The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05

tho Pcdce, and rcmaiDcd III service
! till the war closed. He was u true pa
triot, Ho held tho otfico Of ruling
elder III THO church Of Salem. His
death is of recent datc and q loss to
his numerous friends and to his pious
family. l should havo recorded the
worth Of Thos. Coalter Means first, as
he was the eldest Space forbids moro
than!a passing tribute to his memory.
Suffice it TO say, that he was practi-
cal farmer, and useful citizen, q warm
and sincere friend and obliging neigh
bor, charitable to the poor, and that
noblest work Of God, all honest man.
DR.. David 9. Means, whose sad death
we had latclyfto deplore, was 50 well
to his memory. No better man, ever
knew. Kind. attentive and skiilful in
the practice Of his profession, he also
combined all the qualities Of noble
heart, Of husband, ncighbor and citi-
zen.
| When boy recollect seeing old
Billy McGraw, and old Jimmy New
! ton, both soldiers in the Revolutions
ary war, at old Rock Creek Church,
from 1918 to 'lS. A story was told OF
old Billy McGraw, staunch Whig,
during the. Revolutionary war. When
asked by another Whig-What Of the
news2 He replied: "Glorious news !!
glorious news! Col. Lyles has killed
DollePhide, q notorious, nasty, stink
ing Tory" Old Jimmy Newton kill
cd the last elk that was ever heard Of
in the State, us is related i'll Mills Sta
tistics Of South Carolina. Hc calls
him the true Nimrod Of his age.
In nlyilpst stated that would say
something Of my own family, by way
of closing these feeble and imperfect
sketches. What littlo know of my
ancestry is from my tathcr:and others
who .,emigrated from Virginia, as
also from correspondence held with
an Intelligent gentleman, met at the
Warm Springs Va, who married one
of our family, and whose letters were
| burnt with my dwelling by The savage
Yankees in 1865. 1t seems from these
sources that either ny grandfather,
William Darlington, or his ancestor,
cmi grated to Virginia, then colony,
from Wales in its early settlement, and
settled in King George, and after
ward removed TO Stafford county, that
he was ~ wealthy farmer and Il MEM
Der of the House Of Durgcsscs for some
time. Hc married a Miss Helms, who
was connected by family TO the Fitz
Highs, Ficklins, Tylcrs, and l think
Metcalfs, and others whom have for
gotten. My grandfather rode out TO-
South Carolina, and entered a large
tract of land on Rock Creek some time
| before the Revolutionary war, in what
was then called the Craven county. as
| noticed by his old titles and maps,
| which my father held. After rcturu-
ing to Virginia he died, and my grand
mother moved to- South Carolina and
settled on his lands about 1774-'5.
Some Of her sons, and all other dau9l,-
| tcrs moved with her. All the sons, Of
whom my father. was the youngest, !,
served i'll the Revolutionary way TO its
| termination. Some Of them removed
| TO Kentucky to raise tobacco on Green
| River, about 1905. My cousin Henry
EQrington, remained with his father,
William, in, Virginia, until after the
surrender Of Cornwallis ut York Town
October 10Th 1881, and was battling
in that siege until the surrender Of tho
British forces to General Washington,
which terminated our struggle for III
| dependence. After the war he rcmoy-
cd with his father and family to South
ECarolina, and settled Oh Rock Creek.
lie was noted for his picty End cXcln-
| plary life as Baptist Deacon, which Of
| flee he held forty years, until his death
| in 1886. The pastor OF Rock Creek
Church. Of which II. T.. was deacon,
was heard to say Of him: "Thc pillar
Of Rock Greek Church has fallen" My
father adhered to the Episcopal faith
and doctrine, of which church my
grandfather was member in Virginia.
| He died iie 1924 l know Of nothing
more Of my family worthy of record,
only that they were noted for honesty,
Independence Of character, industry,
candor and integrity, and were. all
farmers ilf the full sense Of that term
1prQdnccd their own family supplies,
and all their stock, Sc, and were good
livers, and that is more than one in ten
can say now. Some ofmy fathers de-
scendants are physicians--:-somc OF the
| family were members Of tllc Lcgisla-,
turc in kentucky and Mississippi, and
but one q lawyer, SO far as l have
| heard, and he is ono too many, yet oc-
cupics al honorable position at the bar,
for ono Of his age. And now, Mcssrs.
Editors, [ close these sketches with the
bopc oiIttL lttfC gwen your ICuNCiS
some amusement, if not instruction,
in, recounting "reminiscences of the
past.as well as of recent date. L can
truly say. Nothing cXtcnualc or set
down aught in malice
T. We had fine rain on the 23d inst,
tho first since May tho Sd. J. hope
our planters will SOW plenty of turnip
seed, and produce turnips for their.
poor cattle. and sllccp, for winter feed,
They keep well during tho winter in
baNks, cellars, or in houses, covered
| with straw or cotton seed. Plough
them up and put them away in the
last Of October on November. w. e.
p. S.--As the rito ON ceremony Of
Feet washing in somc churches has be-
come nearly obsolete, will relate an
incident as to how old DR.. Woodward
put . stop to itin his. church, the old
Rock Coccls meeting house, located on
my uncle Henry E's land, near Mai.
w. II. Lyles' fish pond, and to which
| used to ride Oh horseback behind NY