Abbeville County ScArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JANUARY 1848 1848 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net September 1, 2007, 4:57 pm The Abbeville Banner 1848 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ABBEVILLE BANNER", Abbeville, South Carolina for JANUARY 1848 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, JANUARY 5, 1848 MARRIAGES Married on Thursday the 23rd ult. by Rev. A. Acker, Mr. John M. COX of Anderson district to Miss Elizabeth P., daughter of Ezekial RASOR of this District. Married on the evening of the 23rd ult. by the Rev. E.E. Pressly, Rev. A. Elmore ELLIS, son of John E. Ellis, to Miss M. Ann, daughter of John L. ELLIS of this District. Married on Thursday the 2nd ult. by the Rev. T.L. McBryde, Dr. Wm. H. ELLINGTON of Mississippi to Miss Sarah, daughter of John SPEER of this District. Married in this District on the 22nd ult. by the Rev. W.R. Hemphill, Dr. A.T. WIDEMAN to Miss R.A. PATTON, all of this District. ---------- $25. REWARD Ran away from the subscriber during the Christmas holidays, a Negro Boy named Daniel. He is about five feet ten or twelve inches high, yellow complexion, is a good musician on the violin or fife. It is my opinion that the said boy has been induced to leave me by some white person as he came from North Carolina. The above reward will be given to any person for the apprehension of said boy and his delivery to me or to some Jail where I can get him. Alex. GORDON, Jan. 3, 1848 ---------- LARGE SALE There will be sold on the 18th instant and days following, at his late residence, all the personal property of Leonard WIDEMAN, deceased, viz: 109 likely Negroes Large quantity of Corn, Pork, Fodder, Oats, Wheat Cotton baled, gins, horse mill, thresher Horses, Oxen 3 road wagons, four carts, carriage, buggy Cows, Hogs, Sheep Household and Kitchen furniture There will also be rented at the same time all the lands of the deceased; Home Tract, Perrin Tract, Pressly Tract, Hard Labor Tract, Cobb Tract, McCain Tract, Mill tract, Piney Woods Tract, Trickum Tract. J.H. WIDEMAN, Administrator Jan. 5, 1848 ---------- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary David McCAW, applicant, vs. John BEATY and others It appearing that Matilda, Mary and Isabella BEATY (husband's names unknown), John BEATY and Thomas BEATY, defendants in this case, reside without this State; it is therefore ordered that they do appear and object to the division or sale of the Real Estate of Jos. KOLB, deceased, or or before the first Monday in April next, or their consent to the same will be entered on record. David Lesly, Ordinary, Jan. 5, 1848 ---------- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary CITATION Whereas, B. JORDAN has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of John WHITE, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at Abbeville courthouse on the third Monday in January to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 3rd day of January 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ---------- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE I do hereby notify those having demands against the estate of Archibald ARNOLD, deceased, to appear at the Abbeville courthouse on Tuesday the first day of February next, as that is the day on which the estate will be finally closed in the Ordinary's office. Those having demands not already presented will present them previous to that time either to me or to the Ordinary. Those indebted either by accounts or notes will please come forward and settle, as indulgence no longer can or will be given. James A. ARNOLD, Administrator, Jan. 5, 1848 ---------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, JANUARY 12, 1848 THE GALLANT DEAD The remains of Col. BUTLER and Lieut. Col. DICKINSON arrived on the steamer New Orleans and have been carried on to Columbia, also those of Sergt. MATISON of the Abbeville Company but we have not ascertained as yet what disposition has been made of them. They were not in Hamburg when the remains of Lt. J.B. MORAGNE were removed. ------- LIEUT. JNO. B. MORAGNE The remains of this gallant young officer were received in this place on Monday last. The citizens being informed that the body was some little distance from the village, immediately collected in front of the Court House and formed a procession which moved in solemn order, preceeded by the hearse some mile below the village where it met the remains. They were then removed from the wagon to the hearse and the procession returned with them to the village. At 7 o'clock in the evening, a large meeting was held at Mrs. Allen's where the remains were deposited, to consider the most suitable manner of honoring the dead. A Committee was appointed to wait upon the family and inform them of the fact and to confer with them as to the time and place of his burial. The Rev. D. McNeil Turner being called upon by the Chairman of the meeting, Mr. Perrin made some very feeling and appropriate remarks upon the occasion. It was with no ordinary feelings that we gazed upon the coffin containing the mortal remains of his noble young officer; when more than twelve months ago, he left this place with the most flattering prospects before him; little did he or his friends expect that his return to this country would be under such melancholy circumstances. His life has been offered upon the altar of his country. In the battles of Coutreras and at the storming of Chapultepec and the Garita, he was distinguished for his coolness and bravery, and nobly fell at his post. Let us now give him a "green grave in the land of his fathers" and ever cherish his memory in our hearts. ------------ FUNERAL OF LT. J.B. MORAGNE The remains of Lieut. J.B. MORAGNE will be interred at Willington church on Thursday the 20th inst. A funeral discourse will be delivered by the Rev. D. McNeil Turner at 12 o'clock, immediately after which the burial will take place with suitable Military Honors. The day previous, the remains will be conveyed from the village to Mt. Carmal, attended by the Abbeville Light Infantry. At 10 o'clock, Thursday the 20th, the funeral procession will be formed at Mount Carmal under command of Col. Tolman. The Abbeville Light Infantry and the Artillery will be in attendance and act as escort. The two companies of Cavalry attached to the Regiment are invited to join the procession and attend the funeral, as also the Militia, the Military and the citizens generally. J.F. LIVINGSTON B.Y. MARTIN J.H. WILSON ----------- CORRESPONDENCE TO THE BANNER National Palace, Mexico October 28, 1847 Mr. Editor, As an opportunity now offers of sending letters to the States, I feel it is my duty, although painful as it is, to communicate through your paper to those of our friends who have always taken a deep interest in the fate of the Abbeville Volunteers, the deaths of those young spirits who so nobly and gallantly came forward last December and tendered their services to their country. An All-Wise God destined that large majority of those who have died, should not fall on the bloody battle fields, but under the malignant diseases of the country. Would that the bitter cup of dying in a foreign land, without even the consolation of seeing those who could have soothed their suffering in the last hour, could have been removed; but they yielded up their lives a willing sacrifice upon the altar of their country, thereby erecting for themselves a monument more lasting than that made by human hands. Others have fallen upon the bloody yet victorious battle fields of Chapultepec and the Garita Belen. In the charge upon Chapultepec and whilest driving the enemy from the Garita Belen, they were conspicuous for their coolness and gallantry under the heavey fire of grape and canister, and by their fall, their native District has been deprived of some of her best citizens, as well as the Abbeville Volunteers of some of our best officers and soldiers. Though they are dead, yet the name of MORAGNE, of MATTISON, of DEVLIN and PATRICK, will long be remembered by the citizens of their native district. Some have been discharged in counsequence of disease incurred in the service, yet I am proud to say that their services have been rendered in a foreign service under severe afflictions, with such promptitude and devotion that can only be equalled by Carolinians. It affords me much pleasure to say that the rank and file, under my command, behaved during the storming of Chapultepec and the driving of the enemy from the Garita Belen, with great coolness and evinced a determination under the heavy fire of grape and canister which fell in our midst like hail, to conquer or die in the attempt. Although many have fallen and many more severely wounded, yet the few that are still left under my command deserve much of their country in common with the Regiment, and I take pleasure in recommending them individually to the favorable consideration of the citizens of their native District for the efficient service rendered in the battles before the city of Mexico. Lieut. SELLECK who has been acting as Lieut. of the Ordnance, came out and took his post and behaved with great coolness and gallantry during the storming of Chapultepec and the driving the enemy from the Garita Belen. Lieut. STEWART, though he is no more, yet true to the reputation he had acquired for himself while acting as Orderly, was at his post during the battle of Contreras and rendered me great assistance during the engagement. The following are the Rank and File who behaved with great credit to themselves during the storming of Chapultepec and the advance upon the Garita Belen: Sergt. HIGGINS Sergt. BEALL Corpl. SAXTON Corpl. LOMAX Corpl. ROGERS Corpl. DONALD Privt. ANDERSON, J.N. Privt. ARNOLD, W.C. Privt. ARNOLD, J.W. Privt. BEAUFORD Privt. CALDWELL Privt. CALVERT Privt. DAVIS, Jas. Privt. DONALD Privt. HILBURN Privt. JAMES Privt. JUNKIN, J.T. Privt. KAY Privt. McKEOWN Privt. MATTISON, G.P. Privt. NORWOOD, J.A. Privt. POSEY Privt. THOMPSON Privt. WATSON, R. Privt. WALLACE Privt. WILSON, T.W. Privt. WRIGHT Privt. PATRICK The following were in the battle of Contreras, but in consequence of sickness and other causes were prevented from taking part in the battles of the 13th: Lieut. STEWART Privt. DOUGLASS Privt. JOHNSON, B.F. Privt. McILWAIN Privt. WHITE, N.T. Privt. WATSON, E. Privt. WILSON, Dr. J. Privt. PERRIN The following are those left behind sick in Vera Cruz and Puebla: Sergt. ANDERSON, J.S. at Vera Cruz Privt. ANDERSON, R.H., at Puebla Privt. BOTTS, J.R., at Puebla Privt. BICKERTON, J.G,. at Puebla Privt. CHEATHAM, Jackson, at Puebla Privt. FOOSHEE, William, at Puebla Privt. McCORD, Nimrod, at Puebla Privt. McKEE, J.A., at Puebla Privt. PULLIAM, B.S., at Puebla Privt. SIMMONS, T.P., at Puebla Privt. WILKINSON, John, at Puebla Privt. WHITE, J.M., at Puebla Privt. WILSON, E.B., at Puebla List of Casualties that have occurred in Company E, Palmetto Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, from the date of its being mustered into service to the present time: KILLED IN ACTION Lieut. John B. MORAGNE, 13th Sept., Garita de Belen Serg't. B.F. MATTISON, 13th Sept., Chapultepec Privt. Wm. B. DEVLIN, 13th Sept., Garita de Belen Privt. John PATRICK, 13th Sept., Chapultepec DEATHS Privt. J.H. HALL, 2nd March, Isle of Lobos, Dysentary Privt. O.H.P. GIBERT, 29th of March, Vera Cruz, Diarrhea Privt. Isaac STARKEY, 30th of March, Dropsy Privt. J. C. PRINCE, 26th April, Diarrhea Privt. J.W. HUFFMAN, 1st May, Encero Privt. Eli NORRELL, 5th May, Vera Cruz, Dysentary Privt. E. STERLING, 7th May, Diarrhea Privt. Samuel ALEXANDER, 9th May, Dysentary Privt. S.D. GILLESPIE, 12th May, Jalapa, Dysentary Privt. J.L. WATSON, 21st May, Vera Cruz, Diarrhea Privt. Green HARRIS, 24th May, Jalapa, Dropsy Privt. J.D. HILL, 28th May, Jalapa, Diarrhea Privt. William DRINKARD, 31st May, Typhoid Fever Privt. J.H. GRAYHAM, 8th June, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. Wm. P. BOTTS, 26th June, Perote, Diarrhea Privt. Thos. P. LACKEY, 2nd July, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. Jesse M. NORWOOD, 4th July, Perote, Dysentary Privt. William THOMAS, 8th July, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. R. BARKSDALE, 9th July, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. A.G. MORROW, 10th July, Perote, Dysentary Privt. G. McELDEN, 18th July, Puebla, Dysentary Privt. J.S. LAMB, 28th July, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. Robt. R. HOUSTON, 28th July, Puebla, Diarrhea Privt. Jas. C. DAVIS, 30th July, Puebla, Dysentary 2nd Lieut. B.W. STEWART, 28th Sept., City of Mexico, Dysentary Privt. Edward WATSON, 22nd Oct., City of Mexico, Dysentary DISCHARGED Privt. Jas. M. NORREL, 27th January, Mobile, Disability Privt. W.E. MIDDLETON, 10th April, Vera Cruz, Pulmonary Affliction Privt. W.E. WATSON, 19th April, Vera Cruz, Fractured Tibias 1st Lieut. Jno. J. MARTIN, promoted to 12th Infantry Privt. Geo. A. GRIFFIN, 3rd June, Puebla, Disability Sergt. M.H. WILSON, 26th July, Puebla, Chronic Diarrhea Privt. Doyle RILEY, 27th Oct., City of Mexico, Disability Privt. John GRAY, 26th March, Hamburg, sick Privt. S.B. ELMORE, 26th March, Atlanta, Georgia, sick Privt. James MALONE, 26th March, Atlanta, Georgia, sick TRANSFERRED Privt. Samuel McGOWAN, 4th January 1847, Quartermaster. He was with Gen. Quitman in the storming of Chapultepec and at Garita de Belen as Volunteer Aid. In making this report for the satisfaction of our friends, I cannot pass by in silence the gallant services of the officers and rank and file of other companies composing the Palmetto Regiment. They, one and all, if I am allowed to judge, to use the language of Gen. Quitman, "have crowned themselves with immortal glory." Yours truly, J. Foster MARSHALL -------------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, Wm. A. ROBERTSON has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Cuthburt PRICE, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on the 25th of January to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 10th of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, Leroy J. JOHNSON has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Jas. DIXON, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on Friday the 21st inst., to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 7th of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, John SADLER has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of James DYSON, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on Friday the 25st inst., to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 10th of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, Lewis J. WILSON has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Edward B. WILSON, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on Friday the 25st inst., to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 11th of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, B. JORDAN has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of John WHITE, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on the third Monday in January, to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 3rd of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- ABBEVILLE SHERIFF'S SALE for February By virtue of sundry Writs of Fieri Facias to me directed, I will sell at Abbeville Court House on the first Monday in February next, the following property, viz: 12 Negroes, viz: Jamimy, Isaac, Cresy, George, Mary, Mima, Adeline, Alexander, Sarah, Louiza, Henry, and Eli, levied on as the property of Thomas W. TALLMAN. 99 acres of land, bounded by T.R. PUCKET, J.W.H. JOHNSON and others, and one Negro Girl Lucinda, levied on as the property of Sarah CUNNINGHAM. ---------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, JANUARY 19, 1848 EXECUTED Three of the negroes condemned for the murder of Mr. Leonard WIDEMAN were executed on Friday last. The fourt is still in the jail at this place and we learn has been granted a new trial. One of the three executed, confessed to having murdered his former master, Mr. RAMSEY; that himself and two brothers killed him and placed him under the limb of a tree. Until his confession, it was the general opinion that Mr. RAMSEY was killed by the tree falling upon him and such was the verdict of the Jury of Inquest held over his body. ---------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, A.F. POSEY has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Robert H. HOUSTON, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on the 27th inst., to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 13rd of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- CITATION South Carolina, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, Addison F. POSEY has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Charles WILSON, deceased; this is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Ordinary at the Abbeville court house on the 27th inst., to show cause why said Administration should not be granted. This 13rd of Jan. 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ----------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, JANUARY 26, 1848 ANOTHER DEATH We regret to learn by a letter received here recently from Mexico, that another of the gallant spirits who left in the Abbeville Company has found a grave in Mexico, M.H. WILSON. He was a young man of noble principle and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. At Puebla he was discharged from disability but his health being somewhat restored before the Army left the Capitol, he determined not to leave his comrades in arms and followed them to the city, where he was again attacked with chronic diarrhea and died on the 13th ultimo. ----------- TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF M.H. WILSON At a meeting of the Abbeville Bar, held on the 24th instant, B.Y. Martin was called to the chair and W.A. Lee requested to act as Secretary. Mr. Perrin explained the object of the meeting. After alluding to the beautiful features which formed the character of the deceased, his high moral worth, his firm adherence to principle, the suavity and courtesy of his manners and his amiable deportment in every relation in life, he submitted the following preamble and resolutions which were unanimously adopted: Matthew Harvey WILSON, Esq. having died on the 13th of December last, in the City of Mexico, it becomes our sad privilege and duty to render some testimonial of regard for his worth, and in common with his many friends, to mourn his loss. He was a young man of rare endowments. His character was a beautiful whole, in which the high purpose and inflexible principles of the man were blended with the softness and simplicity of the child. The kindness of his heart and the generosity of his disposition endeared him to a large circle of friends, whilst his rare moral worth, and the manly independence of his character commanded their respect and esteem. Amiable and courteous in his intercourse with his fellow men, with clear perceptions of right and wrong, he was firm and unyielding in his principle. As a friend he was warm and true, as a soldier brave and chivalrous, and as a lawyer, though he had just entered his profession, his many amiable qualities combined with a clear perception and strong intellect, gave indications of future usefulness and distinction. Resolved, that we deeply deplore the loss of one so highly gifted as our deceased friend. Resolved, that we sympathize with the family of the deceased in their sad bereavement. Resolved, that it is a consolation to us to be assured that although our deceased friend died in a foreign land far from home and kindred, he was yet surrounded with all the comforts and consolations, which friends in that trying hour could render. Resolved, that the family of the deceased be furnished a copy of these proceedings. Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be published in The Banner. B.Y. Martin, Chairman W.A. Lee, Secretary ------------- MARRIAGES Married on the evening of the 18th inst., at the residence of David Wardlaw, by Dr. F. Branch, Mr. William ADAMS to Miss Agnes D. GREY. ---------- OBITUARY DIED, near Cambridge in this District on Tuesday morning the 11th instant, Mrs. L. MAYS, consort of Meedy MAYS Sr., leaving a devoted husband, nine children and many other relatives and friends to lament her death. The deceased was indeed pious and in her last hours expressed a willingness to depart and be with Christ; thus, while she has gone to join the countless millions of people of the mighty dead, her immortal spirit has been transferred from the kingdom of grace to the kingdom of glory. --------- EXECUTOR'S SALE Willb be sold on the 28th inst. at the house of Andrew MANTZ, one road wagon, a horse, 2 or 3 bales of cotton, some cattle, hogs and corn, the Estate of Mary STEIFLE, deceased. Also on same day, One Hundred Acres of Land adjoining lands of Jno. Adams and others, a part of the real estate of the said Mary STEIFLE, dec'd. David Lesly, Ordinary, Jan. 10, 1848 ---------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/abbeville/newspapers/newspape68nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/scfiles/ File size: 22.6 Kb