I20145: BOOKER (ABT 1790

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"He was employed as Manager on the farm of Mary Sweet Vaught, nee Wall, the wife of Washington Bradley Wall, who died, 1856, leaving his wife with 8 children and a large number of slaves, and a large farm that was then where Wampee, South Carolina is now. It was in Wampee that her Wall children, as well as two of her first Jordan children were born. It was after handling her farm and business affairs that they were married in 1860. Soon after their marriage war broke out, and as his sympathies were with the southern cause, he enlisted at the beginning of the conflict and was with Lee's army when the surrender at Appomattox Court House took place in 1865. He fought the entire time of the conflict without getting as much as a scratch. However, I, as a child, delighted in listening to him tell of experiences he had. An experience that he enjoyed telling most was, that after the war, a northern and a southern general, by reason of their close business association, became very close friends. After a long friendship, the southern gentlemen invited his northern friend to spend a vacation with him on his large southern farm, where he had all that it took for anyone to have a good time; such as hunting, fishing, horse back riding, and the like. His friend had a most wonderful experience and as he was preparing to leave for New York, he insisted that his friend pay him a visit at his New York mansion, which housed a very fine selection of art, in the pictures of the Generals of the war, all life size, and the finest that money could buy. The only difference was that as you entered the main hall, the most prominent places were given to the generals of the northern army. As you entered you faced Abraham Lincoln, then General Grant, Sherman, and other northern Generals. Being asked what he thought of the arrangement, he said, "Fine, wonderful. " He was then led downstairs, where life size pictures of southern Generals such as Longtree, McClellan, Wade Hampton, and other southern Generals were natural. He was at last led to the door of the toilet area, where, as they entered they faced Robert E. Lee, and as he turned around, he faced Stonewall Jackson. When he was asked what he thought of this arrangement, he replied, "Of all the sights I have ever seen, this is the most appropriate. There is nothing that would scare a Yankee half to death like the sight of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. " Often times he would laugh till he was sick at the thought, as it fitted his ego to the limit.
He returned home after the war was over to the greatest devastation and ruin he had ever heard of. Slaves free, no money to be had to re-establish the economy. The future for the farmer looked so dark that they closed out their holdings at Wampee, giving many of their slaves tracts of land (some of which are still owned by their descendents). They then moved to Marion County and settled in what is known as Gapway, where their three younger children were born, and joined his father in the timber business in 1867. In 1870 he moved to Mullins where he still spent his time in their farming and timber business until the timber was exhausted, then turning their cut over lands into farms which he operated until 1910, when he retired, spending the balance of his life writing life insurance. In addition to his farming interest, he had as a very profitable hobby, making chairs, all sizes, in what was called the farm chair shop. Many of the chairs he made are still in use. He was the most even-tempered man I ever knew, and the most lovable. If he had an enemy he never knew it. We dedicate these pages to his memory. We, his grand-children, , affectionately called him Grand-Pa. His children called him Pa."

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Married daughter of Gen. Abraham Trigg, of Virginia. He m. Elizabeth BRAGG b. 1782. Child: Lucy Bragg Lewis Birth: 1802 Death: 1849. ^[S2693] ^[S2246]

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Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety Six and Abbeville Dists, SC: P. 476----(gr.grandson of Nathaniel) McCants, David Jas. Box 119----Pk. 3509. Nathaniel McCants, in 1766 married Elizabeth Gotea, sister to his brother Alexander's wife, Margery, both daughters of John James Gotea and his wife Elizabeth McConnell Gotea.

Unhappy marriage to Searh E., died young. Est. adm. 1 Jan 1850, Abbeville, SC. ^[S540] ^[S316]

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2 Alfred TINSLEY b: 1806 + Ann D FARNSWORTH b: 1812 d: BEF 1860

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Feb. 13, 1830; Joel Hurt & Nancy Whitely; Wm. B. Preston, Surety; Married by James Leftwich, Jr., Feb. 16, 1830.

My Southern Family

BOOKER

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I20145

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Elizabeth ENNALIS

ABT 1710 - ____

ID Number: I89353

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Robert HARRISON III

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ID Number: I98636

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Maria Concepcion HERNANDEZ

George Solomon JORDAN

25 Mar 1841 - 1 Nov 1922

ID Number: I52203

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NIcholas JOURNEW

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ID Number: I102368

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Charles LEWIS

ABT 1777 - 1804

ID Number: I70494

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David James MCCANTS

ABT 1826 - ABT 1849

ID Number: I7984

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Alfred TINSLEY

1806 - ____

ID Number: I83098

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Nancy WHITELY

27 Dec 1806 - 17 Oct 1836

ID Number: I45290

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