The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-08-17
Sketch OF NEc,hodts,n In pIc,xans
County.

oNlHnl Ill I1CkCnS county, Tor 1T Is nC
. easy to state the exact time when tn
first Methodist preacher set foot OF
the soil Of Pickcns county. Bu
\ wonderful epochs mark the histor
Of McthOdism in this mountain rogiol
! from tho year 1888 to tho year 1898
$ The pioneers of Mcthodism, how
= over, did not meet with tho opposi
ton and discouraycmcnt in this re
sion that was peculiar to many places
earlier settled, and previously occu
uiCd by other religious sGctss Among
the first settlers in PiGkens county,
. were the Mauldns, Elliscs, Hambys,
S Hughes, and Wilson's; coming from
Virginia and lower Carolina, where
N,ih1nis,n h"a alrcad% taken deep
root, they brought with them old
Nythu,liat :ir soon t. be famed in
t, Il mighty itl:nc by Coke, What
cont, Ashury, and cthrrs, and while
HE w"liS Of these great men Of God
were sounding in other parts of tho
State, and while Nctludism like q
tlI;I w&vc Wa$ !sWCCpiEg over Charles
ten, Georgetown, and other parts of
the State. God WAS preparing home
! fer MrtEo!iHm III picknnS county in
t!c hearts and nomrS Of the Douth-
It's, james, Smith, Bur>Iincs, and
uthrrN, where the seeds of Mpthouism
Wcr" ,ir.t t. be suwn.
White M"thu,;ism in Pickens co,,o-
tv r!av I"tr back rs far as the year
lT;'N, Etli" regular preaching wos
hc"ri before the year 1900, when the
E"mvS # Samuel Burdine, John
D"uthii. and Soioinon james were
"p'rci FIR regular preaching.
.i'i'nrr having perhaps touched
p:th'nS county at other times and
r:@"1 not mentioned, in November
q ties Year lSuW accompanied by
N""troHt crossing the mountains
FROM M"rranton, n. c., to Pcndlcton,
). &, oh Wednesday, evening, Novcm,
Der III" 18th they rciGncd up their
tired horses at the home of Solomon
James, in the Georges Creek section.
Here, on the following day Asburv
preached the funeral of Polly James,
he daughter Of their host. The
next night WAS spent Mt the house of
Samuel Burdinc, where Whatcoat
preached tho following day to small
congregations, and Asbury admins
|rrcd tho Sacrament of the Lords
supper. About this A. y. 1900 was
built tho first two Methodist churches
III Ilckcns county; New Hope in the
Georges Creek section, now known es
and Popular Springs in the
CLASSY Mountain section, between
tho locations of Tabor and Enslov of
oar day. These were rude log houses
with places between the unhowcd
logs, sufficient for light and vcntila-
non, and occasionally giving ingrcss
and cSrcs& for smaller BOYS and dogs
1t was at this last named place that
the i'rat N"tholist camp.ground was
established, which was at first Only q
\ large brush &rixr. One matter oi
r&cUlIor Interest ut ono Of these an.
lnal gatherings was midnight SCI.
nee conducted 10y Bro. G:ramlin. !
)nc recollection of this service by
many, was thc singing, as the word,
N'i no" i:"rpF ctc., lioatCd ont !
'vtr tn" mld"i%ht sir, and sung with
i1'' "id im" Methodist power dis.
'rnrd TIC Slunihcra of the saint as
We'll ~ sinners. licrc nothing re.
hAA'" ;',iaN to mark the homo OF the
h'Ht MNll'"d!&t, and the place where
:" M'l:!y ;'oul@ were byrn.l to Col in
lir days IF yuro. AmonG the next
'EN:ch LUlldinE Wiihin TIC bounds Of
what - 40" rickcn& county, Was
fHrvivw, another rough LOG house
r, rtcd near what is now known az
Liberty. Here tho representatives of
AlcthodiSm did not cnioy so much
peace &H ut other POINTS nor did thcv
succeed i'll ,.@l;i;ns their ground and
ln.;.inc .,Nnul:.m ,n}nn q SOLID
f"uN,!At;nn III tl,"v r,ar.l without o
|,"r,r,Hr i:1;i: w:t!i ur;ycraa!i,m.
Til. }rvI.>ninutinG influence hal
prevailed, until tie whole community
",# lrcHHaft with il, lD,ison and