Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-11-21
OUT IN TENNESSEE.
Much In obion County That Is Sus'
oestive ,f Old York.

gestive Vt Old York.
Correspondence The y, kvIlle Enquirer
Troy, Tenn, November 15.-Any one
making the trip from South Carolina
to west Tennessee must Of necessity
be impressed by the difference in the
general appearance of the people
along the route. You do not have to
go very far up into North Carolina
until you realize that you are among
strangers. The faces, the complexion,
the tone OF voice all show different
admixture Of blood. This lasts all
through the mountains, then changes
to a somewhat different type about
Nashville, and this type lasts for 13O
miles. But when you reach Obion
county and look at the citizens Of
Union City, Troy, Rives and Polk, or
go out on the farms and meet the
people there, you at once feel that you
are back In York county. Stand In
a pulpit here and look at the congre-
CATION and you are looking at con-
gregation of York county people.
They raise corn and wheat and hay
and cattle, but no one would be sur
prised to hear them discuss the low
price of cotton, or wonder whether
1t paid to raise corn, or ask how the
creamery was coming on. Impressed
by these observations, have been
making a few inquiries, and am not
surprised to find that South Carolina
has furnished a considerable propor-
ton Of the early settlers Of this coun-
ty, and although the tracing Of kin
be Of interest 10 some Of the people
back home.
All the readers Of The Enquirer are
aware, Of course, that there are many
people in York county by the name
Of Barnett. find that long ago there
were Barnetts who moved from South
Carolina and settled in this county,
and today there Is probably a consid-
cradle number Of people here who are
related by ties Of blood or marriage
with our people.
All A. R. P.s, especially are ac-
quainted with the name Bonner.
Our church paper female college and
our pulpits all know that name. That
same name Is here, and is from our
state.
OF course, all are acquainted with
the name Brice in York, Chester and
Fairfield counties. There are Brices
here in abundance, and they are the
same connection. One was a doctor,
one Is the editor Of the News Banner,
formerly of Troy. now Of Union City
besides others engaged in various oc-
cupations.
/ find Caseys here from South Car
olina, whether related to the immor-
tai Casey at the bat" or not, I know
not.
met a Mr. Curry the other day,
one of a considerable number of that
name, and they, too, are from Caro-
lima.
In 1875 Joel Enloe was born, In the
upper part Of South Carolina, and
while still q boy came west He has
left numerous descendants who live In
this and adjoining counties.
The families by the name Of Far
is, who live north Of Yorkville and
In the eastern part of the county, will
find people here of their name, and
some Of them are of their blood; In
fact, 1 find that have an aunt here
whose maiden rame was Faris, and
a little boy plays in the yard here
whose given name Is Faris.
The Mpffatts are q numerous family.
They live here, at Rives and other
places in the county. They are re-
lated to the Aoffatts and Wylies out
home, and one of the number recent
ly deceased Is q close kinsman Of Mr..
]. n. McDill of Hickory Grove. In
deed, Miss Jane McDill, who was born
in Chester district in 1899, married a
Moffatt, and three Of her grandsons
now live in Chester.
Mrs. Oates grandmother was an
Allen, and was related to the Aliens,
Densmores a nd Garrisons Of the east
ern part Of York. and her grandfather
was baptized in old Hopewell church
in east Chester.
Rev. T. P. Pressly is pastor Of the
A. R. P. church at this place. His
father was born in South Carolina,
and his mpther was Peden-pne OF
q very numerous connection In the
western part Of pur state.
|. There are WYlies here from Chester
county: people by the name Of Vance
that are suggestive Of Zebplon B., and
Moultries that claim North CAROLINA
as their ancestral home, but whose
name is very suggestive Of the old
Palmetto fort In Charleston.
Speaking of names, yesterday I
found an old map entitled "An ABB
original Map Of Tennessee" l notice
that 1t gives the name Of the Noli-
elers on the Clinchfield and Ohip rail-
road as Nonachunkee. which sounds
like pure Indian. This map gives no
Tennessee river. The river we know
by that name Is called Kallamuchee,
and one of its branches in the eastern
part of the state bears the name
Tenasee.
1.-The Prodigal Judge" Is being read
around here now. In 1t Murrell fg-
ures to a considerable extent. A
friend told me the other day that
there Is a spring about ten miles from
this place that still goes by the name
Of the Murrell spring. and that 1t got
it's name from the fact that at this
spot Murrell murdered man for the
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