New Richmond on the Savannah in 1825, the year Sarah's brother Robert Hardy had his first child John B., Hardy. On the second map down it is in the upper left hand corner. Sarah's sister mary lived at the A. and C/or G) Anderson Mill on Stevens Creek which enters the Savannah coming from the north..Child of John Hardy and Ann Williams of Edgefield SC in red. Click on blue for parents.
1. Sarah "Sallie" HARDY Sarah was a first child born ca 1767 d: 5 May 1841 in Edgefield, SC (Parkesville SC) and actually has a burial place in an old cemetery by the side of a road but I don't have the location. Carol Hardy Bryan might have it. Sarah willed money to the Big Stevens Creek Church About 8 mi. NW of North Augusta on SC 230, North Augusta
She married Joseph Cunningham Jr. and they lived near Callaham Mill. Sarah Hardy Cunningham´s will is in Edgefield Co Will Book D index volume one 1836-1853 page 254 box 48 package 2053 A copy would be appreciated.
I think Joseph Cunningham was the son of (no proof) Joseph Cunningham b abt 1745 Ireland, arrived Jan. 5, 1771 on the "Hopewell" at Charleston, SC,. Joseph arrived with his bother James who petitioned for 150 acres of land Jan. 17, 1771. Joseph applied for 250 acres of land Jan. 17, 1771. (Source: Governor's Council Chamber Records, 148, 250 acres in Colleton County on a branch called Powells Bran.) James Cunningham married Agnes McCurdey of Abbeville northwest of Stephens Creek. James died between 1790 and Dec 22, 1798 after which Joseph married Agnes McCurdey-his brother`s widow. Joseph´s first wife is unknown. Joseph died about 1804 and the widow of both men died about 1807 - Agnes leaving 2 sons by James-Thomas and John R..
Joseph Cunningham Jr.'s sister was Margaret who married a Frazier. Either Reuben Frazier or a son of Reuben. Reuben Frazier received a grant of land by Governor Moultrie on the Savannah River in Edgefield SC 1 May 1786 and 4 November 1793. Was Reuben the husband of Margaret Cunningham? She may have been born around 1770. Joseph Cunningham (wife Sarah Hardy) gave part of this land to his sister Margaret Frazier in 2 November 1799 and after that it was supposed to go to her 3 sons William, John and Daniel Frazier. They lived in the New Richmond area at that time (no longer existent).
Joseph Jr. s brother John Cunningham b ca 1771 in SC married Polly. John died 8 July 1799 in Edgefield, several years before his father, but John is mentioned in his father´s will which he wrote Dec. 22nd, 1798 before his son John died. Polly had had 2 children by husband John Cunningham -William and Catherine "Caty" Cunningham (who married Arthur Tinsley 22 June 1815 Edgefield, son of John b ca 1769 of Pendleton District). Polly claimed the Cunninghams treated her very badly at John´s death -that they were cruel. Polly quickly remarried David W. Thompson 4 December 1800 and she had 3 more children. Polly died 22 October 1810 probably in childbirth. The 2 Cunningham children were taken out of the David Thompson house by Joseph Cunningham Jr. after Polly´s death without Thompson´s permission and knowledge. David W. Thompson died about 1815. Joseph Cunningham sued him to get the slaves belonging to the children.
Joseph Cunningham Sr.´s will- he had a daughter Margaret Frazier who is not mentioned. His brother James was dead and he had remarried his brother's widow Agnes.
From "McCurdy Footprints" by Lorene Taylor Gaines:
Will of Joseph Cunningham (Sr.)
Edgefield County, South Carolina
Be it known to all whom it may concern, that I Joseph Cunningham
of the State of South Carolina, Edgefield County, Being sick and
weak in body,but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind
my mortality, knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to do,
Do commit my soul into the hands of God who gave it, And my body
to the dust be entered in a decent manner. ---- And as to such
worldly property as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I will and
dispose of al follows - Viz. 1st I positively will and order that my
Lawful debts Be paid.
- 2. I will to Agness my beloved wife, my negroe fellow named Sam,
Said negroe to be at her command during her lifetime, and at her
decease to be the property of my son Joseph, Also my negro Wench
named Sook to be at the disposal of Agness, my wife, through life,
and at her death to be left to which ever of her children she may
think most proper, Also all my Lands which Ipossess in Edgefield
County, I leave to Agness my wife during her life,and at her death
be the property of my Son Joseph.
- 3. Also I will to Jannet, my Daughter, five pounds in cash.
- 4. Also I will to my Son John a tract of land lying in Pendleton
County, Also a note of four guineas upon William Melton. -
- 5. Also I will to my Daughter Mary one bay mare named Pigeon,
saddle and bridle, and two cows and calves, also fifteen pounds in
cash. Said property to her use and the heirs of her body.
-6. Also, I will to my Daughter Nancy and the heirs of her body,
one black gelding named white foot, saddle and bridle, two cows and calves, Also
fifteen pounds cash.
- 7. Also I will to my Daughter Sally, one bay mare named Cate,
saddle and bridle, two cows and claves, and fifteen pounds in cash.
- 8. One grey mare named Tib, two cows and calves, to my Son
Joseph.
- 9. and lastly all the remainder of my live property -plantation tools
and household furniture, I will to my wife Agness, - and I do appoint
Agness my wife, Joseph my Son, and Polly my Daughter, as
Sole Executors of this my last will and testament - and I do hereby
revoke and disannul all wills by me before this time made, Decr. 22nd,
1798.
Signed and Sealed } his
in the presence of us } Joseph X Cunningham
Nathan Lusk } mark
Higdon Boudaum }
William Ham }
Inventory of the estate of Joseph Cunningham Dec'd, was dated Jan. 27,
1804 valued at $1,988.87 - 1/2. Land and buildings not included in
inventory.
Agnes McCurdey Will:
From "McCurdy Footprints" by Lorene Taylor Gaines:This 1800 census is the later Parks Store section of Edgefield where Richard Hardy was living. Apparently he has his plantation at what is present day Parkesville, in 1850 called the PO at Parks Store. When his father died he must have sold out what he had to one of his brothers. Here Richard Hardy is living next to Thomas Furgeson who is named as Elizabeth Hardy's guardian in his intestate proceedings of 1843. It is also where Margaret Cunningham Cartledge and Mary Polly (Parks?) Hardy, widow of Richard, end of living apparently on the same property according to the 1860 census and neighbors in 1850 (see image) . I wish I knew the deed records. Margaret was given the Edmund Cartledge estate before he died.
Will of Agness Cunningham
Nov. 27, 1807
State of South Carolina } I Agness Cunningham
Abbeville District } of the State & District
being of sound mind and memory & calling to mind the Mortality of life,
I make & ordain this my Last will & Testament in manner & form as follows
Viz) First I give my Soul to God My Maker. 2. I will that all my debts be paid & ???? out of my estate -
3. I give and bequeath to my grandson, John Cunningham Balis, one Horse
to be worth Seventy five Dollars also a new Saddle & Bridle - The Ballance of my property I desire to be Equaly divided between my two sons Namely) Thomas & John R. Cunningham, admiting John to have two Hundred Dollars more than Thos -- I also make & Ordain John Jones junr and and Jeremiah S? Terry to be my Executor.
Signed Sealed & Acknoledged in presents of
Witnefs Present } in the year of our Lord one
} thousand Eight hundred &
Benja Terry } Seven (1807) & Twenty Eight of Nov.
Saml. Youngs her
Margaret Calhoun Agnefs X Cunningham SEAL
mark
Edgefield County, South Carolina, Box 25, Pkg. 1314
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1790 his father John Hardy across the other side of Stephens Creek
2 Free white males of 16 years and upward
4 Free white male under 16 years (sons Daniel, Robert, William, John)
3 Free white females (wife Ann William, daughters Mary and Sarah)
0 other free persons
9 slaves (Rose, Dan, Adam, Hannah, Milly, Jude, Silvie, ?, ?)
1790 Edgefield
Cunningham, Jos.
2 Free white males of 16 years and upward
1 Free white male under 16 years
2 Free white females
0 other free persons
1 slave
1800 Edgefield in what is now McCormick
CUNNINGHAM, Agnis 162 11000-01001-01 widow of James Cunningham
CUNNINGHAM, Joseph 180 01001-01201-03 father of Joseph who married Sarah Hardy
0 males under 10 years of age
1(between 10 to 16 years)
0 between 16 to 26 years
0 males between 26 to 45 years
1 male over 45 (Joseph)
0 females under 10 yea
1 females between 10 to 16 years
2 females between 16 to 26 year
0 females between 26 to 45 years
1 females over 45 year
0 other free person
3 slaves
1810 census Edgefield probably near Callihams Mill
There are 4 boys and 2 girls
History of Calliham's Mill Baptist Church: "Among the constituent members of the Edgefield Baptist Association was Cailliham's Mill Church located in the upper part of the Edgefield District in what is now McCormick County. The church was located on the west side of Stevens Creek and about two miles east of its present site. Evidence of the church site still exists in a now wooded area, which contains the graves of many of its past members. Only three of the graves have markers, which have withstood the elements of time. The Calliham's Mill Baptist Church of Christ was constituted in the year of 1785 under the care of Reverend John Thomas and Reverend Samuel Cartledge. The Reverend John Thomas was the first known preacher of the church. Reverend Charles Blackwell who was the church's itinerant minister in the year 1789 succeeded Reverend Thomas. In this year the church already had a membership of 80. The Reverend Samuel Cartledge was called to preach at Calliham's Mill Church in 1790, and he preached there for around fifty-three years."
History Calliham's Mill Baptist Church: "The Reverend Samuel Cartledge was called to preach at Calliham's Mill Church in 1790 where he preached for about fifty-three years. Reverend Cartledge preached in many Edgefield District churches including Calliham's Mill Baptist Church and "Plumb" Branch Baptist Church both of which he helped organize. He preached at Calliham's Mill from 1790 to 1843. His life ended at the age of 93, lacking two days, after being thrown from his horse and sustaining fatal injuries. He breathed his last breath at the house of a friend, Dr. Crawford, in Columbia County Georgia on July 13, 1843. He was noted in the Edgefield advertiser as ... a pious and devoted minister of the Gospel". Reverend Cartledge was buried in the family burying ground of Mr. James Cartledge in Columbia County Georgia. In 1790, the year that Reverend Cartledge came to this church there was a membership of 80. As early as 1792, this church was in the Georgia Baptist Association with 82 members and its only association delegate was Mr. Edmund Cartledge. In addition to the pastor, Reverend Cartledge, John Price and Allen Robertson represented the church at the meetings of the Georgia Baptist Association in 1803. There was a membership of 97 in that year."
Children of Sarah Hardy and Joseph Cunningham (Will 22 Aug 1828)
SC Dept of Archives and History
Series Number: S108093
Reel: 0008
Frame: 00321
item:00
Date: 1828/08/22
Description: CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (4 FRAMES) (MSS WILL: BOOK A, PAGE 370; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 7, PKG 227).
Names Indexed:
CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH
AMY (SLAVE) CARTLIDGE, MARGARET
DANIEL (SLAVE) CARTLEDGE, SAMUEL JR.
CUNNINGHAM, SARAH
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM
PARKS, RICHARD
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM
CARTLEDGE, E.L.
CUNNINGHAM, JAMES
ROBERTSON, GEORGE
CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT
CARTLIDGE, SAMUEL
ROBERTSON, MARY/JUDEA (SLAVE)
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN
PARKS, POLLY
Locations: EDGEFIELD DISTRICT/
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)/
Series Number: S108093
Reel: 0009
Frame: 00438
item: 00
Date: 1828/08/22
Description: CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (4 FRAMES) (MSS WILL: BOOK C, PAGES 270-272; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 7, PKG 227).
Names Indexed: CUNNINGHAM, JOSEPH/AMY (SLAVE)/CARTLEDGE, MARGARET/DANIEL (SLAVE)/CARTLEDGE, SAMUEL JR./CARTLEDGE, SARAH/ROBERTSON, MARY/CUNNINGHAM, ROBERT/CARTLEDGE, SAMUEL//PARKS, POLLY/CUNNINGHAM, SARAH/CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM/PARKS, RICHARD/ROBERTSON, WILLIAM/CARTLEDGE, E.L./CUNNINGHAM, JAMES/ROBERTSON, GEORGE/CUNNINGHAM, JOHN/PARKS, RICHARD/
Locations: EDGEFIELD DISTRICT/
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)/
1. William CUNNINGHAM b ca 1795 died before May 1841 with no known issue.
Edgefield REEL NO: M432-852 PAGE NO: 79A
REFERENCE:
5th day of Oct. 1850, John C. Allen, Asst Marshall
2. Margaret Estelle CUNNINGHAM b: 23 Jul 1797 married Dr Elihi L. Cartledge who died after 1840. She was given his father's plantation 31 Dec 1825 by deed of gift. Two slaves were deeded to her by her father Joseph Cunningham 7 Nov 1825. The slaves were Jacob aged 37 and Elijah aged 9. Her inheritance in 1828 from her father Joseph was given to the care of his sons in laws Samuel Cartledge and William Robertson. Everything was arranged by her father and his father, so that as little as possible was in Elihu's name. He may have been an invalid who knows.
Census data 1850
Edgefield REEL NO: M432-852 PAGE NO: 79A
REFERENCE:
5th day of Oct. 1850, John C. Allen, Asst Marshall
19 1213 1213 Carthidge Margaret 51 F . . 1,000 South Car
20 1213 1213 Carthidge Mary E. 6 F . . . South Car
(Mary Elizabeth Cartledge b. 11/21/1843 Edgefield SC, d/o Malcolm and Martha B. Parks (b. 1827 Edgefield SC, d. 1877) d. 1/11/1918) [1850][1860](m. Malcolm Cartledge Hitt, Sr. (b. 12/21/1843 Edgefield SC, d. 6/8/1923 Lincoln GA), 4/1867 Edgefield SC)
21 1213 1213 Price Cineth 12 F . . . South Car
22 1214 1214 Hardy Mary 50 F . . 500 South Car
23 1214 1214 Hardy Elizabeth 7 F . . . South Car
24 1214 1214 Thompkins Richard Furman 18 M . Farmer . South Car
Margaret Estelle CUNNINGHAM b: 23 Jul 1797 in Edgefield, SC married Elihu L. CARTLEDGE MD b: 9 Feb 1797 in Edgefield, SC died after 1840 married on 1 June 1820 in Edgefield. Margaret Cartledge 1797 is living next to Mary (Polly) Hardy b 1800 and little Elizabeth Hardy in 1850 Edgefield. Elizabeth Hardy married J. R. BUSSEY abt 1857. Her mother is Mary Polly the 3rd wife of Richard Hardy, Sarah Hardy Cunningham´s brother. Elizabeth Hardy b ca 1840 was her next door neighbor Margaret Cunningham Cartledge´s cousin. Margaret Cartledge´s uncle William Hardy (her mother´s brother) was married to Mary Cartledge (daughter of Dr. Edmund Joseph Cartledge) who went to Lowndes/Dallas Co AL.
Karen Grumbaugh:
Deeds of Gift as listed - EDMUND CARTLEDGE (b: 10 NOV 1746 )- a series of deeds 31 Dec 1825 and all witnessed by John Tompkins, James Tompkins and Samuel Cartledge before Robert Jennings, J.P. - all of Edgefield District
(Colonel James S. TOMPKINS was married to Huldah Hill , John Tompkins was married Mary Robertson, granddaughter of Sarah Hardy and Joseph Cunningham, Samuel Cartledge was married to Sarah Ann Cunningham, d/o Sarah Hardy and Joseph Cunningham)
a. To my daughter, Elizabeth Jennings (wife of Robert the JP), a deed to 5 slaves, Harry-Jesse-Jabez-Jack and Vina and also one-sixth of my personal estate.
b. To my daughter, Mary Hardy (wife of William), 5 slaves, Dock-Becca-Billy-Cretia &Prissy and also one-sixth of my personal estate.
c. To my daughter, Nancy Martin (wife of John), 6 slaves, Jincy-Sampson-Charles-Polly-Cinda-& Joel and one-sixth of my personal estate.
d. To my daughter in law Margaret Cartledge (Margaret Estelle Cunningham widow of Elihu L.Cartledge), and her three children, Malcomb, and Joseph and Sarah Ann Cartledge, my plantation of land on Stevens Creek adjacent to the lands of Richard Hardy, Edmund Cartledge and the David Crawford Estate and also one-sixth of my personal estate.
This deed witnessed by Sarah Ann Cartledge (Sarah Ann Cunningham, wife of Samuel Cartledge) , James Tompkins, and Nancy Martin.
Then an additional deed 21 July 1828 to my daughter-in-law, Margaret Cartledge, widow and her three children, Malcomb, Sarah Ann and Joseph .. . the 125a bought of Charles Crawford and the 56a bought of David Crawford and John Tompkins. Witnessed by Richard Hardy, James Tompkins and Robert Jennings, JP. The 5a which I cut off my place where I leave for Robert Jennings is excepted.
Per deed records of Carol Hardy Bryan, Margaret had three children-
a. Malcolm Nicholson Cartledge 14 July 1821
b. Joseph E. Cartledge 5 May 1823
c. Sarah Ann Cartledge b 30 May 1825 who married William Lewis Parks b 11 April 1815.
a. Joseph E. CARTLEDGE b: 1830 in Edgefield, SC
b. James J. CARTLEDGE MD b: 10 Jan 1832 in Edgefield, SC Death: 2 Jan 1894 in Abbeville, SC
c. Robert W. CARTLEDGE b: 1833 in Edgefield, SC
d. Jeremiah S. (Jerry) CARTLEDGE b: 1837 in Edgefield, SC died 28 Dec 1893 in Edgefield, SC buried Ouzts Newer Ground, Long Cane Road, Edgefield, SC married Jane Virginia E. Ouzts. Peter Ouzts I and His Descendants by Hortense Woodson, 1949, p. 251 as well as Charles May and His Descendants by Hortense Woodson, 1956, p. 209 contact H. C. Ouzts at hc@ouzts.net
e. Thomas Ayers CARTLEDGE b: 31 Dec 1838 in Edgefield, SC died 24 Jan 1881 in Edgefield, SC buried Parkeville Bapt, Parksville, McCormick, SC Peter Ouzts I and His Descendants by Hortense Woodson, 1949, p. 136
Old Families of McCormick County South Carolina and Dorn Families of Edgefield, Greenwood, and McCormick Counties by Mrs. Willie Mae Gilchrist Wood, 1982, p. 37
More Old Families of McCormick County Vol II by Mrs. Willie Mae Gilchrist Wood, 3/19/1984, p. 59 married Mary Haseltine Morgan d/o Drury Morgan, descendant of Evan Morgan and Olive Newsom see Evan Morgan in Edgefield SC and his children
f. William Augusta CARTLEDGE b: 1843 in Edgefield, SC 11 Mar 1925 in , Richmond, Georgia buried 12 Mar 1925 Modoc, McCormick, SC m. Mary Jane MATHIS b: 13 Mar 1846 in Edgefield, SC also Mary Jane Mathis for more recent data
SC Archives Series Number: S126088 ignore: 0000 Item: 03487 ignore: 00
Date: 1919/09/08
Description: CARTLEDGE, WILLIAM A. OF EDGEFIELD, EDGEFIELD COUNTY APPLICATION FOR PENSION FOR SERVICE IN COMPANY I, TWENTY-FOURTH REGT, S.C. VOLUNTEERS.
Names Indexed: CARTLEDGE, WILLIAM A./TILLMAN, CAPT./HOLMES, E. M./CASEY, J. H./
Locations: EDGEFIELD/EDGEFIELD COUNTY
Type: PENSION APPLICATION/
Topics: TILLMANS COMPANY/TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY REGT/SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERSg. Samuel CARTLEDGE Jr. b: 1845 in Edgefield, SC Census 1850,1860
4. James CUNNINGHAM b: 1815 in
5. (Mary ? ) CUNNINGHAM b ca 1791? died after 2 children between 23 August 1810 and August 1828 married William Robertson b ca 1785-1790 died 1 Jun 1841 in Edgefield, SC-
Proof is the will of Sarah Hardy Cunningham Edgefield Co Will Book D page 190 recorded 5 May1841 (written 1840) and the will of Joseph Cunningham recorded 22 August 1828 Edgefield Co Archives microfilm Box #7 package #227 where in both Wills both children are named. William Robertson is named in the 1828 will. In the 1841 will George C. Robertson "my grandson" is an heir as well as an executor for his grandmother Sarah Hardy Cunningham. reference Quill may/June 2003 official publication of the Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society.
2 children
George C. b 6 May 1808
Mary b. August 23 1810 died August 1843 Edgefield who married Maj. John Warren Thompkins b 1795 NC died 1884 Cooksville AL remarrying to Frances Cox after Mary's death. Her older half brother George C. Robertson administered his grandmother´s estate. John Warren Tompkins was a grandson of Capt Stephen Thompkins who was born 9 May 1730 in New York, died 4 Feb 1801 in
6. Robert CUNNINGHAM
7. Unknown son CUNNINGHAM- son is John CUNNINGHAM
1820 Parks Store area census with William Robertson and Sanford - they are the same age group.This is Parksville Edgefield Co SC. Richard Parks is above Mitchel Cox. Richard Parks Sr was the richest man around and Parksville was named after him eventually. He had originally owned thousands of acres. He came with the Bullochs and the Cartledges from GA to Edgefield Co. After Jesse Stone is widow Sarah (Cartledge) Robertson between 26-44. She was b: 12 Mar 1784 m. ca ?1802 to George Robertson and 25 FEB 1826 (after this 1820 census) to Joseph Jacobs b abt 1778 South Carolina and moved to District 52, Lincoln, GA. After her is Sanford Robertson 26-44. Sanford Robertson's brother Thomas Robertson went to Alabama with Richard Hardy's brothers Robert, William, John and Covington Hardy. See 1850 Hatchet Creek, Coosa, Alabama. Thomas, Robertson 1784, Sandford 1786 William 1785 and were the sons of William Robertson and Elizabeth
In 1830 census Sarah Hardy Cunningham age 60-69 (1760-1769), Sanford Robertson age 30-39 next door to Richard Hardy 60-69, next to Edmund Cartledge age 80-89 with a woman 50-59 and a boy 20-29. Not far away are Elihu L. Cartledge with wife Margaret 2 boys and a girl (they only had 3 children), Samuel Cartledge age 30-39 with younger wife Sarah Ann Cunningham and a boy and a girl. Robert Jennings age 30-49 married to Elizabeth Cartledge.
In 1840 census William Robertson age 50 and under 60. 1781-1790 has moved onto Richard Hardy`s property or Sanford Robertson's. or the Robertsons were both overseers. We can now isolate William's birth which has been consistently between 1785 and 1789. He has a boy under 1-4, a girl 5-9 and another girl 10-14.
Richard's wife Mary Polly Hardy is about to give birth to Elizabeth in late 1840 or early 1841.
1850 census Edgefield SC Sarah Ann's grandson George C. Robertson with wife Catherine Cox.
1850 George C. living next to his step mother Sarah Griffis Robertson, His half siblings are still in the house and his half sibling Susan is the next house.
Half Siblings:
Susannah (Susan) Robertson (b. 12/12/1812 SC, m. John Lyon Bussey (b. 9/30/1811 Edgefield SC, d. 9/12/1843)[s/o Sarah (Sallie) Lyon & Dempsey Bussey], 11/1/1832) Susan [1850] McC
Sarah Ann Robertson (b. 1/3/1834 Edgefield SC, d. 2/24/1889 Edgefield SC)[1850](m. Alexander Sharpton, Jr. (b. 1/1/1824 Edgefield SC)[s/o Nancy & Alexander Sharpton, Sr.], 12/19/1850 Edgefield SC) McC
Ezra Robertson (b. 10/31/1836 SC, d. 10/13/1901)[1850](m. Frances Elizabeth (Fannie) Willis Freeman (b. 12/20/1842 SC, d. 8/12/1937)[d/o Susannah (Susan) Harmon & Stephen Wylie Willis], 1/20/1873)[1880] Robertson Cem McC Fannie widow of Charles M. Freeman, Sr.
Nancy Robertson (b. 9/18/1827 SC, d. 12/31/1849 Edgefield SC) Edge Note McC
Elizabeth Robertson (b. 7/12/1818 SC, m. Sterling Freeman (b. 1820 SC) 10/15/1840, d. 11/9/1869)[1850] McC Edge Marr
George C. full sister Mary Robertson (b. 8/23/1810 Edgefield SC, m. John Warren Tompkins, Maj. (b. 1795 NC, d. 1884 Cooksville AL)[s/o Elizabeth Brooks & Stephen Tompkins, Jr.], d. 8/1843 Edgefield SC) Tompkins Cem Plum Branch SC McC John m.. Frances Cox John Tompkins and Mary (Ann?) Cunningham children:
a. Elizabeth Brooks TOMPKINS named after John´s mother
b. John R. TOMPKINS
c. Susan TOMPKINS b ca 1822 died 23 Dec 1845 in Edgefield,
d. Dewitt Clinton TOMPKINS
e. Stephen O. TOMPKINS named after his father.
6. Robert CUNNINGHAM died by 1841 married Martha Cartledge b ca 1800 (d/o John Cartledge and unknown wife)- child is John b ca 1820 mentioned in 1828 Will of Joseph Cunningham. Martha Cartledge Cunningham remarried to James Jennings b: ABT 1796 in (?) VA on 21 JAN 1821 in Edgefield Co., SC. Martha had a sister Sarah Cartledge who married William H. Nixon -Children
(?) George W. Nixon b: ABT 1820 in Edgefield Co., SC
(?) Alexander Nixon b: ABT 1824 in Edgefield Co., SC
(?) Jefferson P. Nixon b: ABT 1827 in Edgefield Co., SC
(?) John A. Nixon b: ABT 1832 in Edgefield Co., SC
(?) Susan Nixon b: ABT 1835 in Edgefield Co., SC
Marriage record: Craven County, South Carolina CARTLIDGE , EDMUND , KEBLE , ELIZ , Dec ,09 , 1743
Karen Grumbaugh:
Excerpted from the autobiography of Rev. Groves H. Cartledge in the Andrea Collection (Mr. Andrea was a professional genealogist in SE portion of US).
"In the early settlement of Virginia a Mr. Cartledge, whose first name I never knew, came from Wales, it is believed and settled somewhere in VA. Joseph Cartledge, his only son, so far as I know, settled in NC on a creek which from him was named Cartledge's Creek. About the time of the war of the Revolution, he, with four sons and one daughter, Sarah, wife of Uriah Blanchard, removed from NC and settled in Columbia Co GA near the Savannah River (across from Edgefield SC). He was then an old man, and did not long survive. (he skips a generation.)
The four sons of Joseph Cartledge (died after NOV 1784 in Columbia County, GA) were Joseph (died 1800 GA), Samuel , Edmund (Dr) and James (died 9 APR 1845 in Columbia Co) . All of them, with their brother-in-law, Uriah Blanchard (unknown wife), and the other, a Mr. Barrett, of Lincolnton, GA. (Sarah cartledge married Rueben Blanchard and stayed in GA)
Edmund was a doctor and was very popular in his day both as a physician and surgeon. He removed to Edgefield Co SC and died there in the prime of life, leaving a large family of whom I know nothing except that his youngest daughter, Sarah, married a Mr. Pearce of Augusta GA and afterwards settled near Sumpter Station, AL.
Samuel also also removed from GA and settled in Edgefield Co SC. He was a Baptist preacher and both he and his brother, Edmund, are mentioned in Campbell's History of the Baptists in Georgia. He lived to be very old,dying about 1845. I never saw him but I have talked with a number of persons who were brought up under his ministry. He was possessed of the characteristics of the Welsh people, ready wit, plainness of speech, frankness and candor. He would relate, in the pulpit or anywhere else,the meanest act that he ever did, or the meanest thought that ever entered his head. For example, in his old age, after he had buried the wife of his youth, he was sent for to pray for a very sick parishioner in middle life. While on his knees praying he was observed by those present to be laboring under difficulties, as if embarrassed and burdened, and when he had finished he sat with bowed head for a moment and then said to the wife of the sick man, "My sister, all the time I was trying to pray for your husband, and trying to pray in faith, the devil was whispering in my ear, saying, 'Now Daddie Cartledge, pray without faith and the sick man will died and then you can marry the widow." Daddie Cartledge reared a large family. One son, Victor, died in AL many years ago. He was the father of Rev A M Cartledge, a Baptist minister of Winnsboro, SC."
karen Grumbaugh:
Found at the Augusta Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 3743, Augusta, Georgia 30914-3743
1809 April 13, Sarah Blanchard [appointed] to James Blanchard, she being the widow of Reuben Blanchard, died; Jeremiah Blanchard; Uriah Blanchard, Ezekiel Reed, (who married Sarah Blanchard); only surviving heirs of said Reuben and Jeremiah Blanchard, who married Mary, only surviving daughter and heir of Robert Blanchard; appoint James Blanchard, Att'y to recover from Administrators of Noah Hinton, all property to which we are entitled, as heirs and representatives of Robert and Reuben Blanchard who were heirs of Benjamin Blanchard who intermarried with Sarah Hinton, sister of said Noah Hinton.
Karen Grumbaugh:
According to the records of the late Mr. Albert Guillebeau, genealogist of Lincolnton, Georgia:
"Ruben Blanchard, the progenitor of the Blanchard family in Columbia County, Georgia and his wife, Sarah Cartledge, were natives of North Carolina. She was born November 25, 1763, a daughter of Edmund Cartledge [b. 28 OCT 1712 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA d. after NOV 1784 in Columbia County, Georgia]. Ruben and Sarah were married in North Carolina and they, with the Cartledge family emigrated to Georgia, about the time of the American Revolution."
Children of Edmund Cartledge who died ca 1833, s/o the Edmund who died 1784 GA:
1. James CARTLEDGE married Delilah Cox d/o William (also a James m. 5 APR 1826 Phoebe Jacobs who supposedly died 1846) Deed from Delilah's father, William Cox, 12 Sep 1822 - trustees were Richard Hardy and John Tompkins. (Richard Hardy was the brother of Sarah Hardy. John Tompkins was married to Mary Robertson, granddaughter of Sarah Hardy and husband Joseph Cunningham)
From researcher Andrea, "William Cox had a daughter, Delilah Cox who married James Cartledge SR and they have a son James Cartledge Jr . . . They came from Columbia or Lincoln Co GA and settled in the Hard Labor section ofAbbeville. Evidently this James Cartledge was a son of Edmund Cartledge.
2. John CARTLEDGE b: 19 Feb 1770 in Columbia Co., GA m. unknown but their daughter Martha m. Robert Cunningham, son of Sarah Hardy and Joseph Cunningham
3. Nancy Ann CARTLEDGE b: 20 Aug 1774 in Columbia, GA m. John Martin (Martins Mill). Lived more toward Abbeville. Her Will: 13 Jul 1840 Children of Nancy named in her will Edmund C. Martin, James E. Martin, Caroline Martin, Hepzabeth Lee Carson, Sabra (Sarah) K. Tullis
4. Elizabeth CARTLEDGE b: 23 May 1777 m. Robert Jennings JP b: ca 1795 Of Park's Store, South Carolina (son of Joseph and unknown)
5. Edmund CARTLEDGE V b: 26 May 1780
6. Sarah CARTLEDGE b: 12 Mar 1784 m. ca 1802 as a perhaps second wife to George Robertson (b. 2/23/1775) who died 29 Nov 1817 Old Willington Cem McCormick SC and Sarah remarried 25 FEB 1826 to Joseph Jacobs
7. Mary CARTLEDGE b: 15 Jul 1786 in Columbia Co., GA m. William Hardy, brother of Richard Hardy, She and her husband went to Lowndes Co AL both buried Old Town Cemetery, Dallas County, Al
8. Elias CARTLEDGE b: 20 Feb 1791 no knowledge
9. Dr. Elihu L. CARTLEDGE b: 20 Feb 1797 married 1 June 1820 in Edgefield, SC Margaret Estelle Cunningham, d/o Sarah Hardy and Joseph Cunningham
from a local resident who does a Blogger
"Parksville, SC. Parks Store, SC was renamed Parksville in 1882 after the late Richard Parks, a wealthy fellow who had owned some mills. Surprise, surprise. This was right around the time that the Augusta-Knoxville Railroad was making its way to McCormick, SC, a bit to the north. Parksville is the only town situated on the banks of Lake Thurmond, the huge reservoir created by the similarly named J. Strom Thurmond Dam. This is a photo from outside of Parksville. Inside is a fully furnished living room from decades ago. I have a photo of the weather-damaged painting of a lake and mountain that hangs over the sofa but 1.) it's not digitized (yet); and 2.) it's not always easy taking photos of trash and turning it into "art." It's even harder taking pictures of trashed art and turning it into "art." The above shot was taken with a disposable, which I don't recommend. But you gotta work with what ya got, sometimes.
"There's a good story about Parksville that I think fits right in with City of Dust's sunny disposition. In the 1880's, when the Savannah River Railroad was under construction, the Park family cemetery happened to be in the way of the future station. Thus it had to be moved and the townspeople found the grave of the town's namesake, Richard Parks, being exhumed and loaded onto two horses. While being transported, the lid slid off the casket and there, under the old viewing glass, was the body of Mr. Parks, perfectly preserved. Everyone was happy to see him again, so they held another viewing for relatives, friends, neighbors, school kids, and anyone else that wanted to show up. You don't think that's strange?! Then consider that Richard Parks had been dead since April 16, 1861, the same day that shots were fired at Fort Sumter beginning the bloodiest war in American history. This site, which graciously and unwittingly supplied most of my info on Parksville, also wants you to know that, when in town, hunting and fishing licenses, cold drinks, and snacks are available at Houston’s Bait and Tackle. Oh yeah, the shot is another shack on the outside of town.
"Further upriver we come to Plum Branch, which was named after the plum bushes that grew along a nearby stream. However, it wasn't always where it is today. Originally just a stop on the stagecoach line, the town was moved following construction of the railroad. Founded in 1902, Bracknell's Store, owned by John Bracknell, was a Plum Branch insitution, providing its customers with goods "from the cradle to the grave." (Bracknells store is the brick building across hwy 23 from the Plum Branch Post Office. It is now a kind of flea market type never ending yard sale place. You can tell which building in plum branch it is because you can still see "Breacknells" pianted ion the side of the brick facing hwy 23. )At the age of eighteen John Bracknell also became president of the town bank, making him the youngest bank president in history. How's that for trivia? Bracknell held on as long as he could through the Great Depression--his bank was the last of thirteen in the county to close--and he even went to Augusta to get cash, reopened the bank, and paid off all his depositors before the bank shut for good a month later. Bracknell's Store finally shut its doors in the 1980's and for all I know this IS Bracknell's store. It's way better if we say it is, isn't it? Thanks again to McCormick County.
"Okay, we're out o' shacks. Was that a sigh of relief I heard? I'm going to try to put up a few shorter posts to dispel any notions that the site is languishing. Also, man, it's hard work doing those eight-photo 1500 word essays. Hey, I like doing 'em, but they slow things down. Next time we're going to swing by Turkey Creek, then head back to N. Augusta. Here's a car on the way to Turkey Creek, suitable for living in when you get kicked out of your shack.
Up the River (Parade of Shacks)
We're going to take a little road trip here. We'll head northwest, up the Savannah River on South Carolina Highway 28, never getting too far away from the water. If you take this drive, once you leave North Augusta you'll quickly find yourself in a landscape of old shacks. If you're the sort who's inclined to get out of your car and go into the shacks, you can have your own sort of low-rent Parade of Homes. Only, they're shacks. Parade of Shacks. It's more interesting than the Parade of Homes, anyway. Take this aluminum shack, located in the middle of a pine clearcut. It appeared that it had been used for meetings. What were they meeting about in the middle of nowhere? Beats me. Not being authorized, I could only get a picture from out front.
"One of the first noteworthy things we see on our drive is the J. Strom Thurmond Dam, which controls the Savannah River as it flows toward Augusta. In the early part of the century, Augusta was underwater a lot. The first recorded flood was in 1796 and carried off a bridge, a warehouse, and a wharf. It was called the Yazoo Freshet. A freshet is sort of a cute word for "flood." By the early 20th century Augusta was a bustling city and the floods naturally did more damage. A flood in 1908 killed 18 people and destroyed every single bridge. Another flood in 1911 brought the number of times Augustans had found themselves bailing to something over 20 and resulted in the construction of a levee. The levee worked...for awhile. A huge flood in 1929 increased the river's flow to 36 times its average rate and overtopped the levee, which was subsequently heightened. But people had lost confidence in the levee and, in 1940, after a storm swelled the Augusta Canal, killed three people, and flooded 50 blocks, the ball began rolling to build a dam. Here's another shack in the same clearcut as the one above.
"Completed in 1954, the Clark Hill Dam (later renamed in honor of J. Strom Thurmond, like most things in S. Carolina) is over a mile long (5,680 ft.) and 200 ft. high. It's a good bike ride across. The area designated for the dam encompasses 137,000 acres of land and water, and the 70,000 acre reservoir is one of the largest inland water bodies in the South. The dam impounds water for 40 miles up the Savannah River and 26 miles up the adjacent Little River. Remember when Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, and Ned Beatty went canoeing down the (fictional) Cahulawassee River in north Georgia, just before the river and the town of Aintry were put underwater by a dam? "Dammit, they're drownin' the river. Just about the last wild, untamed, unpolluted, unf--ked-up river in the South. Don't you understand what I'm sayin'?" Anyway, people living along the banks of the river in N. Augusta now hope that the dam was built to be as sturdy as old Strom himself. If you take the Riverwalk, you can see markings representing high water in each of the major floods. Some were definitely doozy's. Incidentally, in 1916, a fire in Augusta levelled 32 blocks and 746 buildings. There wasn't much left. As far as I know, Augusta has never been visited by a plague of locusts...but there was the bollweevil. For some reason I never took a picture of the dam. So, there'll be no corresponding picture with this paragraph in honor of the dams absence.
"Just past the dam is the town of Modoc, SC. Everything you can know about Modoc seems to be here. But I can do a little better. In 1875, the town of Bountwell, SC was established. At that time the US Government had just ended a protracted war with the Modoc tribe of the Northwest. In 1873, the Modoc subchief Captain Jack shot Gen. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, who'd been sent to broker a deal to get the warring members of the tribe out of California, where they'd been hiding, and back to the Klamath Reservation in Oregon. Thus the army went after Captain Jack (again), but the Modoc were tired and many surrendered. On June 1, 1873, Captain Jack was captured. He and three of his warriors, Boston Charley, Black Jim, and John Schonchin, were hanged on Oct. 3, 1873. During the fighting the Modoc had scalped a number of men who'd been working on laying a rail line. When the train depot was built in Bountwell in 1882, the name of the town was changed to Modoc, in honor of a station of the same name on the much-beleaguered line in the Northwest. I don't really know why the original station was named after the folks that wanted to scalp the railroad workers, but apparently renaming Bountwell as Modoc was intended as a snub to the tribe. Here's a happy color photo of the shack in the clearcut, just outside Modoc.
"Geez, I just gotta say a word about J. Strom Thurmond. As you may know, Strom Thurmond was a staunch segregationist for a good part of his political career. After Strom's death just over a year ago at the age of 100, it was announced that he'd had a daughter by a black girl who'd been a maid in his father's home. The affair had occurred back in 1925, when he was 22 and she 16. Thurmond eventually met his daughter in 1941 and had provided money to support her at a pre-arranged meeting once a year ever since. Thurmond called her "a lovely daughter" and she was apparently quite fond of him. That's why she waited until he was dead to say anything. Anyway, there's a story about Strom and a colleague discussing how they were going to deal with a group of African-Americans who weren't too happy about some government policies. Strom laughed, clapped his colleague on the back, and said cryptically, "Don't worry. I'll handle it. I've got an in with these people." Ah, politicians! Yeah, yeah, here's another shot of that same damn shack. No, I don't know what's wrong with me. Which reminds me...
"I was perusing Robert Burton's sprawling, three-volume 17th century masterpiece, The Anatomy of Melancholy, and came across an interesting tidbit. Apparently, back in those days, it was thought that you could make a lamp out of a person's blood that would track their life. You treated the blood in a certain way (incantations or alchemy or something), put it in a glass lamp with a wick, and lit it. When the flame was bright, things were going well. When dim, things were looking grim. When it went out...well, that was it. There was also a story of a man who believed that if he were to piss he would flood his town and drown all the citizens. As a result, he'd been holding it for some time. In order to get him to finally relieve himself the doctors had the fire bells rung, then told him the town was on fire and that the only way it could be put out was for him to let go. Burton says it resulted in a full cure. Here's a DIFFERENT shack, just on the other side of the clearcut. I discovered it was also located in the middle of a raspberry bramble.
"I've got more shacks for next time when we go farther north along the river and check out the Parksville/Plum Branch area. I also just got some film back from my December trip to Augusta. Man, there's some bad shots in there. But I think I can cobble together some halfway respectable posts. Also, I believe I'll be getting a slide scanner, so I can stop saying, "You can't see it 'cause it's not digitized." Now you WILL see it. So, we're set for the foreseeable future. This is the inside of the above shack, in Hitchcockian black and white.
"Alright, now that we've gone as far north as Plum Branch, let's go just a little bit east, into the Sumter National Forest. Three creeks flow through here: Wine Creek, Steven's Creek, and Turkey Creek. I don't know a whole lot about the area, other than that the mountain biking is really great. Oh, and I also know that two Revolutionary War battles were fought nearby. The Battle of Steven's Creek occurred on September 5, 1781, and the next day the battle of Turkey Creek was fought. Incidentally, one of the last officer casualties of the Revolutionary War was a South Carolina native. Colonel John Laurens, a one-time aide to George Washington, was killed August 25, 1782, after failing to convince first the South Carolina and then the Georgia state legislatures to allow him to assemble a regiment of slaves, an idea which had the support of Washington. You want more info on the area? Well, one of only four known populations of the rare Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) mussel inhabits Turkey Creek. Here's a photo of Turkey Creek. That's the old bridge in the foreground; the new and still usable SC 283 bridge is in the background.
"Now, some of you may have noticed that I didn't say much about Clark's Hill, the town closest to the J. Strom Thurmond Dam. Although I did mention that the dam itself was originally Clark's Hill Dam. At that time, the reservoir was known as Clark's Hill Lake. Folks in Georgia weren't happy when a name change for the reservoir was snuck though Congress after the dam had been renamed. Some people STILL call it Clark's Hill Lake. Anyway, I didn't really know much about Clark's Hill at the time. Now, I still don't. But I do know something about the town's namesake, Brigadier General Elijah Clark, the Hero of the Hornet's Nest, frontiersman and Revolutionary War hero. Born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, in 1733, Clark moved to what is now Lincolnton, Georgia in 1774. When the Revolutionary War began, Clark joined a militia and earned his nickname for his voraciousness in fighting Tories. "The Hornet's Nest," by the way, refers to the area in Georgia where Clark resided. Clark fought in the battles of Alligator Creek, Kettle Creek, Musgrove's Mill, Fish Dam, Blackstock's, Long Cane, Beatties Mill, and participated in the two sieges at Augusta, helping to successfully defeat the British in the second. Here's another shot of the old bridge at Turkey Creek. Usually, if something is abandoned, I look for a way in, up, down, or across. Here, proving that I'm not a complete idiot, I decided to be content with just a picture from the far end.
"Here's a good tale about Elijah Clark's wife, Hannah. (Thanks to Beverly L. Pack, whoever you are.) (Clark Lake was named after Gen. Elijah Clark and wife Hannah Arrington m. in ANSON CO NC, till SC decided they liked Strom Thurmond better and renamed it after him.) During the war, Hannah Clark made some of those shirts that have ruffling down the chest for her handsome husband. You know, the kind fancied by English rock stars in the 1960's, such as Pete Townshend, Brian Jones, and Jimmy Page. Well, Jimi Hendrix liked them too, but he'd lived in London for a bit himself. Anyway, apparently Englishmen have always been known for coveting these frilly shirts, because Hannah was so afraid the British were going to steal them and wear them that she hid all the shirts in the smokehouse when she knew Redcoats were advancing. Somehow raiders heard about the shirts and searched the Clark property, eventually finding the sartorial treasure, while Elijah, a fugitive from the Tories, was out fighting. Not content with just frilly-bosomed shirts, the Redcoats burnt Hannah's house to the ground. No one was injured, but everything was destroyed, save a patchwork quilt made by Hannah's daughters. As if THIS wasn't enough, when Hannah rode away from her smoldering house on her only horse she came across some British troops who tried to take the quilt. Hannah was pissed 'cause the raiders had already stolen the frilly shirts and torched her house and now these guys wanted the quilt her daughters had made for her and so she refused to give it over. The Tories responded by shooting at her, wounding her horse. Hannah didn't budge. Finally, a Redcoat said, "So brave a woman should not be robbed," and the band of marauding would-be quilt thieves rode off. Back in North Augusta, here's a joist ornament from the old ceramic shop just across the bridge on 13th St.
"Hannah Clark was a tough cookie. After the house was burned, Elijah moved his family to Tennessee but kept fighting in GA, but when he was severely wounded in the first siege of Augusta in 1780, Hannah rode back fron TN with twin babies to nurse him. Later, while riding with these same twins, British troops shot her horse out from under her. Hannah was at the second siege of Augusta, in 1781, when Fort Cornwallis was surrendered. Eventually dubbed "The Heroine of the Hornet's Nest," Hannah was considered one of the Revolutionary War's greatest women. Elijah died in Richmond Country, Georgia, in 1799. Hannah lived into the late 1820's. The original burial plots in Lincolnton, GA were going to be inundated by the dam reservoir, so the bodies were exhumed and buried in unmarked graves where they were promptly neglected for a number of years. However, the Clark's graves are now a tourist attraction at the aptly named Elijah Clark State Park in Lincolnton or National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb, GA.
Children
Elizabeth CLARK b: ABT 1766
John C. CLARK , (Governor) b: 28 FEB 1766 in (Note/Photo) North Carolina - Occup: Served 2 terms as Governor of Georgia.- Nancy CLARK
- Mary CLARK b: ABT 1768
- Sarah CLARK b: ABT 1769
- Frances CLARK b: ABT 1771
- Elijah CLARK , (Lawyer) b: 1772
- Gibson CLARK , (Lawyer) b: ABT 1781
We're back in Augusta proper now, at the corner of Telfair St. and James Brown Blvd. Through the window is an abandoned bar, empty for over a decade. Man, it's been a long time since we've been back in Augusta, hasn't it?
"A couple items of business: It's come to my attention that there were some formatting problems in Mozilla and Safari. The Mozilla errors have been fixed. I hope that fixed Safari as well. If you experience problems in your browser, please let me know. I'll go in, screw everything up, and fix it in about, oh, six or seven hours. Also, I have some revision work to do on a manuscript. This means I'll be in front of a computer a lot. As I can only stare at a monitor for so long each day, it might be a week or so before I get back to you. In the meantime, browse the now-error-free archives, leave cryptic comments, or just wait a bit to come back. For the next post I'm undecided as to whether to go up the Aiken-Augusta highway to, uh, Aiken, or take a road trip to Cumberland Island. Any opinions? Otherwise, it'll be a surprise. On the other corner of Telfair St. and J.B. Blvd. was this Borden's building. Makers of fine glues and adhesives. I was down here the morning the mirrored windows were smashed and I don't know why I didn't take a photo then. Duh. Maybe I didn't have a camera with me. I also don't know why I didn't step through the broken windows at the time to see what was inside. I rarely mess with my shots, but I recall rolling a large trash bin full of broken glass out of the way here. This building has since been torn down.
"Before I go, I just want to leave you with a quote from Steve Thayer's fine noir novel, Saint Mudd. Here, a character is leaving Sioux Falls, SD and driving to St. Paul, MN: "He rested his wrist on the wheel and bounced east, past decaying barns and farm homes that were home only to the wind. The clouds of dirt he raised made the mirrors useless, but it did not matter; he knew what was back there. Dust. Dust, where corn fields were supposed to be knee-high by the Fourth of July. Dust, where golden rows of wheat were supposed to grow. Everywhere he looked, amber waves of dust." Happy Saint Valentine's Day from the City of Dust! See ya in a week or so."
