A Genealogical Record

with Reminiscences

of the

Richardson and Buford

Families

By

Elizabeth Buford Richardson

1906

Macon, Georgia

The J.W. Burke Company

1906

Printed By

The State Printing Company

Columbia, S.C.

1960

Reprinted 1978

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Preface

This little book I dedicate to the descendants of our common ancestors, Captain William and wife, Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson, and to the descendants of William and wife, Frances (June) Buford; hoping you will “Pass all imperfections by.”

In every instance where I have failed to give “Honor to whom honor is due,” know that in those cases I have not succeeded in getting such information as I have desired. The rise and progress of each noble youth I could not know from personal observation, when sundered far from kinsmen’s land. I would only have been too glad to have recorded on these pages every item of interest connected with each and all.

From a child I have been much interested in the history of our ancestors and this interest has increased as years have multiplied. I suppose I have had opportunities of knowing more and of getting more information of our forefathers than anyone now living; having been conversant with two of the children of Capt. William and wife, Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson, and conversant with two of William and wife, Frances (June) Buford’s children. I was reared at Bloom Hill, the ancestral home of the Richardsons, which was then the home of my grand-parents, Judge John S. and wife,

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Elizabeth Lucretia (Buford) Richardson. I was named for this dear good grand-mother, and as my mother died before I was three years old she took me to her home and was a mother to me: hence Bloom Hill became my home. A large collection of family portraits hung on the walls of this mansion, as many as four generations were thus represented, and when relatives would be visiting in this home, where hospitality was as free as the air we breath, these portraits were often the subject of conversation. From these conversations I became familiar with many family traditions and learned much of family history.

I have also gathered some items from the long epitaphs on the stones which mark the graves of our ancestors, for Bloom Hill was their burial ground. Now, shall I let die with me that which I have been gathering for more than a half century, storing away in memory, in memoranda (sic) and in manuscript? I answer, no, for in that case much that is noble, much that is pure, much that is of good report, and much tat is beautiful would be consigned to oblivion.

Then, too, I have observed recently with great regret that from similarity of names and incidents, our family history is in danger of becoming a muddle, a confusion, from which I would gladly extricate it. As an instance—some of the descendants of Capt. William Richardson seem inclined to accept one Edward Richardson, bricklayer, of Charleston, S.C., to be the father of Capt. William Richardson. If they accept this, they must consign to oblivion the oft re-

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peated family tradition of our forefather, William Richardson, having been born and reared in Virginia, of his running away from his father, of his coming to Charleston, S.C., bring his younger sister, Susannah, with him. And will all the traditions concerning Sea Captain Edward Richardson, an Englishman, the father of Capt. William Richardson meet a similar fate? And there are many other family traditions dear to us all which cannot be reconciled with this “new find” of the last decade.

All these traditions have been handed down to us from generation to generation for well nigh a century and a half, and from time to time have been engrafted into the history of the Richardson family, and they appear in manuscript form in several branches of the family at the present day. Let us hold fast to that which we have, and away with everything which cannot be reconciled with, and substantiated by the traditions handed down to us by our forefathers.

If those who would accept Edward Richardson, of Charleston, as their ancestor, as the father of William Richardson, would compare the following dates they would see that William and his sister, Susannah, were born long before Mrs. Fley, nee Elizabeth Poinsett became the “spouse” of Ed Richardson, of Charleston. William was born nine years and Susannah seven years previous to this incident.

Extract from St. Philips Church register, Charleston, S.C.:

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Extract from Record Book, Probate Ct., Charleston, S.C.: Book 1754-58, page 471.

Edward Richardson, of Charleston, to Elizabeth Fley, his intended spouse, Deed of Gift.

He gives to Elizabeth Fley, “My intended spouse” property she got from her former husband, Samuel Fley. 10 Oct 1752.

It is a singular incident that Edward Richardson, of Charleston, like Sea Captain Edward Richardson, should have married one born Elizabeth Poinsett, but be it remembered that Ed Richardson, of Charleston, married Mrs. Fley, nee Elizabeth Poinsett, while Sea Captain Edward Richardson married Elizabeth Poinsett (no other name was ever connected with hers until she became Mrs. Richardson), and William was their seventh son. I have never heard the expression, seventh child, used in connection with him, but always seventh son, so it may be that some of his sisters were older than himself. We know that he had two sisters besides Susannah—Mrs. Moore and Mrs Moncrief, and there may have been others. But putting these suppositions aside, and remembering the date of William’s birth, and calculate as his being the seventh child—I conclude that Sea Captain Edward Richardson was married to Elizabeth Poinsett about the year, 1730, possibly a year or two

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later, but more probably a year or two earlier. So then the marriage of Ed Richardson, of Charleston, and the marriage of Sea Captain Edward Richardson did not occur in the same score of years, probably between twenty or twenty five intervened.

I would also call attention to the date of William’s marriage. If he was the seventh son of Ed Richardson, of Charleston, and wife, Mrs. Fley, he would have been only a small child if not an infant in 1768 (the date of William’s marriage), and if he was their first child he could only have been fifteen years old in 1768, for we know that Ed Richardson, of Charleston, did not marry Mrs. Fley before 1752—she was only his “spouse” Oct 10, 1752. Their marriage may have taken place several years later as his “Deed of Gift” to Mrs. Fley was not recorded earlier than 1754.

Let us be careful to preserve our family history as our forefathers left it. One line of substantiated truth is worth volumes of uncertainties.

E.B.R.

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CONTENTS:

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Chapter I

Richardson—Poinsett

1. Edward Richardson married Elizabeth Poinsett, 17—.

2. Gabriel Guignard married Frances deLesseline, November 10, 1746.

3. William Buford married Frances, June, 17—.

4. William Richardson married Ann Magdalen Guignard, October 13, 1768.

The Richardsons are of English descent. The Bufords emigrated from England to this country, but it is more than probable that they first emigrated from France to England; the original name was no doubt Beaufort. The Poinsetts, Guignards, deLesselines, and Junes were French Huguenots. The name, June, is variously spelled as follows: Juing, Jeune, and June.

It was probably about the year, 1730, that Sea Captain Edward Richardson married Elizabeth Poinsett. He was the seventh son of Sir John Richardson, of England, and was born in that country. When a boy, he wanted to engage in a seafaring business, but his parents objected; however, he ran away from them and went to sea. In time he became captain of a vessel and spent his life upon the seas; visiting many countries, none more often than the British

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Colonies of America. We do not know where Captain Edward Richardson married Elizabeth Poinsett, but indications point to Virginia. He settled his family in the eastern part of Virginia. However, he may have married in Charleston, S.C., he sometimes stopped there on voyages, and Poinsetts were there among the refugees from France, the name occurs in the old records. But Sea Captain Edward Richardson never lived in Charleston or in any part of South Carolina. This fact accounts for us knowing so little of the Richardson family beyond our ancestor, William Richardson. The records in Charleston show that Edward Richardson, master of a vessel, the schooner “Elizabeth” hailing from Virginia, entered the port of Charleston about the year 1740.

Edward and wife Elizabeth (Poinsett) Richardson had a large family of sons and daughters. Our ancestor, William Richardson, the head of the family in South Carolina, whose history we are considering, was their seventh son. One of their daughters became Mrs. Moore, another daughter married a Moncrief. Mrs. Moncrief’s daughter, Cordelia Moncrief, married John Maynard Davis. Mr. Davis and wife Cordelia, lived and died near Charleston, S.C., leaving no descendants.

A younger daughter of Sea Captain Edward and wife Elizabeth (Poinsett) Richardson was Susannah, who came to Charleston with her brother William. Susannah Richardson married John Smythe in Charleston, S.C., and they

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made their home in that city. John Smythe was a native of Trowbridge, England. His wife, Susannah, was born in Virginia, March 29, 1745, and died July 11, 1815. Mr. Smythe died in Charleston, May 14, 1833. They were buried side by side in the Richardson family burial ground* on the Bloom Hill plantation, in Sumter district, S.C. A heavy marble slab marks each grave, and the epitaphs are still legible. They left no descendants.

When William Richardson was quite a young man, he ran away from his father, and came to Charleston, S.C., bringing his younger sister, Susannah, with him. (It is supposed that before the brother and sister left their home in Virginia, their mother had died, and their father had married again.) This offended his father greatly and father and son were never on good terms again. Whenever they met they had high words, both being men of much temper.

When Sea Captain Edward Richardson died, mourning rings were sent to members of his family; William and Susannah each received one. The rings bore his name, date of death, etc. Unfortunately these rings have been lost.

Before we proceed with our reminiscences of William Richardson, we give a sketch in the next chapter of our ancestors, Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard, whose daughter William Richardson married; and the third chapter will be devoted to William Buford’s family.

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See Note A on last page of book

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Chapter II

Guignard—deLesseline

Gabriel Guignard married Frances deLesseline, November 10, 1746, in St. Philips Church, Charleston, S.C., the Rev Levi Durant officiating. Family tradition says: Frances was a daughter of the Marquis deLesseline, who was a Huguenot refugee from France to Charleston, S.C. Gabriel Guignard was born on the Island Oleron near Rochelle, France, December 12, 1708. He was a Huguenot refugee to South Carolina prior to 1737, in which year he became a member of “The South Carolina Society.”

Gabriel Guignard’s will stands recorded in Charleston S.C., dated “August 14, 1757;” date of probate “October 14, 1757.” He was buried “August 25, 1757.”

His marriage and burial are recorded in Register of St. Philips Church, Charleston, S.C., giving dates as above, his marriage is also recorded in Register of Christ Church parish, South Carolina, giving date. By this we surmise that Mr. Guignard was a member of Christ Church and Miss deLesseline, before her marriage, was a member of St. Philips Church or vice versa.

Extract from Probate Court Records, Charleston district, S.C. book 1757-60, page 58.

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“Gabriel Guignard was born on the Island Oleron near Rochelle, France, December 12, 1708.”

Gabriel Guignard’s widow, Mrs. Frances (deLesseline) Guignard married (2) Col. Samuel Fley, July 5, 1758. This marriage is recorded in Register of St. Philips Church, Charleston, S.C.

Children of Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard were: Ann Magdalen, John Gabriel, Margarett and Frances.

Children of our great great-grandmother born after her marriage to Col. Fley, were:

First—Samuel Fley, who never married.

Second—Elizabeth Catherine Fley, who married George Ioor, her half brother-in-law; there were no children of this marriage: so then, there are no descendants of Mrs. Fley’s second marriage, but the descendants of her first marriage are legion.

First—Ann Magdalen Guignard married William Richardson, merchant, October 13, 1768, in Charleston, S.C. The Rev. Samuel Hart officiating. She was the eldest child of Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard, and was born February 7, 1750. This marriage is recorded in register of St. Philips Church, Charleston, S.C. It gives date of marriage, date of William’s birth and names of his parents.

At the time of his marriage, and for some years after, William Richardson’s home was in

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Charleston, where he was conducting a very prosperous business as a merchant.

In chapter IV. of this record see a full account of William and wife Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson.

Second—John Gabriel Guignard, merchant, married Elizabeth Sanders, a daughter of James and wife Sarah (Slaun) Sanders; James Sanders was a son of William and wife Margaret (Moore) Sanders. John Gabriel was the only son of Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard and was born in 1752. Many years he resided in Charleston, S.C., and prospered greatly in the mercantile business. The following advertisements and notices quoted from leading journals of that age, may be interesting to some of our readers. More than a century has passed since they were published.

In the “South Carolina Weekly Gazette” of Saturday, May 10, 1783, Guignard and Freeman advertise that “at their store, No 81 Tradd St, they are opening a neat assortment of goods just received.”

In the “South Carolina Weekly Gazette” of August 16, 1783, “John Postell and John Gabriel Guignard to be known as Postell & Guignard.”

Slaun and Guignard advertise in the “South Carolina Gazette and Public Advertiser” of October 6, 1784.

In the same paper of April 15, 1785, J.G. Guignard advertises for sale—“a plantation of 550 acres in the high hills of the Santee, and one of 450 acres on Black River.”

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“The City Gazette and Daily Advertiser” of December 18, 1798, announces the appointment on the 13^th, of John Gabriel Guignard as Surveyor-General of South Carolina.

After this appointment Mr. Guignard moved to Columbia, S.C., and lived on Senate Street. Mrs. Guignard died September 1, 1814, aged 51 years; and he died January 9, 1822, aged 70 years and two months. They were both buried in Trinity church yard, Columbia, S.C.

John Gabriel and wife Elizabeth (Sanders) Guignard left one child, a son—James Sanders Guignard who married Caroline Richardson. In Chapter IX. of this record see a full account of James Sanders and wife Caroline (Richardson) Guignard and their descendants.

Third—Margaret Guignard married Gen. Peter Horry, a noted gentleman, a scholar and historian. Margaret was the third child of Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard. Gen. Peter and wife Margaret (Guignard) Horry left no descendants.

Fourth—Frances Guignard married George Ioor, a son of John and wife Mary (Wallace) Ioor, of Dorchester, S.C., and John was a son of Joseph Ioor. See Chapter XI.

George and wife Frances lived in their home “Clermont” on their plantation near Statesburg, Sumter district, S.C. Mrs. Ioor died in 1807 and was buried in the little home cemetery at Clermont.

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George Ioor married (2) Elizabeth Catherine Fley, his half sister-in-law. Mr. Ioor died soon after his second marriage and was buried at Clermont. There were no children of the (2) marriage. George and (1) wife Frances (Guignard) Ioor had three children—one daughter, and two sons: John and Benjamin. The daughter died in Charleston, S.C., where she had just completed her education. In Chapter XI. of this record see a full account of General John Ioor and Dr. Benjamin Ioor and their descendants.

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CHAPTER III

Buford-June

William Buford married Frances June, 17—. They emigrated from Brunswick county, Virginia, to South Carolina and settled the well known Buford plantation near Gourdin on the northeast side of the Santee river in Williamsburg district. From the family mansion to the state-road* leading to Charleston, was a beautiful avenue of cedars one mile in length, a cool inviting retreat well known and much admired.

The spring which supplied the family with water, flowing from the foot of the bluff on which the old mansion stood, still gurgles on as of yore and is known far and wide in that section as the “Buford Spring,” and is often visited. We visited this spring of our ancestors December, 1893, and drank water from its basin. Mrs. N.T. Pittman, whose maiden name was Emma Buford Rich, a great grand-daughter of William and wife Frances (June) Buford, now owns this plantation and her handsome residence is on that part of it which extends up into Gourdin. We have been informed that the County Record of Brunswick county, Virginia, show that William Buford and wife Frances were

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*See Note B on last page of book.

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living in said county as late as 1762, and owned much land there. Many of the same name are living in that county now, elegant, cultured people: we recognize each other as the same family, though death has removed all who could have traced the connecting link.

William Buford and family must have emigrated to South Carolina ten or twelve years before the Revolutionary War. He was a valiant patriot and an officer in the American Army, Revolutionary War. He was taken prisoner by the British, when at his home near Gourdin, on a furlough, and when exchanged was in service again.

He was severely wounded in the groin at the battle of Eutaw Spring, S.C., September 8, 1781. He survived the war and lived to see all his children married.

William Buford was a noble and true man; he was very highly esteemed throughout a large section of country; when a guardian was to be chosen for orphan children, none so much desired as he. We have seen stated in an old manuscript that at one time he had no less than twenty wards in his home.

He died in 1810 or 1811, and though many years had elapsed, it was thought that the severe wound in the groin was the cause of his death. His wife had preceded him to the grave many years; we think she died in 1790. Her youngest child Emma Corbet was an infant at the time of the mother’s death and she was born August 12, 1789.

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Children of William and wife Frances (June) Buford were as follows: Elizabeth Lucretia B., Frances B., Mary B., William June B., and Emma Corbet B.

First—Elizabeth Lucretia Buford married (1) Thomas Couturier. The Couturiers were among the first settlers of the country, they were Huguenots and very esteemed. Mr. and Mrs. Couturier’s home was across the Santee river in what is now Berkely county, then we think it was Charleston district. Mr. Couturier died early leaving two children, both of them soon followed him to the grave.

Mrs. Couturier married (2) John Smythe Richardson, attorney at law. He was the third son of Captain William and wife Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson. He was a talented young man with a classic education and a brilliant career ahead of him. Mrs. Richardson was indeed a charming woman, beautiful in person, heart and life. When she was just budding into womanhood her mother died, and in dying committed to her care and training her younger sisters and brother. Thus early she was called upon to take up life's duties and responsibilities and faithful she was to the trust.

In early life as in riper years her many social virtues and her natural kindness of heart drew around her many friends, whose friendship she delighted to reciprocate. She had a big heart and took an interest in every one; her colored

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people were never allowed to want for anything; her anxious concern for the welfare of her children and grand-children never ceased so long as she sojourned on earth, and when she died the poor in her neighborhood mourned the loss of her, who had been so keeuly (sic) alive to their distresses.

When this dear good grand-mother was growing old she suffered much from rheumatism, and as a consequence she was greatly hindered from walking, had to use a rolling chair and as time went on she had to lie much in bed. Her bedroom then became our sitting room; she loved to have us there and we so loved to be with her. She was very cheerful through all her sufferings and continued to manage her household affairs as formerly. Her well trained servants doing her faithful service, so that every thing went on like clockwork in that well regulated home.

She was a devoted Christian, a member of the Episcopal church; her forefathers were Episcopalians as were all the Bufords we ever knew.

Mrs. Richardson died in the summer of 1859, in her eighty-fourth year and was laid to rest in the Bloom Hill family burial ground, by the side of her second husband—Judge John Smythe Richardson, who had preceded her to the grave nine years.

In Chapter VIII. see a full account of Mrs. Richardson’s descendants in connection with the record of her husband—Judge John Smythe Richardson.

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Second—Frances Buford married Rev. Hugh Fraser. She was his third wife. The history of Rev. Hugh Fraser and his descendants, is so interwoven into the history of the Richardson and Buford families, that it is incumbent upon us to give the following sketch of him and his descendants.

The Frasers have always been high-toned cultured people. Rev. Hugh Fraser was a native of Scotland, and a minister in the Episcopal church. He first married Miss Porter, she died when only in her seventeenth year leaving one son, Benjamin Porter. Benjamin Porter Fraser married Agnes Kerpatric [Kirkpatrick]; they both died early leaving two children. Hugh and Agnes.

Hugh Fraser, Jr., married Miss Western; two sons were the fruits of this marriage; Benjamin and Paul. Hugh Fraser, Jr., died early and the mother took her two sons to Edinburgh, Scotland to be educated. They had just completed their education when our Civil War broke out, and now their brave souls fired with patriotism and love of native land, could no longer rest in ease, while the South was struggling for her rights. Soon they crossed the Atlantic, landed in South Carolina, joined the Southern army and fought bravely to the close of the war. Paul Fraser survived the war only a few years.

The elder brother Benjamin Fraser married and settled in Georgetown county. He is a prosperous business man, a true type of the antebellum Southern gentleman; and is the father of nine sons and daughters.

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Agnes Fraser, daughter of Benjamin Porter and wife Agnes (Kerpatric) [(Kirkpatrick)] Fraser, and sister of Hugh Fraser, Jr. Married [married] F.D. Richardson, of Charleston, S.C. He was the youngest child of Judge John Smythe and wife Elizabeth Lucretia (Buford) Richardson. Agnes was reared in the family of her mother’s uncle—Davison McDowell. More of these and their descendants in Chapter VIII. of this record.

Rev. Hugh Fraser married (2) Mary Buford. Mary died early leaving a son—Peter William. Then it was that Frances Buford, eldest sister of Mary, became the third wife of Rev. Hugh Fraser as stated at the beginning of this sketch. Frances was lovely, her step-son, Peter William, said of her: “She was so good to me that I never felt the loss of my mother.”

Rev. Hugh Fraser’s home was Enfield on the Peedee river, and he was the minister in charge of the Episcopal church in Georgetown. He outlived his three lives.

Children of Rev. Hugh and wife Frances (Buford) Fraser were as follows: Mary Elizabeth F., and Frances June Buford F.

1st. Mary Elizabeth Fraser married Hugh Fraser Grant.

The father of Hugh Fraser Grant and Rev. Hugh Fraser were very dear friends, both were Scotchmen, hence the name Hugh Fraser in the Grant family. Hugh Fraser Grant was a cultured gentleman and very highly esteemed. There are those in this community (Milledgeville, Georgia) repre-

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sentatives of the elite when Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia, who have pleasing recollections of the polished Hugh Fraser Grant who so long served his district in the Georgia senate. After the close of the Civil War, Mr. Grant and family made their home in Savannah, Ga. They had six children as follows: Frances Amelia G., Maria Eugenia G., Sarah Allen G., Hugh Fraser G., Mary Louisa G., and Buford Rose G.

I. Frances Amelia Grant married Dr. Daniel H.B. Troup. Their three children were as follows:

1. Hugh Fraser Grant Troup who never married.

2. Maria Hayward Troup married John King Nightengale. Their six children are as follows:

Frances Grant N., Brailsford Troup N., Phineous Milles N., Murrey N., Maud Troup N., and Mary N.

3. Mary Frances Troup died in infancy.

II. Maria Eugenia Grant married Major Mallery Page King. He died a few years ago in their home at Brunswick, Ga. Their four children are as follows:

1. Mary Ann King married Mr. Parker.

2. Thomas Butler King, died, aged 2 years, 6 months.

3. Frances Buford King married Franklin D. Aken. They have four children:

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Malloery King A., Isaac Means A., Frances Buford A., and Franklin Dunwody A.

4. Florence Page King married Henry Baker Maxey. They have two children: Eugenia Grant M. and Annie Baker M.

III. Sarah Allen Grant married Rev. Samuel Benedict, D.D., a minister of the Episcopal church. For some years their home was in Savannah, Ga,; where he was pastor of St. John’s church. He resigned this charge to accept a call to a church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he met his death in an elevator, when descending from an upper story in a hotel where he had been visiting a sick parishioner. His wife survives him. She has no children, but the Rev. Mr. Benedict left children of a former marriage.

IV. Hugh Fraser Grant, Jr., married Mrs. Wade, nee Georgia Rogers. Their children are as follows: Fraser Rogers G., Mary Rose G., Caroline Stiles G., Anna West G.

V. Mary Louisa Grant married Charles Fredrick Conrad of Virginia. She died leaving two children: Mary Whiting C., and Hugh Fraser Grant C.

VI. Buford Rose Grant, youngest child of Hugh Fraser and wife Mary Elizabeth (Fraser) Grant, died young.

2nd. Frances June Buford Fraser married married John Ash Alston, of Charleston, S.C. He was a wealthy planter. His handsome home was in Charleston. Frances was the second daugh-

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ter of Rev. Hugh and (3) wife Frances (Buford) Fraser. She died in her home in Charleston, in 1897. Her husband had preceded her to the grave many (sic) years. Children were born unto them as follows:

I. Hugh Fraser Alston died in infancy.

II. Theodocious Alston, M.D. is now dead.

III. John Ash Alston, attorney at law, married Emma Sanders. He died leaving three children—John Ash A., Helen A., William Algenon A. Of these John and Helen are dead. William Algenon Alston, who is a pharmacist, lives with his widowed mother near Hagood, S.C.

IV. Washington Alston was a soldier in the Confederate Army and was killed in battle.

V. Helen Alston lives in Charleston.

VI. Algenon Alston (1) died in infancy.

VII. Algenon Alston (2) died in his 17th year.

VIII. Frances Alston lives in Charleston.

IX. Roland Alston, M.D., unmarried. He and his two sisters, Helen and Fannie, live in their old home in Charleston, S.C.

X. Edmond Alston died in infancy.

XI. Thomas Lynch Alston married Helen Leroy Sanders. Their home is in Anderson, S.C. They have two children—William A. and Helen A.

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Third—Mary Buford married Rev. Hugh Fraser. She was his second wife and the third child of William and wife Frances (June) Buford. Their home was “Enfield” on the Peedee River in Georgetown District, S.C. Mrs. Fraser died early, leaving one child, a son, Peter William F.

1st. Peter William Fraser married Mary Allston Pauley in 1828. This son of Rev. Hugh and (2) wife Mary (Buford) Fraser was born in 1802. He graduated from the South Carolina college taking degree A.B. in class of 1822.

The Pauleys were among the first settlers of South Carolina. Pauley Island was granted to a forefather of Mary Alston Pauley by one of the King Georges.

Mr. and Mrs. Fraser live at her ancestral home, “True Blue” on Waccamau River until after the death of his father, Rev. Hugh Fraser, then they moved to Enfield, his ancestral home. Mr. Fraser having bought from his-half sisters their interest in this home.

In 1849 Mr. and Mrs. Fraser moved to Charleston, S.C., to educate their only child; but, alas, they both died in 1849, leaving one child, Jennie R. Fraser.

I. Jennie R. Fraser married (1) Nathaniel Barnwell, of Beauford, S.C. Mr. and Mrs. Barnwell lived at Enfield. He died leaving no children. Mrs. Barnwell married (2) Dr. Benjamin Clay Fishburne. Dr. Fishburne’s home was in Charleston. He died and Mrs. Fishburne married (3) Thomas

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W. Hughes. Their home is in Charleston, South Carolina.

Fourth—William June Buford, M.D., married Mrs. Chovine, nee Elizabeth Towner. He was the only son of William and wife Frances (June) Buford. Their beautiful home was on Weetee Lake in Williamsburg District, S.C., and their summer residence joined the Bloom Hill Plantation and was quite near the summer residence of Judge John S. Richardson, his brother-in-law. The two families enjoyed each other’s society, and very pleasantly and only too rapidly the summers passed. We remember well when a vista was cut through the forest that each family might see the other when seated on their front veranda. Childhood’s happy days were ours then, and the love we had for Uncle and Aunt Buford remains with us still. We can see him now as he moved about in his comfortable, happy home in the long ago—and a pleasing recollection it is. Kindness, love and gentleness united with his handsome distinguished personal appearance: indeed he was a fine type of the old antebellum Southern Gentleman.

He died about the year 1845, and his remains were laid to rest in the Bloom Hill family burial ground.

His beloved wife survived him many years, living to bless us all with her motherly sympathy; indeed, she seemed to adopt each and every member of her husband’s family as her very own, and we never thought of her as other than our own dear aunt.

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In her declining years she bough a home near the town of Sumter, S.C. God led her there, He had a work for her to do. It was while she resided in this home that largely through her interest and liberality the Episcopal Church in Sumter was built. She loved her church and was a devoted Christian. She died about the year 1866. Dr. and Mrs. Buford left no descendants.

Fifth—Emma Corbet Buford married William Guignard Richardson, March 5, 1809, the Rev. Hugh Fraser officiating. She was his second wife. He was the eldest son of Captain William and wife Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson, and Emma was the youngest child of William and wife Frances (June) Buford. She was born August 12, 1789. It has been said that William Buford’s daughters were all very beautiful women, surely none could have exceeded Mr. Richardson in loveliness, and she was very much beloved.

She died very suddenly February 23, 1843, in her fifty-fourth year. She had been the mother of twelve children, nine survived her.

In Chapter VI. of this Record, see a full account of her descendants in connection with the record of her husband—William Guignard Richardson.

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Chapter IV
Richardson—Guignard

Captain William Richardson married Ann Magdalen Guignard, October 13, 1768, in Charleston, S.C.. the Rev. Samuel Hart officiating. This marriage is recorded in St. Philip’s Church register, giving the date of marriage, date of William’s birth, and names of his parents.

In the “South Carolina Gazette” of Monday, October 17, 1768, in column announcing marriages we may read the following: “As was also on Thursday, Mr. William Richardson, merchant, to Miss Ann Guignard, daughter of the late Mr. Gabriel Guignard.” In the “South Carolina Gazette and Country Journal” of Tuesday, October 18, 1768, is another announcement of their marriage as follows: “Married— Mr. William Richardson, merchant, to Miss Ann Guignard, daughter of the late Mr. Gabriel Guignard.”

Ann Magdalen was the first child of Gabriel and wife Frances (deLesseline) Guignard and was born February 7, 1750. William was the seventh son of Captain Edward and wife Elizabeth (Poinsett) Richardson, and was born in Virginia, July 13, 1743. When William was a young man, he left his home in Virginia, came to Charleston, S.C., bring with him his younger sister, Susannah. See sketch of Susannah Richardson in Chapter I. of this record.

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William Richardson was of noble birth, but he separated himself from his family, and so unaided by family influence he had to carve his own fortune. Behold him a youth and a stranger in a large city, thrown completely upon his own resources; but like magic he rose to the emergency, established himself in the mercantile business, in which he greatly prospered; and by fortunate investments accumulated a large fortune. He married into a distinguished French Family. And as we follow him on in his political and military career, we see how grandly he served his country, and how firmly he established himself in the hearts of his countrymen.

Shortly after his marriage William purchased pew No. 40 in St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, S.C., paying for it 350 pounds sterling. The deed, which is still extant, shows that it was bought May 30, 1769, from John Ward, witnesses, Thomas Jones and Edward Simons.

For some years William Richardson continued to reside in Charleston; then he moved with his family to his plantation, “Bloom Hill” on the Waterree River in what is now Sumter County; we think it was then the East Waterree District.

In the olden times the Bloom Hill Plantation was sometimes called “High Hills of Santee.” It is near the junction of the Waterree and Congaree, which rivers form the Santee; hence the name Santee was applied to the high hills which extend not only along the upper Santee, but far up the Waterree. We think the name of the Warerree River has been changed.

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The Bloom Hill Plantation was a very large tract of land—eight thousand acres—and was divided into settlements, each settlement bearing its own name. The first and principle settlement previous to the Revolutionary War was “Bel-Air” which was the home of the family before and during the war. This residence was situated about six hundred yards south of the family burial ground, on a high bluff of the river swamp, a grand and beautiful situation, almost within hearing of the murmurs of the once famous Ben Spring where Marion and his compatriots oft quenched their thirst.

Magdalen was reared in Charleston; she was highly educated, cultured, and fond of society; so it is not surprising that her inclinations did not coincide with those of her husband when he proposed to live in the country. William sympathized with his wife’s reluctance to leave the city, and being a fond and an indulgent husband he sought wherewith he might reconcile her to the change. He knew her fondness for music and reading, so as a conciliatory measure, he ordered for her from England a fine, sweet toned organ, and a handsome library of English bound* books. The Richardson coat of arms was stamped in each book. He spared no pain nor expense in making their home beautiful and attractive, and Bel-Air soon became a joy to its inmates and the admiration of the many who were partakers of the generous hospitality which was extended from the halls of this mansion.

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*See Note C on last page of book.

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Captain William Richardson drew around him the leading men of his day; he was the friend and confidant of General Francis Marion, also of Gov. John Rutledge, who with their families were often guests at Bel-Air. General Green was also his friend. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, author of the famous saying—“Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute”—was one of William Richardson’s executors, and a much honored and esteemed friend..

Bloom Hill is historic, it appears on the earliest maps of South Carolina, and has always been a place of note. In the latter part of the year 1781, after the patriots under Gen. Green had recovered a part of the state, Governor Rutledge returned from North Carolina to re-establish civil government in South Carolina, the executive then made headquarters for a time with William Richardson at Bel-Air on the Bloom Hill Plantation.

Family tradition says that near the Bel-Air mansion was an immense tree in which there was a hollow, and in this hollow the patriots were accustomed to deposit notes of information for one another as to the conduct of the war and movements of the English troops.

From Col. Thurburn’s orderly books written in 1851 the following extract is taken: “When Charleston was beleaguered by Gen. Cluster, Gov. Rutledge was advised to withdraw from the city, that he might be better able to annoy the enemy and cut off the aid and supplies that they might otherwise obtain from the country. * * *

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The governor’s family had previously withdrawn, like most of those who could effect it, and were residing near where Statesburg now stands, at the home, I believe, of Col. William Richardson, since owned and occupied by his son, the late lamented Judge John S. Richardson.”

For more than half a century after Capt. William Richardson had passed away, the South Carolina historians continued to make frequent mention of this illustrious patriot as the following extracts show:

“William Richardson was a member of the first Provincial Congress of South Carolina.” See I. Moulyrie, pp. 13-17.

“He was appointed on committee to carry into effect the continental association.” I. Moultrie, pp. 41-45.

“William Richardson was appointed captain in first regiment of riflemen.” See I. Ramsey, p. 52.

“Capt. William Richardson was captured at the fall of Charleston in 1780 and paroled to his plantation.” II. Moultrie, p. 100.

“He was exchanged in May, 1871.” II. Ramsey, pp. 198-298.

“When exchanged Capt. William Richardson was appointed Commissary General by Gov. Rutledge.” After this appointment his plantation became the depot of supplies for the state Troops. See Ramsey, James, “Gibbes Doc. History of Revolutionary War in South Carolina.”

While Capt. William Richardson was a prisoner on parole he held a passport from Lord

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Rawdon, granting him permission to go occasionally from his plantation on the High Hills to Charleston.

In this passport William Richardson is commended for the strict and honorable observance of his parole. This passport is still extant and is in the possession of T.E. Richardson of Sumter, S.C., who is a great grand-son of Capt. William Richardson.

It has always been a mystery where Capt. William Richardson stored the army supplies while he was Commissary General. The British made raids upon the plantation, but there is no account of a capture of army supplies. Some have made a search for a secret cave along the high bluff of the river swamp, thinking that in only such a place could have been concealed so large an amount of supplies as shown by extant letters. He was always ready to respond in some measure to every call made upon him for powder, lead, muskets, bayonets, cartouch paper, twine, sugar, cloth, iron, salt, etc. Although far in the interior he seemed to be able to gather up the indigo, the money crop of the day, send it off to the West Indies and elsewhere to exchange for needed goods of all kinds. It was known that he drew largely upon his private means to keep up these supplies. At his death, the government owed him many thousands of pounds sterling, for which his descendants never received a penny.

On one occasion the British entered Bel-Air seeking William Richardson, disappointed at not

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finding him, but seeing on the wall a handsome portrait of the young officer, one of the soldiers with his bayonet pierced an eye of the portrait. However, when the war was over a skilled artist so perfectly repaired the breach that no defect appears and the sign of the rent can only be found by searching for it on the opposite side of the canvas. This portrait is now in the possession of John Smythe Richardson, 4th of Sumter, S.C., who is a great great grand-son of Capt. William Richardson. It possesses a charm for all the descendants whose name is legion. There is another portrait in the family, very interesting, and more ancient than the one we have been considering, that of Mr. Gabriel Guignard, nee Frances deLesseline, who is the common ancestor of all Capt. William Richardson’s descendants, being the mother of his wife.

Davy, the faithful valet of Capt. William Richardson, deserves mention in this record. Davy was noted for his fidelity and devotion to his master and to his master’s family. During those troublous times, when the whole country was in a state of unrest and his master, young, impetuous, and high spirited; this devoted slave would not only shield his master in time of danger, but ever on alert, would step forward at the right moment frequently preventing trouble and perhaps sorrow.

When Davy died he was laid to rest in the west end of the Bloom Hill burial ground (which spot was appropriated for the colored dead), and his grave marked with a marble tombstone, the

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epitaph headed “Faithful Davy.” A few steps further on we may read the epitaph on the tomb of “Honest Jack,” a faithful servant of Judge John Smythe Richardson, the third son of Capt. William Richardson.

As time passed on it became apparent that Bel-Air was too near the river swamp. The family was subject to fever especially during the summer and autumn months; so in 1784 or ‘85 Capt. Richardson selected a beautiful site in his grounds, one mile east of the burial ground, and was having a large and handsome mansion erected; but, alas, he did not live to see it completed. His widow completed it, but changed the plan of the house, making it like unto her grand-father’s home in France. This was the well-known Bloom Hill residence. The first story was built of stone, the second and third of cypress, such durable material that there is no telling how long this building would have lasted had it not been destroyed by fire in the year 1865,

Capt. William Richardson died of fever at Bel-Air, February 17, 1786, aged 42 years, 7 months, and 4 days.

In the Charleston Morning Post and Daily Advertiser of March 1, 1786 appeared the following: “Died—At the High Hills of Santee, William Richardson, Esq., of that place.”

His life was very precious to his family; his death a great blow. He was a strong character, gallant and chivalrous, of resolute will, which was tempered by a big, warm, and generous heart:

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yet, all of this had to succumb to death before he had reached the prime of life.

In the Bloom Hill burial ground he was laid to rest. The following is the inscription on his tomb:

HERE LIES THE BODY

OF

WILLIAM RICHARDSON

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIUFE

ON THE 17TH OF FEBRUARY

ANNO DOMINI 1786

HE WAS A MOST AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND,

TENDER PARENT, INDULGENT MASTER

AND VALUED FRIEND.

“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be

afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song.”

“Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy Throne;

Mercy and truth shall go before Thy Face.”

Mrs. Richardson survived her husband twenty-four years. She died May 23, 1810, in Columbia, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Sanders Guignard. Her remains were taken to Bloom Hill and buried by the side of her husband. The epitaphs on the heavy marble tombs are still legible and tell us where these, our ancestors rest.

In 1893 we visited this sacred spot which had been the burial ground of the Richardson family for more than a century. We found the graves, the marble slabs, tombstones, and monuments in wonderful preservation and much the same as when we walked among them in early childhood.

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This little cemetery with right of way, will ever belong to the descendants of Capt. William Richardson, having been reserved when the plantation was sold.

Children of Capt. William and wife Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson were as follows:

1st. Ann R. was born May 22, 1771, and was baptized the same day by the Rev. Samuel Hart. She became Mrs. William Mayrant.

2nd. William Guignard R. was born April 16, 1773, 10:30 p.m.

3rd. Charles Poinsett R. was born January 13, 1776, 2 a.m.

4th. John Smythe R. was born April 11, 1777, 11 a.m.

5th. Caroline R. was born February 7, 1779, 2 a.m. She became Mrs. James Sanders Guignard.

6th. Manly R. was born February 14, 1781, 3 a.m.

7th. Emily R. was born August 7, 1783, 11 p.m. She became Mrs. John Ioor.

8th. Bethia Frances R. was born December 31, 1784, 11 p.m. She became Mrs. Moses Liddell.

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CHAPTER V

The Mayrant Branch of the Richardson Family

First—Ann Richardson married Col. William Mayrant, attorney at law, May 17, 1787, at Bloom Hill. She was the eldest child of Capt. William and wife Ann Magdalen (Guignard) Richardson, and was born in Charleston, S.C., May 22, 1771. The Mayrants were among the first settlers of South Carolina; the name Nicholas Mayrant appears in a list of French refugees who were admitted to citizenship by an act of Assembly in South Carolina about the year 1689, see Statutes at Large of South Carolina. Later on there was James Mayrant, and afterwards James Nicholas (probably father and son), whose names appear in the records as justices of the peace or members of the assembly. Then come Judith, Elizabeth, and John, children of Mrs. Susannah Mayrant (widow), of St. James, Santee.

Judith Mayrant married (1) Mr. Marshaw or Meshaw. He died in six months, left no children.

Judith married (2) Stephen Bull, Jr., eldest son of Stephan Bull, lieutenant governor of South Carolina. Stephen Bull, Jr. died leaving one son, William Bull.

Judith married (3) Robert Pringle, judge of court of common pleas of South Carolina. They

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had children as follows: John Julius, Robert, and Elizabeth. The three sons of Judith, namely—William Bull, John Julius Pringle, and Robert Pringle married three daughters of Dr. James Reed of the Horse Shoe, St. Bartholemew Parish, namely, Elizabeth, Susannah, and Mary. Elizabeth Pringle married William Freeman. She died leaving no children.

The brother of Judith and Elizabeth, John Mayrant, married Miss Woodruff. John Mayrant and wife died early leaving two sons, John and William, who were reared in the Bull and Pringle family.

The elder of these two Mayrant brothers, John Mayrant, Jr., married Isabella Narvell. He distinguished himself in battle under Paul Jones, and is mentioned in history. They lived in Statesburg, Sumter District, S.C., some years, then they moved to Mississippi. At the time they moved they had one son, J.N. Mayrant and perhaps other children.

It was the younger of the Mayrant brothers mentioned above, William, whom Ann Richardson married. Hon. William Mayrant was a member of congress about the year 1813 or later. His home “High Hills,” a handsome mansion, was near Statesburg, it has long since passed out of the family, but it is still known throughout that section as the old home of the Mayrants.

The hills around Statesburg furnish beautiful seats for residence, and in the first part of the nineteenth century there was no section in South Carolina more remarkable than this for culture,

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elegance, and fashion. Within a compass of a few miles were the families of Judge Waties, General and Colonel Sumter, Attorney General (afterwards Judge) Richardson, Dr. Brownfield, the Mayrants, the Ioors, and others who were permanent residents, and still others of the elite of the low country resorted here during the summer months.

Mrs. Mayrant was a very beautiful woman. Her brother, Judge Richardson, had in his home at Bloom Hill, a life size portrait of this sister which he prised very highly. It was indeed a handsome picture. This brother and sister loved each other very much. When a mere tot in the long ago we knew them: their hair had lost its gold, their step its elasticity, but time had wrought no change in those loving hearts knit together in early childhood.

Col. William Mayrant died about the year 1840. His widow survived him ten or more years. Thirteen children were born unto them as follows: A daughter, a son, William and Charles twin brothers, Ann, Frances, Placidia, John W., Woodruff, Emily, Samuel, Robert P., and Charlotte.

1st. A daughter was born at Bloom Hill January 4, 1789, and died at birth.

2nd. A son was born in Statesburg July, 1790, and died the day after his birth.

3rd. William Mayrant, Jr., attorney at law,

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married Sarah Hall Horry Bay. He was the twin brother of Charles and was born May 18, 1792 at the Mayrant Plantation near Manchester, S.C. He graduated A.B. from the South Carolina College, Columbia, in class of 1811. His wife was a daughter of William and wife Ann (Davis) Bay; and she was a niece of Hon. Elihu Hall Bay. She was also an adopted daughter of Gen. Peter and wife Margaret (Guignard) Horry. After his father’s death William and his family resided with his mother at High Hills.

William Mayrant, Jr. died March 22, 1840, aged 48 years. Four children were born unto William and wife Sarah Ann Horry (Bay) Mayrant as follows: Sarah Ann, William H., John Richardson, Mary Charlotte.

I. Sarah Ann Mayrant married Col. William E. Richardson, a cousin. More of her and her descendants in Chapter VI of this record in connection with the record of her husband.

II. William H. Mayrant married Katherine Drayton. They left two children as follows:

1. Katherine Drayton Mayrant who married S. Lewis Simons.

2 William Richardson Mayrant not married [married later].

III. John Richardson Mayrant died soon after attaining years of majority.

IV. Mary Charlotte Mayrant married R.H. Clarkson. She died leaving two sons: Both are married and have families.

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4th. Charles Mayrant married Caroline Kinloch. She was a daughter of Francis and wife Martha (Rutledge) Kinloch. Charles Mayrant and William were twin brothers and were born May 18, 1792, at the Mayrant Plantation near Manchester, S.C. Charles graduated from the South Carolina College in class 1811, taking degree A.B. He died March 1834. Charles and wife Caroline (Kinloch) Mayrant left four children: Francis Kinloch, Ann, Frances Caroline, Charles W.

I. Francis Kinloch Mayrant married Anna Waties. Their home was in Charleston, S.C. They left two children.

1. Caroline Kinloch Mayrant.

2. Eloise Waties Mayrant who married R.B. Cuthbert. Their home is in Charleston, S.C.

II. Ann Mayrant married Edward Simons of Charleston, S.C., and they made their home in that city.

III. Frances Caroline Mayrant married Wilson Waties Rees of Statesburg, S.C., where they made their home. He has been dead many years. She still lives in her home in Statesburg. Six children were born unto them as follows:

1. William James Rees married Annie C. Childs.

2. Katherine Waties Rees married Thomas S. Sumter.

3. Wilson Waties Rees married Julia Frierson.

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4. Caroline Kinloch Rees married de Saussure Bull.

5. Charles Mayrant Rees married (1) Julia Hayden. He married (2) Miss Witrell.

6. Mary Waties Rees married John Rutledge Sumter.

IV. Charles W. Mayrant never married. He was the youngest child of Charles Kinloch Mayrant. When his parents died he was quite young and was adopted by his uncle Samuel Mayrant. Charles was severely wounded in the Confederate Army, Civil War, but he survived the war eight or ten years.

5th. Ann Mayrant, daughter of Col. William and wife Ann (Richardson) Mayrant was born at High Hills, May 15, 1794, and died the following November.

6th. Frances [Caroline] Mayrant married Robert Bentham, Esq., of Charleston, S.C. She was born at High Hills near Statesburg, October 10, 1795. Their home was an elegant mansion in Charleston, S.C. They had two children as follows: Charles Mayrant B. and Mary Ann B.

I. Charles Mayrant Bentham died of yellow fever in 1854, soon after he attained majority.

II. Mary Ann Bentham married T. Grange Simons of Charleston, S.C. She has been dead many years. Her husband still survives and lives in his ancestral home where

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he was born and reared. T. Grange and wife Mary Ann (Bentham) Simons had five children as follows:

1. Robert Bentham Simons married Caroline Eloise Wayies. Their home is in Charleston. They have two children as follows:

a. Jeannie Rees Simons who married D.M. Richardson, a cousin, of Sumter, S.C. They reside in Columbia, S.C., and have children who are mentioned in Chapter VIII in D.M.R.’s record.

b. Caroline Eloise Simons who lives with her parents.

2. T. Grange Simons, Jr., M.D., married Serena Aiken. Their home is in Charleston. Their surviving children are as follows: Joseph S., Serena S., T. Grange S., Ella S., Lucas S., Bentham S., Albert S.

3. William Lucas Simons left no descendants.

4. Frances Caroline Simons married Mr. Waring.

5. Caroline [Catherine] Hume Simons, youngest child of T. Grange and wife Mary Ann (Bentham) Simons, lives with her father.

7th. Placidia Mayrant married J. Jasper Adams. She was born at High Hills September 11, 1797. She died leaving two daughters, but we have lost sight of them.

8th. John W. Mayrant was born at High Hills,

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October 10, 1799. He moved to Mississippi and we have lost sight of him.

9th. Woodruff Mayrant was born at High Hills November 3, 1801 and died December 3, 1802.

10th. Emily Mayrant was born at High Hills October 10, 1803 and died March 22, 1806.

11th. Samuel Mayrant, attorney at law, was born on Sullivan’s Island August 13, 1806. His home was in Sumter, S.C., where he died about the year 1872. His nephew, who was his adopted son, Charles W. Mayrant, son of Charles and wife Caroline (Kinloch) Mayrant, inherited his estate but did not long survive him.

12th. Robert Pringle Mayrant married Frances A.M.H. Guignard, a first cousin, in 1831. He was born October 23, 1808. In 1828 he was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy by the president, John Quincy Adams. He served on the U.S.S. Guierrier and was a shipmate and personal friend of Mr. Farragut, who afterwards became an admiral. Mr. Mayrant resigned his commission in 1832.

Frances Guignard was a daughter of James Sanders and wife Caroline (Richardson) Guignard and was born January 5, 1815. Their home was on Senate Street, Columbia, S.C. Their children are as follows:

I. Ann Caroline Mayrant who never married.

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She was born March 18, 1832 and died in 1887 [1896].

II. James Sanders Guignard Mayrant married Emma Buford Richardson, a cousin, a daughter of Col. F.D. and wife Agnes (Fraser) Richardson. See Chapter VIII. James was born December 21, 1835. His home was on Senate Street, Columbia, S.C. He enlisted at the beginning of the war between the States and served in the Confederate Army until the surrender. He died about the year 1886 [1890]. His wife still resides in Columbia. Their children are as follows:

1. Frances deLesseline Mayrant married Alfred Wallace of Columbia, S.C. They have children: Alfred W., Emma W., and James Mayrant W.

Emma Wallace died in childhood.

2. Agnes Fraser Mayrant married Arthur Daniel Morgan, M.D.

III. Robert Pringle Mayrant, Jr. married Miss Lynch. He was born June 13, 1838. He served in the Confederate Army from the beginning of the Civil War to its close. He died a few years ago in his home in Columbia, S.C., leaving a large family [leaving 3 children].

IV. William Richardson Mayrant was born in 1840. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War and the brave, noble boy was killed in battle.

V. John Gabriel Mayrant was born in 1843. Though only eighteen years old, he en-

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listed in the Confederate Army and was killed in battle.

VI. Frances Hayward [Heyward] Mayrant married Newman Kershaw Perry of Colleton County, S.C. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at the age of sixteen and served four years in a company from his county. He made his home in Columbia, S.C. where he died a few years ago leaving a large family. Mrs. Perry and family still reside in Columbia.

One of her noble boys, Ensign Newman Kershaw Perry recently lost his life on the ill-fated Bennington, aboard of which, on the Pacific coast, he had been serving since October, 1903. He was born in Columbia, November 26, 1880. In 1900 he graduated with honor from the United States Naval Academy. October 10, 1903, he married Marie Vipont Doane of Stockbridge, Mass., a daughter of William E, Doane. He was a bright promising young man. His death was a great shock to his family and his many friends.