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VISITING GRAVEfAROS

We nave uau u ploiii'@e ~
Pat Roche that we would hitch up
the beel some Sunday and go down
below Winter Seat, in the neighbor-
hood of Liberty Hill, to explore an
old graveyard where We were as
sured " all the early settlers were
buried Saturday Col. Roche APP
preached Uncle Pat McCaslan on the
propriety of making the trip the fol-
lowing day, and Uncle Pat saw moth
ing against going provided the party
stopped at some church and attended
services. Being assured that Bethany
Church, in old Edgefield County,
would be reached in ample time
to attend the preaching services,
Uncle Pat consented to go along.
About 6 o'clock we were informed
that it was the last Sunday in the
year on which the trip could be
made, because at will be raining by
next Sunday and the roads will be
muddy" So it was agreed that we
would make the trip with the two
Pats and Capt. Jack Perrin. We sug-
gested to Son Bill that he 60 along,
but Bill said he didn't want to 60
with those cold men," as he wouldn't
have any good time.
1t was decided that the trip should
" be made by Greenwood, then via Ver-
derry to Ch;les' Cross Roads and then
towards Winter Seat. The trip to
Greenwood was made without event
except that Col. Roche and Uncle
Pat could not, or would not, agree
about who settled this, that and the
other place, and Uncle Pat did no.
recognize any Of the people in the
heels" which we met, much to the
disgust Of the other Pat. At Green
wood we saw nobody except Lawyer
CEiar. Everybody else was at home
getting ready for church services, We
suppose. We suppose that Mr.. Grier
was already ready.
Down the road towards Verdery
Uncle Pat was "out Of his beat" we
were informed by Col. Roche, so all
the information about the old set
Elements was given by the latter un-
ii we took the left at Chiies' Cross
Roads just before reaching Bradley.
Then Capt. Perrin took the floor. He
knows all the roads and by-paths,
i all the old settlements in this
section, but Col. Roche said the Cap
tain was very much like Rip Van
Wrinkle, everybody he asked abou:
On his return TO the old settlement
was dead, dead, dead. We soon pass
81 the old home Of the late John Il.
Chiles, who WIS q surveyor and &
prominent man n his section. Next
We came to the modern home o.
Wade r. Harrison, q brother Of D.,
f. z. Harrison, of the Farmera Bank.
We passed too the old Cothran home
stead (callcd B~uncam} where Capt.
w. E. Cothran, the first Judge Of
Probate Of Greenwood County, res:d-
ed in his lifetime. BY this time We
were on the acres which formerly be-
longed to. Hon. Thomas Chiles Per
IA q AUhcr:iic, the grandfather OF
Capt. Perrin, and in a little time We
came to the cid house where Capt.
PERKINS, father, Mr.. WarGlaw Perrin,
resided when he wa appointed
treasurer Of Abbev;lle County, in
1877. The house is now occupied by
Jno. ". Chiles. Driving into the yard
at the old home Capt. Perrin got
out to look ovcr the place, but little
was row familiar to him. There was
the old hickory tree in the yard, and
one OF the carriage houses was the
same, but everything else had chang
ed. But Capt. Perrin still remembers
many things which happened around
there. He pointed out the hill where
he "stumped" his toe, while on the
way to school, causing the toe to
lose the nail which has not yet grown
back. Across the field he pointed us
to another field where he and his
father had watched the fox hounds
chase a fox on one occasion, and
there he had e the fox jump the