The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-06-21

the District after it's settlement by the
whites, is given in Pcarsom's Ms. rs
follows:
''m l710, Nightingale, the matcrn-
al grandfather of the late Judge Will
liam johnson, established Il ranch
or coV-pem, six miles from the present
site of Winnshoro, at spot after
wards owned OH Little Cedar Creek
by the lamcnted General Strother. A
man by the name of Howell, from the
Congarce, soon after, formed similar
establishment, at II place near Winn's
Gridgo, on little River"
The "spot owned by General Stroth-
cr'' is now the property of Mr.. Samucl
jackson. WinH's Bridge isnow call
cd Bcll's Bridge, and is over Little
Kiver near the present residence of
Mrs. James Lemon. 1t was near this
same bridge that the last elk ever
found in Fairfield District was killed :
and that was dcne by one Of the carly
settlers, Mr.. Robert Newton. Mr.. New
ton presented one of its ans and the
magnificent antlcrs of the slain animal
to Capt. John Pearson, who, like a
true Englishman, ate the ham, and
ISJA$ent the antlcrs to museum in Eng
&Smd. So, probably, old Fairfield is
ASSo-day represented III British Muse
Eum.
About the year l7i5, Coz. John
lTyics and his brother Ephraim, ma
tives of Brunswick, Virginia, removed
to what afterwards became Fairfield.
Though natives of Virginia, however,
it appears that they left Butte County,
North Carolina, to settle here which
they did ut the mouth of Beaver Creek,
on Broad River. About the same
time these settlers came to the western
part of the District, Capt. Richard
Kirkland, the grandfather of Rcubcn
Harrison, settled ON the Watcrcc riv-
-cr, ut Or rear what il now the planta-
tion of the estate of Col. Pcay. Kirk
land was II Nirgnian, and Il man of
great wealth in those carly times he
owned ifty brood mares.
We suppose the late John Harrison,
ST., was limcal descendant Of this
same old settler, Kirkland and if so,
the former certainly inherited the
fondncss for thorough bred horses from
his ancestor.
1t is natural to suppose that the
carly settlers of this country were en-
posed to countless dangers. Besides
the beasts and reptiles that filed the
forest, there were savagcs who could
poorly brook what they regarded as
intrusion upon their grounds. The
Chcrokccs killed Ephraim Lylcs in his
own house, but "by a wonderful inter
position Of Providcncc," the Indians
went of and left Lyles' wife and Sow
en- or eight children in the house, uf-
ter killing also ancgro who was out
side. What was the nature of that
interposi!iOn we have not been able 70
| discover.
1t was not until 1855 that the terri
tory embracing what are now the Dis
tricts of Fairfield, Edgcfcld, Able
vile, Laurcns, Ncwbcrry, Union,
Spartanburg, York, Chester, and Rich
land, passed from the possession of the
Cherokees into the power of England.
This was effected by a treaty between
| .io iio.hol country ana inc aDOflglncS,
in which the latter cedcd to the form
or the vast territory as above.
TO be Continued.)
\ FENIAN NIEw.-A Mr.. Mcbride
thus makes n slap at the Government
for prosecuting him us Fcnian
"I embraced the earliest possible
moment when my strength would cna-
bic me to leave my bed, and voluntari-
ly went Into court and gave bail for
my appearance to answer to the grave