The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-08

" Of the amount subscribed, but ac-
cording to my recollection it was be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. After his
death it was agreed by his subscribers
to this fund to apply it to the pay
ment of Mr.. Calhoun's debts. He was
not a rich man and largely in debt at
the time Of his death. This purpose
was carried into effect. Mr.. Calhoun s
debts were paid, and his children re-
leased their interest in his estate in
favor Of their mother, Mrs. Floride
Calhoun, and her afflicted daughter,
Miss Corneia Calhoun. Subsequently
Mrs. Floride Calhoun sold Fort Hill
plantation and the negroes, formerly
the property Of John C. Calhoun, to
her son, Col. A. P. Calhoun, for the
/ sum in round numbers Of $4,000, for
which he gave his bond and mortgage.
Mrs. Floride Calhoun was the reside
with her son, but there arose an un-
fortunate difficulty between the moth
er and son, and Mrs. Calhoun pur
chased home in Pendleton and resld-
| ed there to the time Of her death, and
| it was there she had her friend and
relative Mr.. Armistead Burt, to write
her will. in which she willed and de-
vised her Pendleton property to her
grandsons, sons Of William and John
Calhoun, then deceased, and the bond
and mortgage of A. P. Calhoun on the
Fort Hill plantation, three-fourths
thereof, to Mrs. Clemson, her daugh-
ter, and one-fourth to Mrs. Lee, her
granddaughter, with the provision
that if the bond and mortgage were
given in exchange for the land, it was
to 60 to Mrs. Clemson and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lee, in the same proportion.
Some time after the close Of the
war and after the death Of Mrs. Flo
ride Calhoun and Col. A. P. Calhoun,
Mrs. Clemson began proceedings to
foreclose the mortgage on the For
Hill plantation. After a great deal
Of litigation, accounting, etc., the
court ordered the plantation to be
sold. Mr.. Clemson attended the sale
at Walhalla, and bid in the land (Fort
HilD for Mrs. Clemson and his
daughter, Mrs. Lee, for the sum OF
$4,000, considered at the time the
full value of the land. The cost and
expenses Of the litigation connected
with this foreclosure proceedings, ow-
ing to the complicated questions in
volved and the number Of attorneys
employed, amounted to $4,000. These
costs and expenses, instead Of being
paid out Of the proceeds Of the sale
Of the land, were paid by Mr.. Glenn
son out Of his own private funds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemson resided at
Fort Hill. After the death of their
two children, Mrs. Lee and Calhoun
Clemson, they entered into an agree
ment to make wills in each others
favor and the survivor was to devote
their joint property to the State to
found an industrial college, Mrs.
Clemson having nothing to will but
her three-fourths Of the Fort Hill
plantation, while Mr.. Clemson had
quite 2 sum of money which he had
fortunately saved after the war.
It was also a part Of this agree
ment that Nj. Clemson was to will
out Of his private property the sum OF
ten Thousand dollars to their grand
daughter, the only surviving child OF
, their daughter, Mrs. Lee, and their
object in making this donation to
their granddaughter was that they
could donate their property to the
State free Of any claim Or equitable
right that she. the grandchild. might
have 10 the Fort Hill plantation.
! In rhe mean time the Fort Hill
plantation had been divided according
70 the terms Of Mrs. Calhoun S will,
setting off three-fourths to Mrs. Glenn
son and one-fourth to Mrs. Lee or her
daughter. They having agreed to do
nate this three-fourths to the State,
they considered the eight thousand
dollars paid to his granddaughter,
which subsequently, he increased to
fifteen thousand dollars. would be IN
disputably the full value Of the land.
Mr. Clemson always considered that
the Fort Hill plantation. or three
fourths thereof. was legally and right
fully his property as far as any
claims that the Calhouns might set
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