The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-03

life Dec. 10Th, kS43 after serving the congrega-
tiou of Poplar Tent about 4O~years, having labor
ed in the ministry about So
The oldest monument, but not the monument OF
the Oldest grave, IS small stone thus inscribed:
Here Lys the, -
Body of ROBERT - .,
= NC KEE who deceased
Octobei.the 18th 1775 -
.-.-. -. Aged .7S years. -
The letters K and c, of Mckee are Joined in
one, the lower turn of the X forms the C..
Come now to the Southeast corner; here is
grave without an Inscription to tell whose ashes
are sleeping here, or even a stonc This is the
first Minister of the congregation; and the first in
this Carolina settlement Fleeing. from Virginia
during the Iadian invasions that followed Brad
docks defeat he was&ettled here about the year
1855, and was buried here in 1776, after a life of
great usefulness. Tradition says that these two
large sassafras trees Standing one at the head the
other at the foot Of the grave sprung from the two
sticks on which as bier the coffin was borne to
the grave. Being THRUST into the ground to mark
the spot Of the grave the green sticks fresh fr1m
the mother stock, took root and grew. Was it an
enblcm2 Were we as superstitious as the peo-
pie Of Europe hundred years ago, we might
read in the ministerial history OF the congregation
a fulfIment of the mute prophecy. After the death
of Mr.. Craighead, his son preached TO the congre-
CATION for short time;- IBIS grand son became
the settled Minister and served them 35 years;
his successor, DR.. Morrison, now of Lincoln after
few years service, being called to the PresiJien
cy of Davidson College his great grand son, J.
NJ. M: Caldwell, took charge of the congrcga-
ton, and now ministers to the people. :
= Let us return to tho Church by the road side
and enter the grave yard that lies at the South by
the gate in the North wall This first stone that
meets your eye marks grave directly beneath
the location of the pulpit Of the second building
occupied by his congregations The preacher oc-
cuples this grave, and the congregation sleep a.
round him. The house and the preacher, and the
builders have passed away. "Eventhe children,
that assembled here in Revolutionary tinfts are
grown Old, onl J, here and there one of them re-
mains to tell the history of the War; and the tra-
ditions of the settlement
Along this road the American forces retreated
before the British army, when they entered Char
lotte from South Carolina, and took possession Of
the ''HOrnees Nest," and turned the College into
hospital. A little distance up thus road, the gal
liant GRAHAM, the father of one of the candidates
for the Governors chair, fell wounded, and was
left by the enemy for dead. The widows daugh-
ter, by whose means his rescue and recovery were
in measure accomplished, still lives-hers,lf the
patriarchess and chronicle Of the congregation
o how rapidly docs time char1ge us from youth
been crowded into her protracted, yet short life
AS the victorious British forces MARCHED along
the Catawba. plundering the staunch wings, AMI
making tories Of the irresointe, many families Of
he Seotch-Irish origin, fed from their homes and
took shelter in North Carohna,-agaia sooR-.o
seek another shelter, elsewhere. Among these
families was a pious widow, from the Waxhaw
settlement in South Carolina, by the name of
JACKSON, with her fiule son ANDREW. She
ound an asylum in this congregation, abouesi !
miles East ofthis Church, in the house of widow.
or one who was soon widow,) by the name of
WILSON. Andrew aided the widows sons in
ending their corn, and performing other opera
IONS; alter exercising himself with sticks in the
ofthe drill exercise, and wishing that
ie was bigger, and telling What he could do were
le larger with the red coats. One Of the sons of
widow Wilson in after years became the Pastor
II Rocky River congregation; IN Cabarrus coun.
!; and the n emory Of his labors is lodged deep
n the hearts of numerous students id literature,
nd hearers Of Gospel The son of widow Jack
on, in the battle of New Orleans, more than full.
HE'D the aspirations of bis boyhood in driving The
ed coats; and far outstripped all youthful imagin-
nSs when he sat in the Presidential chair for
light years: i:
Men have often wondered, why he, in his most !;
1oughlless days. al ways treated faithful Minis!
'r of the Gospel so respectfully and why after
neouraglng hlss'vite IN religious life; he>him-
slf should in his age become member of the i, ,
presbyterian Church The cause is found hid !.
eep in the heart long ago, by the instructions of
mother and the ministration Of Gofs house =
This grave beneath the, pulpit of the second
1Rrcb, contains the remains Of the second stated
chosen place of sepulture- His
oitaph, drawn up by his friend Wilson, of Rocky
liver, reads:a - < ". -
= 49, SACRED -. -. f.
g.. . to the memory ofthe late :
REV SAMUEL G CALDWELL l.
who departed this life
Oct Sd 1926 [...S|
in the 59th year Of his'age
and the 35th of his pastoiaI 49,. v
office of Sugar Greek Congregation, o
His long & harmonins continuance ,-
in that relation -,
is his best Eulogium o
Licensed when he was, but l9 years of age.
Hall took him under his special care with Ris4
ell known fathefly kindness, and persuaded him o.
accept the Invitation to become his grand :,