https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/efdbc34d723408aa7a0e6e12d71571f4.pdf b4fd1a2cd03313bffa4f5a82d975bdf5 PDF Text Text ~.,, ........ __ ....... - ...".,, -• Human Heritage • • za By CAPT. WM. B. CHANDLER, USAF ·d Edward · Wilson rn on March 27, 1819, Wilson Plantation hat is now Henry, S. came from an infamily, one of children of the le Col. David D. ' and his first wife, Wilson. Both of g Wilson's grands, David and John n, had served under ncis Marion in the olution and his father, • D. D. Wilson had · y made his mark on burg society. I. Wilson was a ruling at Indiatown Church those days when the ce carried considerable rity in both religious civil matters. He was leader of the staunch byterians who viewed ing as one of the great evils of the day gh he did enjoy ys.'' Col. Wilson was influential in politics represented ·amsburg in the state of Representatives in the state Senate. He a colonel in the state tia and a pa tron of ation and still had to play an active role the Temperance ety activities. All in all, he was a kind and at- tentive father and encouraged his children in their education. Probably largely through his father's efforts, ''Ned'', as David Edward Wilson was called throughout his life, developed ''studious and sober habits.'' His parents taught him at home and also made certain that their children ''enjoyed the mentally stimulating sermons delivered at the church at Indiantown. Ned's formal education began under a Mr. McGuire who was hired by Col. Wilson and Samuel McGill to teach in the old Col. David Gorden r~idence near Indiantow11. By 1829, Ned was attending school in the Indiantown Session House where Mr. Durand grained some notoriety as an instructor of the ''most straightest sect.'' Dr. McGill in his Reminiscences describes this school most vividly. There was only one window which served to anchor one end of the long pine board which served as a writing table. The boys and girls sat on opposite sides on hard, high benches. They would swing their legs - • orza • • . ''thus giving circulation to our almost senseless limbs, caused by long sitting in one place.~' The boys soon learned that no ''interview'' with the girls was admissa ble. Yet, Dr. McGill comments that when their eyes met ''their affectionate meeting did · mollify, in some measure, the hard fate of all.'' They used goose quills and dipped homemade ink from broken wine glasses. There were long hours of monotonous copy work. In 1832, Ned attended the new Indiantown Academy noted as an institution where ''all the branches of an English education together with a knowledge of the Latin and Greek language'' were carefully taught. After an appropriate period of study, Col. Wilson sent Ned, accompanied by his life-lpng friend Sam McGill, to Bethany Academy in Iredell County, N.C., '' a thrifty Presbyterian neighborhood.'' The 200-mile journey took the companions seven days. The new environment was not exactly comfortable. McGill comments that their studies ''could only be made in the house around the hearth in a heated and stifled room, by the light of tallow candles, snibbed by • · our moistened fingers with our sp1•tt1e.... '' • INDIANTOWN'S DR. WILSON In 1836, Ned was a student at Mount Zion College, a renowned preparatory school in Winnsboro, S. C. he~ded by J. W. Hudson. After the completion of his studies at Mount Zion, Ned actively began the study of medicine and entered the South Carolina Medical College in 1839. In 1841, Dr. Wilson graduated 19th in a class of 51. His diploma in its original metal case is in the possession of a descendant and namesake, Ned Wilson of Indiantown. Dr. Wilson's gr-aduating class included Dr. Samuel D. McGill and Dr. Samuel J. Singletary both also of Williamsburg. So it was that three new doctors moved into northern Williamsburg in one year. Dr. McGill summarized the situation this way: ''For the distribution of their services and their proximity to each other the following plan of division of territory, after some discussion and a little dissatisfaction, was ultimately agreed upon. Dr. Wilson's preference for the Indiantown practice was freely accorded to him, for who of us at that time would interfere with Ned Wilson's option; Dr. •• is Singletary selected Muddy Creek, while Dr. McGill was given the Black Mingo field .... '' Ned Wilson went into partnership with old Dr. James Bradley of Kingstree and opened an office at Col. William Cooper's near Indiantown. He was .qUickly doing a good business. And Dr. McGill, though he may have envied Wilson's location, admitted that (Wilson) ''by his urbanity and unstudied address ever in the even tenor of his ways, he was soon deeply ingratiated in the hearts of all the people, and they were proud of his professional skill. Of modest ways, no i>resumptuous caste of mind and of no distinctive feature recognized by him between the high and the low, the rich and the poor, he was the idol of all his acquaintances.'' Surely, this was the most beautiful compliment that could be paid to a doctor of that day or any day. Dr. Wilson's career was henderecl in 1842 when he developed a severe case of measles. As a result of this disease, even though attended by his friend Dr. McGill, Dr. Wilson's eyes -1 Continued to Page 12 � 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 A Memorial To Indiantown's Dr. David Elbert Wilson, 9-30-1976 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 9-30-1976 News Newspaper Weekly Observer