About Corporate Rates • Families Welcome Warrenville was named in honor of Charles Warren Davis who promoted and built its cotton mill. For a rest of a lifetime, it's DAYS INN at 2654 Columbia Hwy. Bath in the lower Horse Creek Valley was named for Bath, England. North in Aiken, phone 803-642-5692 or 1-800-329-7466, and Clearwater was named for the beautiful limpid stream and charming lake. QUALITY INN (featuring high-speed internet) at 110 East Langley, originally known as Kalmia, was named for William C. Langley, a northern visitor who Frontage Rd. in Aiken, phone 803-502-0900. Easily accessible established the Langley Mill (circa 1870). at Hwy. 1 and I-20, Exit 22, these top-rated motels are just the New Holland received its present name from the fact that when it was first settled the main ticket for the road-weary traveler who needs rest, relaxation and, method of securing water for its dwellings was by windmills. above all, the most peaceful, pleasant surroundings possible. Monetta was romantically named for a comely Indian maiden. You'll find the accommodations to be among the very best North Augusta was named in honor of Princess Augusta, the mother of George III of England. with plenty of free parking and truck parking, new, well-ventilated The town was planned by James U. Jackson who was responsible for the construction of the first rooms with spotless baths, microwaves, refrigerators, hair dryers, inter-urban road built in the south. North Augusta, was first ranked merely as a suburb of Augusta, alarm clocks, free newspaper, continental breakfast, 25" TV's, Georgia. and several have Jacuzzis. Non-smoking rooms are available. A Belvedere comes directly from two Latin words, "Bel" meaning "beautiful," and "Vedere" mean- stay at these havens of rest will leave you ready to continue your ing " to see." journey in great shape. The rates are very reasonable, and the New Ellenton was incorporated on the 26th day of April 1952, owing its existence to the coming rooms are among the nicest anywhere...what more could you of the Savannah River Site. want? How about senior citizens, corporate and weekly rates? Montmorenci was named by a French railroad surveyor named DeCaradeux who discovered They have them too! the v-shaped valley and felt that the enchanting valley resembled his homeland, Vale of Montmorenci Plan now to stay at DAYS INN or QUALITY INN whenever in France. you're in Aiken. You're sure to enjoy your trip a lot more when you The town of Couchton was originally the site of Reuben Jordan's "hunting preserve" and also stay at one of the nicest places in town! was the location of the Confederate prison, Camp Butler. The writers of this 2009 Historical Review for Aiken County Salley was named generally for the Salley family, in particular for Colonel Dempsey Hammond think that you'll find the DAYS INN and QUALITY INN to be Salley who owned land where the town is established. among the very best! Wagener and Perry were so named in connection with the building of the railroad which conDAYS INN and QUALITY INN thanks their guests for past nected them. Wagener was named after the president of Wagener & Co., a large mercantile estab- business and support, and invites you to stay with them again lishment who was active in promoting the building of the railroad. Perry took its town name after Mr. soon! Edward Perry who was the president of Printing Press of Charleston. Two towns of Aiken County get their names from well known families. Windsor bears the name of the reigning royal family of England, while Jackson is so-called Owner/Designer in honor of the locally and nationally well-known family of George Twiggs Jackson. Pamela Willard DeSoto once roamed the hills of the Jackson area, as well as the original tribes of 35 Years Experience Uchee Indians. The well known farming community Beech Island was the home of many arisWalk-InS WElcOME tocrat families including that of Governor Hammond. There are many theories on cut & colour Design With Flair the origin of the name Beech Island. The most popular coming from the many Specializing In Hair Styles & Make-Up For Weddings & Social Events beech trees in the area, and the land was high and dry. 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The Kazoo Factory

The Original American Kazoo Company was established in 1916 and is now the only metal kazoo factory in North America. The museum highlights history, amusing trivia, and shows step by step the way kazoos are made. This working museum continues to manufacture a complete line of kazoos. Believe it or not, kazoos are made the same way today as in 1916. The machines that make kazoos are the same die presses that were installed in 1907 when the building housed a sheet metal workshop. Over the years, demand for kazoos became so great that the other metal operations ceased. Today, as in the past, over 20 machines are run with one 10 horsepower motor connected with overhead jack shafts and leather belts. The factory is truly one of the few remaining working museums.

The Birth of the American Kazoo

The kazoo was invented by an American named Alabama Vest and made to his specifications by a German clock master named Thaddeus Von Clegg in Macon, Georgia back in the 1840's. A traveling salesman by the name of Emil Sorg brought the idea of manufacturing metal kazoos to Western New York in about 1912. He teamed up with Michael McIntyre, a Buffalo tool and die maker, and together they found a way to manufacture the first production kazoos. McIntyre moved to Eden, New York where he went into partnership with Harry Richardson, the owner of a metal forming plant. The kazoo has become as American as apple pie. It is the most democratic of instruments because anyone can play.

Did you know the Kazoo was Patented in 1923?

McIntyre and Richardson began producing metal kazoos in 1914. McIntyre even received a patent for the kazoo in 1923. Samuel Whetzle was the key employee who later married the boss' daughter and took over the business in 1939. After running the plant for many years, Whetzle sold the company to a group of Buffalo investors. In 1985, the company was sold to Brimms Inc., a local family business run by the father & son team of Robert and David Berghash. In 2003, the Berghash’s deeded the Kazoo Gift Shop and Museum to the Claddagh Foundation, Inc. and handed the factory operation over to Suburban Adult Services, who use the original machines to continue to produce metal kazoos today. In the Fall of 2005, Claddagh transferred the museum to Suburban and sold the gift shop to two longtime Eden residents who continue to run the Kazoo Boutique Gift Shop today.

Museum & Tours

Kazoos of all shapes and sizes are permanently displayed in the museum. Our collection chronicles the history of kazoos as well as the factory. Display cases contain several types of wooden kazoos, liquor bottle shaped kazoos that celebrated the end of prohibition, antique kazoo instruments, silver and gold kazoos, and many more. The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday and you can view kazoos being made on the original equipment (Wed-Fri), or use our Make Your Own Kazoo station to make your own($)! There is a free Self-guided tour available, but for larger groups of more than 6, please call to make an appointment for our free tour. Our staff will be happy to explain the manufacturing process. Open year round. Call 716-992-3960 to schedule your free tour appointment The factory, museum and gift shop are located at: 8703 South Main Street, Eden, NY 14057 Phone: 716-992-3960 Open Year Round: Tues. - Sat. 10AM - 5PM, Friday 10AM - 7 PM, Sunday 12PM - 5 PM Closed on Monday

HORSE CREEK VALLEY

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When white men discovered the Horse Creek Valley Area in the early 1700s, they encountered many difficulties. The fierce cannibal tribe known as the Westos was their biggest problem. Feared and fought by neighboring Indians and white men, the Westos were either wiped out entirely by the Army in the early 1800s or forced to join a part of the Yucci Tribe which was located near the present-day city of Washington, Georgia. Interestingly, it is believed that the Yucci Tribe later became a part of the Cherokee Nation. The Horse Creek Valley Area was settled by people who wanted to industrialize the area. The Myers built Myers Mill near the present-day town of Bath. This mill later became Bath Paper Mill. Marshes Mill was built on Mockingbird Creek in the center of what is now Langley, which was an important link to the thriving port of Hamburg by way of barge. Vaucluse was settled in the early 1800s by a group of French Hugenots. This group gave the town its name, Vale of Flowers. In 1832 General James Jones built Vaucluse Manufacturing Company which was acquired by William Greg, founder of Graniteville Manufacturing Company. This was the first cotton mill in the South. The small mill town has many landmarks along the Graniteville Canal, including “Blue Row” mill houses and churches on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby Clearwater was named for the beautiful limpid streams and charming lakes. The Horse Creek Valley Area continues to grow because of the industrialization of the area and the hardworking people who take pride in their accomplishments. The same sense of pride continues to attract business and industry today and will carry the Horse Creek Valley successfully into the future!

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AIKEN HISTORIC TOUR

This tour of Aiken begins at the Chamber of Commerce Building at 400 Laurens Street N.W. (To reach the Aiken Chamber of Commerce from Interstate 20, drive south on Highway 19 which becomes Laurens Street inside the city.) From the Chamber drive two blocks south on Laurens Street toward town. Turn right at Barnwell Avenue. Like Barnwell and Laurens, most Aiken streets were named for South Carolina counties. In the second block of Barnwell on the right are two frame houses known as 1. BANDBOX and TRANQUILITY, typical of the dwellings rented by winter colonists. They mark the eastern boundary of Aiken Historic District III. In the next block of Barnwell on the right behind the brick and board wall is 2. ROSE HILL (circa 1900), a Dutch colonial revival structure which was the home of the family of Colonel Sheffield Phelps. Also on the grounds housed in estate cottages and stables at the rear of the property is Rose Hill Art Center, where various courses in the arts are offered to the community. The entire estate is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Turn left onto Florence Street. On the right as you drive south is 3. AIKEN PREP SCHOOL, founded in 1916 by Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock. This private boys' school with local and boarding students from grades 4-9 covers two city blocks. At Richland Avenue turn left. Drive two blocks on Richland and turn right onto Pendleton Street. At this corner is 4. ST. THADDEUS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, the oldest church building in Aiken (1842, remodeled in 1926). The churchyard immediately behind the sanctuary is the burial site of soldiers who died in the 1865 Battle of Aiken, the botanist Henry

Ravenel, the poet James Matthews Legare, and numerous other important South Carolinians. You may want to stop and enjoy a walk through this lovely and interesting churchyard. Continue on Pendleton until it meets Hayne Avenue, one of Aiken's oldest residential streets. Turn right on Hayne. Houses in this area show the variety of architectural styles of the Winter Colony structures. Drive three blocks on Hayne to Lancaster Street. The large white house at this intersection, the 5. LORENZ COTTAGE (c. 1889) and the MORRISON-WRIGHT COTTAGE (c. 1900) on the right and the HERMAN HAHN HOUSE (c. 1890) on the far left corner look very much as they did when built. These houses were popular rental properties of the Winter Colony. Turn left onto Lancaster and drive until it ends at Highland Park Avenue. At this corner is another handsome winter residence, 6. PINE KNOLL (c. 1930). Turn left onto Highland Park Avenue. The golf course (c. 1912) on your right and its clubhouse (c. 1925) belonged to the 7. HIGHLAND PARK HOTEL PROPERTY which included the entire hill on the left. The old Highland Park welcomed many winter residents who later returned to build their homes you are seeing today. Both the 19th and 20th century hotel buildings were destroyed by fire. Highland Park Avenue ends at Park Avenue. Turn right. Drive one block east to the intersection of Park and Laurens Street. On the right is the 8. OLD AIKEN POST OFFICE, a fine example of Palladian architecture built in 1912. Notice 9. MORGAN CIRCLE, on the left with its cast-iron Victorian fountain. Turn right on Laurens Street. On the right in this block is the 10. LEGARE-MORGAN HOUSE, a one-story white clapboard cottage once owned by the family of James Matthews Legare, a well-known South Carolina poet, artist, and inventor. The original part of the house was built before 1837, This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Cross the bridge over the railroad. The Aiken section of the railroad track, which ran from Hamburg, S.C., on the Savannah River to Charleston, was originally on Park Avenue. The track was moved when this "cut" was dug in 1853. When the 136-mile track was laid in the 1830s it was the longest railroad track in the world. Continue on Laurens. At the bottom of the hill on the right is one of the entrances to

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Manager - David Zielinski One of the friendliest stores in town is WALMART SUPERCENTER! Here's the place you've been looking for, if you like the kind of store where courtesy and service are bywords of business, and the selection is ultra-complete. Located at 3581 Richland Ave. in North Aiken, phone 803-648-5551, this full line variety store has more to offer! Groceries, housewares, toys, games, hardware, cosmetics, drugs, school supplies, stationery, gifts, candy, fabrics, and notions are among the many essential items featured here. The prices are just as low as anywhere else, and smart shoppers keep a regular list of needed goods in order to be able to pick them up in one convenient stop. Personal service is an important part of the business operated by this concern. If YOU want to shop where selection and service are at their best, the editors of this 2009 Historical Review are happy to list WALMART SUPERCENTER of North Aiken, along with other leading businesses in the area! David and all of the associates thank their customers for past business and support, and look forward to serving you in the future.

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11. HITCHCOCK WOODS, a 1400-acre preserve available for all types of horse activities and the enjoyment of the public. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto South Boundary and take the next right turn onto Newberry Street. On the right behind the serpentine wall is 12. BANKSIA, formerly a winter estate which currently houses the Aiken County Public Library in the large brick section built in 1931 as an "addition" to an unpretentious wooden Victorian cottage. The cottage section is occupied by the Aiken County Historical Museum. You may see this elaborate building during the regular library and museum hours. Both the house and the exhibits make this a stop which should not be missed. On the right after you pass Banksia you can see the clay tennis court of 13. UNCLE JOHN'S CABIN, another winter cottage which is still a private residence. Turn left onto Easy Street, obviously named by vacationing winter residents. The left side of the street is the property of 14. JOYE COTTAGE, originally a simple house purchased from Miss Sarah Joye and expanded into a 90-room vacation "cottage" in 1897 by William C. Whitney, a New York banker who served in Grover Cleveland's cabinet as secretary of the Navy. As you continue down the street you will see some of the handsome walls for which Aiken is noted. At the corner of Easy Street and Whiskey Road on the left is a private residence which was Mr. Whitney's 15. SQUASH COURT. One of the courts remains just as it was when built in 1904. This and other buildings of Mr. Whitney's estate are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Turn right onto Whiskey Road, so named for the goods which were transported along this road. Drive two blocks and turn right onto Dupree Place. On the left is 16. HOPELAND GARDENS, a public garden which was the winter estate of Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin. The 14-acre estate was given to the city of Aiken and the former stables and carriage house now house the 17. AIKEN THOROUGHBRED RACING HALL OF FAME. You are invited to walk through these beautiful gardens and visit this interesting museum. Turn around in the Hopeland parking lot and return to Whiskey Road. Turn right on Whiskey and drive south. On the left at the next traffic light you will see the 18. GREEN BOUNDARY CLUB, a private club which was once a winter estate called Sunshine. On the right at this corner behind the brick wall is 19. RYE PATCH (c. 1905), a winter estate complete with tea cottage and stables now owned by the City of Aiken and available to rent for meetings and parties. Continue down Whiskey Road. Ahead on the right is 20. FERMATA CLUB, housed in the gymnasium of what was once the Fermata School for Girls, founded in 1919 by Marie Eustis Hofmann, the wife of the internationally famous pianist Josef Hofmann. Turn left onto Summerall Court. At the end of the street you will be facing 21. WHITEALL, built as a winter residence in 1928 by Colonel Robert McCormick, owner of The Chicago Tribune. The residential section surrounding the home was once part of this estate. Turn left on Magnolia. Drive one block and continue on the dirt road. This street and neighboring roads have been left unpaved to protect the hooves of many horses stabled in this area. Please drive slowly. In this first block of dirt road on your right is the 22. WHITNEY POLO FIELD. Polo has been played on this field since 1882, and matches are still held on Sunday afternoons. On the left you will see several large winter estates. In the second block on the left the large pink house was the 23. HOME OF DEVEREAUX MILBURN, an internationally ranked polo player. Next on the left is 24. GEORGIAN COURT (c. 1929), which was built by Robert Hassler, inventor of the spring shock absorber. The property originally consisted of the whole block on Magnolia Lane. Unusual features of the house are the underground bowling alley and an indoor tennis court. Please remember that these private residences are not open to the public. Turn right on Grace Avenue. In the second block of Grace on the left is the 25. F. AMBORSE CLARK ESTATE, Habersham House (c. 1929) now the Aiken Day School. On the right behind the iron gate you can see the estate's guest house. Turn right on Marion Street. The first house on the left is a winter home 26. TIP TOP TOO (c. 1928) which was built by the Pinkerton Family, descendants of the founder of the famous detective agency. Turn left on Mead Avenue and drive one block to Two Notch Road. Turn right. On your left you will see the 27. AIKEN TRAINING TRACK, site of the annual Aiken Trials. Watch for the Horse Crossing signs - you must yield! Continue on Two Notch Road. Turn at Audubon Drive, the first paved road on the left. On the left you will again see Aiken Training Track and surrounding stables. Farther down Audubon on the right is the 28. STEEPLECHASE TRACK, site of the annual Aiken Hunt Meet held in March. Take the first left onto Powderhouse Road. Approximately one-half mile ahead on the right is a beautifully restored 29. YELLOW VICTORIAN HOUSE built by the Burckhalter family in the 1880s. Powderhouse Road ends at South Boundary Avenue where you turn left. The impressive live oaks lining this street are over fifty years old. Turn right when you

reach Horry Street (pronounced o-ree), approximately five blocks. Drive one block. The rambling structure on the right corner of Horry and Colleton is 30. LET'S PRETEND (c. 1880), a house with additions made by successive owners who adapted it for a winter cottage. Turn left on Colleton Avenue. This street is typical of this beautiful residential section of Aiken developed by both winter residents and local people in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Continue on Colleton five blocks to York Street. At the corner of York and Colleton you will see the 31. AIKEN INSTITUTE (1891), the town's first public school and the home of the Aiken County Public Library. Turn right on York Street. After you cross the railroad bridge notice a rambling blue 19th century frame house, one of several old homes in Aiken which have been successfully adapted for businesses. On the left across the parkway is St. Mary's Catholic Church in the 32. CHAPEL OF ST. CLAIRE. This tiny chapel, given by Miss Celestine Eustis, built in 1879 and is reputed to be a design of the architect James Renwick. It has beautiful painted glass windows and is open only by appointment. Turn left onto Park Avenue and drive one block to Chesterfield Street where you again turn left. At this intersection is Aiken's Confederate Monument and the 33. AIKEN COUNTY COURTHOUSE (1881), renovated 1985) in front of which is a statue of James Byrnes of Aiken who was a United States Senator, an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman. Drive by the side of the courthouse. After you cross the railroad bridge take the first right onto Colleton Avenue. You will see in this block the 34. WILLCOX INN, once an elegant inn flourishing in the early 1900s as a gathering place for many eminent winter visitors. This structure was restored to its former glory and reopened as an inn in 1985. Turn right on Newberry Street and cross the bridge. In the second block on the right is a large brick building which is the 35. AIKEN COURT TENNIS CLUB (1902, renovated 1936). Court tennis originated in the 14th century in America. This court is one of seven which exist in the United States. Across Newberry Street at this point is Aiken's newest downtown attraction 36. THE ALLEY with its many interesting shops and restaurants. In this area and on Laurens Street 20th century businessmen use 19th century structures and keep the downtown area busy and prosperous. Whether you stop now or later, don't miss Aiken's delightful downtown shopping area. When you reach Richland Avenue turn left. Continue one block on Richland to Laurens Street, the busy main street of downtown Aiken. Turn right on Laurens and a two block drive will return you to the Chamber of Commerce.

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THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT

DATE OF BIRTH

PLACE OF BIRTH

TERM OF OFFICE

POLITICAL PARTY FEDERALIST

VICE PRESIDENT

1. GEORGE WASHINGTON

FEB. 22, 1732

VIRGINIA

1789-1797

2. JOHN ADAMS

OCT. 30, 1735

MASSACHUSETTS

1797-1801

FEDERALIST

JOHN ADAMS THOMAS JEFFERSON

APRIL 13, 1743

VIRGINIA

1801-1809

DEMOCRATIC

AARON BURR GEORGE CLINTON

4. JAMES MADISON

MARCH 16, 1751

VIRGINIA

1809-1817

DEMOCRATIC

* GEORGE CLINTON-*ELBRIDGE GERRY

5. JAMES MONROE

APRIL 28, 1758

VIRGINIA

1817-1825

DEM. - REP.

DANIEL D. THOMPKINS

6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

JULY 11, 1767

MASSACHUSETTS

1825-1829

DEM. - REP.

JOHN C. CALHOUN

7. ANDREW JACKSON

MARCH 15, 1767

CAROLINAS

1829-1837

DEMOCRATIC

JOHN C. CALHOUN-MARTIN VAN BUREN

8. MARTIN VAN BURAN

DEC. 5, 1782

NEW YORK

1837-1841

DEMOCRATIC

RICHARD M. JOHNSON

9. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON *

FEB. 9, 1773

VIRGINIA

1841-1841

WHIG

MARCH 29, 1790

VIRGINIA

1841-1845

WHIG

11. JAMES K. POLK

NOV. 2, 1795

N. CAROLINA

1845-1849

DEMOCRATIC

GEORGE M. DALLAS

12. ZACHARY TAYLOR *

NOV. 24, 1784

VIRGINIA

1849-1850

WHIG

MILLARD FILLMORE

13. MILLARD FILLMORE

JAN. 7, 1800

NEW YORK

1850-1853

WHIG DEMOCRATIC

* WILLIAM R. KING

3. THOMAS JEFFERSON

10. JOHN TYLER

14. FRANKLIN PIERCE

NOV. 23, 1804

NEW HAMPSHIRE

1853-1857

15. JAMES BUCHANAN

JOHN TYLER

APRIL 23, 1791

PENNSYLVANIA

1857-1861

DEMOCRATIC

JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE

16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN *

FEB. 12, 1809

KENTUCKY

1861-1865

REPUBLICAN

HANNIBAL HAMLIN-ANDREW JOHNSON

17. ANDREW JOHNSON

DEC. 29, 1808

N. CAROLINA

1865-1869

REPUBLICAN

18. ULYSSES S. GRANT

APRIL 27, 1822

OHIO

1869-1877

REPUBLICAN

SCHYLER COLFAX-*HENRY WILSON

19. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES

OCT. 4, 1822

OHIO

1877-1881

REPUBLICAN

WILLIAM A. WHEELER

20. JAMES A. GARFIELD *

NOV. 19, 1831

OHIO

1881-1881

REPUBLICAN

CHESTER A. ARTHUR

REPUBLICAN

21. CHESTER A. ARTHUR

OCT. 5, 1829

VERMONT

1881-1885

22. GROVER CLEVELAND

MARCH 18, 1837

NEW JERSEY

1885-1889

DEMOCRATIC

*THOMAS H. HENDRICKS

23. BENJAMIN HARRISON

AUG. 20, 1833

OHIO

1889-1893

REPUBLICAN

LEVI P. MORTON

24. GROVER CLEVELAND

MARCH 18, 1837

NEW JERSEY

1893-1897

DEMOCRATIC

ADLAI STEVENSON

25. WILLIAM McKINLEY

JAN. 29, 1843

OHIO

1897-1901

REPUBLICAN

THEODORE ROOSEVELT-GARRET A. HOBANT

26. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

OCT. 27, 1858

NEW YORK

1901-1909

REPUBLICAN

CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS

27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

SEPT. 15, 1857

OHIO

1909-1913

REPUBLICAN

JAMES S. SHERMAN

28. WOODROW WILSON

DEC. 28, 1856

VIRGINIA

1913-1921

DEMOCRATIC

THOMAS R. MARSHALL

29. WARREN G. HARDING *

NOV. 2, 1865

OHIO

1921-1923

REPUBLICAN

CALVIN COOLIDGE

30. CALVIN COOLIDGE

JULY 4, 1872

VERMONT

1923-1929

REPUBLICAN

CHARLES G. DAWES

31. HERBERT C. HOOVER

AUG. 10, 1874

IOWA

1929-1933

REPUBLICAN

CHARLES CURTIS

32. FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT *

JAN. 30, 1882

NEW YORK

1933-1945

DEMOCRATIC

JOHN GARNER-HENRYWALLACE-HARRYTRUMAN

MAY 8, 1884

MISSOURI

1945-1953

DEMOCRATIC

ALBEN W. BARKLEY

34. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

OCT. 14, 1890

TEXAS

1953-1961

REPUBLICAN

RICHARD M. NIXON

35. JOHN F. KENNEDY *

MAY 29, 1917

MASSACHUSETTS

1961-1963

DEMOCRATIC

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

36. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

AUG. 27, 1908

TEXAS

1963-1969

DEMOCRATIC

HUBERT H. HUMPHREY

33. HARRY S. TRUMAN

JAN. 9, 1913

CALIFORNIA

1969-1974

REPUBLICAN

SPIRO AGNEW-GERALD FORD

JULY 14, 1913

NEBRASKA

1974-1977

REPUBLICAN

NELSON ROCKEFELLER

39. JAMES E. CARTER

OCT. 1, 1924

GEORGIA

1977-1981

DEMOCRATIC

WALTER MONDALE

40. RONALD W. REAGAN

FEB 6, 1911

ILLINOIS

1981-1989

REPUBLICAN

GEORGE BUSH

41 GEORGE H. BUSH

JUNE 12, 1924

MASSACHUSETTS

1989-1993

REPUBLICAN

DAN QUAYLE

42. WILLIAM J. CLINTON

AUG. 19, 1946

ARKANSAS

1993-2001

DEMOCRATIC

AL GORE

43. GEORGE W. BUSH

JULY 6, 1956

TEXAS

2001-2009

REPUBLICAN

RICHARD CHENEY

44. BARACK OBAMA

AUG. 4, 1961

HAWAII

2009-

DEMOCRATIC

JOE BIDEN

37. RICHARD M. NIXON 38. GERALD R. FORD, JR.

* DIED IN OFFICE

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ORANGEBURG COUNTY AREA

Historic Orangeburg County Courtesy of Orangeburg County Chamber of Commerce

ALBERGOTTI PLAYGROUND

U.S. 301 at Edisto Gardens, Orangeburg Named in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Albergotti, Sr. for their sustaining interest in public recreation for children. Their generous financial contribution made possible the establishment of the first city playground near this site. 1922. Dedicated to the youth of Orangeburg.

ALEXANDER S. SALLEY (1871-1961)

Belleville Road About 65 yards from corner of King's Road, Orangeburg. Here was the birthplace of Alexander Samuel Salley who devoted fifty years to the collection, preservation, and publication of the historical records of the state as Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Society, Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Commission and State Historian.

OLD DIXIE CLUB LIBRARY

Corner of Bull and Middleton Streets, Orangeburg This ante-bellum structure once stood on Orangeburg's Public Square. In 1865, it was occupied by Federal Troops. From 1924 to 1955, it housed the first public library in Orangeburg County, organized by the Dixie Club (1896). Given to the Orangeburg County Historical Society, in 1955, it was moved to its present site, the Pioneer Graveyard (1749).

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Confederate veteran who was elected first mayor and was the oldest of the three men.

COURTHOUSE SQUARE

On the Square at Russell, Orangeburg The third courthouse for Orangeburg County was erected on this site in 1826. It was designed by Robert Mills, who was State Architect at that time. The structure was destroyed by Union forces during their occupation of February 12-13, 1865. The fourth courthouse was constructed in 1875 and served the county until 1928, when it was razed and the site converted into a park.

EUTAWVILLE

Intersection of SC 6 and S. 38-45, Eutawville. Settled in the 1840s on higher ground in the healthy pines of upper St. John's Parish, the town of Eutawville was founded by Santee River plantation owners as a summer refuge for their families. In 1886 the railroad was established. The town was chartered December 24, 1888 in Berkeley County and annexed to Orangeburg County in 1910.

EUTAWVILLE

Long before the founding of the village of Eutawville, the area immediately to the north and east was an important avenue of trade, using Nelson's Ferry Road, the Cherokee Path and the Santee River. At Eutaw Springs, a strategic point guarding the British supply line from Charleston, a major battle of the American Revolution took place.

GRAVE OF MAJOR JOHN MAJORBANKS

2.5 miles east of Eutawville at Eutaw Springs on SC 6. After the Battle of Eutaw Springs the British army encamped at Wantcot Plantation, home of Daniel Ravenel. Now under Lake Moultrie, it was about 25 miles southeast of St. John's Parish, 5 miles west of Bonneau. Major John Majorbanks died and was buried there on October 22, 1781. In 1941 the South Carolina Public Authority moved his grave and marker here.

NORTHAMPTON

Northampton Plantation, residence of Gen. William Moultrie, now under water of Lake Moultrie, was in St. John's Parish near Black Oak Church, about 5 miles west of the present town of Bonneau. Before inundation, the South Carolina Public Service Authority moved the Northampton Plantation marker to its present location.

EUTAW SPRINGS BATTLEFIELD

HOLLY HILL

About 3 miles east of Eutawville on SC 6 Last major battle in South Carolina of the War for American Independence September 8, 1781.

State Street, Holly Hill This community had come into existence by 1848, near the Camden fork of the Old State Road. It was chartered in 1887 in Berkeley County following the coming of the railroad in 1886. The town was annexed to Orangeburg County in 1910. The post office was established in 1848. The public school dates from the 1880s, and the oldest church from 1890.

DEFENSE OF EDISTO BRIDGE

Edisto Gardens, Orangeburg Occupying rifle pits and manning a small battery in defense of the Edisto River Bridge, at this point less than six hundred Confederates temporarily halted the advance of the wing of the Federal Army commanded by General W.T. Sherman. On February 12, 1865, the defenders were outflanked by a much larger force and compelled to withdraw and entrain for Columbia, South Carolina.

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PIONEER GRAVEYARD

Bull Street, Orangeburg This plot of ground was the final resting place for early inhabitants from the time of the first settlement of Orangeburg Township in 1735 until the founding of various denominational cemeteries, this plot of ground was the final resting place for the early inhabitants. The first church in the Orangeburg area was erected here about 1750 by the Swiss and German settlers of the Rev. John Glessendanner's congregation.

THE TOWN OF NORTH

In front of North Town Hall In 1891, John F. North, Samson A. Livingston, and George W. Pou gave jointly and equally one hundred acres of land to establish a town and railway depot. The separate tracts joined near this spot. The town was named in honor of John F. North, a continued above

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HOLLY HILL

Near this site grew the grove of holly trees around which the town of Holly Hill was built. The last tree from the original grove was removed in January, 1957. Its age was estimated at 98 years by the State Forestry Department. In April, 1970, a replacement for this tree was planted during South Carolina's Tricentennial celebration.

JUDGE GLOVER'S HOME

Whitman Street, Orangeburg This house, used as headquarters by Gen. William T. Sherman on February 12, 1865, was built in 1846 by Thomas Worth Glover (1798-1884), Teacher, Lawyer, Legislator, Circuit Judge, and Signer of the Ordinance of Secession. The house has been remodeled several times. lt fronted originally on Russell Street.

THE SANTEE LIMESTONE

2.5 miles east of Eutawville on SC 6 at Eutaw Springs Sir Charles Lyell, famous British geologist, visited this locality in January, 1842, and gave the name Santee Limestone to the geological formation underlying this area, pronouncing its age to be Eocene. Solution of this rock has formed sinks and subsurface caves. Eutaw Springs, now flooded by Lake Marion, flowed from such underground channels.

LIMESTONE AND MARL FORMATIONS

Santee Limestone, the bedrock formation underlying this area, is locally used as a source of lime. Embedded in it are many kinds of fossil marine animals. A few miles to the south it is overlain by an impure limestone called Cooper Marl. This marl together with the limestone are basic materials used in Portland cement manufactured nearby.

MILLER CEMETERY

S. 38-144, .5 miles east of Jameson This cemetery was the burial site of the Miller family from the early 1800s. The three remaining stones, erected in 1836, to John Miller (1750-1814); his wife, Margaret Ott Miller; and their son, John Miller, Jr. Their genealogical connections with many of Orangeburg District's oldest families make them historically significant to this area.

OLD CHARLESTON ROAD

U.S. 178 near its Junction with U.S. 21 This was the first public road connecting Orangeburg with Charleston and was authorized by an Act of the General Assembly passed March 16, 1737. It was laid out from Izard's Cowpen, about ten miles north of Old Dorchester, and spanned two wide swamps. The early settlers of the area constructed the road and provided for maintenance.

WALNUT GROVE CHURCH

S. 38-92, 4 miles south of U.S. 301 A branch of Four Holes Baptist Church, this church in present Orangeburg County from 18401869, was admitted to the Charleston Association in 1869 and joined the Orangeburg Association in 1913. The present building was constructed c. 1883. Foundation sills are pegged together and the seats and backs of pews are solid wide hand planed boards.

WHITE HOUSE CHURCH

U.S. 301, 10 miles north of Orangeburg This four acre tract of land with an earlier structure known as the White Meeting House was given to the Methodist Episcopal Church on October 1, 1790 by a deed which is said to be the earliest documented record of Methodism in Orangeburg County. ln 1801 and 1803 the Society was visited by Francis Asbury, pioneer Bishop of American Methodism.

ZION CHURCH

U.S. 301, 5 miles south of Orangeburg Evidence indicates that it was one of the earliest Methodist churches in the Orangeburg area. The original building, built before the Civil War, was replaced in the 1880s. Appointed ministers replaced circuit riders about 1843. Zion was abandoned as a full-time church in the early 1930s, when its members moved to nearby Cope and Orangeburg.

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A Town Lot To Each Family Head In 1735 The earliest settlers in the Orangeburg District were a few Indian traders and scattered graziers, who sought wild pastures for herds of cattle. Records indicate that the first to obtain a grant of land was Henry Sterling, a trader, who settled on Lyon's Creek in 1704. The first to settle in the area now occupied by the city of Orangeburg was John Hearn, whose lands in 1732 included the present Fair Grounds and whose deed was recorded May 28, 1735. Between these few settlers and the coast was an almost impassable morass of underbrush and swamps; consequently, those seeking homes had little interest in a region so isolated. To encourage settlement, the General Assembly in 1730 (by royal authority) established eleven townships of 20,000 acres each in the shape of parallelograms 15 by 5 miles along the banks of the chief rivers, including the Pon Pon or Edisto. Orangeburgh township was given its name by Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Broughton, who named it in honor of William IV, Prince of Orange and husband of Princess Anne, daughter of George II of England. The settlers of Orangeburgh District and town were mostly German-Swiss, who began arriving in 1735 and continued to reach the district for several years before the movement ended. According to The Gazette (July 26), about 220 who had paid their passage were going up the Edisto at government expense with provisions for one year. Each family head was to receive a lot and fifty acres in the township for each member in the family. The lots in Orangeburgh had already been marked off and numbered and several streets had been named. In fact, there were seventeen streets including one running along the river front. The center was named Broughton for the lieutenant governor, others were named in honor of His Majesty's Council (Middleton, Broad, Wragg, Skein, Wright, Bull, and Fenwick). Amelia and SaxeGotha streets were named for other townships. Russell Street was named for Capt. Charles Russell, commander of the Rangers, who protected the early settlers from both Indians and white outlaws. In 1768 the Province was divided into seven precincts or districts, the third being called the Precinct of Orangeburg. It contained three townships: Orangeburgh (Orange Parish), Amelia (Parish of St. Matthews), and Saxe-Gotha (Lexington-1804). Originally, the district included all of the present counties of Orangeburg, Bamberg, Barnwell. Calhoun, Lexington, and the larger part of Aiken. It extended from the Savannah to the Santee and from Charleston and Beaufort districts to presentday Edgefield.

An immaculate main street flanked by handsome old homes creates a favorable impression to the newcomer, but Bowman has much more to offer. This community of 1,200 is proud of its town, and has been very resourceful in improving it. Among its successes has been the Bowman Nature Park, a woodsy recreational area with picnic, meeting and tennis facilities, and the modern Bowman Medical Center, where a dentist and doctor maintain offices. Bowman has a water and sewer system and a police department. Orangeburg School District Two operates a high school, junior high and elementary school in Bowman, and there is also a private academy. Each Christmas season, visitors and residents gather along Bowman's main street for a beautiful parade by candlelight. The small town's contribution to the holidays has been enjoyed by thousands.

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ORANGEBURG COUNTY AREA

Orangeburg County Settled By German/Swiss Immigrants The history of Orangeburg began almost incidentally, when an Indian Trader named George Sterling established a camp in 1704 alongside the Pon Pon (now known as the Edisto) River. During the next 25 years settlers gravitated very slowly to the site, and in 1730 the General Assembly of South Carolina began a concentrated effort to populate the area by creating a 75 square-mile township named in honor of Prince William IV of Orange, the son-in-law of King George II. The first large groups of settlers were German-Swiss families who came upriver from Charleston, 75 miles away. These industrious folk, to whom the legislature allotted 50 acres of land and a year's provisions per family, soon cultivated much of the county, and Orangeburg was on its way to being an agricultural center. The Revolutionary War interrupted Orangeburg's progress, and control of the city seesawed between the rebels and the British as the conflict raged. Eutaw Springs, near Orangeburg, was the site of the state's last Revolutionary War battle, when Generals Nathaniel Greene and Francis Marion confronted British General Stewart. Recovery from the effects of war was slow, and only 20 years after the real beginnings of prosperity, heralded by the coming of the railroad in 1840, Orangeburg was thrust back into a devastating conflict. The Civil War was punctuated for the city in 1865 by Union General William Sherman, who put Orangeburg to the torch as he marched to the sea. Since that disaster, Orangeburg's citizens have worked long and successfully to make the area a rewarding place to live.

The Dedication Of Citadel Founder’s Orangeburg Grave After 135 Years By Joyce W. Milkie, T&D Staff Writer Article Reprinted Courtesy Of The Times and Democrat Submitted By Curtis Campbell Slightly tilted, its lettering weathered almost to the point where the inscription is unreadable, the modest gravestone marks the grave of one of the state’s most distinguished citizens - whose name is almost unrecognized today. In fact, for almost 40 years, following his death in 1864, Gen. David Flavel Jamison - founder of The Citadel - lay in an unmarked grave in the old Presbyterian Cemetery located in back of the Orangeburg County Courthouse off Doyle Street in Orangeburg. The marker had never been dedicated, an event that historian and former teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Miller of Barnwell County said was “long overdue.” This was made right on May 2, 1999 when dedication ceremonies took place at the grave. This outstanding Orangeburg native - statesman, writer, educator and president of the South Carolina Secession Convention - served his community and his state Jamison was president of the Secession Convention and was a soldier, statesman and scholar. He served briefly as South Carolina’s Secretary of War. He represented the Orangeburg district for many years in the state legislature and was chairman of the Military Committee of the House. It was in this position that he became known as “The Father of the Citadel.” He introduced a bill to establish military schools at The Arsenal and The Citadel, known as The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. In 1842, he was appointed by then - Gov. Hammond as one of the original members of the Board of Visitors and served for many years in that capacity. Although he loved literature and was involved in agriculture and in the law, David Jamison also was, by inclination and heritage, a man of military interests. He was a cavalryman and rose to command to brigade in the days prior to the War Between the States. He was born in White Hall, Orange Parish, now Orangeburg on Dec. 14, 1810. Jamison was a distinguished scholar and author of the critically acclaimed, “The Life and Times of Bertrand de Gueslin.” But his standing and importance didn’t do him much good when Sherman’s troops came through the area in February of 1865. His home, which contained a superb personal library, was burned. Jamison’s home was located near that of noted historian William Gilmore Simms. After Jamison died in Charleston of yellow fever in 1864, his body was brought back home to Orangeburg and buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery. Dr. A.S. Salley, a close personal friend of Jamison’s, began a fundraising effort to put a monument on his grave. Had it not been for this concern and caring by the late Alex S. Salley, Sr., it could have been many more years, or maybe never, before continued above

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Gen. Jamison was given his last bit of dignity. But when Salley learned this man of stature was being all but forgotten, he started raising funds in 1892 so that at the very least, as marker would be put on his grave. Dr. Salley was not only a friend of Gen. Jamison but also was a staunch admirer of this man who had served his community and his state with what historians was complete dedication, only to become the forgotten man as time passed. After Salley’s death in 1895, additional funds for the marker were raised. The marker was designed by William M. Cauthen and still stands proudly over Jamison’s final resting place. The marker, which cost $100, was erected in September 1897 but was never dedicated. The ceremony on May 2, 1999 performed that dedication. The modest marker’s lettering is weathered severely, making it difficult to read the inscription. But thanks to recent work done on the Old Presbyterian Cemetery, a remarkable restoration effort, it looks much more like it did originally. But for almost 40 years, following his death, Jamison’s grave was unmarked and few knew where he was interred. Jamison is one of several signers of the Secession who are buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery, according to local history buffs. Not only was Gen. Jamison a writer of note but his wife Elizabeth Jamison wrote her “Tale of the War” in the mid 1880s. Hers is a story that began with privilege and ended with poverty but she does give an uncommon view of the Civil War; her voice is that of a woman on the home front who gave her sons and husband to the war, who managed large plantations while they were gone - and who inherited a completely new world after the conflict was over. Elizabeth married her first cousin, David Flavel Jamison, son of prominent physician Dr. Van de Vastine Jamison, when she was 18. Shortly after the marriage Jamison built a home in Orangeburg on the corner of Russell Street and Railroad Avenue. By 1835 the first of their 13 children had been born and the Jamisons had inherited Elizabeth’s father’s plantation near St. Mathews, a few miles from their home in Orangeburg. Their youngest daughter, Clara, born in 1857, died in 1942. They had four other children who died at a very young age. Elizabeth took care of the domestic needs of the family. Their plantation was known as Turkey Hill. This information is included in the David Rumph Family Bible, at the Orangeburg Archives in Orangeburg.

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In Remembrance of She's a Grand Ole Flag "The things that the flag stands for were created by the The Battle Of Bunker Hill 1775 experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands The British suffered more than 1,000 casualties and about 400 Americans were killed and wounded The Battle Of Bunker Hill was the first large-scale engagement of the American Revolution, fought on June 17, 1775, in Charlestown (now part of Boston), Mass. At issue in the battle was possession of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill, adjoining heights dominating Boston Harbor. About 1200 American troops, led by Colonel William Prescott (1726-95), occupied and fortified Breed's Hill during the night of June 16 as part of the strategic plan to compel the British to evacuate Boston. After daybreak on June 17 the British commander in chief Thomas Gage began preparations for an attack on the American position. Naval units were brought within shelling range of Breed's Hill and about 2400 troops under the command of General William Howe were dispatched from Boston. Meanwhile, about 300 additional volunteers, including General Warren, had joined the American force. The British troops, heavily supported by cannonading from naval guns, launched their initial assault on the American earthworks on Breed's Hill about 3:00 P.M. Colonel Prescott issued the famous order: "Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes." The Americans allowed the British to advance almost to the base of the earthworks and then opened fire. Sustaining severe losses, the British retreat in confusion to the base of the hill. Gage ordered a second charge, which was similarly repulsed. During the third British assault the American troops, having exhausted their ammunition, were forced to withdraw. The British attacked and captured both hills. American losses in the battle totaled about 440 killed (including Warren), wounded, or taken prisoner. In the course of the engagement Charlestown was set on fire by British shells and burned to the ground. The British suffered more than 1050 killed and wounded, many of them officers. Although Howe's victory enabled the British to retain their hold on Boston, the American defense action demonstrated that hastily organized militiamen could trade blow for blow with British regulars and thereby strengthened morale and the spirit of resistance throughout the rebelling colonies. An obelisk, the Bunker Hill Monument, stands on Breed's Hill in commemoration of the battle.

for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." ~Woodrow Wilson

The Meanings of Red, White, and Blue

"On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing a committee to devise a seal for the United States of America. This mission, designed to reflect the Founding Fathers' beliefs, values, and sovereignty of the new Nation, did not become a reality until June 20, 1782. In heraldic devices, such as seals, each element has a specific meaning. Even colors have specific meanings. The colors red, white, and blue did not have meanings for The Stars and Stripes when it was adopted in 1777. However, the colors in the Great Seal did have specific meanings. Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, reporting to Congress on the Seal, stated: "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice." "The star is a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man has aspired from time immemorial; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun." From the book Our Flag published in 1989 by the House of Representatives

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BAMBERG COUNTY AREA

Bamberg County Courthouse - Vintage Postcard, 1955

City of Bamberg

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Our History 

Bamberg, situated in the northern part of Bamberg County, is in the southern region of South Carolina, known as the Coastal Plains. For many years the incorporated area of the city of Bamberg was in the form of a circle with a 3-4 mile radius from a center point at the old Southern passenger station. Through the years the configuration of the town limits have changed but a marker signifying the old center of town is visible just off of the intersection of Hwy. 301 and Hwy. 78.

Main Street in Bamberg Vintage Postcard c. 1910

Journey Through Time & Rediscover The Romance & Beauty of The Old South There is evidence that the Edisto tribe of the Muskogian

Sunday - Saturday – 7:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. Store Manager – Jason Torrence For quality groceries, reasonable prices and outstanding service, it's the PIGGLY WIGGLY at 3386 Railroad Ave. in Bamberg, phone 803-245-3168. This full line grocery features everything the modern family needs for complete nutrition and great eating. With outstanding values in selected meats and personal service behind the counter, this well-known store boasts a meat department which has become very famous in the local area. Their produce is also among the finest with constant attention being paid to freshness and cleanliness. Canned goods, bakery products, dairy items, sundries, dry goods and everything else you need is displayed with skill and pride. In compiling this 2009 Historical Review of leading businesses and markets throughout the area, we, the writers are pleased to be able to include this customer-oriented grocery to all of our readers! Jason and everyone at PIGGLY WIGGLY thank their customers for past business and support, and invite you to shop with them soon!

Indians once roamed, hunted, and lived in and around the area known as Bamberg. Following the Indian, the early settlers arrived, and it is here that the story of Bamberg begins.  Among the earliest settlers were many Germans, Swiss, as well as Scots-Irish, English, and Huguenots, of Orangeburg, who moved southerly across both forks of the Edisto River and settled in present Bamberg county. Bamberg town was early known as a cypress swamp. The building of the Charleston – Hamburg railroad in 1832 brought many changes and resulted in great development Historic Home of William Fudge in this section. The railroad erected a water tank about where Bamberg is now and the building of the tank started the little city, which later was to become the seat of Bamberg County. Bamberg is named for Major William Seaborn Bamberg who came to this community in the 1840’s. His grandfather, John George Bamberg, a native of Germany, settled near River’s Bridge following the Revolutionary war. Major Seaborn Bamberg became one of the most influential businessmen in this section of the LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED BY JEFF BLACK state. Through his foresight, leadership, and ingenuity, he had the town incorpoFOREIGN & DOMESTIC rated when it was no more than a country crossroad. The original charter, accordTUNE-UPS, TRANSMISSION WORK, BRAKE SERVICE, ing to records, was dated December 19, 1855. In earlier years the settlement had ENGINE REPLACEMENT, OIL CHANGES, ETC. been known as Lowery’s. Five men owned, in 1852, the site of the present city, according to a deed filed that year in the Barnwell courthouse. They were G.W. Bamberg, W.S. Bamberg, I.R. Simmons, Owen R. Faust, and Howell Easterling. Major Bamberg, Dr. Raysor, and J.J. Barnes purchased a lot for $75 in 1853, and gave it to the Methodists for a church site. The lot is the present Restland Cemetery. Major Bamberg, who died 4325 MAIN HWY. BAMBERG in 1858, is buried in Restland Cemetery. In 1860 Bamberg had about 250 residents, and the depot was the mecca of all JEFF & STAFF THANK THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR PLACING THEIR COMPLETE TRUST & CONFIDENCE IN THEM, & REMIND YOU THEY ARE OF SERVICE TO THE ENTIRE AREA! people at train time. Bamberg’s main thoroughfare was along the railroad tracks

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and thus the street derived its name, Railroad Avenue. A few years after the town was incorporated, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired at Fort Sumter in 1861. Bamberg men enlisted in the Confederate army, and among the famous fighting companies of the war were the Bamberg Guards, com1935 Linen Postcard manded by Capt. Isaac First Baptist Church S. Bamberg. During the war Francis M. Bamberg, brother of Major Seaborn Bamberg, was recognized for bravery. He had enlisted as a private, later was appointed a first lieutenant, and finally received the title of general by appointment of Governor Wade Hampton. In the 1870’s the First Baptist Church foundation of the town As It Looks Today and the erecting of a business community was largely due to the efforts of General Bamberg, Col. T.J. Counts, and H.J. Brabham. Through the efforts of H.J. Brabham, a bridge was built in 1882 across the Edisto River near the site of the present Highway Vintage postcard of the 301 bridge. The purpose Carlisle School is a military was to attract preparatory school established in 1892. Carlisle Orangeburg County develops manly men. trade to Bamberg stores. By 1890 the town had enjoyed a substantial growth and had become one of the most important towns between Charleston and Augusta. The tremendous production of cotton created must business and there were numerous big stores here, mostly general merchandise, in the business district. Carlisle Fitting School, later known as Carlisle Military School, was founded here in 1893 as a branch of Wofford College. A few years earlier a public school had been established. Carlisle, a prep school for boys closed in 1977.  The Bamberg cotton mill was built in 1892. Officers and directors were: Major E.R. Hays, president; W.D. Smith, treasurer and general manager; F.M. Bamberg, H.J. Brabham, C.R. Brabham, J.D. Copeland, H.C. Folk, J.B. Black and J.H. Cope, directors. On January 19, 1897, formation of Bamberg County was voted in an election. The new county was named in honor of General Francis M. Bamberg. Then in the spring, the legislature authorized creation of Bamberg County and before the end of the year a courthouse and county jail had been built by the citizens of the Town of Bamberg. The turn of the century found Bamberg reaching its place as a town of progress and worthwhile achievements.  During the early years of the century, a number of business houses were erected; a city hall built, homes were built and remodeled. The town boasted the best hotel in lower Carolina, two prosperous banks, two building and loan associates. Enterprises such as Carlisle School Historic Marker continued above

wagon works, oil mill, and cotton mill were here. Real estate was advancing. The public school building burned November, 1907. While another school was being constructed, classes were held in the courthouse. The cornerstone of the new school, which is the present grammar school building, was laid May 7, 1908. E.P. Allen became school superintendent here that fall and served in that capacity for 40 years before retiring.  Bamberg’s first fire department was organized in 1908—with the late W.D. Rhoad as Chief. World War I had its effects on Bamberg. Twenty men from the county were killed in the conflict.  About 1916 the Rockefeller foundation spent $30,000 on a drainage system in Bamberg to eradicate malaria. This was an important step in health promotion in this area, and was accomplished largely through the efforts of C. W. Rentz, Sr.  In 1918 the flu epidemic paralyzed the town. Several prominent Bamberg citizens were among those who died during the epidemic. Bamberg got its first paved street in 1920, another big step in progress. In the ensuing years Bamberg, as did the nation, suffered the trials and tribulations of depressions, and another global war. Twenty men from the county gave their lives in World War II. One of the main North-South highways, U.S. 301, bisects Bamberg. After the creation of Highway 301, the courthouse was moved in 1950 to its present location to eliminate a curve in the highway.  Clubs in Bamberg include Lions, Jaycees, Garden clubs, music and literary clubs, as well as societies that lend a helping hand to all its people. Boy and Girl Scout troops are active. Other organizations include the Masons, Order of the Eastern Star, K of P, American Legion and Auxiliary, V.F.W., Junior Order, and Hospital auxiliary. Bamberg always has had men of integrity and service in its municipal offices. It boasts one of the best volunteer fire departments in the state and is supplied with the latest equipment.  The Bamberg County Memorial Hospital was built on land given by the late Mrs. Nelle McGee Bamberg and opened in September, 1952.  In 1979, The Bamberg Job Corps Center was opened on the old Carlisle Military Academy campus. The center serves both male and female disadvantaged young people aged 16 through 24. The program includes academic, vocational, and social skills training needed for students to gain independence and get quality, long term jobs or further their education. The people of Bamberg are interested in the welfare and progress of the city. The population is approximately 3,800. Adapted from "The History of Bamberg" Compiled and Written by Evelyn King Brabham

Bamberg Medical Equipment & Supplies Has a member of your family or a friend been stricken with an illness or injury which requires specific treatments or equipment? To help them get back on their feet again, you may need the services of BAMBERG MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES at 3109 Main Hwy. in Bamberg, phone 803-245-1708. This reputable firm features such sickroom supplies as oxygen equipment, hospital beds, traction rigging, and much, much more. Their reasonable rates and considerate service have won them the respect of leading physicians and clinics. BAMBERG MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES offers pick-up and delivery service and 24 hour emergency service to their customers. The road to recovery is a lot smoother with this respected firm’s help. The writers of this 2009 Historical Review are proud to include BAMBERG MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES along with the area's other leading businesses. Everyone at BAMBERG MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES thanks their customers for past business and support, and reminds you they are of service to the entire area!

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THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he who stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; tis dearness only that gives everything its value, heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as “Freedom” should not be highly rated.... I call not upon a few, but upon all; not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and and to repulse it... Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. -Thomas Paine 1776

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Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy....As CommanderIn-Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense. Always will be remembered the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. -President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. -Winston Churchill Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. -Albert Einstein This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley... -Martin Luther King

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. - Harry S. Truman

From adversity to independence, through civil war & reconciliation, from civil unrest to civil rights... to the moon and back and beyond—against the face of tyranny, human depravity, catastrophic natural disaster and devastating economic poverty—though the events of our young years have been volatile we have learned both the lessons of victory and those of defeat. Like a child we have fallen, yet with certainty we have risen up, stood tall and grown. Never in our history has there ever been a time to cower, give up or resign ourselves to complacency. “A man’s errors are his portals of discovery” -James Joyce

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AARON HOUSE - Three miles out from Barnwell, South Carolina - A Colonel Aaron built this one-story frame house with gables around 1858. It had a front and back porch, but the rear porch has been closed in. Parts of the house were built with materials from the old Circle Inn in Barnwell. Still evident in the mantel is a footprint from one of Kilpatrick’s troops when they occupied the house. JOHN ASHLEY HOUSE - 312 West Main Street, Williston, South Carolina Adobe brick and plaster and siding were the materials used to build this two-story colonial, plantation house in the 1820s. The land was granted by the state to John Ashley in 1802. It is reported that he requested the railroad, which was built in 1833, run the tracks close to the house. The original wooden flooring on the first floor was replaced with concrete. Second floor flooring is made of thick wide boards. Floor joists are hand-hewn heart pine logs. The first floor plan has remained the same, but the plaster walls and the ceilings have been covered with sheetrock. The second floor has the old plaster walls, but the ceilings were lowered with sheetrock. After scraping the paint down to the original plaster, a grocery list was found written on the wall and dated 1860. The original stairway has been removed and replaced in another location. The plain wood mantels have been removed in all but two rooms. The exterior of the house has remained the same with the exception of a back porch and bathroom addition. The large white columns downstairs are of brick “toeing in” with plaster outside, and the ones upstairs are of wood with plaster outside. The original windows still remain on the porches with the original blinds. Federal troops occupied the house in 1865 during the Civil War. BANKSIA HALL - 2108 Reynolds Road, Barnwell, South Carolina - This house design is typical of the architecture in the western low-country of the period 17901810. Tradition has it that John Ambrose O’Bannon built this residence for one of his children, Deed Book #5 shows a plat made for Thomas O’Bannon for property which would include the present structure. The basic floor plan of this two-story home has not been changed. Six solid, square columns support the wide piazza across the front of the house. The lumber is all virgin, heart, long-leaf pine. All woodwork is hand-carved and shows fine

workmanship. The house has high, hand-carved mantels, crown moulding, and cross-and-bible doors. Most of the locks are English made and date from the period 1780-1800. The majority of the original hardware is intact. The house originally had only two closets. About 1869 the back hallway was enlarged, making a small room. An upstairs piazza was added to the front of the house around 1890-1900. An old slave kitchen was blown down by a hurricane in 1886, but the owner, A.P. Manville, had it reconstructed about ten feet from the main house and connected them by a breezeway. The breezeway was replaced by a back porch about 1950 and two bathrooms were installed. Every room except the old kitchen, added in 1886, has a fireplace. During the Civil War, Kilpatrick’s Calvary occupied the house for five days, and Federal troops of the occupation, 1865-69 used the building as headquarters for the Western Low-Country Area of South Carolina. The present drawing-room was the office where all white men were required to take the “Oath of Allegiance” to the United States because all white men in South Carolina lost their citizenship after the Civil War. Albert Perry Manville took the oath there and the original document hangs there. The property has been the possession of his descendants ever since. BETHLEHEM BAPTIST - Barnwell, South Carolina - Bethlehem Baptist Church was first built in 1829 by the White Baptists and was used by them until 1852. From 1852 until 1860, the white Baptists let the Negro Baptists use the building. In 1860 the Whites helped the Negroes organize their own church, donated the building to them, and built a larger structure for themselves at the present-day site of Red Hill Cemetery. The original structure collapsed in 1898, and the Colored congregation constructed another place of worship on the same property, using some of the materials from the original structure. The most interesting and historic aspect of this organization is that many of these Negroes were free Negroes and this is one of the few (if not only) Negro churches organized before the Civil War. BLACKVILLE MUSEUM - Blackville, South Carolina - The lower portion of this building was constructed before the Civil War; the upper story was added at a later

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time. The building has been used as a city hall, a jail, and a school. It is presently housing the Blackville Museum, which contains items of historic interest from the Blackville area. Located in the lower portion of the building is a bench mark of the U.S. Geological Survey. BUCKINGHAM - Jackson Street, Barnwell, South Carolina - This interesting old home has twin wings on each side of the main body of the house creating a very symmetrical effect. The upper part of the columns feature a lacy trim. The building was constructed in 1825. CAVE HOUSE - Barnwell County, South Carolina - This one-story house was built about 1830 and features a central hall. CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES - 1706 Hagood Avenue, Barnwell, South Carolina - This church was organized November 18, 1848. It was admitted to the convention in February, 1850. In 1856 Reverend E.A. Wagner donated 1 1/8 acres for a church and yard. The Gothic building, built in 1856-57, was designed by Messrs. Barbot and Seyle, architects of Charleston. It was constructed of cypress with pews of heart pine. There is a slave gallery in the rear and the original stained glass windows, though repaired, are magnificent, especially the window over the altar which was a gift of Governor James Hammond. The church was badly damaged in the Civil War and rendered unsafe. Kilpatrick used the building to stable his horses. It was repaired in 1883. The present appearance of the church is exactly like it was when it was constructed with the exception that originally there was a tall spire which was destroyed by a hurricane in 1886. DUNCANNON - Five miles west of Barnwell, South Carolina - Colonel William H. Duncan built this home sometime between 1846 and 1847. The middle section is original. HEALING SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH - State Secondary Road 32, Blackville, South Carolina - Begun as a Church of England by Nathaniel Walker, it was organized as a Baptist Church in 1772 because of inability to secure a priest from Charleston. Walker donated the land for the church and became an ordained Baptist minister. The present building dates from about 1840-50. Healing Springs is the oldest organized church of any denomination in Barnwell County. IRIS HILL - Perry Street Barnwell, South Carolina - Lewis O’Bannon built this home in 1815. He was responsible for laying out the town of Barnwell and naming the first ten streets. He was twenty-five years old when the 1817 plat surveyed by James Thurston on August 4, was recorded. The house has interesting handcarved woodwork. Lewis O’Bannon was the first white child born in the town of Barnwell. L’ARTIGUE HOUSE - Blackville, South Carolina - This old ante bellum home was built circa 1832 and is a good example of the architecture of that period. Four square columns support the porches reaching across the front of each of the two stories of the home. OLD BARNWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - Academy Street, Barnwell, South Carolina - Constructed in 1848, the Old Barnwell Presbyterian Church was renovated to be used for the Barnwell County Museum. The church was organized in the 1830s in the Boiling Springs District, but the preaching was done on alternate Sundays in the Barnwell County Courthouse. The church building was erected on a lot purchased by Frederick J. Hay, an elder of the church. In the Presbyterian statistical tables, the church is listed as Boiling Springs Church, in the late 1840s. When the original courthouse was burned by Sherman’s troops in 1865, the church was used for the courthouse until a new one could be built. In 1891 the church was struck by lightning and had to be repaired. It contains a slave balcony and the timbers with which it was built are pegged. THE RECTORY - 1700 Hagood Avenue, Barnwell, South Carolina - Reverend Edwin A. Wagner, first rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, built this house in 1856 and the James T. Aldrich family bought it from Reverend Wagner in 1859. Aldrich became the famous Judge of the Civil War and Reconstruction period. He sold it to Mrs. Hannah Patterson in 1873 and it remained in the Patterson family until 1951. Distinguished physician Dr. A. B. Patterson lived in it most of the time. The architecture is the same as that of the church and this house is unique as the floor plan, stairway and porches are different from any other house in Barnwell. ROSEMARY BAPTIST CHURCH - Route #2, Williston, South Carolina - The first sanctuary was burned during the Civil War in 1865 by Sherman’s Army, leaving nothing but a small well. The present building was erected in 1869 with Classical style architecture. The floor, walls, and ceilings are hand-hewn boards and two old kerosene lamps still hang from the ceiling. In the late 1950s, the front part of the building was remodeled, but the remainder of the building is largely the same as when the church was built. “Old Rosemary”, as it is affectionately called, is one of the oldest landmarks in Barnwell County and has mothered many of the other churches in the county: The First Baptist Church, Williston; Double Pond Baptist Church; Long Branch Baptist; and Mt. Beulah Baptist.

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Old Glory There is the National Flag. He must be cold, indeed, who can look upon its folds rippling in the breeze without pride of country. If he be in a foreign land, the flag is companionship and country itself, with all its endearment... The very colors have a language which was recognized by our fathers; white is for purity; red, for valor; blue, for justice. And altogether, bunting, stripes, stars, and colors, blazing in the sky, make the flag of our country, to be cherished by all our hearts, to be upheld by all our hands. -Charles Sumner

Guidelines for Displaying the Flag

1. The flag of the United States should be flown daily from sunrise to sunset in good weather from public buildings, schools, permanent staffs, and in or near polling places on election days. The flag may be displayed 24 hours a day on patriotic holidays or if properly illuminated. 2. The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is bad, except when an all-weather flag is used. 3. The flag should always be flown on national and state holidays and on those occasions proclaimed by the President. On Memorial Day, the flag should be half staffed until noon. 4. The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. It should never be dipped to any person nor should it ever be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress. 5. The flag should never touch anything beneath it, nor should it ever be carried flat or horizontally. 6. It should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, drapery, or decoration, nor for carrying or holding anything. 7. The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged. It should never be used as a covering for a ceiling. 8. The flag should not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle. When a flag is displayed on a car, the flag's staff should be fixed firmly to the chassis or clamped to the right fender. 9. The flag or its staff should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. Nor should any picture, drawing, insignia or other decoration be placed on or attached to the flag, its staff, or halyard. 10. The flag should not be embroidered on cushions, handkerchiefs, or other personal items nor printed on anything designed for temporary use and discarded. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, or members of other patriotic organizations. 11. When the flag is so worn or soiled that it is no longer suitable for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified manner, preferably by burning.

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RYAN HOUSE - Barnwell, South Carolina - The middle of this house, built circa 1850, is original. It has a porch which extends on two sides of the house with square columns supporting the porch roof. WEATHERSBY-CHAPMAN HOUSE - Williston, South Carolina - This stately old home was occupied by Federal troops the night of February 8, 1865. It was one of the very few that was not put to the torch. Twin staircases, flanking the two-level portico, lead to the second floor. The four stuccoed columns are unique in that they have no capitals or bases and are exceptionally heavy proportions.

Barnwell County History:

Barnwell County and its county seat of Barnwell were named for Revolutionary War leader John Barnwell (1748-1800). The county was originally part of Orangeburg District, and in 1785 it was named Winton County. It was given its current name in 1800. Barnwell County has decreased in size over the years as new counties were created within its boundaries (Aiken in 1871, Bamberg in 1897 and Allendale in 1919). The South Carolina Railroad, which connected Charleston to Hamburg on the Savannah River, was built through this area, creating the towns of Blackville and Williston in the mid-nineteenth century. In more recent years the county was the home of several powerful state politicians, known collectively as the "Barnwell Ring." Included were state Senator Edgar A. Brown (1888-1975), Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt (1895-1986), and Governor Joseph E. Harley (1880-1942).

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Edgar Allan Brown (1888-1975)

President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate Edgar Allan Brown was born on July 11, 1888 near Aiken. He had a law practice in Barnwell and was active in banking. Brown was active in the state and national Democratic Party. Brown served a total of 50 years as a member of the state legislature. The Senate elected him President Pro Tempore in 1942 and he retained that position until his retirement at the end of the 99th General Assembly. Brown was Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and a strong proponent of fiscal conservatism. He married Annie Love Sitgraves and they had one child. Brown was fatally injured in an automobile accident in 1975.

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Solomon Blatt (1896-1986)

Speaker of the South Carolina House 1937-1946; 1951-1973 Speaker Emeritus of the South Carolina House 1973-1986 A son of poor Jewish immigrants, Solomon Blatt became a center of power and controversy in the SC House of Representatives during most of his 54 years as a lawmaker. Blatt was Speaker of the House for more than 3 decades. Blatt died at the age of 91. Even though he was Jewish his funeral service was led by a rabbi and Baptist and Lutheran ministers. He was buried next to his wife in the cemetery of the Episcopal Church in Barnwell, S.C. "The word integrity is synonomous with the name Sol Blatt," said by Rev. Posey Belcher, a close friend of Blatt's. In 1982, the House dedicated the legislative session to Blatt. "I've tried to do the best I could for this state," Blatt responded,"a state I love so much."

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Lexington County was formed in 1785 and named for the first battle of the Revolutionary War (Lexington, Mass.). This area was the scene of bitter fighting after Tory outrages had stirred the anger of the settlers who were at first loyal to the king. A charter was issued for the town of Lexington in January, 1820. Today, it is the county seat of Lexington County and has a population of over 2,660. CAYCE - Below Cayce was Granby, one of the first settled villages in South Carolina. This was the site of the famous Fort Granby, the scene of two Revolutionary battles. The Cayce House, on the southeastern edge of town, built in 1765 as a trading post, served several famous American Generals as Thomas Sumter, Light Horse Harry Lee, and Nathanael Greene. The 1790s brought bad luck to the area with floods, and Columbia began to develop while Granby declined. Granite from a nearby quarry was used in the building of our State House. CHAPIN - Named for its first citizen, Martin Chapin, a native New Yorker, who moved to the area In 1850 after his doctor suggested he go South and work among the pines, because the fumes would be good for him. DUTCH FORK - Settled by Germans or Deutsche durlng the 1700s, the area starts just across from Columbia at the confluence of the Rivers Broad and Saluda and spreads westward into Lexington County. GILBERT - Gilbert Hollow, as in the town of Gllbert, was named for Jonathan Gilbert, first town settler after the railroad came through in 1868. This pretty community each 4th of July is the site of a festival which commemorates the area's bountiful peach crop.

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THE LEGACY OF OLD SAXE GOTHA TOWNSHIP THE CAYCE HISTORICAL MUSEUM is located within the old Saxe Gotha Township and represents the earliest settlement in the Midlands of South Carolina. The focal point in the museum is a reconstruction of the Trading Post established by James Chesnut and Joseph Kershaw at Granby Village in 1765. The British Forces seized the trading post in early 1781 and fortified it as Fort Granby. Emily Geiger, South Carolina's exciting heroine of the American Revolution, was held captive by the British on July 3, 1781. She memorized, and swallowed a note from General Nathaniel Greene to General Thomas Sumter and was released for lack of evidence. By 1816, after the Revolutionary War, this house became the house of the James Cayce family, and was called the Cayce House. For years historians described it as “The oldest and most important historical structure in the back country”. THE TRADING POST ROOM: includes memorabilia of Lord Cornwallis, Commander of the British forces in the South; of Emily Geiger; Cayce family furnishings used in the house following the American Revolution; and other local 18th century items. Also displayed herein are pieces of art by local artists who once resided in the old Saxe Gotha District. THE SAXE GOTHA - GRANBY ROOM: features historical information pertaining to the local Congaree Indians. There are exhibits of Congaree Indian artifacts found in the local area of the Congaree Indian Village. In this room is a diorama of the original Fort Congaree built in 1718. Also on display are original maps of Saxe Gotha Town, 1733; an original map of Granby; and a detailed sketch of the village in 1774. Other exhibits in this room reflect the agricultural and commercial trade industry in Saxe Gotha Township during the 18th century. THE EMILY GEIGER ROOM: were the quarters occupied by Lord Rawdon while in command of Fort Granby during 1781. It contains local furnishings appropriate to the era. On July 2, 1791, young Emily volunteered to carry instructions through enemy lines. On July 3, 1781, she was discovered, arrested, and interrogated at Fort Granby. Emily was locked in Lord Rawdon's room until a Tory woman could come and search her. She memorized the note, swallowed it, and was released due to lack of evidence. She was able to deliver the message of General Nathaniel Greene to General Thomas Sumter the following evening. The exploit of Emily Geiger resulted in a great victory for the American forces, and defeat for the British forces in South Carolina. A life sized scene depicting this event is a center of attraction to visitors. THE VICTORIAN ROOM: represents the years 1837 to 1901. On display are ladies Victorian fashions, hand sewn and hand woven pieces. Exhibits include a variety of household items, tools and equipment of the Victorian period. A special exhibit contains military items used during the War Between The States. There are 1865 sketches of Camp Sorghum, the Confederate prison camp for Union officers; continued on page 22

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THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MEN’S SOULS

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he who stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; tis dearness only that gives everything its value, heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as “Freedom” should not be highly rated.... I call not upon a few, but upon all; not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake. Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it... Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

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REVEREND CHRISTAIN THEUS Reverend Christain Theus was the first minister in the Saxe Gotha area, arriving with his parents from Switzerland in 1739 to minister to the German Reformed and Lutheran settlers. He was an erudite man, and all records speak in the highest terms of praise concerning him. He rode horseback over a radius of 40 miles to minister to the settlers, and also taught school. He lived to be an aged man; his grave can be seen at Sandy Run Lutheran Church in Sandy Run. The Sandy Run Lutheran Church, formerly named Salem, is one of the oldest churches in the central part of South Carolina. Abraham Geiger erected Reverend Theus' tombstone at his own expense. If he had not done so we would never know where the first minister was buried. The Swiss-German immigrants seeking religious freedom were of an element that had strength of character which would make sacrifices for conscience sake. They surpassed in the cultivation of the soil, bringing with them that love of an appreciation of the land, and what the possession of it means in security and provision for the future race. A strong and virile stock, that held to high standards, ideals and ideas, that had been instilled in them, and which they, in turn, passed on to their children. They gave their children the best education available, either in the schools or through tutors and governesses brought up from Charleston. In every war in American history, they or their descendants, have stood with their adopted country for the defense of those principals that have built America. Leading in church and education, their names are to be found as patriots, in 1759-1760 when Indians attacked, in the American Revolution, in the War Between the States, in World War I, World War II and other wars. They came to enjoy freedom, and they nobly helped to keep it. SAXE GOTHA - continued from page 21

and the old Saluda Factory where General Sherman's forces crossed the Saluda River to enter into Columbia, South Carolina on February 17, 1865. Also exhibited, the Guignard Brick Works display provides interpretive information pertaining to the oldest brick makers in continuous operation in North America since 1803. THE CAYCE ROOM: presents the local history in the Cayce area during the first half of the 20th century. It parades the founders of Cayce, its mayors, council members and citizens who played a vital role in the progress of Cayce since incorporation in 1914. Cayce became an important railroad town. A diorama of the Seaboard Round House (Constructed in 1917), and the railroad yard is displayed in this room. Beautiful patch work quilts on display depict local, historical sites and observances and are outstanding art pieces. The Cayce Historical Museum has one of the finest collections of early South Carolina post cards to be found. Many of these are exhibited in the Cayce Room. THE VISITORS CENTER: provides information and assistance to all visitors. It will accommodate approximately 50 people for briefings, lectures and visual education programs. Hands-on tours are planned for groups of small children. A section of the Visitors Center is set apart for special exhibits of primitive farm tools and equipment once used in Old Saxe Gotha Township. These items are appropriate to the period when flax, indigo, rice, hemp and cotton were major products produced in the Saxe Gotha area. Within the Museum are three old and original structures that support the mission of the Cayce Historical Museum. The SEPARATE KITCHEN FAMILY DAIRY (milk house) and the SMOKE HOUSE are furnished with appropriate items representing the 18th century era. THE RAILROAD CABOOSE contains the Railroad Hall of Fame, commemorating the industrialization of Cayce, South Carolina as a railroad town. It includes 140 pictures of those who worked locally on the railroad, or whose tour of duty passed through the City of Cayce. In addition, there are exhibits representing railroad activity since 1842. “Uncle Bill” Cayce became Cayce’s first merchant having built his store near a railroad siding. The site was known locally, and by railroaders, as “Cayce Crossing”. Also, located on the museum grounds is the DIXIANA DEPOT (CA 1922) which was once an important passenger and commercial stop between Savannah and Columbia. THE GRANBY GARDENS PARK is located in the area of the Museum. It has excellent playground facilities for adults and children. Tables are available to groups and individuals for picnic outings. THE GRANBY BOTANICAL GARDENS are also located next to the Cayce Historical Museum in a natural setting along a creek where once flax was grown. This garden includes the plants that the first settlers brought into Saxe Gotha Township as early as 1737. The CAYCE HISTORICAL MUSEUM is located at 1800 12th Street Ext. (CITY HALL COMPLEX) in Cayce, SC. Their hours of operation are: Closed Monday; Open Tuesday thru Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Small admission charge (FREE ON SUNDAY). For more information call 803-796-9020 or 803-739-5385.

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IT ALL BEGAN ON THE CONGAREE RIVER... Before the white man came, the Congaree Valley, along the west side of the Congaree River, was peopled by the Congaree Indians. On November 20, 1566, the first white expedition reached the Congaree Indian Town. Captain Juan Pardo, with an army of 125 men and his priest, raised the Spanish flag over the Congaree town and claimed this town for Spain. Over a century passed before the first Englishmen penetrated the Congaree Valley. First to come were explorers and traders. Also, about 1700, the Cherokees began to trade at the Congaree with the English from Charles Towne. During the reign of Queen Anne of England (1702-1713), she bequested a large tract of land west of the Congaree and Saluda Rivers, and named it Saxe Gotha. This tract was allotted for settlement by oppressed Palatine refugees from along the Rhine River in Germany. In 1716, the Charles Towne government into an agreement with the Cherokee Indians to establish the first inland trading post. A combination of military and mercantile posts were erected at the Congaree Town of Indians in 1718. It was known as Fort Congaree. This important trading center was the first European structure in the midlands of South Carolina. This area was given its first true political identity in 1733 as Congaree District, one of eleven districts laid out with a Township and Town. It was a defense buffer zone for Charles Towne against hostile Indians. In 1735, the district was renamed Saxe Gotha, the original name designated by Queen Anne. In 1754 the wagon road between Saxe Gotha Township and Augusta was opened. Also, Martin Friday (Fridig) began operating a ferry over the Congaree River, where Granby Village was established in 1760. Granby continued to grow and become the most important inland commercial trading market east of the Mississippi River. In 1802, Granby was considerably larger than Columbia, and described as one of the most important towns in the States, with over 200 houses. When Lexington County was established in 1785, Granby became the seat of the new county. With the growth of Columbia, Granby gradually declined as a strong community. In 1818, the seat of Lexington County was moved to the present Town of Lexington.

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Historic Columbia House Museums Hampton-Preston Mansion & Gardens Built in 1818, this restored antebellum mansion is furnished with Hampton and Preston family pieces. The mansion offers visitors a view of life from 1818-1868, the period when influential families occupied the property. More Information. Mann-Simons Cottage Celia Mann, a slave who acquired her freedom in Charleston and then walked to Columbia, purchased the cottage circa 1850. Her descendants occupied the home for more than 100 years. More Information. Robert Mills House and Park This restored mansion was built in 1823 and designed by South Carolina's most famous architect, Robert Mills. Mills designed the Washington Monument and other federal structures. The house is furnished in period pieces. More Information. Woodrow Wilson Family Home Woodrow Wilson, the nations 28th president, spent four years of his youth in Columbia. He and his family lived in this home built by his parents in 1872. The Tuscan-villa styled cottage is furnished with several Wilson family pieces. More Information. Tickets Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00, last tour begins at 4:00 Single Admission (per person/per house) Adult (ages 18-64) $5.00 AAA Adult, Senior Citizen (65 and over), Active Military, College Students $4.00 Youth (ages 6-17) $3.00 • Under 6 Free Combination Ticket (tours of all four house museums) Adult (ages 18-64) $18.00 AAA Adult, Senior Citizen (65 and over), Active Military, College Students $14.00 Youth (ages 6-17) $10.00 All Tickets for the House Museums are purchased at the Robert Mills Welcome Center and Museum Shop located at 1616 Blanding Street between Blanding and Taylor on Henderson. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00 - 4:00. Historic House Tours are offered every hour on the hour, last tour begins at 3:00. Parking is available off Henderson Street between Blanding and Taylor Streets.

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LEXINGTON COUNTY AREA

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Open 24 Hours Manager - Cliff Keefe Real quality and superior services are what you’ll always find when you shop WALMART SUPERCENTER in Lexington. This well-known supercenter is located at 5556 Sunset Blvd., phone 803-808-3740, and features one of the area’s finest assortments of this type of merchandise. Stop in today and look over the outstanding selection of values available. A full-line of clothing for every member of the family, as well as furniture, housewares, hardware, sporting goods, hunting supplies, a full line grocery department, bakery, deli, meat department, fresh produce, a beauty salon, pharmacy, one hour photo, vision center, portrait studio, all those personal touch items for your car and much, much more can be found here. A leader in every respect, WALMART SUPERCENTER has been a cornerstone in the business community for many years now. Their honest and forthright business practices have won them the respect and admiration of their customers, and even their competitors. It’s the kind of quality that stands behind the name WALMART SUPERCENTER...your best bet for everything! They accept most major credit cards. The authors of this 2009 Historical Review are pleased to include this fine store in this edition and remind you, WALMART SUPERCENTER features low, low prices everyday! Cliff and all the associates at WALMART SUPERCENTER thank their customers for past business and support, and look forward to serving you in the future!