Johnsonville SC History

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  • Billy Cox family.jpg

    This photo was originally contributed to the Johnsonville Library Altman Genealogy and Local History Digital Collections by Noonie Eaddy Stone. Pictured:
    Billy and Jean Cox with all of their children in front of house taken in Williamsburg County. (Back Row Left to Right) Ethel Cox, Elizabeth Cox (mother of Thetis Prosser), William Shell Cox, Mary Cox, Emily Cox, Flutte Cox. (Front Row Left to Right) Lille Cox, Bud Walter Cox, Jean Stone Cox, William (Billy) Cox, O'Rella Narcissus Cox, Jasper Cox
  • Carolyn M McDaniel first female highway patrol.jpg

    December 1977 One of the first female highway patrol officers - Carolyn Mcdaniel Hartfield
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  • Mayor Joe Huggins and council members, Johnsonville Town Council meeting.jpg

    L to R: Odell Venters, Bonner "Mac" McClendon, unidentified, Mayor Joseph T. Huggins.
  • Saw Man Huggins, Mac McClendon, Barbara McClendon.jpg

    Elm Street, Johnsonville, SC; Mac McClendon owned and operated the sand pits just outside Johnsonville
  • Ottis Guinan Huggins,Sr. and O. G. Huggins, Jr. in front of The Little Store, The Mill.jpg

    Ottis Sr. and Jim Huggins in front of the "Little Store" in the lumber mill area, circa 1952. Huggins Brothers Lumber Company was by Ottis "Sawman" Huggins Jr. (1922-1985). It was located at Ards Crossroads by the railroad track. Huggins established the lumber company in November, 1919 when he returned from WWI.
  • Class of 1953 trip to Washington.jpg

    JHS Class of 1953 senior trip to Washington, DC.
    In the 1950 Gold and Black the Class of '53 was listed as:
    J.W. Avant, J.W. Coker, Boyd Prosser, Faye Thompson, J. Gold Altman, Don Melton, James Edward Eaddy, Yvonner Leta Hanna, Wilmer Crosby, Lucille Thompson, Vera Thompson, Letha Mae Parnell, Eunice Mae Tanner, Jackie Jones, Blanche Lee Haselden, Barbara Ann Dennis, Dorothy Lee Nettles, Johnnie Mae Ard, Shirley Perry, Doris Stone, Louise Thompson, Francis Filyaw, Jeanette Walters, Randolph Hanna, Winnifred Hanna, Miriam Lily, Evert Crosby, John Huggins, Horace Browder, Le Ray Hucks, Morris Calcutt, Kenneth Lanning, Isabel Poston, James Altman, Clarence Hucks, Pate Prosser, Louis Rogers, Jimmy Bennett, Andy Poston, Nedo Eaddy, Bruster Powell, Jerry Poston, Joseph Baxley, Mary Hanna, Wera Nell Prosser, Eva Dean McDaniel, Betty Powell, Jean Turner, Merry Caroy Huggins, Betty Jane Tune, Sally Jo Stalvey, Clydia Jo Nettles, Rebecca Altman, W. L. Mace, Aquilla Strickland, Bobbie Jane Altman, Donnetta Matthews, Helena Venters, Thera Mae Dennis, Thomas Powell, Dan Gaster, Mack Lambert, John Altman
  • Tinkim and Pearl Skinner.jpg

    Anthony Tinkum Skinner (1903-1972) and Pearleen Flowers Skinner (1902-1999) farmed in and around the Johnsonville area.
  • Everlina Jacobs in Color.jpg

    Pete Jacobs (1924-2011) and Everlina Skinner Jacobs (b. 1928). Everlina and Pete were the first family to move into the Bluefield community when it was still an old mule road in a field with tobacco barns. In their time they've seen Bluefield thrive, age, and decline through the years.
  • Rev Ebenezer Francis Newell age 71.jpg

    Birth: Aug. 30, 1775
    Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass.
    Death: Mar. 8, 1867
    This is the portrait in Rev Newell's book - Life and Observations of Rev EF Newell. This portrait was painted by WO Bemis, engraved by J Sartain of Philadelphia

    He married his first wife, Fannie Butterfield on October 21, 1810. He married his second wife, Polly Blanchard on February 12, 1826.
  • Mr and Mrs Kennedy outside First Baptist - 1959.jpg
  • First Ladies of Westside.jpg
  • John Morgan Timmons, founder of Timmonsville

    John Morgan Timmons (1800-1863) was the founder of Timmonsville, SC. He was for 45 years pastor of Elim Baptist Church at Effingham, a large landowner, and a businessman. He was a Signer of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, and died in 1869, He and the Timmons family are treated extensively in the book Happy Heritage, by Mrs. R. B. Cannon, The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1943.
  • Elizabeth Timmons Huggins (1839-1883)

    Elizabeth Timmons Huggins (1839-1883) was the daughter of William James Timmons II (1802-1846) and Elizabeth Eaddy (1808-1898). She married George S. B. Huggins (1831-1915). After her death, Huggins married her younger sister, Emily Timmons
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  • Thomas Franklin Hanna Family Tree.jpg

    Thomas Franklin Hanna married Nekoda Laharp Altman. Their children were:
    James Franklin "Bubba" Hanna 1900–1984
    Arles Timmons Hanna 1902–1986
    Webster Olee "Pete" Hanna 1904–1967
    Lucille Hanna 1908–1970
  • Principal Lamar D Bradley.jpg

    Lamar D. Bradley served as principal of The Stuckey School during it's entire lifetime (1954-1969). After integration, he served as the assistant superintendent of the new Florence District 5.
  • Wagon crossing Eaddy Ford Bridge.jpg

    A family on a wagon crossed the wooden bridge over Lake Swamp on Eaddy Ford Road.
  • Sophmore Girls 1939.jpg

    Sophomore girls of Johnsonville High School
  • Phillips 66 1965.jpg
  • Old Johnsonville School students and faculty.jpg
  • Mayford Altman, Hallie Avant, Tasco Baxley 1939.jpg
  • May Day Court 1939.jpg

    May Day Court, 1939
    Queen: Harriett Raley; King: Carroll Taylor
    Maid of Honor: Della Dean Meng
    Maids: Sarah Altman, Mab Woodberry, Geneva Venters, Sue Rawlings, Aline Bolyne, Mary Lee Keefe, Dorothy O'quinn, Frederica Richardson
    Courtiers: Hubert Haselden, J. L. Hyder, Francis Altman, Mayo Altman, Mayford Altman, Jack Taylor, Hinson Perry, Bernard Hearn
  • Johnsonville Men's Baseball team 1939.jpg

    Cleland Tanner, Irby Stone, Hubert Haselden, Livingston Bishop, infielders; Fran Altman, Freeman Richardson, F. A. Taylor, Victor Johnson, outfielders; Jimmie Husbands, Robert Turner, catchers; Carroll Taylor, Mayor Altman, pitchers.
  • Johnsonville Faculty 1949.jpg

    Superintendent H. M. Floyd, Principal H. W. Brown
    (1st row L to R): Mrs. T. P. Harrelson, Mrs. H. M. Floyd, Mrs. R. L. Carter, Mrs. T. L. Lane, Mrs. J. Chapman, Mrs. S. O. Lyerly, Mrs. H. O. Richardson.
    (2nd row L to R): Mr. H. M. Floyd, Mr. T. L. Lane, Miss Claire Creel, Miss Virgiline Eaddy, Mrs. B. F. Richardson, Miss Hattie Durant, Mrs. E. S. Stoddard, Mrs. W. Eaddy, Mr. H. W. Brown, Mrs. Wallace Altman, Mr. E. O. Eaddy, Mr. Dick Martin
  • JHS Girls Basketball 1949.jpg
  • JHS Faculty 1950.jpg
  • JHS Board of Trustees 1939 - V.O. Eaddy, W.H. Meng, D.B. Haselden.jpg

    V.O. Eaddy, W.H. Meng, D.B. Haselden
  • JHS Basketball Team 1949.jpg

    Pictured Left to Right: Gordon Altman (Co-Captain), D. W. Stone, John Taylor (Captain), Delance Poston, Buddy Creel, Jennings Strickland, Donald Joye, Ponnie Gaster, Nelson Davis, Lenair Altman, Coach J. R. Martin, Preston Hughes, Ulden Cox, John Ethel Cribb, John Lewis Gaster
  • H.M. Floyd and Secretery A.jpg

    Floyd and Hughes at Johnsonville High School, 1949
  • Girl's Basketball Squad 1939.jpg

    Rosa Nelle Altman (Captain), Dorothy O'Quinn. Centers: Hallie Avant, Wilma Ruth Haselden. Guards: Minnie Weaver, Mab Woodberry. Forwards: Geneva Venters, Virginia Miller, Mary Lee Keefe, substitutes. Eunice Quinn, Coach.
  • Donnie Lentz at Cottage Lunch - original Johnsonville Methodist Church across street.jpg

    Donnis Lentz rides his bike in front of The Cottage Lunch and Gulf, Highway 41 at Broadway. The original Johnsonville United Methodist Church is in the background. This is currently the city park where the Johnsonville Christmas Tree is located. The new Methodist Church was completed in 1965 and the old church was sold and moved from the corner.
  • Class of 1953, Freshman year 1950 - Section B.jpg
  • Bus Drivers 1949.jpg

    Johnsonville school busdrivers, L to R: Humphries - Prospect, Lyerly - Vox, Gaskins - Johnsonville, Turner - Johnsonville, Richardson - Trinity
  • Boy's Basketball Squad 1939.jpg

    Hubert Haselden (Captain), Livingston Bishop, forwards; Robert Creel, Freeman Rchardson, guards; Carroll Taylor, center; Victor Johnson, J. W. O'Quinn, Ken Haselden, Cleland Tanner, substitutes.
  • S.B. Poston Portrait.jpg

    Sylvester Briley Poston, first mayor of Johnsonville.
  • Josh_0002.jpg

    John Gregory Eady (1861-1939) changed his name from the more well-known "Eaddy". He ran one of the first mercantile stores in Johnsonville and operated a turpentine plant. He's standing here with his wife, Elizabeth Ann Johnson Eady (1872-1962) and children John and Hill Eady. In the background is the three-year-old home that was later sold to S.B. Poston. This house was eventually destroyed by fire in 1935.
  • Marion Cox with racing car.jpg

    Marion Cox with his first car. He is a recipient of the Pioneer in Racing Award presented by Victory Lane Racing Association in Daytona Beach, Fla. on Feb 18, 2014
  • John and Elita Cox.jpg

    John H. Cox and Mary Elita Tanner (1923-1994) standing in front of school. They were married August 4, 1940
  • William J Johnson b. 1810.jpg

    William J. Johnson was the nephew of William J. Johnson Sr, founder of Johnsonville. He gave the land on which Trinity United Methodist Church was built.
  • Hugh Hanna.jpg

    Located at the Hanna Family Cemetery, Vox. Hugh Hanna was the first Hanna in Johnsonville and the ancestor of most Hannas from the Vox community.
  • Judith Crosby Grier and husband Zachary Taylor Eaddy.jpg
  • John Morgan Hanna.jpg

    John Morgan Hanna (1864-1942) was the son of Joseph Franklin Hanna (1817–1891) and Mary Ellen Timmons (1842–1876)

    He married Penelope Maybelle Carter (1873–1950) in 1888.

    Their children were:
    Joseph Morgan "Jode" Hanna 1888–1973
    Ottoe Wetious "Weet" Hanna 1889–1970
    Mary Verline Hanna 1892–1892
    Emmie Hanna 1897–1897
    Odia May Hanna 1898–1902
    Mabel Florence Hanna 1900–1979
    Pauline Hanna 1904–1904
    Willie Hanna 1905–1905
    Cullen H Hanna 1907–1940
    An Infant Daughter 1909–1909
    Lena May Hanna 1912–1992
    John Udell Hanna 1914–1974
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    Susan Eulalie "Lael" Altman (1878-1961), Viola Victoria "Vic" Altman (1870-1966), and Frances Elizabeth "Fan" Altman (1867-1947) were daughters of John James Altman (1846-1905) and Zilphia Ham Stone (1848-1879)
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    John James Altman (1846-1905) was the son of William Samuel Altman and Rachel Goud. He was the first Postmaster of the Vox Community.

    He was married twice, first to Zilphia Ham Stone (1848-1879) and after her death to Druecilla Thompson (1862-1935).

    John served in the Civil War in Co. B 3rd Palmetto Battalion, Lt. Artillery, and also in Abner's Battery of Sharpshooters.

    Children with Zilphia Stone:
    Frances Elizabeth Altman Eaddy (1867-1947)
    Viola Victoria Altman Hanna (1870-1966)
    John Briley Altman (1873-1941)
    Carrie Mettierue Altman (1876-1891)
    Susan Eulalia Altman Stone (1878-1961)

    Children with Druecilla Thompson:
    Otwell Wood Altman (1881-1947)
    Charles Haskel Altman (1884-1939)
    John Henry Altman (1887-1949)
    Rachel Elizabeth Altman Thompson Altman (1890-1930)
    Josie Olee Altman Tanner (1893-1970)
    John James Altman, Jr. (1894-1949)
    Dallie M. Altman Evans Powell (1898-1970)
    Warren Bryan Altman (1899-1959)
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    John James Altman and his second wife, Drucilla Thompson
  • Elizabeth Covan Grier.jpg
  • Johnsonville-Hemingway Crew Building Shaw Airforce Base.jpg
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    Christmas parade 1973 - 1975
  • R.B. Huggins in his shop.jpg
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