The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-29
EDITION MARKS.
CENTENNIAL OF
HENDERSON CO.
Times-News Presents His
torical Record in
26 Pages
Continued from ?auo onc)

torical chronicle will be broaden
cd. They will be made to feel old
CT themselves. but they will re-
.ioicc in the knowledge that they
knew: W. A. Smith, Judge c. NJ.
Pace, Capt. NJ. c. Toms, DR.. Co.
lumbuS Few, Dr.. George II. p.
Cole. Robert NJ. Oates, Judge n.
G. Ewart, f. Lewis, Capt. S. V.
PickcnS, ". F. Edwards, J. NJ.
Waldrop, G.. S. Clarke, Judge w.
G. Gullick, Bartlett Ship, Will
liam J. Davis, J. Williams. W, G..
Rector, J. NJ. Dcrmid, J. NJ. Shep-
her,i. P. f. Braswell, Capt. w. H.
Ray. B. F. Stages, Isaac Arled@e,
Eeb Arlcdgc, DR.. ]. G.. Waldrop.
Martin Justice. w. +. Jackson, w.
4. Hood, B. F. Hood;
Prof. J. 3. Boone, Charles Sum-
Ofsky. Fred A. Allen, Major An
dcrSon, DR.. Geo. W. Fletcher, p.
S. Britain, James Williams. w.
c. Harris, S. J. Justice, Rev. G..
S. Jones. Gideon Orr, Thos. +.
Orr, J. P. Hickman, W. e. +. Nor
ris. D. NJ. Hodges. P. F. Patton,
L. T. Williams, Rev. NJ. w. Eyer
ton, Col. Anderson.
W. H. Stepp, r. |. Barnwell,
W. II. A. Barnett. w. c. LYDIA,
John Forrest, Sheriff Livingstone.
w. NJ. Davies, W. w. Jones, V.
l.. LYMAN, John F. Maloney, A.
f. Posey, S. W. Hamilton, Sheriff
Shcrrcll Rhodes;
F. P. Davis, J. w. Walker, Dr..
R. H. Lewis. Henry Twyford,
Rev. A. E. Sample, W. G. Carson,
Prof. W. A. G. Brown, Jesse
Stevens, David Belcher, Prof. G..
c. Briggs. Joseph Bryson, J. A.
Bryson. S. T. Bryson, n. Buckner,
J. P. Israel, Sheriff T. c. Israel,
J. L. Orr,-and still this is only
the beginning Of complete "roll
call"
Surviving those who hav Q
bowed off the stage are numbers
Of valiant women now in the twi-
light of evcntful years: Mrs. CO.
lumbus Few, Mrs. W. F. Edwards,
Mrs. W. H. Justus. Mrs. W. A.
Smith, Mrs. Robert NJ. Oates lin
California;, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shep~
herd, Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell,
Mrs. +. Lewis. Mrs. J. NJ. Wal
drop, Mrs. Charles Rozzelle, Mrs.
J. G. Waldrop. Mrs. A. E. Sample
to mention only few.
Not forgetting, Of course, the
remnants Of the proud units that
marched away to the War Be-
tween the States. Only a few are
now living in the county: Capt.
f. A. Smyth, P. P. Johnson, H.
K. Laughter, l.. J. Ledbetter, R.
r. Sitton and R. H. Wall. Once
their comrades were legion; at the
turn of the century their ranks
had been decimated to IS, and
now their number is six.
ForerunnerS of these men and
women were the CharleStonians,
representing an old-wOrld civil
zatiOn, who came to the noun
tains more than century ago to
Join hands with others who be-
came equally prominent in laying
the groundwork and beginning
the development of great sec
ton. From the South'S major sea-
port came Judge Mitchell King
and son Dr.. Mitchell King, Char
les Barring, Dr.. Arthur r. Geur-
ard, the Rev. John Grimkc Dray-
ton, C. G. Memminger, Count de
Choiscul. Richard Lowndes, Will
liam McAlpin, Edward Molyneux,
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney,
Burnett Rhett, James Rutledge,
Charles Cheves. Charles Hanckel,
the Misses Elliott. Andrew john
stone, the Urghardts, and others
to establish the Flat Rock colony
and give to the county its most
picturesque names, customs and
buildings.
Here they were associated with
such Stalwart citizens as Col. Val
entinc Ripley, DR.. W. d. Whitfield,
DR.. I. A. Allen, Memory /. and
Wesley JuStus, John Erwin, Ma
ior Pace, William Johnson, Nath-
am Bowen. the Rev. James Blythe,
NJ. NJ. Patton. Lemucl Hood, the
Rev. d. B. Nelson, John Prescott
Fletcher. Elijah Williamson, Col.
J. ID. Lyman. Sam P. Britain,
John s.. Barnett, Mark Patton,
Larllin Reese, Andrew Miller,
Lambert Clayton, Sheriff 7. W.
Taylor, George and jefferson Nc
Mimi, Peter Stradlcy and others
whose descendants arc present
day citizens of the county and
whose memories are revered by
grateful people.
Many other early inhabitants,
even by today's oldest residents,
arc remembered by name only.
They were the "real' pioneers
the almost legendary figures who
came out of the low country to
the east and south as far back
almost as there is record, carved
out cabin sites in the wilderness
and reared children who built
churches and schools, homes and
grist mills, roads and trading
posts, one of the latter of which
became Hendersonville, now APP
preaching its own centennial.
First of those who settled the ter
ritory which now is included in
Henderson county was William
Mills, who after being wounded
at Kings Mountain took refuge
in the hills and spent his first
night here on the approximate
site of Edneyville. His contem-
poraries included Joshua Henry,
Col. James Britain, Andrew Mil