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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959Ninety Years In Aiken CountyNinety Warn in Aiken County: % Gasper I,. Toole, II. (Oiuk'nsi'd |y aiilt; *e (Joss llerr.UK. j EARLY SETTLERS CENSUS *f 1790: »n order to maintain lines lf communication between army jKists set up by the British, roads I'r “trails, as they were railed, p'ere established. One of the most famous of these was the Old Tory P rail which was not in existence until the British established it for inilitnry purposes to hold the people of this section under their sub-flugation. It connected Fort Moore Mich had been established by LordRealty Views“Well, It’s certainly been * pleasure doing business with you, said lr. Klondike as we were concluding a recent deal “I am sure you’ll ti,. 'n business a long lime because you lake such l»oo(j c«re of your customers.“1*111 Out of lt;|uartcrN,*’ I said With « grin, “but we appreciate your confidence In us.“It's no Joke, Mr. Kbanlike replbsl seriously, “| mean it. I came into your city and didn't know a soul. Fortunately, I was referred to your office. You took a personal Interest in my real estate problem. Ilelpi-d in** analyze, 't find the proper locution. an,| arrange the financing And the home is a better buy in rvrry way than I had even hoped to get. Where I came from, I just JHUb'I have reielved such fine Hpljmriil. I honestly can't tliankNaturally, we do try to make YOl'lt real estate problem, til It problem, whether you are on the buying or sell ng end of the transaction.If you would like PKRSONAL-l’4EI reat isitltR arrvlec, come in. or merely* ph nc, and we'll visit you.Eiilalie Salley Companylleal'ors Ml !»UTtfat Hamburg and Fort Granby Cornwallis on the south side of the Congarce River alout where the town of Cayce is now located. It was a much traveled road, and scv,-oral inns were established along the way to accommodate the Brit-.sh soldiers and Tories. The Tory influence along this road was so strong that a band of patriots engaged them in a battle at Doans Bridge in Aiken County in order to curb their activities against the cause of freedom. On this trail the twines of many Tories have been ■ dug up where they had been killed, j thrown aside, and buried. This i trail ran from Hamburg through j Beech Island, the Franklin Com- j munity, the- old NJorgan Place, by | MUlbrook Church, across the Levels, past Montmoronei, to somewhere near Dayton Toole’s place on the Southern Railroad, now owned by Charles Venning, across the coutry $o the present Pine Log Bridge on the South Edisto River. From then* the trail led to a point on the North Edisto where the river could le fort it'd, and on to Fort Granby.William Harden, an ancestor of the author and one of the partisan leaders of South Carolina, operated along this mad and over this section of South Carolina. He lived and was a daring patriot leader, in the Beech Island Community, After the British were driven out, the Old Tory Trail, known as the Pne Dig Road ever since, became an important highway. It has been | used hy the farmers on down to the present time in going to Columbia and Augusta—two great centers of trade after the Revolutionary War.liam; Bush, John—18 slaves; Butler, Thomas.Carter, Issac; Casscls, James; Clark, Henry; Cleckley, John; Cook, John; Corbitt, John — 1 on — 9 slaves; Cushman, Simeon.Davis, James — 4 slaves; Day, slave; Crum, John; Curry, Steph-Josoph—1 slave; Dean, William; Dukes, John—2 slaves; Dunbar, James—1 slaves; Dunbar, William; D.vches, Isaac—3 slaves.Ford, Elijah —10 slaves; Foreman, Jacob—1 slave; Garvin, Robert; George, Lewis; Green, William; Gregory, Jonathan.Hankinson, Richard; Harden, William (kinsman of author’s mother); Hartley, Joseph — 1 slave; Heath, Ban jam In; Hobbs, Elijah; Holley, Elias; Holman. Joseph; Howell, Joseph —1 slave; Hutto, Lewis.* - ■ 'Jackson. James— 2 slaves; Jones, Charles—5 slave*; Jones. Janies— 23 slaves; Johnson, William: Jordan Goo»**re.Kirkland. James—2 staves; Knox, John; I^amar, Rohert; l^anier. Richard—2 slaves (author's greatgrandfather) ; Livingston, William —4 slaves.MeCrearv. Rohert: MeElmurrav James; Middleton Hugh — 20 slaves: Mixon, George; Moody.John; Moseley, William—0 slaves.Nickerson. David—1 slave; Nix-| on. John—1 slave; Nun, Joseph; Odum, Benjamin.Peacock, Levi Peacock. Robert: Peacock,. Samuel; Pemberton. Josiah; Pool, George; Purvis, William-Another famous ron ’ was thi , old Ninety-Six Road which saw' a great deal of activity during Rev- j olutionary times, it ran from I Charleston to Ninety Six. The old j well where the Revolutionary sol-j diers drank is still intact on this road at Jones’ Cross Road.When the first United States census was taken in 1790, the territory now known as Aiken County was a part of Ninety-Six and Orangeburg Districts. The only names listed in t 1m* census were the heads if families, but they were theones who made the constitution possible and who put it into suc-cesstul operation after it w'asadopted We should lie proud of these names, for by their action in war and peace iliey helped to found our nation. Many living here today will lind the name of an : ancestor in this list.Adk nson, David; Amiek. Peter; Armstrong, Richard; Ashley, Rob-I ert.Boyd, Edmund —1 slave; Berk, Charles; Heck, John; Bill, John— .1 slave;; Brown, Joel; Brown, Wll-Randall. John; Rayhom, Jos-rnh: Red, Thomas: Richardson,Aaron —2 slaves; Rountree. Rue-hen: Rous Peter; Rucker. Gasper: Rutland. Cullen.Salley. Henry—4 slaves; Salley. John; Sawyer, George—1 slave; Scott, Abraham: Scott, Nathan;Christopher: Sizemore, Eph-Smith, Joseph; Stnoak. Bar-In the youngstei have rc are now one hut and vita Reg a been e Mrs. F ton. Hot recupcra Orangeh tons welt; her pan Kirkland Boylston party fo their srti lumbia Kirkland Tomm bors, M who wa auto sr doing pital.Out in son, Evangel vened a crnoon once is al high! tists.Mrs. Future Edgcfiol Edgefiel makers present* bi Ing • Tltis w lowed Those i I Hamsun Brodic, tricia the gimShaw, raim; nettTompson. David—2 slaves; Tillman. Frederick, Jr. —3 slaves; Toole, David; Toole. Isaac— 4 slaves —(author’s great - grandfather»: Toole. John: Toole. Michael; Treadway. Richard; Tyler Ahso. lem: Van, Edward, Sr.; Van. Edward, Jr.Watson, John: Weathrrshee. Ijrw-1s—3 slaves; Weaver, Joseph— 1 slave; Weeks. Thomas; Woodward, Charles — (author’s grandfather»: I Wooley. La mis; Youngblood. Jac- j oh: Youngblood. Joseph.For the next few years, life ran i ■ along smoothly for the inhabitants ! | of this s«H*tion. With the War over ' men’s attention was focused on the ; everyday affairs of living. Not un-| ti| the coming of the railroad did | anything of great importance hap-! pen.LAD^i2ouu
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Aiken Journal and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1959
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