Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1891-01-29

6f tho Nsgimene up 60 Its leaving Sufi-
vans fsiasad, which prepared for that
meeting. Conscious Of the omission of
much which ought TO DO Incorporated.
obtained leave 10 re-write It, making such
additions rs might be, suggested; NJoas
such having been furnished, / think tit
better not to delay any longer, i hope,
however, that any person who knows an
incident, proper to DO Incorporated, will
yet furnish It to mo.
Yours truly,
J. J. NORTON.
South Carolina by unanimous vote of
her convention elected to consider that
question seeded from the Federal Union
on the Goth of December, 1860, contrary
to the Judgment Of many, probably
majority, of her sturdy, thoughtful noun
t~aineers, and soon afterwards, through
an Aot of her Legislature, called upon
her citisens in each battalion of militia
TO raise one company for q years service
in lier army. '*.. ''%.'' ' s'S2i}3EH(
Events followed each other In rapid
succession. BY re eth Of May. nine
other States had q so seeded, tho Con.
federats States Government had been
formed, hostilities had begun at Fort
Sumter, and President Lincoln, calling
our troops rebels, had ordered them to
dispense In twenty days, and had called
FOR seventy-five thousand volunteers to
disperse them. All earnest, loyal citizens,
having only small fan, lilies, were reused
to tho consideration Of Choir duty, and
when that great conservative statesman,
James Lawrence Orr, offered to lead q
regiment into the service, in less than
sixty days more han one thousand gal
liant aoldiers were ready to rally around
his standard.
Three companies had already been
formed and wsre awaiting acceptance by
the Governor, hsmely : "The Keoweo
Riftemen," Captain James w. Livingston;
"McDufhe Guards" Captain James NJ.
Perrin, and q Cavalry Company, Captain
Miles NJ. Norton, afterwards changed 20
"Oconee Riflemen." These were taken
as n nucleus and the other seven compa-
MES were soon raised.
Daniel A. Ledbetter was Colonel of tho
Second Regiment Of South Carolina Mi
litia, tho lines of which were almost
Identical with those of the present Oco-
nee county, and 7 was n member of his
stat. lived in tho first or upper battal.
ion and he in the second Or lower battal-
ion. l raised tho company called for by
the Legislature from my battalion, and
he raised the company in his. We were
elected Captains of our respective COM
panies. Captain Frank e. Harrison and
John b. Moore's companies were raised
III and near Anderson :. H., and Captain
George w. o con-. Any i'll and near
Bolton in Anderson county. = Captain
George Mod. Miller raised n company ;.,
Abboville county, and Captain George NJ.
Fairlec rendered a company from MARION
county.
Although it had been thoroughly under
stood who were to be our field officers,
J~"~~"'h tive Et"tt S,ruYyN-as,x IND hnoi,
rendered an election WIS ordered and
he'd at which James L .wrenco Orr, pri-
vate III Captain Harria',n's company, was
elected Colonel; J. Foster Marshall, of
Abbevillo, Lieutenant Colonel. and Cap
tain Daniel A. Ledbetter, Major, each
company assembling ut its own place of
renue-Jous to vote.
The several companies had, on the 10Th
of July, 1851, in obedience to orders, as
sembled at Sondy Springs, a notable
camp-ground OF the NJ. E. Church, South,
In Anderson District, S. G., had been as
quarterE in the tents, and at ~ p.
M. paraded together for tho first time.
The companies were arranged and let
tered as follows to carry out an
.ent that the Captains would DO con,-
and have seniority rs of the
respective dates when each rendered his
company to tho Colonel, to-wit:
A, (Keowee Riacmon0 j. w. Living
ston, Captain.
B, (McDufie Guards James NJ. Perrin,
c, (Mountain Boys,) Joseph j. Norton,
-, (Orr Rifts,) Frank E. Harrison,
E, (Oconee Rifemcn,) Miles NJ. Norton,
F, (Blue Rihge Rifiemen,J Robert A.
Captain.
@, (Marshall Rilemen1 G.. McDufle
Miller, Captain.
II. (Pee Des Guards,) George M. Fair
lee, Captain.
X, (Marshall Guards,) George w. Cox,
Captain.
l., Calhoun Guards,) John b. Moore,
Captain.
The change from calvalry to infantry
was not made by Captain Miies NJ. Nor
ton's company until 1t was apparent that
this regiment would be formed, and al
though understood to be ready TO enter,
it could not DO formally rendered until
the change was actually made; hence the
rank of its Captain. You remember tho
remarkably fine physique of this COM
pany. Its members averaged a year older
and an inch taller than mine. Remark
ing on this to an editor I said: MY COM
pany will be as tall as my fathers when
1T gets to be rs old.' He lost the point
and reported mo as saying "That my
company will be as tall az my fathers
when 1t gets to DO as old IA his "a no,,D