The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1881-05-11

WNuocicu OH, ~ give sOme pat0CUlnrS
of tho Regulation or matters growing
out Of It, was q tory colonel in tho
I Nevolutlon. The onl yknown net OF
his command, was tho enca.llpmcnt of
his forces on 4 knoll beyond tho saw
mill ut Bobo's mills on Buch river, and
his prccipitatc flight thence, OH hear
ing false report, that the Wings un-
der Casey were about attacking. lie
| must have been u man of considerable
substance. For many years after the
Revolution, Il large number Of horses
called "Iterctics," were wild in the
stonc"hills, and were said to be of his
stock turned loose in the range.
At the pacific termination Of the
mcctin{ at Musgrove's, Gen. Richard
son ordered, in pursuance Of his in
structions, tlat the ringleatlcrs of tho
Regulators should be arrested and put
in irons. The order was oboyed.
Joseph Kirkland, Thomas Woodward,
Barnaby Pope, William McGraw,
Moses Kirkland, William Kirkland,
Philip Pearson and many others Hero
Immediately taken into custody and
handcutled. The pris oners were Fair
field men, and as soon as they wero
marched east Of Broad River, all were
released Internationally but Wood
ward, Pope and McGraw. Wood
ward, Popo and McGraw, the chief
sinners, were conveyed under strong
guard to Charleston. On arriving Mt
the city, they were conducted to the
office of Sir Egcrton Leigh, the Attor-
ne!y General of the province. The
prisoners were no sooner in his pres
cnce than f'e began to pitch like mad.
man. "lIow dare you fellows to take
the law into your own hands, and con-
trary to all law, to whip his Majosty's
subjccts?-a stop must be put to these
vile proceedings" Woodward said
McGraw looked like chafcd lion,
Pope like philosopher, and "I," said
he, "felt as If I were in very bad
scrapc." After Sir Egerton had FUN
cd off his wrath, he directed his clerk
to take the recognizances Of tho pris-
onors, to appear at the court in Char
lesion at the next term, but without
security. On the council books, it
appears, that mex. year an application
was made by the persons concerned in
the arrest and conveyance ofthese per-
SONS to town, but the application was
rejected on tho ground that Wood
ward, Pope and McGraw were very
we'll able to pay their own costs. Thus
ended the Regulation. which once
threatened all the horrors Of n civil
contest.
Thus ends Mr.. Pearson's account of
the Regulation. DR.. Ramsey in his
history Of South Carolina, Vol. l, page
211, 2l2, 213, 2i4, gives substantially,
the samo account, though not SO full
or minute.
While upon the subject Of tho Regu-
lation, tho writer will remark, that
when boy at school in Winnsboro,
he well remembers noble old oak,
that stood on the public square. Just In
front of tho elegant mansion Of David
Aiken, Esq, called tho Liberty tree.
TO this tree, It was SAID, the Regulators
and Wings Of the Revolution, for they
were the same party, were in the hab-
II of binding tho horse thieves and
Tories, and inflicting the sentence of
their courts. This tree blew down in
storm about 1928 or '29, and was a
subject Of as much regret to the citi-
zcns ofthc District, as was the loss of
the charter oak of Connecticut q few
years ago. AS Mr.. Woodward was
one of the chief actors in, if not the
very soul Of tho Regulation, / will
close by furnishing his biography, as
given by Mr.. Pearson, in the manu-
script referred to. Hc says:
Thomas Woodward removed with a
large family from Virginia and settled
IN Fairfield about the year Sixty-fvc.
With fund of common sense rarely
cqualed, indomitable energy and
means abundant to make his way in
he world, he was not long IN turning
his wild lodge into most comfortable
residence. IIo was going Oh to ac-
quirc real estate rapidly when the
Revolutionary storm was ready to
burst upon our shores. Carolina, even
in those early times, had provided al
organization adapted to tho eXigencv
Of tho OCCASION. The State determined,
without loss of time, to raise three
regiments, to meet tho enemy at tho
waters edge, one of which was Reg.
mcnt of Rangers to be commanded bv
Col. William Thompson, commonly
called old danger, and Mr.. Wood
ward, commissioned as captain, was
authorized to enlist n company for this
service. War was not yot openly pro-
claimed, but there was rs hard fight
ing as if every ceremony had been
punctiliously gone through with, and
more might lie expected speedily.
Thompson's corps was full and when
Sir Peter Parker made his attack upon
Charleston, he was ordered with his
regiment and all other .roops about
the city. to guard and defend that shall
low strait which separa' es Sullivan's
Island from Long Island. The artil-
lcry was mounted on sand heaps, aud
our troops were as well protected rs
circumstances would allow, by hustily
constructed field works.
The object Of tho British General
was to pass over to Sullivan's Island,
and fall with his whole strongth upon
the rear Of Fort Moultric, but hc had
no taste for tho American pieces, nor
the disciplined and determined troops
under Thompson--anda rs he had no
notion to advance Mt such hazard. he
remained where he was until Sir Peter
Parker received his discontinue. Mr..
Woodward was now near sixty years
of age, and as camp exposure was too
severe for him at that time Of life, lie
reluctantly resigned his captuincy, and
retired to his residence in Fairfield,
intending, with others hearty in the
cause, to preserve order and keep the
Tories In check. III this service he