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Whilden, T. W. Mellichamp, O. F. Gregory, B. Manly, J. C. Furman, D.D., H. A. Tupper, D.D.
"The Rev. Dr. Shuck, former pastor, of the church, the Rev. C. A. Stakely, pastor of the Citadel Square Baptist Church, Mr. G. A. Norwood, presi- dent of the corporation, and Mr. Simeon Hyde, senior deacon of the church, also occupied seats on the platform.
The centennial ceremonies were introduced by the singing of the Doxology, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," which was sung with much spirit, the whole congregation standing.
The singing of the Doxology was followed by the reading of the 103d Psalm by the Rev. B. W. Whilden, from an old Bible which had once been the property of the Rev. Oliver Hart, one of the fathers in the Baptist Church in South Carolina, who preceded the Rev. Dr. Furman in the pas- torate of the First Church. The Rev. Dr. Shuck then offered a fervent prayer, after which the Rev. Mr. Thomas spoke as follows :
"At a meeting of the Church and congregation held in the early part of the year the following resolutions were adopted :
" Whereas, according to the records, the First Baptist Church of Charleston was constituted about the year 1683, 'of the early settlers of South
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Carolina,' a considerable proportion were Bap- tists. They came in separate colonies about the year 1683, partly from the west of England with Lord Cardross and Mr. Blake, and partly from Piscataway, in the State of Maine.
" This year of our Lord 1883, being the two- hundredth anniversary of the constitution of this Church, we consider it a duty and pleasure as a Church to put on record here and in some more public way our heartfelt gratitude to our Heav- enly Father for his great mercies and goodness to this Church; therefore,
" Resolved, I. That we hold some public ser- vices appropriate to the celebration of its two hundredth year.
" 2. That a committee of five be appointed to arrange a programme for such service, and take other such steps as may be necessary.
" 3. That those services take place during the sixty-third session of the State Convention of the Baptist denomination in South Carolina, to be held with this church in November next.
"The committee was appointed, consisting of the pastor, Bros. L. H. Shuck, G. A. Norwood, S. Hyde and T. S. Nipson.
"They made the following report, which the church adopted at a subsequent meeting.
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"The committee appointed to arrange a pro- gramme for the celebration of the two hundredth year of this church recommend :
" I. That Dr. Basil Manly be requested to de- liver an address on the history of the church from its beginning through the ministry of Rev. Richard Furman.
" 2. That Dr. H. A. Tupper be requested to deliver an address on the history of the Church, beginning with the ministry of Rev. Basil Manly down to the present time.
" 3. That Dr. Winkler be requested to deliver an address on the history of the Church as bear- ing on the history of the City and of the State.
"4. That Dr. J. C. Furman be requested to deliver an address on the Church's connection with the cause of Education and Missions.
" 5. That Judge B. C. Pressley and Rev. O. F. Gregory be requested to give the history of the Sunday-school work of the First Church.
"6. That all former members of the Church, especially the former pastors, and any ministers connected with the Church in any way, be invited to attend and participate with us in the exercises.
"7. That we extend to the pastor and mem- bers of the Citadel Square Church a most cordial invitation to attend these services."
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Most of this programme we have been able to carry out. Two of those invited to speak are not here. One is attending to public work he could not leave. The other has finished his work and has entered upon his rest. The other speakers are here. Dr. Basil Manly, of our Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, needs no introduction to a South Carolina audience.
The subject of Dr. Manly's address was
"THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH."
He spoke for more than an hour. Historical details as a general thing are dull and uninter- esting, but the address of the distinguished speaker yesterday was an exception to the rule. Striking figures, stirring reminiscences, eloquent eulogy, affectionate appeal-in almost every sen- tence there was something to stir the soul and arouse the ancestral pride of those who had assembled to celebrate the deeds of that hardy band of Christian pioneers who had established the Baptist banner in this State two hundred years ago. It would be impossible to give any- thing like a fair synopsis of the address. * * *
It made a profound impression upon the Con- vention and the audience, and as the speaker sketched the life and labors of Dr. Furman and
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spoke of his triumphant death, many eyes were filled with tears. The address was a grand tribute to the heroism and unfaltering faith of the pioneer Baptists, whose Christian zeal and courage has come down through many generations to their descendants of the present day.
Dr. Manly was followed by the Rev. Dr. Tup- per, of Richmond, Va., who delivered an address upon the character of the pastors who have served the First Church, from Dr. Basil Manly, Sr., down to the present day. The address was a master- piece of eloquence and contained so rich a per- sonal flavor that it would be sacrilege almost to mar its beautiful symmetry by any synopsis, how- ever full, that could be given. The Convention and the members of the First Church will be. delighted to know that Dr. Tupper's address will be published in full in the Sunday News.
THE CAUSE OF EDUCATION AND MISSIONS.
In the evening the Centennial exercises were continued, which were opened with the singing of the well-known hymn, " Am I a soldier of the cross." The Rev. Dr. Bitting, of Philadelphia, then read the 8th Psalm and offered prayer, after which the Rev. Dr. J. C. Furman, of Greenville, delivered a thoughtful address on " The Church's
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connection with the cause of Education and Mis- sions."
[Here follows, in the report, the inimitable address of this illustrious man of God, Dr. Fur- man, which is reserved for the body of the vol- ume. The report continues] :
Upon the conclusion of Dr. Furman's address a few words were spoken by Dr. Manly, upon the line taken by the orator of the evening.
A letter was read from the Rev. Dr. Girar- deau, of Columbia, regretting his inability to at- tend the Centennial ceremonies.
A letter was read from Mr. Simons, the super- intendent of the city public schools, inviting the members of the Convention to visit the schools ·which are now in session.
The order of exercises for to-day are, at 12 o'clock : Report of the Committee on the work of the Home Mission Board. Addresses by Rev. I. T. Tichenor, D.D., Rev. G. A. Nunnally, D.D., corresponding secretary of the church .building department, and Rev. Lansing Burrows, D.D., of Augusta, Ga.
1.30 P.M .- Report of the committee on the work of the Foreign Mission Board. Addresses by the Rev. H. A. Tupper, D.D., and the Rev. J. L. M. Curry, D.D.
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7.30. P.M .- At the Citadel Square Baptist Church .- Report of the board of trustees of Fur- man University. Addresses by Rev. Charles Manly, D.D., and Rev. J. L. M. Curry, D.D.
The Convention adjourned at half-past 9 o'clock, after prayer by the Rev. R. W. Sanders, until half-past 10 this morning.
SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS. Saturday, November 24th, the following ap- peared in The News and Courier :
HISTORY OF THE DENOMINATION IN THIS STATE - FOUNDERS AND EARLY WRITERS OF THE SECT -WHAT THEY AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE DONE FOR THE CAUSE OF RELIGION.
An attentive correspondent [who is under- stood to have been Wm. G. Whilden, Esq.], in view of the two hundredth anniversary of the First Baptist Church of Charleston, has furnished the News and Courier with an account of the ge- nealogy of some of the early ministers of the Baptist denomination in South Carolina. It is not claimed that the record is complete, but it will doubtless be read with considerable interest just at this time, and will show at least the honor- able ancestry of many of the leading Baptist families in the State. A list of the names of sev-
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eral of the early members of the "Church in Charleston " is also included. Some have disap- peared entirely from the State, others have their descendants with us.
The Rev. William Screven, born in Somerset- shire, England, in 1629, settled in Kittery, in the Province of Maine. He was married to Bridget Cutt, a daughter of Robert Cutt, a member of the British Parliament, whose second wife was Mary Hart, of Barbadoes, W. I. Robert and Mary Cutt had four daughters and two sons. He died about 1675. His widow married Capt. Francis Champernown, a native of Devonshire, England, a kinsman of Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John, Sir Adrian and Sir Humphrey Gilbert. He left his property to his step-children, Cutt.
The descent of the Champernowns from King John through Richard, King of the Romans, is undisputed, and from the reign of Henry II. to the present day the descent of the Champernowns is clear. Before the reign of Queen Mary the family of Champernown united with the ancient families of Gilberts and Raleighs, and lived with dignity and splendor in Modbury. Dartington Manor is now the seat of Arthur Champernown, having descended to him from his distinguished ancestor, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
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The intermarriage of the Champernowns with the families of Tulfords, Lord Mountjoy, Sir Henry Norreys, Sir Edward Seymour (grand- son of the Earl of Somerset), Count Montgom- ery, Earl of Devonshire, Lord Bonchier, Earl of Bath, Lord Bonville, Lord Panlet, Sir Richard Bampfylde, Sir Ferdinand Gorges, Lady Doug- lass Howard, Earl of Lincoln, Cavens and others are recorded facts. Mary Cutt married a Whip- ple, from whom the Whipples of Massachusetts are descended.
Thomas Smith Screven, the great-grandson of the Rev. Wm. Screven and great-grandson of Landgrave Thomas Smith, married Eleanor, the daughter of the Rev. Oliver Hart, March 6, 1770. She was born May 22, 1750; he was born January 24, 1741. This was his third wife. Their daughter Martha married Benjamin Bow- man, February 26, 1795, and had one child, Elizabeth Vanderhorst, born May 31, 1798. She married May 25, 1820, Samuel J. Murray, son of John and Elizabeth Murray, of Stateburg, S. C. Their eldest son, John Murray, married Decem- ber 13, 1848, Mary, daughter of Col. J. S. Spann. William, their second son, married October 28, 1846, Caroline Middleton, eldest daughter of Col. Robert H. Goodwyn. Their fourth child, Martha
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Screven Murray, married May 4, 1848, Dr. Mat- thew Singleton Moore. Their seventh child, El- len Cox Murray, married I. S. K. Bennett, of Charleston. Their tenth child, Elizabeth Nelson Murray, married Samuel J. Bradley, of Sumter County, S. C.
Thomas Screven, eldest son of Thomas and Eleanor Screven, born August 16, 1774, died July 12, 1833, married December 21, 1803, Mary Ann Susannah, daughter of Archer and Mary Smith (a descendant of Landgrave Smith). Their daughter, Mary Ann, born February 24, 1811, married Dr. George P. Frierson, now of Louisi- ana. Their son, William Screven Frierson, mar- ried Flora McIver. Dr. Frierson, after the death of his first wife, married her sister, Martha, and had eight children. Their daughter, Martha Jane, married May 15, 1839, Francis A. Lee, son of Paul S. H. and Jane E. Lee, of Dallas Co., Ala. Their daughter, Fringella Althea, married Julius Amelias Smith (a descendant of the Landgrave).
Eleanor Screven, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Screven, born November 12, 1779, died February 17, 1845, married December 22, 1800, John Cox, of Charleston. Their eldest son, Jo- seph Hart Cox, married a Le Noir.
Eleanor Susan Cox, born October 17, 1808,
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married January 24, 1830, William Singleton Mc- Caa, of Kershaw County.
Mary Amerentha Cox married Dr. Jas. R. Jones, of Marengo County, Ala.
John Hart, third son, born March 7, 1758, died March 17, 1814, married Mary, daughter of James and Mary Screven, January 17, 1784.
The Rev. Charles Odingsell Screven, the great-grandson of the Rev. William Screven and son of Gen. James Screven (who was shot at Medway, Liberty County, Ga., during the Revo- lution), married the widow Barbary M. Jones, for- merly Barnard, of Savannah, Ga., died July 2, 1830.
Mary Screven's second son was Gen. James Screven of 1776, who married a Miss Odingsell.
The second wife of the Rev. C. O. Screven was Miss Barbary Robert.
Two of the Inglebys married widow Scre- vens. Their descendants for the most part re- side in the State.
Richard B. Screven, who married Alice Pen- darvis, left descendants who intermarried with the Edwardses, Frasers, Johnstons, Guerards, Davises, Cuthberts, DeSaussures and others. Thomas E. Screven married Cornelia McNish.
John Hart, third son of the Rev. Oliver Hart, born March 6, 1758, died March 17, 1814, mar-
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ried Mary, daughter of James and Mary Screven. Their son, Charles Thomas, born September 26, 1794, died April 3, 1834, married Ann Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Dunham, January 14, 1819. Their daughter, Helen Mary Hart, born March 12, 1819, died June 17. 1862, married Wm. R., son of Gilbert and Mary Gignilliat, Sep- tember 19, 1838. Their son Wm. R. married Hattie Heyward, of Aiken, S. C., August 13, 1860. Thomas Hart Gignilliat, son of above, married Ellen Barbara, daughter of Thomas S. and Ann Screven Williams, of Walthonville, Ga. Elizabeth Screven Lee Hart, born February 25, 1801, third daughter of John and Mary Hart, married Joseph Jones, January 25, 1820. Wil- liam Gilbert, of Pennsylvania, married Lucretia, the sister of the Rev. Oliver Hart. Their son, Seth Gilbert, married Elizabeth, the great-grand- daughter of the Rev. William Screven, January 5, 1767, and left four children-Joseph, who mar- ried Rebecca Ruberry ; Sarah, born 1773, mar- ried a Humbert; Eleanor, born 1775, who mar- ried Steven West Moore, of Charleston ; Seth, born 1778, married a Davis. The female de- scendants of Joseph Gilbert intermarried with the families of McCreights, Longs, Howdens, of Fairfield County; Williams and Pierce, of Ala-
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bama ; Whilden, McIver and Hard, of Charles- ton ; David, of Greenville; Ward, of Tennessee Those descended from Humbert intermarried with the Jeffords, Seabrooks, Kellers and Rileys, of Charleston ; Caldwell, of Virginia; Pringle, of Sumter. Those descended from Seth Gilbert in- termarried with the Bartons, Galloways, Smiths, Chrietzbergs and Taylors.
The female descendants of Eleanor Moore in- termarried with the Wescotts, Clements, Kings, Meggetts, of Colleton County, and Pasleys, of Laurens County, S. C. Dr. Samuel Preston Moore, late Surgeon-General of South Carolina, and General S. M. West Moore, of New Orleans, are sons of this party.
Mrs. William Screven's sister Elizabeth first married an Elliott ; secondly, Robert Witherick, of Somerton, S. C.
Robert Elliot, a son, had children as follows : Artemus, who married Mary Burnham, June 22, 1744.
Humphrey Elliot, who married Catherine Booth, November 13, 1744. Daughters, Dorothy and Elizabeth.
Artemus and Mary Elliot had a daughter, Mary, who married Robert Cochran, from whom is descended Mr. Charles B. Cochran, formerly
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of Charleston, but now of McClellanville. Their other daughter, Margaret, married Mr. James Darby, of Fort Motte. The late Dr. J. T. Darby, who married Mrs. Preston, of Columbia, is one of the descendants.
Rev. Oliver Hart. His ancestors came from Whitney, in Oxfordshire, England, with William Penn, the founder, to whom they were related John Hart, the first of the family who settled in America, was the son of Christopher and Mary Hart, born November 16, 1651, (was a member of the Society of Friends, a preacher, a member of the Assembly and a charter member of the Government of Pennsylvania), married, in 1683, Susannah Rush, (whose parents were the ances- tors of those of the name who became distin- guished in the history of Pennsylvania). His wife's grandfather commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army; her grandmother was Su- sannah Lucas, of Horton, in Oxfordshire, Eng- land.
John Hart, (the son of John and Susannah), born July 16, 1684, married Eleanor Crispin, No- vember 25, 1708, daughter of Silas and Hester Crispin, and granddaughter of Thomas Holm, Surveyor-General of William Penn. William Crispin, the father of Silas, was a captain under
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Cromwell, and also served in the fleet of Admiral Sir William Penn in the attack on Jamaica. His wife was a daughter of John Jasper, of Rotterdam, whose sister Margaret married Admiral Penn.
John Hart died March 22, 1763-his wife Octo- ber 27, 1754-leaving four children. Their son, Joseph, was a member of the Committee of Safety of Pennsylvania during the Revolution, colonel of a regiment, a member of the Supreme Execu- tive Committee and Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas to the day of his death, February 25, 1788. General John Davis, a member of Con- gress in 1839, married his daughter.
Rev. Oliver Hart, born July 5, 1723, (fifth son of John and Susannah Hart), married, February 28, Sarah Brees, born December 7, 1729, died October 20, 1772, leaving four children. On April 5, 1774, he married Mrs. Anne Maria Grim- ball, daughter of William and Sarah Sealy, of Euhaw and widow of Charles Grimball.
The Rev. O. Hart was commissioned by the President of the Council of Safety, in 1775, to accompany Messrs. Tennant and Drayton through the Colony, to explain the nature of the difficulty between Great Britain and this country. He died at Hopewell, N. J., December 31, 1795; his widow died October 5, 1813, and was buried at
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Wadmalaw Island, S. C. He was the father of eight children by his first wife, and two by his second wife.
Oliver Hart, born November 7, 1754, died Oc- tober, 1790, second son of the Rev. Oliver Hart, married Sarah Brockington, November 19, 1778.
Mary Baker Hart, youngest daughter of the Rev. Oliver and Sarah Hart, married, January II, 1787, Benjamin Merrill, of South Carolina.
William Rodgers Hart, youngest son of the Rev. Oliver and Anne Maria Hart, married, December 27, 1809, Sarah, daughter of James and Elizabeth Clark, of Edisto Island.
Oliver James Hart, youngest son of William R: and Sarah Hart, married Joanna A., daughter of John R. and Mary S. Townsend, of Wadmalaw.
George W. S. Hart, a lawyer of Yorkville, is one of the descendants of this branch.
Odingsell W. Hart, born December 8, 1803, eighth child of John and Mary Hart; married, January 12, 1826, Mary Caroline, daughter of Oliver and Mary Stevens.
Smith Screven Hart, born April 13, 1806, ninth child; married first, Mary Coleman ; second, Elizabeth Fullon ; third, Harriet Atwood Newell.
" MEMORANDUM containing some of the most remarkable occurrences in Providence relative to
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or noticed by an unworthy traveler towards the New Jerusalem, who desires ever to esteem him- self a stranger and sojourner in this dreary wil- derness. By Oliver Hart, A. M., pastor of the Baptist Church in Charles Town, South Carolina. ' By faith he sojourned in the land as in a strange country.' Heb. xi. 9."
The above manuscript, containing forty-four pages, was kindly loaned me by Mr. G. W. S. Hart, of Yorkville.
Items from the Manuscript Diary of the Rev. O. Hart :
"The Rev. Mr. Tilly died on Edisto, April, 1744, was born in 1698."
" The Rev. John Stephens arrived at Charles Town from Philadelphia, May ye 12th, 1750."
" On Saturday, January ye 11th, 1752, Mr. Ste- phens and Oliver Hart ordained Mr. Thomas Harrisson to the office of deacon. January 13th, we ordained Mr. Francis Pelot, minister, Mr. Ben- jamin Parmenter, ruling elder, and Archibald Harting, deacon, all in ye church at Euhaw."
"Saturday, February ye 8th, 1752, Mr. Stevens and I ordained Mr. William Screven, Sr., to the office of Deacon, in Charlestown."
" Rev, Morgan Edwards came into Charles .
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Town, January 23d, 1772, and left it the 11th of February following."
"On Friday, April ye 2d, 1773, I began court- ship with the worthy Mrs. Anne Grimball (widow of the late Mr. Charles Grimball, of Charles Town), which continued, with some interruption and various success, for twelve months and then terminated in marriage according to my wishes." (How few of us now can specify the day of the week and of the month that we began courting).
"On Tuesday, April ye 5th, 1774, I was mar- ried (by Rev. Francis Pelot) to the amiable and accomplished Mrs. Anne Grimball, relict of the late Mr. Charles Grimball, of Charles Town. She was a daughter of Mr. William Sealy (a man remarkable for piety), whom he had by his wife, Mrs. Sarah Sealy, (likewise a member of the Baptist Church, with her husband), of reputable life and conversation. She was born at Euhaw, Indian Land, on January ye 4th, 1740, and mar- ried to Mr. Charles Grimball, aforesaid, Septem- ber ye 9th, 1756. I baptized her .May ye 5th, 1770. She then gave herself a member of the Baptist Church in Charles Town, which I serve, and has ever since behaved worthy of her pro- fession. Mr. Grimball died June ye Ist, 1770, and left her in the charge of two small children, a
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son and a daughter. These she made the ob- jects of her principal love, and during her state of widowhood (which was near four years) she demeaned herself with so much prudence, cir- cumspection and integrity as to gain the esteem and applause of all her acquaintance. In short, · as a maid, a wife and a widow, she has sustained an unsullied character and been a pattern and or- nament to her sex. These are but some of the outlines. I mean not to delineate a character possessed of inward beauties-not to be touched by a much finer pencil than mine. I speak not at random, or by guess, having had sufficient tryal of her virtues ; it being now twelve months and bet- ter since I had the pleasure to call her my own, and I esteem that as one of my happiest days that put such a prize into my bosom. All this I could seal with my blood. Witness my hand this 18th day of April, 1775."
On the margin of the above, in a lady's hand- writing, is the following: "I blush to read this. Oh the goodness of him that wrote it."
"On Tuesday, March ye 26, 1776, South Caro- lina broke off the British yoke and established a new form of government upon a free and generous plan, our rulers being chosen from among our- selves, &c. May we never again be enslaved."
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"On Tuesday evening, December the 2d, my son-in-law (should be step-son) Charles Isaac Grimball, received a dangerous contusion on his head, which threatened his life. It was wantonly given him by a soldier with a cudgel more fit to combat an ox or a bear with than a young lad. What vexed me I could not bring the wretch to justice. However, the Lord in mercy restored the lad. This day compleats twenty-eight years since my first landing in Charles Town. Many are the changes I have seen and experienced in that time. The town greatly improved-the in- habitants almost new-our church has had its vicissitudes. I, myself, am grandfather by a daughter then unborn. May God prepare me for what is to come."
November 7, 1778. "As some people were cleaning out a cellar of one of the houses on the Bay, burnt down in January last, they came up with some rice, still on fire, which must have been burning near ten months. Numbers were eye- witnesses to this event, as I was myself."
The Rev. Francis Pelot, born March 1, 1720, at Norville, Stutgart, Switzerland, (derived from his ancestors the right of Burgership in that town), married first Miss Martha Sealy (a first cousin of the second wife of the Rev. Oliver Hart); sec-
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ondly, Catharine, the widow of William Screven, (a son of the Rev. William), daughter of Justinius Stoll (hence comes the name of Stoll's alley). Their children were John, James, Samuel, Charles and Benjamin. John married into the Guerin family (mentioned elsewhere). Dr. Francis Young Porcher's first wife was one of his granddaughters and the late Francis J. Porcher one of his de- scendants. One of Rev. Pelot's descendants, Francis Pelot, married into the Perrin family of Abbeville. From him Mrs. George W. Cooper, of Sumter, is descended.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon, of James Island, mar- ried March 21, 1745, Elizabeth, the daughter of the Second Landgrave Smith, who was born January 6, 1722, and died 1758.
Their daughter, Mary Smith Dixon, married Elias Jaudon; Rebecca married a Hamilton ; Elizabeth Mr. Robert, of Robertville, a descendant of Rev. Pierre Robert, through whom are de- scended the Bosticks, of Allendale neighborhood, and the Rev. J. M. Bostick, of Barnwell.
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