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FOREWORD 

By  resolution  of  the  Session  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Cheraw,  S.  C,  dated  February  17,  1942,  I  was 
authorized  and  requested  to  prepare  a  short  history  of  that 
Church. 

In  obedience  thereto,  I  was  given  access  to  the  Church 
records,  consisting  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Sessional  meetings 
held  from  the  date  of  the  founding  of  the  Church  on  the 
eleventh  day  of  March  A.  D.  1828,  to  the  present  time.  All 
of  these  Minutes  are  in  my  possession  and  are  in  excellent 
condition.  In  addition  to  the  above,  I  have  had  the  records 
of  the  Presbyterial  society,  incorporated  by  Act  of  the  Legis- 
lature in  March  1831  and  continued  until  1893  when  its  powers 
and  duties  and  properties  were  conveyed  to  the  Deacons  as 
Trustees    of    the    Church,    and    its    charter    surrendered. 

I  wish  to  acknowledge  valuable  assistance  received  from 
Mrs.  D.  S.  Matheson,  Auxiliary  historian,  and  the  Auxiliary 
historical  records.  May  I  express  the  hope  that  no  name  has 
been  omitted  from  the  several  rolls  of  members  herewith  pub- 
lished, showing  everyone  who  has  been  a  member  of  this 
Church  from  its  charter  members  down  to  the  1st  of  January, 
1943. 

D.   S.   MATHESON. 


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REV.  URIAS  POWERS 
Founder  and  Stated  Supply  1828-1834 


CHAPTER  I 
O  rganization—1 828-1838 

The  settlement  of  Cheraw  and  adjacent  territory  dates  back 
prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War.  The  earliest  religious  organi- 
zation in  this  section  was  the  old  Welsh  Neck  Baptist  Church 
at  Society  Hill,  about  fourteen  miles  from  Cheraw.  It  was 
organized  in  1738  and  has  had  a  continuous  successful  existence 
until  the  present.  The  English  government,  for  the  Church  of 
England,  built  St.  David's  Episcopal  Church  in  1770  and  it 
continued  to  function  until  1785,  but  from  then  until  1823  few 
services  were  held  by  that  denomination,  and  on  a  few  occa- 
sions Methodist  and  Baptist  preached  there,  but  the  Church 
building  fell  into  a  bad  state  of  repair. 

The  first  Presbyterian  minister  to  begin  work  in  Cheraw, 
so  far  as  known,  was  Rev.  N.  R.  Morgan,  who  came  not  to 
accept  a  call  but  as  a  Missionary  from  Fayettewille  Presbytery, 
North  Carolina,  in  1820.  He  continued  to  preach  here  until 
1825  when  he  accepted  a  call  to  a  church  in  Darlington  county. 
He  afterwards  accepted  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Eutaw,  Ala.,  where  he  was  the  honored  and  beloved  minister 
for  many  years. 

In  1858  Gen.  W.  L.  T.  Prince,  afterwards  an  Elder  in  the 
Cheraw  Church,  wrote  Mr.  Morgan  making  certain  inquiries 
about  his  work  in  Cheraw  as  a  home  missionary  of  Fayette- 
ville   Presbytery   and   from   his   letter   in   reply   I    quote: 

"My  first  visit  to  Cheraw  was  in  the  fall  of  1820.  I  re- 
mained a  few  weeks  and  preached  to  the  people,  when  they 
gave  me  an  invitation  to  settle  among  them,  which  I  did  in 
1821.  This  brings  me  to  the  time  and  place  of  answering 
your  first  question;  viz,  'The  religious  state  of  the  community.' 
This  is  a  delicate  task.  I  cannot  find  in  my  heart  an  unkind 
thought  toward  a  people  who  were  kind  to  me  and  treated 
me  with  more  respect  than  I  deserved.  But  the  truth  is, 
I  could  discover  no  signs  of  religion  at  all.  There  was  not  a 
man  in  the  place  who  professed  religion,  of  any  denomination. 
The  population  was  heterogeneous.  They  hailed  from  all  quar- 
ters. Many  of  them  had  come  from  religious  communities  and 
had  respect  for  religion  and  all  seemed  to  think  that  no  town 
could  be  respectable  without  a  church  of  some  sort.  The  people 
in  the  country  round  had  no  religious  training  and  the  Sab- 
bath was  disregarded,  and  those  who  were  disposed  to  be  wild 
had  nothing  to  check  or  restrain  them.  Many  in  the  neighbor- 
hood   had    never    seen    or    heard    a    Presbyterian    preacher,    and 


when   I   came   among    them,    they    looked    upon   me    as    a    sort    of 
prodigy. 

"Your  next  inquiry:  viz,  'the  history  of  the  congregation 
while  I  remained',  is  a  very  difficult  one.  On  the  southern 
suburb  of  the  town  there  stood  the  frame  of  an  old  Church 
building,  erected  before  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  used  as 
barracks  by  the  British  soldiers,  as  they  marched  up  the  Pee 
Dee  from  Georgetown  to  North  Carolina.  After  the  peace  of 
1783  a  Baptist  preacher  by  the  name  of  Lewis  preached  in  it 
for  a  number  of  years  and  when  he  died,  the  house  sank  into 
ruin,  and  became  a  resting  place  for  the  beasts  of  the  field 
and  the  fowls  of  the  air.  Thus  it  continued  until  the  first 
settlers  in  Cheraw  repaired  and  fitted  it  up  for  me,  at  a  cost 
of  $1000.00,  and  employed  me  to  preach  every  Sunday  for  one 
year.  So  I  entered  on  my  work  with  a  fair  prospect  of  a 
comfortable  settlement  and  a  competent  support.  But  the  Devil 
who  had  held  unbroken  dominion  over  those  beautiful  hills  of 
Cheraw  from  Noah's  flood  till  then,  would  not  give  it  up  without 
a  long  and  severe  struggle.  He  went  to  work  on  this  wise. 
He  got  up  a  quarrel  between  the  town  and  country  people. 
Some  of  the  town  people  were  so  imprudent  as  to  draw  in- 
vidious comparison  between  my  preaching  and  that  of  the  old 
Baptist.  This  gave  great  offense.  After  consultation  held,  they 
(a  few  Baptist)  claimed  the  Chinch,  as  none  but  the  aforesaid 
Lewis  had  preached  in  it  since  the  Revolution.  The  town 
people  refused  to  give  it  up.  Then  they  proposed  to  occupy 
the  house  half  the  time;  this  was  also  refused.  Then  they 
resolved  to  take  it  half  the  time.  So  they  sent  to  Sumter 
District  for  a  Baptist  preacher  by  the  name  of  Cook,  and 
he  came,  with,  an  expectation  of  a  large  salary.  But  he  went 
out  not  knowing  whither  he  went.  He  stopped  with  his  mother- 
in-law.  His  friends  assembled  Sunday  at  the  Church  and  sent 
someone  for  the  key.  Mr.  Averill  refused  to  let  them  have  it. 
They  broke  open  a  window,  and  unbarred  the  door,  and  let  in 
Mr.  Cook  and  the  congregation.  At  the  usual  hour  of  meeting, 
the  town  people  repaired  to  the  Church  and  found  it  and  the 
pulpit  occupied  by  strangers.  Most  of  them  returned  home 
very  angry.  The  next  Sabbath  there  was  no  disturbance.  But 
on  the  next  here  they  were  again.  A  Virginian  by  the  name 
of  McClellan,  loaded  a  cannon  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  hill 
from  the  Church  and  placed  a  young  man  at  a  window  to 
wave  his  hat  when  Mr.  Cook  commenced.  As  Mr.  Cook  ai'ose 
and  named  his  first  hymn  the  sign  was  given  and  off  went  the 
cannon.      The   calm    of   a    clear    Sunday    morning   was    broke;    the 

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Church  windows  rattled,  and  the  sound  reverberated  over  the 
Cheraw  hills,  up  and  down  the  Pee  Dee  for  miles.  Thus  ended 
the  Baptist  controversy,  and  Mr.  Cook,  a  good  man,  was  com- 
pelled to  return  to  his  congregation  in  Sumter,  with  his  feelings 
greatlly    mortified." 

This  incident,  it  will  be  noted,  occurred  prior  to  the  time 
when  Cheraw  had  any  organized  christian  work.  No  church 
was  functioning,  just  a  few  nominal  members  in  the  town  or 
community.  Rev.  Mr.  Morgan,  the  missionary,  has  been  char- 
acterized as  "a  militant  minister",  and  certainly  the  town  was 
badly  in  need  of  one.  He  came  in  1820  and  left  in  1825  and 
before  he  left  we  see  evidences  that  the  "deadbones"  were 
beginning  to  move  and  within  a  few  years  all  of  the  protestant 
churches  took  on  life  and  became  live  young  organizations  that 
have  kept  going  to  this  good  hour.  He  certainly  stirred  things 
up  religiously.   Quoting  further: 

"This  did  great  harm  to  the  cause  of  religion.  Many  who 
came  to  my  meetings  retired  and  came  no  more.  Next  came 
the  Episcopalian  controversy.  The  Bishop  in  Charleston,  in 
looking  over  the  old  records,  found  St.  David's  parish  at  the 
Cheraw  Hills,  and  sent  up  one  of  his  priests  named  Wright 
to  look  it  up.  He  came  and  inquired  of  the  old  inhabitants, 
and  found  beyond  all  doubt  that  the  old  house  was  the  identical 
St.  David's  parish  Church.  He  claimed  and  took  it.  I  went  to 
see  Col.  Evans  (Judge  Josiah  J.  Evans)  about  it,  and  he  told 
me  that  if  any  of  the  descendants  of  the  old  Episcopal  families 
in  the  neighborhood  claimed  the  Church  they  could  hold  it  by 
law,  as  change  of  government  made  no  change  of  private 
property.  Thus  our  house  was  lost  the  first  year,  and  the  High 
Church  refused  to  refund  the  money  expended  in  repairing  their 
house,  to  help  us  build  another. 

"This  second  disaster  extended  the  breach  among  the  peo- 
ple and  all  zeal  in  Church  matters  grew  cold.  Mr.  Wright 
preached  a  while,  but  people  refused  to  hear  him  .or  show  him 
any  countenance.  Then  came  the  Methodist  and  built  a  house 
of  worship,  which  was  occupied  sometimes  by  circuit-riders  and 
sometimes  by  stationed  preachers.  When  these  houses  were 
unoccupied    I    would    preach    in    them. 

"Your  next  inquiry  is  'how  long  I  remained  in  Cheraw'. 
I  came  in  the  fall  of  1820  and  left   in  the  fall  of   1825. 

"Your  last  inquiiry  is,  'Were  there  Churches  of  other  de- 
nominations in  existence,  or  preachers  of  other  denominations 
when  I  came'.  I  answer  none  at  all.  The  nearest  Church  was 
a   Baptist  Chuich   at   Society   Hill;    East,   in    Marlboro,   there  was 

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a  Methodist  Church."  Quoting  further,  Mr.  Morgain  said:  "I 
had  no  house  of  worship,  no  Presbyterians  to  back  me,  no 
materials  to  form  an  organization,  and  this  is  the  best  history 
I  can  give  you  of  a  congregation,  when  there  was  no  congre- 
gation, but  a  heterogeneous  multitude  of  people  of  all  per- 
suasions  and   no   persuasions   at   all." 

While  it  is  true,  as  stated  by  Mr.  Morgan,  that  there  was 
no  organized  religious  work  being  carried  on  in  Cheraw  when 
he  arrived  in  1820,  and  that  there  were  no  Churches  here,  it 
is  not  necessary  to  infer  that  there  were  no  believing  chris- 
tians. In  a  community  where  there  were  many  cultured  and 
educated  persons,  there  must  have  been  professing  christians, 
who    doubtless    attended   churches    distant    from    Cheraw. 

Mr.  Morgan  accepted  a  call  to  Darlington  in  1825,  and 
several  years  afterwards  became  the  pastor  of  the  Church  at 
Eutaw,  Ala.,  where  he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life,  greatly 
respected  and  lcved.  He  has  been  called  a  "militant  preacher." 
But  Cheraw  needed  badly  a  militant  preacher,  and  he  seemed 
to  have  started   something. 

Quite  a  number  of  Presbyterian  families  moved  to  Cheraw 
about  this  time,  largely  from  Fayetteville  Presbytery,  N.  C. 
The  Rev.  Urias  Powers  came  to  Cheraw  soon  after  this  date. 
He  was  born  at  Carrydon,  New  Hampshire,  May  12,  1791.  Was 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  College,  and  also  from  Andover 
Theological  Seminary.  His  Church,  the  Congregational,  sent  him 
to  South  Carolina  to  work  among  the  negro  slaves.  After  liv- 
ing here  a  short  time,  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
joining  Harmony  Presbytery  which  at  that  time  embraced  the 
P  •  Dee  country,  including  of  course,  Cheraw.  He  began  work 
at  Cheraw  about  1827,  preached  for  about  a  year  and  baptized 
quite  a  number  of  infants,  the  children  of  christian  parents 
with   no  Church   affiliations  at   that  time. 

On  March  11,  1828,  he  got  together  eleven  persons  who 
had  previously  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  other 
places,  and  with  this  small  group,  organized  the  Cheraw  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  secured  from  the  Cheraw  Academical 
Society  the  use  of  the  second  story  of  their  building  (now  the 
old  Matheson  home  on  Kershaw  street)  which  they  continued 
to  u-.e  until  1832,  when  the  present  Church  was  built.  The 
following  were  the  charter  numbers  who  organized  the  Church: 
Alexander  McQueen,  Angus  Campbell,  Mary  A.  Campbell,  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  Dickey,  Abigail  McCall,  Archibald  Mclntyre, 
Eliza  A.  Morrison,  Nancy  Morrison,  Mary  A.  Daniels,  Martha 
Long   and    Louisa    Long.     At   this    meeting   Angus   Campbell   was 

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elected  the  first  Ruling  Elder  of  the  Church,  and  one  person 
came  before  the  Session,  composed  of  Rev.  Urias  Powers  and 
Mr.  Angus  Campbell,  and  applied  for  membership.  She  was 
Ellen  T.  Chapman  (Mrs.  T.  Gordon  Graham).  She  was  admit- 
ted to  membership  on  profession  of  her  faith.  Thus  the  Church 
began   March   11,    1828,   with   twelve    members. 

On  December  5,  1828,  the  following  persons  united  with 
the  Church:  Isabella  McDuffie,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Britt 
and  Angus  Johnson.  Mr.  Johnson  afterwards,  1836,  became  a 
regularly  ordained  Presbyterian  minister,  the  first  minister 
from  among  our  Church  members,  although  he  had  moved  from 
our  Church  to  the  Camden  Church  before  he  became  a  minister. 
He  moved  at  an  early  date  to  Texas,  where  he  preached  until 
he  had  reached  an  advanced  age.  Visited  this  Church  in  1905 
at  the  age  of  ninety-seven,  and  preached  for  us  on   this   visit. 

On  February  10,  1829,  the  following  became  members: 
Isabella  Eddy  McDuffie  (Jones),  Cecelia  McQueen  and  Eliza 
L.  H.  Prince.  On  April  5,  1829,  there  were  added  the  following: 
Mary  McQueen,  Alexander  McKenzie  and  wife,  Rosannah  Mc- 
Kenzie,  John  G.  McKenzie,  John  F.  Matheson,  and  Thomas 
Gordon  Graham,  and  in  December,  1829,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Dewitt 
Chapman.  On  January  30,  1830,  Dr.  Murdock  McLean  joined 
and  on  April  17,  1830,  was  made  a  Ruling  Elder  and  Clerk  of 
the  Session;  and  on  April  5,  1830,  Elizabeth  S.  Morrison  and 
Malcomb  Brogden  were  admitted.  William  Williston  and  Archi- 
bald   Graham    joined    on    March    17,    1831,    and    on    December    28, 

1831,  Lawrence  Prince,  Charlotte  Prince,  John  C.  Coit,  Mary 
Ann  (McCreight)  Long,  Harriet  (McBryde)  Custis,  Amanda 
Keeler,  became  members,  and  February  17,  1932,  John  M. 
Smith,  Mary  Smith  and  Sarah  Smith  were  added.  Francis 
Hawley   joined    the    next    day,    February    18,    1832. 

On  the  24th  day  of  February,  1832,  Book  I,  p.  38,  an  im- 
portant resolution  was  adopted,  confirming  and  making  of  record 
certain  acts  of  the  Session  and  of  the  Church  not  theretofore 
officially  recorded,  and  thereby  perfecting  the  Church  roll.  It 
is  there  that  it  is  recorded  that  on  April  17,  1830,  Dr.  Murdock 
McLean  had  been  duly  elected  an  Elder  and  Clerk  of  the  Ses- 
sion, and  the  official  roll  of  the  Church  approved  as  above 
set  forth. 

The    Church    continued    to    grow,    rather    slowly,    until    June, 

1832.  In  April  of  that  year  the  Sessional  report  to  Presbytery 
shows  a  total  of  thirty-one  communicants,  a  net  gain  of  ten 
over   the   previous   year. 

Until     March    21,    1831,    there    is    no    record    of    any    steps 

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having  been  taken  to  take  care  of  the  temporal  affairs  of  the 
Church.  No  deacons  had  been  electedi  But  in  December,  1830, 
an  Act  was  passed  by  the  State  Legislature  authorizing  the 
Cheraw  Presbyterian  Church  to  form  a  society  with  corporate 
rights  and  powers.  The  object  of  this  society  as  set  forth 
in  Article  One  of  its  Constitution  and  By-Laws  was  as  follows: 
"The  object  of  the  society  shall  be  to  maintain,  in  the  town  of 
Cheraw,  the  regular  ministry  of  the  Gospel,  and  a  Christian 
Church,  conforming  to  the  doctrines  and  constitution  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America."  There 
were  10  articles  adopted,  one  of  which  provided  that  the  of- 
ficers of  the  society  shall  be  a  president,  a  vice-president,  and 
a  clerk,  who  shall  also  be  treasurer.  These,  together  with  six 
other  members,  all  to  be  chosen  annually  by  the  society  from 
among  its  members,  snail  constitute  the  Executive  Board. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  Mrs.  Cotton's 
school  room  on  March  21,  1831.  Present,  John  C.  Coit,  Rob- 
fit  McQueen,  John  F.  McKenzie,  Alexander  McKenzie,  Duncan 
McNair,  Francis  Hawley,  Robert  Morrison,  Wm.  Williston,  and 
Murdoch  MacLean.  After  adoption  of  the  Constitution  and 
By-Laws,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  John 
C.  Coit;  Vice-President,  Lawrence  Prince;  Clerk  and  Treasurer, 
Murdock  MacLean.  The  other  members  of  the  Executive  Board, 
John  Taylor,  Christopher  B.  Pegues,  Angus  Campbell,  Duncan 
McNair,  John  G.  McKenzie  and  Wm.  K.  Williston,  were  elected 
at   the   same   session. 

The  first  business  attended  to  was  to  appoint  a  committee 
consisting  of  J.  C.  Coit,  L.  Prince,  A.  McKenzie  and  M.  Mac- 
Lean  to  purchase  a  lot  or  lots  which  were  suitable  on  which 
to  builrl  a  Presbyterian  Church.  The  committee  reported  on 
the  4th  of  May,  1831,  they  had  purchased  lots  Nos.  97  and  98 
on  the  plan  of  the  town.  That  the  lots  were  conveyed  to  John 
G.  McKenzie  who  gave  his  bond  for  the  purchase  money,  the 
sum  of  $193.00,  and  he  soon  after  conveyed  the  lots  to  the 
society  for  the  Church.  This  deed  was  never  recorded  but  was 
m  the  possession  of  the  treasurer  of  the  Church,  John  F. 
Matheson,  from  1841  till  discovered  among  his  papers  and  de- 
livered to  the  officers  of  the  church  in  1940,  after  having  been 
duly  recorded. 

At  the  next  meeting  held  June  8,  1831,  Mr.  Prince  was 
authorized  to  publish  in  the  Cheraw  Republican  for  bids  to 
build  a  church  42  by  G5  feet,  with  a  22  foot  pitch.  On  July 
6,  1831,  it  was  reported  to  the  society  that  Godwin  &  Bownes 
proposed    to    build    a    Church    according    to    certain    specifications 

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submitted  by  them  for  the  sum  of  Twelve  Hundred  Dollars. 
This  offer  was  accepted  and  Lawrence  Prince,  M.  MacLean  and 
John  G.  McKenzie  were  appointed  a  committee  to  superintend 
the   building  of   the   Church. 

The  above  amount  of  $1200  did  not,  of  course,  cover  the 
entire  cost  of  the  building.  The  records  show  that  before  this 
agreement  with  Mr.  Bownes  was  made,  the  society  placed  an 
order  for  flooring  a  house  of  above  dimensions.  That  after 
Godwin  &  Bownes  had  done  their  work  separate  contracts  were 
given  to  plaster  the  side  walls  and  ceil  the  Church  overhead, 
and  also  for  making  the  pews.  Also  they  paid  merchant's 
bills  for  nails  and  other  material  used  in  building.  There  is 
no  way  of  computing  the  entire  cost  but  it  must  have  been 
very  considerable.  The  contractors  were  authorized  to  begin 
work    in    the    summer    of    1831. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  society 
was  held  the  9th  day  of  November,  1831.  The  following  per- 
sons were  unanimously  elected  members  of  the  society:  Ken- 
neth Clark,  John  G.  Bowman,  John  F.  Matheson,  Felix  Long, 
Joseph  Beers,  Alexander  Graham,  and  Thomas  G.  Graham. 
Alexander  Graham  and  Dr.  Thomas  G.  Graham  were  then 
elected  members  of  the  Executive  Board  in  the  place  of  C.  B. 
Pegues  and  Win.  Wiiliston,  both  of  whom  declined  serving. 
Steps  were  taken  to  complete  the  building  and  collect  the 
money  subscribed  for  that  purpose.  The  building  was  sufficiently 
completed  by  the  spring  of  1832  to  enable  the  congregation  to 
arrange  for  a  revival  meeting  to  be  he'd  in  it,  and  conse- 
quently Rev.  Daniel  Baker,  D.  D.,  was  secured  to  hold  revival 
services   in  the  new   Church. 

It  proved  to  be  a  great  meeting.  The  citizens  of  all  de- 
nominations joined  in  very  generally  and  all  of  the  denomina- 
tions received  a  real  blessing  and  were  much  strengthened 
spiritually  and  by  additions  to  membership.  In  this  Church 
there  were  thirty-eight  additions  on  profession  of  faith  and 
one  by  letter,  increasing  the  membership  over  one  hundred  per 
cent,  making  a  total  of  67  and  justifying  the  faith  shown  by 
the    members    in    building,    for    that    time,    such    a    large    church. 

On  July  21,  1832,  a  weekly  prayer  meeting  was  established, 
to  be,  at  that  time,  held  Saturday  afternoons.  They  have 
been  kept  up  ever  since  on  different  days,  committing  this 
Church  to  faith  in  the  advocacy  of  prayer.  The  session  met 
regularly    the    third    Monday    in    each    month. 

The   following    persons    united    with    the    Church    as    a    result 


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of  the  meeting  of   Dr.   Baker,  with   dates   of   admission: 
Effie    McQueen,    admitted   June    15,    1832. 
Catherine   Campbell,   admitted  June   15,   1832. 
John    Wright,    admitted    June    15,    1832. 
Duncan   Mc-Bryde,   admitted  June   15,   1832. 
Dugald   Lamont,   admitted   June    15,   1832. 
Daniel   Graham,   admitted   June    15,    1832. 
Charlotte    Laura    (Prince)    Inglis,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Sarah    E.    (LaCoste)    McNair,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Amanda    Mclntyre,    admitted   June    30,    1832. 
Mary   Ann    Malloy,   admitted   June   30,    1832. 
Margaret   Chapman    (Blue),    admitted   June    30,    1832. 
Mary  Jane  Prince    (Petrie),  admitted  June  30,   1832. 
Clarina    H.    (Prince)    McQueen,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Mary    W.    MacLean,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Angus    Campbell,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
George   Scott,   admitted   June   30,   1832. 
John    Malloy,   admitted   June    30,    1832. 
David   O.    Wingate,   admitted   June    30,    1832. 
Edward    Pitman,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Simeon  J.  Chapman,  admitted  June  30,  1832. 
Duncan    Malloy,   admitted   June   30,    1832. 
Duncan    McNair,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Wm.   J-    Beers,   admitted   June    30,    1832. 
Alexander    Graham,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
G  iorge   II.   Dunlap,  admitted   June   30,   1832. 
Roderick    McKenzie,    admitted    June    30,    1832. 
Donald    McQueen*   admit  ted   July   1,    1832. 
Saml.   Keeler,   admitted   July    1,   1832. 
Judy    (-hive   of  James    Burn),   admitted  July   1,   1832. 
Eliza    Ann    Campbell,    admitted    July    22,    1832. 
Bryant    Smith,   admitted   July   22,    1932. 
Angus    McCall,    admitted    July    22,    1832. 
Mary    Catherine    Poole,   admitted   August   4,   1832. 
John   W.    McRae,   admitted    August.   25,   1832. 
Flora    (.  lave  of  Robert  McQueen),  admitted  August  25,  1832. 
Flora    Clarke,    admitted    February    11,    1833. 
Sarah    McAlpine,    admitted    February    11,    1833. 
Mary   Ann    Clarke,   admitted   February   11,   1833. 
Mary    Campbell,   admitted   February    11,    1833. 
Martha    Robinson    Dudley,    admitted    June    15,    1833. 
Jane    Wells,    admitted    June    15,    18.'53. 
Allen    I).    Chapman,    admitted    July    25,    1833. 
Archibald    Malloy,    admitted    July    25,    1833. 

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Robert    H.    Crockett,    admitted    August    24,    1833. 

James    H.    Lewis,    admitted    September    21,    1833. 

On  February  10,  1833,  Lawrence  Prince  was  ordained  a 
Ruling  Elder  of  the  Church,  and  on  January  19,  1835,  John  C. 
Coit  was  also  ordained  an  Elder.  The  Church  sustained  a  great 
loss  in  March  1834,  in  the  resignation  of  the  Rev.  Uriah  Powers, 
its  stated  supply  and  founder.  This  was  because  of  ill  health, 
which  required  him  to  seek  a  home  in  a  higher  altitude.  He 
left  with  the  intention  of  returning  to  New  England,  but  on 
his  way  north  stopped  in  Virginia,  near  Roanoke,  to  visit  an 
old  friend.  This  visit  resulted  in  his  being  called  to  old  Salem 
Church,  which  call  he  accepted.  While  there  he  organized  a 
Church  known  as  the  Big  Lick  Church,  that  being  the  name 
of  Roanoke  at  that  time.  This  Church  became  and  is  now, 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Roanoke,  Va. 

In  November  1834,  Rev.  R.  W.  Bailey  was  called  as  stated 
supply.  His  ministry  was  very  successful.  The  April  1836  re- 
port to  Presbytery  shows  a  membership  of  ninety-nine.  He 
resigned  in  January  of  that  year,  and  was  succeeded  by  the 
Rev.  M.  D.  Fraser  in  1837  as  stated  supply  for  several  months 
and  in  March  1837  became  the  stated  supply  and  served  until 
January,  1838.  During  the  period  served  by  the  above  named 
stated  supplies,  the  following  names  were  added  to  the  Church 
roll   largely   on   profession   of   faith: 

Francis    D.    Potts,    admitted    March    1,    1834. 
Ann  E.  Prince,  admitted  March  1,  1834. 
Emma   Baker,   admitted    November   22,    1834. 
Francis    Wilson,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Felix   Long,   admitted   May    17,    1835. 
John    McQuaigc,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
John   McCammon,   admitted   May   17,    1835. 
L.    B.    Prince,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Neil    Ray,   admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Mrs.   Mary   Chapman,   admitted   May    17,    1835. 
Mrs.   Mary  Jane   McKenzie,   admitted   May    17,   1935. 
Mrs.    Catharine    McQuaige,   admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Miss   Eliza  McNair,   admitted   May   17,   1835. 
Miss    Caroline   Campbell,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Miss    Harriet    Morrison,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Miss    Sarah    Ann    Jones,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Miss   Harriet   Edwards,   admitted   May   17,   1835. 
Miss    Charlotte    Churchill,    admitted    May    17,    1835. 
Daniel   McCaskill,   admitted   May   24,   1835. 
Alex    McKay,    admitted    May    24,    1835. 

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James    McQuaige,    admitted    May    24,    1835. 

Angus    McDuffie,   admitted    May   24,    1835. 

Miss    Sarah    Gregg,    admitted    May    24,    1835. 

Miss  Mary  McQuaige,  admitted  May  24,  1835. 

Dr.   William    McQueen,   admitted   May   24,    1835. 

Robert   Morrison,   admitted   May   24,    1S35. 

John    McDonald,    admitted    June    14,    1835. 

Charles    McFarland,    admitted    June    14,    1835. 

Malcomb  Buchanan,   admitted  June   14,   1835. 

Mrs.    Christian    Buchanan,    admitted    June    14,    1835. 

Effie    Campbell,   admitted    November   29,    1835. 

Charles    L.    Prince,    admitted    November    29,    1835. 

W.   L.   T.   Prince,   admitted   November   29,   1835. 

D.   B.   McArn,   admitted   1835. 

Cochran  W.  Scott,  admitted  October  22,   1836. 

George    H.   Taylor,    admitted   about    1836. 

Alice    McCall,    admitted    May   27,    1837. 

This  completes  the  Church  roll  up  to  April,  1838,  after 
the  Church  had  completed  its  first  ten  years  of  work.  The 
report  to  Presbytery  in  April,  1838,  shows  a  membership  of 
ninety-two.  It  had  committed  itself  wholeheartedly  to  the  work 
of  missions  as  well  as  taking  care  of  its  local  work.  Contribu- 
tions to  the  cause  of  missions  reached  as  high  as  $267  one 
year  and  the  Church  was  also  giving  liberally  to  the  causes 
of  education. 

Beginning  about  1836  and  continuing  for  several  years 
Cheravv  lost  a  large  number  of  its  most  substantial  citizens. 
Our  church  was  particularly  unfortunate,  and  many  names  of 
our  most  active  members  and  best  contributors  dropped  out 
and  we  hear  no  more  of  them.  Most  of  them  went  to  Alabama, 
Mississippi  and  Texas  to  help  build  up  a  christian  civilization 
in  those  states.  This  exodus  was  due  largely,  no  doubt,  to 
the   .1  pression  of   that  period,    1836   to    1840. 


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F 


REV.  JOHN   C.  COIT 

First   Minister,   1838-1856 


CHAPTER  II 
Ministry  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Coit— 1838-1858 

In  1838,  Mr.  John  C.  Coit,  who  had  been  a  most  active 
and  useful  Elder  since  1S35,  decided  to  enter  the  Gospel  min- 
istry and  so  was  ordained  and  installed,  after  the  required 
examinations,  and  began  his  ministry  in  September  of  that 
year.  He  was  the  first  pastor  of  the  Church,  those  who  pre- 
ceded him  were  stated  supplies.  Mr.  Coit  was  a  native  of  New 
London,  Connecticut,  highly  educated  and  an  able  theologian, 
and  a  man  of  the  highest  type  of  christian  character.  He 
gave  much  to  the  Church  in  the  days  of  its  struggle  to  get 
established  and  required  of  it  very  little.  He  returned  to  the 
Church  a  substantial  part  of  his  salary  earned  during  those 
years  he  served  as  pastor.  He  was  also  president  of  the 
Merchants    Bank    of    Cheraw    during    most    of    those    years. 

In  1838  John  Wright  and  George  H.  Dunlap  were  ordained 
and  installed  Elders.  They  served  until  1845  when  Mr.  Wright 
moved  to  the  state  of  New  York  and  Mr.  Dunlap  moved  to 
Eutaw,  Alabama.  In  September  1838  the  Session  abolished 
the  Sunday  School  and  charged  parents  with  the  duty  of  in- 
structing their  children,  and  also  their  slaves,  in  the  Catechisms 
and  Confession  of  Faith  of  the  church,  and  required  that  they 
have  them  present  in  church  at  stated  times  that  the  pastor 
might    instruct    them    in    matters    pertaining    to    religion. 

There  is  no  record  of  the  election  of  any  deacons  prior 
to  1838.  The  reason  probably  was  that  in  1831  the  Presbyterial 
Society  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  financing  the  church 
in  its  temporal  needs,  including  tha  pastor's  salary.  This  it 
continued  to  do  until  abolished  in  1893.  However,  in  1838  four 
young  men  were  elected  deacons  as  follows:  Duncan  Malloy, 
Felix  Long,  Duncan  McNair  and  John  F.  Matheson.  These 
took  over  the  duties  of  the  deacons,  but  worked  through  the 
Presbyetrian  Society  in  certain  matters.  For  instance,  while 
Dr.  McLean  continued  until  185G  the  clerk  of  the  society, 
he  turned  over  the  duties  of  treasurer  in  1839  to  Felix  Long. 
In  1841  John  F.  Matheson  was  assigned  the  duties  of  treasurer 
to  succeed  Mr.  Long  and  continued  to  discharge  those  duties 
until  January  1866,  when  he  transferred  the  treasurer's  book 
of  the  society  to  the  deacons  of  the  church.  It  was  the  custom 
of  the  society  to  rotate  the  President  each  year  and  this 
office  during  those  years  was  often  filled  by  Deacons  Duncan 
Malloy    and    Duncan    McNair   and,    in    fact,    frequently    until    their 

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deaths  about  1878.  Mr.  Matheson  continued  as  treasurer  of 
the  church  until   his   death   in   1879. 

The  sessional  report  to  Presbytery  in  April  1841  showed 
a  membership  of  only  sixty-five  as  compared  to  ninety-nine  jn 
1836.  But  despite  this  it  was  in  1841  that  the  church,  through 
its  society,  undertook  the  erection  of  another  building  on  the 
church  property.  This  was  the  Session  House.  The  Presbyterial 
Soiety's  treasurer  book,  pages  129  and  130,  shows  that  a  sub- 
scription list  was  opened  in  1840  and  a  total  of  One  Thousand 
and  Five  Dollars  was  subscribed  and  paid  to  the  treasurer  for 
that  purpose,  a  contract  for  that  amount  was  made  with  E. 
Bownes,  the  same  contractor  who  built  the  church  just  about 
ten  years  before.  The  book  further  shows  that  it  was  com- 
pleted, no  doubt,  in  1842  but  the  last  payment  to  Mr.  Bownes, 
including  interest  and  the  building  of  a  fence  around  the  park, 
was  made  February  14,  1843.  The  total  for  Session  House  was 
$1099.44  and  for  fence  $22.60,  a  total  of  $1122.04.  It  has  been 
a  most  useful  adjunct  to  the  church  property  during  the  one 
hundred  years  of  use  and  occupancy,  where  the  weekly  prayer 
meetings,  the  Men's  Bible  Class  and  the  Women's  Auxiliary 
meetings  are  hold.  It  is  a  very  attractive  little  building  and 
has   recently   been   again    put   into    excellent   condition. 

There  is  a  tradition  among  the  congregation  that  has  ex- 
isted for  fifty  years  to  the  effect  that  the  Session  House  was 
a  gift  to  the  church  by  Rev.  Mr.  Coit,  our  first  pastor.  How- 
ever, the  church  records  are  entirely  silent  with  regard  to  this, 
recording  only  the  above.  But  the  records  do  show  that  Mr. 
Coit  accepted  only  a  part  of  the  salary  agreed  to  be  paid 
him  during  his  ministry.  They  also  show  that  the  Session 
passed  in  1856  a  resolution  that  the  unpaid  part  of  his  salary 
be  paid  at  that  time.  But  at  the  next  meeting  of  he  Session 
this  was  rescinded  without  explanation.  Now,  it  is  most  probable 
that  Mr.  Coit  still  refused  to  accept  the  unpaid  part  of  his 
salary;  and  whether  as  a  gesture  of  appreciation  the  sugges- 
tion was  made  that  the  Session  House  be  considered  a  gift 
from  him  is  now  a  matter  of  conjecture.  But  Gen.  W.  L.  T. 
Prince,  an  elder  of  the  church  since  1863  and  a  life  member, 
told  our  present  pastor  that  Mr.  Coit  gave  the  Session  House 
to  the  church.  Whether  the  above  surmise  is  correct  or  not, 
it  is  certain  that  Mr.  Coit  gave  more  than  the  equivalent  to 
the   church  in   value. 

In  January  1845,  John  A.  Inglis  and  John  F.  Matheson 
were  ordained  and  installed  elders  of  the  church.  It  was  by 
unanimous    vote    of    the    session    agreed    that    the    resolution    of 

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September  23,  1938,  abolishing  the  Sunday  School  should  be 
modified  and  the  Sunday  School  reestablished  under  the  super- 
intendence of  the  Session.  On  the  4th  day  of  July,  1852,  Mr. 
Lawrence  Prince  died  after  having  served  the  church  most 
faithfully  as  an  Elder  since  1833.  It  is  worthy  of  noting  that 
he  was  the  father  of  Gen.  W.  L.  T.  Prince  who  became  an 
Elder  in  1863;  also  of  Mary  Jane  Prince,  wife  of  Rev.  G.  H. 
W.  Petrie,  D.  D.,  one  of  our  stated  supplies  and  for  many 
years  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyteriian  Church  of  Charlottes- 
ville, Va.;  also  of  Clarissa  H.  Prince,  wife  of  a  son  of  this 
church,  Rev.  Donald  McQueen,  D.  D.,  many  years  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Sumter,  S.  C;  and  also  father  of 
Charlotte  Laura  Prince,  wife  of  Chancellor  John  A.  Inglis, 
Elder  of  this  church. 

About  this  time  the  church  was  given  by  deed  a  scholar- 
ship in  the  original  Oglethorpe  University  at  Washington,  Ga. 
because  of  having  contributed  about  One  Thousand  Dollars  to 
endow  the  South  Carolina  professorship  in  that  institution.  The 
church  also  gave  during  these  years  to  the  Columbia  Seminary 
and  also  other  contributions  to  the  cause  of  education.  And 
during  its  most  difficult  period,  for  example  in  1853,  with  only 
fifty  communing  members,  the  church  contributed  for  benevo- 
lencies    .$1014.50,    in    addition    to    congregational    expenses. 

In  1856  Mr.  Coit's  health  began  to  fail  and  he  was  forced 
to  take  a  vacation  of  several  months.  On  his  insistence  a 
stated  supply  was  secured,  Rev.  T.  R.  English,  who  became 
in  time  a  very  noted  preacher  and  professor  in  Union  Semi- 
nary, Va.  On  March  24,  1857,  Mr.  Coit  asked  that  the  church 
unite  with  him  in  asking  for  a  dissolution  of  the  pastoral  rela- 
tions because  of  ill  health.  This  action  was  taken  and  the 
first  regular  pastorate  ended  after  nineteen  years  of  most 
harmonious  work.  Tl^re  is  recorded  an  official  note  on  page 
211,  Book  No.  2,  to  the  effect  that  for  more  than  eighteen 
yea  ry    matter    that    came    before    the    Session    was    decided 

by  a  unanimous  vote  save  one,  and  that  one  only  on  the 
reasons  stated  for  the  decision,  and  that  the  great  harmony 
of  the  Session  and  of  the  church,  too,  during  the  nineteen  years 
of  his  pastorate  is  to  be  ascribed  chiefly  to  his  wisdom  and 
christian  spirit.  Fiom  the  Minutes  of  the  Session  of  record 
September  18,  1863,  quote,  "He  was  a  generous  friend,  a  saga- 
cious and  true  patriot,  a  wise  counsellor,  an  humble  christian 
and  a  faithful  minister  of  the  Word  of  God."  The  Rev.  N.  W. 
Edmunds  was  then  secured  as  stated  supply  for  a  brief  pas- 
torate. 

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Those  uniting  with  the  church  from  1838  to  1859,  covering 
Mr.  Coit's  pastorate  and  the  short  term  of  a  stated  supply 
were,   with   the    dates   of   their   admission,    as   follows: 


Benton,    Elizabeth,    2-2-1844 
Buchanan,  Mary  Jane,   12-29-48 
Buchanan,   Malcomb,  3-24-57 
Buchanan,    Christian,    3-24-57 
Buchanan,  Sara  Jane,  3-24-57 
Blue,    Ellen    D.,    11-15-57 
Buchanan,    Henrietta,    10-3-58 
Bunting,    Sarah    M.,    12-20-57 
Carter,   Priscilla,   11-28-40 
Coit,   Mrs.   Ellen  T.,   10-14-41 
Clarke,  Andrew,  12-26-43 
Campbell,    Margaret,    4-10-47 
Coit,  Mrs.  Melinda  B.,  9-27-49 
Campbell,  Ann   Eliza,  9-28-50 
Currie,    Malcomb,    12-29-50 
Currie,   Lucia   Blain,   6-30-55 
Coit,    William   H.,   2-24-56 
Chapman,   Ellen   G.,   4-19-57 
Coit,  Mrs.  Catha- 
rine  M.,   12-20-57 
Coit,   Dr.   David   G.,   1-17-58 
Campbell,   Mrs. 

Jane   McQ.,   5-31-58 
Flinn,   James    M.,    3-31-341 
Goodrich,    Laura,    2-2-44 
Goodwin,   John   E.,   1-5-46 
Gulick,  Dr.  John  Wiley,  12-29-56 
Graham,  Emma  Ellen,   7-5-57 
Gulick,   Mrs.   Mar- 
garet J.,   5-31-58 
Jamison,  Andrew  S.,  12-29-50 
Keeler,  Sarah  St.  John,  3-28-58 
Keeler,    Laura 

Amanda,    12-13-48 
Leach,  Mrs.  Caroline,  7-5-57 
Leo,  Christopher,  12-30-55 
Leitch,    Angus    P.,    11-28-40 
Long,    Mary   A.,   1-31-58 


McLean,   Sarah 

Elizabeth,    2-15-57 
McLean,   John   Knox,    12-29-55 
McLean,   Louisa 

Frances,,   9-28-50 
McLean,   John,   3-31-39 
McCreight,   W.   A.,   11-20-39 
McQuaige,  Ann,   11-15-43 
Macfarlan..    Allan,    12-29-44 
McDonald,   Donald,   4-19-46 
Macfarlan,    Janet,    12-29-48 
Malloy,   Mrs.   Hen- 
rietta   Coit,    1-26-45 
Moore,    Mrs.    Margaret,   3-8-46 
Macfarlan,  Mrs.  Janet,  9-27-49 
Macfarlan,  Catharine  T.,  9-27-49 
Macfarlan,  Marjory,  9-27-49 
McQueen,    Alexander,    2-15-57 
Matheson,    Mrs.    Mary 

Graham,    3-29-57 
Malloy,    Mary    C,    6-7-57 
Moore,   Major  John   A.,   11-1-57 
McNair,   Mary   M.,   12-20-57 
Poulson,    Maudaville,    8-25-42 
Prince,   Mrs.   Mary   P.,   3-8-46 
Peacock,   Mitchell,  5-27-46 
Rae,   Mrs.,   11-20-39 
Race,    Ara,    6-30-55 
Stubbs,  John  Wel- 
lington,  9-28-50 
Tansey,   Mrs.   Mar- 
garet A.,   11-15-57 
Vanderford,    Mrs. 
Eliza,    12-29-55 
Vereen,  Mrs.  Eu- 
genia  M.,  3-29-57 
Wingate,    David,    S.,    11-20-39 
Wallace,  Daniel,  colored,  6-19-59 


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CHAPTER  III 
Ministry  of  Rev.   W.  B.  Corbett— 1859-1869 

An  act  of  much  importance  was  the  purchase  of  a  parson- 
age for  the  church  in  May  1859.  A  committee  from  the  Pres- 
byterial  Society  consisting  of  five  members  as  follows,  D.  Mal- 
loy,  chairman,  A.  McQueen,  W.  L.  T.  Prince,  D.  B.  McArn, 
and  D.  G.  Coit,  was  appointed  with  authority  to  purchase  a 
parsonage  with  money  already  subscribed  for  that  purpose. 
They  lost  no  time  in  making  their  selection.  For  the  sum  of 
$4000  they  secured  from  Rev.  J.  C.  Coit  his  home  and  lots 
adjoining  on  Third  street,  being  the  properties  now  occupied 
by  the  Poston  family,  and  the  home  of  Mr.  L.  L.  Powers. 
These  houses  at  that  time  were  joined  together,  but  have 
since  been  separated.  This  was  the  Manse  from  1859  until 
1889  when  it  was  sold  and  a  new  one-story  building  was  erected 
on  that  part  of  the  Coit  lots  adjacent  to  the  church  lot. 

On  February  1,  1858,  Major  Alexander  McQueen  Was 
elected  and  instaled  an  Elder,  and  General  W.  L.  T.  Prince 
and  Dr.  David  G.  Coit  were  made  deacons.  On  April  2,  1859, 
the  Rev.  William  B.  Corbett  was  installed  as  the  second  pastor 
of  the  church,  having  been  elected  pastor  in  the  preceding 
March,  lie  and  his  family  moved  into  the  manse  recently  pur- 
chased. 

The  Session  was  composed  of  Dr.  M.  McLean,  Chancellor 
John  Inglis,  John  F.  Matheson,  and  Major  Alexander  McQueen. 
The  deacons  were  Messrs.  Duncan  Malloy,  Duncan  McNair,  W. 
A.  McCreight,  \V.  L.  T.  Prince  and  Dr.  D.  G.  Coit.  Soon  after 
the  beginning  of  Mr.  Corbett's  pastorate  the  Civil  war  began 
and  the  work  of  the  church  was  greatly  impeded.  In  1863 
Mr.  Corbett  was  granted  permission  to  preach  one  Sunday  in 
each  month  at  the  Florence  church,  which  was  without  a  pastor. 
He  was  permitted  also  to  accept  the  chaplaincy  of  the  Fourth 
South   Carolina   Regiment  in   1865. 

On  June  8,  I860,  Dr.  Murdock  McLean,  who  had  been  a 
most  faithful  Elder  and  the  Clerk  of  the  Session  since  April 
17,  lX.'jo.  died.  In  the  memorial  adopted  by  the  Session  ap- 
pears this  sentence:  "He  was  a  most  competent  and  faithful 
officer,  zealous  for  the  purity  of  the  church,  the  integrity  of 
her  government,  and  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints." 
Tn  him  is  due  the  credit  for  the  excellent  church  records 
from    1830    to    1863. 

In  August  1863,  Gen.  W.  L.  T.  Prince  was  elected  an  Elder 
and    immediately   after   his   ordination   made   Clerk   of   the    Session 

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to  succeed  Dr.  Mac-Lean.  At  the  same  time  John  A.  Moore 
was  elected  a  deacon.  This,  with  those  already  serving,  re- 
mained the  setup  of  the  church  officers  for  the  duration  of  the 
Civil  War.  Near  its  close  Sherman's  army  passed  through  on 
his  march  of  devastation.  The  church  property  was  not  se- 
verely damaged,  except  that  the  pews  were  all  taken  out, 
many  injured,  and  a  dance  or  carousal  held  in  the  church,  us- 
ing the  pulpit  for  the  band  stand.  The  Confederacy  soon  came 
to  an  end  with  General  Lee's  surrender,  and  no  claim  was 
filed  against  the  United  States  Government,  whose  army  was 
responrihle  for  die  damage  done. 

On  September  13,  1864,  a  resolution  as  follows  was  adopt- 
ed: ''Resolved  that  it  is  the  judgment  of  this  Session,  the 
church  building,  the  session  room,  and  other  property  of  the 
society  ought  not  to  be  used  for  any  other  than  the  spiritual 
purposes  of  the  church  and  they  desire  that  it  shall  be  con- 
fined to  such  uses."  A  copy  of  this  resolution  was  communi- 
cated to  a  lady  by  whom  evidently  the  request  had  been  made 
for  the  use  of  the  church  property  for  other  than  spiritual 
purposes. 

On  December  30  1868,  Elder  John  A.  Inglis  and  wife  were 
dismissed  to  join  Franklin  Street  Presbyterian  Church,  Balti- 
more. This  was  a  great  loss  to  our  church.  And  in  1865  Dr. 
John  Knox  McLean  and  John  W.  Stubbs  were  elected  deacons. 
Dr.  McLean  accepted  and  was  ordained.  Mr.  Stubbs  declined 
to   serve. 

In  February  1869  the  church  contributed  $21.00  to  start  a 
Sunday  School  library.  This  was  the  beginning  of  what  be- 
came a  very  interesting  small  library  which  afforded  much 
pleasure  for  many  years  to  come.  It  was  very  difficult  to 
secure  good  books  for  our  people  who  were  suffering  great 
hardships  as  a  result  of  the  Civil  War.  During  part  of  this 
period  Mr.  Corbett  was  employed  for  half  of  his  time,  the 
balance  being  taken  by  Bennettsville.  Rev.  Mr.  Corbett  re- 
signed as  minister  of  the  church  to  accept  a  call  to  the  Ben- 
nettsville and  Great  Pee  Dee  churches.  His  pastorate  had  ex- 
tended from  just  prior  to  the  Civil  War,  through  the  war 
period  and  the  difficult  years  immediately  succeeding  until 
1869.  There  was  no  statistical  report  that  year  to  Presbytery, 
but    the    1868    report    showed    only    sixty-one    members. 

The  church  records  reveal  that  even  during  these  diffi- 
cult years,  something  was  given  to  the  benevolences  of  the 
church,  and  even  the  custom  of  a  fund  for  the  poor  of  the 
congregation,   which   had    long   existed,   was   kept   up.    The   names 


of   those    uniting-    with    the    church    and    dates    of    admission    dur- 


ing   Mr.    Corbett's    pastorate    are 

Buchanan,  Mary  M.,  12-21-63 
Blue,    Mary    Anna,    12-28-63 
Corbett,    Mrs.    S. 

Elizabeth,    3-26-60 
Coit,    Julia    C,    12-21-63 
Coit,    Saiiie    M.,    12-21-63 
Chapman,  William   A.,   6-30-65 
Cole,  Laura,   7-3-69 
Graham,    D.    .    9-13-64 
Hunter,    Mrs.    Char- 
lotte   Van    C,    3-27-63 
Hunter,    Susan 

Catherine,    3-27-63 
Long,  Mary,  10-22-62 
Malloy,    George    A.,    3-19-69 
Malloy,   Charles   A.,   6-25-63 


as   follows : 

McKinnon,    Neil    C,    6-26-60 
McRae,   Dr.   Duncan  J.,   7-10-60 
Macfarlan,   Jacob, 

colored   servant,   7-10-60 
McQueen,   Jane   C,    12-21-63 
McNair,    Clara    P.,    12-21-63 
McArn,   Mrs.   Nan- 
nie H.,  12-21-63 
McNair,  John  T.,  9-13-64 
McNair,    James,    9-13-64 
Moore,   Samuel,   9-13-64 
McCreight,    Nancy   B.,    1-1-65 
McQueen,   Janet   T.,   7-3-69 
Powell,   Henrietta   Coit,   3-27-63 
Prince,  Anna  Benton,  9-21-66 
Tweed,   Mrs.  Ellen,   11-15-59 


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CHAPTER  IV 
Ministry  of  Rev.  E.  H.  Buist— 1869-1882 

In  July  1869  Rev.  E.  H.  Buist  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  was 
called  as  the  pastor  and  began  his   ministry   at  once. 

In  December  1869  the  Center  Point  Church  made  applica- 
tion for  one-fourth  of  Mr.  Buist's  time.  After  mature  con- 
sideration the  Session  declined  the  offer,  deciding  to  keep  and 
use  all  of  its  pastor's  time.  The  dividing  of  time  of  the  pastor 
seems  never  to  have  been  acceptable  to  this  church.  During 
this  period  holding  the  weekly  prayer  meetings  in  the  homes 
of  the  congregation  was  tried,  but  was  given  up  as  not  satis- 
factory. In  1870  the  Session  discussed  the  need  of  establish- 
ing Sunday  Schools  in  the  country  around  Cheraw.  This  was 
done — at  least  two  union  Sunday  Schools  were  established. 
One  was  under  the  control  of  Major  McQueen  at  or  near  Teal's 
Mill.   It  continued  for  many  years  and   accomplished  much  good. 

In  August  1872  Major  J.  C.  Coit  was  made  an  Elder  of 
the  church  and  Mr.  Neil  C.  McKinnon  a  deacon.  In  October 
1873  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina  met  in  our  church,  possibly 
the  first  time.  In  November  1873  General  Prince  resigned 
as  clerk  and  also  as  Superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school,  due 
to  his  having  moved  with  his  family  to  Baltimore  to  live. 
Major  J.  C.  Coit  was  thereupon  elected  clerk  of  the  Session 
and  Major  M.  McR.  McLauchlin  was  elected  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School.  Among  those  who  united  with  our 
church  on  profession  of  faith  was  a  boy,  W.  Beattie  Jennings, 
a  native  of  Bennettsville.  He  was  attending  the  McLauchlin 
school  at  Cheraw  Academy.  He  became  a  distinguished  min- 
ister of  our  church  and  for  years  was  pastor  of  the  German- 
town  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

On  October  12,  1875,  Major  M.  McR.  McLauchlin  was  elect- 
ed an  Elder.  Possibly  the  first  collection  for  Thornwell  Orphan- 
age was  taken  June  1877.  In  December  1878  Gen.  W.  L.  T. 
Prince,  having  returned  to  Cheraw,  was  re-elected  an  Elder 
and  made  clerk  as  Major  Coit  was  for  the  time  away  from 
Cheraw  and  resigned  as  clerk.  Sessional  report  April  1878 
shows  102  communicants,  the  first  time  to  pass  the  one  hundred 
mark. 

Mr.  Neil  C.  McKinnon  was  also  made  an  Elder  in  De- 
cember 1878,  and  Major  A.  B.  Horton  was  elected  a  deacon. 
On  July  5,  1879  Elder  John  F.  Matheson  tendered  to  the  Ses- 
sion his  resignation  as  Treasurer  of  the  church,  having  served 
since    1841.      The    Session    declined    to    accept    it.    Mr.    Matheson 

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died  on  August  25,  1879,  being  the  oldest  member  of  the  church 
and  in  point  of  service  the  oldest  member  of  the  Session.  In 
the  memorial  adopted  by  the  Session  is  this  sentence:  "As  a 
private  member,  a  ruling  elder,  the  Treasurer  and  Sabbath 
school  teacher  in  the  congregation,  he  filled  a  large  and  hon- 
ored and  enduring  place  in  the  affections  and  esteem  of  the 
people  for  half  a  century." 

Two  of  the  first  deacons  died  within  a  short  time  of  each 
other,  Mr.  Duncan  Malloy  and  Mr.  Duncan  McNair,  both  after 
a  service  of  about  forty  years.  Each  had  been  president  of 
the  Presbyterial  Society  for  several  terms  at  different  periods 
during  these  years. 

On  December  7,  1879,  John  F.  Matheson,  Jr.  united  with 
the  church.  In  1894  he  became  a  minister  of  the  gospel  and 
was    for    43    years    a     most    useful    and     much     loved     minister. 

On  the  11th  day  of  September  1882,  Rev.  E.  H.  Buist 
died  suddenly,  after  having  ably  and  faithfully  served  the 
church  since  July  1869.  Quoting  from  the  memorial  adopted  by 
the  session:  "In  the  death  of  Mr.  Buist  this  church  has  lost  an 
able  and  eloquent  preacher,  and  this  session  a  prompt,  fair 
and  courteous  Moderator.  That  we  bear  witness  to  his  broad 
Catholic  spirit,  and  his  devotion  to  the  great  missionary  work 
of  Christ's  church,  the  evangelization  of  the  world.  In  the 
death  of  .Mr.  Buist  this  whole  community  has  lost  an  influen- 
tial, public  spirited  and  useful  citizen,  and  we  therefore  mourn 
his   death    as    a    public    1< 

In  18S2,  Dr.  John  Knox  McLean,  an  honored  and  much 
beloved  man  and  deacon,  died.  Mr.  W.  F.  McQueen  was  elected 
a  deacon  and  served  most  faithfully  until  he  moved  to  Mor- 
ven,    X.   C,    where    ho    became    an    Elder   of   that   church. 

The    following    constitute    the    list    of    members    who    united 
viih    the    church    during    Mr.    Buists'    ministry: 
Buist,    Cairie    S.,    1-1-81  Chapman,   D.   McN.,   10-6-77 

Blue.    Thomas    F.,   9-7-78  Chapman,    Benjamin    A.,    1-5-70 

Blue,   Lizzie,  8-5-69  Folks,    James,    11-29-71 

Blue,    Flora,   8-5-6!)  Graham,  Mary  Jane,  9-18-70 

Buist,   Mrs.   Cairie   A.,   4-2-70  Green,    Mrs.    Mary    E.,    4-6-78 

Barentine,    Elizabeth,    12-4-72  Garhein,   Mrs.    D.    I.,    7-3-81 

Barentine,    Ella,    12-4-72  Linton,  Mrs.  Effie,  1-17-79 

Coit,    J.    C,    8-5-6!)  Little,  Mrs.   Mary  Ann,    10-1-70 

Cole,    W.    Kindred,    12-17-69  Matheson,    Donald,    10-5-77 

Chapman,    Lizzie,    3-30-72  Matheson,  Rev.  John  F.,  12-7-79 

Chapman,   Mrs.   D.   M.,  9-18-80        Malloy,  Frank  G.,  8-2-70 
Currie,    D.    B,   7-4-74  Matheson,    Mary   E.,    11-11-82 

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Malloy,    Henry   D.,   9-27-72 
Malloy,    Theodore   F.,   9-27-72 
Malloy,    Mrs.   Mar- 
garet Wilson,   10-24-73 
Matthews,   J.   W.,   7-1-76 
Matthews,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  7-1-76 
McLean,   Janie,    9-16-69 
McCreight,   William   C,   8-28-70 
McQueen,  Catharine,  3-30-72 
McQueen,   William   F.,    10-2-72 
McNeill,   N.   K.,   11-20-72 
McNeill,   Mrs.   N.   K.,   11-20-72 
McLauchlin,  Mrs. 

M.    McR.,    6-28-82 
Mcintosh,    Daniel   H.,   6-1-73 
McLauchlin,   Ma- 
jor   M.    McR.,    10-1-73 
Mclvor,    D.    M.,    1-18-74 
Mclvor,   Mrs.   D.  M.,  1-18-74 
McKay,    Flora,    6-30-75 
McKay,  Mary  Belle,  6-30-75 
Mcintosh,  Mrs.  Annie  J.,  7-9-76 
McQueen,  John  McF.,  9-30-76 
McCreight,    Mrs.    E.    L.,   2-6-78 
McQueen,  Mrs.  M.  J.,  4-6-78 
McKay,    Dr.    J.    W.,    4-6-78 
McKay,    Mrs.    J.    W.,    4-6-78 
McKinnon,   Mrs.   N.   C,   5-28-78 
McMurray,  Mrs. 

Laura   Lee,   2-28-77 
McMurray,   C.   C,   5-30-77 
McKay,   R.   M.,    10-6-77 
McCreight,   Mary.   8-8-69 
McQueen,    Mary    E.,    3-31-74 
McQueen,    John    F.,    10-1-76 
McNeill,    Ellen,    2-11-81 
McNeill,    Sallie,   2-11-81 
Moore,  Ellen,  8-5-69 
Moore,   John    A.,    11-1-71 
Morgan,   K.    S.,   10-5-77 
Matheson,  H.  A.,  2-11-81 
Matthews,    C.    F.,    2-11-81 


Prince,   Laura   L.,   7-3-81 
Prince,    Lawrence    L.,    9-11-70 
Prince,   Charles   L.,   7-1-71 
Powell,   Miss   M.   C,   1-6-76 
Powell,    Miss    S.    E.,    10-1-77 
Powell,    Mrs.    Mary,    12-5-77 
Powell,    Ellen,    2-12-81 
Prince,    Mary,    12-4-78 
Prince,   Lottie   D.,   10-4-79 
Powell,   Richard    T.,   3-26-82 
Powell,    Henrietta,    3-26-82 
Powell,  Mrs.  Hattie  E.,  3-26-82 
Pell,   Rev.   Robert  P.,   11-4-83 
Rhodes,    Martin    L.,    1-8-76 
Rhodes,   Mrs.    M.   L.,    1-8-76 
Rhodes,    Sarah,    1-8-76 
Rhodes,  Margaret,  1-8-76 
Rhodes,    Lucretia,    1-8-76 
Rhodes,   Luther,  6-30-77 
Rhodes,   Mary   May,    11-24-83 
Harden,    Dr.    J.    H.,    2-11-81 
Harden,    D.    C,    9-25-76 
Harden,    Mrs.    D.    C,    9-25-76 
Harden,    Carrie   R.,   9-25-76 
Harden,   S.  R.,  9-25-76 
Horton,   A.    B.,   10-1-73 
Horton,   Mrs.   A.   B.,   10-1-73 
Horton,    Anna    M.,    10-1-73 
Hollyman,    Mrs. 

Lucy   A.,   7-15-74 
Jennings,    Rev. 

W.   Beattie,   11-1-73 
Tomlinson,   Mrs. 

Nannie    R.,    10-2-72 
Vereen,   W.   J.,    5-13-77 
Vereen,  Willie  J.  Jr.,  5-30-77 
Vereen,  Florence,  6-28-82 
Vereen,   Mrs.   W.   C.   Jr.,   7-1-82 
White,   James   Grier,    9-1-75 
White,    Mrs.   Jas.   G.,   9-1-75 
Wilcox,   Mrs.,   4-3-75 
Wilson,   Minnie,   2-12-81 


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CHAPTER  V 
Ministry  of  Rev.  T.  C.  Whaling,  D.  D.— 1883-1892 

On  April  15,  1883,  the  Session  adopted,  on  the  suggestion 
of  Elder  McLauchlin,  Superintendent  of  Sunday  School,  the 
International    Lessons,    which    have    been    used    ever    since. 

On  August  24,  1883,  Rev.  Thornton  C.  Whaling  was  unani- 
mously elected  the  pastor  of  the  church,  but,  being  a  Licentiate, 
was  not  ordained  and  installed  until  the  25th  day  of  November, 
1883.    However,    he   preached   many   times    during    the   interim. 

On  November  4,  1888,  Mr.  Robert  P.  Pell  united  with  the 
church  on  profession  of  faith.  He  afterwards  became  a  min- 
ister of  the  Presbyterian  church.  After  preaching  for  some- 
time, he  was  called  to  the  Presidency  of  Converse  College, 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Dr.  Pell  was  a  very 
gifted   and   learned    man. 

In  April,  1885,  the  Session  adopted  on  trial  the  use  of 
envelopes  in  taking  up  collections.  In  June  1885,  at  the  request 
of  Mr.  Whaling,  the  Session  granted  him  permission  during 
the  ,-ummer  to  preach  on  alternate  Sundays  in  the  country, 
and  discontinue  on  those  days  the  Sunday  night  service.  This 
resulted  in  the  establishment  of  a  mission  church  at  Orange 
Hill. 

On  May  9,  1886,  Dr.  J.  A.  James  was  elected  an  Elder, 
he  having  been  received  from  the  church  at  Indiantown,  where 
he   was    an    Elder. 

The  Synod  of  South  Carolina  met  in  this  church  in  Octo- 
ber 1886.  It  was  at  this  Synod  that  the  great  Woodrow  con- 
troversy  over  the  subject  of  evolution  developed.  The  meetings 
were  most  interesting  to  the  many  who  attended,  and  while  it 
shook  the  church  to  its  foundation,  it  is  difficult  to  locate  one 
good  result  following  the  controversy,  one  of  those  unfortunate 
controversies   that   disturb  the  church. 

In  1SS7  Dr.  Edwin  Muller  held  a  meeting  in  which  quite 
a   number   were   converted    and   much    good   was   done. 

In  March  18S'J,  five  members  of  this  church  were  dis- 
missed to  form  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Chesterfield,  and 
eight  members  to  form  the  Mission  Chapel  at  Orange  Hill. 
Several  of  these  later  reunited  with  this  church,  having 
moved   lack   to   Cheraw. 

In  May  1888,  there  were  eighteen  persons  added  to  the 
church,  sixteen  on  profession  and  two  by  letter.  This  was 
immediately    after    the    Litch    revival    meeting. 

In    July    1888    Mi-.    Whaling,    with    the    approval    of    the    Ses- 

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sion,  and  Rev.  Walter  I.  Herbert  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
entered  into  an  arrangement  to  have  union  services  on  Sunday 
night.  Possibly  this  was  the  beginning  of  union  services  in 
Cheraw    in    which    the    different    Protestant    denominations    unite. 

In  July  1888  the  following  members  were  elected  deacons 
to  wit:  Messrs.  H.  D.  Malloy,  H.  M.  Tomlinson,  James  C. 
McCreight,   W.   R.   Evans  and  W.   H.   Malloy. 

On  July  4,  1889,  Mr.  Neill  C.  McKinnon,  who  had  first 
been  a  deacon  and  afterwards  an  elder,  died.  Among  the 
many  expressions  of  marked  esteem  in  the  Session  resolutions, 
one  was  peculiarly  appropriate  to  wit:  "He  was  generous  to 
the  poor  and  needy,  and  in  this  he  was  so  secret  and  unosten- 
tatious that  only  the  beneficiaries  of  his  bounty  knew  the 
extent  of  it." 

In  1889  the  church  building  was  partially  remodeled.  In 
April  189X),  the  ladies  asked  permission  of  the  Presbyterial 
Society  to  remodel  the  church.  This  was  gladly  granted.  They 
changed   the   pulpit   from   the   front   of    the    church    to    the    rear. 


Original    Church   as   completed    in    1832,    except    cupola    added 
in   1890.   Small  building  is   Session   House,  built   in    1842. 


This,  of  course,  necessitated  reversing  the  pews  so  as  to  make 
them  face  the  pulpit  in  its  new  location.  They  erected  a 
small  cupola  in  front  part  of  the  building  for  the  bell  and 
changed   in   other   respects   the   interior   of   the   church. 


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having 

Church, 

of    the 

Dallas, 

Presby- 


In  December  1890,  Rev.  T.  C.  Whaling  resigned, 
accepted  a  call  to  the  South  Highlands  Presbyterian 
Birmingham,  Alabama.  He  was  afterwards  the  pastor 
First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Lexington,  Va.  Then  at 
Texas.  He  was  also  chosen  professor  at  the  Louisville 
terian  Seminary  and  also  president  of  that  institution,  pro- 
fessor at  Columbia  Seminary,  and  Moderator  of  the  General 
Assembly.  While  minister  here  he  was  greatlty  beloved  by  his 
congregation  and  highly  regarded  by  the  citizens  of  the  town 
generally.  The  sessional  report  to  Presbytery  April  1890,  shows 
five  elders,  seven  deacons,  and  131  communicants,  and  81263 
total    funds    raised. 

joined     the     church    during     Dr. 
are    as    follows : 

Malloy,    Clara,    8-17-84 


those    who 
and    dates 


The    names     of 
Whaling's    pastorate 

Brodie,    Abram, 

colored,    10-6-89 
Brown,    Mrs.    C.    S.,    5-31-88 
Brown,  C.   S.,  5-31-88 
Buist,    Mary,   4-29-85 
Buist,   Arthur,   5-31-88 
Beacham,   Mrs. 

Regina    B.,    6-7-91 
Coit,   David   G.,   3-29-85 
Coit,  John   M.,   3-29-85 
Coit,    James    C.    Jr.,    5-31-88 
Coit,    Mary    K.,    9-25-87 
Evans,    William    R.,    5-31-88 
Harding,   Dr.   J.    H.,   7-22-88 
Hemingway,    William,   5-31-88 
James,  Joseph  A.  Jr.,   12-9-83 
James,    Dr.   J.   A.,    1-30-84 
James,    Mis.   J.    A.,    1-30-84 
James,  Pauline  McD.,   1-30-84 
Jam  is,    Thomas    Hugh,   3-29-85 
James,   Frank    B.,   5-31-88 
Jones,   W.   B.,  6-17-88 
James,    W.    D.,    11-24-89 
Ladd,   Otis   K.,   1-18-85 
Ladd,  Capt.  James   O.,   10-18-87 
La  id,    Emma,    10-18-87 
Lowry,    W.    T.,    9-15-86 
Lowry,   Mrs.   M.   A.,   9-15-86 
Lowry,    Miss    J.    I.,   9-15-86 
Lowiy,   Miss  A.  R.,  9-15-86 


Malloy,    Lizzie    D.,    8-17-84 
Malloy,  Mrs.  Bessie,  3-29-85 
Malloy,   Mary  P.,  9-25-87 
.Malloy,    Helen    D.,    7-17-87 
Malloy,    Mary    C,    7-17-87 
Malloy,   Jane   C,   9-25-87 
Malloy,   Wm.    H.,   5-31-88 
Malloy,   Henrietta,   5-31-88 
Malloy,  Theodore,  5-31-88 
Malloy,   Donald,   5-31-88 
Malloy,  Charles  A.  Jr.,  7-14-89 
Matheson,   Donald   S.,   8-15-86 
Matheson,   Alexander  C,   7-6-89 
Matheson,    Emma,    10-1-87 
McLean,   Mary   L.,  5-5-84 

Queen,    W.    Alex,   5-3-86 
McCreight,    Mrs.    Ella,   9-29-86 
McCreight,   Sallie,   7-17-87 
McCreight,   James    A.,    5-31-88 
McFall,  Mrs.  Catharine,  7-10-89 
Munroe,  R.  B.,  5-31-88 
Munroe,    Mrs.   Alice,   7-10-89 
Nisbet,  W.   H.,  6-30-88 
Nisbet,   Mrs.  W.   H.,  6-30-88 
Prince,   Carrie  Lee,   8-10-84 
Prince,   Mrs.   Mar- 
garet   C,    5-7-86 
Prince,    Jessie    G.,    8-10-84 
Powell,    Wm.,   5-31-88 


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Powell,   John,   5-31-88  Whaling,   Mrs.   A.   L.,   1-3-85 

Phillips,   Wra.    E.,    2-9-89  Whaling,   Mrs.   T.   C,   1-3-85 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Bella  M.,  3-17-89      Williamson,  W.  D.,  9-15-86 
Prince,   Maggie,   12-31-87  Wilson,   E.   N.,   6-7-91 

Rankin,   Albert   Mc,   4-17-87  Wilson,   Hugh   H.,   6-7-91 

Rhodes,    Lee,    5-31-88  Wilson,   Mrs. 

Powell,  Leila,   1-27-91  Mary   McN.,   6-7-91 

Sherrill,   F.   M.,   9-12-86  Wilson,  Minnie  L.,  6-7-91 

Simons,    William    G.,    6-7-91  Wilson,   H.   H.   Jr.,   6-7-91 

Stevenson,   W.   F.,   8-29-86  Wilson,  Jerome  V.,   6-7-91 

Tomlinson,    Henry    M.,    5-31-88        Wilson,  Ernest  W.,   6-7-91 

About  this  time,  in  this  church's  history  and,  no  doubt, 
in  the  church  at  large,  a  decided  change  took  place  in  the 
practice  of  the  Session  with  regard  to  the  exercise  of  its 
powers  of  discipline.  For  example,  the  Session  in  the  early 
days  took  careful  oversight  of  the  members  as  to  their  at- 
tendance on  Divine  services,  particularly  on  the  duty  of  par- 
ticipating in  the  communion  services  and  taking  the  sacrament 
as  enjoined  by  Christ.  If  a  member  absented  himself  con- 
tinually, an  officer  of  the  church  as  judiciously  and  as  kind 
as  possible,  inquired  his  reason  for  so  doing.  If  the  reason 
appeared  valid,  it  was  satisfactory.  If  not  an  effort  was  made 
to  help  the  member  and  remove  the  cause  if  possible.  If  this 
failed,  then  the  offender  might  be  further  dealt  with,  even  in 
obdurate  cases  exercising  its  extreme  authority.  This  is  a 
very  sacred  and  delicate  duty  imposed  on  the  church.  The 
object  in  view  was  always  to  help  the  offender  and  to  bring 
him  back  into  harmony  with  the  church  and  with  his  obliga- 
tions as  a  christian  and  as  a  member  of  Christ's  church. 

On  October  8,  1893,  it  was  decided  by  the  Presbyterial 
Society,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Session,  to  convey  to  the 
deacons  of  the  church  as  Trustees  for  the  church  all  property 
held  by  the  society.  This  included  the  church  building,  the 
Session  House,  the  Manse  and  all  lots  on  which  these  build- 
ings were  located,  together  with  all  fixtures  and  personal  prop- 
erty belonging  to  the  church.  The  deacons  accepted  the  trust, 
and  a  full  record  of  their  proceedings  is  set  forth  in  the 
Minute  Book  of  the  society  at  meetings  held  October  4,  1893, 
October  8  and  October  18,  1893.  Major  M.  McR.  McLauchlin 
served  as  clerk  of  the  society  for  about  four  years,  succeeding 
Mr.  Matheson.  Then  Mr.  H.  D.  Malloy  was  elected  clerk  and 
treasurer  of  the  society  in  1884  and  almost  continuously  until 
the  society  was  dissolved  in  1893,  and  for  the  last  twelve 
years     Major     Alexander     McQueen     had     been     president.       The 

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society  had  accomplished  its  mission  and  had  successfully  fi- 
nanced the  church  during  its  sixty  three  years  of  existence. 
Many  men  who  were  not  officers  of  the  church,  some  not  even 
members,  had  contributed  money  to  assist  in  its  great  pur- 
pose   of   maintaining    the    Gospel    ministry   here    in    Cheraw. 

Rev.  E.  Palmer  Hutson  was  elected  stated  supply  in  1891 
for  one  year.  He  resigned  the  next  year  and  the  Rev.  C.  O. 
Martindale  was  elected  stated  supply,  and  served  for  a  part 
of  the  year  1892  until  he  resumed  his  studies.  He  has  served 
the   church   long   and   successfully    in    the   deep   south. 


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REV.  A.  H.  McARN,  D.  D. 
Minister  1893  to  Present,  1943 


CHAPTER  VI 

Ministry  of  Rev.  A.  H.  McArn,  D.  D.— 1893-1943 

Reverend  Archibald  Hunter  McArn,  a  native  of  Cheraw 
but  reared  in  Laurinburg,  N.  C,  was  elected  pastor  of  the 
church  in  September  1892,  and  accepted  on  condition  that  he 
would  not  begin  his  work  until  January  1,  1893.  Owing  to  a 
death  in  the  congregation  of  which  he  had  been  pastor,  he 
could  not  begin  his  ministry  until  the  second  Sunday  in  Jan- 
uary,  1893. 

On  the  12th  day  of  January  1893,  W.  F.  Stevenson  having 
returned  to  Cheraw  from  Chesetrfield  where  he  had  served  as 
elder,  was  elected  and  installed  an  elder  of  the  Cheraw  church. 
Gen.  W.  L.  T.  Prince  died  on  the  25th  of  August  1893, 
having  been  a  member  of  the  church  since  1835,  and  an  Elder 
since  August  21,  1863,  except  during  the  six  years  he  had 
lived  away  from  Cheraw.  He  was  a  most  active  churchman, 
having  been  elected  by  Presbytery  five  times  to  the  General 
Assembly  as  its  delegate.  From  the  minutes  of  the  Session  the 
following  quotation  is  taken:  "When  a  good  man  dies  the 
people  mourn.  This  is  preeminently  the  case  at  the  death  of 
one  like  General  Prince,  who  has  for  many  years  led  an  active 
and  useful  life,  prominent  in  public  assemblies,  in  church  courts, 
in  courts  of  law,  in  literary  circles.  The  gap  made  by  the 
death   of   such    a    man    seems    indeed    wide    and    deep." 

On  November  11,  1893,  W.  F.  Stevenson  was  elected  clerk 
of   the    Session    to   succeed    General    Prince. 

In  March  1893  Ruling  Elder  Major  J.  C.  Coit  was  elected 
the  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  and  was  succeeded  by 
Elder  \V.  F.  Stevenson  in  March  1894.  He  continued  to  serve 
until  January  1897,  when  Mr.  W.  R.  Evans,  a  deacon,  was 
elected,  with  Capt.  T.  F.  Malloy,  vice  superintendent. 

The  sessional  report  to  Presbytery  as  of  April  1893,  soon 
r  Mr.  M:-Arn  became  the  pastor,  shows  among  other  things 
that  there  were  113  communicants,  69  in  the  Sabbath  school, 
and  that  the  pastor's  salary  was  only  $800.  Had  the  roll  been 
purged  as  required  at  present  the  number  would  probably  been 
not  over  100  active  members.  Total  contributions  reported  that 
year  for  all  causes,  including  pastor's  salary  amounted  to 
£1327.49.  It  should  be  cause  for  gratitude  to  Dr.  McArn  and 
to  our  membership  that  during  Dr.  McArn's  pastorate  of  fifty 
years  there  were,  as  shown  by  the  last  April  report,  276 
active  members,  and  the  total  amount  contributed  was  $7,741.00 
and  the  Sabbath  school  enrollment  numbered   153. 

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R.  M.  McKay  and  D.  S.  Matheson  were  elected  deacons 
in  December  1897  and  installed  the  second  Sunday  of  January 
1898.  In  September  1898,  Mr.  W.  R.  Evans  moved  to  Miss- 
issippi where  he  was  made  a  ruling  elder  of  our  church  at 
Meridian,  Miss.  D.  S.  Matheson,  on  September  18,  1898,  was 
elected    Superintendent    of    the    Sabbath    school. 

On  January  20,  1901,  Major  J.  C.  Coit  and  family  were, 
at  their  request,  dismissed  to  the  Central  Presbyterian  Church, 
Washington,  D.  C.  This  was  a  great  loss  to  our  church. 
Major  Coit  had  long  been  an  elder  of  the  church.  His  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  former  Elder  Murdock  McLean,  and  their 
children  had  all  been  active  members.  One  of  them,  Miss 
Mary  Coit,  has  for  many  years  been  the  pastor's  assistant  at 
the   Central   church,    Washington,   D.    C. 

In  March  1902  Col.  T.  Stabo  Farrow,  Robert  M.  McKay 
and  D.  S.  Matheson  were  ordained  and  installed  elders,  and 
W.  P.  Stubbs  and  J.  T.  Ladd  made  deacons.  In  1903  the 
church  building  was  worked  over,  painted,  and  a  pipe  organ 
was    installed    and    its    appearance    very    much    improved. 

About  this  time  it  was  decided  that  this  church  required 
all  of  its  pastor's  time  but  it  offered  to  assist  financially  the 
Mission   church    at   Orange    Hill. 

On  January  4,  1903,  Edwin  Malloy  and  T.  G.  Matheson 
were  ordained  and  installed  deacons,  just  sixty  six  years  after 
the  grandfather  of  Mr.  Malloy  and  the  father  of  Mr.  Matheson 
were  on  the  same  day  installed  two  of  the  first  deacons  of 
the   church. 

The  Synod  of  South  Carolina  met  for  the  third  time  in 
this  church  in  October  1903.  It  was  a  very  harmonious  and 
enjoyable  meeting.  The  question,  however,  of  removing  the 
Columbia  Seminary  to  Atlanta  was  for  the  first  time  brought 
before  the  Synod.  The  Rev.  Theron  Rice,  D.  D.,  of  Atlanta, 
and  others  were  present.  No  headway  was  made  at  that 
meeting,  but  the  idea  grew  and  the  agitation  continued  until 
the  seminary  was  finally  removed  after  having  been  located 
in  Columbia  for  100  years.  It  was  during  this  year  that  the 
hour  for  holding  Sunday  School  was,  for  the  first  time,  changed 
from  the  afternoon  to  the  morning  hour  where  it  has  remained. 

In  July  1903,  Rev.  R.  G.  McLees,  D.  D.,  famous  blind 
preacher,  held  evangelistic  services  in  our  church.  Quite  a 
number   united   with    the    church    on    profession. 

Our  oldest  elder,  Major  Alexander  McQueen,  died  on  June 
4,  1904,  having  been  an  elder  since  February  1,  1858.  On  the 
page    of    the    sessional    record    dedicated    to    his    memory,    quote: 

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"An   elder   of  this   church,   faithful,   honored   and   loved   for   forty 
six    years,    and    a    member    for    forty    seven    years."      For    many 
years    he    conducted    a    mission    Sunday    school    at    Teal's    Mill 
which   bore   much   fruit  for   the   cause   of   Christ. 

In  April  1905  D.  S.  Matheson  resigned  as  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  School  and  was  succeeded  by  Major  McLauchlin, 
who  had  served  many  years   prior  to  this   most  acceptably. 

In  June  1905  Capt.  T.  F.  Malloy  and  Mr.  M.  H.  Finney 
were    ordained    and    installed    elders. 

The    following    letter    was    received    by    the    clerk    of    session 
in   June    1905   from    Rev.    Angus   Johnson,    Avalan,    Texas,    in    his 
ninety  seventh  year,  as  follows: 
Mr.    W.    F.    Stevenson — Dear   Friend: 

I  went  to  Cheraw  from  North  Carolina  in  1824.  Rev. 
Nicholas  R.  Morgan  was  the  first  preacher.  In  1826  or  7  he 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Uriah  Powers.  What  date  the  church 
was  organized  I  do  not  know,  but  one  thing  I  do  know,  that 
I  was  the  first  male  member  that  joined  that  church  on  pro- 
fession. Miss  Ellen  Chapman  was  the  first  female  member 
that  joined  on  profession  and  she  joined  before  I  did.  Archi- 
bald Mclntyre,  Dr.  McLean,  Angus  Campbell  and  their  wives 
were  all  members.  McLean  and  Campbell  were  both  elders. 
There  were  other  members  whose  given  names  I  do  not  recall 
except  Lawyer  Alxander  Graham.  Dr.  Thomas  Graham,  John 
C.  Coit  and  Robert  McQueen  and  I  believe  also  Dr.  McQueen. 
I  served  my  apprenticeship  at  the  tailor's  trade  for  4  years 
and  8  mo.-,  an  I,  before  the  end  of  my  apprenticeship,  I  was 
received  there  by  Harmony  Presbytery  as  a  beneficiary  and 
there  commenced  my  academic  course  and  in  1836,  April  the 
h,  I  was  lie  "Used  by  Harmony  Presbytery  to  preach  the 
Gospel  in  that  town  and  wherever  God  in  his  Providence  might 
call  me.  I  bl<  -s  G<>d  for  health  and  strength  and  a  good 
wife  to  do  my  reading  and  writing  and  above  everything  for 
the  privilege  of  preaching  every  Sabbath.  Your  friend   in  Christ, 

ANGUS   JOHNSON. 

In  January  1906  the  session  decided  to  convass  the  con- 
gregation to  enlist  their  interest  to  a  greater  degree  in  the 
activities  of  the  church,  especially  in  the  Sunday  School.  This 
work  resulted  in  a  complete  reorganization  of  the  Sunday 
School  in  the  spring  of  1906  as  follows:  The  cradle  roll  was 
formed;  Primary,  Intermediate,  and  Junior  and  Senior  depart- 
ments were  established;  and  the  Men's  Bible  was  formed, 
which  later  became  an  organized  Bibie  Class,  with  J.  Fletcher 
McBride   as    first    president,    and    D.    S.    Matheson    was    continued 

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as  teacher.  In  1933  Prof.  J.  K.  McCown  became  the  teacher. 
The  class  has  reached  its  largest  enrollment  and  greatest  ef- 
ficiency during  the  past  four  years  under  the  teaching  of  Elder 
Randolph  Lee  and  presidents  Russell  Bennett  and  Brevard 
Kendall. 

Mention  should  be  made  of  three  outpost  Sunday  Schools 
organized  and  taught  by  Elders  of  this  church:  One  during 
the  eighties  as  stated  above,  by  Major  Alexander  McQueen 
at  Teal's  Mill.  Another,  by  Major  J.  C.  Coit  at  Orange  Hill, 
resulting  in  a  mission  chapel  at  which  both  Dr.  Whaling  and 
Dr.  McArn  preached  for  several  years.  The  church  was  finally 
dissolved  and  the  membership  largely  transferred  to  the  Che- 
raw  church,  and  a  third  Sunday  School  organized  at  Montrose, 
by  Elder  D.  S.  Matheson,  continued  from  1912  to  1928.  Dr. 
McArn  preached  occasionally  at  this  school  with  good  results. 
Quite  a  large  number  united  with  this  church  and  the  Baptist 
church   from    this    school    during    this    period. 

In  1907  the  church  membership  for  the  first  time  in  the 
history  of  the  church  passed  the  two  hundred  mark — being  201. 
It  was  during  this  year  that  the  ladies  introduced  the  use  of 
the  individual  communion  cups,  and  grape  juice  was  used  in 
place  of  wine. 

On  February  10,  1908,  the  church  lost  by  death  Elder 
Robert  M.  McKay.  A  just  tribute  taken  from  the  Session 
memorial  follows:  'The  poor  who  had  been  aided,  the  sorrow- 
ing who  had  been  comforted,  the  weak  who  had  been  sustained 
and  the  downcast  who  had  been  cheered  and  lifted  up  by  this 
strong,  Godly  and  bright  hearted  man,  all  realized  that  a  'Prince 
in   Israel'   had  fallen   today." 

In  March  1908,  the  plan  to  either  improve  the  manse  or 
build  a  new  one  was  agitated,  but  nothing  definite  developed 
until  November  1909,  when  a  committee  composed  of  Mr.  H.  E. 
Clement  from  the  congregation,  Deacons  T.  G.  Matheson  and 
W.  P.  Stubbs,  and  from  the  Ladies  Aid  Mrs.  H.  E.  Clement  and 
Mrs.  L.  M.  Evans,  was  appointed  and  the  manse  as  it  is  now 
was  completed,  by  adding  a  second  story  to  the  one  then  existing. 

On  November  23,  1908,  Dr.  J.  A.  James  died.  He  had  been 
an  Elder  in  this  church  since  1886,  and  an  Elder  at  Indian- 
town  church  from  1868  until  he  moved  to  Cheraw.  The  following 
quotation  from  the  sessional  record  is  appropriate:  "His  de- 
voted and  skillful  service  to  the  sick  of  the  community  gave 
him  an  entrance  into  the  hearts  and  homes  of  the  community 
to  a  degree  enjoyed  by  few,  and  his  Golly  walk  and  faithful 
toaching    of    the    Word    by    both    precept    and    example    was    the 

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means    of    giving    him    a    striking    influence    in    the    community." 

In  June  1908  Rev.  Mr.  Stough,  Evangelist,  held  in  Cheraw 
a  very  successful  meeting.  There  were  added  to  our  membership 
about  25,  largely  on  profession  of  faith. 

In  June  1909  Orange  Hill  Church  was  dissolved  by  order 
of    Presbytery. 

Sessional  report  to  Presbytery  for  1910  showed  total  com- 
municants 213,  total  collections  $4185,  of  which  $664.00  went 
to  Foreign  Missions  and   $613   to   Home   Missions. 

In  1912  Rev.  Wiilliam  Black  held  an  evangelistic  service 
in  our  church.  It  was  a  successful  meeting,  in  both  reviving 
our  people  and  in  additions  to  the  church,  fifteen  persons  hav- 
ing  been   added   on   profession   of   faith. 

On  October  22,  1913,  Elder  M.  H.  Finney  died.  He  had 
united  with  this  church  by  letter  on  April  26,  1903,  and  on 
June  4,  1905,  was  elected  an  Elder.  From  the  Session  memorial 
of  him  an  appropriate  quotation:  "His  consistent  life  and 
gentle  ways  commended  his  religion  to  all  his  associates  and 
testified    that    the    spirit   of    Christ    was    dominant    in    him." 

On  December  15,  1913,  the  church  lost  its  senior  Elder  in 
the  death  of  Major  Murdoch  McRae  McLauchlin.  He  was  born 
in  Cumberland  County,  N.  C.  May  7,  1833,  was  graduated  from 
Davidson  College  in  1860,  entered  the  Confederate  army,  had 
become  Major  in  1862  and  was  severely  wounded  at  Chancel- 
lorsville  in  18C3.  Was  the  officer  who  picked  up  Stonewall 
Jackson's  cap  when  he  was  mortally  wounded.  After  the  war, 
1873,  he  settled  in  Cheraw  as  a  teacher,  and  the  same  thorough- 
ness in  teaching  and  discipline  and  the  same  quiet,  unobtru- 
sive courage  and  determination  which  caused  his  rapid  promo- 
tion in  war  stamped  all  his  work  as  a  private  citizen  and  made 
an  impression  on  a  whole  generation  of  young  people  in  Che- 
raw and  the  entire  Eastern  part  of  South  Carolina,  whom  he 
taught,  and  who  have  done  honor  to  his  training  in  all  walks 
of  life.  He  served  as  Elder  38  years  and  for  many  of  those 
years  was  superintendent   of  the   Sunday   School. 

In  February  1914  W.  D.  James  and  T.  G.  Matheson  were 
elected  Elders.  In  April  1915  J.  L.  Anderson,  Lewis  Meikle- 
iohn  and  D.  L.  Tillman  were  made  deacons.  On  March  17,  1916 
the  Session  appointed  a  finance  committee  consisting  of  D.  L. 
Tillman,  Edwin  Malloy  and  J.  L.  Anderson,  to  take  charge  of 
all  funds  contributed  for  the  construction  of  a  new  church, 
and  take  pledges  and  invest  funds  until  needed.  A  congrega- 
tional meeting  having  previously  determined  to  build  or  im- 
prove   the    church. 

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March  14,  1916,  the  church  lost  by  death  Capt.  T.  F. 
Malloy,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Duncan  Malloy,  among  the  earliest 
members  of  this  church.  He  was  just  twenty  when  the  Civil 
war  began,  and  enlisted  at  once.  Was  made  Lieutenant  and 
became  Captain  of  Company  C,  old  8th  South  Carolina  regi- 
ment. He  won  distinction  on  many  battlefields,  a  man  said  by 
his  comrades  to  have  been  without  fear,  yet  gentle  and  self- 
sacrificing  to  a  remarkable  degree.  Quoting  from  the  memorial 
adopted  by  the  Session:  "His  characteristics,  great  modesty, 
unyielding  firmness  when  his  mind  was  made  up,  and  determi- 
nation to  discharge  his  duty  when  he  saw  it.  These  character- 
istics were  exemplified  in  his  life  in  the  discharge  of  his  civic, 
political    and    religious    duties." 

Dr.  McArn  had  acted  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School  since  soon  after  the  death  of  Major  McLauchlin.  Dur- 
ing that  period  the  school  increased  from  175  members  to  240, 
nearly  equalling  the  church  membership,  which  was  257  as 
shown  by  the  1917  report  to  Presbytery.  In  September  1917, 
Mr.  Joseph  Lindsay  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School  and  continued  to  serve  until  1923,  when  he  resigned 
after    a    very    successful    term. 


Original  Church  as  brick-veneered  in  1922,  with  large  Sunday 
School    building    added    in    rear. 


On     February     10,     1918,     Robert     Chapman     was     ordained 
and    installed   an   Elder;    and   V.    H.   Kendall    and   Joseph    Lindsay 


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were    made    deacons.      Mr.    Chapman    succeeded    Mr.    Lindsay    as 
superintendent  of  the   Sunday  School   in   May   1923. 

The    agitation    for    a    new    or    enlarged    church    was    renewed 
about  this   time   and   on  June   26,   1922,   at   a   meeting   of   all   the 
officers   of  the   church,   it  was   decided   to   submit   to   the   congre- 
gation   a    recommendation    to    make    extensive    improvements    on 
the    church    building.      The    congregation,    at    a    meeting    called, 
approved    the    plan    and    two    committees    were    appointed    as    fol- 
lows:   A    building    committee    to    consist    of    five    members,    and 
a  finance  committee  to  consist  of  three  members.   On   the   build- 
ing   committee    D.    S.    Matheson,    chairman,    J.    L.    Anderson    and 
V.    H.    Kendall   were   suggested    by   the    officers,    and    Mrs.    L.    M. 
Evans    and    Mrs.    M.    H.    Finney    from    the    auxiliary.      On    the 
finance    committee,    Edwin    Malloy,    chairman,    L.    A.    Meiklejohn 
and    D.    L.    Tillman    were    appointed.      These    committees    were 
given    most    loyal     support     by     the     entire     congregation.       The 
church   was   brick   veneered;    the   ceiling   was   restored   as   it    was 
originally;    additions   were   made   to    the    church    building   proper, 
both    in    the    front,    giving    room    for    the    present    vestibule    and 
porch,    and    for    the    choir    loft    in    the    rear.    Connected    with    the 
church   a   commodious   Sunday   School    building   was    erected;    new 
pews    were    placed    in    the    church    and    a    steeple    over    the    front 
porch.      Total    cost,    not    counting    the    value     of     the     original 
church,    was    $28,500.      This    was    met    by    the    bequest    of    Mrs. 
H.    E.    Clement    of    $1000,    gift    of    Mrs.    T.    F.    Malloy    of    $3000, 
and    the    contributions    of    about    the    entire    congregation    reduc- 
ing   the    debt    by    1936    to    about    $9500.      In    that    year    a    united 
drive  was   made  to   wipe  out  the  debt.   Two  elders,   Messrs.  J.   L. 
Anderson  and  Edwin  Malloy,  generously  offered   to  give  a  dollar 
for  every   one   given   by   the   rest   of    the   congregation    in   paying 
cfi'    the    debt.      While    thiis    was    pending    one    of    our    members, 
Miss   Olivia   Moore,   died,   and   in    her   will   she    had    left   a   legacy 
of    $5000    to    the    church.      With    this    gift,    and    the    above    offer 
and    a    fine    response    by    the    congregation,    and    also    by    several 
fornur     members,     the     church     went     over     the     top,     not     only 
paying      the    mortgage,      but    with    $1500      surplus    with      which 
to      improve    the      heating    facilities    of      the    church      and    put 
the    Session    House    in    excellent    condition.        A    Jubilee    service 
was  held  in  the    Assembly   Hall   and   the  cancelled   mortgage    was 
burned   as    with    grateful    hearts    the    congregation    sang,    "Praise 
God    from    Whom    All    Blessings    Flow." 

In  1925  Dr.  W.  H.  Hollister,  later  a  missionary  to  Korea, 
organized  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society.  This  has  successfully 
functioned   to  the   present  time. 

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In  addition  to  those  mentioned  heretofore,  the  following 
members  of,  or  descendants  of  former  members  of  the  congre- 
gation, have  entered  the  ministry:  Rev.  Donald  McQueen,  D.  D. 
and  his  son,  Donald  McQueen,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Albert  Coit,  Rev. 
George  L.  Petrie,  D.  D.,  Rev.  A.  H.  McArn,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Clifford 
R.  Johnson,  grandson  of  Rev.  B.  E.  Bishop  and  grandson-in-law 
of  the  Editor  of  the  Cheraw  Chronicle,  Rev.  J.  A.  McQueen, 
son  of  Mr.  W.  E.  McQueen,  Rev.  Fred  Manning,  Rev.  Robert 
Lee  McLeod,  now  president  of  Center  College,  Kentucky.  Rev. 
Allan  Macfarlan  became  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  church  and 
Rev.  James  H.  Thornwell,  D.  D.  was  reared  in  Cheraw,  was 
converted  while  a  student  at  the  S.  C.  College,  decided  to  study 
for  the  Presbyterian  ministry,  was  active  in  conducting  prayer 
meeting  and  other  christian  work  in  this  church,  but  never  united 
with  this  church.  I  presume  he  united  with  the  Sumter  church, 
where  he  taught  for  a  while  after  graduation.  There  may  be 
others. 

In  1924  Dr.  W.  H.  Miley  held  revival  services  in  the 
church  with  very  good  results,  and  in  July  1928,  a  union 
evangelistic  meeting  was  held  in  Cheraw  which  resulted  in 
much  good  to  the  church  and  community.  This  was  known  as 
the  Stevens  meeting,  one  result  of  which  was  the  organizing 
of  the  Evangelistic  Club  of  Cheraw,  which  has  continued  to 
function    most   faithfully    until    the    present    day. 

On  October  18,  1929  Mr.  Robert  Chapman  resigned  as 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  and  on  January  5,  1930, 
Mr.  L.  A.  Meiklejohn  was1  elected  in  his  place,  in  Which  ca- 
pacity he  still  serves  most  ably.  On  May  22,  1932,  at  a  con- 
gregational meeting  the  following  were  elected  as  additional 
elders,  to  wit:  V.  H.  Kendall,  J.  K.  McCown,  Wilson  M.  Mc- 
Creight  and  Lewis  Meiklejohn,  and  on  June  5,  1932,  the  fol- 
lowing were  elected  deacons:  J.  O.  Aired,  Russell  E.  Bennett  and 
Brevard  D.  Kendall.  All  of  the  above  elders  and  deacons  were 
ordained    and    installed    on    June    19,    1932. 

On  February  11,  1934,  W.  P.  Smith  and  J.  Fletcher  Mc- 
Bride  were  elected  deacons  and  were  ordained  and  installed 
February  25,  following.  On  April  21,  1935,  J.  Otis  Ladd  and 
C.  C.  Anderson  were  elected  deacons  by  the  congregation  and 
ordained    and    installed    the    following    May    12. 

On  June  9,  1935,  Elder  D.  S.  Matheson  and  family  were, 
at  their  request,  dismissed  to  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Columbia,    S.    C,    where    they    had    lived    since    1933. 

On  September  13,  1936,  Elder  Robert  Chapman  and  family, 
at  their  own  request,  were  dismissed   to  the   Presbyterian  Church 

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of  Red  Springs,  N.  C,  where  they  had  moved  in  1930.  This 
was  a  real  loss  to  our  church  where  they  had  been  most  active 
and   faithful   members. 

On  August  24,  1936,  Elder  T.  Graham  Matheson  died,  hav- 
ing served  the  church  loyally  as  elder  since  February  15,  1914, 
and  prior  to  that  time  as  deacon  since  January  4,  1903.  He 
was  a  lovable  man,  with  many  friends  both  in  this  and  ad- 
joining counties,  faithful  in  his  duties  as  a  member  and  officer 
of  this  church  in  which  he  was  reared. 

The  sessional  report  to  Presbytery,  April  1937,  shows  net 
membership  233,  Sunday  School  enrollment  175,  contributions 
to  benevolences  $1007.00  and  for  local  church  work  of  $14,374. 
This  was  the  year  in  which  the  church  debt  was  paid  off  and 
the   mortgage    burned. 

On  September  19,  1937,  Edwin  Malloy  and  J.  L.  Anderson 
were  elected  elders  and  were  ordained  and  installed  on  Sep- 
tember  26   following   their    election. 

On  February  27,  1938,  the  following  deacons  were  elected: 
John  Gary  Maynard,  Henry  C.  Beasley  and  Robert  Franklin 
Eskridge.  They  were  ordained  and  installed  on  March  18  fol- 
lowing. 

Elder  Wilson  M.  McCreight  died  on  January  2,  1939,  hav- 
ing served  most  faithfully  as  Elder  since  June  19,  1932.  He 
had  acted  as  clerk  pro-tern  during  the  entire  time  he  was  an 
elder,  due  to  the  prolonged  absence  of  the  clerk,  Hon.  W.  F. 
Stevenson,  in  Washington.  He  began  the  present  system  of 
keeping  the  sessional  records,  the  mechanics  of  which  are 
almost  perfect.  His  fidelity  to  duty  and  loyalty  to  the  church 
made   his    passing   a    great   loss. 

The  church  was  called  upon  to  sustain  the  loss  of  another 
valuable  member  and  elder  soon  after  that  of  Mr.  McCreight. 
On  February  13,  1939,  Elder  W.  D.  James,  son  of  Dr.  J.  A. 
James,  a  former  elder,  died.  He  had  served  since  February 
15,  1914,  nearly  twenty  five  years,  with  fidelity  and  loyalty, 
being  almost  always  present  at  the  church  services.  He  de- 
lighted   in    the    church    and    loved    to    attend    its    courts. 

On  the  18th  day  of  February  1940,  Elder  J.  L.  Anderson 
died.  He  had  served  first  as  a  deacon  from  April  1915  to 
September  1937,  when  he  was  elected  elder.  In  both  of  these 
capacities  he  was  a  most  useful  member.  From  the  memorial 
a'lopted  by  the  session  this  extract  is  most  appropriate:  "That 
the  Presbyterian  church  of  Cheraw,  and  all  others  who  have 
at  heart  the  teaching  of  our  Master,  must  mourn  the  loss  of 
one   who,   by   his    constant   example    of   all    that   was    clean,    right 

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and  gentlemanly,  left  an  influence  which  will  not  depart  with 
his   mortal   existence." 

On  the  3rd  day  of  November  1940,  the  congregation  elected 
as  additional  elders  Randolph  B.  Lee  and  D.  S.  Matheson.  The 
latter  had  recently  returned  with  his  family.  Mr.  Lee  was  ordained 
and  installed  on  November  17.  Mr.  Matheson  was  installed, 
having  been  previously  ordained. 

On  February  12,  1942,  Hon.  William  Francis  Stevenson 
died,  after  having  been  an  elder  in  this  church  for  forty  nine 
years,  and  clerk  of  the  session  for  forty  eight  of  those  years, 
Elders  T.  G.  Matheson,  W.  M.  McCreight  and  J.  K.  McCown 
serving  for  him  as  clerk  during  his  absences  as  congressman  and 
later  as  member  of  the  Home  Loan  Bank  Board.  From  the  resolu- 
tions adopted  by  the  session  occurs  the  following:  "Mr.  Ste- 
venson was  sound  in  judgment;  quick  and  accurate  in  solving 
difficult  situations  as  they  arose;  able  in  a  few  words  to  ex- 
press his  convictions  and  conclusions  with  clarity  and  force, 
making  him  a  valuable  member  of  any  deliberative  body  of 
men,  Whether  civic   or  religious." 

The  sessional  report  to  Presbytery,  April  1942,  shows  added 
on  profession  of  faith,  eight;  on  certificate,  twelve;  which  with 
those  heretofore  enumerated  make  a  total  of  267  members. 
Contributions    to   all   causes,    $7,728.00. 

No  history  of  the  church  would  be  complete  without  record- 
ing the  devoted  work  of  the  christian  women  who  have  con- 
tributed so  greatly  to   the   fine   record. 

At  a  congregational  meeting  held  March  29,  1835,  approving 
the  action  of  Presbytery  establishing  domestic  missions,  the 
church  further  declared  itself  to  be  a  Missionary  Society.  They 
started  contributions  at  once  for  missions  and  that  year,  when 
the  church  was  just  seven  years  old,  $142.00  was  contributed,  all 
members,  botn  men  and  women,  assisting.  While  no  specific  men- 
tion is  made  in  the  sessional  records  of  the  separate  work  of  the 
women  during  that  period,  about  12  years  late,  1848,  we  find  a 
well  organized  women's  society  working  for  the  causes  of  the 
church.  It  was  called  the  "Sewing  Society."  Among  the  first 
presidents  were  Mrs.  Lawrence  Prince  and  Mrs.  Duncan  Malloy. 
This  Sewing  Society  met  at  the  homes  of  the  members  and  made 
and  gave  garments  and  fancy  work  for  the  "basket"  which  was 
sent  around  to  the  homes  of  the  town  with  the  articles  for  sale. 

Perhaps  the  first  united  work  of  the  ladies  of  all  the 
churches  was  during  the  Civil  War  in  providing  articles  of 
clothing  for  the  soldiers.  During  the  period  following  the 
Civil    War    among    the    officers    of    the    Sewing    Society    are    re- 

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membered  Mrs.  Mary  Malloy  Coit  and  Mrs.  Eugenia  McNair 
Vereen,  the  mother  of  the  late  William  C.  Vereen,  who  was 
largely  responsible  for  the  missionary  activity  of  the  church 
of  Moultrie,  Ga.  It  was  during  this  period  that  ladies  pur- 
chased a  church  bell  to  take  the  place  of  the  one  that  was 
moulded  into  cannon  for  Coit's  Battery,  which  included  among 
its  members  the  following  from  our  church,  Wm.  Coit,  J.  C. 
McCreight  and  Wm.  G.  Chapman.  Mr.  McCreight  said  that  he 
often  heard  Captain  Coit  say,  as  they  were  going  into  battle: 
"Boys,   remember  what  the  cannon   is   made   of." 

In  1880  the  session  passed  a  resolution  asking  the  female 
communicants  to  propose  to  the  session  certain  of  their  num- 
ber for  the  office  of  deaconess,  but  nothing  was  done  to  carry 
this    out    later. 

The  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  continued  till  1884  when  it 
was  changed  into  the  "Ladies'  Missionary  Society,"  one  of  the 
first  presidents  being  Mrs.  J.  W.  McKay,  and  Mrs.  H.  M. 
Tomlinson  was  the  first  secretary  and  treasurer.  Besides  keep- 
ing up  the  "Basket,'  the  members  paid  monthly  dues  and 
the  contributions  steadily  increased.  Mrs.  McKay  at  her  death 
in  1900  was  succeeded  by  her  daughter,  Miss  Flora,  who  con- 
tinued as  president  until  her  death,  which  occurred  just  before 
the  .Mi-  ionary  Society  was  merged  into  the  Woman's  Auxiliary 
in  1!'20.  Subsequent  to  the  forming  of  the  Ladies'  Missionary 
Society  in  1884,  and  in  the  eighties,  the  Ladies  Aid  Society 
was  established  to  promote  the  local  church  work.  A  large 
part  of  the  church  improvement  in  the  90's  was  met  by  the 
Ladies'  Aid  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  Eugenia  Vereen  and 
her  daughter,  .Mrs.  \V.  R.  Evans,  and  others.  In  1903  the  Ladies' 
Aid  helped  in  working  over  and  painting  the  interior  of  the  church 
and  installing  the  pipe  organ.  Under  the  presidency  of  Mrs. 
H.  !•].  Clement  work  forecasting  that  of  the  Auxiliary  was 
done.  The  fust  great  bazaar  cleared  $:]00.  The  society  added 
the  second  story  to  the  manse.  Other  presidents  were  Mrs. 
J.   H.  II.  S  .   Mrs.   A.  G.   Meiklejohn  and   Mrs.  Clara   Malloy 

Finney.  The  roll  call  of  officers  cannot  be  given  with  defi- 
niteness — they   were   better   workers   than    recorders. 

A  society  for  girls  was  formed  about  1904  by  Mrs.  Jessie 
Prince  Johnson  to  assist  the  Ladies'  Aid  and  train  the  children 
in  church  work.  A  Junior  .Missionary  Society  was  established 
in    1915    with    Miss    Emma    Matheson    as    president. 

This  is  a  brief  statement  of  a  vast  amount  of  work 
setting  forth  the  activities  of  the  women  for  seventy  odd  years, 
and    brings    us    to    the    founding    of    the    Woman's    Auxiliary    in 

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1920  when  all  of  their  activities  were  merged  in  this  won- 
derful organization.  Mrs.  Pauline  James  Owings  of  Columbia, 
daughter  of  the  former  Elder  J.  A.  James,  assisted  in  the 
organization.  Mrs.  L.  M.  Evans,  the  first  president,  with  ability, 
tact  and  enthusiasm,  led  a  zealous  band  of  officers  and  mem- 
bers. 'Twas  said  one  couldn't  talk  five  minutes  to  a  Presby- 
terian woman  that  she  didn't  mention  the  Auxiliary.  The  re- 
sults of  this  organization  in  increasing  fellowship,  developing 
workers,  quickening  religious  fervor,  and  increasing  contribu- 
tions to  all  church  causes,  have  been  marvelous.  The  budget 
reached  its  peak  in  1928  with  $1877.33.  This  year,  1943,  it  was 
$1771.95.  This  has  given  opportunity  every  year  for  meeting 
other  demands  after  paying  the  pledged  budget  of  about  $750.00. 
It  has  assisted  in  all  repairs  and  remodeling  of  the  church, 
contributed  to  wiping  out  the  building  debt,  gave  the  church 
carpet,  pulpit  Bible,  and  hymnals,  shades  for  the  Assembly 
Hall  and  session  house,  shared  in  purchase  of  Assembly  Hall 
piano,  and  equipped  the  kitchen.  In  a  more  important  way  it  con- 
tributed to  the  spiritual  development  of  the  members  of  the 
congregation,  in  Bible  study,  in  prayer,  and  in  good  deeds. 

In  1924  the  president,  Mrs.  Edwin  Malloy,  interested  the 
Auxiliary  in  securing  a  landscape  gardener  to  plan  and  plant 
the  church  grounds  at  a  cost  of  $400.00  and  since  then  the 
Auxiliary  has  had  charge  of  the  upkeep  of  the  grounds.  The 
Auxiliary  clothes  two  Thornwell  orphans,  sends  two  young 
people  annually  to  the  Young  People's  Conference  and  two 
delegates  to  the  Auxiliary  conference  at  Montreat,  has  sent 
delegates  to  Benedict  college,  offers  an  annual  prize  for  scholar- 
ship at  the  Coulter  school  for  negroes,  and  gave  $5.00  anftually 
to   Montrose   Sunday   School  for  some   years. 

The  presidents  of  the  Auxiliary  have  been,  with  terms 
indicated,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Evans  (2),  Mrs.  Edwin  Malloy  (2),  Mrs. 
L.  A.  Meiklejohn  (1),  Mrs.  R.  R.  Hickson  (2),  Mrs.  J.  W.  Malloy, 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Cooper  (2),  Mrs.  J.  L,  Anderson  (2),  Mrs.  L.  A. 
Meiklejohn  (1),  Mrs.  R.  R.  Thurman  (2),  Mrs.  Preston  Smith 
(2).  Mrs.  J.  E.  Funderburk  (2),   Mrs.  Brevard  Kendall   (2). 

In  1925  Dr.  W.  H.  Hollister,  later  a  missionary  to  Korea, 
largely  supported  by  this  church,  organized  the  Christian 
Endeavor  and  became  its  first  president.  This  has  done  con- 
tinuous, excellent  work,  has  acquainted  the  young  people  with 
all  the  church  causes  to  each  of  which  they  contribute  and  has 
trained  them  to  conduct  religious  services  with  ease  and  dig- 
nity. A  member  of  the  Auxiliary  acts  as  advisor  to  the  young 
people,  which   position   was   most   capably    held   for   the    past   two 

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years  by  Mrs.  Naomi  McBride  Horton  and  the  new  year  under 
Mrs.  W.  R.  Madden,  opens  with  great  promise.  Fred  Poston, 
now  in  the  army,  will  be  greatly  missed  for  almost  since  the 
beginning  he  has  been  a  leader  in  the  service  and  an  essential 
factor  in  the  entertaining. 

With  regard  to  the  music  of  the  church  there  is  no  record 
of  any  instrument  being  used  till  after  the  Civil  War.  Prior 
to  that  time  the  singing  was  led  by  designated  preceptors,  the 
first  known  was  Gen.  W.  L.  T.  Prince  and  at  times  Mr.  Ara 
Race.  Soon  after  the  Civil  War  the  first  organ  was  secured 
and  placed  in  the  gallery  at  the  end  of  the  church,  opposite 
the  pulpit,  permission  for  securing  the  organ  having  been  ob- 
tained from  the  session  by  the  mother-in-law  of  Dr.  McArn, 
Mrs.  Mary  Buchanan  Malloy.  In  the  early  70's  the  choir  was 
trained  by  Major  McLauchlin  who  brought  into  it,  not  only 
the  talent  that  had  furnished  the  music  prior  to  that  time, 
but  advanced  the  best  singers  from  his  school  choir  who  re- 
ceived daily  training  in  singing  from  him.  This,  the  first  or- 
ganized choir,  became  outstanding;  sopranos,  Misses  Lizzie  Blue 
and  Mary  Belle  McKay  (Mrs.  T.  F.  Malloy);  altos,  Miss  Anna 
Horton  (Mrs.  G.  M.  Hendrix),  and  Miss  Annie  Prince  (Mrs. 
A.  M.  Rankin);  tenors,  Major  McLauchlin  and  T.  Graham 
Mathcson;  bass,  Capt.  T.  F.  Malloy.  The  high  standard  of  this 
choir  was  in  later  years  maintained  by  the  addition  of  Mrs. 
L.  M.  Evans,  Mrs.  A.  II.  McArn,  W.  T.  Powell,  Edwin 
Malloy,  Mrs.  Wilson  McCreight,  Mrs.  Naomi  McBride  Horton, 
Miss    Margaret    Powell    (Mrs.    Clyde    Laney)    and    others. 

In  recent  years,  under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  Joe  Lindsay, 
excellent  music  has  been  rendered  not  only  in  church  singing 
but  in  beautiful  Christmas  Cantata.-,  in  which  musical  talent 
of  the  town  participated.  The  present  vested  choir,  composed 
largely  of  young  people,  is  very  successfully  directed  by  the 
organist,  Miss  Elizabeth  Harris.  Violin  music  at  times  has 
been    furnished    by    R.    L.    Sumwalt    and    Mrs.    James    Crawford. 

On  the  31st  of  Dei-ember,  1942,  the  congregation  of  our 
church  honored  Dr.  McArn  with  a  reception,  held  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mis.  James  Crawford.  The  officials  of  the  church 
with  their  wives  assisted  the  host  and  hostess  in  making  the 
occasion  a  most  enjoyable  one.  The  elegant  home,  beautifully 
decorated  with  flowers,  was  thrown  open  to  the  guests,  and 
practically  the  entire  congregation,  besides  many  friends  of 
other  denominations,  were  present  to  extend  to  Dr.  McArn 
their  congratulations.  During  the  evening  an  appropriate  gift 
was    presented    by    Elder    L.    A.    Meiklejohn,    on    behalf    of    the 

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congregation,  and  accepted  by  the  "Parson"  in  a  very  happy 
and   appropriate   vein. 

A  special  service,  arranged  and  conducted  by  the  ministers 
of  the  other  churches  in  the  town,  was  held  Sunday  night, 
February  21,  in  honor  of  Dr.  McArn's  having  completed  his 
fifty  years  of  service  as  minister  of  this  church.  The  service 
was  conducted  by  the  Rev.  S.  0.  Cantey,  pastor  of  the  Metho- 
dist church,  presiding,  and  who  with  Rev.  C.  M.  Hobart  of  the 
Episcopal  church  and  Rev.  C.  H.  Myers  of  the  Baptist  church, 
made  appropriate  talks,  expressing  gratitude  to  God  for  the 
work  his  servant  has  been  permitted  to  do  during  his  long 
ministry.  Throughout  the  service  the  happy,  christian  relation- 
ship  existing  among   the   several   churches  was   most   evident. 

Dr.  McArn  has  been  until  recently  the  Stated  Clerk  of 
Pee  Dee  Presbytery  for  over  46  years.  The  Presbytery  adopted 
appropriate    resolutions    on    his    recent    resignation. 

The  unusual  item  of  a  minister  serving  a  church  con- 
tinuously for  fifty  years  recently  attracted  the  attention  of 
the  Associated  Press  and  it  has  been  given  a  nation  wide 
notoriety   by   the   press. 

All  of  the  foregoing  make  an  excellent  showing,  and  con- 
stitute the  best  evidence  of  the  successful  work  accomplished 
and  now  being  done  by  the  church  under  the  leadership  of  our 
beloved  pastor,  Rev.  A.  H.  McArn,  D.  D.  It  is  but  just 
and  true  to  record  here  that  during  all  these  years  that 
he  has  served  as  pastor  of  this  church  he  has  exerted  a 
powerful  influence  for  good,  not  only  in  the  church  but  also 
in  this  town  and  community  in  which  he  is  held  universally 
in  high  esteem.  With  his  church  excellently  equipped  physi- 
cally and  its  membership  thoroughly  organized  for  work  religi- 
ously, we  look  forward  hopefully  and  trustfully  to  his  con- 
tinued leadership  past  many  of  the  milestones  down  the  road 
of  his  second  half  century.  And  so  we  close  this  brief  history 
of  this  church.  During  its  one  hundred  and  fifteen  years  it  has 
been  remarkably  free  from  dissensions  and  factions.  Its  mem- 
bers have  been  free  to  devote  their  time  and  energy  in  pro- 
moting the  cause  of  Christ.  This  it  has  tried  to  do,  painfully 
conscious  of  imperfections  and  failures;  but  it  rejoices  in  the 
perfection,  the  power,  the  grace  and  the  love  of  its  Lord  and 
Master.  In  this  consciousness  it  renews  its  strength  and  de- 
termines, by  God's  grace,  to  endeavor  to  advance  His  cause, 
to    whom    be    all    the    glory    both    now    and    forever. 


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The   following   852    names    are    the    names    of   members  who 
joined    during    Dr.    McArn's    pastorate,    with    the    dates    of    their 


admission,   up   to   January    1,    1943: 


Adams,    W.    L.,    2-11-1901 
Amos,  J.   T.,   10-1-09 
Amos,  Mrs.  J.  T.,  10-1-09 
Anderson,   J.    L.,    2-20-10 
Anderson,   Mrs.   J.   L.,   2-20-10 
Anderson,   Ray,   7-11-15 
Anderson,    Alice,    7-11-15 
Allred,  J.  O.,  1-6-18 
Anderson,   W.   Glen,   1-2-21 
Anderson,  E.   C,   1-30-21 
Anderson,   Mrs.   E.   C,   1-30-21 
Allred,   Mrs.  J.   O.,   12-25-21 
Anderson,   Allen,   3-2-22 
Anderson,  Margaret  M.,  11-23-24 
Anderson,  Mrs.  D.  Ray,  4-26-26 
Anderson,  Mrs.  Allan,  7-19-25 
Anderson,   Allan   G.,  9-9-28 
Anderson,  C.   C.,   2-26-31 
Anderson,    Mrs.    C.   C,   2-26-31 
Anderson,  Mae  Boyd,  1-22-33 
Anderson,   Eleanor  M.,  6-11-33 
Allred,  Sophie  L  ,  3-3-35 
Allred,  Elizabeth,  3-3-35 
Allred,    Margaret    K.,   3-3-35 
Anderson,   Clarence   W.,  9-13-42 
Anderson,  Allan  G.  Jr.,  9-13-42 
Burke,   Bertha,   2-29-96 
Biddle,  W.  F.,  8-20-99 
Biddle,   Anna,  8-20-99 
Bailey,  Dr    Robert  S.,  3-31-1900 
Bishop,    Marjory,    10-28-1900 
Black,  Janie  Fairley,  2-11-1900 
Boulevore,    William    R.,    6-9-01 
Boulevore,  Mrs. 

Louise  A.,  6-9-01 
Bishop,  Janie,  7-23-03 
Bishop,   Mary,  7-19-03 
Bodine,   E.   K.,   11-4-04 
Bodine,   Mrs.   E.   K.,   11-4-04 
Bradshaw,  J.   P.,   12-3-06 
Bradshaw,  Mrs    J.  P.,  12-3-06 


Beattie,  John  M.,  5-21-05 
Bishop,  Edna,  11-30-06 
Barefoot,    C,    3-31-07 
Barefoot,    Mrs.    C.,    3-31-07 
Barefoot,   Nettie,   3-31-07 
Barefoot,   Peter,   7-20-07 
Barefoot,    Mark,    12-22-07 
Barefoot,  Mrs.   M.  M.,  2-23-08 
Bradshaw,   H.   B.,   3-29-08 
Bradshaw,  Mrs.  H    B.,  3-29-08 
Barefoot,  Joseph,  7-12-08 
Boykin,  L.  W.,  7-12-08 
Brown,  J.   O.,   7-12-08 
Brown,  Mrs.  T.  F.,  12-20-08 
Barker.    L.    L.,    7-12-08 
Barefoot,  Tommie  E.,  1-31-09 
Barefoot,  Bright  Hill,  12-19-09 
Barber,  W.  J.,  2-5-11 
Bloomfield,   J.   D.,   2-19-11 
Belk,  T.   W.,   9-2-11 
Bundy,    Cornelius    K.,    3-27-12 
Bradshaw,  Morris  H.,  3-25-12 
Bennett,    Russell    E.,   3-26-15 
Brasington,    Mrs. 

Clayton,    1-27-20 
Booth,  H.   F.,  4-1-21 
Booth,    Mrs.   II.   F.,   1-9-21 
Baker,  B.   B.,   6-11-22 
Barnes,  Lettie  E.,  6-18-22 
Brewer,  Lloyd  E..  5-21-22 
Brewer,   T.  A.,   5-21-22 
Bethune,   Robert,   5-13-23 
Brewer,. Mrs.   T.   A.,   12-2-23 
Brimm,  W.  J.,  7-2-24 
Bane,   F.    C,   4-19-25 
Bane,   Mrs.   F.   C,  4-19-25 
Bennett,   Mrs.   Russell,   7-19-25 
Beasley,  Henry   C,   1-24-25 
Bane,   Elizabeth   M.,   3-26-27 
Bane,    Dorothy    A.,    3-6-37 
Bane,    Marian    A.,    3-20-27 


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Brooks,   P.   T.,   4-16-33 
Bennett,  Russell  E.  Jr.,  10-13-35 
Brewer,  Madeline  A.,   10-13-35 
Branson,  Mrs.  H.  L.,  11-2-36 
Bethune,  Susanne,  3-28-37 
Boggs,  Doyle   W.,  9-5-37 
Beasley,   Margaret   Ann,   7-3-38 
Bradford,  Guy,  11-27-38 
Bradford,  Mrs.  Guy,  11-27-38 
Bradford,   Guy  Jr„   11-27-38 
Bradford,  Margaret 
Beasley,  Georgia  A.,  10-17-39 
Brewer,    Carrole,    10-13-40 
Brewer,  Thomas 

Austin   Jr.,    10-13-40 
Bracy,   H.   M.,    10-13-40 
Bracy,  Mrs.   H.  M.,  10-13-40 
Bennett,  Robert 

McArn,  10-26-41 
Bethune,   Robert  M.,   10-26-41 
Beasley,  Jane  A.,  12-28-41 
Broadway,  F.  A.,  5-18-41 
Broadway,  Mrs.  F.  A.,  5-18-41 
Coit,  Lucia,  10-6-94 
Coit,  Jennie   L.,  9-26-96 
Cook,  H.  W.,  1-7-1900 
Crowell,   Dr.   W.   H.,   10-28-1900 
Cloud,   O.   L.,   12-23-1900 
Cloud,    Mrs.   O.    L.,    12-23-1900 
Crowell,  Mrs.  W.  H.,  12-28-1900 
Cooper,   Dr.    H.   W.,   5-25-02 
Chapman,    Mary    W.,    9-28-02 
Chapman,   Sallie   R.,   9-29-02 
Clement,   H.  E.,   1-4-03 
Clement,  Mrs.   H.   E.,   1-4-1903 
Clement,  W.  L.,  3-5-05 
Clement,   Mrs.   W.   L.   3-5-05 
Chamberlain,  Dr.  E.  H.,  6-21-03 
Craig,  Flora   (colored)   4-1-04 
Chapman,  Allan  D.,  11-11-06 
Chapman,    Eleanor,    1-10-08 
Chapman,   Mrs.   A.   D.,   5-3-08 
Chamberlain,  Mrs.  E.  H.,7-12-08 
Chamberlain,   Jessie   R.,   7-12-08 


Coker,    Mary,    7-12-08 
Chapman,   Katie,   12-20-08 
Chapman,  Fannie  J.,  7-19-08 
Carmichael,  Mrs.  E.  G.,  2-20-10 
Chamberlain,    Gertrude,    3-20-12 
Chamberlain,  Elizabeth,  6-30-12 
Cooper,  E.  J.,  10-4-12 
Cooper,   Mrs.   E.   J.,   7-23-11 
Chapman,  Wilson   H.,  9-21-13 
Chapman,   Mrs.   Ellis   S.,   2-1-14 
Causey,    Caroline,    5-13-23 
Clarke,   C.   E.,   6-3-17 
Chapman,   Robert,  6-3-17 
Chapman,   Mrs.   Robert,   6-3-17 
Chapman,   Katie   E.,    12-29-19 
Crabtree,   Mrs.   Kate   R.,   6-5-21 
Crigler,   M.  B.,  5-14-22 
Crigler,  Mrs.  M.  B.,  5-14-22 
Chapman,  Caroline  B.,  11-23-24 
Chapman,   A. 

DeWitt  Jr.,  5-29-25 
Cutts,  John   A.,   10-25-25 
Crawford,    Mrs. 

James   C,   11-22-25 
Chapman,  Mrs.  D.  M.  Jr.,  3-7-24 
Chapman,   Lida   Law,  3-6-27 
Chapman,   Robert  E.,  3-6-27 
Clark,    Catherine,    7-1-28 
Chapman,    Robert   Jr.,    3-16-29 
Chaplin,   O.   Leroy,   12-14-30 
Craft,   Mrs.   Sarah   B.,   5-17-31 
Cook,   Josephine,   5-8-32 
Crigler,   Mary    Susan,   4-15-34 
Crigler,  Benjamin  R.,   10-13-35 
Campbell,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  9-25-38 
Chapman,    Martha 

Kate,    11-26-39 
Carpenter,  Albert,  2-30-40 
Carpenter,    Mrs.    Albert,    2-3-40 
Cote,   F.   Lamar,   5-5-40 
Chapman,   E.    McN.,    9-28-41 
Dalrymple,  J.  C,  3-29-03 
Dalrymple,  Mrs.  J.  C,  3-29-03 
Duke,    Mrs.    W.    F.,   5-25-03 


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Davis,   Mrs.    T.   W.,   9-8-07 
Davis,    T.    W.,    10-4-07 
Davis,    Mamie,    10-4-07 
Denny,  D.  T.,  7-29-08 
Davidson,   R.   D.,   7-30-10 
Davidson,    Mrs.    R.   D.,    7-30-10 
Davidson,   J.    F.,    7-30-10 
Douglass,   C.   C,   7-30-10 
Douglas,  7-30-10 
Douglass,  Henry,  7-4-13 
Duke,   W.   P.,   5-24-14 
Davis,  Thelma,  1-26-19 
Davis,   Ralph,   1-4-22 
Davis,    William,    10-22-22 
Douglass,  F.   S.    (Jack)    9-5-26 
Douglass,  Mrs.  F.  S.,  9-5-26 
Davis,   Mrs.   Ralph,  2-3-35 
DesChamps,   Armon,   4-14-40 
Eberle,   Mary  F.,   7-19-03 
.  Easley,  Dr.  Thomas,  7-19-08 
Evans,    LaCoste,    7-12-08 
Evans,   T.   C,   11-10-12 
Evans,   Mrs.   T.   C,    11-10-12 
Eskridge,   Mrs.   J.   W.,   4-28-12 
Ellerbe,    A.  J.,   8-17-13 
Ellerbe,   Mrs.   A.   J.,   8-17-13 
Ellerbe,    II.    F.,    8-17-13 
Ellerbe,    E.    Carlisle,    2-8-14 
Evans,   Virginia,   8-18-15 
Eskridge,  J.   W.,  5-10-14 
Evans,    Henry    Malloy,    12-31-15 
Evans,  W.   P.,  3-24-18 
Evans,   Janice    L.,   1-26-19 
Evans,    Evelyn    A.,    12-29-19 
Evans,   L.    Marion   Jr.,    12-29-19 
Ellerbe,   Maude,   5-11-19 
Evans,  Celeste   W.,  3-12-22 
Eskridge,    Ribble   M.,    1-4-22 
Evans,    William    R.,    4-8-23 
Eskridge,    Cora    May,    1-27-24 
Evans,    Eulalie   R.,   5-29-25 
Eskridge,   Robert   Frank,   3-6-27 
Eskridge,  Kimsey  C,  3-31-29 
Eskridge,    Wilton,    3-27-32 


Evans,  Mrs.  H.  Malloy,  4-29-34 
Eskridge,  Henry  L.,  4-15-34 
Eskridge,   Ernest   R.,    3-29-36 
Eskridge,   Elizabeth,   3-28-37 
Evans,   Dr.   S.   B.,   10-9-38 
Eskridge,  Treva  Nelle,  4-7-40 
Field,   Agnes,   3-28-97 
Farrow,  Col.  T.  Stobo,  9-23-1900 
Farrow,    Julia,    12-23-1900 
Finney,   M.   H.,   4-26-03 
Finney,    Mrs.    M.    H.,    4-26-03 
Fondville,  J.  C,  11-18-17 
Fondville,    Arlene,    10-1-20 
Ford,   R.   Frank,   10-8-22 
Fondville,   Robert   H.,  7-1-28 
Franklin,   Francis   C,   3-27-27 
Funderburk,    Dr.    J.    E.,    9-6-36 
Funderburk,    Mrs.   J.   E.,   9-6-36 
Funderburk,   Eugenia   B., 3-28-37 
Ford,   J.   A.,   10-13-40 
Funderburk,  Nancy  P.,  12-28-41 
Gayle,   H.   A.,   2-11-1900 
Grigsby,    Hugh    S.,  -1-4-07 
Grigsby,   Mrs.   H.    S.,    1-4-07 
Grigsby,    Emma,    1-4-07 
Grigsby,    Maude,    1-3-08 
Goodale,    S.    O.,    3-27-10 
Goodale,  Mrs.  S.   O.,  3-27-10 
Guy,  Walter,   10-20-12 
Gibson,  Mrs.  P.  M.,  11-29-14 
Griggs,   Lester   S.,  5-27-17 
Gillespie,  Major  W.  L.,  8-10-20 
Gillespie,    Mrs.    W.    L.,   8-10-20 
Griggs,  J.  L.,  1-9-21 
Srimm,  Mrs.  Margaret,  12-25-21 
Gillespie,  W.   L.  Jr.,  4-23-22 
Gillespie,    Maie    L.,    4-23-22 
Griggs,  Mrs.  J.  L.,  2-4-23 
Golphin,    Harry    M.,    5-21-22 
Gordon,  Mrs.  Frank,  9-14-24 
Gaddy,   Mrs.   R.   R.,   4-22-28 
Gasque,  Mrs.  Harvey,  3-7-24 
Gillespie,   Harrington,  9-9-28 
Gillespie,  Evelyn,  9-9-28 


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Gray,  Mrs.   R.   C,   10-26-29 
Gardner,  L.  W.,  1-4-31 
Gardner,  Mrs.  L.  W.,  1-4-31 
Glover,  John   T.,   9-3-31 
Glover,  Mrs.  John  T.,  9-3-31 
Griggs,    Harry,    1-22-33 
Griggs,  Martha,  1-22-33 
Gaines,  Mrs.  Eloise,  11-27-38 
Gaines,   Sara   Frances,   11-27-38 
Griggs,  James  Page.,  10-26-41 
Griggs,   Sarah  Jean,  3-10-40 
Gordon,   Charles   H.,  9-10-39 
Hancock,  Willie,  7-2-15 
Hansen,  Mrs.  A.  F.,  3-26-15 
Hansen,    Frazel,    3-26-16 
Hickson,  John   Beatty,   3-25-17 
Hickson,  Helen  Ann,  3-25-17 
Hartsfield,  George  L.,  6-3-17 
Hickson,  Wisner,  9-1-19 
Hickson,   Dorothy   L.,   12-19-20 
Huey,   Robert  S.,   12  12-20 
Huey,  Mrs.  R.   S.,   12-12-20 
Hilliard,  Mrs.  A.  F.,  6-11-22 
Hefling,  Mrs.  Nellie,  7-9-22 
Hefling,  Edward  L.,  7-9-22 
Harris,  E.   Vernon,   2-11-23 
Harris,  J.  Hemby,  5-7-22 
Hickson,    Edward,   4-22-23 
Heffling,   James    E.,   4-22-23 
Harris,  Mrs.  J.  Hemby,  5-27-23 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  F.  E.,  3-2-24 
Hickson,   Christine    E.,   11-23-24 
Hollister,    Dr.    William,    1-11-25 
Hollister,  Mrs.  William,  9-13-25 
Haley,   Edward   S.,   4-10-27 
Howie,  Mrs.  W.  C,  6-23-29 
Howie,  Clyde  C,  6-23-29 
Howie,  W.  C,  Jr.,  10-3-37 
Hartzell,   Louise   C,   3-30-41 
Henderson,   Mrs. 

L.   Nolan,   5-18-41 
Henderson,   L.   Nolan,  7-28-40 
Harrall,  Mrs.  Carter,  7-15-39 
Hancock,   W.   R.,   12-7-95 


Hancock,  Mrs.  W.  R.,  12-7-95 
Hart,   Mrs.   Mary   L.,  8-5-93 
Hendrix,   Mary  Adger,  9-26-96 
Hendrix,   G.   M.,   6-30-1900 
Harris,  J.  F.,  4-1-04 
Harris,   Mrs.  J.  F.,  4-1-04 
Hickson,  John  H.,  5-6-06 
Hickson,  Mrs.  John   H.,  5-6-06 
Hill,   J.   W.   A.,   5-21-05 
Hancock,  Bertha,  3-19-05 
Hancock,    Sarah,   3-19-05 
Hamberger,  John   H.,   1-20-07 
Hamberger,  Mrs.  Lydia,  1-20-07 
Huey,  Claude  M.,  12-13-08 
Hancock,  Helen,  12-7-08 
Hancock,  Ruth,  7-12-08 
Hassom,   Doris,   7-12-08 
Hubbard,   Thomas   L.,   12-9-10 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  Thos.  L.,  12-9-10 
Huntley,   J.   C,   2-5-11 
Huntley,  Mrs.  J.   C,  2-5-11 
Huntley,   Steve,   2-5-11 
Huntley,   Lexie,   2-5-11 
Harrall,  Henry  Carter,  3-25-12 
Hartsfield,   Mrs. 

Fannie   Hill,   9-2-11 
Home,    Martha 

Elizabeth,  3-25-12 
Huntley,    Marjory    M.,    3-20-12 
Hartsfield,  Mary  Ruth,  11-8-14 
Hartsfield,  Miss 

Bruce   H.,   11-29-14 
Hickson,   R.   R.,   12-6-14 
Hancock,  Amanda,  7-2-15 
Inglis,   Laura,   1-19-13 
Ingram,   Mrs.   Pearl,   4-3-08 
Ingram,    Mrs. 

Francis  W.,  2-22-25 
Ingram,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Jr.,  5-29-25 
Ingram,    Francis    W.,    4-14-25 
Ingram,   Clayton   G.,  3-31-29 
Ingram,    Thomas    E.,    4-15-34 
Ingram,    Mrs. 

Clayton    G.,    5-16-37 


(48) 


Ingram,  Charles   M.,  7-4-37 
Ingram,  Mrs.  Robert  S.,  9-26-37 
Irby,   Julia,    5-3-36 
Ingram,    Miller    S.,    10-26-41 
Ingram,  Mrs. 

Thomas  E.,   3-29-42 
Ingram,   Emsley   G.,    12-12-37 
James,  Jimmy,   7-1-93 
James,   Josephine,   7-1-93 
James,   Mrs.   W.   D.,   9-12-97 
Johnson,    Charles    P.,    3-8-03 
Johnson,    D.    C,    5-6-04 
Johnson,    Mrs.    D.    C,    3-27-10 
James,   Catherine  Ruth,  9-24-11 
Joseph,  Lanfick,  12-6-14 
Jenkins,    Musette,    11-21-20 
Jacobs,  Mrs.  W.  A.,  4-1-21 
Jacobs,  William  A.,  4-23-22 
Johnson,   M.   L.,   4-23-22 
Johnson,   Mrs.   M.   L.,   5-7-22 
Jacobs,  Janie   E.,  2-3-24 
Jacobs,   Ora   Lee,  2-3-24 
Jones,   Mrs.  J.   Hassie,   5-10-25 
Jackson,   Harold    D.,    11-20-32 
Johnson,   Leo,   5-7-33 
Jones,    Laura    Ellen,    3-28-37 
Jones,   J.   Hassie,   Jr.,   3-28-37 
Johnson,   Helen    C,   3-28-37 
Jacobs,  Ernest,  6-30-40 
Jacobs,   Durene,   6-30-40 
Jackson,  Mrs.  Harold  D. ,2-27-38 
Johnson,   Elizabeth   N.,   7-3-38 
Johnson,    Lewis    A.,    9-17-39 
Johnson,    Henrietta,    9-13-42 
Kelly,  W.   T.,   12-4-95 
Kirkley,    Columbus,   7-2-99 
Kirkley,   Mrs.   Columbus,    1-2-99 
Kirkley,  Ida  B.,   1-2-99 
Kirkley,   James    C,    1-2-99 
Kirkley,   Willie   E.,    1-2-99 
Kirkley,   Kelly  C,   1-2-99 
Kirkley,   C.   B.,   1-2-99 
Kirkley,  Cornelius  K.,  1-2-99 
Kirkley,  Annie  B.,  1-2-99 


Kirkley,   Charles   A.,   7-23-99 
Kirkley,    Mrs.    C.    A.,    7-23-99 
Kirkley,    Henrietta,    7-23-99 
Kirkley,  William  T.,  1-13-01 
Kirkley,   Sallie  J.,   1-13-01 
Kirkley,  Mattie  M.,  1-13-01 
Kirkley,   Mrs.   W.    E.,   3-24-01 
Kirkley,    Mrs. 

Margaret  W.,  3-29-03 
Kritz,  J.   P.,   1-4-03 
Kendall,   V.    H.,    1-1-05 
Kirkley,  Mrs.  C.  Burch,  4-16-05 
Kelly,  Buckner  J.,  9-29-07 
Kelly,  Eunice,  12-20-08 
Kirkley,   Mrs.   C.  K.,   12-20-08 
Kirkley,   Thomas,  9-20-08 
Kendall,  J.  C,   1-15-11 
Kendall,   Mrs.  J.   C,   1-15-11 
Kirkley,  Columbus  Clyde,3-25-12 
Kirkley,   Herbert,  3-25-12 
Kirkley,   Mrs.   J.   C,   4-28-12 
Kirkley,   Ida  May,   7-4-15 
Kendall,    Brevard    D.,   3-25-17 
Kirkley,    Hattie    Belle,    3-25-17 
Kirkley,   Laura   M.,   3-25-17 
Kirkley,   Eva,   8-29-20 
Kendall,    Mary   Van,   3-10-18 
Kendall,  V.  H.  Jr.,  3-10-18 
Kirkley,   W.    Ebert,   7-24-21 
Kritz,  Frances,  5-13-23 
Kendall,   Duffie   G.,   1-27-24 
Kirkley,    Romella,    1-27-24 
Kirkland,    Mrs. 

Estelle   Thomas,  2-3-29 
Kendall,    Mrs.    Bre- 
vard D.,  5-17-31 
Knight,   Jarhes   Edwin,   4-23-33 
Kirkley,  Glen   S.,  4-30-33 
Kirkley,   Mrs.  Glen   S.,  4-30-33 
Kirkley,    Annie    Ruth,   3-10-40 
Kirkley,  Barbara   L.,   10-13-40 
Knight,    Edwin,    12-28-41 
Kendall,  Brevard  D.,  Jr.,3-29-42 
Kirkley,   Mrs.    Maude,   9-25-38 


(49) 


Kirkley,  C.  B.,  9-25-38 
Kistler,  Mrs.  Celia,  5-28-39 
Kendall,  Mrs.  V.  H.  Jr.,  5-21-49 
Lindsay,  Josephine,  9-17-31 
Linton,   Margaret,  1-1-96 
Ladd,  Mrs.  James  T.,  7-4-96 
Ladd,  James  T.,  1-16-97 
Linton,   Cora,   7-4-96 
Lindsay,  Joe,  5-27-06 
Little,  Robert  J.,  9-8-07 
Lynch,  Mrs.  E.  M.,  3-22-08 
Lynch,   E.    M.,   7-12-08 
Lindsay,  Mrs.  J.  C,  7-1-10 
Lindsay,    Pauline,   7-1-10 
Lindsay,   Howard   H.,   7-30-10 
Ladd,   Annie   M.,   3-20-12 
Ladd,   Otis,   3-25-12 
Lindsay,   Ross,   3-25-12 
Lindsay,  Bleka,  1-14-12 
Lindsay,  Susie  Moore,  7-4-15 
Ladd,    Margaret,    7-4-15 
Leviner,  F.  Morris,  3-12-17 
Little,   James   W.,   7-24-21 
Leviner,   Louise   M.,   1-27-24 
Little,  Ada,  10-14-33 
Little,   G.   Thomas,   9-28-24 
Little,   Robert  Julien,   3-28-24 
Lynch,   Maggie,   3-6-27 
Loflin,  Mrs.  J.  T.,  7-29-28 
Loflin,   John,   7-29-28 
Loflin,  Jack,  7-20-28 
Loflin,  Raymond,  7-29-28 
Loflin,  Woodrow,  7-29-28 
Loflin,   J.   T.,   9-2-28 
Leviner,  F.  Morris,  Jr.,  3-1-29 
Lindsay,  Carolyn,  9-17-31 
Lindsay,   Josephinie,   9-17-31 
Lindsay,   Howard   H.,  5-7-33 
Little,   Mrs.   George   T.,   6-9-35 
Lee,   Randolph,   10-3-37 
Lee,  Mrs.  Randolph,  10-3-37 
Lee,   Matilda,   10-3-37 
Lee,   Frances,   10-3-37 
Lee,  Henry  B.,  10-24-37 


Malloy,  Margaret  W.,  7-6-95 
Malloy,  Theo,  10-6-94 
Melton,  Jackson,  1-1-96 
Melton,  Jessie,  1-1-96 
Manning,  Mrs.  W.   H.,  7-25-96 
Malloy,  Edwin,  1-7-1900 
Malloy,  Thornton  W.,  1-7-1900 
Matheson,  T.  Graham,  9-30-1900 
Matheson,  Mrs. 

Donald   S.,  4-26-03 
Moore,  J.   G.,   7-12-01 
Malloy,   J.   W.,   3-31-05 
Moore,   Maggie,   7-19-03 
Malloy,  Marian,  7-19-03 
Malloy,   Randolph,   7-19-03 
Marks,  Annie,  12-2-04 
Manning,  William  H.,  6-10-06 
Manning,  Louise,  6-10-06 
Moore,  Lucile,  11-30-06 
Meiklejohn,   Mrs. 

Andrew  G.,  1-4-07 
Meiklejohn,   Louise,   1-4-07 
Malloy,    Henrietta,    7-12-08 
Malloy,   T.  F.  Jr.,  7-12-08 
Melton,  Mrs.  Jessie  L.,  5-3-08 
Moore,   Marguerite,   7-12-08 
Marly,   G.   W.,   2-25-12 
Marly,  Mrs.  G.  W.,  1-28-12 
Malloy,    Catherine,    3-20-12 
Meiklejohn,  L.  A.,   10-4-12 
Miller,  Dr.  S.  Leroy,  6-15-13 
Matheson,  Don  Stuart,  11-8-14 
Matheson,  John  F.,   12-19-15 
Malloy,  Mrs.  Edwin,  2-8-20 
Matheson,  Esten  J.,   3-10-18 
Moore,  Mary  C,  12-29-19      . 
Moore,  Mrs.  Wallace,  5-8-21 
Malloy,   Margaret,   11-23-24 
-Malloy,  Jeanette  A.,   11-23-24 
Meiklejohn,  Mary  W.,  11-23-24 
Matheson,    Gordon 

Graham,   3-6-27 
Mathis,  Addie  May,  7-29-28 
Malloy,   Edwin  Jr.,   9-30-28 


(50) 


Manning,   Charles   S.,   9-30-28 
M alloy.  Helen   W.,  3-24-29 
Meiklejohn,  Louise  A.,  3-24-29 
Matheson,  Kenneth,  9-17-31 
Maynard,  Gary,   1-22-33 
Maynard,   Mrs.   Gary,    1-22-33 
Meiklejohn,    Andrew    G.,    3-5-33 
Malloy,  J.  Wilson,  Jr.,  5-7-33 
Malloy,   W.   Manning,   7-3-32 
Miller,  Mrs.   G.   R.,   2-3-35 
Myers,   Mrs.   C.  F.,  3-3-35 
Monroe,  Margaret  E.,  3-28-35 
Moore,  Ouida  B.,   4-15-34 
Moore,    D.    \\\,   Jr.,    11-15-36 
Madden,   Mrs.   W.   R.,   9-13-36 
Madden,   William   Roy,   3-30-41 
Mullen,   E.   A.,   3-29-42 
Mullen,   Mrs.   E.   A.,   3-29-42 
Maynard,  Barbara  L.,  3-12-39 
Mcintosh,   Sallie,   7-1-93 
Mcintosh,   Harpie   L.,    12-1-95 
Mclver,   B.   C,   2-7-97 
Mcintosh,    Mrs.    Dan,    7-9-98 
McCreight,  W.  M.,  1-7-01 
McLeod,    Mrs. 

Maggie  E.,  3-11-1900 
McDonald,  A.  G.,   10-22-01 
McDonald,   Mrs.   C.  V.,  4-23-02 
McLauchlin,  William  E.,  9-28-02 
McBride,  J.   Fletcher,   6-30-05 
McArthur,   Mrs.  James,   6-10-06 
McArn,   Theodore,   12-9-06 
McAin,   Hunter,   12-9-06 
Mcintosh,  Walter,  12-9-06 
McPherson,    M.    G.,    3-31-07 
McPherson,  Mrs.  M.  G.,  3-31-07 
McPherson,    Daniel    J.,    10-4-07 
McCreight,    Gertrude,    7-12-08 
McCreight,  Irene   Buist,  7-12-08 
McDuffie,   S.   H.,   4-3-10 
McDuffie,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  4-3-10 
McNair,  J.  W.,  2-25-12 
McElveen,   R.    H.,   2-9-13 


McDowell,  Mrs. 

Thonias    M.,    9-21-13 
McDowell,   M.   Beatrice,   9-21-13 
Mcintosh,  Daniel  J.  Jr.,  5-27-17 
Mclntyre,  Flora  B.,  1-6-18 
Mclntyre,    Louise,    1-6-18 
McDonald,   Lottie,   6-3-17 
Mclver,  N.   C,  3-2-19 
McArn,   Lois   G.,   3-10-18 
McBride,   Naomi,   12-29-19 
McBride,   O.   T.,   1-18-20 
McBride,  Mrs.  O.  T.,  1-18-20 
McDonald,   Robert   M.,   12-25-21 
McKeel,    Frank    W.,    10-8-22 
McDonald,   Louise, 

Janet,   6-18-22 
McNeil,   W.   B.,   1-24-23 
McNeil,    Mrs.    W.   B.,   1-24-23 
McCown,   Mrs.   J.   K.,   9-9-23 
McCown,  J.   K.,   12-16-23 
McNeill,   John   Hamer,   5-29-25 
McNeill,  J.  P.  Jr.,  11-29-25 
McNeill,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Jr.,  11-29-25 
McArthur,    Harriet   T.,   10-25-25 
McBurney,    An- 
nie   Laurie,   3-28-24 
McCown,    Sarah    S.,    3-6-27 
McCown,    R.    Maxwell,    3-6-27 
McBride,  J.  Fletcher  Jr.,  3-6-27 
McCown,  Mrs.  J.  L.,  7-18-26 
McCown,   J.    L.,   7-18-26 
McNeill,  H.  A.,  11-4-28 
McNeill,  Jean   H.,   3-24-29 
McCreight,    Wil- 
son   M.    Jr.,    3-31-29 
McBride,   Robert  H.,  3-31-29 
McNeill,   Mrs.   A.   A.,   6-26-29 
McCown,   James   L.  Jr.,   3-27-32 
McCown,   W.   Thomasine,  7-3-32 
Mcintosh,   Annie 

Margaret,   4-23-33 
McElveen,   Dr.   J.    C,   2-3-35 
McLauchlin,   J.    C,    5-16-37 


(51) 


McCown  Ruth,  5-5-40 
McCown,  Mrs.  Maxcy  L.  6-30-40 
McCreight,    Mrs. 

Wilson,  Jr.,  5-10-42 
McCown,  Vera 

Elizabeth,  9-17-39 
Nisbet,  Ida  Louise,  10-6-07 
Nisbet,  Sallie  Elizabeth,  10-6-07 
Nisbet,    Lillie    W.    10-6-07 
Nisbet,   Willie   R.,   10-6-07 
Nelson,  R.   H.,  1-30-10 
Nelson,   J.   N.,   2-30-13 
Nichols,  Eunice,  10-15-33 
Odom,   Mrs.   Charlotte,   3-26-16 
Prince,    L.    D.,    1-6-94 
Prince,   E.   Leslie,   1-6-94 
Powell,  Bessie  May,   7-6-95 
Powell,   Margaret,   1-1-96 
Perkins,   Anna  W.,  -3-28-97 
Powell,  Henry,   12-17-98 
Poston,  Henry,  9-23-1900 
Poston,  Mrs.  Henry,  9-23-1900 
Powers,  L.   L.,  6-9-01 
Powell,   Mrs.    Henry,    8-3-02 
Page,  Jessie  W.,   3-19-05 
Page,  Mrs.  Jessie  W.,  3-19-05 
Page,   Lewis,   3-19-05 
Pratt,  J.   L.,  9-2-04 
Powell,    Mrs.    W.    T.,    10-8-07 
Peters,   Mrs.   M.   H.,   7-12-08 
Peters,  Katie,  7-12-08 
Prince,  Charles  L.  Jr.,  2-5-11 
Pirie,   L.   C,   3-8-14 
Poston,    Lucile    M.,    11-1-14 
Poston,  Pattie,  11-1-14 
Powell,  George,  5-31-16 
Powell,  Thomas  Wallace,3-25-17 
Powell,   Malcolm   T.,   3-25-17 
Poston,   Fannie,   3-25-17 
Page,  Mrs.  Wilbur,  1-18-20 
Pharr,  Dr.  John   R.,  3-2-19 
Poston,   Blanche   P.,    10-1-20 
Powell,    Margaret    W.,    1-4-22 
Peg-ues,   J.   Fletcher,   6-11-22 


Pope,   Charles,   12-30-23 
Poston,  Fred  L.,   1-27-24 
Powell,   William   P.,   1-2-24 
Prince,   Charles   L  III,   11-23-24 
Powell,  Cleland  T.,  5-29-25 
Prince,  William  H.,  3-31-29 
Poston,  Howard   H.,   4-21-29 
Prince,    Lawrence   L.,   3-16-29 
Parker,    Paul,    2-21-34 
Prince,   Marian   H.,   4-7-35 
Roller,    Bessie    May,    2-11-1900 
Robeson,    Annie,    9-22-01 
Roller,   J.   T.,   3-8-03 
Rogers,  John  C,  6-10-06 
Rivers,  R.  L.,  2-1-07 
Rivers,   Howell,   7-12-08 
Roebuck,.  Gertrude,   7-12-08 
Rogers,  Janie,  10-16-10 
Rogers,   Rebecca,   6-30-12 
Roller,  Mrs.  J.  T.,  5-10-14 
Ray,   Myrtle,   5-27-17 
Ray,   Norma   Lee,   6-3-17 
Ray,   Bessie   May,   3-12-22 
Rogers,   Naomi,    11-7-23 
Rice,  Mildred,  12-30-23 
Ray,   Mrs.   Lottie,   4-26-26 
Robinson,   C.   E.,   5-10-25 
Robinson,   Mrs.   C.   E.,   10-10-25 
Richards,  John  G.  Jr.,   11-1-25 
Rainwater,    Mrs. 

F.   Glenn,  7-15-28 
Reid,   Valeria   F.,   2-3-35 
Rogers,   Robert   S.,   5-1-38 
Stubbs,    Mrs.    Bascom,    2-1-21 
Smith,   S.   K.,   12-25-32 
Smith,   Mrs.   S.   K.,   12-25-32 
Smith,    Grace   N.,    12-25-32 
Smith,   Mildred,   12-25-32 
Stricklin,  Mrs.  J.  N.  Jr.,  4-14-35 
Slaght,   F.    G.,    12-22-35 
Slaght,    Mrs.   F.    G.,    12-22-35 
Stubbs,   Mrs. 

J.    Wellington,    12-22-35 
Smith,    E.    L.,    6-14-36 


(52) 


Smith,  Mrs.  E.  L.,  6-14-36 
Smith,    Ernest,    6-14-36 
Smith,    Virginia,    6-14-36 
Smith,  Marion,  6-14-36 
Stevenson,   Mrs.   Ruth,    1-17-37 
Stanton,   Frances 

Poston,  11-26-39 
Sanders,   Elizabeth   T.,   11-26-39 
Sanders,  J.  O.,  5-28-39 
Sanders,    Mrs.    J.    0.,   5-28-39 
Stricklin,   Alice  .G.,   3-12-39 
Stubbs,    Mrs.    Elliott,    5-28-39 
Smith,    Carroll    E.,    12-19-15 
Stubbs,  William 

LaMont,   3-26-15 
Stubbs,   Bascom   A.,   3-26-15 
Spencer,  M.   C,  3-25-17 
Spencer,    Mrs.    M.    C,   3-25-17 
Sherrill,    Mrs. 

Annie   McC,   11-18-17 
Sanborn,  Mrs.  B.  H.,  10-1-18 
Sanborn,   Viola,    10-1-18 
Scoggins,   H.   M.,  8-29-20 
Stubbs,   J.   Wellington,   3-10-18 
Sanborn,    Donald    H.,    7-24-21 
Stubbs,  Elliott,  7-24-21 
Sanborn,  Arthur  H.,   1-22-22 
Smith,  Samuel  K.,  1-22-22 
Smith,   Mrs.    S.   K.,    1-22-22 
Sellers,   Mrs.  W.   L.,  4-9-22 
Sanborn,    VanEss    C,   5-7-22 
Stubbs,  Preston  A.,  11-12-22 
Stubbs,   Nora   W.,   4-8-23 
Sumwalt,   Robert  L.,  7-16-22 
Spencer,    James 

McCown,    6-17-23 
Spencer,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  7-24-23 
Smith,    W.    Preston,    9-28-24 
Stanton,    Douglass,    7-26-25 
Snell,   H.   B.,   7-15-28 
Snell,    Mrs.    H.    B.,    7-15-28 
Snell,    William    H.,    7-15-28 
Snell,  Charles  E.,  7-15-28 
Snell,    Ray   C,   7-15-28 


Sanders,   V.   W.,   7-29-28 
Smith,   W.   T.,   10-26-29 
Smith,  Mrs.  W.  T.,  10-26-29 
Stricklin,  Rosa  Ellen,  3-20-12 
Schultz,  W.  L.,  12-4-95 
Stubbs,  W.  P.,  12-4-95 
Shankle,   J.   P.,    1-16-97 
Shankle,  Mrs.  J.  P.,   1-16-97 
Stevens,  Capt.  J.  H.  W.,  6-28-02 
Stevens,  Mrs.  J.  H.  W.,  6-28-02 
Stevens,    Hattie,    6-28-02 
Stevens,    Lillian,    6-28-02 
Stricklin,  Mrs.  J.  N..  2-23-02 
Simpson,  Dr.  W.  D.,  1-8-05 
Stevens,  Mrs.  W.  C,  3-8-03 
Stevens,  J.  H.,  8-3-02 
Wilks,   Juanita,   5-10-42 
Wilkinson,   Mrs.   D.   H.,   1-22-39 
Stevenson,   William    M.,  9-4-02 
Stricklin,    Joseph    N.,    2-23-02 
Stricklin,  William  J.,  3-26-05 
Stricklin,  Robert  N.,  5-27-06 
Stricklin,    Mary,    10-5-06 
Stricklin,   Vera,    10-5-06 
Sherrill,    Hiram    O.,    12-9-06 
Spencer,  Sarah   Kate,  7-12-08 
Spencer,  Daniel   O.,  7-12-08 
Stubbs,   Mrs.   W.   L.,  7-12-08 
Stu'.bs,  W.   L.,  7-12-08 
Stevens,    W.    M.,    7-12-08 
Stogner,  Maggie,  9-20-08 
Sherrill,   Mrs.   I.   F.,   6-27-09 
Stricklin,   Mrs.   W.  J.,  4-16-13 
Sample,   E.   W.,   5-10-14 
Sample,  Mrs.  E.  W.,  5-10-14 
Stiles,  Harry  A.,  3-28-15 
Smith,    Susie    K.,    12-19-15 
Timmons,   Mrs.   M.   E.,  9-30-93 
Timmons,  Cara 

Beatrice,   9-30-93 
Timmons,  Mary  Ida,  9-30-93 
Thompson,   J.   M.,    1-1-96 
Thompson,  Mrs.  J.  M. 
Thurman,   Dr.   B.   H.,   3-28-97 


(53) 


Thurman,   Mrs.   B.   H.,   3-28-97 
Thompson,  John,   3-26-99 
Thompson,  Mrs.  John,  3-26-99 
Thompson,  Paul,  9-22-01 
Thompson,  Dora  E.,  9-29-01 
Thompson,   Rufus   R.,   9-29-01 
Thompson,    Sallie,   5-17-03 
Thompson,  James,  7-19-03 
Tillman,  Mrs.  D.  L.,  9-29-05 
Thomas,   Mrs.   D.   A.,  4-1-04 
Tillman,  D.  L.,  1-4-07 
Trotti,  Mrs.  H.  H.,   12-13-08 
Thomas,   Nannie,   7-12-08 
Thompson,   Esther,   3-29-08 
Thompson,    Mrs. 

Agnes   N.,   12-31-09 
Thompson,   F.   H.,   10-16-10 
Thompson,    Herbert 

Sherrill,   10-1-11 
Thompson,    John    Knox,    10-1-11 
Thompson,   P.   H.,   4-7-12 
Thornwell,   Mrs. 

Anna  N.,  4-26-14 
Tarply,    Dr.    H.    M.,    11-10-15 
Threadgill,   Mrs.   G.   E.,   5-28-16 
Threadgill,  G.  E.  Jr.,  5-28-16 
Threadgill,    Frank,    5-28-16 
Thurman,  Rufus,  3-2-19 
Thurman,    Mrs.    Rufus,    3-7-20 
Tillman,    Lena    D.,    12-19-20 
Tillman,    Carter   D.,   7-24-21 
Taylor,    Oliver    F.,    3-18-23 
Taylor,  Mrs.   Oliver  F.,  3-18-23 
Tolson,   Mrs.   C.   B.,   5-13-23 
Thompson,    Evelyn    B.,    9-26-26 
Tillman,   Francis   M.,   3-6-27 
Teal,   Blease,   3-6-27 
Tillman,   Virginia   H.,   3-23-29 
Tillman,  Daniel  Lee  Jr.,  6-11-33 
Turner,    F.    Wylma,    1-12-36 
Thurman,    Marjorie    P.,    4-15-34 
Taylor,  O.  F.,  9-10-39 
Taylor,  Mrs.  O.  F.,  9-10-39 
Thompson,  Woodrow  W.,9-25-38 


Vernon,   Mrs.   Mattie,   12-28-13 
Vernon,   Mrs.   Colie,   8-13-16 
Vernon,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  1-22-22 
Vernon,    George    C.,   4-23-23 
Vernon,  William  J.  B.,  11-18-23 
Vernon,    George    C,    1-27-24 
Vernon,  Claude,  9-17-31 
Vernon,  W.  James,  2-3-35 
Vernon,  Marjory,  3-28-37 
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Wilson,   Grier,.  7-1-93 
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Walke,    Myrtle    T.,    1-4-96 
Watts,   R.   C,  2-29-96 
White,    Pauline,    9-26-96 
Walke,  Pearl,  9-29-01 
Watts,    R.   McL,    12-2-04 
Webb,  Ethel  G.,  11-15-08 
White,   Ada,   10-16-10 
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Warren,  Mrs.  Florence,  4-22-14 
Watts,    Margaret   H.,    10-1-20 
Warden,    A.    F.,    11-21-20 
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Walsh,  Tracy  Rion,  Jr.,  12-12-20 
Watson,   Mrs.   Earl,    1-22-22 
Watts,    Roderick 

McL   Jr.,   11-22-22 
Watts,  Norbert  B.,   11-22-22 
Watson,  Earl,  5-14-22 
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Warden,    Mildred    E.,    1-27-24 
Wannamaker,    Bruce,    3-2-24 
Wannamaker,    Mrs. 

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Witherspoon,   R.   M.,   7-22-28  Willingham,  Mrs.  P.  B.,  12-23-34 

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Watts,    Annie    Maxwell,    9-17-31  Williamson,    Mrs.    A.    L.,   2-3-35 

Watts,   Harriet   McKay,   5-8-32  Wilkins,    Robert    E.,    5-9-35 

Watts,   Douglass   H.,   12-25-32  Wilkins,  Mrs.  Robert  E.,  5-9-35 

Watts,    Gordon    T.,    12-25-32  Warden,    Sarah   K.,   3-28-37 

White,  C.  M.,   11-6-32  Watkins,    Lockwood    L.,    5-5-40 

White,   Mrs.   C.   M.,   11-6-32  Watkins,   Mrs. 
Wade,    A.   T.,   4-16-33  Lockwood  L.,  5-5-40 

Wade,   Mrs.   A.   T.,   4-16-33  Wilson,  V.  O.,  9-28-41 

Witherspoon,    Rob-  Wilson.    Mrs.   V.   0.,   9-28-41 
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