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Johnsonville Men's Baseball team 1939
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 High School May Day Court 1939
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 -
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Johnsonville High School Sophomore Girls 1939
Sophomore girls of Johnsonville High School -
Wagon crossing Eaddy Ford Bridge
A family on a wagon crossed the wooden bridge over Lake Swamp on Eaddy Ford Road. -
Lamar D. Bradley
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. -
Ancestry of Thomas Franklin Hanna of Johnsonville
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 -
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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 -
Reverend John Morgan Timmons
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. -
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Reverend Ebenezer Francis Newell, age 71
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. -
Pete and Everlina Jacobs
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. -
Anthony "Tinkum" Skinner and Pearl Skinner
Anthony Tinkum Skinner (1903-1972) and Pearleen Flowers Skinner (1902-1999) farmed in and around the Johnsonville area. -
Johnsonville High School Class of 1953 Senior Trip to Washington, DC
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 -
Sawman Huggins and Jim Huggins at Huggins Brothers Lumber Company
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. -
Saw Man Huggins, Mac & Barbara McClendon
Elm Street, Johnsonville, SC; Mac McClendon owned and operated the sand pits just outside Johnsonville -
Johnsonville City Council Members, 1955
L to R: Odell Venters, Bonner "Mac" McClendon, unidentified, Mayor Joseph T. Huggins. -
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First Female Highway Patrol from Johnsonville
December 1977 One of the first female highway patrol officers - Carolyn Mcdaniel Hartfield -
William James "Billy" Cox family
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
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William James "Billy" Cox and Sarah Jane Stone Cox
William James "Billy" Cox Jr (1842–1921) and Sarah Jane Stone Cox (1850–1924) were the founders of Rehobeth Pentecostal Holiness Church. -
John Briley Altman and Ethel Cox Altman.
John Briley Altman and Ethel Cox Altman. Ethel was the daughter of William James "Uncle Billy" Cox and Sarah Jane Stone Cox. John Briley was the son of was the son of John James Altman, first Postmaster for Vox. -
Brigadier General John Henry Woodberry
Brigadier General John Henry Woodbury (1889-1974)
Woodberry was born in Johnsonville on Feb 22, 1889 to Wattie Gamewell Woodberry, Sr. and Rosa Belle Eaddy (first woman mayor in South Carolina history). He was the great-grandson of Henry Eaddy. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1910 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1914. Afterward he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Cavalry.
He was transferred to the Field Artillery in 1916. During World War I, he was assigned to the Ordinance Department and participated in the design and construction of the aerial bombs used by Gen. "Billy" Mitchell in the test bombing of a captured German battleship. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1918 and was transferred to the Ordinance Department in 1920. Between World War I. and II., General Woodberry studied at Army Industrial College, 1927-28; Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1929-33; and the Army War College, 1934-35. He served in 1934-1939 as a member of the General Staff of the War Department. In World War II., General Woodberry served as Chief Ordinance Officer for General Douglas MacArthur's supply service (Southwest Pacific Area, 1944-45).
General Woodberry enjoyed a successful career of 37 years with the U. S. Army. He held numerous patents on munitions of war. Among these were artillery fuse devices for control detonating waves used in most Army high explosive ammunition. He also developed cavalry machine gun equipment and conducted research and development in anti-aircraft and armored cars. An automobile tire pressure indicator was one of his civilian patents.
In 1945, he was appointed Ordinance Officer, Army Service Command D, Japan Army of Occupation and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Retirement came for him in 1946. Gen. Woodberry received the Legion of Merit, was a member of the Army Ordinance Association, and wrote many technical papers on ordinance detonation. He was a Mason and a member of the Founders and Patriots of America. He and his wife are buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
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George Samuel Briley Huggins
George Samuel Briley Huggins was wounded at the battle of 2nd. Manassess and was crippled. He was a prayerful, christian man, and used to walk the old foot-logs across Muddy Creek Swamp every Sunday to attend Old Johnsonville Church.
George Samuel Briley Huggins served in Co. "K", 6th Regiment, Confederate States Army, commanded by Capt. William Smith Brand, of Sumter District. Source: Morris Watsongen
George Samuel Briley Huggins was born June 18, 1831, eldest son of Rev. John Samuel Huggins of Timmonsville, inventor of the first cotton planter used in the south and his wife Zilphia Ham. He was the grandson of George Huggins, one of the largest landowners in the Darlington District who was elected to the 32nd General Assembly and his wife Letitia Montgomery. He was the great grandson of Captain John Huggins, Justice of the Peace for the Darlington District in South Carolina, who commanded a troop of Cavalry in General Francis Marion's Brigade in the Revolutionary War and his wife Elizabeth White Simmons. He died Nov. 28, 1914. His will was probated Jan. 2, 1915 at the Williamsburg County Courthouse, Will Book E, Page 29.
He married his first wife, Elizabeth Timmons on March 3, 1853. Elizabeth was born March 21, 1839 and died at Johnsonville on November 11, 1833. Elizabeth was the mother of all his children. After Elizabeth died, he married Emily Timmons Stone Eaddy, a widow and sister of his first wife, on March 11, 1884 at the Old Johnsonville Church. This date was Emily's birthday. After the death of Emily in 1900, he married Narcissa Verline Carter on September 21, 1905.
George Samuel Briley Huggins was a trustee and one of the original founders of Trinity Methodist Church. He was also one of the original founders of the Old Johnsonville Methodist Church where he served as a minister. He also supported the Ebenezer Methodist Church at Muddy Creek where he served as a steward and was a minister.
After the war, he returned to his farm near Muddy Creek, SC and to the ministry of the Methodist Church at Muddy Creek and Old Johnsonville.
One of his granddaughters, Lillian Maude Buck McDaniel, recalled that as a child her mental image of God somehow incorporated the characteristic features of her grandfather - the strong but kind face, the leonine head of white hair and beard, and the authoritative tone and demeanor. She describes him at prayer, at home and in church , where he knelt, stiff knee and all, to address his Lord in a manner she was convinced that elicited a readier response than most mortals were privileged to receive. She also remembered that he was so earnest in prayer that he would forget the passage of time and would sometimes have to be nudged by his wife to realize that others wearied more easily than he.
At Christmas time, George Samuel Briley Huggins would personally pour the Christmas sillibub - Portion Control! He was known for his good wines,also dispensed judiciously.
He enlisted in Co. K, 6th South Carolina Regt.at its organization under Capt. W. S. Brand of Clarendon, on the 22nd of April, 1962. He served with the Company, except for a few months recuperation furlough, until the surrender at Appomattox on the 9th of April, 1865. He was wounded by a minnie ball blasting through his right knee at the Second Battle of Manassas on August 30, 1862. His name appears on a list of prisoners taken and paroled at Warrenton, VA,
headquarters for the Army of Potomac, 11th corps, on 29 September 1862. After his recovery at home, he was placed on detached service to the Commissary Department in Williamsburg county and reported to J. B. Chandler. He was lame for the rest of his life.
On June 18, 1908 more than 75 family members gathered at his home for a birthday celebration that included food, fellowship and musical entertainment by the children. This article was printed in The County Record on June 25, 1908. -
Henry Edison Eaddy
Obituary for Henry Edison Eaddy
It is the painful duty of the County Record to chronicle the death of Mr. Henry E. Eaddy, well known as the "Sage of Possum Fork". He died at his home near Johnsonville Friday morning about 2:30 o'clock.
Mr. Eaddy was a man of rare personality. He was a self made man in every sense of the term. Intellectually he was a genius, being an expert mathemetician. He was a civil engineer by profession, a hospitable Christian gentleman in his home, and a man of charming manner to all who came in contact with him. He was of unusual vitality, both physically and mentally for one of his advanced age, having celebrated his eightieth birthday in March.
The evening prior to his death he ate supper and was in his usual happy frame of mind and apparently in good health as he had been for some time and fell asleep. At 2:30 Friday morning he was found dead.
Mr. Eaddy was born and reared and spent his long life in the vicinity of Johnsonville. In his young life he married Miss Eliza Louisa Ann Elizabeth Huggins of Timmonsville, a daughter of the late Rev. J.S. Huggins, inventor of the first cotton planter used in the south.
He had represented the county of Williamsburg in the State Legislature several terms. He was first elected in 1890. He was one of the original founders of the Old Johnsonville Methodist Church and Trinity Methodist Church in Florence County and supervised the construction of the Old Johnsonville Church. During all of his public life he strove to render his county efficient service.
Mr. Eaddy leaves a widow, the former Eliza Huggins, five sons and two daughters: Messrs. J.A. of Bushnell, Fla.; C.L.of Linden, Fla.; John M. of Kingstree; S.O. of Johnsonville; Dr.A.G. of Timmonsville; Mrs W. A. Hanna of Gifford; and Mrs. R.B. Dickson of Johnsonville.
The funeral service, conducted by Rev. E.P. Hutton, took place in Old JohnsonvilleMethodist Church at 4 p.m. Saturday, and internment was made in the church burying grounds. Six of his grandchildren acted as pallbearers. The funeral exercises were largely attended. -
Trinity Methodist Church youth, 1956
First Row: Larry Taylor, Andy Richardson, Ammondine Taylor, Freddy Brown, ?, Randy Huggins, Nancy Taylor, Jean Furches.
Second Row: Wayne Taylor, Lester Perry, Stafford Perry, Brenda Taylor, Linda Taylor, ?, ?, ?, Linda Marsh, Dorothy Rogers.
Back: Bernie Huggins,Walter Brown, Louin Collins, Busman Haselden, ?, ?, Wilma Perry, S.R. Ballou, Sammy Marsh -
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John Henry Woodberry, 1914
John Henry Woodberry as a cadet at Westpoint. -
Vox Elementary School 1955-1956
Several photographs and documents related to the 6th and 7th grade at Vox Elementary School, 1955 and 1956.
Files include:
Cora Collins - teacher
A letter from Mrs. Henry D. Powell
Vox 6th Grade, 1955
Vox 7th Grade, 1955
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William Arthur and Bertha Mae Cribb Altman
William Arthur (W.A.) Altman Jr. (1921-1984) and Bertha Mae Cribb Altman (1925-1991). W.A. worked at Haselden Brothers Ford. He was the son of William Arthur Altman Sr. and Wilma Grace Edwards. Bertha Mae Crib was the daughter of Charlie Anderson Cribb and Nettie Baxley. Mrs. Altman attended Pleasant Hill High School. -
Students at Old Johnsonville School circa 1904
1st Row: Lillian Cockfield Powell, Myrtle Poston Redfern, Eva Venters Grimball.
2nd Row: Hattie Cribb Newell, Myra Oliver
3rd Row: Eunice Huggins Brown, Zelma Ginn.
Professor S. H. Brown stands in the back
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Charlie Prosser, C.O. Powell, Pete Hanna, Delmus Abrams, log cabin 1934
The Log Cabin, AKA the canteen or the cannery from Johnsonville High School. Constructed in 1934 by Charlie Prosser, C.O. Powell, Pete Hanna, Delmus Abrams. -
Johnsonville High School Junior Class, 1949
Maisie Poston Ballou is standing to the left. This photo is taken in front of the old Johnsonville High School, now the District Office for District 5. -
Julius and Lillie Belle Altman Family
This image was taken at the 50th wedding anniversary of Julius Spiers Altman and Lillie Belle Altman.
1st Row L to R: Julia Elizabeth Altman, Julius Spiers Altman, Lillie Belle Prosser Altman, Phontella "Bink" Altman Griffis
2nd row: Lena Belle Altman Clemmer, Willia "Bongie" Altman McCutchen, Willie "Billie" Parks Altman Swenson
3rd row: Franklin Altman, Sweeney Lee Altman, Mayo Altman
4th row: Thurman Altman, Laries Alex Altman -
John Coachman and Lula Venters Altman family, 1907
John Coachman Altman's family was living in Johnsonville by 1900 according to census records.
Pictured L to R: Charlie, Annie, Fannie, Monnie, Meddie, Lula holding Hollie, James, Irby.
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James Carthen Prosser
James Carthen Prosser smiles in this portrait. -
John and O'Rella Cox Huggins Family
This photo was taken at the home of John Samuel Huggins near Johnsonville, SC. The home later belonged to a son, Tonlis Huggins. He was the only child who remained in the area to farm.
Front L to R: Vera Lou Miller (baby), John Samuel Huggins, Violet Pearl Huggins, O'Rella Cox Huggins.
Back L to R: James Massebeau Huggins, Wilna Capitola Huggins, Liston O'Neal Huggins, Tonlis Faifa Huggins, Albie Demain Huggins -
Mary Scott Legette Weaver
Portrait of Mary Scott Legette Weaver (1873-1961) with children, Janie & George Legette. Mary was a Native American born in the Pee Dee who passed away in Hemingway in 1961 at the age of 89.
This story of her life was posted by Rebecca Whiting on
ancestry.com:
Miss Mary was a Native American. She had children by two different marriages and later married a man by the name of "Weaver". Mary was known for her chiseled features and beautiful long hair, cut short in her portrait. She was also known for sitting on the front porch of her home, smoking a pipe. Included in the Federal Government's "round up" and disbanding of the tribes, Mary was sent with most of her people to North Carolina where most still remain. The theory was to disband the tribes by merging them, so that specific tribal cultures, traditions, leadership and unity would forever be lost. It is believed that Mary was originally either Pee Dee Indian or Catawba Indian. Both tribes are local to the geographic area where Mary chose to stay. The Pee Dee Indians' primary surname is "Scott"; however, the Catawba were fearsome warriors that defeated the Pee Dee Indians and kidnapped most of them into a life within the Catawba tribe. The Catawba Indians were also called "Flat Heads" as they would mold infant male's heads to slant the forehead. They were known for painting their faces white with one black eye. Catawba warriers were used to catch runaway slaves. Many slaveholders marched new slaves in front of the Catawba warriers to instill fear in them and prevent them from escaping. The Indian Census shows a Mary Scott applying for transition to the West, and history does show that the bulk of the Catawba Tribe was moved westward. Mary Scott was denied transition and appealed the decision. This is an indication that Mary was Catawba Indian or a Pee Dee Indian who wanted to be with the Catawba, but due to the commonality of the name "Mary Scott", this cannot be considered a proven fact.
Mary left North Carolina and returned to South Carolina and received a grant of a large parcel of land in South Carolina by the Federal Government. Her first born, a daughter, was Lilllie Scott. It is unclear whether Mary was ever married to Lillie's father. If she was married to Lillie's father then her maiden name would not have been "Scott" and she may have no link to the Pee Dee Tribe. However, if "Scott" was Mary's maiden name then the likelihood of her being a member of the Pee Dee Tribe increases. Lillie grew up to marry Isaiah Washington Stuckey, the son of freed slaves, Pompey Stuckey & Sallie Stubbs Stuckey. Lillie bore Isaiah several children, one of whom was Rayfield. Rayfield grew up to marry the lovely Dorothy Timmons, a light-skinned woman of color; however, referred to as a "mulatto" on all official censuses and documents. -
Mr. Fiver, Dr. J. G. Ulmer, O.G. Huggins, 1929
Dr. John Gordon Ulmer, Sr. (1899-1974) was born in Brunson. He was a son of Captain Henry Martin Ulmer and Janie Free Ulmer. He was married to Ruth Harmon.
Dr. Ulmer graduated as valedictorian of his high school and graduated from The College of Charleston with honors in mathematics and science. He completed his medical studies at the Medical College of South Carolina and served an internship at Roper Hospital in Charleston.
He moved to Hemingway in 1923 and began his practice July 12, 1923. Dr. Ulmer completed 50 years of practice prior to his illness.
During the 50 years, he delivered about 6,000 babies and was known as the "baby doctor". During one month he delivered 28 babies. In his family practice he came into contact with almost every family in the tri-county area he served.
When he came to Hemingway in 1923 it had a population of 200 and no doctor.Dr. Hemingway had died earlier from injuries in an explosion of his sterilizing machine.
Dr. Ulmer opened his practice in the drug store in Hemingway, but had very little office practice. He mostly made house calls on the dire roads of Williamsburg, Georgetown and Florence Counties.
During the depression he delivered babies in homes lit by firelight or candlelight. He was often paid with produce or ham instead of money.
Dr. Ulmer was honored by the residents of Williamsburg, Georgetown and Florence counties on October 15, 1972 when Dr. John Gordon Ulmer day was held in Hemingway. One of his many honors that day was the establishment of the John Gordon Ulmer Scholarship at the Medical College of South Carolina of Charleston.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Hemingway. Dr. Ulmer was a charter member of Hemingway Civitan Club. In 1967 he was awarded the Distinguished Citizen's Award by the Hemingway Jaycees. He was a member of the Indiantown Masonic Lodge of Hemingway and the Hemingway American Legion Post.
Dr. Ulmer was a member of the American Medical Association, The S.C. Medical Association and the Williamsburg County Medical Society.
While at the Medical College he was a member of the John L. Dawson Medical Society.
He had a son, John Gordon Ulmer, Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C.; a daughter, Mrs. Edward Dixon Harrill of Fairfax, Va.; a sister, Miss Rumel Ulmer of Brunson; a brother, S. Eric Ulmer of Allendale; four grandchildren. -
Arthur Wellman welcomes first foreign shipment of Wool, 1954
Officials observe the first of regular imports of foreign wool in North Charleston, imported for the new Wellman Combing Company in Johnsonville.
L to R: J. J. Lamb with Palmetto Shipping, W. H. Robinson, V.P and manager, Arthur O. Wellman, and L. W. Bishop, director of the SC Development Board. -
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Hemingway Community Leaders, 1950s
A Group of Community leaders in Hemingway, SC at the A & J Restaurant in Hemingway.
Left Front to Back: 1 Mrs A.W. Ragsdale, Mrs Z.H. McDaniel, Mrs. June Huggins, Mrs. Harry Anderson, Mrs. Merritt E. Morris, Mrs. Thea Lewis, unknown, Mrs. Inez Wilson Galloway, Mrs. John J. Snow, Mrs Rosa Eaddy Standing: Pete Doster & Mr. Merrill Brown.
Right Front to Back: Mrs K.E. Creel, Mrs. Lou Ann Wilson, Mr. Merritt E. Morris, Mr. Carroll Morris, Mr. A.W. Ragsdale, Mr. Willie Hemingway, Mr. Clarence Snowden. -
Reverend James Ruet Gilland
James Ruet Gilland (1810-1877) was a minister of Indiantown Church from 1858-1867. He was born on a farm near Greencastle, PA. He graduated from Jefferson College in 1836 but his failing health led him south, where he taught high school at Statesburg until entering the Theological Seminary at Columbia, graduating in 1840. He had one daughter, Mary Jane, by his first wife Mary Rebecca Hutchinson. After her death in 1843, Gilland married Mary Caroline Gibbes.
He was assigned to several locations in SC before his assignment began in Indiantown in 1858. In 1867, feeling the church had been so broken up by the war so as to be unable to support him, he headed West to work in AR, MO, and MS. He returned to Indiantown in the fall of 1877, spending his remaining months with his daughter, Mary Jane Gilland McCutchen. -
