Browse Items (910 total)
-
Highway 41 leaving Johnsonville, 1954
Highway 41 leaving Johnsonville, 1954. Near the horizon Railroad Ave and the railroad track intersects 41. The road hooks right at the horizon toward Lynches River. The farm to the left is the R. W. Turner farm. The building in the foreground was a corn barn with a shed on the rear. The Gaster farm bordered the Turner farm closer to town, passed down from the Johnson family. To the right was the James Graham farm, which was sold to Wellman Combing Company. Wellman was constructed behind the Wellman Texaco Gas Station (center left).
Wellman would allow their employees to have a charge account there that was deducted from their weekly checks, A sheep pasture was conducted across the road.
Wellman was a full service gas station. Gene Dennis and Robert Hooks were the cheerful attendants; they pumped the gas, cleaned windshields, checked the oil and also serviced cars and sold & mounted tires. -
-
Housing Lags Behind as Johnsonville Boosts Population to More Than 1000 - 1956
Charleston News and Courier -
Huggins Brothers Lumber Company
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. -
-
-
Hugh Hanna Land Grant of 1790
South Carolina:
I do hereby certify for Hugh Hanna a tract of land containing two hundred & forty six acres (surveyed for him the 15th January 1790) situate in the District of Georgetown on Lynches Lake and hath such form, marks, and boundings as the above plat represents.
Given under my hand the 29th April 1790
John Burgess
Francis Breman, S.G. -
Hugh Hanna Obituary, Winyah Observer, 1842
Hugh Hanna's obituary appeared in the Winyah Observer, Georgetown, SC -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, 1900
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, circa 1900.
The church was organized in 1757. During the American Revolution, the church was burned by the British Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton. His act resulted in the citizens giving greater support to his opponent, the Continental General Francis Marion.
The rebuilt (and current) church building remained virtually unchanged from its erection in 1830 until the front porch was added in 1910. -
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, 1910-1919
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, after the front portch was added (sometime between 1910-1919). This was before the church was raised and a basement added (before 1927). -
Industry Impact Great for Small Towns
Article about the progress in Johnsonville, including sewage projects, street widening, business, and the Fire Department. -
-
-
-
-
-
James Carthen Prosser
James Carthen Prosser smiles in this portrait. -
James Rothy Grier and Arthur Hanna
James Rothy Grier(1879-1935) and Arthur S. Hanna (1886-1945) were brothers-in-law. Rothy married Arthur's sister Margaret E Hanna (1883-1915) and remarried after her death.Tags Hanna -
-
-
-
Jess, Willow V, and Verline Hanna
Jess and Verline Carter Hanna stand with their daughter Willow V Hanna (center). -
Jessalyn Hoover and Vonnie Hanna
Cousins Jessalyn Hoover Welch and Vonnie Hanna Dukes -
-
JHS Basketball Team 1949
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 -
-
-
John and Elita Cox
John H. Cox and Mary Elita Tanner (1923-1994) standing in front of school. They were married August 4, 1940 -
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 -
John Baker and Grace Perry at Mrs Baker's home in Florida - April 7 1926
Edna Grace Perry (1892-1971) was a daughter of Llewellyn Francisco "Zeke" Perry (1868–1957) and Elizabeth Hortensia Baxley (1870-1942). She was a well-known school teacher at Prospect. Grace Perry and John Baker were sweethearts, but Grace's mother wouldn't allow her to marry and said she was needed at home. Grace never married. -
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. -
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.
Sitting: Fred, Shellie, Rollie, Leroy -
John Gregory Eady family, 1897
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. -
John Henry Woodberry, 1914
John Henry Woodberry as a cadet at Westpoint. -
John J Altman named first Postmaster of Vox, 1891
John James Altman is named first Postmaster of Vox on August 25, 1891. He was followed by Eldridge F. Prosser in 1893. -
John James Altman, first Postmaster of Vox, SC
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) -
John James and Drucilla Altman
John James Altman and his second wife, Drucilla Thompson -
John Morgan Hanna
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 -
-
-
Johnson Memorial Hospital
Johnson Memorial Hospital was located in Hemingway, SC.and opened in April of 1940. it was owned and operated by chief surgeon Dr. Allen Huggins Johnson, who also owned the Pee Dee Telephone Company.
The vacant building was listed for sale in 1981. A notorious last note in the history of the building occurred when Patches Kalb was arrested in 1983 for impersonating a doctor and running an illegal clinic out of the old hospital building.
The building was torn down to make way for a new Food Lion grocery store which opened its doors on May 4, 1986. -
Johnson Memorial Hospital
Dr. Allen Huggins Johnson, founder