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HISTORY
OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN
SOUTH CAROLINA,
BY GEORGE HOWE, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina
PREPARED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
VOL. II. PART 1
PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY W. J. DUFFIE, COLUMBIA, S. C. 82 9 254 WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL, PRINTERS, CHARLESTON, S. C. 1883.
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PREFACE.
In the year 1849, the Synod of South Carolina adopted a scheme for securing a History of the Church covered by their jurisdiction, The scheme was elaborate, embracing many particulars: and it was the pleasure of Synod to appoint the present writer their Historio- grapher.
The office involved an amount of labor and consumption of time, in the preparation of the first volume, of which he did not have the least conception, although the scheme, as marked out, was not fully accom- plished. The History was to be brought down to 1850, the middle of this Century. In 1870 the first volume was issued, bringing the work down to the year 1800. The volume which is now issued, has been prepared at such intervals as could be secured in vacation, when the author was relieved from his ordinary official duties. As the whole of an ordinary generation has passed away since the year 1850, the year to which his appointment extended, it has been the desire of the author to bring the History down more nearly to the present time, and he had, to some extent, received the materials for doing so. But dur- ing the past Summer his health began seriously to fail him, and his most judicious friends advised him to stop at the original limit of 1850, saying that it was the proper place to stop: that the History of the Church through our late civil war, and the efforts it put forth in those days of supreme trial and since, deserve a fuller treatment than he could now give it. To this advice he has yielded, and although this did not occur until the work showed manifest allusions in several instances to a later period, he removed from the remainder of his manu- script all such references, except those which could not well be erased. Some of the materials furnished from the Churches are brief. Others far more extended, which, in some instances, have been greatly abbre- viated, and in others more amply given. The author is fully conscious of the many defects of his work, and submits the result of his labors to that indulgence of his brethren which it so greatly needs.
The migration of our own Presbyterian people to the South and Southwest has been great, as these pages will show, carrying their insti- tions with them. The last Census, that of 1880, proves that this ex- pansion has been true of our population in general : that 50,195 of the residents in Georgia were born in South Carolina; that 35,764 of the
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residents of Alabama were born here; that 18,522 of the inhabitants of Florida; 31,157 of those of Mississippi ; 2,637 of those of Missouri ; 16,121 of those of North Carolina; 11.698 of those of Tennessee ; 22,124 of those of Texas ; 15,107 of those of Arkansas, were natives of this State ; while, at the same time, 42,182 of the residents of South Carolina were born elsewhere than within its own bounds, many of them in foreign lands. The Presbyterian Church of this portion of our land, though exceeded in numbers by some other denominations, has always been an influential one, and it is hoped, that for soundness of doctrine, and the promotion of knowledge and education among our people, its influ- ence may never be less.
ADDENDUM.
The lamented anthor of this work was summoned to the eternal world when he had almost finished the present volume, only the index remaining to be completed. In the judgment of his friends, it is deem- ed proper to append a brief biographical notice of himself to the account given by his hand of deceased ministers who had been con- nected with the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia. It will be the office of some future historian to expand the record of a life which, for over half a century, was devoted to theological education, and made an indelible impress upon more than five hundred candidates for the Gospel Ministry.
The Rev. George Howe, D.D .. LL.D., was born at Dedham, Massa- chusetts, November 6th, 1802. His father, William Howe, was the son of Thomas Howe, of Dorchester, who was lineally descended from one of the pilgrim fathers who landed at Plymouth Rock. His mother, Mary, was the daughter of Major George Gould, a revolutionary officer who served under Washington when he occupied Dorchester Heights, and Rachel Dwight, the daughter of Samuel Dwight, of Sutton, a woman of great energy, fortitude, perseverance and picty, who lived to be over ninety years of age. When twelve years old, he removed with his father to Holmesburg, Pennsylvania, where he attended the school of Mr. Scofield. His teacher having gone to Philadelphia, he followed him. There he was hopefully converted under the ministry of Dr. James Patterson, and joined the First Presbyterian Church of the Northern Liberties, of which Dr. Patterson was pastor. He was pre- pared for college by the Rev. Tho mas Biggs. of Frankford, near Phil- adelphia ; was graduated at Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1822, and at Andover Theological Seminary, where he took a full course, in 1825. Having been appointed Abbot scholar, he studied for more than a year on that foundation He then became Phillips Professor of Sacred Theology in Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, in which re- lation he continued until 1830, when his health failing him he came to the South. In the Fall of 1831, he was, by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, elected Professor of Biblical Literature in the Theologi- cal Seminary at Columbia, S. C. In October, 1836, when he was thirty- four years of age, he received a call, signed by Thomas H. Skinner, Knowles Taylor and Ichabod S. Spencer, to the Professorship of Sacred Literature in Union Theological Seminary, New York. He was also
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at different times solicited by several important churches to become their pastor. All these calls he declined, and devoted his learning and his energies to the maintenance of the institution with which he had cast his lot. To it he adhered with a love which was as affecting as it was enduring, through all its financial difficulties, until the summons came which terminated his labors on earth.
In November, 1881, the Alumni of the Seminary held a semi-centen- nial commemoration of his connexion with it, when he received the congratulations of his former pupils. He lived to see, with great joy, the re-opening of the institution after a suspension of its exercises for two years, occasioned by the failure of its funds.
On Sabbath, April 1st, 1883, after having for the last time partaken of the Lord's Supper, and while riding homeward, he was thrown front his carriage and one of his legs was fractured. He lingered, express- ing his trust in the Saviour, and offering most touching prayers for his beloved Seminary, until Sabbath, April 15th, when, without a struggle or groan, in the eighty-first year of his age, he fell asleep in Jesus. His funeral service was held at the Presbyterian Church, amidst the tears of his brethren and numerous friends, and his venerable form was committed to its last resting-place in the cemetery of that church.
Dr. Howe was twice married. His first wife was Mary Bushnell, the daughter of the Rev. Jedediah Bushnell, whom he characterized as a man of singular piety and wisdom. She died a little more than a year after her marriage and was buried where his own remains now sleep. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah Ann McConnell, the daughter of Ardrew Walthour of Walthourville, Liberty County, Georgia. This los. - saint, who had blessed him with her devoted affection and little less than angelic ministrations during life, and nursed him with ten- derest assiduity in his last illness, bade him farewell in the hope of a not distant meeting in the paradise of God.
. Dr. Howe's learning was extensive. He was deeply versed in Ori- ental literature and intimately acquainted with the controversies in regard to the Sacred Text. He was a godly man, an eminent exemplar of the attractive graces of Christianity ; when at the full bent of his noble faculties, was a powerful preacher ; and as a man and citizen was esteemed anu loved by a community in intercourse with which he had lived for half a century. Almost his whole ecclesiastical life was passed in connexion with the Synod of South Carolina and the Charles- ton Presbytery. His death is sincerely lamented by these bodies, and by the whole Southern Presbyterian Church of which he was a distin- guished ornament. J. L. G.
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VOL. II.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
James Nisbet. The Blood of the Martyrs. First Settlement in North Carolina. Two Factors in the History of the Church. To Cæsar the things that are Caesar's. The Church and the School. The Higher Education, 21.
CHAPTER II.
THE INDEPENDENT AND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHIES, 1800-1810.
The Religion of the State, 22-The Religion of the Church, 28, Re- pairs of Church, 24-Form of New Edifice, 25-Charitable Efforts; 28- Early Benefactors, 29, 31-Female Benefactors, 31-Reasons for this Exhibit, 32-The Results, 33-Wappetaw, 34-Death of Dr. MeCalla, 35, 37-Dorchester and Beech Hill, 38-Midway Church. Georgia, 39- . Stoney Creek, 40-Rev. James Gourlay, 41-Rev. Robert M. Adams, 42-Stoney Creek, 43, 44-Congregational Association, 45-B. M. Pal- mer's Ordination. Plan of Union, 52.
CHAPTER III.
1800-1810.
First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, 53-Rev. Dr Buist, his Char- acter, Death and Burial, 53, 58-Presbyterian Church of James Island, 60-John's Island and Wadmalaw, 61-Of Edisto Island and Wilton, 62-Of Bethel, Pon Ponand Saltkehatchie, Savannah, Williamsburg, and Bethel Church, 64, 65-Mr. Malcomson, 66, 67-Indian Town, Thomas Dickson Baird, D. D., 68, 69-The Frierson Congregation, 70-Hopewell, Aimwell, P. D., 71-Black Mingo, Red Bluff, 72. 73-Black River, Win- yaw, Salem Black River, 74, 75-Concord, New Hope, Midway, Ephesus, 76, 77.
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CHAPTER IV.
1800-1810.
Columbia Church, 77-Rev. John Brown, D) D., 78-Bethesda, of Camden. Andrew Flinn, D. D., 79, 81-A. F., Dubard, Zion Church, Winnsboro. Rev. Geo. Reid, Lebanon Church, (Jackson's Cr.) Fair- field. Officers in Church and State, 84, 85-Mt. Olivet, Horeb, Concord, Aimwell, 86, 87-Beaver Creek, Hanging Rock. Miller's, Catholic (Ches- ter). SS, 90-Hopewell (Chester) Purity, 91-Rev. John Douglas, 90, 94- / Edmonds (Fishing Creek), Richardson ( Bullock's Creek), 95, 96-Naza- reth and Dr. Joseph Alexander, 97, 102-Bethesda (York), and Rev. Robt. B. Walker, Ebenezer, Beerslieba, Unity, Shiloh Bethel (York), 102, 106-" Old Waxhaw " and its Revivals, its Pastor Rev, John Brown. Testimony of Rev. Jolin MeGready, of Rev. Dr. Furman. Bodily Agita- tions. The Exercises. Effects of Strong Emotion. Opinion of Dr Alexander. The Power of Sympathy, 107, 120-Bethany, Granby, Mt. Bethel, Academy, Indian Creek, Grassy Spring, Little River, 121, 123- Duncan's Creek, Mrs. Gillam, John Boyce, Rocky Spring, Liberty Spring, Union and Grassy Spring, Fairforest, Nazareth, Camp Meeting, 124, 131- Religious Services. Their Effects. Cases. Attendance. Effects, 132, 137-Fairview, N. Pacolet, Newton, Cuffey Town, German Church, Greenville, Smyrna, Rocky Creek, Hopeweil (Abbeville), Dr. Waddel, 138, 145-Rocky River, Long Cane, Bradaway, Roberts and Good Hope, Hopewell (Keowee), Carmel, Bethlehem, Cane Creek and Bethel, Inde- pendent Church, Savannah, First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Rev. -John Springer, 146, 157-William C. Davis, 158, 163-Harmony Presby- tery. First Presbytery of South Carolina. Second Presbytery of South Carolina, 164, 166.
CHAPTER V. 1800-1810.
The Charleston Presbytery, 167, 172-Emancipation, 172-Missions, 173, 174-Missions to Mississippi, 175, 176-Natchez, 177, 179-Rev. Wil- liam Montgomery, 181-Missionaries to the Natchez Rev. James Smylie, 182, 183-Otner Missions, 186, 187-Schools, Indian Tribes, 188, 189.
BOOK II. IS10-1820. CHAPTER I.
Reorganization, 189-191.
CHAPTER II.
Congregational Church, Charleston, 191-Dr. Keith, 192, 194-Dr. B. M. Palmer, 195-Dr. Hollingshead, 196, 198-Two Places of Worship, 199-Rev. Mr Foster, 200-History of the Separation, 201, 208-Result Reached, 200-Rev. Anthony Forster, 210, 211-Wappetaw, Dorchester,
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Stoney Creek, Rev. L. D. Parks, Beanfort, White Bluff, Midway, Liberty County, 212, 218-French Church Charleston, First Presbyterian Church Charleston, 220-Second Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Flinn, 222-Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Religious and Benevolent Societies, 226, 229-James Island, John's Island and Wadmalaw, Wilton, Betliel Pon Pon, Saltkehatchie, 229, 233-Independent Church, Savannah, Dr. Kollock, 233, 243.
CHAPTER III.
Ezra Fisk and Richard S. Storrs. The Union Missionary Society, 244, 245-Williamsburg, Bethel. Rev. R. W. James. Indian Town, Black River Winyah, Salem, Black River, 246, 249-Mt. Zion, Concord, New Hope Midway, Chesterfield Court House, Little Pee Dee, Red Bluff, 250, 253-Columbia, Dr. T. C Henry, Dr. E. D. Smith, 254, 261- Bethesda, Camden, Pine Tree, Zion Winnsboro, 262, 264-Salem, L. R. Lebanon, Aimwell, Concord, Beaver Creek, Catholic, Hopewell, Augusta, 265, 267.
CHAPTER IV.
Purity Church, Fishing Creek, Bullock's Creek, Abjuration of W. C. Davis, Salem Church (Union District), Bethesda ( York ), Ebenezer. Beer- sheba, Shiloh, Bethel ( York,) Waxhaw, Presbyterial Changes, 268, 281.
CHAPTER V.
Grassy Spring, Little River, Duncan's Creek, Rocky Spring, Liberty Spring, Warrior's Creek, Union, Crane Creek, Fairforest, Nazareth (Spartanburg), Fairview, N. Pacolet, Milford, Smyrna, Greenville (for- merly Saluda). Abbeville, Rocky Creek (now Rock Church), Old Cam- bridge, Hopewell (Abbeville), Willington, Dr. Waddel. Lower Long Cane, Rev. Henry Reid, 281. 294-Rocky River, Upper Long Cane, Gen. Andrew Pickens, Little Mountain, Bradaway, Good Hope and Roberts, Thomas D. Baird. D. D., Hopewell ( Keowee), Bethlehem, Cane Creek, Nazareth (B. D.), Augusta, Rev. J. R. Thompson, D. D., 295, 305.
CHAPTER VI.
Education for the Ministry, Wm. C Davis, Presbytery of Hopewell, Ordinations, Sinetitulo, Right of Presbyteries in Ordination, Missions, Cases Decided, Various Decisions, Missionary Society of the Synod, 295, 318.
CONTENTS.
BOOK III.
1820-1830.
CHAPTER I.
Independent Church, Charleston, Archdale Street. Wappetaw, White Bluff. Congregational Church, Midway, Ga. Charleston Union Pres- bytery,' Bethel Presbytery, 319, 324.
CHAPTER II.
French Protestant Church, Charleston. First Presbyterian, Charles- ton. Second Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Henry His Death. Rev. Win. Ashmead, 327, 328-Third Presbyterian Church. 329, 330-James and John's Islands, 331-Edisto. 332, 334-Wilton, 335,336-Bethel, Pon Pon, Saltcatcher. Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah. Second Presbyterian Church, Beech Island, St. Augustine, Presbytery of Georgia, 337, 341.
CHAPTER III.
Williamsburg. Bethel and Indian Town. Union of the Churches, 342. 343-Aimwell, Hopewell P. D., Concord, Sumterville, Rev Isaac R. Barbour, Rev. John Harrington, Mount Zion. Sumter, Salem (B. R ). Midway and Bruington, 344, 349-Chesterfield Court House, Pine Tree, Little P. D., 350, 351-Darlington, Cheraw, Rev. N. R Morgan, Boiling Springs, 352, 354.
CHAPTER IV.
Columbia, Bethesda (Camden), Zion, Winnsboro, Salem (L. R.), Leba- non and Mt. Olivet. Concord ( Fairfield), Beaver Creek, Catholic, Eliezer Brainard, Hopewell, Purity, Beckhamville, Fishing Creek, 355, 366 -- Richardson Bullock's Creek. Bethesda ( York ), Ebenezer, Beersheba. Yorkville, Shiloh, Bethel ( York), Waxhaw, Little Britain, Duncan's Creek, etc., 367, 372.
CHAPTER V.
Indian Creek, Gilder's Creek, Grassy Spring, Little River, Duncan's Creek, Rocky Spring, Liberty Spring, Warrior's Creek, Friendship, Union, Cane Creek, 373, 378-Fairforest, Nazareth, Fairview, N. Pacolet, Smyrna (Abbeville). Greenville ( Abbeville, formerly Saluda), Rocky Creek (now Rock Church), Cambridge, Hopewell (Abbeville), Rock River, Willington, Sardis, Long Cane, Little Mountain, Shiloh, 379,
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387-Lebanon (Abbeville). Memories of the Revolution, Traditions, Westminster, Bradaway, Roberts and Good Hope. Rev. David Hum- phreys, 388, 395-Providence, New Harmony, Hopewell (Keowee). Car- mel, Bethlehem, Cane Creek and Bethel, Westminster, Nazareth ( B. D.), 396, 398-First Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Presbyterian Church in Macon, Ga., 396, 401-Missions. Mission to the Seamen, Chickasaws, To the South and South west, 401, 410-Education for the Ministry, The- ological Seminaries, Princeton Literary and Theological Seminary, Theological Seminary, Proposed Change, Forfeiture of Subscriptions, 402, 422-Geographical Limits of Synod-Presbytery of Harmony, 423, 428.
CHAPTER VI.
APPENDIX TO THE THIRD DECADE.
1820-1830.
Indian Missions of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, 429, 446.
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1830-1840. CHAPTER I.
The Independent or Congregational ( Circular) Church, Dr. Post, Wappetaw, Rev. James Lewers, The Congregational Church of Dor- chester and Beech Hill, Stoney Creek Independent Presbyterian Church, Beaufort. Waynesboro, Burke County, Ga., White Bluff, Congregational Church, Midway, Ga., 446, 452.
CHAPTER II.
FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH, CHARLESTON. First Presbyterian ( hurch, Charleston Rev. Arthur Buist. Rev. John Forrest, afterwards D. D. Second Presbyterian Church. Rev. Alexander Aikman and Rev. J. B. Waterbury. Rev. Thomas Smyth. Third Presbyterian Church. Dr. William A. McDowell. Wm. C. Dana, afterwards, D. D. James Island. Rev. Dr. Leland S. S. Rev. Edward Tonge Buist, 452, 455-John's Island and Wadmalaw. Dissents from the General Assembly. Declares its Independence. Law Suit and its Issue. Edisto Island. Rev. Win. States Lee. Wilton Presbyterian Church. Rev. Zabdiel Rogers. Bethel Pon Pon. Rev. Edward Palmer. Mr. Gilchrist. Saltkatcher Rev.
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John Brevort Van Dyck, 456, 464-Independent Church Savannah. Rev. Daniel Baker, D. D. Rev. Willard Preston, D. D. Beech Island, Hamburg, Orangeburg, St Augustine, 464, 473.
CHAPTER III.
Williamsburg, Rev. John M. Erwin, Indian Town, Geo. H. W. Petrie, Indian Town, Hopewell P. D., Darlington, Concord, Sumterville, Har- mony, Bruington, 474, 483-Midway, Salem B. R., Mount Zion (Sumter), Chesterfield, New Hope. Bishopville, Cheraw, Action on the State of the Church, The Sabbath School, Great and Little Pee Dee, Pine Tree, Red Bluff, Mount Moriah, Bethesda (Camden, ) 484, 496.
CHAPTER IV.
First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Rice Creek Springs, Horeb, Aimwell (Fairfield), Beaver Creek, Hopewell, Sion ( Winnsboro), Leba- non, Salem L. R., Rev. Robert Means, D. D., Concord, Mt. Olivet, C. L. R. Boyd. M. Peden, Catholic, Purity, Rev. John Douglas, Pleasant Grove, Fishing Creek, 496 509-Cedar Shoals, Bullock's Creek, Bethesda (York), Rev. Robert B. Walker. Rev. Cyrus Johnson, D. D .. Ebenezer, Unity, Beersheba, Yorkville, Sandy Spring, Shiloh, Bethel (York), Waxhaw, Six-Mile Creek, Lancasterville, Rev. J. H. Thornwell, Cane Creek (Union) Fairforest, Letter of Rev. D. L Gray, Rev. John Boggs, Other Churches of the Independents, Adherents of Rev. W. C. Davis, 510, 529.
CHAPTER V.
Aveleigh Church, Extracts from a Letter of Chancellor Job Johns one, Smyrna, Silder's Creek. Little River, Duncan's Creek, Liberty Spring, Warrior's Creek, Friendship, Nazareth (Spartanburg), Fairview, North Pacoiet, Smyrna, Greenville (Abbeville), Rocky Creek (now Rock Church), 530, 537-Old Cambridge, Hopewell (Abbeville), Rocky River (Abbeville), Willington, Rev. Dr. Waddell, Long Cane, Upper Long Cane Society, Little Mountain, Bradaway, Midway, Good Hope and Roberts, Rev. David Humphreys, Roberts' Church, Providence Church, Anderson, Midway, Richland, 538, 551-Laurensville, Hopewell (K), Sandy Spring. Carmel, Nazareth B. D., New Harmony, Bethany Reho- both, Bethel, First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Macon, Ga., 552, 555.
CHAPTER VE
Foreign Missions, Southern Board of Missions, Congregational and Presbyterian Education Society. Old and New School, Plan of Union, Act and Testimony, Opinions Various, Dr. Alexander, Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, Dissent of W. C. Dana and others, Explanation, Committee of Conference, Proposed Union of Seminaries, Foreign Mis- sions, Appropriations.
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BOOK V.
1840-1850.
CHAPTER I.
THE INDEPENDENT OR CONGREGATIONAL (CIRCULAR) CHURCH OF CHARLES- TON, Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., Wappetaw, Dorchester and Beech Hill, Stoney Creek, Savannah, Dr. Preston, 679, 690.
CHAPTER II.
French Huguenot Church, Charleston. First Presbyterian Church, Charleston. Rev. Dr. Forrest. Second Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Adger. Third, or Central Church. Corner Stone of the New Churchi Edifice. Charleston Union Presbytery. Decision of the General As- sembly. Action of the Synod. 590, 604-Glebe Street, Charleston. Its Organization. Evangelization of the Colored People. Action of the Presbytery. Dr. Adger called to Embark in this Work. Lis Commence- ment, 590, 610-James Island, John's Island and Wadmalaw declare for Independence. The John's Island Case. Decision of the Court. The Church Reseinds its Resolution. Death of Rev. Mr. White, 611, 618- Edisto Island, and Memorial of William States Lee. Wilton Presbyte- rian Church. Death of Rev. Zabdiel Rogers. Rev. John L. Girardeau, 618, 626-Bethel Pon Pon, Saltkehatchie, Boiling Springs, Barnwell Court House, Beech Island, Hamburg, Orangeburg, 627, 632.
CHAPTER III.
Williamsburg, Indian Town, Hopewell, Pee Dee, Darlington, Great Pee Dee, Little Pee Dee, Pisgah, Pine Tree, Cheraw, Hon. John A. Inglis, Carolina Presbyterian Church, 632, 645-Midway, Bruington, Concord, Sumterville, Rev. Donald McQueen, D. D., 645, 648-Salem B. R., Rev. Robert W. James, Rev. G. C. Gregg, Bishopville, Harmony, 648, 656-Manning, Pine Tree, Bethesda, 657, 658.
CHAPTER IV.
Columbia, 658, 665-Horeb, Annwell Scion ( Winnsboro), Lebanon, Salem (L. R.), Mt. Olivet, Concord (Fairfield), Beaver Creek; Catholic, 665, 672-Six-Mile Creek, Purity, Fishing Creek, Bullock's Creek, Wm. B. Davies, Mt. Pleasant, Bethesda, Rev. P E. Bishop, 673, 682-Ebenezer, Unity, Salem, Yorkville, Shiloh, Bethel (York), Rev. S. L. Watson, 683. 691-Ministers raised in Bethel, Old Waxhaw, Birth Place of An- drew Jackson, Pleasant Grove, Cane Creek, Unionville, Fairforest, Bath, Shiloh, 692, 699-The Covenanters, Rev. Win. Martin, Rev. Thomas Donnelly, Rev. John Riley, Their Churches and Ministers, 700, 708- Liberty Spring, Duncan's Creek, Friendship, Rocky Spring, 708, 711.
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CHAPTER V.
Aveleigh Church. Chancellor Job Johnston, Ecclesiastical and Civil Courts, Humor and Repartee, The Law of Marriage, Contributions, Testimony of O. R. Mayer, Smyrna, Lebanon, Bethia, Mt. Bethel, Bethany, Warrior's Creek, New Harmony, Laurensville, Rev. S. B. Lewers, Rock Church, Rev. Edwin Cater, Rev. John McLees, Sandy Spring, 711, 732-Long Cane, Dr. McNeill Turner, David Lesly, Rev. Wm. H. Barr, D. D., Chancellor Bowie's Memorial of Dr. Barr, 732, 741- Bradaway, Bethesda ( Abbeville), Nazareth, N. Pacolet, Carmel, Pickens, Good Hope and Roberts, Rev. Mr. Humphreys, Gilder's Creek. Spar- tanburg, Mt Tabor, Antioch, Anderson, Midway, Hopewell (Keowee), 741, 749-Greenville (Abbeville), Rev. Hugh Dickson, New Harmony (Abbeville), Fairview. Providence, Rocky River, Washington Street (Greenville), Hopewell (Abbeville), Willington, Westminster, Bethel, New Harmony (Laurens,) Nazareth (B. D.), 750, 760-Missions, Rev. Dr. Smyth, 761, 764.
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HISTORY
OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
VOL. II.
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BOOK FIRST.
CHAPTER I.
Our first volume has given a brief outline of the ante- American history of the people which are represented in the Presbyterian Churches of the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia, and has traced their subsequent history more or less perfectly from the first permanent occupation of the country by European colonists on the 17th of March, 1670, to the opening of the present century. Many of them fled from their native lands of their own accord, because they could not worship according to the dictates of their own consciences. without the loss of their earthly possessions and life itself. Some were forcibly transported hither against their will. Some were offered the alternative of expatriation or ignomini- ous death. Such was the case of James Nisbet, of the parish of Landon, who suffered in Glasgow, at the Howgate head, June 5th, 1684.
In the course of his last speech and testimony he said : "Now I know there will many brand me with self-murder, because I have got many an offer to go to Carolina upon such easy terms. But to this I answer, self preservation must stoop to truth's preservation." He thus refused to succumb to
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