The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-25

you have been quite shy of me-"
General Anderson was one among
seven commissioners TO purchase land
aud superintend the building OF a
coeTt house and faIl In the district
liWasbingt0n which WAS located az
PetidlstogiB ,sFIe was nls0 appointed sty
ttesiegisltuFe along with, ~ Robert
MAXWELL, Andrew Pickens, John
FpTd, John Hallum and Robert Bow
en- TO lay out the town OF Pickensvilie
in. Pickens, county. In 1888 General
EndgfBehi 4 was commissioned aleng
ttith 8efh Howard, John Furmatl and
several others 10 open up foad from
ENsIitehaIl ifl-,AbbeviIle county TO Aa-
gusta, Georgia. On April 3, 1880,
General Anderson and General PIek-
ems met. and gave the required bond
10 become magistrates. but could not
be Qualified, as. the law required that'
II be d0tle ID opsh court and on fas1-iI
8, 1880, Isaac binch decided 1896 acres
OF land to General Anderson, Genefal
Pickens, Colonel BENJAMIN CleYelsndi
William Hnlbert, Henry Clarke and
John Mofet, magistrates OF Pendletofi,
In trust for said county. .,.,-,. =, a, ,.,,4.,,
We find that General And daT9on
owned all the land from Deep Creek
down to Andersonville and "Ander-
sonville" was named In honor Of him.
Anderson county and the %eity idl;
Anderson" were also named for him.
] fad from the records at the court
house In Anderson that General Rob-
ert Anderson owned land pn Seneca
river; Reowee river, CopneTQsB .Cfs
Three and Twenty Gfees5 Six aIile
mountain, and Pendleton. The fee2t
oHds show that from, 400 TO 1912 he
SOLD TO various parties" 76 tfnets Soft
land varying from to $40, acres. We
find from the deeds thai the greater
part, OF this land yasfgkanted to him
by the government, 'fprSiiis great SER
vice In the Indian aid d.Reyelptionary,
wara. s- z'II.s ~ < igffis 4st< ssf Fsfoht't+
The. ;!ateechee Chapter OF tho
r cDaughtsEs of the EgdlgNan have
placed IA .beautIftis fB III honor Of
his memory in the ID 0tIss NJ p y 4 h. h,
derson county. the tnzofIftlon on this
tablet Is: ITO the dileEeasYtbf General
RofIEFtp5 P1erson,, iazs4s 70 81 :ateecbee
C::apter OF the DnHghte Sf the ReV9o:
luton. The civic, afipFEsceiilent asso-
citation of this city has placed an cleo
trio fopntaiRsto hissfp fplsttiufy oflslttel
east side OF AldegsQ a;ieaurt square.
The Baughters af5the5 1iftion have
also piaced tablet 20 ktSs memory
near RVS ssttlst II, q the Bl aeSl
g 9 = here or Tic !ndisni asi tsSi was made.
Andersbfsa EerryiOt3 stise river was
also named for. him. ..,,,, : s.,s,,S i
4, General Anderson was ,classed by
Nous writer's with j Ohm O. CaliiodIi. !.
3e MtDuffle, Perry and. Orr,
80 honorable. nh 1eal AM .useftlll
eitizensiiip would challenge the world
for e6f 6fnpaftSops I'VE tals6, know, that,
General Ant aefspn was a floypi citizen
iihfuI soldier and d tlost eon es-
Tcfased Ehfist tian ias own Ia. iIisSWIii-
ingness to- fsd de ten "a II ess sny lfy 70
reiieve al asifeiiowmli I'll isfrass and
Geperal An hersani 81 itIat5 ~ tn fserit
out q nelglken RS his. s5RlIi
hands, when the lne iDor was down
aiek ana cBs ul 1slli Himself This.
she's the u Ga d s al q lid Ell SsS
- our illnstfibnaih hetosnf Rexolntiony.
arg faInA. ss1Sf e 81 IS ,4ss IA; ssi sd
! When Gepef,i issssll dietl is Is tie,
beginntng IS year af 1912 his
tic citizen. ana b NV III ssas probated
ShS Otttt0t 1dtse u tess HIS
aeafh, f;6ls & oc1Inent shows whht. an
tInusnRt man 5snl nd derkot was, in
that he pre-: iie REelf fare pf,
ttssyf1 .aiayts;I; fIie tslis - should
not be sold ff6nl. ne place unless they
slro6iG fuFls IL to- sDe athfases. enIi
rquig mot beSte IRA mex treat
Ilnenf, friendly eat ltinrl ], ifiitS
use OF the afnd nf fn.r lss.sl - s.i.e,s
sSupidi not bs FsCiaimed eby these
meauaS then Il hts ySgii hat her
should be sold gain General An-l
derson showed his g generousa aHss when
he sold two nf SIS negfnes.i
which legally 50 ed 10 hin and .his''
heirs; bpt he 81 atiikd thes fee0iitsI
to Mrs. Reese ms. Z !; - "a an6therl
time GeneraI anderson bought a slave.
at i considefabie disad Sehtsf Sc on fcs'
count of the reat attachment the
aihve had for cl ilirefi.
GENERAL Anders on sh hosis si Is Vi bnideF-
sEul fei an & 6i Liy I'd e ne 5Sl l6seg
his will his A-.i y g; sI :: i.iI q
nov, NJ, ,Bless ed re deep,er, do. /, With.
u 1ig faith, Ias ilf q nv Insl t0rs
,iotla lsa aia iagsl gIs RI : 10 Ing to- he
81 Niaslied .eleaI JI cod.
from all my sins IN this I Fsst and
walt thy call ss y * j. 81 S. q
s Although Genefaij an derson was sa:
u st.AI his grave nj
absatl ss6 II ia ASiiI sll
.oyersroR with weeds aud -briars ana
thsfe i,i not q ~ me 10 mark Il now
az the one pl cd there has crumbIed
away. There lEsins several hnndr6a
'atesaiit IL iiib be 10 ~ tell ilssk
which one, is b aersofl.s Hei
vas buried atIilly y biitHli lifg
F0nna on 81 piaiits l5a al loS fiIiofe;
thai tlife hui J rom ssli
MS dwelling p1ti on tite Eeneca ris
.els & bis bur n EfallId has bean
ecsetl -bsi, 4 u