Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-05-06

INANb GNU 4 IhouSHl 81 hlolS IMAM
any Of them. The boys who were
old enough went to the war; some
were killed, some died and many
were wounded. Tom Lowery, jim
and [ went to the army in February,
1864, and joined the same COM
rany to which Neal and Dav Strib-
ling, Jim Mauldin and Bill Penny
belonged. Thus we were thrown to-
gether again amid dangers and hard
ships which bound us with ties much
stronger than the pleasures of Boun-
ty Land. jim was slightly wounded
in May, Tom Lowery was killed in
June and | was captured in Septem-
Der, 1864. The Others got u whole.
When "noated" to Texas in
1867 | found George w. Abbott in
Hood county. Hood was then a
frontier county, and the ~Comanches
would come in every light Of the
noon to steal horses. 1t was in
1869, | think, that 4 raiding party
Of nine Indians was killed II miles
southwest Of where Granbury now is.
The last one of the number killed
proved to be a female some IS or 20
years old. When all the others were
killed she came out from the bluff
into the open and handled the bow
and arrow with as much deXterity
and earnestneSs as a man till she
was killed. The wiseacres present
said she was a princess, as her attire
was superior to that Of the average
squaw, and in addition she wore
rather costly beaded wristlets and
anklets and beaded moccasins.
In those days George Abbott was
a fine specimen OF physical manhood,
and he could "cuss" with as much
~eloquence as Gen. Gary. Y was as
natural for Gen. Gary to "cuss" when
the Yankee bullets began to whistle
around as it is for sparks to fly
upward. George has been successful
in life and he discontinued his elo-
quence years ago.
In 1871 two cry pretty and love
~ sisters lived about five miles from
where George and | did, and in the
halcyon days OF August of thai year
ceSSion. | think the sisters enjoyed
our protracted OF continuous calling.
and | know we did; but that ''des-
tiny" got in its work and Zane and
Nan found other-and, hope, bet
ter-men for husbands.
That floating process, directed by
predestination, separated jim and
me l2O miles about Al years ago.
and | have lived all these years with
and among people who were never at
Bounty Land or in Pickens District.
You may not remember as to our
names. jim was named James Ho-
gam, for your father, n | was
named William Elliott for my grand
father, William Doyle, and Elliott
Keith. Then Elliott Keith was a
lawyer and lived at Pickens G.. H.
! have no recollection Of our mov-
ing to Pickens G. H., but my fathers
term Of Office as sheriff expired near
the end of 1851. and it was during
the latter part of that term | can
remember Of seeing and knowing FL
lott Keith. | also remember the
.lcFalls and HarriseS. ESQ" CAN'T,
j. e. Hagood, r. 4. Thompson, Gus
Taylor, Capt. Miles Norton. Hol-
combe, Alexander. Kirksey, CASTOR
and Gabe Thomas. Mr.. Leverett
taught school there in 1S5O-51. Two
young men, then known as Andy and
Joe, would come To our house for
water at recess, and they would al
ways take Jim and me on their
backs and carry Us to the school
house yard. Later in life they were
known as Capt. Ramsay and Judge
Norton. My first recollection OF 60
ing to church was to hear (?) Rev.
William McWhOrtcr at Pickens c..
H., about 1850, and the last time I
heard him was at Chauga Baptist
church in the summer OF 1863.
| have heard my mother tell about
taking Jim and me to a camp meet
ing at Five Chestnuts when we were
some four or five months old, and
c. the great number Of people who
came to her ent to see us and she
would wake Us up. ! suppose we
were awakened that we might show
off tc better advantage.
We moved from Oconec Station.
the place Of my nativity, before
can remember was there next in