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	William Julius Amann and Ella Mardell Roper Husband William Julius Amann ¹ Born: 18 Aug 1920 - San Antonio, Bexar, TX Christened: Died: 1 Jan 1945 - , , , Belgium Cause of Death: killed in WWII Buried: - Roselawncem, San Antonio, Bexar, TX Marriage: Wife Ella Mardell Roper ¹ AKA: Mardell, Mardell Born: 23 Jul 1921 - Alpharetta, , GA Christened: Died: 23 Sep 1998 - Enid, Garfield, OK Buried: Father: Farland George Roper (1892-1965) ¹ Mother: Delia Elizabeth Myers ( - ) ¹ Other Spouse: Red Hutchinson Other Spouse: Kenneth Clair Cribley Children 1 F Anna Lynn Amann (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 2 M William David Amann (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Wife) Source: World Family Tree V.2 & 19 Anthony Amaro and Pamela Jo Wilson Husband Anthony Amaro (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Pamela Jo Wilson (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Sydney Keith Wilson Sr (1925-1977) ² Mother: Margaret Leola League ( - ) ² Children 1 F Jennifer Michele Amaro (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Jennifer Michele Amaro Husband (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Jennifer Michele Amaro (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Anthony Amaro Mother: Pamela Jo Wilson Ama-Scossite Husband (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Ama-Scossite ³ Born: Abt 1728 Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Moytoy Chief Of The Cherokees (Abt 1687-1741) ³ Mother: General Notes (Wife) !BIRTH:Woolley, Woolley, Helen McGinley Woolley Caitlin Aleta Amato Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Caitlin Aleta Amato (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Ernie Lee Mathis Jr. Mother: Kimberly Ann Molony - Amato Elizabeth Anne Amato Husband (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Elizabeth Anne Amato (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Ernie Lee Mathis Jr. Mother: Kimberly Ann Molony - Amato Jesse Amber Husband Jesse Amber (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Mother: Joy Fawn July (1958-1984) ² Marriage: Wife (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Melodi Amber Husband (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Melodi Amber (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Mother: Joy Fawn July (1958-1984) ² Eliab Ambers and Frances Williamson Husband Eliab Ambers ² Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Frances Williamson ² Born: Abt 1833 Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Mastin Williamson (1795-1872) ² Mother: Sarah Ann Cox (1796-1847) ² C P Barrett and Adaline Ambler Husband C P Barrett ² Born: Christened: Died: After 1905 Buried: Marriage: Wife Adaline Ambler ² Born: 1856 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: After 1917 Buried: Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Noted events in her life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Benjamin Hagood and Adeline Hagood Ambler Husband Benjamin Hagood ¹ ² Born: 1 Dec 1788 - Edgefield District, SC Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1865 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Hagood (1744-1823) ² Mother: Martha West (1755-1829) ² Marriage: 4 Jul 1824 - Pickens County, SC Other Spouse: Jane Roper (1814-Abt 1856) ¹ ² - 1823 Other Spouse: Sally Holder ( - ) ² Noted events in his life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1830 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1840 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850 Wife Adeline Hagood Ambler ² Born: 12 Nov 1808 - Edgefield District, SC Christened: Died: 22 Oct 1877 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Ambler (Abt 1760-1849) ² Mother: Susan Hagood ( -1845) ² Noted events in her life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850 Children 1 M James Earle Hagood ² Born: 30 Nov 1826 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 29 Apr 1904 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Esther Benson Robinson (1829-1889) ² Marr: May 1847 - Pickens Co., SC 2 F Elvira Caroline Hagood ² Born: 9 Jun 1829 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 19 May 1905 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: William Wickliffe Robinson (1827-1886) ² Marr: 6 May 1852 3 F Eliza Elvina Hagood ² Born: 1830 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 12 Apr 1918 - Greenville, SC Buried: Spouse: Francis A Miles ( -1903) ² Marr: 31 Dec 1857 - Pickens Co., SC 4 F Eliza M. Hagood Born: 19 Nov 1836 Christened: Died: 1920 Buried: Spouse: Francis A. Miles ( - ) 5 M Hamilton Hagood ² Born: 17 Nov 1831 Christened: Died: 28 Feb 1939 Buried: 6 F Elmira Elkins Hagood ² Born: 31 Mar 1834 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 11 Jul 1911 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Phillip Bower Martin (1826-1871) ² 7 M John H Hagood ² Born: 1839 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 15 Dec 1921 - Lima, Greenville Co., SC Buried: - Lima Baptist Church, Greenville Co., Travelers Rest, SC Spouse: Elizabeth Goodwin (1843-1891) ² General Notes (Husband) "Interesting is the announcement of Colonel Benjamin Hagood as a candidate for the State legislature from Pickens District. Colonel Hagood lived on Twelve Mile River where he was an early settler. He was the commanding officer of the Fifth Regiment which he paraded at Pickensville in October, 1829. Now Colonel Hagood had a mind of his own, and that has been a family trait. He did not announce on a platform of old age pensions, school lunches and 'make a living in the shade' panaceas. He launched straight to the national issue of States Rights. Although the good people had held a hot Union meeting and swore they would never wear a Palmetto badge, the Colonel led the entire ticket as a fighter against bureaucratic and dictatorial control from Washington. We need a candidate today of the Colonel's hardihood." Source: newspaper article clipping, not dated. ************************************************************************ *********************************** "Benjamin Hagood, a native of Edgefield County, acquired a large area of fertile land on the headwaters of Twelve Mile River and ran a large farm with slave labor. He operated mills, shops, and a tanyard, all at or near the present site of Hagood Mill, about three miles north of the present town of Pickens. The 'Pendleton Messenger' on September 5, 1820, wrote: 'We are authorized to announce that Col. Benjamin Hagood is a candidate for the State Legislature from the Twelve Mile Section of Pendleton District.' Mr Hagood was elected, and another newspaper of a later date says that he was influential in getting a certain bridge built over Eighteen Mile Creek. This was 'Hagood's Bridge.' It was built where the old Keowee Indian Trail crossed the creek. People of the 'back country' used this crossing in hauling to and from Hamburg and Augusta. Mr. Hagood himself used the ford many years before he led in getting a bridge. His son, James E. Hagood, was a Clerk of Court of Pickens District. When the new county was created, he moved his residence to the new town, and it still stands there, in all its majesty, on a lot adjacent to the Winn-Dixie Store. All of the descendants of Col. Benjamin Hagood were energetic and have contributed to the economic and religious development of the northwestern area of South Carolina. Members of this prominent family have always been progressive builders and leaders in industry, and have greatly contributed to the economic and industrial development of Pickens County. Through their endeavors, they have created jobs in plants for the people, whose living and social standards in life have been very greatly improved; and also where the families have lived and worked, good schools and churches have been built". Source: The Pickens Sentinel, Pickens, SC, September 30, 1968, p. 3 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Peter Hagood ---A Tribute" by Mrs. T.J. Mauldin "Well-known Ante-bellum Negro Passes, January 5, 1921" "In the death of 'Uncle' Peter Hagood, which occurred at his home in Pickens last Wednesday, Pickens lost one of its landmarks; and the ranks of those of his race who represent the older civilization of ante-bellum days lost its foremost leader. Peter was born on the old Hagood plantation, five miles north of Pickens, eighty-eight years ago. When he was eight years of age he became the personal attendant, or 'body servant,' as such position was then called, of Colonel Benjamin Hagood, and until the death of the latter at the close of the war was his constant companion. Then, even thought he had been given his freedom, he adhered closely to 'Ole Mistis,' for 'Master' had told him to be faithful to her. From the time of her death until the feebleness of age crept upon him, he was ever in the employ of the family and connections. How he delighted to talk of the 'old times!' What a position of importance he had attained when he was sent as a groom with the young 'Mistises' to school every day to look after their horses; or perhaps to pilot some guests of the family to Table Rock, which was then a famous resort for the low-country folk/ or, best of all, to go with 'Young Master' and the wagon train to old Hamburg for provisions in exchange for products of the plantation. But the greatest joy of his life was when the summer season rolled around and 'we went to Caesar's Head.' Perhaps he had his first intermingling with the outside world there. This spot had been selected by Colonel Hagood as a summer home, and when he erected a cottage for his family, soon the fame of the place spread and friends from all over the state began asking to share the delights of climate and scenery. Peter never tired of telling of the coming of these distinguished citizens of South Carolina with their retinues of servants, of the building of 'Tuckeesiege,' 'Buncombe' and the 'Cole House,' to be occupied by the Wardlaws and Perrins, McGowans and Cothrans, the Coles, Butlers, Hamptons, Haskells and others whose names are distinguished in the annals of the history of the state. His vivid memory of those times has portrayed a picture that the younger generation will ever cherish. Peter was ever faithful in the discharge of his duty. He was honest and true, all (always) courteous and polite. He made friends and kept them, and the attention of the white people of this community during his declining days bore evidence of the place he held in their respect and affection. The younger generation of his race would do well to emulate his splendid example. As he lay in the dignity of death -- the same dignity which always characterized him in life -- one thought filled the mind: 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant.' Source: The Pickens Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Pickens, South Carolina. Published in "Recollections and Reminiscences: 1861 - 1865", vol. 3, published by South Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. 1992 Inscription on tombstone: "Aged 76 years, 2 months, 1 day". ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Another mountain called 'Caesar's Head,' just over the line in Greenville County, was always popular and well known to the people of Pickens County because it belonged to Col. Benjamin Hagood, a native of this section. He owned many thousands of acres in the upper part of Pickens County. His home and the family graveyard where he is buried are in the Twelve Mile section of Pickens County. One summer along in the 1840's he decided to build a cottage on Caesar's Head and take his family there to enjoy the beautiful views and the cooling breezes. They had visitors who urged him to make it a summer resort and he did that. He moved to Caesar's Head but his sons continued to live in Pickens County. His eldest son John lived at the home place in this county for several years, but finally moved to Greenville County to the old Goodwin place. James E. Hagood built a home near the family graveyard and let it to move to "Old Pickens." The Hagood Grist Mill and store continued to operate through the years." Source: "It Happened in Pickens County", by Pearl S. McFall, 1959 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "The hotel at Caesar's Head, on the Jones Gap Road from Greenville to Asheville, was located a few yards from the perpendicular precipice that formed one side of this lofty mountain; it was as noted for its excellent fare and amiable proprietor as for its outlook. The proprietor was Colonel Hagood, of Pickens, former senator from the old Pendleton District, who spent the summer on the mountain with his family and attended to the comforts of all visitors, adding greatly to their enjoyment by his 'great humor, pleasantry and witticism.'" "Summer Migrations of South Carolina Planters", p. 72 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Benjamin Hagood, the third son and fifth child of James and Martha West Hagood, was born in Edgefield District, S.C. on December 11, 1788. When ten (?) years of age he moved with his parents to the Pendleton District, SC. He spent his boyhood years in the section of Pickens County bordering the Saluda River near what is known as the Hagood Bridge." "As a young man in 1814, he returned to Edgefield and sold his father's old home place of 433 acres to Peter Hitt. AT the time of this sale, the title to this property was in Benjamin Hagood's name. About this time, he moved to the Twelve Mile Section, engaged the business of farming and opened what was known as Hagood's Store. His business through the years covered many fields. He operated a plantation in the manner of his day from about 1814 until 1865. With connections with his plantation, he ran Hagood's Store, a convenience for himself and his neighbors; operated a tannery, raised and trained both fine horses and work animals, made good whiskey and dealt in lands and town lots. His work with horses included the training of trotters on a track which he maintained on his own land." "Later in life, he served Pendleton District in the State senate and was serving in this capacity when the District was divided in 1812. The division of this district was the occasion for the founding of "Old Pickens" on the banks of the Keowee River. Upon the opening of this town, Colonel Benjamin Hagood as he had become known, acquired a number of town lots. Whether he ever made his residence in the town is not known." "From 1812 to 1825, he made fifteen purchases of land in the Pendleton District and sold four pieces to Gideon Hester. His name appears as a purchaser and a seller of land from that date until his death in 1865. He served his neighbors in many capacities, as guardian of their orphaned children, administrator of their estates, and as a sort of general purchasing agent." After his services in the State Senate, he acquired Caesar's Head, a mountain containing many acres and 3280 feet above sea level, situated in the northwestern part of Greenville County, SC, and established it as a summer resort for the people of SC and other points of the country were well represented. He organized and operated as President of the Blythe Gap Turnpike Company. Acquired from John M. Roberts, a tract of 433 acres, part of which was located on the slopes of Caesar's Head and Operated a turnpike throughout this section and into North Carolina." During the War between the States, he was very active in furnishing the troops from the Pickens area with supplies of various kinds. (Note: these troops were largely clothed and armed during these years by local effort). He died February 28, 1865, after a long illness. It is doubtful that he knew of the final defeat of the Confederate Forces and his final will was made prior to the defeat. His wife survived him." "Adeline Ambler and Benjamin Hagood were married on July 4, 1824. She was not quite sixteen at the time and he was thirty-five. Adeline Ambler was the daughter and second child of James and Susan Hagood Ambler and was born in Abbeville District, SC on November 12, 1808. Susan Hagood was the daughter of William and Sarah Johnson Hagood. James Hagood and William Hagood were brothers." (This would make Benjamin Hagood and his wife Adeline's mother, Susan Hagood first cousins) Source: Typed notes of Ben Folger Hagood Jr. ********************************************************************** *********************************** WILL OF BENJAMIN HAGOOD: State of South Carolina Pickens District In the name of God Amen. I Benjamin Hagood of the State and District aforesaid being of sound and disposing mind do make this my last will and testament in manner and from following: I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Adaline Hagood during her natural life. One half of the plantation whereon I now live. The following Negro slaves to wit, Harry, Molly, Gilbert, Clarissa, Peter, Harriett, Gilbert Jr., Berry, Caroline and two children and any increase she may hereafter have & Jerry. Also my Grist Mill with the tract of land as follows. commencing on Pine corner on Thomas Land running along the public road to where the ridge road forks near the old Barn taking a north direction toward Saul Porters along said road to the back line adjoining Porter then along my land to beginning corner on Pine. Also I will to my said wife all the stock on the Plantation that she may need of any kind all the farming tools smith tools wagons carts and there she may need in keeping up her said farm also one thousand dollars in cash. All my household & kitchen furniture I will to my wife Adaline to dispose of as she may think proper. My children are to have their grinding done toll free at the mill given to my wife. To my son James E. Hagood, I will and bequeath the Plantation where on he now lives being the same purchased from John Burdine and the following Negroes Rose and four children, Dilce, Tomence. Tom & Jane & two Negro boys Jack & Bill. The Negroes now in his possession. To my eldest daughter Elvira C. Robinson I will and bequeath the following Negroes - Miles, Mary & girl named Martha. To my second daughter Elmina E. Hagood I will and bequeath the tract of land known as Caesar's Head with all the appurtenances there unto belonging. Containing 480 acres more or less. All the furniture belonging to the house & the turn pike road to her and her heirs forever. To my third daughter Eliza I will and bequeath one Negro girl named Mariah. To my youngest son John H. I will and bequeath one half of the plantation whereon I now live at his mother's decease. He is to have the half willed to her and in a final settlement of my estate he is to account for the said plantation at four thousand dollars. It is my will and desire that all my debts be paid. That all moneys due me be collected all the balance of my estate real & personal not herein willed to remain till some of my younger children arrive at lawful age than all property this property of every kind to be valued by these or five shareholders and all of my children that have arrived to lawful age to receive their share and the balance to remain till the next one arrives of age and then the property to be valued and divided as before and son on till the youngest arrives of age and those of my children that I have given property to are to account for the same at the price I have charged them in my family book. It is my will that any surplus property or any of the Negroes not willed that does not do well be sold and be divided as herein after directed. All the property given to my wife Adaline at her death except the half of the home plantation to be valued and divided as the other property. My mill and desiring that all my debts when collected and when my property is valued that it all be equally divided between my five children James E., Elvira C., Elmina E., Eliza and John H. so that they may all be made equal. I will and bequeath to Benjamin Holder the balance of the tract of land whereon he is farming known as the Ambler Tract after my wife receives the part laid off to her in this my last will and known as the Mill Tract the balance to the said Benjamin Holder also I give him three Negroes named Yancy, Jack Jr. & girl Lydia. I further revoke all wills made by me heretofore and declare this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have these unto set my hand and seal this 23 day of July 1852. Witnesses: ? E.H. Griffin W.D. Steele Signed, Benjamin Hagood Source: Actual handwritten will of Benjamin Hagood ********************************************************************** *********************************** The relationship between Benjamin Hagood and Benjamin Holder(b. 1825) has been a source of speculation for some years. Nowhere in any Hagood family documents, legal or otherwise, does Benjamin Hagood claim or acknowledge paternity for Holder. Benjamin Hagood does leave Holder land and three slaves in his will, but does not name him as one of his children. The Holder family listed Benjamin Hagood as the father of Benjamin Holder on his death certificate and the mother as "Miss Holder". MGHB/2002 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "According to the 1860 census, his real and personal estates were valued at $42,600 and $45,000 respectively; the slave schedules for that year recorded thirty-six slaves as his property. An inventory of his estate listed thirteen tracts totaling 4,535 1/2 acres and included a residential plantation of 1,289 acres, Caesars Head tract (500 acres), two lots in Pickensville, railroad and bank stock, and thirty-seven slaves. Elected to the House, Hagood represented Pendleton in the Twenty-eighth (1828-1829), Twenty-ninth (1830-1831), and Thirtieth (1832-1833). during the early 1830's, he supported nullification and was a member of a Pendleton committee of vigilance which sought to prevent the circulation of abolitionist publications (1835). Pendleton elected him to the state Senate for the Thiry-fourth General Assembly (1840-1841); he served on the committee on the military and pensions (1840-1841). Locally, he was a militia colonel and commissioner of public buildings for Pickens District (1834, 1837, 1852). He married Adaline Ambler, daughter of James Ambler and Susan Hagood of Pendleton District. They were the parents of six children, including James Earle, Elvira C., Elmina E., Eliza E., John H., and a child whose name has been lost. Survived by his wife and five children, Benjamin Hagood died 13 February 1865." Source: "Biographical Directory of the SC Senate: 1776-1985", Vol. I, USC Press/1986 ********************************************************************** *********************************** From diary of Samuel Edward Burges, 1860 - 1862: "Went out early. Saw sun rise at 5:50 to begin his days race. rose clear and brilliant, magnificent, cold. after breakfast visited cold spring and the Head, view as clear as I ever saw it, and this is my seventh visit. Col. Hagood says as clear as it ever gets except in winter. Col H is a whole team, full of rough jokes and stories. In afternoon visited a place called the Bluff, not much to be seen except Mts. and a squatters cabin. then to the Head, saw sun set in a bed of Mts., leaving the horizon tinted with a roseate hue. Day quite cool, at dark thermometer 54." Source: SC Genealogical and Historical Magazine. ********************************************************************** *********************************** "The Caesar's Head Property has been noted far and wide as a summer resort for more than a half century. the hotel was kept there for many years by Colonel Ben Hagood, the father of Mrs. Miles, who was one of the quaintest and most original characters ever known in this section. He had an extensive acquaintance throughout the State, and families from the lowcountry were delighted to be under his care and hospitality, so that every summer there was a hegira of wealthy people in the direction of Caesar's Head, where they would enjoy the mountain breezes, drink in the ozone and other things common in that vicinity, eat fried chicken and delicious mutton, wade the adjacent streams while fishing for speckled trout, and, in general, have a good time while resting and recuperating from the effects of a much warmer climate. Colonel Hagood must have entertained a great many thousands, and he was such a superb host that everyone who once tried a sojourn at the Head always desired to get back again. People in those days did not mind a hack or a carriage ride of thirty or forty miles to reach the Head, and they went from Greenville and elsewhere in large numbers. There were no telegraphs or telephones, and the mails brought letters and papers, two or three times a week, so that this popular resort was not burdened with the affairs of the outside world to any extent. Colonel Hagood died many years ago, and the Caesar's Head property passed into the hands of Mrs. Miles (his daughter), by whom it has been owned ever since except with the exception of a few years, when it was under the control of the late Colonel E.M. Seabrook, of Charleston, who purchased but did not succeed in paying for the property. He made extensive improvements of the hotel, adding a large number of rooms and built a splendid road of easy grade up the mountain, which made the trip very delightful for four or five miles before reaching the hotel. Colonel Seabrook had a very large patronage of visitors from various portions of the South. He made money every season, and it was a surprise after a few years that the property passed out of his hands on account of non-payment of the purchase money. Dr. and Mrs. Miles were again installed as the owners and managers of Caesar's Head, and for the past ten or twelve years they have successfully catered to the wants of the visitors who have flocked there without any special effort being made to advertise its advantages and attractions. The climate has the effect of a bracing tonic on Dr. Miles, who believed it was necessity for his existence on account of pulmonary trouble. He did not care to live elsewhere, and so they have quietly and graciously ministered to the comfort of their guests all these years. " "The tract consists of twenty-two hundred and thirty-one acres, embracing the famous Caesar's Head and many other points of interest. The buildings are extensive and completely furnished throughout. The grounds are stocked with sufficient livestock for all necessary purposes, except there are no horses or mules, and the orchards are now loaded with the most delicious fruit. The Blythe's Gap turnpike road across the mountains, and chartered by the State, is an appendage of the place. The owners refused twenty thousand dollars in cash for this property not many years since." Source: The Greenville Mountaineer, Sept. 18, 1897, reprinted in "Early Travel & Accommodations Along the roads of the Upper Part of Greenville County, SC & Surrounding Areas" by Mann Batson, 1995 ********************************************************************** *********************************** It is interesting to note that among the engagements listed for the 11th Regiment Michigan Cavalry during the Civil War, Caesar's Head and Pickensville are listed as sites. Source: http://users.aol.com/dlharvey/11thcav.htm ********************************************************************** *********************************** Pickens District Jury List: 1828-1849: Benjamin Hagood - 10/31 GJ(Grand Jury); 10/37 GJ; 10/41GJ, 3/48 CP(Common Pleas) ********************************************************************** *********************************** Joseph Chapman, early settler in the Old Pendleton District, served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Robert Maxwell and Colonel Andrew Pickens. There is an interesting account in the Chapman Family website listed below. The following is part of the probate records of Joseph Chapman on file in the Pickens County Courthouse: "The petition of the undersigned legatees of the Estate of Joseph Chapman, deceased, pray that you would appoint Benjamin Hagood Administrator of said Estate as it was the wish of our father that he should act as Administrator and we wish the property to be sold as quick as the law will allow for the property is very much exposed. There is no will made concerning the said property." Signed by his sons. "On the first Monday in August, 1837, Joseph Chapman's lands were sold at auction at the Pickens Courthouse. (This would have been 'Old Pickens' which was located at Robertson's Ford on the Keowee River, near the present day Oconee Nuclear Station. The only building remaining is the old Presbyterian Church, which was made of brick, while the rest of the buildings were wood frame. There is a church yard with some old tombstones, as well as some tombstones moved to the site by Duke Power when the Nuclear Station and dams were built causing the Keowee to form lakes.) The lands were bought for $1,511 by the Reverend John Burdine. An amazing sum for a preacher to have in those days." "In 1849, John Burdine sold 'all that tract of land known as the Joseph Chapman land on both sides of the east fork of 12 Mile River to Benjamin Hagood'. Hagood owned the store and mill on land which adjoined the Chapman lands. He administered the estate. Did he front the money to Reverend Burdine with understanding that at some future date he would purchase the land outright?" Source: www.chapmanfamilies.org/bio_joseph.html ********************************************************************** *********************************** See transcription of the Inventory and Appraisement of the Real and Personal Estate of Benjamin Hagood attached. ********************************************************************** *********************************** Georgia Hall County This indenture made and intered in Thirteenth Day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and thirty Between Benjamin Haygood of the State of South Carolina Pickens District of the one part and ? Hagood of Georgia Hall County of the other part. With that I the said Benjamin Hagood for and consideration of the sum of four hundred and ? Dollars to me in hand paid which is hereby ack??? and for which I have Granted bargained and ? and by these presents do grant bargain and ? unto the said Osborn Hagood his heirs and ? Forever a certain piece parcel or tract of Land lyi? and being in the State of Georgia and Hall ? in the tenth District Containing one hundred Twenty five Acres being one half of a lot known marked No 28 on both sides Little Yellow Creek ? ing the west half of said to a conditional line By Ezekiel Painter and John Hitower which Lot ? originally Drawn in a Land Lottery in the said ?of Georgia by William Vaughn and Granted to him ????????on the seventh Day of October ? Granted bargained and Sold and by these presents do grant bargain and sell into the said Ratliff Bor??? His heirs and assigns forever a certain piece or tract ? Land, lying and being in the State of Georgia Hall Co ? In the tenth District containing one hundred and Twenty five acres being one half of a Lot known and marked No 28 on both sides of Little yellow Creek containing ? The west half of said lot of said lot to a conditional line marked ? Ezekiel Painter and John Hightower on which lot was originally drawn in a Land Lottery in the said ? of Georgia by William Vaughn and granted to him ?/ His Excellency John Clark on the Seventeenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eighteen and Twenty one & I do warrant and forever defend the said west Eng(/0 of said Lot to Ratcliff Boon his heirs and assigns together with all and singular the rights mess? and appertainces there unto belonging or in any way incident to the same from any self my heirs and from the Gl? of every other person whomsoever claiming the same or any part there of in witness I hereunto set my hand and seal the Day and year above writen(sic) and fifty ????????and bring in the ? of ?? ?? In the Tenth District containing one hundred and Twenty five Acres being one half of a lot known and marked No 28 on both sides Little yellow Creek ? ing the west half of said to a conditional Line By Ezekiel Painter and John Hitower which Lot ? originally Drawn in a Land Lottery in the said State of Georgia by William Vaughn and Granted to him by Excellency John Clark on the Seventh Day of October in Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty one and I do warrant and forever defend the said End of said Lot to Osborn Hagood his heirs and assigns Together with all and singular the rights m State of South Carolina Pickens District Know all men by these present that I Benjamin Hagood for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred Dollars to me in hand paid by David Smith of the State of Georgia and County of Hall have bargained Sold and released and by these presents do Grant bargain sell and Release unto the aforesaid David Smith one half of a certain tract or parsell of land or lot of land lying and being in the State of Georgia and County of Hall all the one half of the aforesaid for the East end of said lot containing one hundred and Twenty five acres more or less No 28 Drawn by William Vaun of Thomas Dist Burke County. Together with all and Singular the aforesaid premises unto the said David Smith His Heirs and assigns and I do hereby bind myself my heirs and assigns to warrant and forever defend the one half of said lot of land the East end unto the aforesaid David Smith his heirs and assigns and against myself my heirs and assigns in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this the 12th day of March A D 1854. Signed Sealed and acknowledged in the presence of us John Robinson Benjamin Hagood (seal) W D Rogers Georgia Hall County In person before me John H. Hanson a Justice of the peace for said County cameJohn Robinson who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw Benjamin Hagood Sign and deliver the within Deed of Conveyance for the purpose within mentioned and that he saw W D Rogers assign his name as a witness - Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 20th day of March 1854 - John H Hanson Jr John Robinson Recorded this 24th July 1854 William Sitton, Clerk Source: Hall Co., GA Records as found by Richard Painter, 2002. General Notes (Wife) Inscription on tombstone: "Aged 68 years, 11 months, 22 days". Susan Hagood's daughter Adaline "married Colonel Benjamin Hagood, of Pickens County, whose relationship if any has not been established." Source: "Meet Your Grandfather" by General Johnson Hagood, 1946 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Adaline Hagood, relict of Benjamin Hagood, died at the residence of her son, J.E. Hagood in this place on Monday last. She was 70 years old and was interred in the family burying ground five miles north of this place." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 24 October 1877 ********************************************************************** *********************************** General Notes for Child James Earle Hagood James Earle Hagood, clerk of the United States circuit court forthedistrict of South Carolina, is a native of Pickens county, B.C.,andwas born November 30, 1826. His father was Col. Benjamin Hagood,whowas a native of Edgefield county, B.C., and was born about 1789.Forforty-five years previous to his death Col. Hagood was a residentofPickens county, where he followed planting and merchandising. Hewasone of the prominent men of his county, and for many yearsrepresentedwhat was then known as the old Pendleton district, in bothbranches ofthe legislature. (What was the old Pendleton district nowcomprisesthe counties of Pickens, Oconee and Anderson.) Col. Hagoodwas an oldline Whig, and was a strong believer and supporter of thedoctrines ofClay, and Harrison, and yet was a believer innullification, and in1832 was in favor of his state seceding. Andagain in 1860 headvocated secession, being all through life a strongbeliever instates rights. He met with success through life, and priorto thelate war was a man of large fortune. But, notwithstanding hislossesoccasioned by the war he left a large estate at his death in1865. Hiswife was Adaline, the daughter of James Ambler, of thesameneighborhood, but a native of Scotland, who was married inCharleston,B.C., to Susan Hagood, who was an aunt of Gov. JohnsonHagood, ofBarnwell, B.C. To the union of Col. Hagood and wife sixchildren wereborn, five of whom survive, and all live in the immediateneighborhoodof Pickens. The mother died in 1874, in her seventy-firstyear. Theearly days of our subject were spent on the plantation and inthestore in Pickens county. His education was obtained in the publicorcommon schools, his principal preceptor being the Rev. JohnL.Kennedy, a well known and noted educator of that county andsection.In 1856, while in his thirtieth year, he was elected clerk ofthecircuit court of Pickens county, a position he filled withabilityuntil 1868. After the war he read law, and was admitted topractice,and from 1868 until 1873 was the law partner of Judge JosephK.Norton, of Pickens Court House. He represented Pickens county inthelegislatures of 1869-70-71, and on April 21, 1873, was, by judgeHughL. Bond, appointed to his present office of clerk of the UnitedStatescircuit court. He is also United States commissioner andspecialmaster in the United States circuit court. Our subject wasmarriedMay 4, 1847, to Esther Benson Robinson, who was born Pickenscounty onApril 1, 1820. She is the daughter of Dr. John and ElizaRobinson, ofGreenville, B.C., and granddaughter of Gen. JohnBlassingame, ofGreenville, who was an officer in the American armyduring theRevolutionary war. Mrs. Hagood died on July 26, 1889. Totheir unionten children were born, six of whom survive. Our subjectowns the oldhomestead in Pickens county, and also a large plantation,besideslarge tracts of valuable real estate upon which are quantitiesoftimber and rich deposits of mica, asbestos and other minerals.Sincehe arrived at manhood Mr. Hagood has been a member of theMasonicfraternity. General Notes for Child Elvira Caroline Hagood From newspaper clipping (not dated) - Obituary: "Mrs. Elvira Robinson died last night at the home of her son, J.E. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson was a member of a prominent Pickens family. About a year ago, her brother, Col. J.E. Hagood, died at his home in Pickens. He was for many years clerk of the United States Court at Charleston. Her surviving brother is John Hagood of Greenville county, and her sisters are Mrs. F.A. Miles of Greenville, and Mrs. EBE> Martin of Greenville county. She leaves five children, who live in and near Easley. J.E. Robins, John Robinson, Arthur Robinson, W.W. Robinson and Mrs. E.E. Lenhardt. Her remains will be interred tomorrow in the old Hagood family burying ground near Pickens. " General Notes for Child Eliza M. Hagood "Married - On the 31st ult., by Rev. J.M. Runion, Dr. F.A. Miles of Greenville and Miss Eliza, daughter of Col. Benjamin Hagood of Pickens". Source: The Keowee Courier, 1849-1851,1857-1861,1865-1868" by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr., Southern Historical Press. ********************************************************************** *********************************** "The Greenville and Pickens newspapers of Sept. 1897, carried the following announcement: 'A splendid donation to a noble institution was made recently by Dr. and Mrs. F.A. Miles, of Pickens and Greenville, when they deeded their Caesar's Head resort of 2,231 acres to Furman University.' Besides the land, the gift included all buildings and furniture, tools, vehicles and livestock. No appraisal value was given, other than the fact that they had refused $20,000 cash for the property several years prior to this. The conditions named by the donors were that the Furman trustees would pay them $800 annuity each year during the life of both, or either of the donors, and allow them free board either in the hotel or one of the cottages during the summer season. The friends of Furman University were delighted with this memorial from the donors who said they wanted to help the cause of Christian education through this local school. Mrs. Eliza H. Miles was a daughter of Col. Benjamin Hagood who established the hotel at Caesar's Head at an early date and from whom she had inherited the property. Her husband, Dr. F. A. Miles, had done much to improve it and enhance its value and for more than twenty years they ran a successful summer resort, but when the infirmities of old age overtook them, and they had no children, they decided to pass it on to the immediate good of Furman University. In the early days of Pickens, Dr. and Mrs. Miles had a home here where they stayed during the months that the summer resort was closed. Their little house stood on the corner where the First Baptist Church now stands." Source: Newspaper article, not dated, by Pearl McFall ********************************************************************** *********************************** Promissory Note: $1250.94 One day after date we, or either of us, promise to pay J.E. Hagood, or bearer, Twelve Hundred and fifty 94/100 Dollars for value received; balance due on Caesar's Head property on account of John H. Hagood's interest. Witness my hand and seal March 12th 1897. (signed) E.M. Miles (L.S.) (signed) F.A. Miles (L.S.) Promissory Note: Greenville, SC February 25, 1895 One day after dated I promise to pay to J.E. Hagood, my Trustee, or Bearer, three hundred dollars, for value received, balance due him for amount paid for purchase of Caesar's Head and furniture in the Hotel at Caesar's Head. Witness my hand and seal. (signed) E.M. Miles (L.S.) Principal. (2 notes.) $1550.94 Int. on above notes to 1st Sept 1897 $ 94.19 ________ Total $1645.13 ********************************************************************** *********************************** Letter on Caesar's Head Hotel stationery, dated August 23, 1897: Mr. W.M. Hagood Easley, SC My Dear Sir, The situation here is unchanged. Dr. Miles was a good deal depressed after you left, but has now recovered his usual cheerfulness. He thought that matters were settled, and it was a great disappointment to him to find himself at sea again, he still thinks the last payment of $500, per annum too small and thinks they should have been $700 per annum. He and Mrs. Miles have now determined to sell the place for what they can get and are in communication with parties with that end in view. Failing in that I think their plan will be to offer it to someone on the same terms it was offered to you except that the last payments will be larger. I am very sorry that the arrangement fell through, first because I think the place ought to continue to be the property of your family, and second because I cannot help thinking there is big money in it. Very truly yours, G.G. Wells ********************************************************************** *********************************** Letter to W.M. Hagood, Easley, SC, from his father James Earle Hagood, dated August 23, 1897 concerning Caesar's Head property: Dear Willie: I examined for the notes upon my return to the City of your Auntie, Mrs. Miles, and I found them in the right place. Ben certainly did not look for them very much. I send you copies of the notes so that you may see the amounts and interest up to 1st Sept. 1897 is $1645.13. I was sorry that you did not conclude the trade, but suppose it was best that you did not, although the property is well worth the amount that you would have to pay. I put the property at $5000.00 - and the furniture & c. at $3000. - the Saluda plantation at $3000. - which would make a total of $11,000.00- You would have to pay me the amount due $1645.13- and $1000. - cash next fall, and I think that you would then have the property cheap enough. The Saluda plantation ought to be sold for enough to pay me and the $1000. - besides, and perhaps more, and then you would have Caesar's Head proper, without having to pay anything for it, except the $500.- a year to your Auntie. These are however matters for your own judgement as I do not desire to suggest or make any proposition as my being Trustee might some day interfere with the sale, and I will not advise what for you to do. I think that you could pay the $500. - very well per year, say for ten years, or longer, as the property would certainly increase in value. You would have to spend at least a thousand dollars on improvements which is a very small figure. If the property was mine, I would spend $2000. - on it so as to make it attractive. We have had fine rains for the last week, raining all the time. Hope you have had good rains also. No news. Yours truly, (signed) J.E. Hagood ********************************************************************** *********************************** Letter from Eliza Hagood Miles to W. M. Hagood, on Caesar's Head Hotel stationery dated August 24, 1897: Dear Willie: I received your letter yesterday. We regret more than we can express that you could not accept the proposition. The last amount named we don't think either one of us could live on and have any comforts, unless we are compelled. We regret more, that we have given you all so much trouble. We will try now and sell the place for what we can get for it, and pay what we owe, and try and live the few days we may have on the balance. We are more than sorry to have to place go out of the family, but is seems that there is no other chance. We appreciate your kind offer of assistance and will call on you. Now let me thank you for sending the buggy. I hope your Uncle will be able to ride occasionally although he is very weak. He had a bad night - did not sleep any and of course I don't sleep. Anything now makes him nervous. I was afraid your letter would but I had to read it to him. We are still having a good deal of company. I am kept busy. I am confident that you could have made this place pay you handsomely. ? as you are. You could make more than the interest and repair the place besides, I am so glad that Queenie is with us she certainly is a great comfort and help. I do hope and pray that I will be given strength to stand all I have too. If you know of any one coming up this way I would be so glad if you would send me a bucket of fresh butter. I find it so hard to get enough up this way. We have so much constatne(?) company. I think Capt. Wells wrote to you yesterday. We have to have fires very cool. I will her to close as breakfast is about ready and there are a good many to leave this a.m. Come and see us when you can. Always glad to see you. Love to all. As ever your devoted, (signed) Auntie Miles ********************************************************************** ***********************************Letter from James Earle Hagood to his son W.M. Hagood concerning the Caesar's Head property dated Sept., 18, 1897 from Greenville, SC: Dear Willie, I find that I will not make connection from Spartanburg by getting off from here today, so I will write to you a few lines. I had a long talk with Capt. Wells, in reference to the property. He says he did all he could to put them off from executing the papers which contains the proposition to the University, three Baptist ministers were at the mountain for a week or ten days and they fixed it all themselves, the arrangement was already made with the ministers without the knowledge of Capt. Wells, he says it was all done and agreed to before it was ever mentioned to him, he was then employed to prepare the papers, after he came down here/ they have all bee prepared and ready for signature, and acceptance by the board of trustees. They pay only eight hundred dollars per annum and no more. Capt. Wells says that he was not let into the secret for sometime for after they had agreed about it and then only to get him to draw up the papers. He says he did all that he could to postpone the thing and told them not to be in a hurry and wait for sometime to see if something would not turn up but they both seemed delighted after it was done and was the very thing which they wished to have done. I will miss connection tonight but will go to Spartanburg on the vertbule which is two and a half hours late. They told me that the telephone was burnt out and we could not talk. (signed) J.E. Hagood ********************************************************************** *********************************** Notes from Ben Folger Hagood made approximately 1995 concerning the history of the Caesar's Head property: 1847 - Benjamin Hagood acquired property 1848 - Will of Benjamin Hagood drawn leaving property to daughter Elmina Hagood Martin. 1865 - Benjamin Hagood Died. 1866 - Elmina H. Martin wanted to sell (sales notice) - decided not to sell - other properties given to her in lieu of Caesar's Head inheritance - property then put in trust and later deeded to her sister, Eliza Hagood Miles - married to Dr. F.A. Miles, M.D. - a devout Baptist. Mrs. Miles wanted to sell the property to her Hagood nieces and nephews in 1897 for $2,400. They could not agree and Dr. & Mrs. Miles deeded the property to Furman University with the provision that Mrs. Miles & companion (Miss Peete) be allowed to spend the entire season rent free (including board). Mrs. Miles lived 20 years longer & died at age 94 in 1917. Dr. Ben Geer was President of Furman at that time and there was considerable consternation about the cost to Furman prior to her death. ********************************************************************** *********************************** THE DRAMATIC HISTORY OF CAESAR'S HEAD: (As published in "Echoes: Reflections of the Past", published by eighth grade students at Northwest Middles School, Travelers, Rest, S.C., 1987.) "The trip going up to Caesar's Head was a fearful one. The roads were curved at almost a ninety degree angle. As for the rest of the trip it was a breathtaking sight." "When we arrived at our destination, we could feel the environment change. It was windy, but not too chilly. It was comfortable. We went up to the viewing area and were amazed at what we saw. The beautiful majestic mountains rolled down to the Piedmont. Paris Mountain and Table Rock were the most noticeable sights." "Caesar's Head, a large natural rock formation, is a popular tourist and resort attraction. The elevation for Caesar's Head is 3,266 feet above sea level." "The origin of the name "Caesar's Head" is still unknown. Many stories say the rock bears a likeness to Julius Caesar, while others say 'Caesar' is a mispronunciation of 'Sachem' which means Indian chief. The most believed origin is that it was named a after a mountaineer's dog named Caesar." " 'The Head' has gone through many natural changes during the past 100 years. At one time a part of the mouth fell off. Most people seem to believe it was the result of a minor earthquake." "Other natural changes, many manmade changes were added to Caesar's Head. Indians were the first people to use this land. The next people were the British. In 1735, the British Crown sent surveyors to this area to set a boundary between North and South Carolina. The surveyors had a difficult time and went on strike because they were not paid. Finally, when the boundaries were set, Caesar's Head ended up on the South Carolina side, extremely close to North Carolina." "It was over a hundred years after this until the first building was built on the land. As one news article reported, in 1836, Benjamin Hagood built a house there. Another source said that it was built in 1851." "Then in 1864, on the same land, a hotel was built. The building included the kitchen, the dining room and the lobby. It was two stories high." "The hotel became a popular place to get away from the heat of the Low Country. In a booklet by Lawrence Fay Brewster called 'Summer Migrations and Resorts of South Carolina Low Country Planters,' the hotel is described as 'noted for its excellent fare and amiable proprietor.' " "In 1885, a three-story addition was made. When we went to interview Mr. Norwood Cleveland in the little town of Marietta, he mentioned that his father, Mays Cleveland, cut some of the lumber to build the hotel: 'It (the hotel) was started with my dad (Mays Cleveland). He used to run a sawmill, and they got him to cut some of the lumber to build the hotel with.' " "After it was built, all types of people began coming to the hotel for a change of environment. Another news article by Felix L. Oswald, written in 'The Southern Bivouac', a newspaper from the year 1886, described Caesar's Head in this way: 'It (Caesar's Head) is a thoroughly democratic summer resort. In the commodious hotel the most exclusive guest can enjoy the privileges of privacy, but those privileges imply no prescriptive rights. In the office of the proprietor the poor mountain boy with his little courtesy.......the North Carolina hunter in his home-made jeans will promptly and intelligently answer the questions of the female naturalist fresh from Vassar, or even show his superior discretion by ignoring the banter of a supercilious dud. Blue jeans, indeed, mingle quite freely with the gayer colors of the weekly picnic parties, but if the absence of constraint is the surest mark of good breeding, the society of Caesar's Head can rank with the best of the civilized world.' " "The F.A. Miles (Eliza Hagood Miles) family owned the land in the late 1800's, and they published advertisements for hotel. IN one newspaper, the article described it so well, that they even exaggerated the elevation of the land by more than 1,00 feet: 'This elevated situation (4,500 feet above the level of the sea) presents all that could be desired in the way of climate, whilst the scenery is grand and beautiful beyond description -- an everchanging panorama. For all diseases of the throat and lungs, hay fever and malarial affections (sic), the climate is unequaled. For the over-worked and debilitated it is an elixir of life. Near the hotel is a mineral spring possessing fine tonic and alternative qualities.' 'Visitors coming to Greenville, S.C., will find a regular hack line leaving the commercial hotel every Tuesday and Saturday, returning again on Monday and Friday. Fare $3.50 per seat, each way. Charges at the hotel moderate. Table good. Rooms clean. Servants attentive. F.A. Miles, Proprietor.' " "In September of 1897, Mrs. Eliza M. Hagood Miles and Dr. F.A. Miles transferred the property; to Furman University. This property included 2,500 acres of land, with the hotel, and a few cottages. All this was in exchange for an annuity of $800.00 and free boarding and lodging for Dr. and Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Miles, who was seventy-four at the time, lived another twenty years." "During the time Furman owned it Norwood Cleveland visited the hotel. When we talked to Mr. Cleveland he told us that he rode a train to the dances up on the mountain. He also said, 'We'd go up when we were young boys. Most of them would get on it in Greenville, but I got on up here. From Greenville it took about an hour and a half, but from Marietta it took about thirty minutes. We'd all get off at River Falls and then walk up Gap Creek. That was the shortest route and the steepest. It took about two hours. We'd get there in time for supper, and then we'd go up and see the sunset before we went to the square dance. The next morning we'd get up early and come back on the next train ride home. The cost of the ride from Greenville was fifty cents, and from Marietta it was thirty cents, I think." "We asked Mr. Cleveland if he remembered anything about the dances. He said, 'We wouldn't miss the dance. That's what we went for. Most of the girls worked there in the dining room. We had a wonderful time.' We asked Mr. Cleveland if he ever had a girlfriend up there. He replied, 'Oh yea, the girl didn't have me, but I had her!' Mr. Cleveland continued telling us about the dances. 'I don't imagine there were over twenty people at the dances. Most were college-aged. I remember we had an old fashioned piano, but I don't remember who the pianist was. I don't remember who the caller was, but we couldn't have a square dance without a caller.' Even Mr. Cleveland himself did some calling at the dances. According to a newspaper article a man called 'Speedy' Jones did the calling at the dances." "We asked Mr. Cleveland if he remembered anything about the prices of the hotel, and he said, 'The prices weren't too expensive, but they were expensive for us because we didn't have hardly any money at all. They were about $3.00 a night.' " "Mr. Cleveland described one other event that he enjoyed: 'A most enjoyable experience was right after supper before sundown. We'd all walk up the the head and sit there until the sun went down. All the people from the hotel went there. The young people sat in the mouth. They liked that better because it was a lot more dangerous.' " "During the 1920's, the hotel was sold to a real estate corporation, the Caesar's Head-Paris Mountain Company. Tom Marchant, who later bought the hotel along with his brother, Pete, told us about what happened to the property next: 'The company didn't have enough money to keep going and the property went to the people that were holding the mortgage. At that particular time (1932), two banks and Furman University held the property. The three of them held it, and Furman University ran the hotel.' " "In the 1920's a new road was built going up to Caesar's Head. Pete Marchant told us how the road was first built. 'They say that Jones Gap Road was laid out by an old mountaineer named Solomon Jones, who had a pig. He'd turn the pig loose and follow it up the mountain, and that would be the easiest way. That was supposedly the way. But that road was so windy and curvy that on several turns you had to back your car up before you could get around the curve. You'd start around and have to back up a piece and make another turn to get around the curve. That was one reason they built this other road, to have a modern highway up there." " 'Back then, all they had to build that road was one steam shovel. All of the dirt was moved with mules and a man with what they called a pan. The steam shovel would dig the dirt out, and these people behind the mules would take this pan and move all that dirt and rock to build to build the road with. So it was quite an engineering feat. They say there are about 300 to 400 horses and mules buried beneath that road. When they would die they would just put them beneath the road and keep going.' " The road was not the only thing that was different back then. Electricity in the hotel was rare, unlike today's hotels. Pete Marchant said that, 'Every night about 10 o'clock they'd blow a whistle or sound a bell to let you know in 15 minutes the lights were going to go off. And they weren't going to come back on until the next morning or the next day. In that period of the 1920's and about half of the 1930's, Duke Power was not in there, and electricity was not used too much. The generator ran on diesel fuel. It was one of these old reciprocal pumps and you could hear it all over the mountain. Whoo! Whoo! They'd keep it on till 12:30 on Saturday night so you could go to the square dance. The square dance ended at 12:00, and you could get home in time. When the lights blinked, you were gone. All of us had kerosene lanterns and candles i the houses. We even had some with reflectors behind the. They sat on the wall to give more light.' " "An interesting coincidence was noted in the registration book they had at the hotel. In 1918 one person signed in by the name of F.D. Roosevelt, from New York." "Pete and Tom Marchant bought the hotel in 1946 and ran it in the summer. The hotel was not very luxurious, but it had forty rooms on the first and second floor, and fifteen on the top floor. A single hotel room would cost $20.00 per week. A double room with a bath would be $27.00 per person, per week. Children under ten were charged one-half of the rate, and colored servants stayed at half rate too. These prices are from the late 1940's and included all three meals per day." "The hotel had a feast every Sunday. As Pete Marchant remembered, 'For breakfast you had y9our choice of cereal, fruit, eggs, sausage, bacon toast, and pancakes. Everything was served family style.' " For Sunday dinner, Pete said, 'We had roast beef, fried chicken, and about four or five different vegetables. Mostly the people we had up there were elderly people, people well over 50 or 60. The ladies would dress with their big hats on for the afternoon tea. It was really quite a sight to see them all. Our whole front porch, which was about 50 or 70 feet long, was solid with rockers, and they would sit out there and rock'. " " 'Practically everybody stayed at the hotel, I'd say, for a week. Very few people came by to spend a day. They'd come up and sty with us for a week at a time.' " "A few people working on "Echoes" interviewed a man by the name of James McJunkin who worked there by carrying up bags to the rooms. He said, 'Guys would come up here with plenty of money from Charleston to stay at the hotel.' We also asked him about the working conditions and the money he made by working at the hotel. He replied, 'It was good service; they treated you good. I remember on year, way after the Depression, I left after the summer with $500 in tips. I got up to $20-$25 a week in salary." "James McJunkin walked seven miles up the mountain to go to work at Caesar's Head. His brother, Otis McJunkin, was the cook at Caesar's Head for 18 years." "We interviewed another man, Spann Cruell, who used to be a bellboy at the Caesar's Head Hotel in the early 1950's. He also cleared the tables and ran errands. We asked him about any special holidays, and he replied, 'One lady by the name of Mrs. Earle was real old. On Christmas in July, I had to serve her breakfast. Christmas in July was when the tenants in the rooms would give gifts or extra money (as tips) to the bellboys.' " "He also spoke of the square dance that was held on Saturday nights. He would attend some dances. We also asked him about his salary and tips. He replied, 'It was $3.00 a day in salary, and in tips it varied. One summer I remember I collected $67.00 in tips at dinner, $45.00 at breakfast, and $47.00 for supper. And if you had to deliver a special order to one of the rooms they would give you a larger tip.' " "Sometimes the people who ran the hotel had to do more than just check the customers into the rooms. Pete Marchant said, "This lad checked in and she didn't like anything. But then some electricity wouldn't work in the rooms. She came back and wanted the electricity in her room immediately. So I went down and found it wasn't anything but her plug on something she wanted to plug in, and I fixed if for her. She offered me a dollar. Tome said, 'Did you take it?' and I said, "Yea, I took it.' It didn't make any difference. She didn't know who I was. That night they introduced us as the owners of the hotel and she was quite embarrassed about her dollar.' " "Pete Marchant told us another story about how he used to be a two-in-one person when people checked in: 'I would hit the bell and run around, and there would be a corner on the other side for the bellboy to pick up the bags.' In this way, he would serve as a clerk and as a bellboy." "Pete Marchant also explained to us about the plumbing in the hotel. 'Bathrooms were on the halls like an old-fashioned hotel. You had a big central bathroom, on the downstairs, one for the ladies and one for the men. And then upstairs there were two for the men and two for the ladies.' The rooms earlier had porcelain pots and pitchers for guest to use." "There were no keys to the rooms. Pet Marchant told us there were 'no locks, no keys. We didn't have a key in the place. You didn't have a key to your room.' Unlike today, almost everybody knew and trusted everybody else." "The Marchants liked to open the hotel with a convention and close it with a convention at the end of the summer. After that, the women's college of Furman University would have an orientation weekend for its freshmen there. IN the summer of 1954, the week after the women from Furman left, the hotel burned." "The hotel was destroyed by fire of an undetermined cause. The fire was discovered by Hagood Bruce and Frank T. Morris of Greenville. Mr. Morris, who was awakened by the sound of the crackling flames, called the fire rangers and went to the hotel." "one newspaper article reported that 'Fire raced in minutes through the three-story wooden structure, at 1:00 A.M. and consumed also an adjacent cottage and servant quarters in the rear. Three cottages connected with the hotel were saved, but the rest, including furnishing in 50 rooms, a lounge and a dining room, was a total loss.' The only fire-fighting equipment at the hotel was fire extinguishers, and there was no chance to use them. The only water available was from the low-pressure system which served the hotel, and the nearest fire department was in the Parker District 25 miles away. The buildings burned too quickly for aid to be called." "One opinion on the cause of the fire was stated by Pete Marchant. 'WE really think that somebody had gotten into the hotel and was spending the night. We had already cut all the electricity off, and it started down in one of the far rooms where somebody had gone in there to sleep. At least that's what the caretaker seems to think happened.' " "One of the major losses from the burning of the hotel was the linen. When we asked Pete Marchant about the linen, he told us 'We always cleaned the linen, had it washed and took it back to the hotel and stored it. And unfortunately, that year, I had taken the linen back up and stored it with all the blankets and everything in the hotel the weekend before it burned.' " "There were only a couple of items that were saved, according to Pete Marchant. 'The hotel had two bells, a dinner bell and a porter bell. Earlier I had had them polished and all, but the heat was so intense, even in the safe, that the bells were quite disfigured.' " Pete Marchant told us one interesting story that happened in the last days of the hotel. 'The year the hotel burned, that summer we took the original old hotel and were going to convert it to just a place to have parties. The walls had green whitewash, and so we took one room that wasn't being occupied and rubbed the whitewash off of it. There on the wall was an inscription with a man's name from Abbeville. (It wasn't even Abbeville County the.) It was dated a hundred years to the day, that we rubbed it off. That was the day he'd been at Caesar's Head.' " " 'Our father used to go up there as a young man. They'd leave Greer on a wagon and spend the night on the way up there. From Greer to Caesar's Head, it would take them two days to get up there. They had to spend the night. That was one reason you got the name Travelers Rest up here because that was where a lot of people got off the train from Charleston. ' " "Even though the Caesar's Head Hotel no longer exists, Caesar's Head is still a beautiful place to escape the heat. It is presently a state park, where thousands of visitors come to enjoy the enchanting sights. Although many changes have occurred, the most important aspect has not changed, and that is the superb view from the rock itself." General Notes for Child Elmira Elkins Hagood "From Table Mountain - Mesdames E.E. and P.B. Martin and S.T. McHugh have just finished up 75 yards of rag carpeting". Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 20 October 1892 ********************************************************************** *********************************** General Notes for Child John H Hagood "Pickens Co., S.C., Delinquent Tax Sale: Hurricane Township; John H. Hagood - 700 acres." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 9 June 1881 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mr. John H. Hagood will move his family to town for the purpose of educating his children." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 15 February 1884 ********************************************************************** *********************************** National Register of Historical Places - Greenville County, SC The John H. Goodwin House, Also known as Blythe-Goodwin-Hagood House SC 11 at U.S. 25, Travelers Rest, Greenville Co., SC Area of Significance: Architecture - Period of 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825 Significance: 1849 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Current Function: Vacant/Not in Use ********************************************************************** *********************************** Margaret Gary Hagood Brightwell and husband Charles S. Brightwell visited the above site in October 2002. The house is in a state of disrepair and is unoccupied. ********************************************************************** *********************************** The burial site of Lima Baptist Church, like the house is at the junction of Highways Nos. 25 and 11, north of Greenville, SC. It is opposite the house. The Blythe-Goodwin-Hagood House was a stage coach stop and trading post. At the rear of this house, walk up the mountain, straight as possible. Find three graves, with headstones marked "B". These stones are for members of the Blythe family. The house is one of the earliest Greenville County homesteads. S.S. Crittenden in his Greenville Century Book says William Blythe settled here, John H. Goodwin was the next owner, and present owners are the Hagood family. Public records show that goods for the Lima Trading Post were purchased in Charleston, S.C. from Roland Rugeley, where Richard Pearis bought supplies for his trading post on the Reedy River where Greenville now stands. Mrs. B.T. Whitmire. Source: "The Presence of the Past: Epitaphs of 18th and 19th Century Pioneers in Greenville County, South Carolina, and Their Descendants", arranged and edited by Mrs. Beverly T. Whitmire, Sponsored by The Greenville County Historical Society, Gateway Press - 1976. Angus Marcellus Ambler Husband Angus Marcellus Ambler ² Born: 24 Jul 1857 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 16 Jul 1858 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Husband) "Departed this life on the 16th inst., of flux, Angus Marcellus, infant son of J.H. & Z.A. Ambler, aged eleven months & 16 days. Source: Keowee Courier, Saturday, July 24, 1858 Matthew D Breazeale and Anita Ambler Husband Matthew D Breazeale ² Born: Christened: Died: After 1904 - Belton, SC Buried: Marriage: 17 Feb 1904 - Pickens Co., SC Wife Anita Ambler ² Born: 13 Jan 1871 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 7 Dec 1904 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² General Notes (Wife) Charter member of the Pickens, SC Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Ann Ambler Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Ann Ambler Born: 16 Nov 1772 - <New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia> Christened: Died: 28 Jun 1832 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-K3 Father: Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798) Mother: Rebecca Burwell (1748- ) Elihu Holbert Griffin and Anna Ambler Husband Elihu Holbert Griffin ² Born: 10 Dec 1801 - Pendleton District, SC Christened: Died: 3 Oct 1874 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: Sargent Griffin (1778-1858) ² Mother: Avarilla Barton (1788-1863) ² Marriage: Noted events in his life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850 Wife Anna Ambler ² Born: 10 Oct 1810 - VA Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1906 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Ambler (Abt 1760-1849) ² Mother: Susan Hagood ( -1845) ² Noted events in her life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1850 Children 1 M Maj Robert Young Hane Griffin ² Born: 29 Jul 1831 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 11 Jul 1862 - Richmond, VA Buried: Spouse: Lucy Jane Breazeale (1839-1877) ² Marr: 3 Apr 1859 2 M Edwin D Griffin ² Born: 28 Dec 1836 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 8 Dec 1855 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 3 M James Ambler Griffin ² Born: 25 May 1839 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 24 May 1926 Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Zilpha Ann Allgood (1837-1882) ² Marr: 20 Dec 1860 - Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Harriett Catherine Singleton (1846-1912) ² Marr: 27 Feb 1883 - Pickens Co., SC 4 M William Griffin ² Born: 13 Jan 1842 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 Jul 1858 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 5 F Ann Griffin ² Born: 25 Jun 1844 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 23 Jul 1923 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Oolenoy Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Stephen D Keith (1831-1880) ² Marr: After 1850 6 M Elihu Holbert Griffin Jr. Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Spouse: Florence Morgan ( - ) Marr: Dec 1869 7 M Elihu Holbert Griffin Jr ² Born: 10 Nov 1846 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 Dec 1875 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Florence Jane Morgan (1845-1923) ² Marr: 10 Dec 1869 - Pickens Co., SC 8 M John Calhoun Griffin ² Born: 25 May 1851 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 31 May 1890 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 9 F Susan A. Griffin Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 10 F Susan A Griffin ² Born: 26 Nov 1853 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 10 Apr 1884 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Foster Wyatt ( - ) ² General Notes (Husband) Head of Household - Pickens 1830, 1840 census General Notes for Child Maj Robert Young Hane Griffin Wounded at Battle of Seven Pines General Notes for Child James Ambler Griffin Grave marked with Confederate Iron Cross with "Father" on the cross. Listed as Capt. James A. Griffin. Anne Ambler Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Anne Ambler (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Beauregard Ambler Husband Beauregard Ambler ² Born: 5 Mar 1861 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 20 Feb 1898 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Belton O'neal Ambler Husband Belton O'neal Ambler ² Born: 28 Jun 1849 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 20 Feb 1908 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marriage: Noted events in his life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Carlos Thadius Ambler Husband Carlos Thadius Ambler ² Born: 25 Oct 1859 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 9 Apr 1860 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Husband) "Departed this life on the 9th inst., Carlos Thaddeus, infant son of Z.A. & J.H. Ambler." Source: Keowee Courier, Saturday, April 27, 1860. Rev. John H Burdine and Charlotte Ambler Husband Rev. John H Burdine ² Born: 25 Sep 1801 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 Feb 1880 - Greenville, SC Buried: - Pickens Chapel, Anderson Co., SC Father: Richard Burdine (1773-1860) ² Mother: Martha Wilson (1777-1861) ² Marriage: 12 Feb 1824 - Pendleton District, SC Wife Charlotte Ambler ² Born: 15 Jan 1806 - Edgefield District, SC Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1891 - Brushy Creek, SC Buried: - Pickens Chapel, Anderson Co., SC Father: James Ambler (Abt 1760-1849) ² Mother: Susan Hagood ( -1845) ² Children 1 F Martha Ann Burdine ² Born: 20 Jan 1825 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 13 Nov 1891 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Pickens Chapel, Anderson Co., SC Spouse: Rev Robert Mason Pickens (1825-1899) ² Marr: 17 Jan 1850 - Anderson Co., SC 2 M John Wesley Burdine ² Born: 5 Apr 1827 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: Bef Oct 1891 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: 3 F Susan Burdine ² Born: 17 Jan 1830 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 29 Dec 1879 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Bethlehem Methodist Church, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Larkin Hughes (1824-1914) ² Marr: 23 Dec 1848 4 F Mary Melinda Burdine ² Born: 19 Jun 1832 - Pickens District, SC Christened: Died: 11 Apr 1869 - Monroe Co., MS Buried: - Monroe Co., MS Spouse: Waldemar Murff (1818-1899) ² Marr: 24 Feb 1853 - SC 5 M Theodore Columbus Burdine ² Born: 6 Nov 1834 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 2 Dec 1899 Buried: Spouse: Marjorie Walters ( - ) ² Marr: 20 Dec 1855 6 F Adeline Burdine ² Born: 6 Sep 1837 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 30 May 1874 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: Spouse: John Franklin Byrd (1830-1905) ² Marr: 26 Feb 1858 - SC 7 F Tirzah Burdine ² AKA: Theresa Born: 14 Feb 1840 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 30 Oct 1922 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Pickens Sunrise Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: James Brewer Newberry (1837-1921) ² Marr: 10 Jan 1860 - SC 8 F Elizabeth Burdine ² Born: 12 May 1842 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 Dec 1920 - Easley, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Easley Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Alonzo Mendonhall Folger (1836-1918) ² Marr: 3 Jan 1864 - SC 9 F Esther Dick Burdine ² Born: 21 Jun 1845 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 16 Aug 1911 - Easley, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Pickens Chapel, Anderson Co., SC Spouse: John Theodore Smith (1844-1918) ² Marr: 6 Dec 1866 General Notes (Husband) Head of Household - Pickens 1830, 1840 census General Notes (Wife) "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, widow of Rev. John Burdine, is quite ill at her home near Brushy Creek. Her sister Mrs. Ann Griffin of this place went to see her last Saturday. Mrs. Burdine is 85 years old." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 30 April 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. J.B. Newberry is visiting her mother Mrs. Charlotte Burdine of Brushy Creek, Anderson County." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 30 April 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, who has been very ill at the residence of her son-in-law Mr. Theo Smith near Brushy Creek, is still very low. Mrs. Emma Smith a granddaughter is also very ill at Duncan Station." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 21 May 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, widow of the late Rev. John Burdine, died at the home of her son-in-law Mr. Theo Smith in Brushy Creek Twp., Anderson, Co. last Saturday at the age of 85 years and 6 months. Mrs. Burdine was a sister of Mrs. Ann Griffin of this place and Major Ambler of the county. She leaves five children: Mrs. J.B. Newberry of this place, Mrs. A.M. Folger of Easley, Mrs. Theo Smith of Brushy Creek, Mrs. Pickens of Greenville and Mr. Columbus Burdine of Liberty Township. Funeral held in Pickens graveyard by ********************************************************************** *********************************** From the Bible of Elizabeth Burdine Folger: " Mrs. Charlotte Burdine died at Theodore Smiths, on Saturday the 13th of June 1891, aged 85 yr. 4 months & her remains were laid by the side of her husband Rev. John Burdine in Pickens Cemetery in Anderson County." General Notes for Child John Wesley Burdine 1880 Census Anderson County, South Carolina. John Burdine head of house living with Mother, Charlotte, age 48(43) born SC. Living in Brushy Creek TWP on real estate worth $6,000 and personal property at $284; occupation, preacher; here with children Walter Murff11, and J.W. Murff age 7. General Notes for Child Tirzah Burdine "Mrs. J.B. Newberry is visiting her sister Mrs. W.H. Pickens of Greenville." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 13 August 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Julia Pridmore, nee Pickens, daughter of Mr. W.H. Pickens formerly a citizen of this county now of Greenville, died at the home of her husband in Greenville on the 4th inst. of heart failure at the age of 38 years. The funeral was held at the Pickens graveyard below Easley. Mrs. Pridmore was a niece of Mrs. J.B. Newberry of this place." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 13 August 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. J.B. Newberry was called to Greenville last Sunday by a message stating her sister Mrs. R.M. Pickens was very ill and not expected to live." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" October 1892 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. R.M. Pickens, of Greenville, died at the home of her husband in that city last Friday. Her remains were interred at the Pickens family graveyard. she was a sister of Mrs. J.B. Newberry of this place." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" October 1892 ********************************************************************** ********************************** "Mrs. Theodore Smith of Brushy Creek and Mrs. A.M. Folger of Easley spent a few days with their sister Mrs. J.B. Newberry last week." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 2 June 1892 ********************************************************************** *********************************** Obituary news clipping from "The Pickens Sentinel" (no date): "DEATH OF MRS. J.B. NEWBERRY On the last day of October, 1922, as the golden sunshine glistened among the bright colored foliage which enveloped the earth, betokening the death of the year, the sweet spirit of Mrs. Tirzah Burdine Newberry took its flight to the beautiful mansions above. She had passed her 82nd birthday and was ripe and ready when the Great Harvester came. Her body was always frail, but her bright, cheerful disposition was almost a wonder to all who knew her. A year ago last February, her husband was taken, but no murmur ever escaped her lips. Hers was the most beautiful of lives, so full of patience, mercy and kindness She was the eighth child of Rev. John and Charlotte Burdine and was born four miles north of Pickens. In 1860 she married J.B. Newberry. Went to Richmond in 1862 and nursed in a Confederate hospital during the remainder of the war. She had only thirty nieces and nephews. The old home will miss her, the good friends will miss her, the relatives will miss her, but most of all, she will be missed by her only daughter, Miss Stella. It is to her our hearts go out in the deepest sympathy, and we can only say 'Thy will be done.' " ********************************************************************** *********************************** Honorary member of the Pickens, SC Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.Source: "Recollections and Reminiscences", 1861-1865, pub. South Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1998. General Notes for Child Elizabeth Burdine "Mrs. A.M. Folger sent us a curiosity in the form of two roses the other day, a smaller one grew out of the center of a full blown rose, and was blooming itself." Source: "Easley Messenger" 25 April 1884 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. A.M. Folger kindly remembered the editor with her fruit this week." Source: "Easley Messenger" 20 June 1884 ********************************************************************** ********************************** "Mrs. Theodore Smith of Brushy Creek and Mrs. A.M. Folger of Easley spent a few days with their sister Mrs. J.B. Newberry last week." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 2 June 1892 ********************************************************************** *********************************** From the Bible of Elizabeth Burdine Folger: "Elizabeth Burdine was born May 12th 1842." Also in this Bible is the following: "James A. Garfield, President of the U.S., was shot by the assassin Charles Guitefin(?) on the 2nd July 1881 - and died on the 19th Sept 1881 after having suffered intensely for over 80 days." General Notes for Child Esther Dick Burdine From the Bible of Alonzo Mendenhall & Elizabeth Burdine Folger: "Mrs. Esther Smith - sister of Elizabeth Folger - died on the 16th of August 1911." Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler Husband Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler Born: 11 Mar 1765 - Virginia Christened: Died: 14 Feb 1842 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-FD Father: Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798) Mother: Rebecca Burwell (1748- ) Benjamin J Gilreath and Emily Long Ambler Husband Benjamin J Gilreath ² Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: 29 Jan 1871 Wife Emily Long Ambler ² AKA: Perhaps Known As Emma Born: 11 May 1851 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 24 Jan 1910 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Noted events in her life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Children 1 M William Ambler Gilreath ² Born: Christened: Died: 12 Oct 1938 - Atlanta, GA Buried: Spouse: May Allen (living) 2 M Frank Gilreath (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: General Notes (Wife) "Early in the year 1903 the patriotic heart of Emily Ambler Gilreath conceived the idea that Pickens should have a chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy. with characteristic energy she set about interesting the people in her undertaking, and meeting with considerable encouragement, issued a call for those interested to meet at her house to talk it over. Very few responded to the first call, not enough to attempt to organize, but true to her convictions she was not discouraged and called another meeting. The response this time was quite gratifying, and a charter was applied for, obtained, and on April 19, 1903 the Pickens Chapter was organized with seventeen charter members." Elected Vice President of the organization in 1906. Source: Recollections and Remininiscences, 1861-1865, pub. by the South Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1998. Hagood Ambler Husband Hagood Ambler (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Robert Lee Ambler (1865-1917) ² Mother: Marriage: Wife (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Jacquelin Ambler and Rebecca Burwell Husband Jacquelin Ambler Born: 9 Aug 1742 - Virginia Christened: - Child, 7 Died: 10 Feb 1798 - VA Buried: AFN: L9Z2-Q9 Father: Richard Ambler (1710- ) Mother: Elizabeth Jacquelin (1715- ) Marriage: 1764 Wife Rebecca Burwell Born: 1748 - Virginia Christened: Died: Buried: AFN: L9XQ-D7 Father: Lewis Burwell (1710-1756) Mother: Mary Willis (Abt 1714-1746) Children 1 F Elizabeth Jacquelin Ambler Born: 11 Mar 1765 - Virginia Christened: Died: 14 Feb 1842 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-FD 2 F Martha Burwell Ambler Born: 23 Nov 1767 - <, , Yorktown, VA> Christened: Died: 11 Jul 1773 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-GK 3 F Rebecca Nelson Ambler Born: 22 Jan 1771 - <New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia> Christened: Died: 17 Apr 1772 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-JW 4 F Ann Ambler Born: 16 Nov 1772 - <New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia> Christened: Died: 28 Jun 1832 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-K3 5 M John Ambler Born: 23 Jan 1775 - <New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia> Christened: Died: 19 Jun 1775 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-L8 6 F Lucy Nelson Ambler Born: 4 Aug 1776 - New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia Christened: Died: 27 Apr 1846 - Richmond, Virginia Buried: AFN: L9XQ-MF 7 F Mary (Polly) Ambler Born: 17 Mar 1766 - , , Yorktown, VA Christened: Died: 25 Dec 1831 - , , Richmond, VA Buried: AFN: JVWC-N3 Spouse: Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) Marr: 3 Jan 1783 General Notes (Wife) The first great love in the Life of Thomas Jefferson. He proposed or intended to propose marriage to her in 1764 at age 17, but she married another man. General Notes for Child Mary (Polly) Ambler Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court and author of the famous decision, Marbury vs. Madison. James Ambler and Susan Hagood Husband James Ambler ² Born: Abt 1760 - VA Christened: Died: 26 Jun 1849 - Pickens District, SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Marriage: Wife Susan Hagood ² Born: - VA Christened: Died: 29 Oct 1845 - Pickens District, SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: William Hagood (Abt 1735-Bef 1793) ² Mother: Sarah Johnson (Abt 1750-1826) ² Children 1 F Charlotte Ambler ² Born: 15 Jan 1806 - Edgefield District, SC Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1891 - Brushy Creek, SC Buried: - Pickens Chapel, Anderson Co., SC Spouse: Rev. John H Burdine (1801-1880) ² Marr: 12 Feb 1824 - Pendleton District, SC 2 F Adeline Hagood Ambler ² Born: 12 Nov 1808 - Edgefield District, SC Christened: Died: 22 Oct 1877 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865) ¹ ² Marr: 4 Jul 1824 - Pickens County, SC 3 F Anna Ambler ² Born: 10 Oct 1810 - VA Christened: Died: 6 Mar 1906 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Elihu Holbert Griffin (1801-1874) ² 4 M James Hagood Ambler ² Born: 11 May 1815 - Fort Cambridge, Edgefield Co., SC Christened: Died: 4 Mar 1905 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marr: 1846 - Pickens Co., SC General Notes (Husband) "The first Ambler home was a big two-story house that still stands across the highway from the Fred Findley home." (1958) (This was on same road as Hagood Cemetery in Twelve Mile Community, Pickens County, SC - Margaret Gary Hagood Brightwell, 2002) "Ambler Post office and a barter store operated there very early. A man named Ben Noble directed it and hauled produce to Hamburg (later North Augusta). The James Ambler who built this house was a graduate of William and Mary College in Virginia. He came to Edgefield, SC to teach school and married Susan Hagood, a member of the Edgefield family of Hagoods. On account of the more healthful climate they came to Pickens District to live. Their son, James Hagood Ambler, built the other Ambler home farther up the road toward Pumpkintown, near the present Ambler School. He married Miss Zealy Cox of Greenville." Source: "It Happened in Pickens County" by Pearl Mcfall. 1959. ********************************************************************** *********************************** "A great deal has been written about the Amblers. 'The Ambler Manuscripts' in the Congressional Library in Washington contain more than a hundred documents, and a writer in the Virginia Historical Magazine (Vol. II, p 232) remarks that it is rather strange that two Ambler brothers, Jacquelin and Edward, should have been the successful rivals of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, the former having married Rebecca Burwell (Jefferson's Belinda), and the latter having married Mary Cary." Source: "Meet Your Grandfather" by General Johnson Hagood ********************************************************************** *********************************** A runaway slave by the name of "Jordan" was listed in the Pendleton/Anderson District Magistrates and Freeholders Court Records as belonging to "James Ambler". The slave was found guilty on February 21, 1827. Source: http://members.aol.com/AASCRoom3/freeholdersmag.htm ********************************************************************** *********************************** Pickens District Jury List: 1828-1849 James Ambler - 10/40 CP(Common Pleas); 10/42 CP ********************************************************************** *********************************** "James Ambler, Sr., citizen of Pickens District, departed this life 26th June, 1849, being over ninety years of age. He was a Virginian by birth, and a graduate of William & Mary's College, VA. Having a liberal education, he came to Edgefield District, SC and engaged his services as a teacher in private families for some years, he then turned his attention to farming, in which his industrious habits and his fine judgement ensured success. He spent the last 26 years of his life in Pickens District. He retained his consciousness to the hour of dissolution, and had the consolation of seeing all his children around his dying bedside. As a neighbor, friend, father and husband he was kind, social and affectionate; and leaves a wide circle of friends, relatives, and acquaintances to mourn his loss." Source: "Keowee Courier", Issue of Saturday July 7, 1849. General Notes (Wife) "Susan Hagood married James Ambler of a Virginia Family." General Notes for Child Charlotte Ambler "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, widow of Rev. John Burdine, is quite ill at her home near Brushy Creek. Her sister Mrs. Ann Griffin of this place went to see her last Saturday. Mrs. Burdine is 85 years old." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 30 April 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. J.B. Newberry is visiting her mother Mrs. Charlotte Burdine of Brushy Creek, Anderson County." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 30 April 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, who has been very ill at the residence of her son-in-law Mr. Theo Smith near Brushy Creek, is still very low. Mrs. Emma Smith a granddaughter is also very ill at Duncan Station." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 21 May 1891 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Charlotte Burdine, widow of the late Rev. John Burdine, died at the home of her son-in-law Mr. Theo Smith in Brushy Creek Twp., Anderson, Co. last Saturday at the age of 85 years and 6 months. Mrs. Burdine was a sister of Mrs. Ann Griffin of this place and Major Ambler of the county. She leaves five children: Mrs. J.B. Newberry of this place, Mrs. A.M. Folger of Easley, Mrs. Theo Smith of Brushy Creek, Mrs. Pickens of Greenville and Mr. Columbus Burdine of Liberty Township. Funeral held in Pickens graveyard by ********************************************************************** *********************************** From the Bible of Elizabeth Burdine Folger: " Mrs. Charlotte Burdine died at Theodore Smiths, on Saturday the 13th of June 1891, aged 85 yr. 4 months & her remains were laid by the side of her husband Rev. John Burdine in Pickens Cemetery in Anderson County." General Notes for Child Adeline Hagood Ambler Inscription on tombstone: "Aged 68 years, 11 months, 22 days". Susan Hagood's daughter Adaline "married Colonel Benjamin Hagood, of Pickens County, whose relationship if any has not been established." Source: "Meet Your Grandfather" by General Johnson Hagood, 1946 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mrs. Adaline Hagood, relict of Benjamin Hagood, died at the residence of her son, J.E. Hagood in this place on Monday last. She was 70 years old and was interred in the family burying ground five miles north of this place." Source: "Pickens Sentinel" Thursday 24 October 1877 ********************************************************************** *********************************** General Notes for Child James Hagood Ambler State Legislator James Hagood Ambler and Zealy Ann Cox Husband James Hagood Ambler ² Born: 11 May 1815 - Fort Cambridge, Edgefield Co., SC Christened: Died: 4 Mar 1905 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Ambler (Abt 1760-1849) ² Mother: Susan Hagood ( -1845) ² Marriage: 1846 - Pickens Co., SC Noted events in his life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Wife Zealy Ann Cox ² Born: 29 Mar 1828 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 16 Dec 1907 - Pickens, Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Noted events in her life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Children 1 M Pierce Butler Ambler ² Born: 29 Nov 1847 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 23 Nov 1850 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - George Salmon Cemetery, Greenville Co., SC 2 F Anne Ambler (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 3 M Belton O'neal Ambler ² Born: 28 Jun 1849 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 20 Feb 1908 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina 4 F Emily Long Ambler ² AKA: Perhaps Known As Emma Born: 11 May 1851 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 24 Jan 1910 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Spouse: Benjamin J Gilreath ( - ) ² Marr: 29 Jan 1871 5 M James Lawrence Orr Ambler ² Born: 1854 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 May 1930 - Greenville, SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 6 F Adaline Ambler ² Born: 1856 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: After 1917 Buried: Spouse: C P Barrett ( -After 1905) ² 7 F Susan Hagood Ambler (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 8 M Angus Marcellus Ambler ² Born: 24 Jul 1857 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 16 Jul 1858 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 9 M Carlos Thadius Ambler ² Born: 25 Oct 1859 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 9 Apr 1860 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 10 M Beauregard Ambler ² Born: 5 Mar 1861 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 20 Feb 1898 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina 11 M Robert Lee Ambler ² Born: 18 Jan 1865 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 10 Aug 1917 - Greenville, SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC 12 F Susan Ambler ² Born: 1866 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 8 Mar 1915 - Birmingham, AL Buried: Spouse: Walter E Dicken ( -After 1915) ² Marr: 1 Jun 1893 - Ocala, FL 13 M William Hagood Ambler ² Born: 1 Sep 1867 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 24 Jul 1950 - Greenville, SC Buried: - Springwood Cemetery, Greenville, SC Spouse: Eva Hodges (1883-1970) ² 14 F Anita Ambler ² Born: 13 Jan 1871 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 7 Dec 1904 - Pickens Co., SC Buried: - Hagood Family Cemetery, Twelve Mile, Pickens, South Carolina Spouse: Matthew D Breazeale ( -After 1904) ² Marr: 17 Feb 1904 - Pickens Co., SC General Notes (Husband) State Legislator General Notes (Wife) Charter member of Pickens Presbyterian Church. General Notes for Child Emily Long Ambler "Early in the year 1903 the patriotic heart of Emily Ambler Gilreath conceived the idea that Pickens should have a chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy. with characteristic energy she set about interesting the people in her undertaking, and meeting with considerable encouragement, issued a call for those interested to meet at her house to talk it over. Very few responded to the first call, not enough to attempt to organize, but true to her convictions she was not discouraged and called another meeting. The response this time was quite gratifying, and a charter was applied for, obtained, and on April 19, 1903 the Pickens Chapter was organized with seventeen charter members." Elected Vice President of the organization in 1906. Source: Recollections and Remininiscences, 1861-1865, pub. by the South Carolina Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1998. General Notes for Child Angus Marcellus Ambler "Departed this life on the 16th inst., of flux, Angus Marcellus, infant son of J.H. & Z.A. Ambler, aged eleven months & 16 days. Source: Keowee Courier, Saturday, July 24, 1858 General Notes for Child Carlos Thadius Ambler "Departed this life on the 9th inst., Carlos Thaddeus, infant son of Z.A. & J.H. Ambler." Source: Keowee Courier, Saturday, April 27, 1860. General Notes for Child William Hagood Ambler William H. Ambler appointed postmaster at Wellford, Spartanburg County. Source: "Pickens Sentinel",Thursday 12 September 1889 ********************************************************************** *********************************** "Mr. Will H. Ambler was appointed postmaster at Gaffney, Spartanburg county, South Carolina." Source: "Pickens Sentinel", Thursday 13 March 1890 ********************************************************************** ********************************** General Notes for Child Anita Ambler Charter member of the Pickens, SC Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. James Lawrence Orr Ambler Husband James Lawrence Orr Ambler ² Born: 1854 - Pickens Co., SC Christened: Died: 3 May 1930 - Greenville, SC Buried: - Hagood Cemetery, Pickens Co., SC Father: James Hagood Ambler (1815-1905) ² Mother: Zealy Ann Cox (1828-1907) ² Marriage: Noted events in his life were: • Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860 Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: John Ambler Husband John Ambler Born: 23 Jan 1775 - <New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia> Christened: Died: 19 Jun 1775 Buried: AFN: L9XQ-L8 Father: Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798) Mother: Rebecca Burwell (1748- ) Marriage: Wife Born: Christened: Died: Buried: John Kenneth Ambler and Margaretha Dérirée Of Sweden Bernadotte Princess Husband John Kenneth Ambler (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Margaretha Dérirée Of Sweden Bernadotte Princess (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Father: Gustaf Adolf Oscar Sweden Prince (1906-1947) ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Mother: Princess Of Saxe Coburg Sibylla Princess (1908-1972) ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Children 1 F Sybilla Louise Ambler Of Sweden (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 2 M Charles Edward Ambler Sweden (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: 3 M James Patrick Ambler Of Sweden (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Lucy Nelson Ambler Husband (details suppressed for this person) Born: Christened: Died: Buried: Marriage: Wife Lucy Nelson Ambler** Born: 4 Aug 1776 - New Castle, Hanover County, Virginia Christened: Died: 27 Apr 1846 - Richmond, Virginia Buried: AFN: L9XQ-MF Father: Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798) Mother: Rebecca Burwell (1748- ) Sources 1 L. David Roper, RoperJr.ged from L. David Roper. 2 Herman Geshwind, Old Pendelton District Database - a project of the Old Pendelton District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogica Society.. 3 J. Feagin, Gedcom from J. Feagin. 4 Peter Western, </pre><a href="http://www.genealogydatabase.co.uk/tngsoonad.html">http://www.genealogydatabase.co.uk/tngsoonad.html</a><pre>. 5 Edward III Decendents. 6 ROYAL92.GED Gedcom file. 7 June Ferguson Unknown, June Ferguson's Royalty GED. If you want me to let you know when I change the website, please signup here (no more then once a quarter!)

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