The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-25
Biography Of Gen RoRIt..i Tar Anderson

Nov we see Colonel Anderson and
4, General 1PiekeuB> WRseh, a gains. the
! gltefokse indtahS on .4he fsugthS est-
SeTB fEontisf ih ~ Vat Is now Lnofgnfsts
0oonee. county, ta punish tho Cicero
;, hee.s Eor, 81 lssG the british during the
war. They ibuFned 3thirteenhU3 az
the Indian, Villages. A5ltttbe later on
g i6Be iAndefspb, b,and, Central Pick
j sg;e CONG ZION 81 tors make a
tre4tys with the Cherokee Indians,
stai4eh was -fIRde ON the east side OF
Seneca river, and, about hundred
and fifty yards from the river, and
about q quarter Of mile from Cher
E.,,s Stattons, under n red oak" tree,
Mhis1l g asirQtted down n the last Jew
Colonel Anderson and General
Pickens wePseagain sent against stfe
/ Cherokee, this time on thev,Ghatta-
hoochee river In Georgia, as a result
OF which the Indians gave up all of
their land east or the river. Colonel
4 Anderson,and Generel Piekeifs made q
second invasion againat the Chero-
kee Indians on the Chattaho0chee riv-
ef, Geprgtas Colonel Anderson was
1 sent up the river with 100, menito de-
stroy the Indian villages, and he
again rejoined the main body In the
f, afternoon having KILLED eight Indians
and destroyed number OF Indian vii
Elagess ~ =, -, ~ ~
| Colonel Anderson who was always
on the alert for danger received in
formation that an attack was to. he
4 MADE. by a hody of ioyalists, Ciiero-
kees, and Creeks. Colonel Anderson
sent word to Colonel Clarke OF Qsor-
gta and appointed freeman Forto as
4 jtne place OF meeting on the first of
prtit .. Colonies rlrssttinme-
diateiy vent toEFrseman Fort" with
! 0OloneI tAHdefson with 300 GarolfI-
fans. Early the next morning Colonel
anderson and Colonel Clarke marched
to. the "Oconee river" crossed over.
and halted; after marching short
isdistanEh4Istoh obtaia mo=ss information
concerning the enemy. They, sent out
gave orders to avoid IL possible. being
discogered by the Indians, but Can
4sn lHftt t3lac1sa lsitniscommanded one sof3
these parties, fell In with mnin body
OF the Indians before he realized it.
| He immediately retreatedI toward
cam npssa 10 sas pursued and firedron
lby the Indians. who did not know,
that any more Americans, were near
tsleinsf Aut whahefa.ey perceived. that
IlaoPe, Americans we re near they fed
~. confusion, and a Few Indians. were
/ killed. a.. -e5,. s,5.,l = N I
sf.liey siso opk fwo OF ishesioyafish
prisoners an dhangei ttran, Rnt'
athef4s sseas My one OF Colonel Ander-i
Itsoit men KILLED. While eon these
Ems Col0hel kAnd tfsori res siyefl
the nickname of."old, ,Ttindef a nsty.h
8rem the Indiana, largely On account
OF his temper which caused THE Inr
| dams to dread him as tiI6v did the,
ander g1ttTnls which they believed
/ were daus6d by the anger OF the great
apiFitss, ~ Il F ~ s5sy.s
l ThasE Eat, in tic; south was row pfae.i
| tiebil ~ over GoyeEnnf Snti ledge Issued.
eall i:ts TIC iti 90 ias genetJlI FOR an
I ele tlpn sfos the ! iegi atufes6h Il ID
| 1892 ut Jaclsok borolgfi. sEhe dele
gates wefe mostly toiTi GERS of the m -
riot agnlYsal nd y ETY. six sent Clainnsl!
Ard etsnti and q GeheraI TFfSk b IS. oil.
npeI: Anderson served several terms. W
aThe$war now over, Colonel Andef-
son sektlEtl 10 stlies newly X IN eQuired,
ena river 81 s5sd Sszaas1sss
ton dtRtrief, in that part which was,
after rwarda gsn,eA ssSSr himself, fkn-
dersn:s ,s..:: - +, iisgI
remainder oe, his days eiigaged In the
ogainary life Of AN upcountty platitas.
i. ffisSS real estate at the time III iltB
death ,anoutted to 2I10 acres and or
these $50 were In bounty lands, Here,
he brought up his family, which con-
Sisted of four daughters and one ssan,
he bearing she name ,qf his father,
Robert Jr,A STaa aEgied Maria TheRas
or Nassau, New Providence Island.
Colonel Andersonss daughters were.
Annies WHO married DR., William Hun
ter Of dlet0n. Sc Spnd ! Elizabeth,
who mhsfied Saniita. Maverick. Third,
Mary, who married General Roberti
| Maxpesl u 90 the TIsvli iona. y war.
4 1t wis about tliis TINA tliAk the gnv1
efnog or SoEth caFol isa mace Colonel
aarinE he Il 8 II & 4. 6. 6.
aensfal 5 ssftt n lie, riTi,
Thcinp ltsl ssaa n tlier OF bis
e a sln MA inareinAs
again in 70 Sisa anluBf5 HIhver.,
sSts55iiils tie yj6gis q rom nsHt IlerSl
chant OF Z OF ihey line ase or
the feandsiR leAt6ns hut his
SECOND wife ia 1905 after his
+ daughter EiiSDeth had been gtYeIkin
lsHAa tss ssstss nyertcsa' 5 son Sasn-
nsss asY 20 Il tfie q third time Geasrs
| al sAnde efs6ty jRsss AJIi Rcd to Mrs Zane
Reese foTEtserly Miss janS5 Ela ID n: 4
sisesEE tS aso OF tllG iiiEtln ilai
ed eleegyFs an. Rfs. Reese. i5s
! t1a who was the first iiast6r OF tsse
EsteshS terian g0la Stone Church, p In
shs sEict, .arS Hileton aonrt
syliOuse, GeneFak Anderson and Gem
sgal sIclSsiis xsese Ays S & first 6ltis =
iia ~ - rob y eisff8t
| qo1ega IA derxor was a ways
snd to take the lead n any ysodd
cansc no taA tier Whethef IL OF ~ HtifeiS