ENOCH CHAPMAN FAMILY CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 9-Feb-2006 Text File: P268.TXT Image Folder: P268 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Feb-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in RECORDING ...... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ > TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife Hi Paul, My parents received a call from a distant cousin in Pickens regarding the Enoch Chapman gravesite. As you know, the instructions I was given by phone many years ago were "off". Frank Cantrell lives close to the old home place of Enoch Chapman and Rebecca Porter Young Chapman, on what is now Holly Springs School Road. He called my parents in Charlotte to tell them that when the weather is better "but before the snakes come out" he will show them the site. The graves are marked by field stones that have sunken in the ground, and the area has been uncared for. He said there were initials on the stones. The site is in a "sag" as I was told many years ago. There are about 8 graves there by estimate. Enoch and Rebecca did not have any children together. She was the widow of Stephen Young and had a total of 12 children - 6 girls and 6 boys. She left a large number of descendants in Pickens County. I am contacting you to ask if I should ask Frank Cantrell if he would be willing to show one of your contacts in Pickens where the site is. That would probably be faster, if this project is closing. My parents are almost 80 years old now and live in Charlotte, NC. (I live in Sammamish, WA). They had talked to my brother in Charlotte to see if he would go with them to explore the gravesite. But knowing how unpredictable the weather can be, I have to wonder how likely it will be that they will be able to make this trip "before the snakes come out". (HA!) Nancy Crayton o----------o Yes. That's Frank. I sent him a copy of our Chapman family history. As to Widow's Ridge - after looking on old maps for it (Mills Atlas and later) I assumed that it was specific to Widow Young (Rebecca). Of course there is always the possibility that the name was older and was just re-named. For instance, there used to be a creek called Brandy Creek around 1800 and it just disappeared from use. I assumed that all the Baptists and Methodists found it offensive and renamed it. ? I'm only half kidding here. Now I'm trying to figure which Chapman with the initials W A P lived in the area you found. I need to get out my old notes. Again, I'm so grateful to you. As Pickens County is developed, and streets and developments are built, all of these sites are in danger of being cleared and forgotten. Nancy (Chapman) Crayton, sloanc@mindspring.com, 1-12-05 o----------o Thanks again for all your work. I'm sorry to hear that the only readable stone was H.P.R. Can anyone identify the approximate age of the graveyards based on the style of burial, i.e. the style of the tombstones, stone walls, and so on? Also, in P270, was there any evidence that a wall once existed? Regarding a couple of items in your email about Enoch Chapman – specifically, that he was "a drunk". I don't think that is exactly true. Enoch's great grandson told us that Enoch's favorite pastimes were dancing, drinking and fighting. When the men gathered at the muster grounds to drill (as required in those days), they would also socialize. One of the activities was wrestling/fighting and wagering on the outcome. Enoch usually won his fights. If he was "a drunk", I don't think he would have been physically able to win those fights. I think he drank and when he drank he was belligerent. (If he lived today, he'd probably yell at the ref on TV and go to the refrigerator for beer ?). Enoch had the bad habit of drinking and then when he was trying to get back home he would holler for someone to help him get the rest of the way home. Apparently, he would either go visiting and drink, or he had a still hidden somewhere away from his house. Then he would "ambush" the person who answered his calls and "beat him up". One cold winter night, he called and no one came. Enoch was found the next day, sitting propped against a tree, "frozen to death". I would agree that he probably did not receive a lot of ceremony with the burial. Enoch lived from 1797 to 1857. He was a farmer. In 1833, John Chapman "re-deeded" property to Widow Young that he said he had sold to Stephen Young just before Stephen's death. It adjoined Widow Young's land "on the side of the ridge where the Widow now lives". Sometime, between that deed in 1833 and another deed in 1835, Enoch and Rebecca were married. The workforce at the Hagood Mill was probably supplied by the Hagood slaves. Thanks, Nancy Chapman Crayton