112. John Blake
gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
known as "The Immigrant"?"John Blake settled along Little River in Laurens Co, SC his neighbor was Thomas Wier; before 1800 he selected his site in Greenwood. He camped on a slight eminence west of Edgefield St and borrowed the necessary chunk of fire from the home of Andrew Logan, the only resident in all that section. His home was on the south side of Oak Ave just west of the Seaboard Railroad tracks. A rock in the chimney of the house was inscribed "Ebenezer, Dec 7th, A.D.1801". Ebenezer is an Old Testament word meaning "stone of help". He was an elder in the Rock Presbyterian Church. He and Jane Bell had 10 children. Eight married and had children, but seven of the families moved away to GA & TN. The inscribed rock from the chimney was saved and kept by a Greenwood descendant, Lilla Blake Liner."
Greenwood County Sketches H975.733 WAT. Submitted by Huston & Betty Taylor, Athens, AL
113. Jane Bell
gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
114. Thomas Wier
gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
In an old letter Thomas says: "In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed at Charleston, South Carolina, on St. Patrick's Day in the morning the 17th day of March." His three children were born in Ireland, and when they came over, Robert remained behind for some three years with relatives. Pushing up country, he located in the Laurens District, where he remained for a time. He then removed to Abbeville District, settling near Greenwood where he and his wife spent their remaining years. He was a farmer. She died January 1851 aged 84 years. He died July 1, 1851. Both are buried at the old Rock Church, of which they were members. The following extract from his obituary will indicated his character: "Mr. Wier was a member of the Presbyterian Church when he came to this country, and after he settled in this district, he was chosen a Ruling Elder in the Rock Church, which important office he filled with credit, till forced to desist, from the infirmities of age. In the month of January last, he was sorely afflicted in the loss of his aged consort. (About a month before his death he was confined to his bed, more from the infirmities of age than from any disease). On Sabbath previous to his death, he appeared even anxious to depart and be with Christ, --urged the necessity of prayer on all present-- had his servants called in, and admonished them with great Christian sympathy, reminding them of the worth of their souls, and the importance of the preparation for death". No likenesses are preserved of him or his wife.
this letter which was written by Thomas Wier (a brother of my 3rd great-grandmother, Nancy Wier Boyd), to his son William Wier, brought out by his son Andrew Wier in July 1835. He writes:
"To come a little nearer home as respects our family and ancestors, I can trace no further back than my grandfather, James Wier. He was a steady, industrious and pious man. My father, Thomas Wier, after his marriage to Elizabeth Faulkner, whose father lived at the waterside of Londonderry, settled in the township of Belnagilla, County of Tyrone, Parish of Lyson in 3 miles of Cooks Town, Province of Ulster, Basmy of Laughen, Sheelin".
"My grandfather, James Wier, had several children, five sons and two daughters. Thomas was the oldest, the others were - John, James, Robert and William, the daughters were - Margaret and Agnus. Margaret was a woman well acquainted with history, both sacred and profane. The family were all pious and raised under the faith of the Presbyterian Church".
"In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed in Charleston, South Carolina on St. Patricks Day in the morning the 17 day of March. In the year 1787 I married Mary Withrow who was the daughter of William Withrow of the County of Tyrone, Parish of Alidesert, Township of Water and two miles from the market town of Pom Roy. His wife was Elizabeth Stuart, who was daughter of Robert Stuart of County Down, Rath Frilan on the Ban Water".
These were all of Scotch descent. After we were married I lived 4 years in the Township of Mullinase, where William was born and baptized by Rev. Thomas Dickson, a Seceder minister in my home".
"My father lived and died in the place where he first settled".gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
In an old letter Thomas says: "In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed at Charleston, South Carolina, on St. Patrick's Day in the morning the 17th day of March." His three children were born in Ireland, and when they came over, Robert remained behind for some three years with relatives. Pushing up country, he located in the Laurens District, where he remained for a time. He then removed to Abbeville District, settling near Greenwood where he and his wife spent their remaining years. He was a farmer. She died January 1851 aged 84 years. He died July 1, 1851. Both are buried at the old Rock Church, of which they were members. The following extract from his obituary will indicated his character: "Mr. Wier was a member of the Presbyterian Church when he came to this country, and after he settled in this district, he was chosen a Ruling Elder in the Rock Church, which important office he filled with credit, till forced to desist, from the infirmities of age. In the month of January last, he was sorely afflicted in the loss of his aged consort. (About a month before his death he was confined to his bed, more from the infirmities of age than from any disease). On Sabbath previous to his death, he appeared even anxious to depart and be with Christ, --urged the necessity of prayer on all present-- had his servants called in, and admonished them with great Christian sympathy, reminding them of the worth of their souls, and the importance of the preparation for death". No likenesses are preserved of him or his wife.
this letter which was written by Thomas Wier (a brother of my 3rd great-grandmother, Nancy Wier Boyd), to his son William Wier, brought out by his son Andrew Wier in July 1835. He writes:
"To come a little nearer home as respects our family and ancestors, I can trace no further back than my grandfather, James Wier. He was a steady, industrious and pious man. My father, Thomas Wier, after his marriage to Elizabeth Faulkner, whose father lived at the waterside of Londonderry, settled in the township of Belnagilla, County of Tyrone, Parish of Lyson in 3 miles of Cooks Town, Province of Ulster, Basmy of Laughen, Sheelin".
"My grandfather, James Wier, had several children, five sons and two daughters. Thomas was the oldest, the others were - John, James, Robert and William, the daughters were - Margaret and Agnus. Margaret was a woman well acquainted with history, both sacred and profane. The family were all pious and raised under the faith of the Presbyterian Church".
"In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed in Charleston, South Carolina on St. Patricks Day in the morning the 17 day of March. In the year 1787 I married Mary Withrow who was the daughter of William Withrow of the County of Tyrone, Parish of Alidesert, Township of Water and two miles from the market town of Pom Roy. His wife was Elizabeth Stuart, who was daughter of Robert Stuart of County Down, Rath Frilan on the Ban Water".
These were all of Scotch descent. After we were married I lived 4 years in the Township of Mullinase, where William was born and baptized by Rev. Thomas Dickson, a Seceder minister in my home".
"My father lived and died in the place where he first settled".gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
In an old letter Thomas says: "In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed at Charleston, South Carolina, on St. Patrick's Day in the morning the 17th day of March." His three children were born in Ireland, and when they came over, Robert remained behind for some three years with relatives. Pushing up country, he located in the Laurens District, where he remained for a time. He then removed to Abbeville District, settling near Greenwood where he and his wife spent their remaining years. He was a farmer. She died January 1851 aged 84 years. He died July 1, 1851. Both are buried at the old Rock Church, of which they were members. The following extract from his obituary will indicated his character: "Mr. Wier was a member of the Presbyterian Church when he came to this country, and after he settled in this district, he was chosen a Ruling Elder in the Rock Church, which important office he filled with credit, till forced to desist, from the infirmities of age. In the month of January last, he was sorely afflicted in the loss of his aged consort. (About a month before his death he was confined to his bed, more from the infirmities of age than from any disease). On Sabbath previous to his death, he appeared even anxious to depart and be with Christ, --urged the necessity of prayer on all present-- had his servants called in, and admonished them with great Christian sympathy, reminding them of the worth of their souls, and the importance of the preparation for death". No likenesses are preserved of him or his wife.
this letter which was written by Thomas Wier (a brother of my 3rd great-grandmother, Nancy Wier Boyd), to his son William Wier, brought out by his son Andrew Wier in July 1835. He writes:
"To come a little nearer home as respects our family and ancestors, I can trace no further back than my grandfather, James Wier. He was a steady, industrious and pious man. My father, Thomas Wier, after his marriage to Elizabeth Faulkner, whose father lived at the waterside of Londonderry, settled in the township of Belnagilla, County of Tyrone, Parish of Lyson in 3 miles of Cooks Town, Province of Ulster, Basmy of Laughen, Sheelin".
"My grandfather, James Wier, had several children, five sons and two daughters. Thomas was the oldest, the others were - John, James, Robert and William, the daughters were - Margaret and Agnus. Margaret was a woman well acquainted with history, both sacred and profane. The family were all pious and raised under the faith of the Presbyterian Church".
"In the year 1795 I emigrated to America and landed in Charleston, South Carolina on St. Patricks Day in the morning the 17 day of March. In the year 1787 I married Mary Withrow who was the daughter of William Withrow of the County of Tyrone, Parish of Alidesert, Township of Water and two miles from the market town of Pom Roy. His wife was Elizabeth Stuart, who was daughter of Robert Stuart of County Down, Rath Frilan on the Ban Water".
These were all of Scotch descent. After we were married I lived 4 years in the Township of Mullinase, where William was born and baptized by Rev. Thomas Dickson, a Seceder minister in my home".
"My father lived and died in the place where he first settled".
115. Mary Withrow
gravesite location: 34-13.800N 82-06.836W (WGS 84)
119. Jane M. Caldwell
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gapike/cem037.htm
122. John Smarr
Per C. Bennett:
About the year 1890 John Smarr and first wife Elizabeth Reid Smarr established a plantation near the junction of the Broad and Pacolet rivers in South carolina. This Plantation was called "Red Hills" and was near what is now Lockhart, SC.
Robert R. Smarr was living in Fayette Vounty, Georgia May 13, 1844 according to a letter written by him to his half brother John D. Smarr.
126. Robert McCutchen
in 1860 census, his daughter's family, Anna M. and B.G. Lockhart, were living with him