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• Adam EDGAR Associates: Nichael BLAIN, John BREMAR, William BULL, Rev Thomas DONNELLEY, John KELL, Rev. William MARTIN, Rev. Hugh McMILLAN,
Elijah NUNN, James McQUESTION, Rev. James REID, John SANSOM, Philip WALKER, John WINN
Latest update: Saturday, November 19, 2011
Associates of Adam EDGAR
• Michael BLAIN, Conveyance Witnesses to Adam EDGAR's 04 February 1778 Land Transaction and delivered document to
JP.
• "From Colonist Blain to Confederate Blaine: Michael Blain was proably [sic] born around 1740 in Virginia. He married
Helena Owens, the daughter of John Owens and Barbara Stewart. He was a Revolutionary War soldier. They had
seven children: Barbara, William (1769), Helen, Daniel, 2 sons, 1 daughter. Michael Blain moved from Virginia to
South Carolina around 1773. Michael died between 1794 and 1800. and is buried in the Greenville Presbyterian
Church, Donalds, South Carolina." Chapter 9: Southern Blaine: My Family History by Kevin Skoglund
• "Rev. Daniel Blain. Mr. Blain was born in 1773 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. He was the son of Michael Blain,
a farmer, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family, although called Scotch-Irish, were of Huguenot
origin. There is a place in France called Blainville, which is thought by the family to have been the original home of the
Blains of South Carolina. They fled from France to Scotland, and joined the Scotch emigration to the North of Ireland,
whence they came to South Carolina." Historical papers, Issues 4-6 By Washington and Lee University, page 44
• "Blain, Michael, 1781, 1783, 670 Days in Militia from 5/1/1781 to 1783., Unit unknown."
The Privates, Horsemen, Fifers, Drummers, etc.
• "No 630 Book R: Issued the 16 of June 1785 to Mr Michael Blain, for Forty Seven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and
one Penny half Penny Sterling for duty done in the Militia and for a Horse lost in the Service; pr. Part of Account
Audited; Principal -- £47 -- 17 -- 1 1/2; Annual Interest -- 3 --5 -- 11"
Stub entries to indents issued in payment of claims against South Carolina
By South Carolina. Treasury, Alexander Samuel Salley,… page 102
• John BREMAR, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor General for Benjamin MITCHELL Land Plat
• "To William Bell, Nantes, September 1, 1782 … [page 2] A nephew of mine John Bremar Esquire bred to the Law,
& if I mistake not a Barrister, is now at Bruxelles, he has some property in Lands and Debts due to him, in South
Carolina, he has lived in London to the length, or rather a little beyond the length of his Tether, I have assisted him
to the utmost ability of my own reduced finds, rather Commiting [sic] a species of robbery upon my Children. I have
recommended to him to go immediately to American, join his Countrymen look into his affairs & diligently practice
his profession;... [page 3, footnote 9] John Bremar, the son of HL's sister Martha (d. 1769) and Francis Bremar
(d. 1760), had served as Deputy Surveyor General and as a Deputy Attorney General of the circuit courts in South
Carolina, evidently through his connection with his brother-in-law Egerton Leigh. As a British civil servant, Bremar
felt compelled to leave South Carolina for London in 1775. By 1782 Bremar began to make frequent requests to HL
for funds to support his wife and children. Bremar also found in that same year that his lands in South Carolina had
been seized under the Confiscation Act passed in 1782. HL would present Bremar's wife Anna 150 pounds in
February 1784, but became increasingly annoyed by Bremar's constant requests for money and his apparent refusal
to seek employment or return to South Carolina to recover his estate…"
The Papers of Henry Laurens: September 1, 1782-December 17, 1792 By Henry Laurens...
South Carolina Historical Society
• Honorable Wm. BULL, Esquire, "Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief in and over the then Province now State of
So. Carolina"
• Rev.Thomas DONNELLEY, pastor of Rocky Creek Congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
• "Among other things which happened at that time was the ordination and installation of Thomas Donnelly
as pastor of that and other churches in that general region, and also the election to the eldership of quite a
number, among whom was William Edgar, the eldest son of Adam Edgar, and the progenitor of the line from
which we spring.
The Edgar Family By Thomas Delbert EDGAR, August 1931
• Witness
• "Rev. Thomas Donnelly was licensed to preach at Coldingham, June 1799 -- he settled first somewhere near
little Rocky Creek. He afterwards bought Stephen Harman's place on the north side of Big Rocky Creek -- a plantation
now owned by Mr. George Heath. I recollect hearing him preach at a stand near his house some time in the year 1804.
From this date he was the only minister until the arrival of Mr. Riley in 1813, and preached at most of the churches that
will hereafter be mentioned. After the Covenanters had generally removed from the country, Mr. Donnelly preached at
Old Richardson, a Presbyterian Church -- a portion of the time at his own house, there being some of his people
scattered in the country. He and the elder Thomas McClurken married two of the sisters of David Smith this connection
was numerous on little Rocky Creek. Mr. Donnelly's eldest son, Samuel, became a Presbyterian minister -- now residing
in Florida (deceased), his father frequently visited him when he lived at Liberty Hill, and preached in his son's church.
Mr. Donnelly died in 1847 -- his family, after his death removed to Illinois. It consisted of John, Thomas (who married to
John Cathcart's daughter) and Nancy, who married in Illinois, Riley Linn, the son of Henry Linn. Mr. Donnelly was buried
at the Brick Church by the side of McKinney and King. His wife was also buried in the same place."
Sketch Of The Covenanters Of Rocky Creek, South Carolina
• Rev. THOMAS DONNELLY 1847; Gravestone in Cemetery at Rocky Creek Reformed Presbyterian Church
• John KELL
• "THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
one [08 November 1791] between Adam Edgar of Rocky Creek in Chester County Camden District and State of South
Carolina (Taylor) of the one part and James McQuestion, Hugh Milling [s/b McMillan], and John Kell of the County,
District and State aforesaid Planters of the other part."
• Mentioned in the "Minutes of the Reformed Presbytery"
18 Feb 1801 p 341, 27 Feb 1801 p 342, 03 Mar 1801 p 342-3, 04 Mar 1801 p 343, 12 Mar 1801 p 344
The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Vol. 14, 1876; Minutes of the Reformed Presbytery
• "FIRST KELL in America. John Kell, who lived to age 83, married Jane P. Morton (1738-1817). They left Ireland in 1771,
landed in South Carolina in 1772 in the rocky Creek District of Chester county, South Carolina. Both are buried in Paul's
Graveyard, Chester County, SC. John Kell came over with Rev. William Martin, who led a colony of Scottish Covenanters
from the Kellswater Congregation in Ballymoney, Ireland. These Scottish Presbyterians had left Scotland for Ireland in
search of religious freedom and again left Ireland for America. John Kell and Thomas Morton were intimately associated
in the Rocky Creek Congregation of Covenantors under Rev. Martin. We do not know if Jane Morton Kell was related to
Thomas Morton. Mr. Morton was made elder in 1789 and John Kell in 1791. In 1801, John Kell and David Stormont,
elders, sat on a court with three covenanter ministers to banish slave holders from the Church.
My Genealogy Home Page, Marquette Walker, Harrison, AR 72601
• JOHN KELL, born 1736 in County Antrim, Ire. , died 2 Nov 1819 In Chester Co., SC, aged 83 years, married in Ireland
JANE MORTON, born 1738 in County Antrim, Ire, died 28 Jan 1817 in Chester Co., SC, aged 79 years.
Both buried Paul's Graveyard In Chester,Co:,.SC... in Chester Co. It is situated on the crest of a small knoll.
The historian, Daniel Greene Stinson, wrote, "More Covenanters are buried here than any other place in the South."
• Gravestone Photos at Paul's Cemetery, Chester Co, South Carolina
• Marquette Walker Family Tree
• Rev. William MARTIN, pastor of Rocky Creek Congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
• "Rev. Martin preached a sermon calling for his entire congregation to accompany him to South Carolina. In
1772, a total of 4671 families responded to Rev. Martin's call to South Carolina and around twelve hundred
Covenanters and others, including Roman Catholics, left Ulster under the leadership of Rev. Martin. A total
of 5 ships took the emigrants to the New Country."
[More details and MARTIN bio) Reverend William Martin at Boyd Roots
• "In 1770, the Covenanters separated from the others and held society meetings. They then wrote to Ireland for a
preacher and made every effort to obtain a minister. In accordance with their wishes, the Rev. William Martin, of
Ballymoney, Ireland, came with a colony of his people in 1772, and settled along the Rocky Creek. [p 380]
History Of The Reformed Presbyterian Church In America, GLASGOW
• "William Martin, 1772, to 1789. William King, 1792, to 1798. Thomas Donnelly, March 3, 1801, to April 10, 1816.
Hugh McMillan, June 18, 1822, to April 6, 1829, when disorganized."
History Of The Reformed Presbyterian Church In America, GLASGOW
• "This commission was constituted at the Rocky Creek meeting house, (widow Edgar's) January 28, 1801, by Revs.
James McKinney and S. B. Wylie, with Mr. Thomas Donnelly, licentiate, who had been preaching here for over a year,
and elders John Kell and David Stormont. During the sittings of this court, Thomas Donnelly was ordained and
installed pastor of the societies; S. B. Wylie was called as his colleague; William Martin was deposed for holding
slaves and becoming habitually intemperate; James McGarragh's suspension was continued, and James Harbison,
Alexander Martin, Hugh McQuiston, John Cunningham, David Smith, John McNinch, John Cooper, William Edgar,
James Montgomery and Robert Black were chosen ruling elders."
History Of The Reformed Presbyterian Church In America, GLASGOW
• No. 16, John Kell's, March 12th, 1801... The affair of Mr. Martin was again resumed [more details]...
The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Vol. 14, 1876; Minutes of the Reformed Presbytery p 344
• "So far as is known, there was only one minister in connection with the Reformed Presbytery who did not
go into the union. This was the Rev. William Martin, of South Carolina. Mr, Martin came to America in perhaps the early
part of 1772. He began his ministerial labors on Rocky Creek, Chester county, S. C., sometime in 1772. Unfortunately,
among his many good and noble traits of Christian character, he had the bad habit, by far too common at that time, of
indulging too freely in the social glass. For the sin of intemperance he was silenced, and consequently at the time the
Associate Reformed Synod was organized he was not in good standing... [page] 118 In 1782, the Associate Reformed
Church was organized, there were only five Reformed Presbyterian ministers in America, viz: John Cuthbertson,
Matthew Linn, Alexander Dobbin, William Martin and David Telfar. Mr. Martin was under suspension and did not go into
the union."
History of the Associate Reformed Synod of the South to Which is prefixed A History of the Associate Presbyterian and
Reformed Presbyterian Churches by Rev. Robert Lathan, D. D., Harrisburg, PA, Published for the Author, 1882, p180
• [ This sketch is from memory and contains several errors.] "Rev. William Martin emigrated from Ireland at least as early
as 1772; he was the first covenanting preacher in the settlement. I have in my possession, from Henry and Margaret
Malcolm, a letter written to their son-in-law John Lin, in which they refer to Mr. Martin as being over here in this Rocky
Creek settlement. This letter is dated May 30th, 1773, County Antrim, Ireland, in answer to one from his son-in-law,
John Lin. The reference to Mr. Martin is in these words: "We hear it reported here that Mr. Martin and his Covenanters
had ill getting their land, and John Cochrane had the occasion of all their trouble." I suppose that this trouble about land
was, that they expected to settle all down close together in a colony; but such was then the situation of the country that
they had to scatter and select lands at a considerable distance from each other. They were entitled to bounty lands, a
hundred acres to each head of a family, and fifty to each member. Those who had means bought from the old settlers.
Rev. William Martin bought from William Stroud a plantation one mile square, six hundred and forty acres, on the north
side of Big Rocky Creek, on which he built a rock house and a rock spring house. The place selected for a church was
two miles east of Catholic on the Rocky Mount road, near the house now occupied by Mrs. James Barber Ferguson.
It is described as having been a log building; was burnt down by the British in 1780. After Martin was released by
Cornwallis at Winnsboro, owing to the disturbed state of the country, he went to Mecklenburg, N. C. There he met a
Mr. Grier, also a refugee, from Georgia, whose child Isaac he baptized. Isaac was said to have been the first
Presbyterian minister born in Georgia. He was afterwards minister at Sharon, Mecklenburg county. He was the father
of Robert Calvin Grier, who was president for many years of Erskine College, Due West, and his son, William Moffatt
Grier, is now president of that college.
"After the war, when Mr. Martin returned to Rocky Creek, he was employed as supply at Catholic for three years. He
was dismissed by the people of Catholic on account of becoming intemperate. He, however, did not quit preaching.
He preached at a school house at Edward McDaniel's, about a mile or two west of the place, at which a brick church, was
afterwards built. He also went down to Jackson's creek in Fairfield, and preached there. I recollect that Richard Gladney
was a Covenanter in that neighborhood, and doubtless there were others. He was also in the habit of crossing the
Catawba river and preaching at the house of William Hicklin, who had moved from Rocky Creek to Lancaster. He
frequently preached at other places, often at private houses. A congregation afterwards built him a church two miles east
from the site of the one formerly burnt down near the Rocky Mount road, on a beautiful hill, in rear of what was called
Earle's House, in a fine grove of trees. The lands are now all cleared up, and there is a negro house now on top of that
hill, where the church once stood. In that hill and dale country it can be seen for miles. He must have continued to preach
there until near his death. I have frequently heard him preach at that place as well as at my father's. Some two years
before his death his rock house was burnt down. It was in the early part of the night; I suppose most of his property was
saved. He after that lived in a log cabin. He sold his plantation for six hundred dollars, one hundred to be paid yearly.
After his death his widow received the payments. He had been three times married, but left no children living. His only
daughter, married to John McCaw, had died before him. Shortly after his coming to this country he took up about four
hundred acres of vacant land, which he made a present to his nephews, David and William Martin. The land is now
owned by Mrs. Gaston. Mr. Martin often staid at my father's for days or a week at a time. I do not remember ever seeing
him under the influence of liquor but once. That was on a day in which he came in company with some wagons. It was a
wet day. My mother, with the assistance of two negro women, got him to the back door, and bringing him in put him to
bed. She came out, I remember, with a very long face. The last visit he ever made to my father's, after crossing the creek
at Stroud's mill, in some way he got his horse's head turned up the creek by a path. He fell off in a branch; being old and
feeble he was unable to rise. He was found by Mr. Thralekill; was said to be in the act of praying when found. Mr.
Thralekill understood from him where he wanted to go. My father sent for him and had him brought to the house. He had
fever and lay there for more than a month. In the delirium of fever he constantly quoted Scripture, and spoke of the
crossing of Jordan. My mother became alarmed and sent for my father, thinking Mr. Martin was near his death. But he
recovered and became able to walk. My father mounted him on a horse and took him home. He soon became again
confined to his bed, and died in about six months, in the year 1806. He was buried in a graveyard near his own house.
Whether there is a stone to mark it, I do not recollect, though I have seen the grave. He was a large, heavy man. By those
who knew him, he was said to have been an able divine. He came from County Antrim, Ireland. In the same party with
him came my father and his brother, James Stinson,then called Stevenson; William Anderson and his wife, Nancy; Alex.
Brady and his wife, Elizabeth; I think the Linns, and possibly the Kells. Mr. Martin owned two negroes, I recollect,
Savannah and Bob by name; so did some others of the congregation. Some who owned slaves refused, in 1800, to
submit to the regulations made by McKinuey and Wylie, believing that the Scriptures justified the possession of the
heathen, whom they as teachers were civilizing and christianizing. It would be, they thought, as cruel to free them as to
turn a child out to buffet with the world"
The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Vol. 14, 1876; Sketch of the Covenanters page 172
• "Messrs, Editors: In my last I mentioned Paul’s Grave Yard. This is an old burying ground about six miles south of
Richburg and about two miles north of the place where the dusts of Rev. William Martin rests."
Early Associate Reformed Presbyterian, LATHAN, 1888
• "My recollection is that the commissioners, Wylie and McKinney met at widow Edgar’s near the last of January, 1801.
Their sessions were protracted through several days. Besides purging the church of Slavery, they continued the
suspension of Rev. James McGarrah and deposed Rev. William Martin. Mr. Martin was nearly seventy-two years
old and had been preaching the Gospel for more than forty-five years. Rev. James McKinney, one of the members
of this commission, was not born for more than three years after Mr. Martin was licensed to preach the Gospel, and Rev.
Samuel B. Wylie, the other member, had been licensed to preach less than one year and a half and had been ordained
to the full work of the ministry less than eight months: The act was at the time regarded by many as a piece of
high-handed ecclesiastical tyranny perpetuated by two boys. There is such a thing as doing the right thing in a
wrong way, and by the wrong persons. I have no censure to pass upon any one. All those who were present at the
widow Edgar’s when Rev. Martin was deposed have passed away. The only elders present on the occasion were
John Kell and David Stormont.
Early Associate Reformed Presbyterian, LATHAN, 1888
• Rev. Hugh McMILLAN
• "THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
one [08 November 1791] between Adam Edgar of Rocky Creek in Chester County Camden District and State of South
Carolina (Taylor) of the one part and James McQuestion, Hugh Milling [s/b McMillan], and John Kell of the County,
District and State aforesaid Planters of the other part."
• "McMILLAN, D. D., HUGH.—Was born in Chester Dist., South Carolina, in February, 1794. At a very early period in
life, he expressed his desire for more than an ordinary education, and after studying the learned languages for awhile,
under the superintendence of Mr. John Orr, he repaired to Philadelphia, and entered the University of Pennsylvania,
where he graduated with the highest honors. He then returned to his native State, and was soon after elected Professor
of Languages in Columbia College. But he desired to serve his God in a higher and better sphere, and determined to
consecrate himself to the work of the ministry. With this view he returned to Philadelphia, and entered the Theological
Seminary of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, under the care of the late Dr. S. B. Wylie. (For a memoir of this eminent
man of God, see the Presbyterian Historical Almanac for I860, pp. 177,178). Having completed his Theological course,
he was licensed in 1820.
"After his licensure, under the appointment of Presbytery, he itinerated as a domestic missionary through the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He very soon received a unanimous call
from Rock Creek Brick church congregation, Chester Dist., South Carolina, to become their pastor. He was ordained
to the ministry and installed pastor of the congregation in 1821. Dr. McMillan's reputation as a profound linguist was
now well established, and at the earnest solicitation of a number of distinguished gentlemen, he founded an Academy
at the Brick church, in which many young men who are now occupying honorable positions, both in church and state,
received their primary education.
"Owing to his views on slavery, he proposed to some of his congregation to remove to one of the Free States.
With this view, he visited Ohio in 1828, and after preaching a short time, received an invitation to become pastor of
the United Congregations of Xenia and Massie's Creek, in Greene county. This invitation he accepted, and removed,
accompanied by a large portion of his Carolina charge, to Xenia, Greene county, which was then a wilderness. It is
now one of the most wealthy and flourishing counties in Ohio, and much of its prosperity is due to the McMillan family,
who settled in and around Xenia. Here the Doctor was earnestly solicited to establish an Academy— a solicitation to
which he yielded in 1830.
"In 1850, Dr. McMillan's congregations became too numerous for the services of one man, and they agreed to form
two distinct societies. The old church buildings on Massie's Creek were removed, and new ones erected in Xenia and
Cedarville. The Cedarville division having all the elements of, and being regarded as the original congregation, the
Doctor continued his pastoral care of it, and accordingly in 1851, he removed to Cedarville. Here he died, Oct. 9,
1860, of lung fever.
"His remains were interred in the cemetery on Massie's Creek, on the ancient site of the church edifice, where he
preached for nearly twenty-five years, and on the spot directly beneath where the pulpit stood from which he had
frequently warned, exhorted, and entreated sinners to seek preparation for death. Many hundreds testified their regard
for him as a man, a minister, and a philanthropist, by their presence at his simple funeral, which was the largest ever
witnessed in Greene county. Although Cedarville is a small village, there were no less than fifteen ministers of different
denominations, some of whom had traveled hundreds of miles to be present.
"He was a man of deep-toned piety, of fervent zeal for his Master's cause, and unfeigned love for the salvation of
souls. He was a zealous, faithful, and indefatigable minister. He was greatly honored by his people, and was ever greatly
respected and highly esteemed by the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, having been elected twice
to the office of Professor in her Theological Seminary, and appointed as her delegate a few years since to visit the sister
churches in England, Ireland, and Scotland. He was the spiritual father of a large majority of his flock, and very many of
them were his "kinsmen according to the flesh." His ministerial labors were but little interrupted till he was stricken down
by his last illness. He was at his post, and died with his armor on.
"In the language of one who knows the family well, he says, "No other family within her pale has done more for the
Reformed Presbyterian Church than the McMillans. Rev. Gavin McMillan, of Morning Sun, Ohio, a brother of the
deceased; Daniel McMillan, Esq., of Xenia, another brother, known for his liberality in advancing the interests of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, as well as in assisting and honoring her ministry; the Rev. G. R. McMillan, nephew of
the deceased; James C. McMillan, Esq., of Xenia. a nephew, is a leading elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
and the Treasurer of her Domestic Mission Road. The zeal, faithfulness, and success as a pastor of the Rev. John
McMillan of Allegheny City, is well known, and upon his own son has his mantle fallen, the Rev. Robert McMillan, of
Neshannock and sermon churches, Princeton, Pa., who, at the request of the Pittsburg Presbytery, was, in May, 1800,
consecrated to the work of the ministry by his own father.
"He married Miss Mary Ann McClung, of Brownstown, Pa., who, with one son, survives him.
The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, Vol. 3 & 4 edited by Joseph M. Wilson p 218
• Rev. Hugh McMILLAN was born in Chester District, South Carolina in Feb. 1794. He was ordained 1821 and died of
Lung fever in 1860 at 66 years. He was a graduate of S.C. College and "commenced preaching in the year 1822, at the
Brick Church were [sic] he had a large school for a number of years."
• Descendants of Hugh McMillan
• James McQUESTION
• "THIS INDENTURE made the eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
one [08 November 1791] between Adam Edgar of Rocky Creek in Chester County Camden District and State of South
Carolina (Taylor) of the one part and James McQuestion, Hugh Milling [s/b McMillan], and John Kell of the County,
District and State aforesaid Planters of the other part."
• [Elders] 1789 - James McQuiston - 1793 - Died, 1793. RP Church Rosters, GLASGOW
• Elijah NUNN (b. Abt. 1750, d. 17 Mar 1809)
• Elijah Nunn, ancestor of most of the Nunns of upper South Carolina, was the fourth son of William and Elizabeth
(Loftin) Nunn of Orange Co., N.C. He was born about 1750, possibly while the family was residing in Craven County.
When the American Revolution began, however, he sided with the Patriots' desire for independence from Britain.
In the course of his service in the Continental Regiments, he attained the rank of colonel. Elijah was married about
1775. His wife, Frances, was probably a native of Orange County. Elijah moved his family to Caswell County either
during or shortly after the Revolution. They are shown there in a special census of 1786. Soon afterward, they moved
to Chester Co., S.C. where John Nunn had already settled. On Sept. 1, 1788, Elijah Nunn received a post-Revolutionary
land grant of 245 acres in Camden District. He spent the following years farming, playing an increasingly active role in
the political affairs of Chester County. He served as a justice of the peace and by 1807 had become sheriff. On March
17, 1809, Elijah Nunn was fatally shop while performing his duties
Leverett/Jarman/Nunn/Reed Family Tree
• "On the 17th ult. Col. Elijah Nunn, sheriff of Chester district, South Carolina , was shot by one Samuel Floyd, while
in the execution of his office in attempt to serve a bail writ, on said Floyd. Floyd was in the field plowing and had
a gun with him, which it is told he had carried two months, for the avowed purpose of shooting the sheriff, in case
of a attempt to serve the writ. Floyd having no hope of escape, delivered himself up to the authority, and confessed
his crime."
South Carolina News Articles, Genealogy Trails
• "You were saying that Elijah had been shot in the line of duty. Well, I have the whole story. He was sheriff for Chester
County, when he was shot and killed, the man who shot him sent word for no man to come after him or he would be killed.
Elijah took his duty seriously and went after him. He found the man plowing his field and told him he had come to arrest
him. The man pulled his gun, shot him dead, and continued to plow his field. When he finished he sent word back to town
for someone to pick up the dead sheriff. Posted by: K. Nunn" "Supposedly the papers related to this event held in The
South Carolina Library in Chester Co. state that a Samuel Floyd killed the sheriff and was hanged. John Floyd Sr., and
sons John Floyd Jr. and Reuben Floyd testified in court. Posted by: Bob Floyd"
GenForum: Nunn Family Genealogy Forum
• Rev. James REID, of Scotland
"MS. from Rev. Dr. Forsyth.—Reformation Principles.—Ref. Pres. Ch. by Dr. McLeod, in Rapp's Hist. Denom:
James Reid was born in tho Parish of Shotts, August 12, 1750. Ho was licensed to preach at Foulyet, in the
Parish of Bothwell, April 27, 1780, being then in his thirtieth year, and was appointed to preach his first sermon
at Edinburgh, on the 7th of May following. After preaching in different places for about three years, he received
a call from the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Counties of Wigtown and Kirkoudbright; and was ordained
at Lead Mines, in the Parish of Monigaff, on the 10th of July, 1783. He was married on the 26th of December,
1786, to Helen, daughter of James Bland, of Calside, Parish of Anwoth. When the mission to America was
proposed to him, though the acceptance of it involved many personal sacrifices, he could not doubt that it was
his duty to accept it. He left Scotland for America in August, 1789, and reached Scotland, on his return, in July,
1790. He resumed his labours with his accustomed diligence, though, after a few years, his field was somewhat
reduced by a separate congregation being formed within its limits. About the year 1825, in consequence of a
decision of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, which Mr. Reid regarded as involving a departure from its former
Testimonies, he judged it his duty to withdraw, and actually did withdraw, from the communion of the Synod, and
maintained his separate standing, in connection with a few others, till his death. In the spring of 1828 he removed
from Newton Stewart, which had been the place of his residence, to Glasgow, where he afterwards lived with his
daughter, Mrs. Stuart. He continued, for some time, to preach once on the Sabbath to such as adhered to his views
of the Testimony of the Church; but even this came soon to over-task his strength. He died, at length, of a sudden
and severe illness, on the 4th of November. 1837, in the eighty-seventh year of his age. He was distinguished for
great gravity, kindliness of manner, and regularity in all his movements. He published The Lives of the Westminster
Divines, in two volumes; and a Sermon on the Divinity of Jesus Christ."
Annals of the American Pulpit by William Buell Sprague, Historical Introduction, pps. v - vi
• John SANSOM, Conveyance Witnesses to Adam EDGAR's 04 February 1778 Land Transaction
In February 1778, John SANSOM was a Conveyance Witnesses to Adam EDGAR's purchase of his SC Homestead and about
three years later SANSOM was kill as a patriot milita.
• "I do certify that the above John Sansom deceased served as a soldier in an Independent Company in this State
until he was captured by the enemy and that he was kild [sic] afterwards rideing [sic] express, by the Torys.Thomas
Farrar"
• "Wm. had one son John Sansom/Sansum who moved to NC, married Jane MILLER Edmiston widow of David
Edmiston
Sr. Then moved to SC, Old 96 Dist. served in Capt. Benjamin Tutt's Indep. Co., of SC militia, killed by Tories in 1781"
GenForum; [Old 96 District; Independent Company of Rangers led by Capt. Benjamin Tutt with 34 men]
• Sansome, John, SC 5th Regiment, 1779 - 1780 439 days under Capt. Benjamin Tutt.
Sansum, John, 1779 - 1781, From Ninety-Six District. Served in Militia 1779-1781, unit(s) unknown.
Forage Master General 1779-1780.
The Privates, Horsemen, Fifers, Drummers, etc.
• Philip WALKER, Justice of the Peace for Adam EDGAR's 04 February 1778 Land Transaction
• "Philip WALKER 1740 - 1794, son of Alexander and Esther… He was appointed a justice of the peace for Camden
District on February 16, 1782, and held this position until his death in April 1794… He married Rebecca Gay
(September 26 1742 - post 1826), daughter of Capt. Samuel Gay of York County, but formerly of Augusta county [sic],
Virginia…" Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, Volume 1, 1982 (Reprinted in 2000) Published by the
Chester County, SC Historical Society, 107 McAliley Street, Chester, SC, 29706 page 410 [WALKER pages in pdf.]
• John WINN, Deputy Surveyor for Benjamin MITCHELL Land Plat
• John WINN Sr. "Birth: Bet 1728 and 1732 in Fauquier Co., Virginia; Death: 16 Jul 1814 in Jefferson Co., Mississippi;
Event: Granted 3479 acres in South Carolina, acquired 15, 337 acres in Camden District; Event: Surveyor & planter.
Moved to Camden District, South Carolina in 1760's." The Large Version of the Chew Family Tree
• "John Winn, eldest son of the senior Minor Winn and Margaret O'Connor Winn, William Winn, and Richard Winn
came to South Carolina from Virginia about the year 1765." WINN-L Archives @ RootsWeb.com
• "Winnsboro [SOUTH CAROLINA] is the seat of justice and the town of most importance in the county. It is a healthy
and pleasant stop, thirty miles from Columbia, end one hundred and fifty miles from Charleston. It is on the dividing
ridge between the Broad and the Wateree Rivers. The town stands on an elevation of more of five hundred feet above
the ocean. The lands around are fertile, undulating and greatly improved. By an act of the General Assembly, 8th of
March, 1784, John Winn, Richard Winn, and John Vanderhorst were authorized to have it laid out as a town."
History of Fairfield County, South Carolina @ Archive.org, page 3
• PHILIP WALKER, (1740 -1794), son of Alexander and Esther, raised a company in Col. Richard Richardson's
regiment for service in the Cherokee War of 1776, and furnished a wagon for transporting supplies...From May 11
to June 20, 1778, Captain Walker's company was with Col. John Winn on an expedition for the relief of Georgia from
British invasion." Lannie G. Walker, Sr, Website