Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-28


South Carolina members 5of congress:
s'It is really melancholy to see: the
desolated condition of Mr.. Hills
plantation in the New Acauisition;; all
his fine iron works, mills, dwelling
houses, and buildings Of every kind
even his negro houses reduced to ashes.
and his wife and children in a little
log hut DIR. Moore in his life of.
Lacey says the Sburning of the IRON
Works was great calamity to the;
Wings, and a, general misfortune to the
farmers for forty or fiftynailes around;
many of them expected that they
would have to return to- the wooden
ploughi - 49, n al. II
: An Interesting, Relic.
IAN incident preserved by aSfiyriter
in the, "Yorkville Enquirer" shows the
spirit of boys in that! time. Two OF
Col. Hills sons, William and Robert
lads of tender age. determined ON the,
approach of Huck to defend their
father;s property. Taking a swivel
| gun that carried pound ball. they,
tugged it to hill on the road by
which Huck's band was expected.
They mounted this gun on stump
and single handed prepared to give
battle to the entire party. But the
British came unexpectedly from their
rear, took the, two little chaps prison.
ers' but afterwards released them.
This gun is now owned by Mr.. w. D..
Grist.
John. Mi!Ier,s Prayer.
Moore also preserved for us q prayer
offered by John Miller. an Irish Whis
/ of Autherferd County, who was noted
| for his originality. The, prayer said to
have been made Is as follows: 81
"Good Lord. our God that art sin
Heaven, we have great reason to
thank Thee, for the many battles we
have won. Tnere is the great u and
fslorfous battle OF Kings Mountain,
where we kilt the great Glneral Fer
tguson and took his wholesarnny; and
1.-THE great battle at Ramseur's and
Williamson's; and the iyer mernora-
BILE and glorious battie OF the Coopens,
where we made the proud Gineral
Tarleton run doom the, road healtey-
skeiter, and Good Lord, II ye had ma
suffered the, cruel Tories to burn
Billy Hills Iron Works. we wonld ma
have asked any mair. favors at Thy
hands Amen. ~
| Relis ,ous animosity may have. had
something to do with the clean sweep
at the irony Works, for Gordon
(Anerican Revolution, London, 1889
writes;l During Huck's; command he
In very particular manner displayed
his enmity to the. Presbyterians by
burning fthe library and dwelling
houses Sof their clergy and all Etbles
containing the Scotch translation of
the Psalms. which is held In, the
| highest veneration by the generality Of
the Scotch and Irish Presbyterians!"
Az Citizen and Soldier.
| Colonel Hfli's military career began
shortly before his property was
destroyed SO many persons at that
time were taking British protection
| that tho two colonels of the New Ac-
QUESTION were thoroughly disheart-
ened. At a meeting of the regiment
they advised each soldier to do what
ne thought best about submission. A
subsequent meeting of the men was
held att the Iron Works To this
meeting came commissioner from
Lord Rawdon and stated that con-
gress had given up the southern states
and that Washington's army was
about dissolved. At this point, Colonel
Hill, interrupting the man, assured
his hearers that the mans story was
untrue and that an army (Gates's)
was then marching to South Caro-
lima. Whereupon the,-nep present
elected the commissione, and elected
Col. Hill. and Andrew NJ, whom
Col. Lee describes as ian hive. de-
termined, influential Whig," district
colonels. These two at once set Nbout
gathering troops, and soon raised Fhe
American standard over a stout basd
of men. Col. Hill then wrote to Sum Y
ter, who was recruiting at Salisbury,
N. c., and advised him of their sit
uation. Sumter, after the defeat OF
the Tories at Ramseur's mill, moved
into the state and set up camp at
Clems Creek in Lancaster County.
There Hill and Neel Joined him with
their York followers and other parti-,
san leaders .drew their men into the
camp.
4 Undoing of Huck.
Shortly afterwards Hill and Neel
desiring to provide themselves better
and to raise more soldiers, crossed into
York with 1873 men. There, learning
Of the burning of the Iron Works and
otheT\atrocities, they Joined Lecey's