Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-08-23
EARLY SETTLERS
SOTe Of the Pioneers who Opened
Up Chester County.
THE ROCKY CREEK SETTLEMENT
Alexander SkeIIy Tried to Build Per-
petLa Motion Machine-Some Early
Schools and Methods Recalled.

s. b. Latham in Chester Reporter.
The country around B'ackstock was
settled by Scotch Irish who emigrated
from the Cumberland valley of Penn
sylvania and with others who joined
them from the North Of Ireland. IL
might be interesting to a few TO know
what constituted Scotch lrishman.'
| will go back to the beginning. Dur
ing the reign of James |, a great many
Scotch went over from Scotland 10
North Ireland to build uD its waste
places and during the reign of Charles
ii and James II, Il great number OF oth-
crs fled to the same place TO avoid per-
sCcution at home All these, while pure
Scotch, came to be known as Scotch
Irish" They all belonged TO the Pres
byterian family Persecution followed
them to their adopted home, and
great many of their descendants sailed
for America and formed a colony N
PENNSYLVANIA, in what is known as
Bucks, York, Lancaster and Chester
counties. These were added to by inn
migrants from the O.d Country from
time to time until the colony embraced
nearly all of the Cumberland valley of
Pennsylvania.
Parties drifted from this colony in
to Maryland, Virginia and the two Car
olinas, forming settlements in all these
states as far as Broad river in Soulh
Carolina. One of these settlements was
in the southeastern portion Of Chester
county and the northern part OF "tlr-
fed county, about fifteen miles from
the present town of Chester, and vas
known as Little Rocky Creek. This
settlement was supplemented from
time to time from the colony in Penn
sylvania and. also by recruits from the
Mother Country, until>it became per-
mancnt fixture.
When VIM. Shayle in 1870 with
colony began the settlement Of what IS
now known as South Carolina, this
portion of the country was the mutual
possession of the wild beast of the for
est and, equally wild, Red Man. About
the year 1882 this region began to Dc
settled by white men. Some Scotch
tiaueis "p'"' ''''' I'M
trading post with the Indians near the
mouth of Little Rocky creek.
After Braddock' defeat in 1853 a
great many lr"iii '"e 'i'''"'
ony came Sou'l anu 'o'''' ~"''
lot WIN '''iH 'o'''iS "''.''
10 lncIude heaI'S 'ii VI '''' S''''> - '
non ol ChesloI county i"' ~
OF worship OF as !" was '''e" 0''''> ~
Meeting Rouse WIS '"''' VI ''''r
stood near Nh'i' 'h' P''N'"' '''''''''
presbyterian cnuIch S''""S' NV
these people were All i''H"H ''' ''''''''
they "cr" "l hE'nH S'''S' "o''',
nahterS' c"ihi"''i'S' i'''
associates cue i'"' '''' . ""'.
westminster C"hi'HH'''' VI "''''
Catechlsm' 4heS LOT tI'e '.'', "'' 'e
their differences ara bul' thlS houSe Vi
worship and called IL Caiho''c' 'No"'
Of THE preaching was by MISSIONARIES
from Scotland. Ireland or from 'he
northern colonies. The Brltlsh burnt
the church during IN" lt'Foiu''oh"'E
war. After the war was over cach Vi
these ScclS having hceh EfcauE III"
creased in numbers from the Mo'"''
Country, formed congregations IN"
built churches OF their own. IEe Gov
en"ntcrS' the flchhiohu Ncc''"S ''o"'>'
the Associates, HopeWeli ana 'te
byterians CathollC. Inc pe'ui'"'
cumstances IN Which 'heE Ia" "''''
ana ilved mace tHIHi h'''' '!'
love and long Tor liberty 50 WIG" '"r
rupture came between 'i'e 'o'o','No '''''
Great hlltalh' thCE cast '''''' io' '0''> :
with the colonis'S' Almost |" man.
and many ol. them maze 'he SuP''''I'
sacrifice IN "rdel that lheiF oeScehd-
ants might ENJOY hbertE ana lreeu"ii
of conscience, Tor wnlch Ileif ahceS'o'"
had to flee their native Iahu'
After the close or IN" heNolul''''"'!
war and the treaty OF peace was SiShSh
between the UnIted states ana Urea
britain, flood of Immigrants cAh'@
from North Ireland. Schools Wc"i
opened up, churches built ana every