The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-18

NlhhsDoro, near tho sito Of Mount Zion
College Josiah Watts, Christopher Will,
man, Eth. Winohoslor, William Weston,
Robert Way, Philemon Waters, Isaac Woth
crly, John u. Nixon, William Ncsbit.
No. 10.
1850. In tho course Of This year only
about half as many new members were
received rs had been The year Previous
Tho Royal forces under Sir Henry Clinton
laid soigo to Charleston carly in Tho cam
palgn of this year, and those Interested in
Tho welfare Of tho Mount Zion Society had
their attention called of to meetings Of
moro immediate Importance than thoso Of
tho Society itself Still, up to The 9th of
May, just four days before tho city was
surrendered TO the British army and navy,
thore had been about fifty names added to
tho list. And from that datc TO tho 1llh Of
March, 1888, there is blank in tho records
of tho Society
:. AS tho British did not cvacuac Cha~!cc-
ton until tho 1dth of December, 1872. IL is
fair to infer no meetings Of tho Society
wcrc held in The meantime. Nor is il i'm.
probable that Tho records were destroyed
after the fall Of The city. Or ihcy may have
been destroyed by CORVALLIS army when
quartcrcd i'll l7S0-Si in Wmnsboro, as il is
not unlikely that they were sent up to the
Committoo here for sarc,kccping,
Tho following arc the names Of those who
wcre admitted TO membership This year
viz:
Emanuel Abrahams, James BcaIham,
David burger, Peter Boc1uci, Jacob
Bommo, Daniel Cannon, ,--aMothor of the
twenty patriots who in 1866 met under
tho Liberty Tree TO hear Mr.. Galsdcn adj
dress thcm, and who was plain carpenter
by tradc,-ho was also one Of tho thirty
mcmbcrs representing Charleston in The
Provincial Congress William Clanccy, Jno.
Caldwell, William Doughty, Joseph Elliot,
John Ellison, William Ellison, John Grigg,
Richard Cough Que of Tho committee of
Tho parish of ST. John for carrying into
execution the Continental Association,
SC; Tucker Harris, Thomas Harris. - one
of tho Torbay prison ship capivcs; William
Hazard, James Kennedy, William Keith,
Sam. Logan, Charles Lining, George Logan,
Jr., Lambert Lance, Samuel McCorkcll,
Anthony Montcll, Wm. Mitchell, W. Moul.
tric, Jr., who was in the battlo of Fort
Monltrio; Wm. McCrcn, Wm. Murphy, Fra.
Nicholson, Charles rincknoy, who was
Of ,>cil
Carolina, President Of the Provincial Con.
grcss, one of tho signcrs Of tho Federal
Constitution adopted in 1887, and more
than once Governor Of tho State; hc was
tno father Of Charles Cotcsworlh and Ihos.
pinckncy; Abraham rcarco, Michael Quiu,
Hugh Swinton, James Stcdmnn, William
Scott, Charles Skirving, Richard Savage.
Stophcn Shrewsbury, prisoner on the
the ship Torbay, 1871 ; Richard Todd, VIM.
Tate, Abraham Waight, Jno. =. Ward, VIM
Whitaker, James Weekly, and Andrew wills
hanson.
as before stated, there is an interval of
about two yea,s, which is now reached, aud
in which there is no record whatcvcr.--
Society (though it WAS period Of great
suffering 10 tho infant Stntc), the suhicc [
ofthcsc papers now opens into n broader
ohanncl and the prospect Of tho growing
society attracts more attention, and clicis
greater intcresi.
There is ono notable feature in this
record so far as i. pcriains to tho list of
names already Civ il is, that out of all
those given, an many moro which arc yet
TO aPpcar--that is Of The four hundred and
thirty-thrce members of tho society up TO
near tho closo Of 1874, thcrc arc not moro
than dozen who had middle name. As
contras! TO that now, it is doubtful, the
samo number of names Of persons living
boing takon rromsouously, if thcro could
be found dozen that bore but ono namc.
IL will have boon observed thatno intima.
tlon hos yet beon given of any school being
established by tho Mount Zion Society,
although tho condition upon which il was
Incorporated isrecitcdas follows in tho Act