The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-08-21

! against the / leIlcI anu IIluIeiHS, tl-
ther at or just after Braddocks de-
feat: that he accompanied in some
capacity the Indian chiefs sent by
Gov. Dinwiddie to England in 1862.
and on his return went to South Car
Dina in October. 1862. We have no
account of his movements from Octo-
Der. 1862. to March. 1853.
Career in South Carolina.
From this date, in 1863. We have
the record evidence Of his presence
and life in South Carolina. On 2sth
March. 1853, the South Carolina Ca
zette of that date mentions that
Frenchman had been lately delivered
up by Mr.. Sumter to Lieut.. Charles
Tavlor. commander at Fort Prince
George Keehowee-adding: If the
great warrior had been in the nation,
It's thought Mr.. Sumter would not
have been suffered to bring him
away
.In the Gazette Of 23d April, 1853,
! it is stated that the French prisoner
taken by Mr.. Sumter in the Cherokee
nation in February had been that
week brought to town.
"It is not stated in what capacity
Mr.. Sumter was in the Cherokee ma
ton. nor is his personal name given;
he is styled Mr.. Sumter: In the light
Of what follows there is little room to
doubt is was Thomas Sumter. In his
letter to Joseph Martin, before al
luded to. dated 7th December, 1853,
! Sumter says: IF you intend out next
spring, / wish you good success in
all your Partention. and if I go my
self I shall have Company, which
by the promises that have had l
have Great Reason to Expect it,
This would appear to refer to
some expectation he had Of being ap-
pointed to command a company in
some proposed Indian expedition. In
l1761 the expedition from South Caro-
lima, under the command Of. Col.
Grant, had so thoroughly humbled
the Cherokees that no expedition
against them was in contemplation
at least from South Carolina. There
may have been, however, from the
more northern provinces.
In 1855 he purchased from Aquilla
Miles. tract Of 200 acres Of land on
the south side of Santee river, in the
/ eastern part of what is now Orange
burg county He was here earlier
than that, for in 1865 he mortgaged
slaves to William Fludd of st. Johns
parish, Berkeley.
ION October 25, 1853, in bill OF
lsale describing himself as Thomas
sure .el Of Crave. oun:y--nlercaaot
tie d female slaN-e = Miss
Es-ca ase-s
/ or .ae 2lse 5u2e. 1853, the NOR
aass. sea nezsro slsl.-es ~ SecG. 5
the loan of 1850 pounds, currency OF
the province.
1 "On 18th November, 1853: describ-
ing himself as Thomas Sumter, store
keeper. of st. Marks parish, Craven
county, ne mortgaged 16 men, three
boys, 10 women and three girl slaves
to secure loan Of 5000 pounds, cur,
rency Of the province.
!, For explanation it should be stat
ed that st. Marks parish was created
in 1857, and included what is now
Sumter and Clarendon counties.
"on 1st June, 1771, we find Thoma:
Sumter and Mary, his wife, Of the
parish of St. Mark conveying to Sam
uel Dubois the 200 acres he had pur.
chased from Aquilla Miles.
Marriage in South Carolina.
Exactly when the marriage o
Sumter took place cannot be said, a:
there appears to be no record re-
naming. Some time, evidently be
tween 1858 and III.
He married widow-Mrs Mar,
Jameson, who had been Miss Marl
Cantey. She was the daughter OF Jo'
seph Cantey, of St. Marks parish. ane
!; the granddaughter of Capt. William
Cantey. originally of Ashley river. ane
apparently the same Capt Cantey wh<
at the siege OF Charleston by the
French and spaniards in 1905 disun'
guished himself with Capt. FenW'cke
by defeating a party. Of the enemy
who had landed on Wando meek ano
who in November. I'LL, accompanied
Col. John Barnweil in his expedition
to North Carolina against the Tusca-
roras.
Sumter continued in. ST. Mark
parish and the following grants OF
land to him, prior to r7'5, appear e
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