https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/f4935e11c2c963404dac2105150b8f09.pdf fc4f7e7e013d4cdc2b25df92d0373594 PDF Text Text I • 1oneer 11ed froJll page 1 boUse • 1oneer • Olll s By E. Y. EADDY l • •• •• l I r l •, •, l r > > ) t e By the 1820's the population of lower Lynches River or Creek, as it was called , was growing rapidly . In his journal of 1823, William Bartell mentions the following family names : Altma n, Ard, Belin, Bartell, Brown , Burkette , .Coleman, Cox, Eaddy, Godda rd , Hanna, Harrell, Johnson, McDaniel , Parsons, Poston, Powell, P rosser, Singletary, Smith, Stone, and others , such as Knox , for instance, no longer familiar in the area . Westward migrations , separating families or removing entire families, were not infrequent. Most of the families named above were related by marriage. Visiting , quilting parties, log rollings, deer drives, house a nd barn raisings drew families together. ''Frolics' ' at which dancing and drinking were the main entertainment relieved the tedium a nd auster ity of pioneer life. By the early 1830's Methodism had become a n active influence - and both dancing and drinking were discouraged by community religious leaders . and condemned by the circuit riders who traveled through holding meetings, usually at Dottson Stone's. Bar tell mentions attending religious services at Muddy Creek, probably a t the Haselden plantation , and other meetings at Dottson Stone's. The rise of Methodism in the area has not been fully explored and needs further research. Indiantown Presbyterian Church held a few families . The Presbyterian Church at Aimwell closed its doors about 1822, but the cemetery continued in use. Bartell writes on Jan. 15, 1823, that he ''went to Pee Dee River to burial of Captain Daniel Stone at Aim well meeting house." The life style of the planters were oriented toward river, swamp and the forested land. The river were the arteries that permitted contact with the n1arket and port at Georgetown, Continued to Page 9 1 e t e e I) i 1 ) Ox Cart And Team: The cart as shown above witn a team .of oxen was the only mode of transportation except the river until the coming of the automobile in the late ,19th century. Before that time ther,e were very few rough roadways. s at Marion and . creek was the bounes Williamsburg and een ce county was til Floren , ~ . raised cattle in anter~ odically the cows . per1and branded. The . e~pdeer drives , shot zd cks squirrels, and ys, u , d the land of its e clear t trees , rol l'1ng aw ay the logs not .needed for gey planted rice , wh~at , toes peanuts, turnips , . n'e and cotton . In the area ,n was spun in . to ~ecotto di ven into cloth. 1n go ~. w:ted and . fro~ it the derived their main source Hogs ran wild in the swamps , but were penned and fattened before butchering . The men fished every day possible. The catches were cleaned and preserved in brine. Bartell, who had mar ried Senea, daughter of Austin and E lizabeth Stone , had r emarkable ingenuity and industriousness attributable perhaps to his German ancestry . He does all the things that other fa rmers do in order to survive. But he has other skills. He makes fiddles . Music was essentia l to existence. He r ep a irs clocks, watches , guns, and farm bells. He tailors coats for the m en a nd older boys. When summ oned, he goes to bleed sick relatives and neighbors , and when he falls ill of an ague , he doses himself with quantities of castor oil Doctors Come To Town cOntinued. from page 1 bis residency at -Medical Association , and the University of South South Carolina Obstetric and lie is a Fellow of the Bynecological Association . Dr. James B. Edwards, Ill, is College of Obstetrics ~ogy and a a graduate of Millsaps College of the American in Mississippi. He attended Obstetrics and medical school at Tulane ,Dr. Lumpkin is a University, served his inthe South Carolina ternship at the United States Association the Naval Hospital at San Diego, edical Association, California , and his residency at tic Obstrics and the United States Naval .Association, and Hospital, Oakland , California . ina Obstetric He is a Fellow of the American 'cal Association. College of Obstetrics and A. Sowell is a Gynecology, and a membe~ of 1be Citadel. He the South Carolina Medical school at the Association, the American If Maryland and Medical Association, and the Internship and South Carolina Obstetric and the Medical Gynecological Association. ·The doetors will be assisted South Carolina. of the American by nurses Carrie Elliott and J oye, both of Obstebics and Cathy deplomate of the Hemingway . As their local practice gro~s, of Obstetrics , and a member they plan to increase office Carolina Medical hours at their Hemingway and c a lomel . He tans leather and makes shoes. He does skilled metal work and makes canoes . He makes looms and weaves cloth . A r oad commissioner, he is responsible for keeping the Creek channel open , supervising t he r oad and b r idge building . He is fa ithful in visiting his m other and attending to her farm chores. In his journal he records the marria ges, births and dea ths of his community. He goes to weddings , makes coffins and a ttends "burials." Buria ls of young women and children are especially frequent . Just where and how Willia m Bartell received sufficient education to support his skills is not known . The legend that the populace of the back woods were in most part illiterate is not borne out by their records . Tutors were employed when families could • afford their services. Bartell Indiantown. Born about 1756 and mentions building a school in 1823. died' Aug. 30, 1834, he married This was possibly at Deep Creek . Barbara Smith, daughter of There was also a school a t Red Hill William Smith who died in 1810. in the neighborhood , of Johnson's Barbara Smith was born June 18, 1772, and died October, 1833. F erry. Their three known children A num ber of rural comm unities then without names were were William S. Hanna, born Jan, developing very early in the 7, 1807, and died between 1878-1880. ninet~enth century. Some-- Hugh Hanna, born March 17, 1809; Prospect, Brown Town, Leo, Vox-- and John B. Hanna, born Oct. 12, have been m entioned previously in 1813, and died July 8, 1895. this series. Another was Hannah. William S . Hanna married Now in Florence County , Hannah Nancy Ard , born 1801 and died Feb . was, until the creation of Florence 22, 1862. William Bartell says he County, in Ma rion. A study as yet attended their wedding on Feb. 24, . incom plete shows the name James 1825, at James Ard's so she was Hanner on Mouzon's Map of 1775, pr~~ably James Ard's daughter. approxima tely half was between William S. Hanna married a the junction of Lynches Lake and second time Teresa ( ''Thirsey'') Lynches Creek to the west and <Thomas ) Stone Gaskins, widow of Witherspoon (later Johnsonville ) Madison R. Gaskins. to the east . Richa r d Hanna was one A son of William S. Hanna , of 43 heads-of-families who in 1778 Irvin, born March 15, 1843, married signed a confession of F a ith and Eleanor Poston. The records inPetition for incor pora tion of the dicate that the Hannah (a variant Presbyterian Congrega tion of spelling of Hanna > community . ,I owes much of its origin and ' .' development to the Hanna and P oston families . R e erendu Continued from pag Red Hill School This ea rly one-room school pictured with a desk in front was located at Red Hill on the outskirts of J ohnsonville in the 1820's. The site of this building and the 'ole swimming hole' by tha t name is the present location of the Laurel Shores " Division. .. . The last form, referred to a~ fifth form '' is most like the for county government which Williams County now operates under. The c board of commissioners form d i from the other four forms in th · county is governed not so much li co~nty ·. commissioners as by legislative delegation and the legislat~re . T~e county legisl delegation appoints the various c commissions and must approv an~ual supply bill, which the · -leg1sla:utre · must pass. \!lie stitutionality of this forni is now tested in the courts, since many t the workings of this form. lnclu supply bill, constitute ••s lee:islat.inn'' ---------1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. 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