The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-01
They Are Visited by Addie S.
Coppock, Formerly of
Wayne County.
WRITES TO PALLADIUM.
THERE is MUCH OF INTEREST TO
BE FOUND IN THAT STATE
EARLY DAYS ARE CALLED TO
MIND.

While on a trip in the western part
of this state, I found some reminiscent
ces there that were very delightful to
me. and | think will be interesting 10
many of the readers of your paper
whose ancestors came from that part
of the state. In the first place we at
tended the yearly meeting of Friends
held at Guilford College, formerly New
Garden This was the 21Oth annual
meeting held at this place, so you see
it was there previous to the war of the
revolution. When the battle of Gull
ford was fought they brought the
wounded and dying soldiers to the
meeting house and turned it into a
hospital, and as long as the old year
ly meeting house stood, the blood
stains could be seen on the wall and
floors of the house.
There is a historic oak tree standing
in the graveyard, under whose branch
es those soldiers were buried. 1t
looks as though it had stood for centu-
ries Friends have erected some beau
tiful pillars of fine granite to mark
the corners where the old meeting
house stood. Near the soldiers are
the graves of the ancestors of the COT
fin family. Priscilla Coffin was born
iy, No oil ~ in Il
died in 1903. William Coffin was
born in Nantucket 172O and died in
1903; Aletha Coffin. born 1893. died in
Indiana in 1891 and the remains were
taken to New England for burial. She
had been a widow 60 years and was
buried in her wedding dress. Rufus
Hiatt died in 1859. He was a young
man and engaged to be married. The
lady he was to marry is still single and
lives near his grave. This epitaph is
on the tombstone:
stop, blooming youth, as you pass by;
AS you are now, so once was |;
AS am now, so you must be;
Prepare for death and follow me-
Many names of noted families are
found at this place. Also at Deep
River and Springfield. I regret I did
not have time to go to the battle-ground
or to the location known as Boards
halter shop.
l. And now l must tell you Of historic
Randolph county for that was the
meeting was over we went to Ran
dolph. | visited the home once
owned by my great-grand-father
Thomas Bulla. His great-great-grand
sons now live there. Thomas Bulla
entered the land, 1893. About SOC
acres in the home tract. We founG
a transfer paper belonging to him dat
ed 1865 He was from England, it is
said, and died in 1909. His will is re
corded and is unique. We found c
copy of it among his papers. He
must have owned about 400 acres o.
land Besides the home tract it gives
a description of a tract Of land laiC
out for the town of JOhnsonville or
which stood the court house he built
all gone long years ago, and nov
called Browns cross roads.
They told me at Asheboro, tht
county seat now, that Andrew Jack
son was sworn in to practice law a
this old court house. He also Ownet
another tract of land known as tn
Quaker tavern tract on the Old Sails
bury road, not far distant. l visite,
this place 1t was near the home O
my cousin, D. w. Bulla. 1t is simpl
ledge of rocks between two hills an
sheltered by beautiful trees with
good spring of water near, where tn
Quakers used to camp and stop to fee
their horses on their way to and fror
the Yearly meeting then held at OIL
New Garden. That was before an
the years following the Revolutionary
war. 1t certainly was a pretty plac
to camp. In my fancy I could see tn
white covered wagons and the old tim
carriages and the people with thei
quaint costumes, gathered in group
around the camp fires and the viii
poorwill chanted his plaintive song
the shadows.
ADDIE g COPPOCK