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ent among the same people at the camp meeting of 1806, and yet this camp meeting was not less remarkable than the former ones, and very much more so than any I have attended in later years, for the suddenness with which sinners of every description were awakened, and the overwhelming force of their convictions, bearing them instantly down to their knees, if not to the ground, cry- ing for mercy. At this meeting I became clearly con- vinced that there was an actual, veritable power of God's grace in persons then before me, and who were known to me, by which they were brought to repentance and a new life; and that with respect to the latter (a state of regeneration and grace), the evidence of their possess- ing it was as full and satisfactory as it was that they had been brought to feel the guilt and condemnation of their sins. I did not fall at any time, as I saw others do, but with the conviction clear to my apprehension as to what was the true character of the work before me, that it was of God, while I feared greatly, I could not but de- sire that I might become a partaker of the benefit. Still I kept myself aloof, I knew not why."
About 1820, Isaac Carraway, wheelwright and carpen- ter, and a handful of Free Will Baptists, Noah Floyd, Jesse Floyd, Sam Mckenzie, John James Matthews, Jesse Osborn, William Brown, Muldrow Kennedy, John Hutson, Joe Hutson, and Coker Flowers, built Pine Grove Church in the northwestern corner of Williams- burg and this congregation and their descendants have worshipped there until this day. The Reverend Sam Mckenzie was its first regular minister. When this Pine Grove Church was erected, there were no sawmills in that section. In fact, most primitive conditions obtained. The church was built of pine logs drawn to the spot by means of ox-carts. The tires on these old ox-carts were made of white oak slats affixed to the rims with handmade blacksmith shop nails. The spirit which has kept alive the
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worship of this congregation for more than a century most forcefully appeals to one who knows it. The minis- ters who have preached in this church have received but little monetary reward, yet the sacred fires have been kept continuously burning.
There were a very few of the missionary Baptist faith in Williamsburg until 1770, and these were nearly all of the blood of William Screven and lived in the vicinity of Black Mingo. Until this time, they had no house of worship in the district. From the building of the Black Mingo Congregational Church in 1726, visiting ministers of that denomination had frequently preached in that church and some people in the section had always held to the belief that immersion was the only scriptural mode of baptism. Among the Baptist preachers from time to time holding services in that community up to 1830, were the Reverend Elisha Screven, Reverend Phillip James, Reverend John Brown, Reverend Joshua Edwards, Rev- erend Robert Williams, Reverend Nicholas Bedgegood, Reverend Elhannan Winchester, Reverend Joseph Reese, Reverend Oliver Hart, Reverend John Botsford, Rever- end John Gano, Reverend Jeremiah Dargan, and the Rev- erend Richard Furman.
About 1810, there came to Black Mingo from George- town a boy, by name, Cleland Belin. His mother had died and his father had married again. Cleland did not consider his stepmother's treatment worthy to hold him at his father's house, so he ran away and lived thence- forth at Willtown in the home of his uncle, John Screven. Cleland Belin became a Baptist, and for more than fifty years, the Baptist denomination at Black Mingo centered in him. About 1820, the Baptists built a small meeting house near Willtown; and for many years the little con- gregation worshipped in this building and baptized their candidates for admission in Black Mingo.
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About 1820, John R. Easterling came from Charleston to Williamsburg and purchased a mill site from R. G. Ferrell on Poplar Hill Swamp, where he established a grist and a saw mill. Mr. Easterling was a man of in- telligence and piety and as soon as he had made his family comfortable, began a movement for the building of a church. Men of all denominations in that community, whether members of a church or not, assisted him. The building committee was composed of John R. Easterling, William Belin, and Reverend Jeremiah Russell. It was the plan of these people to erect a community church where all denominations might worship and that any de- nomination might use the building when not in service for another. The rule "first come, first served" was adopted and held for many years.
This building committee applied to Colonel David D. Wilson, who owned the land in that vicinity, and who presented them with the lot on which the Union Church was first built and gave them a liberal money subscrip- tion. Colonel Wilson was an elder in the Indiantown Church and a militant Presbyterian as well as a man of exceptional force and personality. Benjamin Britton subscribed liberally and aided in many ways. He was a Methodist, one of the first Methodists of wealth and in- fluence in Williamsburg. Captain John Dozier gave of his means and assisted the building of the church in many ways .. He was an enthusiastic member of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church. Cleland Belin, the Arch-Bap- tist of his day, a man of remarkable natural ability and of much wealth, made contributions. Among the others assisting were Captain John Graham, Henry Smith, Mat- thew Bellune, Thomas McConnell, Richard Cribb, and the Coachmans, Russells, and Greenes.
Of the contributors to the building of this Union Church, the Episcopalians were the most numerous, but all four of the denominations were well represented on the sub-
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scription list. This Union Church was used in common by these four denominations for many years. Later it became a Methodist Church. All records and tradition concerning this period indicate that this church played a beautiful part in the community and that all denomina- tions worked in it for the glory of God and the good of the people.
In 1830, there were, in Williamsburg District, the fol- lowing living churches: The Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, the Indiantown Presbyterian Church, the Will- town Baptist Church, the Ebenezer Methodist Church on Mill Branch, Suttons Methodist Church, and the Pine Grove Free Will Baptist Church. The Williamsburg Presbyterian Congregation and the Indiantown Presby- terian Congregation included and controlled fully ninety- five per centum of the population of the district. The other four churches had very few members and but nomi- nal influence. The Presbyterian Congregations outside of Williamsburg and within the surrounding country were composed largely of people who had been connected with the Williamsburg and the Indiantown Churches, were of like religious principles, and loyally supplemented these two Williamsburg Churches in all of their undertakings.
The Presbyterian denomination felt that this County was its very own and its communicants labored with a crusader's zeal to make its conquests complete and to con- trol the territory forever. The Methodist Churches in the district were small. Very few people regarded the Methodists or the Baptists seriously, and still fewer ad- mitted membership in their societies, as the churches were called.
In 1828, the Reverend John M. Ervin began his pas- torate at the Williamsburg Church and the Indiantown Church. He divided his time between them. Mr. Ervin was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1769. His parents were Presbyterians of the "straitest
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sect." Indeed, it is traditional that the Ervin family has produced Presbyterian elders and ministers in every gen- eration, since the memory of man runneth not to the con- trary.
Mr. Ervin was. a strong man. He believed that the one way to God was through the Presbyterian Church, and the errors which he made were due most largely to this delusion. He practiced and promoted the belief that the Presbyterian Church should determine the temporal as well as the spiritual affairs of the district. When he came to Williamsburg and Indiantown, he found these Presby- terian Churches conditioned for dominating. He sur- veyed the field and made well his plans. With such a pre- ponderance of Presbyterians in the district, he thought it needless to use tact or discretion, but sought to make the session of elders in his two churches the supreme arbiters of their respective communities. Mr. Ervin had then a remarkable session of elders in each of his two churches. The elders of the Williamsburg Church were Daniel Frierson, Henry D. Shaw, Isaac Nelson, John McClary, and James E. Fulton. The elders of the Indian- town Church were George Barr, George Mccutchen, David D. Wilson, and Samuel J. Wilson. It is believed that no two stronger committees of men in any capacity, reli- gious or secular, ever labored in this district.
CHAPTER XVI.
WILLIAMSBURG TAXPAYERS, 1811.
There is copied on the fly leaves of Book B, Williams- burg District Registry, in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, a list of the taxpayers in the district in 1811, with the amount levied on each individual. The taxes assessed at that time on the property in this dis- trict probably indicates more nearly the relative wealth of the men of the district than the tax list of 1923 would show the wealth of the several men of Williamsburg at such time.
Theodore Gourdin paid that year $158.10 in taxes; Francis Cordes, $56.89; James Burgess, $35.52; Stephen Miller, Jr., $27.22 ; Moses Glover, $24.99; William McDon- ald, $24.49. The man who paid next in amount was Isaac Matthews, $19.77. There were only fifty-three in the district then whose taxes were more than $10.00 a year. These fifty-three were wealthy. A man who paid $5.00 to support the government in 1811 had little trouble in keeping the wolf from the door.
Here follows a list of all the taxpayers and amounts levied in Williamsburg District in 1811: John Arnett, $2.94; Joseph Adams, $1.05; James Atkinson, $0.06; Stephen Atkinson, $0.24; Benjamin Ard, $0.03; James Ard, $0.03; Barnard Ard, $0.02; Thomas Ayers, $0.17; John Benton, $0.151/2; Solomon Budden, $0.35; John Blakely, Jr., $3.60; Moses Benton, $0.60; William Ben- ton, $0.09; John Brockinton, $2.95; John Boyd, (Estate) $0.49; Henry H. Bostwick, $2.60; John Barr, $5.031/2; Daniel Brown, $2.10; Sarah Brown, $0.35; William Brown, $0.46; James Brown, $9.60; Robert Brown, $0.98; Maurice Braveboy, $2.93; James Bradley, $16.30; James Barr, $3.25; William Brockinton (minor), $1.55; John Brockinton (Estate), $0.45; Joseph Benton, $0.05; James
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Bailey, $0.06; George Burrows, $11.70; John Burrows, $4.78; William Burrows, $4.69; Thomas Burrows, $5.51; Levi Barrineau, $0.19; Asa Bradshaw, $0.061/4; Man- uel Barrineau, $0.35; Benjamin Britton, $11.00; Silas Bradshaw, $0.22; Samuel Bradshaw, $0.02; James Burgess, $35.52; Jonathan Bostwick, $4.64; Benjamin Bradham, $0.03; John Broome, $3.59; Robert Benton, $1.35; Risdon Barrineau, $0.35; Mary Bradshaw, $0.03; Margaret Barrineau, $0.071/2; Abner Brown, $0.91; Benjamin Blanchard (Estate), $1.75; Thomas Browder, $0.03; Arthur Barrineau, $2.99; Hugh Boyd, $2.25; Isaac Barrineau, $4.61; John Blakely, $7.20; James Ballentine, $2.78; Jesse Blount, $0.09; Martha Brock- inton, $3.85; Joshua Baxley, $0.12; Timothy Britton, $1.78; Francis Britton, $3.661/2; Aaron Bradley, $1.35; John Barker, $0.06; Thomas Blackwell (Estate), $11.33; Michael Blackwell, $9.72; Thomas M. Brown, $2.35; John Cooper, $7.69; John Coward, $0.19; William Cam- lin, $0.56; James Campbell, $10.49; James Calhoun (Estate), $3.25; Washington Cockfield, $0.70; George Carter, $0.15; Sarah Clark, $0.35; George Chandler, $2.96; Mary Cunningham, $0.38; Bryant Cameron, $0.03; John Cetty, $2.90; Joseph Cockfield (minor), $1.14; John Connor (minor), $3.77; Ann Cockfield, $1.87; Margaret Cockfield, $0.78; Ann Cockfield, Jr., $0.76;
William Cockfield, $1.14; Robert Cade, $3.74; Patrick Cormick, $3.25; William Cooper (Estate), $18.76; Sam- uel Coleman, $0.05; Jacob Coleman, $0.37; Thomas Con- nel, $3.31; John Collum, $0.20; William Carter, $0.02; George Cooper, $6.38; Rebecca Campbell, $4.20; Francis Cordes, $56.89; Joseph Clark, $0.09; Abram Connor, $0.08; James Cooper (Estate), $6.72; Arthur Cunning- ham, $9.671/2; James Cunningham (Estate), $5.72; John Dick, $4.87; George Durant, $4.98; William Dick, $9.16; Thomas DuPre, $7.39; Margaret DuPre (Estate), $9.70; John Dickson, $0.83; William Daniel, $0.35; James
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Daniel, $0.25; Martha Daniel, $0.35; Benjamin Durant (Estate), $1.47; William Douglass, $3.14; Martha Downing, $0.02; Samuel Douglass, $2.04; Ben Duke, (Estate), $2.10; James Dickey (Estate), $2.21; Thomas Drake, $2.80; Samuel E. Dickey, $0.79; William Dobein, $18.51; John Dickey (Estate), $1.40; William Dollard, $8.05; James Eaddy, $0.85; Robert Ervin (Estate), $12.10; Daniel Epps, $7.69; Barbara Early, $2.19; James Eaddy, Jr., $0.20; Samuel Eaddy, Jr., $0.35; Jenny Eaddy, $0.70; James Fleming, $5.53; James Fleming (Estate), $6.21; John Fullwood (Estate), $0.81; William Flagler, $2.39; John Fleming, $5.53; James Fleming (Estate), $0.18; Robert Frierson, Jr., $10.46; Robert Frierson, $3.49; John Frierson, $5.60; William Frierson, $9.65; Joanna Jaudon, $3.65; William Felps, $0.03; John Ful- ton, $16.351/2; Samuel E. Fulton, $4.301/2; Mary Ferrel, $0.111/2; Harmon Flower, $0.121/2; John Fleming, $0.03; James Folly, $0.12; Mary Folly (Estate), $0.05; Samuel Fluitt, $7.84; Theodore Gourdin, $158.10; John Gotea, Jr., $2.15; Roger Gordon, $9.76; Elizabeth Gordon, $3.75; John Gordon, $0.58; Robert Greene, $1.26; John Goode, $0.30; James Gamble, $9.23; Gillespie Scott, $2.65; Wil- liam Gamble, $5.04; Moses Glover, $24.99; James Gib- son, $0.73; Ebenezer Gibson, $2.76; James Gowdy (Estate), $0.03; Daniel Gillespie, $0.09; William Graham, $0.33; Nelson Graham (Estate), $0.42; William Graham, Jr., $0.75; William Graham, $3.65; Ebenezer Gibson (Estate), $0.24; William Graham, $0.31; John Graham, $0.81; John Graham, $5.341/2; John Gotea, Jr., $1.87; John Gibson (Estate), $6.72; John Gamble, $4.40; Lewis Glenn, $0.04; Dr. John Graham, $16.70; John Glenn, $0.05; George Gamble, $3.50; Samuel Gordon, $4.20; James Graham, $17.46; David Gordon (Estate), $11.43; John Hickson, $0.76; Hugh Hanna, $6.13; Wil- liam Hanna, Jr., $0.24; James Hanna, $0.13; Samuel Hazeldon, $1.33; Thomas Hazeldon, $0.02; Samuel Haw-
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thorn, $0.14; John Haseldon, $1.05; George Hawthorn, $1.51; John Hawkins, $0.11; John Howard, $1.84; Eliphalet H. Hewitt, $3.02; William R. Howard, $1.05; Margaret Hamilton, $5.06; John Hedelston, $0.51; Wil- liam Hiddleston, Jr., $3.03; Gilles Hemmington, $0.18; Micajah Hicks, $0.03) ; Elisha Hicks, $0.03; Jesse Hicks, $0.36; John Hamilton, $0.79; James Hepburn (Estate), $3.36; Jonathan Helms, $0.03; John James, $10.92; Sam- uel W. James, $2.45; Mary J. Johnston (Estate), $5.39; William Johnston, $5.68; Mary Johnston, $0.09; Jacob Johnston, $0.10; Sarah Jordan, $0.03; Archibald Jolly (Estate), $1.66; William Johnston, Sr., $2.26; William James, $5.97; Gavin James, $2.75; Jane James (Estate), $3.20; James Johnston, $0.56; Samuel Jones, $0.36; Wil- liam Jones (Estate), $14.50; John June, $4.20; Samuel Jenkins, $1.16; Edward D. Johnston, $0.36; Samuel James, $6.30; Samuel Knox, $1.19; Isaac Keels, $12.76; Samuel Keels, $4.76; John Keels, $7.42; John M. Kinder, $3.11; John Kelty, $0.06; Archibald Knox, $0.03; John Kennedy, $0.03; Timothy Lee, $0.05; Elijah Lee, $0.03; Needham Lee, $4.00; Sherrod Lee, $0.03; James Lever, $0.03; Levi Lamb, $0.14; John Lane, $3.50; William Lifrage, Jr., $0.02; William Levy, $0.11; William Lester, $16.60; Robert Lowry, $12.05; David McClary, $5.29; Samuel McClary (Estate), $1.40; William McGill
(Estate), $1.75; Thomas Miles, $0.10; John McAlister, $0.091/2; Moses Miller, $7.72; William McConnell, $1.45; Samuel Miller, $0.70; Stephen Miller, Jr., $27.22; Wil- liam Manning, $0.04; James Menely, $0.221/2; Robert
Morris, $0.43; James McDonald, $1.17; Daniel McGee, $0.21; Alexander McCants (Estate), $3.25; Jeremiah Matthews, $0.06; William McFaddin, $7.00; Alexander McKnight, $11.68; Samuel McGill, $1.84; John McGill, $4.05; Thomas McCrea, Jr., $12.42; George Mccutchen, $9.48; John Montgomery, $3.78; George McConnell, Sr., $3.75; John M. Matthews, $5.43; Mary McConnell, $4.26;
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Robert McConnell, $2.73; Isaac Montgomery, $2.26; John Matthews, Sr., $0.09; Henry Mouzon (Estate), $2.42; William H. Mouzon, $3.21; Elizabeth McGill, $2.19; Philip McRea, $1.30; James J. Mccullough, $0.05; Wil- liam McDonald, $24.49; John Mclaughlin, $0.70; Thomas McCants, $2.56; Samuel Malcolmson, $0.25; John Mc- Clary, $9.58; James McGill, $8.86; James McCutchen, $4.07; Elam Mills, Jr., $3.28; Thomas McCrea, Sr., $13.87; Joseph McKee (Estate), $1.75; David McCave, $0.04; James McBride, Sr., $12.85; William McElroy (Estate), $1.79; Abraham Matthews (Estate), $9.72; John Matthews, Jr., $11.82; John Maxwell, Jr., $0.50; David Matthews, $0.04; Hugh Mccutchen, $3.40; Thomas Mccutchen, $0.35; Robert McCottry (Estate), $12.47; Mary McCottry, $0.07; David McCottry (Estate), $0.04; John McCullough, Jr., $0.49; William McCrea, $1.11; Thomas Miller, $0.05; Alexander Miller, $0.03; Solomon McClam, $0.96; William Matthews, $0.07; Wil- liam Mccutchen, $0.10; Richard Matthews, $0.12; Jemina Mon, $0.11; Jonah Matthews, $0.11; William Matthews, $0.06; Janet Montgomery, $14.13; Archibald Murphy, $5.03; Henry McNealey, $0.48; Bryant McClam, $0.25; Thomas McConnell, $0.75; William McCollough, $1.57; James McMurray, $0.05; Samuel R. Mouzon, $7.95; Alexander McCrea, $10.42; George McConnell, $1.30; James McConnell, Sr., $4.15; James McFaddin, $13.20; Elizabeth Matthews, $7.00; John McMurray, $0.82; Andrew McElroy, $0.03; William McCullough (Estate), $5.38; Nathaniel Mccullough, $0.35; Peter Mouzon, $2.98; John McCullough, $3.901/2; Alexander McCullough, $1.54; Elizabeth Morris, $0.12; John Morris, $0.03; Samuel McCants, $3.58; William Moore, $2.81; Paul Michau (Estate), $10.67; Duplessus Michau, $3.08; Alexander Michau, $1.40; James Marshall, $0.06; Joseph Marler, (Estate), $0.94; Isaac Matthews, $19.771/2; Charles McCallister, $0.891/2 ; William McElveen
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(Estate), $1.96; James McElveen, $0.85; Jacob Norton, $0.49; Elizabeth Nesmith, $0.70; Robert Nesmith, $0.16 2/3; John Nesmith; $0.09; Samuel Nesmith, Sr., $2.86; William Nelson, $14.65; Isaac Nelson, $10.05; Lemuel Nesmith, $2.50; Robert Nesmith, Jr., $4.98; Sam- uel Odear (Estate), $3.65; Aaron Odom, $0.14; Zach- ariah Owen, $0.17; Samuel Perdreau, $5.79; John Perdreau, $2.55; John Penny, $1.05; Andrew Patter- son, $7.94; Jannet Patterson, $1.88; Mary Parsons, $0.35; Sarah Parsons, $0.35; Elizabeth Parsons, $0.35; Solomon Parsons, $1.47; Robert Patterson (Estate), $0.70; Andrew L. Patterson, $1.14; Thomas Potts (Estate), $0.45; Rebecca Potts, $5.95; Thomas Potts, $1.70; Henry Price (Estate), $1.14; Hugh Paisley, $9.94; John Price, $0.45; Edward R. Plowden, $1.92; Isaac Pitman, $1.05; Francis Perrett, $3.36; Ann Perrett, $1.43; Peter E. Perrett, $4.35; John Pressley, $3.52; Hannah Paisley, $7.07; Nicholas Punch, $1.40; William Parsons (Estate), $1.64; Amos Parsons (Estate), $0.05; William Parker, $0.12; Ann Robinson (Estate), $1.74; William Rogers, $0.18; John Rodgers, Sr., $0.05; Thomas Rogers (Estate), $3.69; Rebecca Rowell, $1.40; James Riche, $3.21; Isaac Rogers, $0.09; Mary Reid (Estate), $0.04; Micajah Rogers, $0.09; John Rogers, Jr., $0.24; William Reid, $0.04; Noah Smith, $0.24; Robert Strong, $1.75; Philip Stone, $0.17; John Session, $0.05; Austin Stone, $0.21; Elizabeth Swinton, $12.60; Thomas Steel, $2.89; Alexander Scott, Jr., $9.43; Samuel Scott, $5.20; Jennet Scott, $2.45; John Scott, Jr., $11.21; Samuel Strong, $2.36; William Staggers, $4.40; Robert Sutton, $13.17; William Salters, $3.06; Thomas D. Singleton, $5.28; Mary Stretch, $7.19; John Stephenson, $0.64; Martin Staggers, $3.16; Agnes Singletary, $0.35; Ebenezer Singletary (Estate), $1.89; Samuel Singletary, $0.53; Richard Spring, $0.16; Abner Smith, $0.12; Robert Spring, $0.49; Ann Spring, $0.04; Samuel Snowden,
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$2.21; Joseph Scott, $5.03; Alexander Scott, $5.98; Caleb Stephens, $0.09; John Scott, Sr., $10.41; John Staggers, $0.75; Henry Smith, $0.94; Dottson Stone, $0.14; Edward Sessions, $0.37; Richard Sessions, $1.47; John D. Singletary, $0.35; Ebenezer Singletary, $2.36; William Turner, $0.11; Benjamin Turner, $0.43; Hannah Thompson, $3.50; William Thompson (Estate), $0.11; William Thompson, $0.34; William and William A. Thompson (Estate), $0.30; James Tisdale, $15.35; Elizabeth Thomas, $0.03; Levi Timmons, $0.15; Alex. ander Thompson, $0.58; John Tharp, $1.14; John R. D. Witherspoon, $0.50; Thomas Williams, Sr., $5.67; Robert Wilson, Jr., $9.47; Robert Wilson, Sr., $7.12; Jane Wilson (Estate), $7.26; John Wilson (Estate), $10.19; David Wilson, Jr., $6.73; Samuel Wilson, Sr., $15.35; William Wilson, $7.71; Jane Wilson, $6.17;
George Wisner (Estate), $0.04; James Witherspoon (Estate), $6.17; Robert Witherspoon, $16.07; Hugh
Wilson, $12.81; James Witherspoon, $10.36;
Gavin
Witherspoon, $11.99; Thomas Witherspoon, $8.25; Elizabeth W. Witherspoon, $3.15; Robert B. Wither- spoon, $1.50; Robert P. Witherspoon, $7.13; Samuel Witherspoon, $0.03; John Williams (Estate), $2.08; Willis Woods, $0.19; Sarah Watson, $4.55; Andrew Watson, $4.38; Joseph Witherspoon, $7.30; Robert L. Witherspoon, $9.49; John Wilson, Jr., $0.70; David Wilson, Sr., $9.88; James Ward, $1.51; Jacob Walters, $0.12; James Zuill (Estate), $7.68; Michael Blackwell, $0.281/2; James Burgess, $0.17; William Cooper (Estate), $2.42; John Dozier, $1.43; John Dozier, $0.15; Samuel Douglass, $0.03; Leonard Dozier (Estate), $0.09; Samuel Fluitt, $1.50; William Flagler, $0.30; Ebenezer Gibson, $0.38; Moses Glover (Estates), $0.12; Moses Glover (Estates), $0.08; Hugh Giles (Estate), $7.26; William Hiddleston, Sr., $0.03; Thomas Lane, $0.22; John Mc-
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Callister, $0.08; William Nelson, $0.11; Isaac Nelson, $0.18; William Reid (Estate), $0.38; John Steel, $0.03; Samuel Wilson, Sr., $4.83; Andrew Watson, $0.15.
CHAPTER XVII.
ROADS AND FERRIES FROM 1788 UNTIL 1830.
The road from the Lower Bridge on Black River to Lenud's Ferry on the Santee was made a public highway in 1788. Captain William Frierson, Gavin Witherspoon, Esq., Peter Lequeux, and Abraham Perret were appointed commissioners to lay out this highway.
Murray's Ferry over the Santee was held by Joseph Murray and his son, James Murray, until 1786, when it became vested in the heirs of Adam McDonald for a term of fourteen years. In 1789, Samuel Matthews, Needham Lee, Henry Mouzon, John Robinson, and Dr. John Graham were appointed to make and keep in repair the road from Lynch's Creek to Murray's Ferry already es- tablished. In 1792, a ferry was established on Black Mingo Creek at the plantation of James Baxter, and he was authorized to receive fees for ferriage for a term of fourteen years.
In 1795, the road from Effingham Saw Mills to the King's Tree Meeting House on Black River was made a public highway. Captain John Fulton, Hugh Reed, Needham Lee were appointed commissioners and em- powered to call out all the male inhabitants who resided within six miles of the said road but for no longer term than twelve days in the year. In 1795, the road from Lenud's Ferry on the Santee River to Potato Ferry on Black River was established. Edward Thomas, Thomas Boone, and Theodore Gourdin were appointed commis- sioners and were empowered to keep the same road in good order and repair by the labor of all male inhabitants from the age of sixteen to fifty years, and with all the male slaves from the age of sixteen to fifty years residing within ten miles of the road.
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HISTORY OF WILLIAMSBURG
In 1796, Murray's Ferry and Skrine's Ferry were vested in Theodore Gourdin, Esq., for a term of fourteen years. In 1798, Samuel Jenkins, Zachariah Owens, and Shad- rack Simons were appointed commissioners for keeping in repair the road leading from Black Mingo to Britton's Ferry on the Pee Dee. In 1798, Peter Mouzon, Sr., James Burgess, Robert Frierson, and Henry Mouzon, Sr., were appointed commissioners on the north side of Black River, and James Campbell, William Buford, and Isaac Keels were appointed commissioners on the south side of Black River, to clean and keep in repair the present road lead- ing down the south side of Lynch's Creek to Pudding Swamp on Black River, and to continue the same to Mouzon's landing on Black River, thence over Mouzon's Bridge, the most direct course toward Santee so as to fall into the road leading from Benbow's Ferry on Black River to Murray's Ferry on the Santee.
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