The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-07

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Governor Manning, secretary Of
legation and acting minister to
France. He was Colonel of the
Seventh regiment, South Carolina
regulars, artillery, stationed at
Charleston, at the first of the War
of Secession. He was killed in a
duel by Lieut.. Col. Alfred Rhett, OF
the same regiment. Patrick and
William Calhoun, were first made
justices of the peace for the Ninety
Sixth district in ITS, second pro-
visional congress and became
member of the last general assem-
bly, March 26, 1776, of the state Of
South Carolina when that body
adopted the independent constitu-
tion. Together with Andrew Hamil-
ton and Jos. Lincoln he was appoint
ed judge of the Ninety-sixth dis
trict.
In this visit to the old home
stead, the place of the massacre on
Long Cane, we also visited the old
graveyard of more than century
and half ago, situated on the road
from Calhoun's Mill to Abbeville
and some two miles from the for
mer place. The cemetery had in
time been expensiyely enclosed by
an iron railing fence, but now, if
not much, completely neglected. I
don't think there has been anyone
of the family buried in there in SO
years. I was somewhat interested
particularly in a certain old grave
of DR.. William Tennent, who mar
ried Catherine Calhoun, daughter
of Patrick End and sister of Edward
and Ludlow Calhoun. His early life
history was remarkable and making
as it did such a lasting impression
upon me, I desire to relate.
DR.. Tenant was at the time b
young student of divinity. He also
had bosom friend who was a
young doctor of medicine who at
tended him in his illness. After a
protracted spell he, to all appear
ance died in a trance, and for three
days was in that condition. On
three special occasions the church
bell tolled and neighbors assembled
for the funeral services, but the
young doctor, not satisfied, would
beg and plead for more time for re-
susitation, until the family became
very indignant. On the third day,
when he begged for Is more min
utes, he then, taking a feather,
the same with oil, he in
serted it down the patients throat
at the same time blowing into his
nostrils, keeping his ear over the
patients heart he imagined he per-
ceived a faint pulsation, which en-
couraged greater efforts on his
part. Finally there was perceived
a slight groan and then the patient
opened his eyes. After lingering
between life and death he was re-
stored to strength of body but rot
mind. He was then started to
school but could not learn, not even
his letters. Seeing his sister on one
occasion reading the Bible, he asked
what it was. She told him, then he
asked what the Bible was. This
made her weep, to know that he
had been brought up for the mini
stry and not to know what the
Bible was. One day coming from
school, he Jagged behind and was
noticed standing in front of a tree,
with both hands pressed to his head
fer sometime when he rejoined his
companions, they found a great
change had come over him and
from that moment his mind was re-
stored and he became a noted Pres
byterian preacher, writing his life
history, styled "Three Days in a
Trance" I read this book while 13
years of age. I don't know if I ever
read a book of which made such a
lasting impression upon me. In it he
said that he knew what was going
on around him in that trance. He
says he knew the effort made to