The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-21
Pcndlcton District Ninety Wears
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'|TContinued from April 80, 1896.
! Mr.. Editor: After giving you
general idea of Pendleton distric
ninety years ago,I will attempt t.
give you n moro minute doscrip
tion of the principal places of his
torlc interest and natural curiOsi
| ty.
AS stated above tho court hous'
was situated at Pendleton village
near Eighteen Mile creek, ,
branch of Seneca river, whore j
now stands. The town during
that time consisted of two church
es, Presbyterian and Episcopalian
so houses, court house, printing
Office, aud an academy. The poo
! pie of Pendloton were refined
and a wealthy class Of citizens
who came from tho low country
and settled where thoy could get a
full vicw of the mountains which
| bound the horizon to the north.
Among tho freaks of these colos-
sal mounds is the entrance into
| tho valley of JOcassce, celebrated
in song. or in tho distance, the
eye rosts on that splendid pcrpcn-
dicular rock, which is admired by
MI travellers, the Table Mountain
by the most elevated grounds in
the State. Tho Sassairas noun
tain now called Bald KNOB.
Thoro were several villages cs-
tablishcd at different parts of tho
district. Ono of the oldest was
Pickcnsville. it was formerly the
seat of Justice but IS now reduced
to thrce or four houses. It was
situated about two miles south Of
tho present town Of Easlrv. 1t
was the muster grou"d of the 18th
regiment, during the revolutionary
war.
Rock Mills was situated on Con
crossittc river. q branch of Savan-
nah rivor 1t was the seat oiRRthe
largest merchant mill in the dis
trict, belonging to Maverick and
Lewis, also a diStilI"ry. Cenrre-
vile was established by T.. Eallo,
ESQ. princlpaIly for manufacture
inc purposes. \ town was laid out
bv Gcncrul Anderson, on the Tug
oIoo, or Savannah river. at the
junction of Seneca. called Ander-
sonvillc.
tt was situntcd at the very point
of q pcninsuln and was u vcrv ro.
mantle SPOT.
The ATTEMPT to mako it a com.
mcrcial spot was a failure. AT
thot nlnrc wcro two mills and q
forge, and also an establishment
for tho making of small arms
There was a store which collected
from tho Indians the pink roof
which was made I'D info bunllns
Of ono nound rncb stcm and MI
which were pressed into 1orcc
hocshcods coniniuinn GOO rounIs
r,rh II was was wnrth o. conte .
no,nd'in Charleston and S,von.
nah Thoro woro also l,r,r,
onnun,. If ,.;n.nnr h1,rI, and Snn,
on, en,ko rnnt sn,,t 80 ,,, n,,r,,at ,,
viva r;vor ot th;e nlocn w,s h0(
vords w;do ,vugn,nn ,nd Sarno,
2c,llnd Koowno ,hova\ ara tv,,
1rnnt hronches nr tho S,v,nnol
T;vnr
Tho Tnuo)oo was nov;coblc fc
small bonis to tho Indian town {
Du1,eL; ,t tho mouth oc Hro,
towr ,nd Panther crooks z
oln;c;nr thosn strcous il ",
lthonuhf. cou]d be- made noyiroh
IN tho nounto;ns. Boats dcsrcn,
al tho Tuooloo from Andcyso
v;l,o with 70 ho)cs Of cotton
iO.tons
Tho Sonoco wos novipatod
small hoots TO tho distanco of 6
m;lns above Pcndlcton con,
houso At the junction Of Twcl
Mia and Scnoca. the Scno,
| cbnnoos it's nomc to kcovcc whi
! wos novipablc to a considorah
I distance 6v sluicing.
, Those oro tho Drinciunl nnyic