The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-03-30
Some Revolutionary Soldiers of Will
lamsburg.
(Bv William Willis Boddie)

(By William Wills B0QQe)
believe that no section of the
Thirteen Colonies during the war OF
the Revolution more nearly dedicated
ell of its resources to the actualiza-
ticn of American independence than
cid Williamsburg. Further, l believe
that no section in all this land knows
or cares less of the mighty works
cone in it during this heroic period
than does Williamsburg.
Every Williamsburg school boy
knows about Lexington, Concord and
Bunker Hill. Sometimes, when one
rasses party of them on their way
to our fountains of learning, he will
hear them repeating, "Here once the
ombattled farmers stood and fired the
shot heard round the wcrld," and
wondering just what it means. But
they all know that it has some con-
nection with the Battle of Lexington.
You can hardly find a Williamsburg
school boy that knows a battle was
fought at Black Mingo. Yet, there
were seventy-one of the kinsmen OF
his fathers killed at Black Mingo,
while but seven of their co-patrlots
we're slain at Lexington.
Cotton, corn and sweet potatoes
grow where those seventy-one OF Ma
rion's men and seventy-four British
soldiers lie sleeping on Black Mingo.
When the clouds pass over the bat
tie field at Lexington, they must 60
around the monument.
It took six months hard labor OF
men and mules and scoops to fill the
trenches the British made at Black
Mingo, so that the ground would be
arabic. It took many times as much
labor to build the Lexington battle
monument.
But, Lexington was the first bat
tie of the Revolution. Yes. But
Elack Mingo WIS one of the last, and
made the last possible. The battle
of Black Mingo closed the conquer
ing career Of CORVALLIS in the South
Sometime history will tell this story
end we shall wonder why we did not
know.
! I believe every man and woman
Of Scotch-Irish blood in Williamsburg
es saved their utmost to aid Francis
Marion. No records were kept, since
these patriots were looking for nc
reward save liberty. I am trying te
keep alive the names of those who
devoted their lives and fortunes to the
struggling nation. Below I give some
of them, and shall thank any one te
Itelp me complete, as nearly as pos
sible, the list:
Colonels, Hugh Erwin and John Err
vim; majors, John James and William
Fuford; captains, John Armstrong
Philip Frierson, Samuel Taylor, James
Greeg, William Gordon, John James
Henry Mouzon, William McCottry
John Macauley, John Witherspoon
james Witherspoon; lieutenants
Joseph Scott, Roger Gordon, James
H. Allison, Joel Burgess, William
Gamble, William Frierson.
Non-commissioned officers and pr,
Yates: James Allison, William Allison
John Blakeley, John Borland, Joseph
Burgess, William Burgess, Isaac
Chandler, Joshua Frierson, Robert
Frierson, William Frierscn, William
Frierson, Jr., Absoloam Frierson
John Gamble, Hugh Gamble, Samuel
Gamble, Stephen Gamble, James Gam
bic, Robert Gamble, William Graham
Richard Hazleton, Thomas Mitchum,
Robert Montgomery, John McCants,
Thomas McFaddfn, Thomas McCrea,
john McClary, Robert Nesmith, John
lNesmith, Samuel Nesn1ith, Lemuel
Nesmith, Samuel McGill, Thomas
Austin, John Austin, Francis Austin,
John Brown, James Campbell, Viii
liam Campbell, George Campbell, Duff
can Campbell, Robert Hanna, Robert
hanna, Jr., James Kelly, Thomas Nc
Clary, Barley McClary, Matthew
Me- cClary, Jr, John McGill, William
Mcpherson, John McCrea, Morgan
Sabb, John Watson, Robert Watson,
John Mcdonald Thomas McGee, James
Mcbride, Hugh Mcbride, Thomas Nc
Ginness, Samuel Scott, Thomas Scott,
John Scott, Alexander Scott, James
Scott, William Scott, William Smith,
John Smith, James McCutchen, Hugh
Mccullough, Samuel Mathews, Joseph
Mathews, William Mathews, Isaac
Mathews, George Chandler, John
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