https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/ca96c2ae7eac1b5fde23e1e0fc6781e1.pdf 9a26a44c8d30bbc654f7ff4505404d9c PDF Text Text - - ------- ----- Hu1nan Heritage ect ers ( I J • evo utionar tJllGed frNY 1 rage ! C-- .,arsons, Austin Stone, oi TiJtlrnOnS. Johldescendants of these men 'J'tl; large part responsbile for ter t Revolutionary War Hero Hugh Hanna was a Revolutionary -War Hero who fought with Marion's Brigade. He was a native of the Prospect-Vox community. Ab?ve is t~e grave of Hanna in small well-kept grave yard located off the highway 1n the Vox community. Hanna's dates read 1759-1842. Q ditor's Note: This is the seve11th a series of articles by Mrs. addy dealing with th e histor y and rita ge of some of th~ early milies of the Hem1ngwayhnsonville area . This particula r ece is the fir st of a two-pa r t ticle about the Prospec t mmunity which dates back to e-Revolutionary times.) ll By E. Y. EADDY Sugges ting hope--something d and permanent to come--what pleasan t name is Prospec t ! Just when this name was first plied to the sprawling lowland tween Lynches Creek and ynches Lake is unknown; wever , it was in use by 1835 when rospect Methodist Church was anized and built_ The deed to e land employes the qualifying New ' ' to Prospect, so it is possible at an earlier organization of that ame was in existence. · To the handful of immigrants ho had made that area their ome before the American evolution Prospect must have resented ~ broad view of richness d productivity that was aptivating. . . The swamps of v1rg1n cypress nd awesome stands of_ pine trees upplied longs for the first _ho~es, ber for household furrushings, d nurtured the abundai:it game at fed the people while they leared their land and secured eir homesteads. Royal land grants--small at first--were cherished. Yellowed by time and brittle with age but still clearly legible, many of these grants still remain , stored away in camelback trunks with other keepsakes of the past . A number of des cendents of these original set tlers still own and live on these 01·iginal grants. They were King's grants, awarded during the interim between the Lords Propritors' returning the colony to the King and the outbreak of the Revolution. They were defined in terms of their location , •·Georgetown District. . . Prince Frederick's Parish ...the waters of Lynches Creek .. .surrounded by vacant land." The grants were made on a headright basis--so much for each family member and sl~ve, a~ the amounts varied from time to time_ After the Revolution , when the State of South Carolina undertook steeling the backcountry, the amount of the grants was increased and they were paid for , except in the case of Bount~ Grants awarded for military service. Records which include the 1790 Census of South Carolina, show the following heads of families in the vaguely defined area we know as Prospect; John Brown, James Barr, William. Carter, James Snow Jr., James Eaddy, Sr., Jame's Eaddy, Jr., Ezekiel Gaskin, William Hannah, Hugh Hannah, James Hannah, William Johnson, Joseph Jolly, Archibald Jolly, Contfuued to Page 3 development of 1~ille and played a leading 0 ~ the development of iJl iJlgwaY· efll their own time, existence ln emitive, sheer survival a .,., ~e lot of woman was almost ~t. rnatic death sentence. ,o a;:e average woman mar1·ied among her very limited male ~oin intances at age 15, bore a ,c~~llevery 12 to 15 months, and CJii1 at about age 30. diedThe cemeteries spaced at two ee miles distance from each It thrare mute evidence not only to 'otb~rieflife of women , but the fate theheir children, fewer than l}alf of of I leved to reach maturity. The w~J:Wer solved his housekeeping WI · child care problem by and.... ptly marrying again, often "f , . t Pro•·· . _deceased w1 e s s is er. 5 hi Childbirth and. its_ mplications were the first great coourge, followed b~ epidemics_ of :easies, diphtheria , whooping ough and influenza . c Accidents also took a heavy toll especially those related to fire, x~ and gun. Almost every family ~d,its horror story of a child who had fallen into the open hearth or the fire at the washpot. The earliest cemeteries were no more than convenient plots on the homestead . Many of these, in which the graves are marked only with stakes or wooden slabs with a few carved words have been lost-plowed over in fields , or grown up in swamp and wood . Fishermen and hunters sometimes stumble over them. Several family cemeteries without church connections still are used and kept up and reveal in their epitaphs the early con11ec tions of the families of the men mentioned above. · Hanna Family Cemetery is the earliest of these . Its ground appears to have been broken first for the body of Hugh Hanna (or Hannah), born in 1759 in Ireland and dying 83 years later at Prospect . . An old' family cemetery is also located at Brown Town, and another at the edge of the Vox community called Eaddy-Ford for the grandson of the above named James Eaddy, Jr., and the site of a ford that must be crossed to traverse the width of the swamp. p Of the original settlers of l'ospect, and their sons, the following are known to have fought With General Francis Maron's &trny or elsewhere in the American Revolution: John Brown, James Eaddy, Sr,, James ~ddy, Jr., Samuel Eaddy, Daniel "'lYddy, William Hannah, Hugh liannah, James Hann~h. Wiiliam arsons, Austin Stone, and John rnons. Hugh Hanna married ·first tab Burrows, born about 1764, e daughter of John Burrows and Sarah Scott; second wife •mknown and third, Elizabeth Barr German descent. Unlike most of the P1 ospect settlers, ' Hugh Hanna was an active Presbyterian and an elder of Indiantown Presbyterian Church. He could wel~ h~ve been among the first of Marion s men, when that enigmatic little ''Fox'' accepted his first command at nearby Pee Dee River. According to his obituary, his memories of Marion's exploits were long a.n d detailed. William Hannah, also one of ''Marion's meri ," was born in Ireland. His wife's name is not known . His children were James, born 1763, Henry, born 1773; and Agnes Letitia, born about 1778. These three children may have had early Presbyterian indoctrination as all married Knoxes, whose work within the Presbyterian denomination is well known . Henry married Elizabeth Knox, born 1776. They moved to the Mississippi Territory where Henry Hannah was a member of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention of 1817 and of the Mississippi Legislature for 13 years. James Hannah married Martha Knox , born 1776. Agnes Letitia Hannah married John Knox , son of Samuel Knox . John Timmons, born 1740 and also of Marion 's Army , was a neighbor of the Hannahs. He married Mary Simmons. Their son William married Lydia Morgan of the Welsh Neck Baptist group of immigrants. The two sons of William Timmons and Lydia Morgan were John Morgan Timmons who founded the town of Timmonsville and married Elizabeth McCollough Myers; and William James Timmons, born 1802 , who married Elizabeth Eaddy, a granddaughter of James Eaddy, Jr. Austin Stone, born 1748 and died 1818, served with General Marion and furnished supplies. He was a large land owner and was among the Commissioners appointed March 27, 1786, for opening the navigation of Lynches and Black Creek. It appears that Austin, Stone was early instrumental .-in the spread of Methodism in the Prospect area, as the circuit riders, who were frequently replused elsewhere, found a welcome at his home . The Eaddy family engaged actively in the Revolution, with James Eaddy, Sr., serving as a suttler (supply officer>for General Nathaniel Greene's Army, and James, Jr., Samuel and Daniel supplying Marion and fighting in the army. No doubt there was much suffering in the area during the years of the American Revolution. But 1835, however, the survivors of that was had recovered sufficiently to organize and build a church, the second Methodist Church to stand in the area. To be continued. • t I I I I •l ' ' I ' I I II - � 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer 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 Prospect Settlers WO 2-26-76 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer