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Flynn at (visit above website) in HISTORY ........ : Kim Wilson at kimwilson@mail.utexas.edu in Nov-2004 IMAGES ......... : David S. Payne at otime1@yahoo.com in Nov 2004 RECORDING ...... : David S. Payne at otime1@yahoo.com in Nov 2004 ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ Take Highway 76 about 10 mile east out of Anderson. Turn right on Shirley's Store Road. Go 0.2 miles. Turn right onto Lakeside Drive. Go 0.6 miles. Turn left onto Carpenter Road. Go 1 mile. Turn right onto Pine Lake Golf Course. Go to club house. Cemetery is across the drive facing the club house, beside a white fence. Just to the left of Tee #1. Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Descendants of Peter Acker: --------------------------- ACKER, Peter, b. 1730, d. 1815, w. jane sutherland, b. 1752, d. 1830, lived in the broadway lake area, was a local magistrate, extended family lived in the shady grove/calhoun area. 1) ACKER, William, b. 1772, d. 1853, w. nancy clement b. 1774, d. 1845, at acker family cemetery 2) ACKER, Joseph, b. 1774, d. 1855, w. ruth alexander, b. 1783, d. 1871 3) ACKER, Peter Jr., b. 1776, d. 1820, at acker family cemetery, w. susannah halberd, b. 1780, d. 1868, at shady grove baptist 4) ACKER, Mary, b.1781, d. 1855, h. james grace d. 1820 5) ACKER, Nancy Clement, b. 1781, d. 1846, h. john allen mcdavid, b. 1774, d. 1838 6) ACKER, Alexander, b. 1782, at acker family cemetery, w. naomi bruton 7) ACKER, Elizabeth, b. 1785, h. james taylor 8) ACKER, Susan, b. 1789, d. 1862, at townville baptist, h. sanford vandiver, b. 1786, d. 1847, at beaverdam baptist, oconee county 9) ACKER, Amos, b. 1792, d. 1879, at williamston memorial w. ruth halberd b. 1800, d. 1881, at williamston memorial o----------o References: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=randallpowelltex http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2709114 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=clarkvinson http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=cebo o----------o TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY by Louise Ayer Vandiver 1928, page 137-139 CHAPTER XI. SOME OF THE FOREFATHERS. ONE of the earliest families in the country was that of Peter Acker. The founder of the family in America was William Acker, who came from Germany about 1750, having started with three sons, one of whom was lost overboard on the voyage. The two left were William, Jr., and Peter. They settled in New Jersey, not a great distance from Philadelphia. Of the elder, William, Jr., nothing is known by the southern branch; it is supposed that he lived, died and left descendants in New Jersey. The other son, Peter, with his wife, Jane Southerland, moved to Fair Field, South Carolina. He, too, may have descendants in New Jersey, as Jane Southerland was his second wife. He may have left older children in the Northern State. Peter was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He must have settled on the public domain in Fair Field, for no record can be found of his owning property there. In 1790 he moved to Pendleton District, buying many acres on Saluda River, near Shady Grove. Peter Acker died about 1815. The father of Mrs. Peter Acker, Alexander Southerland, came to America under peculiar circumstances. He was a student at the University of Edinborough, and with a party of college boys one day boarded a vessel to see the sights. The ship sailed away with them, and upon reaching Boston the students were sold to pay their passage. Southerland must have liked the new country; at any rate, he remained and later married Mrs. Betsey Williams. The children of Peter Acker and Jane Southerland were William, who married Miss Clement, Joseph, who married Ruth Alexander, Peter married Susannah Halbert, Alexander married Orma Burton, Mary married James Grace, Nancy married John McDavid, Elizabeth married James Taylor, Susan married Sanford Vandiver, Amos married Ruth Halbert. The children of William and Clement were: Mahala married Welborn Keaton, Peter married Miss Stevenson, Rhoda married Daniel Brown, William married Miss White, John married Miss Harper, Dearborn married Miss Cox, Amos married Miss Davis. From Rhoda Acker and Daniel Brown are descended the family of the late Dr. Ben Brown, of Williamston; the late Elijah Brown, of Anderson; the late Samuel Brown, of Anderson, and others, a numerous connection many of of whom have been in the past, and are now useful and prominent citizens of the community. The children of Peter, Jr., and Susannah Halbert were Halbert, who married Elizabeth Garrison; Frances married William Hammond, Alexander married Mourning Garrison, William V. died young, Elizabeth married William Mattison, Mary married Joel Townsend, Teresa married Allen McDavid, Lucinda married Jesse McGee, Peter Newton married first Miss Shumate, second Miss Garris, third Mrs. Caldwell; Joel Milton moved to Mississippi where he became a judge, and was the founder of a wealthy and prominent family in that state; Joshua S. married Matilda Williams. From their sons, Peter and Amos, are descended most of the South Carolina Ackers. Susannah Halbert, wife of Peter Acker, Jr., was the daughter of William Halbert and Elizabeth Hill. William's father, Joel Halbert, came from Wales and settled in Virginia. Whom he married is unknown, a Virginia girl certainly, as tradition makes this William Halbert eighth in descent from Pocahontas, and also related to the Randolphs of Virginia. William was born in Virginia. In 1768 he married Elizabeth Hill and in 1786 they moved to Pendleton, settling on the Saluda River. William Halbert died in 1808, leaving to his wife and to each of his children 200 acres of land and several negroes. He was a staunch Whig, and served in the army of Virginia. After coming to South Carolina he became a man of prominence in his community; served as Justice of the peace for many years. He was about five feet nine inches in height, of stout build, and had a red beard. His children were Joel, Martha, John, Enos, Arthur, James, Susannah, Frances, William Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary and Lucinda. Most of these children moved west, and today there are thousands of Halberts in Mississippi, Indiana, and other western states, but in South Carolina there is not one of the name. Joel married Mary Lindsey and went to Indiana in 1819. His daughter, Sarah, married Moses Welborn, of Anderson county. Another, Ruth, married Amos Acker, youngest son of Peter, Sr., and Jane Southerland. This couple lived at Williamston. One of their sons, "Squire" R. V. Acker, was living just a few years ago. They have many descendants who are valuable citizens, among them Mrs. D. H. Russell and her children. Martha Halbert married John Gresham, and from them was descended Governor Joe Brown, of Georgia. John Halbert married Margaret Harper and moved to Mississippi. Professor Harper, of Clemson College, is descended from them. Enos married Lucy Garner and went to Tennessee; James married Fanny Pepper and went to Missouri, Susannah married Peter Acker, Frances married Charles Garrison; they remained in South Carolina. Arthur married Elizabeth Cobb. William Halbert, Jr., married Betty Brown and went to Alabama. Elizabeth married William Berry and went to Mississippi, Mary married John Sherrell and went to Missouri, Lucinda married David Berry and went to Mississippi. The children of Alexander Acker, son of Peter, Sr., and Orma Burton, were George, Cecil, Mary, Elizabeth and Peter Wilson, Mary married Mr. Grace; they had a son, Baylis. Nancy Acker, daughter of Peter, Sr., married John McDavid; they were the parents of Lucinda, Richmond and five other children. Susan Acker and her husband, Sanford Vandiver, were the parents of Helena, Peter, James, Emmaline and Hezekiah. Helena married Samuel Brown and lived in Townville; their children were: John Peter married Julia Reed, Joseph Newton married Elizabeth Bruce, Milton married Emma Fanner, Emma married Mr. Feaster, Samuel F. married Mollie Lewis; he died in a short time and his widow married Colonel C. S. Mattison, Sanford married first Maggie Longshore, second Ella Smith. The youngest son of Peter, Sr., and Jane Southerland was Amos, who married Ruth Halbert, Their children were Mary, who married Humphrey Williams; she died and he married her sister, Elizabeth; then he died and his widow married Alfred Reed. Martha married James D. Smith, Halbert married Mary Marsh, Alfred S. married first Miss Martin, second Miss O'Rea; Joseph married Nancy Sitton, Elihu H. never married, Teresa married James Reece, Sallie married Jackson Surratt, Richmond V. married Delia Roper, Susan died young. The Acker-Halbert reunion in Anderson takes place at Shady Grove Church, where the early members of the families worshiped, many of them being buried in the adjacent grave yard. o----------o TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife Actual cemetery recording: -------------------------- ( 4) Fieldstone Marked Graves (10) Unmarked Graves ACKER, Nancy Clement, b. 8-oct-1774, d. 25-jan-1845 Following people are reported to be buried here: ------------------------------------------------ ACKER, Alexander, b. after 1782, d. 1850, w. naomi bruton ACKER, Jane Sutherland, b. 1752, d. 1825, h. peter acker sr. ACKER, Peter Sr., b. 1730, d. 1815, w. jane sutherland ACKER, Peter Jr., b. 1776, d. 1820 w. susannah halberd ACKER, William, b. 1772, d. 1853, w. nancy clement