The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25
History Of tho Mount Zion Society, and
tho College Established undor its Aus
pices in Winnsboro, S. @.
bY d. d. M'CREtGuT.
No. -.

1888. While the Society was engaged in
Charleston in reviving its efforts to promote
Tho cause of education in the State, its sub.
ordinate branches were not idle. OF these
there were at least thrcc, but whcro tbey
were exactly located, there is no record TO
show. Besides The ono in Winnsboro, thoro
were two others, one of which was STYLED
''rhc Committee of tho Congarccs," and the
other "Thc Turkey Creek Committee"
The inference is, since The XXlIl Rulo re-
1uircd these Committees 'Vo bo titled from
their local situation," that the one was in
the upper part Of tho District of Camden,
and thc other in the lower part. This
would placo the Turkey Creek Committee
about the line between York and Chester
Districts. and the Committee of tho Cousa-
rees IN the lowor part Of Richland. These
sections were then called counties. and were
embraced in Camden District
The earliest record ut hand ofibc nro-
cccdinss of the Winnsboro Committee after
The war, is that of n mocting hold in Winns
boro, at the house of Capt. Baker. on The
23d Of May, 1888.
J. is well to state at this point that whom
ever the Winnsboro Committee is alluded to
in those papers, ii will be denominatcd sim
ply "Ihc Committee" rs no record of the
other two Committees can be found Nor
must The reader confourd the Mount Zion
Society which held its sessions in Charles-
ion, with the Committee Of tho Mount Zion
Society which held its meetings in Winns>
horo.
Tho Society now meets in Winnsboro,
but as will appear in the sequel, il was NOT
transferred from Charleston to this place
'lii many years after its original forma-
ton.
AZ the meeting Of the Committee at Capt.
Bakers house, alluded 10 already, an cleo
ton was held for officers. II would appcar
from this that tho Committee had not been
MS prompt as the Society in rcorganizine
Though there is good reason to believe
That The very unsettled condition of tho
country, and especially of tho interior of
state, retarded tho progress Of the Commit
tees work. Wo can well imagine what
chickering's, what crimination and rccrimi-
nation must have succeeded the long and
angry strife in which tho State had been
involved, developing rs it did the conflicting
principles and acts Of Wing and Tory. Nor
Ind hostilitics cvon yet been proclaimed.
1t was not until the 10Th of Arril, 1888.
that this was done 1t is but Just to state,
however, that so far as the record goes,
thcro must havo been moro unanimity of
feeling in this immediate section than in
many other parts of tho State.
At this election tho following was the
result: Gen. Richard Vim, President;
Coi: John Winn, Senior Warden; Hugh
Milling, Junior Warden; Capt. John Wood
ward, Treasurer; Francis Pringlc, Sccrcta.
~; and Capt. Thomas Baker, and Komp
Sirolor, Stewards.
OF those officers, ,,thrcc joined on tho day
OF the election, viz Kemp Strother, Thos.
Baker and Francis Pringlc. AS tho Prin.
gios were citizens Of Charleston, tho only
reason that appears plausible Why Francis
i,ringlo was elected Secretary, which owl
dontly implies that he was residing in
Winnsboro at the sime,is That he was o refu-
geo from Charleston. ~
Col. John Winn, elected Senior Wardon,
nvallcd himself ofthe privilege allowed in
Rule TX, and declined to soryo. II will bo
remembered that ho was tho first President
ofthe Society. How many Offices ho fillod
up TO this election does not appcar, Mr..
James Hart was elected Senior Warden in
his stead.
At this mooling the extract from tho pro.
W Wv SpOictyS May Znu,
and calling for q statement of tho condition
Of thc Mount Zion buildings So, was taken
up for consideration. That extract has been
given in the previous number Of this series
fpapers. Capt. J. Milling, Capt. Farrar
ana Col Henry Hampton wore appointed o
Committoc "to draw up an answer to n
letter received from Mount Sion Society :"
which opsTor .'was approved Of, ordered
10 30 ongrossed and signed by tho Secreta-
ry,' aud is as follows:
c..,, Winnsboro, 9th June, 1888.
We received yours Of tho2 Cd Mny,in which
youEfequcst particular account Of the
temporary buildings Of tho Mount Sion
society at this place, which is as follows,
VIZ Thoy continue in possession Of Col,
Richard Winn, who has them in tho best |
repair; and from h's. personal attention to
tho good OF the Society, wc arc well assured
they wiz be Kept so.Aand cannot find any
way by which they can be appropriated to |
more advantage TO tho Socicty,.thsn bo
continued rs at present. However. should |