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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 -
At Johnsonville Last Thursday - Fancy Prices Realized
Article describes the land sale that led to the founding of Johnsonville -
Johnsonville, South Carolina, 1911
This painting/mural - "Johnsonville South Carolina 1911" by John Carroll Doyle - was unveiled at Anderson State Bank in 1981 at the opening of the Hemingway branch. Doyle was a prominent Charleston artist who passed away in 2014. The work depicts Johnsonville founder Sylvester Briley Poston as lots were laid out and sold at the Johnsonville Land Sale in 1912. -
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. -
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. -
Old Johnsonville Methodist Church
Old Johnsonville Methodist Church - original sanctuary. 1872-1960. -
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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Gold and Black 1971
Gold and Black Yearbook, Johnsonville High School, 1971 -
Gold and Black 1972
Gold and Black yearbook 1972 -
Arles and Violet Hanna
Arles Timmons Hanna and Violet Elizabeth Carter Hanna -
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Map of Johnsonville - 1912
Map of the Town of Johnsonville - Sold Aug 12, 1912
This map shows the lots available in the Johnsonville land sale. -
Grave of John Witherspoon
Grave of John Witherspoon (1742-1802), located at the old Aimwell Presbyterian Church burial grounds, Old River Road at McWhite Road.
John took control of Witherspoon's Ferry (now Venters Landing at Johnsonville) after his older brother Robert Witherspoon died with no issue in 1787. Witherspoon's Ferry had already been in use during the Revolution, and this spot served as the backdrop for General Francis Marion's commission to lead the militia.
John and Robert were both sons of Gavin Witherspoon and Jane James, who came from Knockbracken, Ireland to Williamsburg. John was a patriot during the American Revolution, serving as a private with Marion's Brigade in the Britton's Neck Regiment for 244 days in 1780 and 1781.
In 1801 it was ordered that a Ferry should be re-established and vested in John's care. John married Mary Conn and had one child, Elizabeth, who later married David Rogerson Williams, Governor of South Carolina from 1814-1816.
John Witherspoon died in 1802, and according to the terms of his will, the ferry was re-established and vested in John D. Witherspoon, executor and friend, for a term of 14 years beginning in 1815, “in trust for and having the sole benefit of the incorporated Presbyterian Church at Aimwell on the Pee Dee River." John's will also stipulated that William J. Johnson be given rights to the Ferry site under condition:
"It is my will and desire that the trustees aforesaid or their successors shall give William Johnson the present use of the lands aforesaid the exclusive privilege of leasing the lands aforesaid for a term of 12 years provided the said William Johnson on the wisdom of the said trustees aforesaid shall conduct himself with propriety."
It was John Witherspoon who vested the ferry lands in William Johnson, who later established the post office at Johnsonville which became the town we know today. -
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. -
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. -
Rehobeth Church, 1954
Photo displayed at the Centennial celebration of Rehobeth Church in 2009. A few of those pictured are Cortez, Merlyn, Gail, and Pam Cox, Ronald Cox, Cletus Cox, Sherrell Cox, and Vaughn Eaddy. -
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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First Female Highway Patrol from Johnsonville
December 1977 One of the first female highway patrol officers - Carolyn Mcdaniel Hartfield -
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Gold and Black 1940
1940 is the second edition of the Gold and Black yearbook for Johnsonville. All of the photos are hand-pasted into the document. This copy has been edited to enlarge and improve the original photographs. Any missing photographs were missing from the source document provided by Livingston "Bo" Bishop and his granddaughter, Heidi Bishop Dumm. -
Gold and Black 1941
1941 is the third edition of the Gold and Black yearbook for Johnsonville. All of the photos are hand-pasted into the document. This copy has been edited to enlarge and improve the original photographs, and used 2 copies as source records. Both copies were missing some photographs. -
Stuckey Blue Jay 1969
This yearbook chronicles Stuckey School in one of its final years, 1968-1969. A few years later Stuckey was fully integrated to Johnsonville schools, and the old Stuckey School became Johnsonville Middle School.
Click here for the history of Stuckey School. -
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Live Town Springs Up From Woods of Pine
Description of the very early days of Johnsonville after incorporation, 1913. -
Gold and Black 1961
JHS Gold and Black yearbook, class of 1961 -
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Hemingway High School Library
Hemingway High School Library -
Johnson Memorial Hospital
Dr. Allen Huggins Johnson, founder -
Last Will and Testament of George Samuel Briley Huggins
The will of George Samuel Briley Huggins was written on letterhead from the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Johnsonville on Nov. 18, 1912. C. J. Rollins was the Manager, J. S. McClam, President, S. B. Poston, vice President and T. J. Cottingham was the cashier -
Johnsonville Legion Ceremony
Johnsonville Legion Ceremony - When the new American Legion post home was dedicated Thursday night, Post Commander, Joe T. Huggins (second from left) as host of the occasion was surrounded by high officials of the Legion in the state. Seated, left to right are Jess Bullard, of Columbia, state asjutant, Commander Huggins, Mrs. Huggins; O. B. Freeman, of Loris, department vice-commander, and W. J. McLeod, of Walterboro, state commander. The picture at the bottom, taken just before the ceremony and banquet at 8 p.m., shows the new hut, constructed almost entirely by members of the post. In addition to post member and Legion officers of the state and various districts, Governor and Mrs. Thurmond and Florence County officials attended the ceremony. (Photos by Walter S. McDonald) Source: Florence Morning News -
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Johnsonville City Council Members, 1955
L to R: Odell Venters, Bonner "Mac" McClendon, unidentified, Mayor Joseph T. Huggins. -
Brown's Tobacco Seed
Owner and operator, Julian David Brown, Sr. Uncle Julian built a seed separator and packaged the seeds for sale. -
Saw Man Huggins, Mac & Barbara McClendon
Elm Street, Johnsonville, SC; Mac McClendon owned and operated the sand pits just outside Johnsonville -
Venters Community Aerial Photo
Venters Community at Ards Crossroads, site of Huggins Brothers Lumber Company. Note the Old Johnsonville Cemetery , upper left corner of photo. Old Johnsonville School was located on this property, next to Old Johnsonville United Methodist Church. -
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. -
Old Johnsonville High School Diploma, 1915
1915 Diploma, Old Johnsonville High School. Ottis Guinan Huggins was an honor graduate. -
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First Graders, Muddy Creek School 1954
In 1954 there were too many 1st grade students for all to attend Hemingway Grammar School, so some of the students were located at the Muddy Creek School. There was also one 2nd grade class that attended at this time -
Seaboard Air Right of Way Map - 1918
Shows the right of way and parcels of land purchased from landowners C. Belle Poston, S.B. Poston, R.H. Kimball, and J.D. Haselden. Also includes street grid of Johnsonville in 1918. -
Ebenezer United Methodist Church engraving
This collectors plate engraving shows the original Ebenezer UMC building (1917-1958) -
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 -
Poston's Lunch Diner and Sinclair Station, Broadway Street
This station and diner was run by Lurie and Christine Poston. It was located on Broadway Street in Johnsonville beside the railroad tracks.