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Families in Abbeville County, South Carolina

Abbeville Co. was created in 1785, originally part of Ninety-Six District.

The following families are discussed on this page:

Hutchison

William Hutcheson, Sr.  (died in 1806)
William Hutcheson lived in Abbeville Co. He was married to a woman named Agness.

William Hutchinson purchased land in July 1774 according to the abstract in Brent H. Holcomb's South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1773-1778 (Columbia: SCMAR, 1993), p. 123:

P-4, 163-169: Lease & release. 20 & 21 July 1774, William Ward of District of Ninety Six, planter, to Wm. Hutchinson of same, miller, for £2000 SC money, 400 acres in Granville County on a branch of Savannah River called north west fork of Long Cane Creek adj. Wm. Calhouns, Hugh Calhoun, Matthew Patton, Saml Clark, granted 6 Aug 1766 to Edwd. Dickey, transferred by Edward Dickey 4 Oct 1771 to Wm. Ward. Wm. Ward (LS), Wit: Andrew Williamson, Timy. Parker. Proved in Ninety Six District 26 July 1774 before John Bowie, J.P., by the oath of Timy. Parker. Elizabeth, wife of William Ward, relinquished dower before John Caldwell, Champneys Ferry, and Robert Dillon, 18 July 1774. Recorded 19 June 1775.

A couple of years later, he purchased some of the land adjacent to his, according to the abstract in Brent H. Holcomb's South Carolina Deed Abstracts 1776-1783 (Columbia: SCMAR, 1994), p. 71:

A-5, 392-396: South Carolina, Ninety Six District, 23 Jan 1777, Samuel Clark of Charlestown, sadler, to William Hutchinson of said state, planter, for £500 SC money, 300 acres on a small Creek called Clark's Creek a branch of the northwest fork of Long Cane adj. land of William Calhoun. Saml Clark (LS), Wit: James McCall, John Pomeroy. Proved 24 Jan 1777(?) before Robert Anderson, J. P. in Ninety Six District, by the oath of John Pomeroy. Recorded 1 Feb 1777.

The following abstract is in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 2004), p. 152.

Will dated Mar. 22, 1806 in Abbeville Dist. Rec. April 4, 1806. Exrs: Son. Jas. Hutcheson. Wit: Jas. Adamson, Jno. Pressly, Daniel Whiteman. Chn: Jas., Agness, Wm. Hutcheson, Jane Caldwell, Mary Brown, Margaret Robinson. Gr. chn: Mary Ann Hutcheson and the 4 chn. of Anny Foster. Paid Geo. Creswell, heir of Jane Creswell decd., his wife's legacy $50.00. (In will written Caswell.) Paid Nancy Hutcheson $50.00. Inv. made April 5, 1806 by Robt. Smyth, Jno. Chastain, Hugh Porter. Inv. of another Wm. Hutcheson made May 17, 1797 by Capt. Jno. McCarter, Wm. Scott, Alexr. Clark.

Samuel Hutchison (born about 1774-1784 - died about 1806)
The 1797 will of William Hutchison, Jr., identifies his mother as Agness and his brother as Robert (Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 2004), p. 406). Therefore, Samuel Hutchison is the son of William Hutchison, Sr. and his wife Agness, and the brother of William Hutchison, Jr. Samuel Hutchison is not mentioned in his father's 1806 will: he apparently died sometime in 1805 or early 1806, and his last children were born in 1805.

Samuel Hutchison is thought to have been born between 1774 and 1784, and his wife between 1775 and 1780.

In the 1800 federal census for Abbeville, the family is listed under Samuel Hutchinson:

  • under 10 male:1
  • 10-15 male: 1
  • 16-25 male: 1
  • under 10 female: 2
  • 16 through 25 female: 2
  • 45 and over female: 1

According to H. A. Carlisle's The History of Lowndesville, S.C. (Heritage Papers: Danielsville, GA, 1987) p. 199, Samuel Hutchison and his wife Elizabeth had the following children:

  • Margaret Hutchison. Born 1790s. Married James Scott on October 20, 1815.
  • Nancy Agnes Hutchison.  Born 1800. Married Robert Boyd on November 18, 1817. Died March 22, 1870.  Buried at Generostee ARP Church cemetery.
  • Robert Hutchison. Born December 2, 1805. Married first Elizabeth Mecklin on March 19, 1828. Married second Jane Catherine Radcliffe.  Died September 24, 1882. Buried in Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lowndesville, SC.
  • William Hutchison. Born December 2, 1805. Married first Margaret Lindsey. Married second Mrs. Sarah Means Harris. Married third Elizabeth Maxwell.

In the 1810 federal census for Abbeville, the family is listed under Elizabeth Hutcheson:

  • under 10 male: 3
  • 16 through 25 male: 2
  • under 10 female: 1
  • 26 through 44 female: 1

Elizabeth, his widow, later married John B. Winfield. She probably died between 1830 and 1840 in Abbeville Co. because a wife was no longer listed for John Winfield in 1840.

Robert Hutchison (1805-1882)
Robert Hutchison was a son of Samuel Hutchison and his wife Elizabeth. He was born December 2, 1805 in South Carolina.

The following paragraph is from Sharyn Kane and Richard Keeton's Beneath These Waters: Archeological and Historical Studies of 11,500 Years Along the Savannah River(2nd edition, 1994). p. 201:

Some of the reservoir area's earliest and most powerful families were directly affected by the [Civil] war. Among them were the Hutchisons. Robert Hutchison was the son of one of the first pioneer families to settle on the South Carolina side of the Savannah River. He became one of the richest men in the region, rivaling James Edward Calhoun in his property holdings, and earning a place of leadership in the community. Hutchison was so financially successful that he often made loans to others and became known by the nickname of "everybody's banker."

H. A. Carlisle's The History of Lowndesville, S.C. (Heritage Papers: Danielsville, GA, 1987) p. 199-200 provides the following information about the family of Robert Hutchison.

On March 19, 1828 he married Elizabeth Mecklin, who died in the early 1840s.  They had the following children:

  • Hugh Mecklin Hutchison. Born January 19, 1829.
  • Samuel C. Hutchison.  Born November 1, 1831. Served in 8th SC Infantry Regiment and was wounded at Battle of the Wilderness.
  • John A. Hutchison. Born November 30, 1833. Married Eva N. Dean on April 13, 1859. Served in Co. F, 24th SC Infantry Regiment. Died May 14, 1863 near Jackson, MS.
  • Benjamin F. Hutchison. Born October 19, 1835. Married Rosa Rebecca Pressly on April 9, 1861.  Wounded and was taken prisoner at Gettysburg.  Was paroled and was in Lowndesville area in late 1864.  Left for camp.  No further information.
  • Robert Barney Hutchison. Born October 31, 1837.  Married America Burton on January 3, 1861. Served in SC 7th Infantry and lost a leg at Sharpsburg. Died March 28, 1906. Buried in Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lowndesville, SC.
  • Milton "Sonny" Thomas Hutchison. Born September 16, 1839.  Served as Lt. Colonel in Co. I, 14th SC Infantry Regiment.  Wounded at Second Manassas and later at Deep Bottom, VA in 1864, where he was captured.  Died March 22, 1907. Buried in Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lowndesville, SC.

On December 19, 1843, Robert Hutchison married Jane Catherine Radcliffe.  They had the following children:

  • Vincent Henry Hutchison. Born March 22, 1845. Wounded and captured at Louisa Court House, VA in 1864. Died on January 9, 1865 in the prison at Point Lookout, MD.
  • Palmyra Antoinette Hutchison. Born April 2, 1847. Married Ralph Alexander Pressly. on May 13, 1863. Died on June 7, 1908 in Atlanta, GA.
  • Alice Havana Hutchison. Born September 1, 1853. Married Benjamin Andrew Boyd on April 22, 1875. Died May 22, 1909.
  • Laura Celestia Hutchison. Born January 18, 1857.  Married John Wesley Carlisle on February 13, 1879. Died March 19, 1935.
  • Kitty Othello Hutchison. Born January 9, 1865.  Married Robert William Hester on January 13, 1892. Died November 23, 1925. Buried in Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lowndesville, SC.
  • Frank Seymour Hutchison. Born April 29, 1867. Married Mollie Parnell.  Died March 6, 1951.

In the 1850 federal census in Savannah River Regiment, Abbeville Co., SC, Robert Hutcherson's family was listed as:

  • Robert Hutcherson, 45, farmer, $9728
  • Catherine Hutcherson, 24
  • John A. Hutcherson, 16
  • Benjamin Hutcherson, 13
  • Robert B. Hutcherson, 11
  • Surany? Hutcherson, 10
  • Henry V. Hutcherson, 4
  • Joiey? Hutcherson, 2

In 1850 Robert Hutchison had 17 slaves.

In the 1860 federal census in Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC, Robert Hutchinson's family was listed as:

  • Robt Hutchinson, age 56, farmer, real estate valued at $12,000 and personal estate valued at $19,957
  • Cather Hutchinson, age 34
  • Robt B Hutchinson, 73, farmer
  • Hutchinson, 20, student
  • Vincent Henry Hutchinson, 15, farm laborer
  • Palmyra Hutchinson, 13
  • Alice Hutchinson, 7
  • Susan C. Hutchinson, 3

There were 16 slaves.

In the 1870 federal census for Lowndesville, SC, Robert Hutchenson was listed by himself, 65, farmer, property valued at $4,000 and $1,000.

In the 1880 federal census for Lowndesville, SC, the Hutchison family was listed as:

  • Robert Hutchinson, 76, farmer,
  • Catherine Hutchinson, 54, wife, keeps house
  • Kitty Hutchinson, 13, at school
  • Seymore Hutchinson, 12, works on farm

He died on September 24, 1882 and is buried in Providence Cemetery in Lowndesville.

Palmyra Antoinette Hutchison (1847-1908)

Photograph of Palmyra Antoinette Hutchison

Palmyra "Nettie" Antoinette Hutchison was born on April 2, 1847, a daughter of Robert Hutchison and Jane Catherine Radcliffe.

On May 13, 1863 she married Ralph Alexander Pressly, a recently discharged Confederate soldier from Lowndesville.  For information about their children, see the material about Ralph Alexander Pressly.

By 1870, the family had moved to Anderson Co., GA, where they remained until moving to Atlanta in the 1880s.  By this time her husband was experiencing psychiatric problems probably related to his head wound in the War.  For the rest of his life he was in and out of jail or the state hospital.

In the 1900 federal census for Atlanta, Fulton, GA, she was listed as head of the household on 23 Fulton St:

She died from acute hepatitis on June 8, 1908 in Atlanta.  She was residing at 36 Hayden Street in Atlanta and was listed as a widow although her husband was still alive. She is buried in the Pressly plot in Old Casey Cemetery, Atlanta.

The following notice was in the Atlanta Constitution on June 9, 1908:

Mrs. Palmyra Antoinette Pressly.

Mrs. Palmyra Antoinette Pressly, 61 years of age, died yesterday morning at the residence, 36 Hayden street.  She is survived by three daughters, Miss Julia Pressly, Columbia, S. C.,; Miss Palmyra Pressly, Atlanta, and Mrs. Richard Sauterbach[Lauterbach], of Bizbee, Ariz., and three sons, Robert, William and Emmett, all of Atlanta.  The body was removed to the undertaking establishment of Barclay & Brandon and is awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Sauterbach from Arizona before the funeral and interment take place.

Radcliffe

Vincent Radcliffe (1780-1871)
Vincent Radcliffe was born April 8, 1780 in Maryland.  The name sometimes appears as Ratliff in records.

About 1820 he married Anna Mayne, who was born April 24, 1789 and died October 7, 1863.

In the 1850 federal census for the Savannah River Regiment, Abbeville, SC, Vincent Radcliffe's family was listed as:

In the 1860 federal census for Due West Corner, Abbeville Co., the Radcliff family was listed as:

There were 5 slaves.

In the 1870 federal census for Long Cain, Abbeville Co., the Radcliff family was listed as:

Vincent Radcliffe died July 12, 1871, probably in Due West, Abbeville, SC.

Jane Catherine Radcliffe (1825-1905) Jane Catherine Radcliffe, who was called Catherine, was born November 9, 1825 in SC.  In 1842, she married Robert Hutchison.  For more information about their family, see the material on Robert Hutchison.

In the 1900 federal census for Abbeville Co., SC, Jane C. Hutchison, age 74, 5 of 6 children alive, was living with Frank Hutchinson and his wife Mollie. 

Robert Hutchison and his wife Jane Catherine Radcliffe are buried in Providence Presbyterian Church cemetery in Lowndesville.

Harden/Hardin

 
 Ralph Harden (-1834)
Ralph Harden of Abbeville Co. married Isabella G. Woods on November 27, 1803.

Little is known about Ralph Harden.  He died around 1834, and his widow outlived him by nearly 40 years.

His will was dated April 17, 1832 in Abbeville and it was approved February 11, 1834.  His wife was identified as Isabella G. Harden.  Their children are listed as:

  • Jane D. Harden
  • John G. Harden
  • Ralph L. Harden. Born about 1820.
  • Arabella G. Harden. Born February 5, 1823.
  • Elizabeth W. Adams. Married James Adams.
  • Susan C. Harden. Married Donald. Born about 1810.

In the 1820 federal census in Pendleton Co., SC, Ralph Harden's family was enumerated as:

  • under 10 male: 2
  • 45 and above male: 1
  • under 10 females: 2
  • 16-26 female: 1
  • 26-45 female: 1

There were two male slaves under 15 and one female slave under 14.

In the 1830 federal census for Anderson Co., SC, Ralph Hardin's family was listed as having:

  • under 5 male:2
  • 50-60 male: 1
  • 5-10 female: 1
  • 10-15 female: 2
  • 30-40 female: 1

The following is in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977), p. 150:

Harden, Ralph--Box 46, Pack 1057.
Will dated April 17, 1832 in Abbeville Dist. Proved Feb. 11, 1834. Exrs: Wife, Isabella G. Harden. s.l. Jas. Adams. Wit: Thos. Bigbie, Lyndsey Harper. Toliver Flowers. Chn: Jane D., Jno. G., Ralph L., Arabella G. Harden, Elizabeth W. Adams, Susana C. Donald. Inv. made Feb. 18, 1834 by Elijah Hunt, David B. DeFoor, Nathan Strickland.

Arabellah Goss Harden
Photograph of Arabellah G. Harden

Arabellah Goss Harden was born on February 5, 1823 in Abbeville Co., SC.  She was the daughter of Ralph Harden and Isabella G. Woods.

She married William Ardrey Pressly on August 9, 1838. For more information on their children, see the material about William Ardrey Pressly.

In the 1880 federal census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC, Arbella [sic] G. Pressley, age 58, has several daughters living with her: Arbella, age 20; Elizabeth, age 18; Margaret, age 15; and Mattie, age 22, and her husband, William F. Bogaski, and their two children.  Susan Donald, age 70, is identified as Arabella's sister.

In the 1900 federal census for Belton, Anderson Co., SC, Arabellah was living with the family of her daughter Margaret B. Fant.  Arabella's birth was given as February 1822, a widow with 11 of her 12 children still alive.

She died December 20, 1904. The following notice was printed in the Marietta Journal, published in Marietta, GA, on January 5, 1905:

Died--On December 20th, 1904, at Belton, S.C., Mrs. A. G. Pressley, at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. A. P. Faut [sic], aged 82 years, 10 months and 20 days. She was the mother of Mrs. R. R. Cater, of Marietta. Mrs. Pressley was the widow of the late Wm A. Pressley, of Loundsville [sic], Abbeville county, S. C., at which place they were born and raised, married and raised a family of eight daughters and three sons, all of whom survive her. She was a consistent member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Her life was filled with good deeds. Her death was only going to sleep. Interment in citizens cemetery Belton.

Patterson

Most of the information provided below is from Carroll Ruffin Patterson's An Outline of the History of Samuel Patterson (c.1725-1782) of County Down, Ireland and Abbeville County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina and His Descendants.

Samuel Patterson ( -about 1791)
Samuel Patterson (and his wife, Mary) and five children sailed on the Free Mason from Ireland and arrived on January 6, 1773 in Charleston, SC.  They were part of a group of Covenanter Presbyterians who emigrated in 1772 from Ulster. He was issued 350 acres in Hillsborough, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina on February 12, 1773.  His wife Mary is thought to be Mary Carson (about 1730-1820), daughter of William and Margaret Carson.

The following land information is in Jesse Hogan Motes III and Margaret Peckham Motes, South Carolina Memorials: Abstracts of Land Titles Volume 1 1774-1776 (Greenville: Southern Historical Press, 1996), p. 135:

Samuel Patterson, 6 Oct. 1774: 100 acres in Granville County of waters of Long Cain Creek. Survey certified 6 May 1774; granted 25 May 1774. Quit rent in 10 years. Wm. Thos. Caldwell, DS. Delivered 1 Apr. 1775 to James Forster. [13-44.1]

He was a member of the Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in 96 District, South Carolina.

The following is in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977), p. 427:

Patterson, Samuel--Box 109, Pack 3091
Will dated Mar. 3 1791 in Abbeville Dist. Rec. Sept. 13, 1794. Exrs: Wm., John McGaw. Wit: Thos. Clark, Wm. Carson, Alexr. Patterson. Wife, Mary Patterson. Chn: Saml., Josiah, Jas., Margaret, John, Mary, Sarah, Jean Patterson.

Josiah Patterson (1774-1846)
Josiah Patterson, a son of Samuel Patterson and his wife Mary, was born in late 1774 in Ninety-Six District, SC.

On February 6, 1794, he married Abigail Blair. He was a member of the Rocky River Presbyterian Church in Abbeville Co.  His plantation was in the Monterrey area, near Smith's Crossroads and the Savannah River.

The children of Josiah Patterson and Abigail Blair are

  • Sarah Cowan Patterson. Born January 24, 1795. Married Andrew Giles on March 5, 1812. Died May 11, 1864.
  • Mary Adams Patterson. Born January 17, 1797. Married Robert Campbell. Died May 14 1871.
  • Samuel Patterson. Born January 27, 1799. Died young.
  • John Adams Patterson. Born March 10, 1801. Married Breazel.
  • James Cowan Patterson. Born October 6, 1803. Married Laura Evan Winn. Died July 18, 1866.
  • Elizabeth Pleasant Patterson. Born September 1, 1807. Died November 11, 1823.
  • Louisa Abigail Patterson. Born October 15, 1810. Married Twining Hamilton.
  • Jane Lovely Patterson. Born January 11, 1813. Married Richard Bohun Cater. Died January 1, 1897 in Abbeville Co. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Josiah Blair Patterson. Born July 9, 1815. Married Mary McNeal. Died May 12, 1864.

He was married two more times.  He married Mrs. Sarah Terry (the widow of Captain Jeremiah S. Terry) on September 16, 1824.  He married Mrs. Eleanor Phelps, a widow, on November 27, 1832.

Josiah Patterson died on October 3, 1846 in Abbeville Co., SC.

The following obituary was published in the Abbeville newspaper in the November 11, 1846 issue:

Departed this life on the 3rd of October at his residence in Abbeville District, Josiah PATTERSON, aged 71 years. The deceased was for about fifty years a worthy member of the Presbyterian church and for more than 40 years a ruling Elder in the same. In the discharge of the relations of husband, father and friend, he was equalled by few and excelled by none. In his last illness, which was long and painful, he experienced largely the consolations of that religion which he had so long professed.

The following abstract of Josiah Patterson's will appears in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977), p. 479:

Patterson, Josiah--Box 119, Pack 3531:
Will dated Aug. 22, 1846 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. December 1, 1846. Exrs: Sons, Andrew Giles, James C. Patterson. Wit: James T. Baskin, Robt. Ward, John Mosely. Wife, Elenor Patterson. Chn: Mary A. Campbell, Jane L. Cater,  Louisa A. Hamilton, John A. Patterson, Sara Hiles, James C., Josiah B. Patterson. Sett: Mar. 5, 1848. Legatees: R. B. Campbell and wife, R. B. Cater and wife, A. Giles and wife.
 

Jane Lovely Patterson (1813-1897)

Jane Lovely Patterson, a daughter of Josiah Patterson and Abigail Blair, was born January 11, 1813 in Abbeville District, SC.  On August 23, 1832, she married Richard Bohun Cater. The minister performing the wedding was the Rev. Dr. Moses Waddel, the noted antebellum educator.

After her husband's death on May 23, 1854, she moved west with some of her children.

In the 1860 federal census for Attala County, Mississippi, the Cater family was listed as:

  • Jane Cater, 47, farming, personal estate valued at $9863.
  • Elizabeth C. Cater, 20
  • Eliza P. Cater, 18
  • John R. Cater, 16, laboring in farm
  • Martha A. Cater, 11
  • Rebecca Cater, 9

There were 10 slaves, ranging in age from 38 to 6.

By the 1870 federal census, the family had returned to Abbeville Co., SC.  In the 1870 federal census for Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, the family was living with Jane's son Edwin:

  • Ed Cater, 32, farmer, real estate valued at $1500, personal property valued at $300
  • C. C. Cater, 30, at home
  • E. P. Cater, 28
  • M. J. Cater, 26
  • M. A. Cater, 24
  • R. D. Cater, 22
  • J. L. Cater, 56

In the 1880 federal census for Abbeville, Abbeville Co., SC, the family was listed as:

  • Jane L. Cater, 67, keeps house
  • Lizzie C. Cater, 36, mantua maker
  • Eliza C. Cater, 34, milliner
  • Mary J. Cater, 31, mantua maker
  • Martha A. Cater, 29, mantua maker
  • Rebecca D. Cater, 24, mantua maker
  • Willie P. Cater, 11, at school (granddaughter)
  • Hattie B. Cater, 8, (granddaughter)

They had the following children:

  • Thomas Andrew Cater. Born February 8, 1835. Married Sarah B. Died January 3, 1902. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Louis J. Cater. Born about 1836. Died July 8, 1837. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Edwin Cater. Born April 30, 1838. Died February 24, 1904. Never married. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Elizabeth C. Cater. Born about 1841.  Died March 7, 1886. Never married. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Eliza Postell Cater. Born October 16, 1842. Died February 17, 1893. Never married. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Mary Jervey Cater. Born about 1846. Died July 3, 1917 in Abbeville Co. Never married. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • John Richard Cater. Born November 16, 1844. Married first Rosa Rebecca Pressly. Married second Pernelia Frances Jones.
  • Martha Ann Cater. Born about 1849. Died February 4, 1918 in Abbeville Co.  Never married. Buried in Rocky River Presbyterian Church cemetery in Abbeville Co., SC.
  • Rebecca DuPont Cater. Born about 1851. Died October 3, 1948 in Abbeville Co.  Never married.
  • Sarah Cater. Married Richard Wilson.

Jane Lovely Patterson died January 1, 1897 in Abbeville Co., SC.

Blair

Samuel Blair (-around 1813)

Samuel Blair is thought to have come from Virginia. His wife's name was Agnes.

The following is an abstract of Samuel Blair's will in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977):

Blair, Samuel--Box 4, Pack 76
Will dated Feb. 10, 1813. Proved Feb. 6, 1815. Exr: son, Jno. Wit: Sarah Milligan. A. Milligan, S. Steadman. Chn: Jno., Thos., Wm., Abigail Blair.

There is information about the Blair family in Carroll Ruffin Patterson's An Outline of the History of Samuel Patterson (c.1725-1782) of County Down, Ireland and Abbeville County, Ninety-Six District, South Carolina and His Descendants.

Abigail Blair (1774-1823)

Abigail Blair was the daughter of Samuel Blair and his wife Agnes.  On February 6, 1794 she married Josiah Patterson.  For more information on their children, see the family of Josiah Patterson.

Woods

Michael Woods (1684-1762)
Katie-Prince Ward's article "Archibald Woods of Albemarle County" in Virginia Historical Magazine provides the following summary of Michael Woods, drawing upon other sources:

Four brothers, Michael, William, John and Andrew Woods. along with their widowed sister, Mrs. Elizabeth (Woods) Wallace[,] came with their families, from the North of Ireland about 1724.  Michael Woods spent several years in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before going to Virginia. His wife was Mary Campbell and she probably predeceased him by twenty years.  Their Virginia plantation was Mountain Plains, which in later years, after it had passed out of the Woods family, was known as Blair Park; and was situated near the east end of Woods (now Jarmans) Gap at the southern end of the present Shenandoah National Park, just to the left hand side of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad going south, between the villages of Crozet and Greenwood, (in Albemarle County). Both were buried in the family burying ground at Mountain Plains, and Michael's tombstone was standing after the Civil War.  A fragment found sometime later indicated the year of his birth as 1684.  His will was written 24 November 1761, and proven 11 June 1762 in Albemarle County.

He was married to Mary Campbell. At the time, their plantation was in Goochland County, in an area that is now part of Albemarle County.  They settled in this area in 1734.  Their plantation was about 20 miles west of Charlottesville.

Archibald Woods (1706-1768)
Archibald Woods, a son of Michael Woods and Mary Campbell, was born on May 11, 1706, according to his son Michael's day book. He was born in Ireland.  See Katie-Prince Ward's article "Archibald Woods of Albemarle County" in Virginia Historical Magazine, which draws upon earlier sources while also correcting some errors.

He married Isabella Goss, who was born January 8, 1716/17 and died on November 2, 1766.

According to his son's day book, Archibald Woods died on December 11, 1768.

Archibald Woods owned land that bordered the Savannah River.

William Woods (about 1744-1804)
William Woods, a son of Archibald Woods and Isabella Goss was born about 1744 in Virginia.

He married Susannah Carathina McKinley on November 18, 1779 in South Carolina.

The following abstract of William Woods's will appears in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977):

Woods, William--Box 98, Pack 2419:
Will dated Nov. 8, 1802 in Abbeville Dist. Rec. Feb. 20, 1804. Wit: Wm. Carrithers, Jeremiah Robinson, Hugh Mecklin. Wife, Susanna Carathina Woods. Inv. made by Robt. Smith, Jeremiah Robinson, Wm. Carrithers.

William Woods died on February 4, 1804 while living in Abbeville Co., South Carolina.

Isabella Goss Woods (1782-1872)
Isabella Goss Woods, a daughter of William Woods and Susannah Carathina McKinley was born about 1782 in South Carolina.

She married Ralph Harden on November 27, 1803 in South Carolina.  Ralph Harden died about 1834.

In the 1850 federal census for the Savannah River Region, Abbeville District, SC, Isabella G. Harden, age 66, had real estate valued at $5852.  Susannah C. Donald, age 59, was living with her.  Her son Ralph L. Harden and his family lived nearby.  In 1850, she had eight slaves.

In the 1860 federal census for Abbeville Co, SC, Isabella Harden is listed as 78 years old and a farmer with real estate valued at $5625 and personal estate valued at $8123.  Susan Donalds, age 65?, was living with her.  Her son Ralph L. Harden and his wife and seven children lived nearby.

In 1860 she had nine slaves and three slave houses.

In the 1870 federal census for Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., SC., Isabela Harden is 88 years old with real estate valued at $2000 and personal estate valued at $300. Susan Donald, age 60, and three boys were enumerated with her.

McKinley

John McKinley (-1771)
John McKinley was married to a woman named Esther.  He was living in Ninety Six District by the mid-1750s. 

In the meeting of Wednesday A. M. 3 August 1756, John McKinly submitted a petition for land upon "family right": 250 acres on a branch of Rockey River, as shown in Brent H. Holcomb's Petitions for Land From South Carolina Council Journals, Volume IV: 1754-1756 (Columbia, SCMAR, 1998), p. 273.

The following entry is in Brent H. Holcomb's South Carolina's Royal Grants, Volume 1: Grant Books 1 through 9 1732-1761 (Columbia: SCMAR, 2006), p. 316:

8, 290: John McKinly, 250 acres on Reedy Creek, a branch of Rocky River in Craven County, 8 May 1758. Plat certified 1 Nov 1757. Delivered to the Auditor's Office 1 May 1759.

The following petition for warrant of survey, from the meeting of Tuesday 2 April 1765, appears in Brent H. Holcomb's Petitions for Land From South Carolina Council Journals, Volume V: 1757-1765 (Columbia, SCMAR, 1998), p. 236:

John McKinley     150 [acres] Little R'r Join'g Lands where he now lives

The following petition for warrant of survey, from the meeting of Tuesday 6 June 1769, appears in Brent H. Holcomb's Petitions for Land From South Carolina Council Journals, Volume VI: 1766-1770 (Columbia, SCMAR, 1999):

John McKinley     100 [acres] West branch Long Canes

An abstract of his will appears in Caroline T. Moore, Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina 1760-1784 (1969), p. 164:

John McKinley, Granville County, planter. Wife: Esther, to live in my house "with all proper accommodations." Sons: eldest William; James; John, 2 tracts of land at his mother's death. Daus: Jane, Susannah, and Martha. Sons-in-law: Robert Frimble and Patrick Calhoun. Mentions big Bible. Exors: wife; son William.  Wit: Wm. McKinley, Jas. McKinley, Wm. Wilson.
D: 17 Oct. 1771. P: 3 Dec 1771, R: nd. p. 80.

He died in 1771 in South Carolina.

The following will for Esther is in Box 63, Pack 1512 in Abbeville Courthouse, South Carolina 1791.  South Carolina Historical Records, Vol. 4-5, compiled by Miss Pauline Young, 1948:

In the Name of god amane I Esther McKinley of the state of South Carolina Abbiville County Being weak of Body but of sound memory Blessed Be god do this day Viz. the 4th of July one thousand seven hundred & Eighty Nine do make and publish this my Will and Testament in maner following that is to say first of all I give and Recommend my soul to god that give it, and my Body I Recommend to the Erth to be Deasently Buried, and as to my worldly Estate that god has given me I Dispose them in the manner and form following First I allow all my Debts to be paid I Leave to my Eldest Daughter Esther trimble twenty pounds and to her son John trimble I Leave a Rifle gun.  I Leave to my Daughter Susana Woods two negroes garrels viz: Nane & Jeen and their futer Issue & increase and life time and after her Dissaise to Be Equly Divided Btext her two Childring viz Esther Woods and John Woods I Leave to my Daughter Martha Bell one Negrow woman named Nann & after her death to Be Equaly Divided Betwixt her two Childring viz. Esther W. Bell & John McKinley Bell with the said wenches futer issue and increase & and one pr. of Stilard I leav my daughter in Law 4 of for a gown I Leave and Bequeth to my son William McKinley all the graine & hoggs one pair of spoon (word) all my plantation tools & my chest with ane Equal Divid of all the Rest of my Estate to Viz: Esther Trimble, Sarah Baskins, Susannah Woods & Martha Bell, and that by aprisement or seal of the Legitees will agree, and if the wont agree the must at the direcittion of the Executor him chosing one to assist him in the Deviding the Estate into five Dividends. I Do Constitute and orain William McKinley my Executor of this my Will Contained in witness whereof I the said Esther McKinley have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the Day and year first above writen.  Signed Sealed and Delivered by the said Esther McKinley and for her Last will and testament in pressents of us who were present at the signing and sealing thereof.
Elijah McCurdy
William Callahan

Proven 5th February 1791.

Inventory made July 5th 1791 by Francis Carlile, Ebenezer Pettigrew and Elijah McCurdy Esq.
 

Susannah Carathina McKinley (-1829)
Susannah Carathina McKinley, a daughter of John McKinley and Esther, was born in South Carolina.

She married William Woods in South Carolina on November 18, 1779.

The following is an abstract of Susannah C. Woods' will in Willie Pauline Young's Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds (1950; Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977), p. 334:

Woods, Susannah C.--Box 94, Pack 2330:
Will dated June 6, 1829 in Abbeville Dist. Prov. June 22, 1829. Exrs: Jonathan Johnson, Wm. Covington. Wit: Hugh Mecklin, Ralph Hardin, J. S. Allen. Chn: Martha Bell Drinkwater, Jas., Michael, Andrew C., Robt. W., John Woods, Isabella G. Harden. Inv. made June 29, 1829 by Hugh Mecklin, Jonathan Johnson, R. Smith.

She died in June 1829.