The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-29
Historic PcndIeton.

ana women, there sprung up a desire
among the people of upper Carolina
for Il tribunal of Justice in their midst.
SO In the year l?77 the few white peo-
country secured from the Indians by
conquest and treaty vast domain Of
land reaching from the Blue Ridge
Mountains to considerable distance
toward the rolling waves of the
mighty Atlantic This section the set
tiers christcncd PcndlctOn District. in
honor of Henry lcndlctOn, q native of
Virginia, and who was once Judge of
the Court OF Common Pleas in this
state.
AT the termination Of the Rcyolu.
tionary War, IN 1888, pcopln began 70
migrate from the District of Abi,cyillc
and York and from North Carolina and
Virginia. Among the most rcmIarka-
bic Of them were General pickrus and
General Anderson, for whom pirkcns
and Anderson Counties were named.
aiu Colonel Cleveland; the latter it
VII! he remembered bore II command
~ nc engagement nj Kings Mountain
III October. i1SO lie WAS noted iDi hi,
more than four liTn,id ponds II is
said that ht WAS moi aIlrto lie down
ior many years ric,ioitS to hi, death.
1hc country WAS iolmriIy Occlpfd
by the Cherokee Indians, who had a
considerable town forty or fifty miles
above here, OF which very little trace
can now be- seen. The last OF the In
dianS moved to Cane Creek, which is
supposed 10 bc in he now Six Mile see
ton OF l,Ickcns County, about the year
~! OF them no visible trace. can now
be seen. It is said that they were very
fond of spiltuOus liquors. Travellers
among them after their removal to
that place met with IL hospitablc rcccp-
ton. Ihcy also knew the value of
money and were not easily imposed
upon in Il trade.
It Is SAID hat ut that time there was
Il remarkable fail on ConncrOs Creek,
where large sheet of water had Il
perpendicular descent of ten feet. This
,aii was 50 50 cntIclng that y man by the
name OF Fitzpatrick erected mill there
that he might utilize the power. On
me same creek wasa wonderful cavern
us It there yct?) large enough for sew
cral persons to hide in ut one time.
/! MS was used as II retreat for persons
fleeing from justice, whose laws were
then very severe.
People very frequently cmigratcd
beyond the mountains. but the number
OF Immigrants more than countcrbal-
anrcd he former. The population
increased very rapidly. INC negro
population increased doubly as fast as
the white population. All surplus of
crops WAS generally used to purchns.
more slaves. In 1870 the negroes were
one III eleven OF the population. in 800
they were one in nine, and ut the end
oi the first quarter he white p0pnla-
tion numbered s,,:l and the negro
population i.,S21. At that time there
were Il few that could make very good
IL
places where powder was manufac-
turcsl.
cry little interest WAS taken in cdu-
catiOnal matters, there being only one
classical academy in the District. This
academy was ut the town of Pcndlctou
and stood only Il short distance from
the Court House, in Il Very snlubrions
spot. In lso5 Mr.. Edwin Reese was in
charge OF the academy. The total cx-
prnse [i,; at thus school for board and
tnitlod for IN entire yenr was only |!
rlgilty slollarS-sixty dollars for board |
anu twenty dollars for tuition. At |
that time lcndlcton had one ncwspa-
per. the PendletOn .NrsSrnyrr, owned |
and controlled by IL Mr.. Miller. The |
yearly subscription of the paper was |
Two dollars and half. The prevail |
ng religious denominations were Bap- |
lists, MethOdists and presbytcrians.
Ihere We're several churches through
out the District, but it was very diff |
cult to secure regular pastors for them. |
We have now said enough of Pcndle- |
ION IN its infancy, SO skipping the mid
lie age of tho town we will come down
10 the Pcndleton of to-day. We find |
now that she has only nine stores, one |
oank, n postOtiice, three blacksmith
shops: i grades: school, several |
;hqrchcs, one dispensary and one oil
mill In course of erection. The pOpu-
alton mt present is about 400 or 500.
grasp upon Pendleton, and unless some
takes place in few
ears that place will be known in his
Ory only.
Around old Pcndlcton once lived the
'lOans. DiclsOns, Evanscs and the
Trcscotts. The larger part of those old
ages hay" passed over the river to
est under the shadow Of the trees"
their descendants have scattered to
he four winds Of he earth. AS the
,ld settlers go away to return no more,
ancy. So instead of Increasing in
PcndlctOn is steadily on the
lpcrcaSr.
AS we pass along the streets of old
'cndlet0n and look upon the sturdy
aks that surround some OF the old
mansions. and whose towering branches
each high up toward the blue and
verarching heavens. we feel like say
ng for those who have gone away to
nst their lots with people in Il distant
and:
Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me.
And III protect it now.
Twas my forofather's hand,
That placed it near his cot;
Then woodman let it stand,
Thy axe shall harm it not"
w. e. BARNETT.
Septus, Aug. 25, 1000.