The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-10

iine, family as well as fraternai. the following notice of the hrst fall meet ine of the Columbia Chapter win be of interest to many of our readers:
 The Columbia Chapter D. A. R. held their first meeting of the fall on Fri day afternoon with Mrs. Henry War ren Richardson, on Barnwell Street, the new regent. Mrs. R. Means Davis, pre- siding. After the routine business the election was held of delegates to the annual conference of D. A. R., to be held st Greenwood beginning Novem- Der 2. The delegates elected were: Mrs. Richardson, Miss Isabella Martin and Miss Alice Earle; alternates Mrs. L. D. Childs, Mrs. c. N. Galloway and Miss Sophie Carroll. A delightful fea- ture of the afternoon was the reading of a paper. Unique Cotton Furniture" written by Miss Emma oilchrist, of Charleston, for the American Monthly Magazine and sent by her to Mrs. Richardson to be read before the Co., iumbia Chapter, D. A. R. Later in the afternoon the meeting was thrown open to purely social pleasures and was particularly enjoyed as reunion of the members after the summer spent by them in various places. The hos tess served refreshments in success don of dainty courses.
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 trhe following interesting records were gathered by most valued con- tributor from pioneer records at rather an inaccessible point, Lord Avon Church (Quakera) Their books go back to 1898 and are not usually open to the public. A special trip was made to get at them for research.--EIdttor.)
 Ffshburne Family.
 From the history of Yorkshire. Eng futsk k..r ts al A name In that country. Tn 1760 Thomas Fishburne had extensive ship yards and dry docks at whitby. and his residence. the Esk House, is styled 'very ele- gant'' in the same work.
 The representatives of the Fishburne name in America are probably young CT sons of the same stock.
 As early as 1e75 Ralph and William Fishburne are on record as belonging to Fred Avon Society of Friends at. what is now. Eastern Maryland. Ralph was a prominent member whose name is frequently mentioned in the earlier annals. He married Sarah Lewis. Sep- tember !. 1885, at Fred Avon. She was also Friend. or Quaker, as the mar riase was accepted by the Society. Soon after this Ralph went to Phila- delphia. receiving certificate of mem bership from Fred Avon.
 William Fish 5urne was registered at the Bayside meeting of the same Soci- ety. He went from Maryland to New Jersey wft-e in 1701 he married Han nah, daugleer of Samuel Carpenter, of Pennsylvania. and Hannah Hardiman of South Wales. He Is mentioned by Schultz and Whitehead as among the Early Settlers of New Jersey"
 The children of Ralph and William are not definitely known, but a little later three Fishburnes appear on the records who apparently fulfill the tra- ditions of their descendants. It was supposed that two brothers settled In Pennsylvania, while the third went South" a vague term much used In that day.
 Benjamin Fishburne solicited the po- sition of paymaster In Colonel Woods battalion in 1775 in North Carolina. He became a major and is on record member of the Sons of Cincinnati in Georgiu in 17s4. His descendants are believed to be in Alabama, through a son. or possibly a nephew. Thomas Fishburne.
 Tn TIT, Lieutenant William Fish hurne of the 1st North Carolina bat talion, commanded by Colonel Clark. re- enlisted during the war" from the eouth Carolina Continental Brigade. He was wounded in TITS. He was made captain and afterwards colonel. and in the Roll of Honor Is called gen. eral. He settled in Colleton District. South Carolina. after the Revolutionary War, near Darlington. which was col onized by families from Virginia. He was a prominent man in that part of the country. In 17e6 was member of the Jockey Club for the improvement of horses in St. Georges Parish, Dor chester. q He died in. Waitsrn oro, 8. C.. November. 1sts. and the lnaltae Is still narnetuated in Collector County. This notice of his death is found in the New York Directory. published in 1888:
 Phillip Fishburne of Pennesylvania. in 1776, served as recruiting officer and paymaster. Tn 17s4 he was living at Salisbury. ". C.. where he was en1- pIoyed, collecting accounts of Revoiu- tionary soldiers at Warrenton. It Is believed that he went to Ohio. The wife of the Pennsylvania paymaster was Henrietta Maria Coles. When