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THE RICHARDSON FAMILY

    My father was William Buford Richardson, son of John Smythe Richardson.
Their ancestral home was Bloomhill, Sumter county, South Carolina.

    My grandfather, John Smythe Richardson, graduated at Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, in 1827. A few days after graduating, he married
Sophia Hyatt, of Providence. They returned to his home near Sumter, S. C. He
practiced law and also engaged in agriculture. William Buford Williamson was his
third son. He was born in 1835. After graduating at the Charleston Medical
College in 1860, he married Miss Sarah Dargan, of Sumter, S. C. They came to
Georgia and settled in Scottsboro, Baldwin county, Georgia. He loved his
profession and was successful in its practice.

    He enlisted in the 44th Georgia regiment, Confederate Army, and served as
surgeon. After his discharge from the army, he resumed his practice at Scottsboro.

    James Milton Richardson married Miss Palatia Steward, of Americus. They have
one child and live in Macon, Georgia. He is a teacher at the Lanier High School.

    As soon as he was discharged from the army, he returned to his home at
Scottsboro, resuming his practice which soon became large and lucrative.

    Dr. Richardson died of pneumonia at his home in Scottsboro, Georgia, April
20, 1869 in his thirty-fourth year. His widow survived until May 3, 1896. They
lie buried, side by side, in the Milledgeville cemetery. Their children are as
follows: Emily Sophia Richardson, William Buford Richardson, Sallie Dargan
Richardson, Charles Hyatt Richardson, and James Milton Richardson.

    1. Emily Sophia Richardson is the first child of Dr. William Buford
Richardson and wife, Sarah Dargan Richardson. She was born March 14, 1861, and
has lived at Scottsboro practically all her life.

    2. William Buford Richardson married Adella Barnes, daughter of Augustus and
Martha Butts Barnes. This son of Dr. Wm. Buford Richardson was born April 13,
1863. His comfortable home is in Baldwin County, and he is a most successful
farmer. They have reared a large family of children as follows: The two first,
Mattie Richardson and Pauline Richardson, died in infancy; Bessie Richardson;
Clara Dargan Richardson; Sarah Richardson; Charles Hyatt Richardson; Hattie B.
Richardson; William Buford Richardson; Adella Richardson; Emily Sophia
Richardson. Three of these are married:

    a. Clara, fourth child of William Buford and wife, Adella Barnes Richardson,
married George Wiggins Hollinshed, of Baldwin County, in 1913. They live in
Baldwin county and have five children, as follows:    Clara Hollinshed, Ruth
Hollinshed, Mary Hollinshed, Frances Hollinshed, and Elizabeth Hollinshed.

    b. Sarah, fifth daughter of William Buford and Adella Richardson, married J.
H. Lawrence of Putnam County. He is a Baptist preacher and teacher. They lived
in Baldwin County several years, but at present
live in Wilkinson County. Their children are as follows: William Buford
Lawrence; James Leslie Lawrence; Sarah Lawrence, and Frank Lawrence.

    c. Adella, seventh child of William Buford and Adella Richardson, married
Cline Pennington in 1922, and their home is in Wilkerson County. The others all
live in Baldwin County.

    3. Sallie Dargan Richardson, third child of William Buford and Sarah Dargan
Richardson, married Jas. Reynolds Norment, son of Philip R. and wife, Julia
Blair (Wingfield) Norment, of Studly, Hanover County, Virginia. They are living
at Scottsboro, Georgia. They have no children.

    4. Charles Hyatt Richardson married Maud Jackson, of Wilkinson County, Ga.,
and their home is in that county. He also is a successful farmer. They have
children as follows: Royce Richardson, William Buford Richardson, Jessie
Richardson, and Sarah Richardson.

    a. William Buford, second son of Charles Hyatt and Maud Jackson Richardson,
married Anne Elizabeth Youngblood, of Wilkinson County, Georgia. They live at
Ivey, Georgia.

    5. Jas. Milton Richardson, fifth child of Dr. William Buford Richardson and
wife, Sarah Dargan Richardson, married Pallatia Stewart, daughter of Joe Day and
wife, Emma (Hand) Stewart, of Americus, Georgia. He teaches in Lanier High
School and they live at Rivoli, Macon, Georgia.   They have one child; James
Milton Richardson, Jr.

    The Richardsons are of English descent. Sea Captain, Edward Richardson,
seventh son of Sir John Richardson, was born in England. He spent most of his
life upon the seas, visiting many countries, none more often than the British
colonies of America. About 1730, he married Elizabeth Poinsett, of Virginia. He
settled his family in the Eastern part of Virginia. One of his sons, William
Richardson, when quite a young man, went to Charleston, South Carolina, to seek
his fortune. Unaided by family, depending entirely upon his own resources, he
established himself in the mercantile business, in which he prospered, and by
wise investments accumulated a large fortune. He married Ann Magdelen Guignard,
October 13, 1768, in Charleston, S. C. The marriage is recorded in St. Philip's
church register. She belonged to a distinguished French family.

    Shortly after his marriage, William purchased pew number 40 in St. Mieheal’s
church for three hundred and fifteen pounds sterling. For some years William
Richardson continued to reside in Charleston, then he moved with his family to
his plantation "Bloomhill" on the Wateree river, in what is now Sumter County, S.
C.

    The Bloomhill plantation was a very large tract of land—eight thousand
acres—and was divided into settlements, each settlement bearing its own name.
The first principal settlement previous to the Revolutionary War was Bel-Air,
which was the home of the family before and during the war. No pains nor expense
were spared in making this home beautiful and attractive, and Bel-Air soon
became a joy to its inmates and the admiration of the many who were partakers of
the generous hospitality which was extended from the halls of this mansion.

    Captain William Richardson drew around him the leading men of his day. He
was the friend and confident of General Francis Marion, also of Gov. John
Rutledge, who, with their families, were often guests at Bel-Air. Gen. Green was
also his friend.

    Captain William Richardson was captured at the fall of Charleston in 1780,
and paroled to his plantation. He was exchanged in May, 1781. When exchanged, he
was appointed Commissary General by Gov. Rutledge. It has always been a mystery
where Capt. Richardson stored the army supplies. The British made raids, but
there is no account of any capture of army supplies.

    As time passed on it became apparent that Bel-Air was too near the swamp for
health; so in 1784 or 1885, Capt. Richardson selected a beautiful site on his
grounds one mile East of the burial ground and was having a large handsome
mansion erected when he died. His widow completed it, but changed the plan of
the house, making it like unto her grandfather's home in France. This was known
as the "Bloomhill" residence.

    Capt. William Richardsen died of fever at Bel-Air, Feb. 17, 1786, aged 42
years. His widow survived him twenty-five years. They are buried in Bloomhill
burial ground.

    John Smythe Richardson, son of Capt William Richardson, was born April
eleventh, 1777. He was educated in Charleston, S. C., studied law, and was
admitted to the Bar in 1799. He married Miss Elisabeth L. Contusier, in 1802. He
practiced law in Charleston for several years; then with his family he moved to
Statesburg, in the Sumter District, S. C. He rose in his profession and filled
several important offices at different times. He died the senior presiding Judge
of the State, May 8, 1850, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. He had come in
possession of Bloomhill in 1818, and at that time moved there from Statesburg,
and Bloomhill continued to be his home as long as he lived and there he was
buried. His widow died in 1859, and was laid to rest by his side.

    John Smythe Richardson was the second child of Judge John Smythe Richardson,
and was born in 1805. He was educated at South Carolina College, Columbia, and
at Brown University, Providence, R. I., graduating from the last named
institution in 1827. In the same year he married Sophia Hyatt, daughter of
Sea-Captain Charles Hyatt, of Providence, R. I. His home was near Sumter, S. C.
He practiced law and also by employing agents engaged in agriculture of which he
was very fond.

    His wife, who was always delicate, died March 14, 1840. She was the mother
of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Col. John Smythe Richardson
married the second time Adrianna L. C. McDonald, of Sumter, S. C. There were no
children of this marriage. About 1843, Col Richardson became a minister in the
M. E. Church, South, but never joined the itineracy and he never preached for pay.

    After the close of the Civil War, he and his wife moved to Georgia. He had
two sons: Dr. Charles Hyatt Richardson and Dr. William Buford Richardson living
in Georgia. He died in 1871, in his 66th year. His remains were taken back to
Sumter, S. C. and laid to rest in the Sumter Cemetery.



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Part V

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA

BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED

ANDERSON. S. C.
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