The farmer and mechanic., 1912-03-12
A PRICELESS HEIRLOOM
A Curious Old Seventeenth Gen.
.tury Brooch Owned by Miss
Belle Higley Of Lumber
ton-A Relic of an Old
and AristoCratic
Family


cor Lumberton Eohesonies.A
There IS in this old town 81
berton q curious cid brooch .Y.
the most exquisite pieces Of art+ef tr..
18th century of its Kind It is 80
oyal-shaped brooch framed IL IH.
gold frame and made Of nan
represents a woman leaning a.
urn shaped tomb under i w.tI
willow tree. The tomb ana u.f.,a
look like a finely painted pic1ur, ,.l
The inscription is plainly Nis5blr ,
inscription reads. n. G., jar
1925. and is the picture of ige
tomb of Gen Richard tIinttr =.
Clinton, Sampson county The N,..
an is his wife, Penelope kenar ne
picture is in tints of brown ana ui.t.
but is supposed to be made ct ts..
famous red hair of the Clirte.
which still appears, even down L.. 8ls :
generation. although over e.lI.fr
has passed.
This priceless heirloom is i'm tta
possession Of Miss Belle fiiGlel I'D
is a relic of one of the oldts+ ard
most aristocratic families of The
South. General Clinton vas lie
grandfather Of the owner. 8s u.f IS
a score Of others in this and other
towns. General Clinton lived il rl,
time Of Washington. When loIE.
powdered hair and White Satfl
breeches were the fashion fer rH.T..
He was living in Clinton during the
Revolution, and one Of his des, end
ants still has an enormous old ,h.> &
larger than the largest trunk, that Ee
buried at cross roads in Samuson,
filled with the family silver. duriuc
the war General Clinton had sx
daughters, and for each Of ftht III
Mrs. Clinton made Tor had m"ael
the counterpart of the pin dess; ltGo oi,
Of the Generals hair.
Penelope married a NotrlSN ard
! two Of her sons lived here at ore
time. DR.. Sam Morrisy ana col.
/ June MorTiSy. the One-time owner 4
the Morrisy mills. Ann -. rried a
! Holmes and was the mother If GOV.
/ Gabriel Holmes. Rachael married y
| Rhodes and her only child, Or. Eiri.-
and Rhodes married and moved t. Nh
bama. Another lname forGottrnD
! married d Bunting. Arabella mafl 4
a Lanier, and q Very pretty little "a
! nance has come down concerning
/ .er. The General held family IL
ers, and one morning when they
knelt in prayer Arabella knelt rear
| est the door. stepped out While Tic
rest prayed, and ran away With Ia
nier. Mary, the last daughter. mar
ried Gen. Alfred Rowland May -.
1909, and with her husband .
buried III the cemetery at The A.l-
risy mills.
The brooch falling to MarN. VS.
given at her death to her only u..9.l ~
| ter, Penelope kenan Rowland !, ~
Of Thomas A. Norment. the c'i
| Squire, as he Was called AT Mrs.
Norment's death it belonged to her
daughter Ann Eliza. wife Of 1t il.
6. p. Higley, and from her L. the
present owner, her daughter.
1t would be interesting to the lar-.e
family connection if throu"h this IT,
tie article the other five pins colliG
be traced. The Clinton name seem,
TO be dyinS out. The GentraI lat
two sons but don't think they mar
ried, as Alex. left his slaves t. -
niece and nephew, Mrs Normen1 al,
Col. John y. Rowland
Richard used to bring his VIII,
satin breeches here from Sanpsor
on his visits TO his sister Mrs ROW
land and dress up in them: but q
course he had quit wearing them
Ihe kenan name is also dying rut
so few left to bear the name t'ul
Tom kenan dying in the last f.r
months. The old names are stu
cherished, nearly every branch hoy
: ing 2 Pennie, Mary or Araheil,, I'D
ton or kenan