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Title

Remembering Lexington, South Carolina : good stewards in a new land / Claudette Holliday.

Author

Holliday, Claudette, 1946-

Publication

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2008.

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Description

158 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.

Summary

From its beginning as a German-speaking frontier settlement to a vibrant modern community of the twenty-first century, Lexington has exemplified the American spirit throughout its generations. Follow Claudette Holliday, historian and seventh-generation descendant of one of Lexington's first families, as she tells of Emily Geiger's patriotic ride during the American Revolution, the notorious escapades of Bloody Bill Cunningham, Lexington's murder trial of the century and other true tales from the area's rich history.

Series Statement

American chronicles

Subject

• Lexington (S.C.) > History > Anecdotes
• Lexington (S.C.) > Anecdotes

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes
• Biographies – Anecdotes
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158).

Contents

• First, a wilderness: the Cherokee path; Indian trader Herman Geiger; Saxe Gotha; Christian Theus; the webrite heresy; log cabins on the frontier; trouble in Saxe Gotha; Savanno Indians attack; the Cherokee wars and removal to the west -- Then, they conquered: Fort Granby; Granby village; Godfrey Dreher and the Tories; Laurence Corley; Emily Geiger's ride; tough "old, sweet and juicy"; Hell Hole massacre; Bloody Bill Cunningham; the Cunningham legacy; George Washington comes calling -- A promised land: a settlement flowing with milk and honey; Dutch ovens of Switzers' Neck; herbs for healing, eating, and drinking; John Adam Summer; Orlando Benedict Mayer on the Dutch Fork; Granny Summer; Easter traditions of the German settlers; English comes to the Dutch Fork -- Establishing justice and wisdom: Lexington courthouse; advocates of free education; Halfway Ground and school; one Midway School after another; Lexington's Lutheran seminary; Newberry College; Possum and Gilbert Hollows; Summerland College for women -- Seeking the kingdom: Hessian mercenary becomes a minister; Zion Church of Switzers' Neck; St. John's, Pomaria; Bethel Church, High Hill; St. Peter's, Piney Woods; Macedonia celebrates 150 years; Salem and Cedar Grove churches; Cloud's Creek Dunkers; Old Lexington Baptist Church; the Dreher/Moser conflict; the old Blue Church; Providence Church; St. John's Lexington; Good Shepherd, Swansea; St. David's, West Columbia.
• The fruits of their labors: the Fridays of Saxe Gotha; the Tarrer family of Lexington district; the Kleckleys of Switzers' Neck; Father Jacob's dream; how many ways can you spell Metz?; Good stewards in the new land; the Po' House; Simon Peter Wingard; George Baylis Wingard; a pilgrims' journey; the Quattlebaums; Quattlebaum's mill and rifle works; the Ruff and Sox families -- Above all, endure: the curly headed rebel; seventh son of a seventh son; the Roberts homestead; Sparkin' in the Dutch Fork; war brides of a different era; Henry Summer's ordeal; Manuel Simeon Corley; Camp Sorghum -- Overcoming and prosperity: the comet of 1843; the great earthquake if 1886; Lexington's trial of the century; murder at the mill; rural free mail delivery; Mr. Bell's marvelous machine; the state fair.

ISBN

• 9781596295254
• 1596295252

LCCN

^^2008022675

OCLC

• 230729681
• SCSB-10655034

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library