Abbeville County ScArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JULY & SEPT. 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 2, 2007, 7:44 pm The Abbeville Banner 1848 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ABBEVILLE BANNER", Abbeville, South Carolina for JULY 1848, and SEPTEMBER 1848 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, JULY 15, 1848 MARRIAGES Married on the 15th ultimo, by the Rev. John McLees, Dr. John H. LOGAN to Miss Eliza C., eldest daughter of Dr. E.R. CALHOUN, all of Greenwood in Abbeville district. ------- OBITUARY DIED, at his residence in this District on the first instant, Mr. Lydall WILLIAMS, for many years a ruling Elder in the Prebyterian church. ------- $10 REWARD Ranaway from the subscriber on the 25th of April last, my negro boy Armstead, a blacksmith, about 30 years old, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, very stout build, weighing about 160 pounds, purchased from Mr. BARMORE of Abbeville district, and has a wife at Elisha WILLIAMSON's in Laurens. The above reward will be given for the apprehension of said negro and delivery to the subscriber or his confinement in any Jail so I can get him. Joseph McCULLOUGH, July 15, 1848 -------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, J.C. WILLIAMS has applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of Lydell WILLIAMS, deceased. This is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear before the Court of Ordinary, at the Abbeville courthouse on the 26th of July to show cause, if any they can, why said Administration should not be granted. This 10th of July 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary ------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Common Pleas Van A. LAWHORN, who has been arrested and is now confined within the bounds of the Jail of Abbeville District by virtue of a suit of Elijah and W.R. WEBB, having filed his petition with a schedule on oath of his whole estate and effects with the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly, commonly called the Insolvent Debtors Act. Public notice is hereby given that the petition of the said Van A. LAWHORN will be heard in the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville District at Abbeville court house on the third Monday of October next. The creditors of said Van A. LAWHORN are required to appear then and there in the said Court to show cause, if any they have, why the benefit of the said Acts should not be granted. Thos. P. Spierin, C.C.P. July 15, 1848 ---------- TAKE NOTICE South Carolina, Abbeville District Whereas, the Last Will and Testament of Edward COLLIER, deceased, was admitted to Probate in common form in Ordinary court on the 25th of May last, and there being no proper or legal executors to the said Will and a Petition and Suggestion being presented and filed by Wm. E. COLLIER and others, legatees and next of kin, requesting the Ordinary to carry out the provisions of the said Will; an order was passed on said Petition granting the prayer thereof, and the estate is now in the custody of David Lesly, Ordinary of Abbeville District, for administration. All persons having demands against said estate will present their notes or other written evidences of indebtedness, and those having accounts against the state will have to prove them. All demands whatever must be presented without failure on or before the first day of December next. David Lesly, Ordinary, June 10, 1848 ---------- $20 REWARD Ranaway from the subscriber on the 29th ult., a negro boy named Isaac. Said boy is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, somewhat light complected, with several of his upper front teeth out; he has a hobbling walk in consequence of his toes being burned off his left foot when a child. He stated that he had a free pass, previous to his leaving; and is supposed to have stolen some $150. from Mr. KENNEDY before he left. He also stated he intended to leave for a Free State. Mr. Isaac Kennedy offers also $1. for every $10. found in his possession. The above reward will be given to the person who may confine him in some Jail so I can get him. Sam'l. JORDAN, Abbeville District, July 1, 1848. -------- LAND FOR SALE The subscriber is determined to move to the West and offers her land for sale, lying one mile and a half east of Cokesbury, bounded by Larkin GRIFFIN, Dr. Griffin and others. A bargain may be had in the purchase of this land. It lies two miles from the Rail Road line. For further particulars, apply to Jane HARDEN. July 8, 1848 --------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Common Pleas A.K. PATTON, who has been arrested and is now in custody of the Sheriff of Abbeville District by virtue of a suit of John WHITE, having filed his petition witha schedule on oath of his whole estate and effects with the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly, commonly called the Insolvent Debtors Act. Public notice is hereby given that the petition of the said A.K. PATTON will be heard in the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville District at Abbeville court house on the 16th day of October next. The creditors of said A.K. PATTON are required to appear then and there in the said Court to show cause, if any they have, why the benefit of the said Acts should not be granted. Thos. P. Spierin, C.C.P. May 27, 1848 ---------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Common Pleas Thomas W. TALLMAN, who has been arrested and is now in custody of the Sheriff of Abbeville District by virtue of a suit of John D. ADAMS, having filed his petition with a schedule on oath of his whole estate and effects with the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly, commonly called the Insolvent Debtors Act. Public notice is hereby given that the petition of the said Thomas W. TALLMAN will be heard in the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville District at Abbeville court house on the 3rd Monday of October next. The creditors of said Thomas W. TALLMAN are required to appear then and there in the said Court to show cause, if any they have, why the benefit of the said Acts should not be granted. Thos. P. Spierin, C.C.P. June 5, 1848 ---------- NOTE: No other newspaper were microfilmed for JULY 1848. Additionally, there were no newspapers microfilmed for AUGUST 1848. --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 2, 1848 FUNERAL OF M.H. WILSON The funeral ceremonies of Mathew H. WILSON who died in Mexico, took place at Upper Long Cane Church on the 22nd ult. and was attended by a large concourse of people, who came up with sad hearts to pay the last tribute of respect to the departed one. The procession was formed in the village about 10 o'clock, consisting of the Abbeville Light Infantry, of which the deceased was a member; and the brethren of Hiram and Clinton Lodges, the Rev. James Moore acting as Master of Ceremonies, next followed the citizens generally in carriages and on horseback. In this order they moved to the church where after prayer by the Rev. D.M. Turner, Lieut. Jas. M. PERRIN pronounced a chaste and beautiful eulogy upon the life and character of the deceased. Lieut. PERRIN was his intimate friend in Mexico, watched over him in his sickness and administered to his wants, and finally saw him breathe his last in the land of the stranger. The address was full of feeling and in every way worthy of him for whom it was pronounced. In order to show something of the character of the son, it was necessary to look back to the parents and we would find in the deceased a verification of the proverb, "train up a child in the way he should go and when he is older he will not depart from it." His father was born in the county of Antrim, in Ireland; his father was a Convenanter or Presbyterian. At the age of six years he emigrated with his father to this country and settled a farm on Calhoun's Creek, in this District, and died about the commencement of the Revolutionary struggle. At this death, he left two sons, James and Matthew WILSON, the father of the deceased. James being grown, took an active part in the Revolution. He belonged to that independent and patriotic band of partizans who, in the darkest hour of South Carolina's gloom, never desponded. Chased and hunted down by the Tories, who had laid waste our country and bathed it in blood, he and his companions were compelled to make their homes in the forest, returning to visit their families only by stealth. They, however, permitted no opportunity to pass without retaliating upon the foe, and when he least expected it, dashed like a thunder bolt upon him. It was in a rencounter like this that James WILSON and his comrades were overpowered and shamefully put to death. Mathew WILSON was at that time only 15 years old, too young to bear arms in his country's cause, but not too young to serve her. For a long time he was bearer of dispatches from one Whig post to another, a position of great difficulty and danger. After the close of the war he returned to the home of his mother, she having married Robt. BELL. Soon afterwards, he married Elizabeth CALDWELL, a daughter of Jas. CALDWELL, also an imigrant from Protestant Ireland, and settled on Cahoun's Creek and was amongst the first settlers of that portion in our District. He was a member of the Upper Lone Cane Church and one if its strongest pillars; was an elder under Rev. Mr. Wilson and during the pastorship of the lamented Dr. Barr. He had a family of 12 children, 6 sons and as many daughters, all of whom lived to be grown. He died in 1835 in the 67th year of his age. Matthew Hervey WILSON, the youngest of the family, was born on the 7th day of April 1812. He received a good English and classical education from his cousin Robert McMURTRY, when he returned to his father to assist him in the management of the farm. After the death of his father, he still remained with his mother, his brothers and sisters having settled and married....(page torn)........... to break up housekeeping and live with her daughter Mrs. Reid. The deceased then moved to Mississippi and followed the occupation of farming until 1845 when he returned to this district and commenced the study of Law with his brother, and shortly afterward was admitted to the Bar. When the State was called on for Volunteers for the Mexican War, he was among the first to enroll his name. He was attached to the Abbeville Volunteers and served as Sergeant until the Army reached Puebla, where his health failed him and he was honorably discharged. Unable to return home in consequence of communications being cut off, he followed on with the Army and died in the city of Mexico on the 13th of December 1847. At the close of the Eulogy, the procession was again formed and moved to the place of interment where he was buried with Masonic and Military Honors. ----------- OBITUARY DIED, on the 13th and 17th of August, William and Mary COVIN. The age of the former was 21 years, 1 month, 5 days, and the latter, 18 years, 7 months and 4 days. --------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, James STERLING has applied for Letters of Aministration on the estate of Ephraim STERLING, who died in the Mexican War and was attached to Co. E under Capt. Marshall of the Palmetto Regiment. 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 2nd Friday in September next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Administration should not be granted. This 30th of August 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary --------- SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District Court of Ordinary Whereas, Ephraim DAVIS has applied for Letters of Aministration on the estate of James C. DAVIS, deceased, who died in the Mexican War and was attached to Co. E under Capt. Marshall of the Palmetto Regiment. 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 2nd Friday in September next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Administration should not be granted. This 30th of August 1848. David Lesly, Ordinary --------- LANDS AND MILL FOR SALE As I wish to remove all my planting interests to Florida, I will sell my Plantation in Abbeville District, containing twelve hundred acres, 800 of which are cleared, good grain and cotton lands, with a comfortable dwelling house and out buildings; a good merchant Mill on the waters of Curltail Creek. This place is finely watered and healthy and in a good neighborhood, lying ten miles east of Abbeville courthouse, eight miles from Greenwood and six miles from the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road. Any person wishing to purchase, contact Jno. LIPSCOMB, Aug. 26, 1848 ---------- FARM FOR SALE The subscriber offers for sale his farm near Lebanon church containing about 100 acres. There is upon the premises a good dwelling house with out buildings, and a fine orchard and spring. The above tract of land will be sold at public auction on Sale Day in December next. For terms apply to John NASH. --------- NOTES: Sept. 2nd was the only newspaper microfilmed for Sept. 1848. There was NO newspaper issues microfilmed for OCTOBER, NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 1848. ------------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/abbeville/newspapers/newspape70nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/scfiles/ File size: 13.8 Kb