The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-12-17
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
CLARENDON COUNTY
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a \COnClHueu 1FOIn page J"O)
new county was Charles Frederick
II Lesesne, who served from the begin
10 fthe war. Then the following
Sgentlemen flied this position, and In
he following order: w. S. Bral,A
q Thomas N. Broughton, DR.. John
sNhgram, Capt. Robert B. Harvin, DR.
3a. Fl. Huggina, Josoph SpYoet, Jr.
and our present efficient County
lJrreasurer, Mr.. Samuel j. Bowman
5Of this list we know Of only two who
s33are living, and these are our towns
Stmen, Messrs. Sprott and Bowman.
a The office of County Auditor is
s3one of moro recent creation, and
among it's occupants have been the
Following gentlemen: B. A. Walker
first, then James t. l.. Thames
s3Junius E.. Scott, D. J. Bradham, and
3the present incumbent, Mr.,J. Elbert
aDavis.
i The office Probate Judge, form
erly known as ordinary, has been
filled from time to time by quite a
1aumber, among whom were the fol
3lowing: G. S. C. DesChamps, who
went to Texas and was assassinated
Fin the pulpit, w. r. Burgess, r. NJ
81 noHlpsoH, w.. IL. Ing i@H, =. ~
lAlsbrook, and the present incumbent
lMr. Louis Applet.
j The office Of School Commissioner
prior to 1877" was filled principally
Iby negro Republicans, among whom
.lwere Alfred Pack and the noted Peter
JLemon, who was assassinated in the
apublic road at branch few miles
l23South of Manning, and which branch
! now wears his name. Since 1896
4 lamong those who filled this office
alwere John C. Bagnal, Samuel J.
lBowman, John j. Conyers, P. G.
I|Benbow, L. L. Wells, l.. M. Ragin
3then Wells again, and our present
superintendent Of Education, w. s.
lljRichbourg.
a The County Commissioners have
3been too many to attempt to mention
Jthem.
j Among those who represented this
lcounty with honor in the State Sen
ate have been John L. Manning, e
Bic. Dickson, DIR. John I. Ingram, Col
aH. l.. Benbow, Joseph F. Rhame
3Esq.. Louis H. DcsChamps and l.. NJ
4Ragin. There have been others among
whom were three gentlemen of color
las follows. Syphax Milton, Powell
}Smith and Jared Marley.
II SlaIclluOH HAS fldu illdIly IcpIcocil-
dtatives in the lower house of the Leg
dthe names Of all who served as rep
|resentatives before 1876, but here
1 are some of them, and it will be seen
dby two or three names which appear
4that our county was not always rep
Resented by her best citizens, black
Republicans occasionally filling this
dhigh office of honor: Col. H. l.. Ben
bow, Col. S. Warren Nelson, John P
Richardson, w. j. McFaddin, DR.. G.
ALLEN Huggins, James McCaulcy
and Gus Collins, colored, and Will
4 Nelson, very colored, who fed from
Justice for stealing vegetables from a
)gardcn. That is probably only a
partial list of our representatives be-
a fore 1876. 1t was in 1876 that the
lolack cloud Of negro rule was raised
4 from our beloved State, and though
the writer was but small boy he re-
members vividly the string scenes
Of that year, with its big campaign
days and red shirts brigades. He also
i remembers we'll the standard bearers
and before he scarcely knew what it
i meant he learned to holler "Hurraf
i Governor, and in Clarendon Benbow
for the Senate and Barron and Peter
\ Richardson for the House. These
1rTith others who supported them and
held up their hands, carried the day
I'm Clarendon and made the way poss.
! :ble for many other good Democrats
The following, then, is submitted
as list of those who have repre-.
j sentcd this county in the House OF
Representatives since 1876: B
4 Fressley Barron and John Peter
4 Richardson; Joseph F. Rhame ant
James E. Tindal; w. r. Lesesnc and
3. r. Gibson; Arthur Harvin and DR.
J. G. Dinkins; E. r. Plowdcn, Jr.
i and H. B. Richardson: I. M. Woods
Gzra Tindal, J. NJ. Richardson, S. A
Nettles. w. D. Kennedy, w. C. Davis
C. M. Davis, and T. B. Owen. Thus
4 it will be seen that there have beer
many since the creation of Clarendon
County who were elevated to posi-
lions of public honor, and furthe,
\ that of this number quite the ma
] lority have passed away. All of then
/ have made history, some good ant
! some bad, but each one serves his
/ little place in the memory Of tho past