BENJAMIN HAGOOD FAMILY CEMETERY, Pickens County, SC a.k.a. > Hagood Plantation Version: 3.0 Effective: 18-Aug-2010 Text File: P063.TXT Image Folder: P063 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Apr-2005 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in Jun-2003 HISTORY ........ : See Benjamin Hagood Family Heritage WebPage at http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/brightwell.html IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Jun-2003 William Milliken Hagood in May-2005 Gary Hagood Brightwell at ghb90@hotmail.com in May-2005 RECORDING ...... : Gary Hagood Brightwell at ghb90@hotmail.com in Jun-2005 ******************************************************************************* CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ 5 miles NE of Pickens. Latitude N34 56.573 x Longitude W82 42.110 CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ Hagood Cemetery, located just outside of Pickens, Pickens County, SC, is on property once owned by Colonel Benjamin Hagood (1788-1865) and is part of what was his plantation/farm, commonly referred to by family members as "Twelve Mile." Some of the earliest burials on the site were those of Benjamin Hagood's in-laws, James Ambler and his wife, Susan Hagood (Ambler), who also lived in neighboring area. (There is no proven Hagood connection between Benjamin Hagood and his mother-in-law, Susan Hagood.) Benjamin Hagood's wife, Adaline Ambler (1808-1877), and much of her Ambler family are buried in the cemetery. Adaline Ambler (Hagood)'s sister, Ann Ambler, married Elihu H. Griffin, and they and many other Griffin family members are also buried in the Hagood Cemetery. Benjamin Hagood and his wife, Adaline Ambler (Hagood), are buried at the cemetery along with a great many of their descendants and some of the former slaves of Benjamin Hagood. (Slaves are buried outside the fenced area of the family cemetery.) The cemetery is on private property with a caretaker on the premises and is still owned by Benjamin Hagood descendants. The following is a list of persons buried in the cemetery, along with transcriptions of the markers. It should be noted that in the case of several individuals, a memorial stone has been placed in the cemetery, but the individual has been buried elsewhere. In such case, the burial place is noted and the words, "Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker" are included. ALEXANDER, Claude Hagood, b. 19-mar-1871, d. 12-aug-1907, w. Laura Hagood, p. Pleasant McDuffie Alexander & Mary Elizabeth Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Claude H. Alexander, b. 17-Mar-1871, d. 12-Aug-1907. Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/cha.jpg ALEXANDER, Mary Elizabeth, b. 19-aug-1848, d. 8-may-1921, h. Pleasant McDuffie Alexander, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, Tombstone Image Name: Mary E. Alexander, Daughter of James E. & Esther B. Hagood. "At the end of the race triumphantly run, she fell asleep at the setting sun." Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/meha.jpg ALEXANDER, Pleasant Eugene, b. 17-Jan-1874, d. 8-Jan-1908, p. Pleasant McDuffie Alexander & Mary Elizabeth Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: P. Eugene Alexander, b. Jan. 17, 1874, d. Jan. 8, 1908. Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/pea.jpg ALEXANDER, Pleasant McDuffie, b. 9-nov-1839, d. 1-april-1889, w. Mary Elizabeth Hagood, p. Pleasant Alexander & Lecena Norton. Tombstone Image Name: P. McDuffie Alexander, Born Nov. 9, 1839, Died April 1, 1889, "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace." Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/pma.jpg ALLEN, Richard Loudon, b. 8-sept-1913, d. 28-Feb-1996, w. Virginia Hagood Bruce, Tombstone Image Name: Richard Loudon Allen, September 8, 1913, February 28, 1996, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/rla.jpg AMBLER, Anita, b. 13-jan-1871, d. 7-dec-1904, h. Mathew D. Breazeale, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: ANITA AMBLER, d/o Mr. & Mrs. James H. Ambler, w/o Mathew D. Breazeale, b. Jan 13, 1871, d. Dec 7, 1904, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ana.jpg AMBLER, Beauregard, b. 5-mar 1861, d. 20-feb-1898,p. James Hagood Ambler, Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: Beauregard Ambler, b. Mar 5, 1861, d. Feb 20, 1898, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/to be added AMBLER, Belton O'Neal, b. 23-jun-1849, d. 20-feb-1908, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: Belton O'Neal Ambler, b. Jun 28, 1849, d. Feb 20, 1908, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/boa.jpg AMBLER, Carlos Thadius, b. 25-oct-1859, d. 9-april-1869, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox Tombstone Image Name: In memory of Carlos Thadius, son of J.H. & Z. A. Ambler, born Oct 23, 1859, Died April 9, 1869. Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/cta.jpg AMBLER, Emily Long, b. 11-may-1851, d. 24-jan-1910, h. Ben J. Gilreath, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: Emily Long Ambler, Dau. Of Maj. Jas. & Z. Ann Ambler, w/o Ben J. Gilreath, Born May 11, 1851, Died Jan. 24, 1910, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ela.jpg AMBLER, James, b. unknown, d. 26-jun-1849, w. Susan Hagood, p. unknown, Tombstone Image Name: James Ambler, headstone information to be added at later date, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ja.jpg AMBLER, James Hagood, b. 11-mar-1815, d. 4-mar-1905, w. Zealy Ann Cox, p. James Ambler & Susan Hagood. Tombstone Image Name: James Hagood Ambler, Mar. 11, 1815, March 4, 1905, And Wife, Zealy Ann Cox, March 18, 1828, Dec. 16, 1907, (one tombstone for husband and wife, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jha_zac.jpg AMBLER, James Lawrence Orr, b. 1854, d. 1930, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox. Tombstone Image Name: JAMES L. AMBLER, SON OF J.H. & Z.A. AMBLER, 1854-1930, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jla.jpg AMBLER, Marcellus Angus, b. 24-jul-1857, d. 16-jul-1858, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: In Memory of Angus Marcellus, Son of J.H. & Z.A. Ambler, Born July 24 1855, Died July 16, 1858, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/maa.jpg AMBLER, Robert Lee, b. 18-jan-1865, d. 10-aug-1917, p. James Hagood Ambler & Zealy Ann Cox, Tombstone Image Name: R. L. Ambler, Jan. 18, 1865, Aug. 10, 1917, (Woodmen of the World Memorial), Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/rla.jpg AMBLER, Susan Hagood, d. 29-oct-1845, h. James Ambler, p. William Hagood & Sarah Johnson. Tombstone Image Name: Susan Hagood Ambler, headstone information to be added at later date, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/sha.jpg AMBLER, Zealy Ann Cox, b. 18-mar-1828, d. 16-dec-1907, h. James Hagood Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: Zealy Ann Cox Ambler, (see tombstone notes on James Hagood Ambler above), Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jha_zac.jpg BRUCE, James Hagood, b. 20-jan-1892, d. 20-jun-1986, w. May Starke Grogan, p. James McDuffie Bruce & Lucie Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: James Hagood Bruce, January 20, 1892, June 20, 1986 Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jhb.jpg BRUCE, James McDuffie, b. 15-may-1861, d. 30-aug-1926, w. Lucie Hagood, p. Sydney P. Bruce & Emmalisa Alexander. Tombstone Image Name: james McDuffie Bruce, August 30, 1926, Son of Sydney P. & Emmalissa Alexander Bruce, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jmcb.jpg BRUCE, James McDuffie II, b. 2-feb-1922, d. 15-jul-1978, w. Mamie Jolley, p. James Hagood Bruce & May Starke Grogan, Tombstone Image Name: James McDuffie Bruce II, February 2, 1922, July 15, 1978, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jmbii.jpg BRUCE, Lucie Hagood, b. 26-jun-1864, d. 2-mar-1953, h. James McDuffie Bruce, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, Tombstone Image Name: Lucie Hagood Bruce, June 26, 1864, March 2, 1953, Daughter of James Earle & Esther Benson Robinson Hagood, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/lhb.jpg BRUCE, May Starke Grogan, b. 24-aug-1894, d. 23-jul-1989, h. James Hagood Bruce. Tombstone Image Name: May Grogan Bruce, August 24, 1894, July 23, 1989, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/mgb.jpg GRANTHAM, Dorothy Hagood, b. 20-may-1921, d. 28-jul-1994, h. George Leighton Grantham Jr., p. Ben Folger Hagood, Margaret Elizabeth Sellers. Tombstone Image Name: Dorothy Hagood Grantham, May 20, 1921, July 28, 1994, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/dhg.jpg GRANTHAM, George Leighton, b. 24-nov-1920, d. 13-dec-1995, w. Dorothy Folger Hagood. Tombstone Image Name: George Leighton Grantham, November 24, 1920, December 13, 1995, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/glg.jpg GRANTHAM, George Leighton III, b. 24-nov-1943, d.2-sep-2003, w. Debra Knight, p. George Leighton Grantham Jr. & Dorothy Folger Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: George Leighton Grantham III, (stone not yet erected, 5/05), Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/to be added GRIFFIN, Ann Ambler, b. 10-oct-1810, d. 6-mar-1906, h. Elihu H. Griffin, p. James Ambler & Susan Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Ann Ambler, Wife of Elihu H. Griffin, Oct. 10, 1810, Mar. 6, 1906, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/aag.jpg GRIFFIN, E. Holby, b. 10-nov-1846, d. 3-dec-1875, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: E. Holby Griffin, b. Nov 10, 1846, d. Dec 3, 1875, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ehog.jpg GRIFFIN, Edwin, b. 28-dec-1836, d. 8-dec-1855, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: Edwin Griffin, Born, DEC. 18, 1836, DEC. 8, 1855, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/eg.jpg GRIFFIN, Elihu H. Sr., b. 10-dec-1801, d. 3-oct-1874, w. Ann Ambler, p. Sargeant Griffin & Averilla Barton. Tombstone Image Name: Elihu H. Griffin Sr., b. Dec 10, 1801, d. Oct 3, 1874, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ehg.jpg GRIFFIN, Florence Morgan, b. 20-dec-1845, d. 13-jul-1923, w. E. Holby Griffin, p. Benjamin F. Morgan & Mary Hammett, Tombstone Image Name: Florence Morgan, wife of E.H. Griffin, Dec. 20, 1845, July 13, 1923, At Rest. Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/fmg.jpg GRIFFIN, Harriet Catherine Singleton, b. 10-dec-1846, d. 13-nov-1912, h. James Ambler Griffin, p. W.B. Singleton, Tombstone Image Name: HARRIET G., WIFE OF CAPT. JAS. A. GRIFFIN, DEC. 10, 1846, NOV. 13,1912. By love serve one another, For all the love is fulfilled in one, Lord even in this, thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/hcg.jpg GRIFFIN, James Ambler (Capt.), b. 25-may-1839, d. 24-may-1926, Captain in the Confederate States of America Army, Civil War, w. Harriet Catherine Singleton, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: Capt James A. Griffin, May 25, 1839, May 24, 1926, The Lord is My Shepherd, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jag.jpg GRIFFIN, John Calhoun, b. 15-may-1851, d. 31-may-1890, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: J. Calhoun Griffin, Born, May 15, 1851. Died, May 31, 1890. Aged 39 years, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jcg.jpg GRIFFIN, Robert Young Hayne (Capt.), b. 29-jul-1834, d. 3-oct-1874, Captain in the Confederate States of America Army, Civil War, w. Lucy Jane Breazeale, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: Robert Y. H. Griffin, b. Jul 29, 1834, d. Jul 11, 1862, Aged: 28 Years, Captain Of Co. 11, 4TH Reg., C.S.A. And Wounded At The Battle Of Seven Pines Which Wound Proved Fatal, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ryhg.jpg GRIFFIN, William, b. 13-jun-1842, d. 3-jul-1858, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: William Griffin, Born June 13, 1842, Died 3 July 1858, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/wg.jpg HAGOOD, Adaline Ambler, b. 1-sep-1808, d. 22-oct-1877, h. Benjamin Hagood, p. James Ambler & Susan Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Sacred To the Memory Of Mrs. Adaline Hagood, Wife of Col. Benjamin Hagood, Who Departed This Life On Monday The 22nd Day of October A.D. 1877, Aged 66 Years 11 Months And 22 Days. None Knew Her But To Love Her, None Named But To Praise Her......"Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Shall See God".......Our Mother, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/aah.jpg HAGOOD, Albert Starke (Lt.), b. june-1909, d. mar-1945, Lieutenant, U.S. Army, World War II, w. Dorothy McLaughlin Grogan, p. Clarence Bruce Hagood & Ruth Starke, buried at Henri-Chappelle in Belgium, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, Lt. Albert Starke Hagood, Son of Ruth Starke and C.Bruce Hagood, Born Pickens, S.C. June 1909, Killed In Action March 1945. Buried At Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ash.jpg HAGOOD, Ben Folger (Jr.), b. 5-dec-1925, d. 19-nov-2001, w. Jeanne Northrop Early, m. 26-June-1948, p. Ben Folger Hagood & Margaret Elizabeth Sellers, Tombstone Image Name: Ben Folger Hagood Jr., December 5, 1925, November 19, 2001, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/bfhjr.jpg HAGOOD, Benjamin, b. 1-dec-1788, d. 2-feb-1865, Colonel in South Carolina Militia, w. Adaline Ambler, p. James Hagood & Martha West, Tombstone Image Name: Sacred To the Memory of Col. Benjamin Hagood, Born in Edgefield District So.Ca., On the 1st day of December A.D. 1788, And died at his residence, In Pickens District So. Ca., On Thursday the 2nd day of February 1865, Aged 70 Years 2 Months and 1 Day, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/bh.jpg and http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/bh_aah.jpg HAGOOD, Benjamin Adger, b. 10-Nov-1866, d. 13-Jan-1928, w. Mary Eleanor Morrow, p: James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson. Buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston Co., S.C., Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, Benjamin Adger Hagood, Born In Pickens County, Nov. 10, 1866, Died Jan. 13, 1928, In Charleston, S.C., Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/bah.jpg HAGOOD, Charles Earle, b. 8-jul-1864, d. 15-sept-1889, p. John Hightower Hagood & Eliza Beth Goodwin. Tombstone Image Name: Son of John H. & E. W. Hagood, Born July 8, 1864, Died Sept. 15, 1889. No more the troubled waves shall lash the mountains. I stand, the crystal sea, the ___ fountains, The haven and the shelter, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ceh.jpg HAGOOD, Clarence, b.2-feb-1872, d. 6-feb-1947, p. John Hightower Hagood & Eliza Beth Goodwin. Tombstone Image Name: Clarence Hagood, Son Of John H. & Elizabeth Goodwin Hagood, Feb.2, 1872, Feb. 6, 1947, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ch.jpg HAGOOD, Eliza Beth A. Goodwin, b. 20-feb-1853, d. 22-april-1881, h. William Goodwin, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, Tombstone Image Name: Eliza A. Goodwin, Born February 20, 1853, Died April 22nd 1881, My darling wife, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/eag.jpg HAGOOD, Esther Benson Robinson, b. 1-apr-1829, d. 25-jul-1889, h. James Earle Hagood, p. Dr. John Robinson & Eliza Blassingame, Tombstone Image Name: In memoriam, Esther B. Hagood, Beloved Wife Of James E. Hagood, Born Apr. 1, 1829, Died July 25, 1889, And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Sprit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ebrh.jpg HAGOOD, James Earle, b. 30-nov-1826, d. 29-april-1904, w. Esther Benson Robinson, p.Benjamin Hagood & Adaline Ambler. Tombstone Image Name: James Earle Hagood, Nov. 30, 1826, April 29, 1904, The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute noble deeds - he lives in the hearts he leaves behind. The memory of the just is blessed, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jeh.jpg and http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jeh_ebrh.jpg HAGOOD, James Earle (Jr.), b. 23-april-1859, d. 18-nov-1916, w. Laura Tirzah Eudora "Dora" Folger, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, buried at Westview Cemetery, Easley, Pickens Co., SC, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, James Earle Hagood, April 23, 1859, November 18, 1916, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jehjr.jpg HAGOOD, John Robinson ("Robbie"), b. 20-nov-1860, d. 22-dec-1884, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson. Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, J. Robbie Hagood, Born November 20, 1860, Died December 22, 1884, Aged 23 years 1 month & 2 days. Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/jrobh.jpg HAGOOD, Leila Caroline, b. 2-jul-1857, d. 12-jul-1858, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, Tombstone Image Name: Leila Caroline Hagood, d/o J.E. & E.B. Hagood, b. Jul 2, 1857, d. Jul 12, 1858, Aged: 1 Year 10 Days, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/lch.jpg HAGOOD, Louis Francis, b. 4-may-1893, d. 10-jun-1894, p. William Milliken Hagood & Katherine Cleveland. Tombstone Image Name: Louis Francis, s/o W. M. & K. C. HAGOOD, b. May 4, 1893, d. July 10, 1894, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/lh.jpg HAGOOD, Mabel, b. 7-may-1885, d. 2-aug-1886, p. William Milliken Hagood & Katherine Cleveland. Tombstone Image Name: Our Little Mabel, Born, May 7, 1885, Died Aug. 1, 1886, Daughter Of W.M. & K.C. Hagood. Asleep in Jesus, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/mh.jpg HAGOOD, Martha Alice, b. 26-jan-1855, d. 28-nov-1855, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, Tombstone Image Name: Martha Alice Hagood, d/o J. E. & E. B. Hagood, b. Jan 26, 1855, d. Nov. 28, 1855, AGED: 9 Months 2 Days, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/mah.jpg HAGOOD, Mary Walker, b. 7-nov-1899, d. 23-mar-1903, p. Benjamin Adger Hagood & Mary Eleanor Morrow, buried at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston Co., SC, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: Mary Walker, Daughter of B.A. & M.M. Hagood, Nov. 7th 1899, Mar. 23rd, 1903, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/mwh.jpg HAGOOD, Robbie, b. 3-aug-1887, d. 29-may-1888, p. William Milliken Hagood & Katherine Cleveland. Tombstone Image Name: Our Little Robbie Hagood, s/o W. M. & K.C. Hagood, b. Aug. 3, 1887, d. May 29, 1888, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/robh.jpg HAGOOD, Sallie Anita, b. 1-aug-1869, d. 10-may-1951, p. John Hightower Hagood & Eliza Beth Goodwin, Tombstone Image Name: Sallie Anita Hagood, b. Aug. 1, 1869, d. May 10, 1951, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/sah.jpg HAGOOD, William Milliken, b. 29-dec-1850, d. 14-may-1927, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, w. Katherine Cleveland, Buried at Westview Cemetery, Easley, Pickens Co., SC, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, William Milliken Hagood, December 29, 1850, May 14, 1927, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/wmh.jpg HAGOOD, William Milliken IV, b. 5-apr-1964, d. 26-may-1999. p. William Milliken Hagood III & Virginia Elizabeth Hays, Tombstone Image Name: William Milliken Hagood IV, PA-C, "Will", April 5, 1964, May 26, 1999, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/wmhiv.jpg McHUGH, Elizabeth Martin, b. 16-oct-1861, d. 31-dec-1952, h. Simeon T. McHugh, p. Elmina Elkin Hagood & Philip Bower Martin, Tombstone Image Name: Elizabeth Martin, Wife of Simeon T. McHugh, Oct. 16, 1861, Dec. 31, 1952, Our Mother, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/emm.jpg McHUGH, Herbert, (no other information,) Tombstone Image Name: Herbert McHugh, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/to be added MARTIN, A. Adaline, b. 12-april-1859, d. 2-jul-1860, p. Philip Bower Martin & Elmina Elkin Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: A. Adaline Martin, d/o P. B. & E. E. Martin, b. Apr 12, 1859, d. Jul 2, 1860, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/to be added MARTIN, Elmina Elkin Hagood, b. 31-mar-1834, d. 7-jul-1911. h. Philip Bower Martin, p. Benjamin Hagood & Adaline Ambler. (1 tombstone for husband and wife, on side of stone: Father and Mother) Tombstone Image Name: Elmina E. Hagood, Wife Of Philip B. Martin, Mar. 31, 1834, July 7, 1911, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ehm.jpg MARTIN, Francis Albert, b. 4-feb-1857, d. 21-june-1886, w. Harriet Nathalie Feaster, p. Elmina Elkin Hagood & Philip Bower Martin, Tombstone Image Name: F. ALBERT MARTIN, BORN February 4, 1857, DIED June 21, 1886, Erected By His Wife, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/fam.jpg MARTIN, Ida Mamie, b. 27-june-1864, d. 10-mar-1871, p. Elmina Elkin Hagood & Philip Bower Martin, Tombstone Image Name: Ida Mamie, Daughter Of P.B. & E.E. Martin, Born June 27, 1864, Died March 10, 1871, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/imm.jpg MARTIN, Philip Bower, b. 18-sept-1871, d. 29-aug-1946, p. Philip Bower Martin & Elmina Elkin Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Philip Bower Martin, Sept. 18, 1871, Aug. 29, 1946, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/pbm.jpg MARTIN, Philip Bower Sr., b. 4-Jan-1826, d. 24-Dec-1871, w. Elmina Elkin Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Philip Bower Martin Sr., 1 tombstone for husband and wife, on side of stone: Father and Mother, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/pbmsr.jpg MAULDIN, Frances Miles Hagood, b. 5-jul-1870, d. 26-feb-1954, h. Thomas Joab Mauldin, p. James Earle Hagood & Esther Benson Robinson, On separate marker in front of tombstone: "Placed by the Prince George Chapter D.A.R.", on side of stone: "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto The Hills From Whence Cometh My Help. My Help Cometh From The Lord Who Made Heaven and Earth. Tombstone Image Name: Frances Miles Hagood Mauldin, Daughter of James Earle Hagood and Esther Benson Robinson, Died February 26, 1954, Devoted Wife Of Thomas Joab Mauldin, She Gave Her Time and Energy to County, State and National, Educational, Historical and Patriotic Work, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/fmhm.jpg and http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/fmh_tjm.jpg MAULDIN, Thomas Joab, b. 21-july-1870, d. 28-oct-1931, w. Frances Miles Hagood, p. Joab Mauldin & Deborah Reid Hollingsworth, Tombstone Image Name: Thomas Joab Mauldin, Son of Joab AND Deborah Hollingsworth Mauldin, Born in Pickens, July 21, 1870, Died in Pickens, October 28, 1931, Lawyer, Jurist, Christian Citizen. (on side of stone): "Unawed by Opinion, Unseduced by Flattery, he confronted Life" with a sublime courage, an Infinite Patience, and an Exalted Faith, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/tjm.jpg PALMER, Nathalie McHugh, b. 5-nov-1888, b. 1-aug-1983, h. ? Palmer, p. Simeon T. McHugh & Elizabeth Martin, Tombstone Image Name: Nathalie McHugh Palmer, Nov. 5, 1888, Aug. 1, 1983, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/nmp.jpg PARHAM, Leroy Glen Jr., b. 1916, d. 1988, w. Frances Bruce Bethea, Tombstone Image Name: Leroy Glen Parham Jr., 1916-1988, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/lgp.jpg ROBINSON, Augustus B., b. 25-aug-1853, d. 28-sept-1863, p. William Wickliffe Robinson & Elvira Caroline Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: Augustus B. Robinson, Son Of W.W. & E.C.R., Born August 25, 1853, Died Sept. 28, 1863, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/abr.jpg ROBINSON, Benjamin Hagood, b. 3-dec-1805, d. 23-april-1858, p. William Wickliffe Robinson& Elvira Caroline Hagood, Tombstone Image Name: B.H. Robinson, Son Of W.W. & E.C. Robinson, Born Dec. 3, 1805, Died April 23, 1858, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/to be added ROBINSON, Infant, Tombstone Image Name: Robinson Infant, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/ir.jpg ROBINSON, William Walter, b. 22-april-1862, d. 22-nov-1938, w. Sarah Laura Elizabeth Payne, p. William Wickliffe Robinson & Elvira Caroline Hagood, buried at Westview Cemetery, Easley, Pickens County, SC, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Hagood Cemetery Memorial Marker, Tombstone Image Name: In Memoriam, WILLIAM Walter Robinson, April 22, 1862, November 22, 1938, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/wwalr.jpg ROBINSON, William Wickliffe, b. 19-jul-1827, d. 30-jul-1886. w. Elvira Caroline Hagood, p. Dr. John Robinson & Eliza Blassingame. Tombstone Image Name: W. W. Robinson, Born July 19, 1827, Died July 30, 1886, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/wwr.jpg WYATT, Susan Ambler, b. 20-nov-1853, d. 10-apr-1884, h. Foster Wyatt, p. Elihu H. Griffin & Ann Ambler, Tombstone Image Name: SUSAN A. WYATT, b. Nov. 26, 1853, d. Apr. 10, 1884, Tombstone Image File Location: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sc/pickens/cemeteries/p063/saw.jpg (2) Small Unmarked Graves (?) Unmarked Slave Graves Located Outside Fenced-in Cemetery Partial Recording by Robert G. Dodson on Jul-2005: Allen, Richard London, b. September 8, 1913, d. February 28, 1996 Allen, Virginia Bruce, b. April 14, 1917 Bruce, James Hagood, b. January 20, 1892, d. June3 20, 1986 Bruce, James McDuffie II, b. February 2, 1922, d. July 15, 1978 Bruce, May Grogan, b. August 24, 1894, d. July 23, 1989 Grantham, Dorothy Hagood, b. May 20, 1921, d. July 28, 1994 Grantham, George Leighton, b. November 24, 1920, d. December 13, 1995 Hagood William Milliken IV, "Will" PA-C, b. April 5, 1964, d. May 26, 1999, in memory of Hagood, Ben Folger, Jr., b. December 5, 1925, d. November 19, 2001 Hagood, Harry C. (Hal) II, b. Nov 2, 1937 Hagood, Maggie Wilson, b. Oct 18, 1930 Palmer, Nanthalie McHugh, b. November 5, 1888, d. August 1, 1983 Parkam, Leroy Glen, Jr., 1916 - 1988 Robinson, William Walter, b. April 22, 1862, d. November 22, 1938, in memory of o----------o JOHN HIGHTOWER NOTES BY GARY BRIGHTWELL: Tombstone reads: John Hightower, Jan 6, 1778: Jan 27, 1845, age 67 yrs, 21 days JOHN HIGHTOWER "Died - at his residence in the upper part of Greenville District, on May the 22nd ult., John Hightower, Esq. in the 68th year of his age, leaving an affectionate and devoted wife, as well as a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss The deceased, on the morning of his departure, had arisen from his bed apparently in perfect health, and had taken a seat at the fire, by the side of his wife. Mrs. Hightower retired for a short time to an adjoining room to superintend her domestic affairs, when she was startled by a moaning which attracted her attention. She returned and found her husband in great agony, suffering as he said from the cholic. She assisted him to the bed, where he expired in five minutes. The deceased was well known in this district and highly esteemed as an upright and honest man - a kind husband - a good neighbor - and his correct moral deportment and exemplary life had endeared him to all who had had the pleasure of his acquaintance." (Greenville Mountaineer, Feb. 7, 1845) "Administrators Sale of Valuable Property will be sold at the residence of John Hightower, Esq. deceased, on Wednesday the 5th of March next, 19 Negroes, several hundred barrels of corn, a quantity of stock such as cattle, hogs, sheep, oats, household, and kitchen furniture, and two copper stills, on a credit till the 1st of January, 1846. SIGNED: ALFRED HIGHTOWER, BENJAMIN HAGOOD" (Greenville Mountaineer, Feb. 21, 1845) Source: "The Upper Part of Greenville County, South Carolina" by Mann Batson; Faith Printing Co., Taylors, SC; 1993 HIGHTOWER p. 3 Grandma often told us of things that happened during her childhood and adult life in the Dark Corner and she called the names of many Dark Corner families - the Bartons, the Ballengers, the Ballews, the Hightowers, the Lindseys, the Dills, the Gosnels, the Pittmans, the Howards, the McKinneys, the Peaces, the Suddeths, and of couse, the Centers (Senters). (Center/Senter being the name of the author's family line.) HIGHTOWER P. 30 - 31 James & Sarah Hightower (relationship to Rebecca Hagood's husband, John Hightower, not known, if any. MGHB/2005) Even Wiley Brown, a man who was the Justice of the Peace, a school teacher and who owned 450 acres on the South Pacolet River in Greenville District was arrested for having assaulted, whipped with a horsewhip, and stomped Sarah Hightower, wife of James Hightower. This was done on the night of July 30th 1799 at her home and in the presence of her small children. Her husband was not at home at the time. STIRLING (STERLING) HIGHTOWER (I have run across the name many times in this geographic area, and believe that he is probably related to John Hightower, but am unsure how. MGHB/2005) (Author speaks of schools in the area; School District #4 covered the headwaters of the North Saluda, Tyger and Pacolet Rivers and speaking of the teachers who taught in the District) Stirling Hightower who had twenty eight pupils with ten paid for by the State. ALFRED HIGHTOWER (brother of John Hightower, who married Rebecca Hagood) p. 253 1840 – Greenville In December 1839, the South Carolina House of Representative’s Committee On Privileges and Elections appointed the Box Managers for all of the voting places in Greenville County. On the 2nd Monday in October 1840, there was to be an election for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives to represent the Greenville District in the South Carolina Legislature. In the Dark Corner were three boxes, the one at Hodges’s, the one at Dickey’s and the one at Green’s. Alfred Hightower, Wilson Barton and John Hodges, Jr. were to manage the Hodges box. BENJAMIN HAGOOD/JOHN HIGHTOWER/ MARY BLASINGAME P. 160-161 (Author is writing about the fact that Francis Adams had been appointed United States Tax Collector and lived near the intersection of the Middle Indian Path and Gap Creek Road on Pack’s Creek of the South Tyger River. Adams built a store there and his store was one of the earliest voting boxes in the community.) More than seventy men of the upper end of the Greenville District signed a petition stating: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of South Carolina – We the Subscribers inhabitants of the upper end of Greenville District (sic) labor under great inconvenience in attending at our Elections at the Court House the distance being so great. We, therefore, Wish you in you Wisdom would nominate and appoint an Electing place at Francis Adam’s Store as it is a very Public Place, Roads leading to and from it, which will confer new Obligations – on yours. By 1824, Adams had accumulated 1230.5 acres of land, land which he would later sell to Lewis Dickey. In the meantime, bad times fell on Francis Adams. John Gowen, W. B. Gowen, Jonathan Stokes, Benjamin Hagood, John Hightower, Owen Andrews, John Chatham and William S. Dill, Soloman Loftis, Elijah Thompson, Job Barnard, John Archer, Crayton and Sloan, Administrators for Patrick McDowell, dec’d, and Mary Blasingame, all, at one time or another, brought suits against Francis Adams. Most of these suits were concerning borrowed money. The judgment brought by Mary Blasingame was about Francis Adams’s hiring from her a slave and her infant child, then selling the slave and child to Micajah Mayo and not paying Mrs. Blasingame anything. Mrs. Blasingame happened to be the mother of Eliza Adams, the wife of Martin Adams, the son of Francis Adams. Source: Including a Pile of Rocks by Ann K. McCuen, Southern Historical Press, 2005 Gary - FYI Paul Kankula ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Tavernetti To: GenWeb Project Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:23 PM Subject: Re: John and Rebecca Hightower cemetery Paul, The first work days went well. This is #30 it should be renamed Hightower- Hagood, since it was on Hightowers land and Rebecca Hagood Hightower is buried there as well as relatives of Hightower, but not Hagood. Here is what we have done so far: We repositioned the unnamed infant Hightower's grave (marked 1845) full length ledger gravestone on top of his/her outlined grave. He/she must of died during childbirth as the infant was unnamed and most likely the date on the ledger stone is the date of its installation (the same day in 1845 of John Hightower's death and burial). This is the most likely explanation for the date, as Rebecca in 1845 would of been 59 years old, certainly beyond child bearing years. We uncovered Rebecca's broken in half ledger stone (1786-1863) off to the side, and then found the other half under 6 inches of dirt and leaves, as well as other grave stone parts which were piled up by vandals decades ago. We have assembled one of them and will utilize the rest as a base to install Rebecca's ledger stone. None of them had inscriptions as they were likely parts to crypts. As Rebecca had no children, this engraved ledger gravestone was placed by the children of her brother, the wealthy Benjamin Hagood of Pickens's County fame (grist mill, stores, textiles), for their aunt (to whom she had left gifts as part of her will). She was a frequent visitor to Hagood's summer house on Caesar's Head and had her portrait painted there! We will reposition and rejoin these two parts of Rebecca' s ledger stone and place them next to her child's grave when we have more manpower in order to protect them for future generations. Their discarded current location and breakage was likely was the result of apparent vandalism as noted by the local historical society in a published article concerning the cemetery about 10 years or more ago. We cleaned the two covering stones of the two chest tombs and could make out most of the engravings. We will document all the writings later and keep it at the Stone House in an album. We discovered that the chest tomb on the highest point of the cemetery was one of a Joseph Goodwin (1776-1855) who married Anna Hightower, a sister or cousin of John. Goodwin and John Hightower both appear on the same register page in the 1820 census, so they must of been neighbors. This chest tomb is interesting because we discovered it actually has a full ledger gravestone under it, for the crypt to be stabilized and to discourage looters. It is not engraved, so it was done at the same time as the crypt was built. In contrast there is no evidence of a ledger stone cap to John Hightower's grave, but the grave has apparently been looted, as earth has been removed about 2-3 feet below the sides of the crypt. We will remedy this when we stabilize his chest tomb. There is no trace of Anna's stone and we probed several areas for buried stone. The term chest tombs originated in England. It is also called a box crypt in North America. The deceased is NOT buried in the tomb, but completely underground, under the above ground chest. In England, a small city or country village churchyard of the 18th and 19th century might only have 5-10 or so chest tombs. In the US South, chest tombs were very rare in rural family cemeteries. The Hightower-Hagood Cemetery has two! This reflects the wealth of the Hightower families. Even Rebecca, who died a very wealthy woman, did not get a chest, but did warrant a large engraved ledger gravestone which lays flat on the ground, or on bricks or stones, rather than a small engraved headstone. Slaves were buried in the family cemetery using vertical rocks to mark their resting place. This cemetery has numerous slave burial graves, spread about the hill, here and there. In addition, John Hightower's 1845 chest tomb also has a headstone which is extraordinarily rare, especially that it is all together and unbroken. The burial direction of this cemetery is typical, in as much, as it has an east-west orientation, so the head of the deceased is looking east and the morning sun to greet each day. WE NEED 6 HEARTY MEN TO REMOVE J. HIGHTOWER'S (1778-1845) STONE SO WE CAN REPAIR THE WALLS OF HIS CRYPT. WE WILL PUT OUT A CALL LATER FOR THIS WHEN IT IS COOLER! --- On Sun, 6/13/10, GenWeb Project wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Tavernetti To: ghb90@hotmail.com ; gcgenweb@bellsouth.net Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 2:12 PM Subject: John and Rebecca Hightower cemetery Hello, I found your names at : http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/oconee/history/GB-02.txt I live in the Cliffs Valley and recently toured the old family cemetery, that is referenced in the above document. The condition of John's sarcophagus is failing and it is about to fall in upon itself. In addition the headstone has fallen to the ground, but is in one piece. I think it would be fitting to stabilize the sarcophagus by: Lifting off the top Straightening the sides out to the metal rod supports Upending the headstone and putting it back in place Return the top again and place it on the sides In this way the quite grand sarcophagus will be better preserved. We could also reposition Rebecca's top next to John's, rather than being at a right angle as it is now. Rebecca's sarcophagus is missing as far as I know, with only the top remaining and appears to have been moved. Would some family members like to participate in this simple project? Does the family have any objection? Dennis Tavernetti o----------o NOTES ON REBECCA HAGOOD BY GARY BRIGHTWELL: From: "William C. Hightower, III" Subject: RE: [HIGHTOWER-L] Greenville Co., SC 1820 Census Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:48:13 -0400 Update on directions to the Hightower Plantation Cemetery in Greenville County, SC. After you take the left on Terry Creek from Old Highway 25 stay with Terry Creek - go left at the "Y" where Painter Creek Road goes to the right. DeLorme shows Pathfinder Court a quick left after the "Y" off of Painter Creek but recent construction has this road closed. Pathfinder Court enters off Terry Creek Road now but I think it's best to park on Terry Creek Road just before the Mountain Summit Road intersection. You will see a split rail fence on the hill on the right which surrounds the graves. The golf course is on the left. I took some digital pictures while I was there (which I have in a zipped file which is 2.1MB. The cemetery area has been landscaped and appears well maintained. Bill MRS. JOHN HIGHTOWER (1786-1863) (Rebecca Hagood) "Rebecca Hagood was born in 1786, daughter of James and Martha (West) Hagood. She married first, John Hightower and second, a Mr. Barton, and lived on the Buncombe Highway north of Greenville. Left a widow, she often visited at the home of her brother, Benjamin Hagood, who lived at Caesar's Head six months of the year. It is believed that Scarborough painted her portrait at Caesar's Head a popular resort where the artist spent many summers." Collection: Confidential Source: "South Carolina Portraits": A Collection of Portraits of South Carolinians and Portraits in South Carolina, compiled The Nat'l Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, pub. 1996, The State Printing Co. The 1850 Census of Greenville, Greenville Co., SC shows a Rebecca Barton, about 60 years old, living in dwelling number 318 next door to a "Susan Painter". This Susan Painter is believed to be her sister Susanna. In the house with Susan was Hightower Painter, age 23; Amanda, & James. Source: Richard Painter, direct descendant of Susanna Hagood Painter, of Central, Pickens County, SC, in 2002. Directions to Hightower-Hagood Cemetery: Now in Cliffs Valley complex. Go on (old) 25 to Terry Creek Rd., turn left; proceed past Terry Creek P.H. Church and turn right onto Painter Creek Rd; proceed on Painter Creek Rd to Pathfinder Court; left on Pathfinder Court to 207 Pathfinder Court; this is the residence of Paul W. Yoder, phone: 803-836-5268. Cemetery is just nw of the paved surface of the backing-out area shown between Lots 2 (Mr. Yoder's lot) and 3(undeveloped as of this date); this is the area on which the cem is located which is HH+82 degrees 27' 11" W, 35 degrees 08' 13" N. This is the cemetery of John Hightower. Tombstone reads: JOHN HIGHTOWER, Jan 6, 1778: Jan 27, 1845, age 67 yrs, 21 days. Rebecca Hagood, wife of John Hightower, died Nov. 4, 1863, aged 77 years. Erected by the children of Benjamin Hagood. Besides she and her husband, there is a stone for "Infant Son of John Hightower and his wife Rebecca - 1845; Marie....1834? - indistinct inscription on a field stone; Rebecca Hightower Apr. 17, 1845, with inscription "Remember me as you pass by" etc. and the affectionate poem "I cannot forget thee, the struggle is vain. Thine image will come in its freshness again. Let fate do her worst, she can never erase from my mind, or my heart, thy name or thy place." It was noted that John Hightower, Rebecca Hightower, and the infant son of John & Rebecca Hightower all died in 1845. However, the John Hightower who died Jan. 27, 1845, at age 67 would not seem to be the husband of Rebecca Hightower to whom the above verses were written, evidently by a grieving husband, as she died in April 1845, about three months after his death. There is also a puzzle as to just who Rebecca Hagood was, and to which John Hightower she was married. Rebecca Hagood, who was (from the dates given) was born in 1786 and died in 1863 must have been the wife of John Hightower who was born in 1778 and died in 1845. The other Rebecca, who died in 1845, as did her infant son, must have been the wife of another John Hightower, whose gravestone was not found in this cemetery, but could be among the mass of stones which have been removed from graves and piled up between Rebecca who died in 1845, and her infant son. Only one grave seems to have been entered, but the place is so overgrown and covered with woods earth from years of dead vegetation that it is now impossible to tell what happened there. The handsome stones remaining could be moved to a more suitable place for preservation. Since there is no sign of cultivation of land around this place, it is not another example of gravestones being piled together and the place plowed around as in many places in Greenville County, so the desecration here must be attributed to vandals. This cemetery should not be confused with the Hightower- Hawkins cemetery on Highway 25. Source: A Greenville Co., SC, cemetery book found by Richard Painter at the Greenville County Library. Copies sent to Margaret Gary Hagood Brightwell 2002. REBECCA HAGOOD Place of birth: Edgefield District, SC - Feb 1786 Place of death: Greenville District, SC - Nov 04, 1863 (Sister of Benjamin Hagood, B.Dec 01, 1788-Edgefield District, SC, D.Feb 02, 1865 Pickens District, SC, at his residence) THE WILL OF REBECCA ELIZABETH HAGOOD (HIGHTOWER) (BARTON): State of South Carolina , Greenville District In the name of God, Amen. I, Rebecca Barton of the State and District aforesaid being of sound mind and body, do make or constitute the following disposition of my property, my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills or parts of wills pertaining to be made by myself. Item 1st. I have already given to my sister Susan Painter and her children as much of my estate as I wish them to have, with the exception of James Painter, To him, I leave the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to what I have already given him. Item 2nd. To the surviving children of my sister Elizabeth Morgan, I leave and bequeath the sum of three hundred dollars, to be equally divided amongst them. Item 3rd. I give and bequeath to my brother James Hagood the sum of three hundred dollars, Provided he is living at the time of my decease, If not, I wish the money to be equally divided among his children, with the exception of his son Zachery Hagood, to him I give nothing. Item 4th. To my Brother John Hagood I give and bequeath the sum of three hundred dollars, provided he is living at the time of my decease, If not, the money is to be retained in my estate for distribution among others. Item 5th. To my Brother Zachery Hagood I give and bequeath the sum of Six Hundred dollars. Item 6th. To the surviving children of my brother Osborn Hagood I give and bequeath the sum of Six Hundred dollars, to be equally divided amongst them. Item 7th. To my Brother Benjamin Hagood I give and bequeath the sum of Six Hundred dollars. Item 8th. I wish all my land sold at public sale, to the highest bidder and the proceeds to be equally divided between the children of Benjamin Hagood, Zachery Hagood, Osborn Hagood & James Hagood, always excepting his son Zachery, I give him nothing. Item 9th. I leave in the hands of F.A. Miles, as trustee, the sum of two hundred dollars, for the sole use and benefit of Harriett Painter wife of L.H.Painter and her children, Interest and principal to be used at the discretion of the trustee, at such time, and in such sums as he may think best. Item 10th. I wish all of my negroes to have the privilege of chossing their owners, and the children to go with their mothers. To this end, I wish them all to be valued or appraised by three competent disinterested men, and taken at valuation. I do not wish any of them sold other wise. I wish my woman Viny to go with her daughter Harriett and work entirely for herself, as she has done with me for years past. Item 11th. Out of the proceeds of the sale or valutaiont of my negroes I give and bequeath to my niece Eliza H. Miles, the wife of F.A. Miles, the sum of two thousand dollars, also to my niece Elmin Martin, the wife of P.B. Martin the sum of two thousand dollars, also to my niece Elvira Robinson, the wife of William Robinson the sum of two thousand dollars. Item 12th. I give to my negro boys Tom, Daniel, Charles & Armstrong the sum of one hundred dollars each, to be placed in the hands of F.A. Miles as guardian for them, to be used at the discretion of the guardian. I also give to Viny if she is living, twenty-five dollars. Item 13th. The balance of the funds arising from the sale or valuation of my negroes, after paying the above named special legacies, I wish to be equally divided among my Brothers Benjamin, Zachery & James Hagood, or the children of James Hagood, (Zachery excepted) should he not be living. Item 14th. I wish my stock of all kinds, farming tools, crop etc. to be sold and the money given to my sister, Susan Painter her life time, At her death one half to go to Amanda Allen and the other half equally divided with James and John Painter. Item 16th. I give and bequeath my carriage to F.A. Miles. Item 17th. It is my wish and request that my friend F.A. Miles will execute this will. Item 18th. My household furniture I wish sold and one hundred dollars of that money I give to my niece Martha Ann Claud, wife of G.D. Claude - and the balance of this fund I give to Benj. Holder. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand and seal This 6th day of March, A.D., 1862.Signed, sealed & delivered In the presence of REBECCA BARTON (SEAL) S.M. Guest Louisa W. Quinton John (His X Mark) Morgan THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENVILLE DISTRICT By Robert McKay, Esquire, Ordinary. Personally appeared before me Louisa M. Quinton one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Instrument of Writing, who made oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, that she saw Rebecca Barton sign, seal, publish, pronounce and declare the same to be her last Will and Testament; That she was then of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, to the best of Deponent's knowledge and belief; and Deponent, together with S.M. Guest and John Morgan signed their names thereto as witnesses at her request, in her presence, and in the presence of each other: LOUISA M. QUINTON GIVEN under my Hand, this 28th(?) day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty three ROBT. MCKAY O. G. D. The 1850 Census of Greenville, Greenville Co., SC shows a Rebecca Barton, about 60 years old, living in dwelling number 318 next door to a "Susan Painter". This Susan Painter is believed to be her sister Susanna. In the house with Susan was Hightower Painter, age 23; Amanda, & James. Source: Richard Painter, direct descendant of Susanna Hagood, sister of Benjamin Hagood. Painter, of Central, Pickens County, SC, in 2002. Directions to Hightower-Hagood Cemetery: Now in Cliffs Valley complex. Go on (old) 25 to Terry Creek Rd., turn left; proceed past Terry Creek P.H. Church and turn right onto Painter Creek Rd; proceed on Painter Creek Rd to Pathfinder Court; left on Pathfinder Court to 207 Pathfinder Court; this is the residence of Paul W. Yoder, phone: 803-836-5268. Cemetery is just nw of the paved surface of the backing-out area shown between Lots 2 (Mr. Yoder's lot) and 3(undeveloped as of this date); this is the area on which the cem is located which is HH+82 degrees 27' 11" W, 35 degrees 08' 13" N. This is the cemetery of John Hightower. REBECCA HAGOOD (1786-1863) AND HER HUSBANDS: When I initially received the copy of Rebecca's will and saw that it was signed "Rebecca Barton", I found it unusual that she was buried a couple of years later as Rebecca "Hightower", this being the surname of her first husband, John Hightower (1778-1845). She was not buried with her second husband's surname- Barton, but with that of her first husband, Hightower. First husband, John Hightower married Rebecca in 1827 and died in 1845 in the 18th year of their marriage. Her second husband was Col. Wilson Barton (1796-1878). Rebecca remarried Wilson Barton in 1849. I did some investigating and apparently Col. Barton felt the call of the wild west and headed out to Texas on a wagon train some years after their marriage. It seems that our "Aunt Rebecca" did not "cotton" to the idea of moving to Texas, and in what I believe was a fairly uncommon event for that day and time, divorced Col. Barton and at some point resumed the use of her first husband's name-Hightower. CENSUS INFORMATION ON REBECCA: The 1850 Census of Greenville, Greenville Co., SC shows a Rebecca Barton, about 60 years old, living in dwelling number 318 next door to a "Susan Painter". This Susan Painter is believed to be her sister Susanna. (Both Susanna & Rebecca were sisters of Benjamin Hagood.) In the house with Susan was Hightower Painter, age 23; Amanda, & James. 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Rebecca Barton Age in 1860: 68 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1860: Panther Fork, Greenville, SC Gender: Female Value of real estate: $2,000 Value of Personal Estate: $10,575 Post Office: Lima Roll: M653_1220 Page: 468 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Rebecca Barton Source: Including a Pile of Rocks by Ann K. McCuen, Southern Historical Press, 2005 HIGHTOWER p. 3 Grandma often told us of things that happened during her childhood and adult life in the Dark Corner and she called the names of many Dark Corner families - the Bartons, the Ballengers, the Ballews, the Hightowers, the Lindseys, the Dills, the Gosnels, the Pittmans, the Howards, the McKinneys, the Peaces, the Suddeths, and of couse, the Centers (Senters). (Center/Senter being the name of the author's family line.) HIGHTOWER P. 30 - 31 James & Sarah Hightower (relationship to Rebecca Hagood's husband, John Hightower, not known, if any. MGHB/2005) Even Wiley Brown, a man who was the Justice of the Peace, a school teacher and who owned 450 acres on the South Pacolet River in Greenville District was arrested for having assaulted, whipped with a horsewhip, and stomped Sarah Hightower, wife of James Hightower. This was done on the night of July 30th 1799 at her home and in the presence of her small children. Her husband was not at home at the time. ********** Grantee Index to Deeds, Greenville County, South Carolina Dated Executed/Dated Recorded/Grantee/Grantor/book/Page/Acres/Cost/Description 1849 Wilson Barton Rebecca Hightower W 626 Marriage Contract 1845 1852 Rebecca Hightower T. P. Butler, Court of Equity W 311 304 North Fork of the Saluda River 1845 1852 Rebecca Hightower T. P. Butler, Court of Equity W 312 676 Beaverdam Creek waters of the Saluda River *************** Colonel Wilson Barton, Greenville County, SC. Marriage contract filed in 1849, Greenville District, Deed Book W, Page 626. Wilson Barton and Rebecca Hightower Marriage Contract This indenture made and entered into the seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine between Wilson Barton of the one part and Rebecca Hightower of the other part, witnesseth that whereas marriage is intended to be solemnised(sic) between the said Wilson Barton and the said Rebecca Hightower, and whereas they have agreed to marry and to make as follows hereafter written their marriage contract that the said Rebecca Hightower agrees to give up all her possessions real and personally property to Wilson Barton to have the said property to his use and benefit during the said Rebecca Hightower's lifetime and in case the said Rebecca Hightower should die before the said Wilson Barton she gives to him by this marriage contract the home plantation on which she now lives and one half of the negroes except one girl, Mary the oldest child of Mahaly, and the said Rebecca Hightower reserves to herself in this marriage contract her river plantation and household and kitchen furniture, farming tools and stock of every kind to dispose of at her death as she may choose to do. I the said Rebecca Hightower do hereby relinquish all claim, rights of title in the said Wilson Barton's property of every kind which he now possesses, or hereafter may possess, and I, the said Wilson Barton doth agree in case I should die before the said Rebecca Hightower, that all the property the said Rebecca Hightower gives to me in this marriage contract shall return to her again and I the said Wilson Barton for and in consideration of the home plantation and half the negroes and use of all his property during all her natural lifetime do agree to find for the said Rebecca Hightower, decent and respectable support and I the said Wilson Barton doth agree that if the said Rebecca Hightower should not live longer than two years after our marriage to relinquish claim to her half of the negroes which she has in this marriage contract given to me, and I the said Wilson Barton doth agree at his or the said Rebecca Hightower's death to return twenty-five head of one year old hogs, and twenty-five pigs and six milch(sic) cows and calves, two small yoke of oxen and six yearling and one hundred and ten dollars worth of horses and the said Rebecca Hightower doth agree that the said Wilson Barton shall not be accountable for the death of any of those negroes whose names follow, Stephen, Tiny Rachael, Daniel _ _ _. Charles, James, Mahaly, Hariet, Armstrong, Amarty, and I the said Rebecca Hightower doth agree that W. Barton shall have half the increase of those negroes also of there by any increase this marriage contract made and entered into whereunto we have set our hands and seals, this 17th day of Jany, 1849. Test. Alfred Cantrell, Amanda painter and Nancy Painter// Wilson Barton (S) Rebecca Hightower (S) South Carolina //Personally appeared before me, Alfred Cantrell and made oath that he saw Greenville District// Wilson Barton and Rebecca Hightower sign seal and deliver *************** Final separation from Colonel Wilson Barton filed 1853 in Greenville District, Deed Book X, File #29 on file at the RMC/Office of Deeds. (He removed to Texas with his sons in 1854) #29 Wilson Barton & wife // Rebecca Barton // Agreement for a Final Separation The State of South Carolina Articles of agreement entered into between Colonel Wilson Barton and his wife Rebecca Barton as to their future separation and living apart from each other This mutually agreed between the parties that they so separate and live apart from each other Colonel Wilson Barton agrees to take on his part the following negroe slaves whcih came by Mrs. Barton (viz) Spence & his wife Mahaly and their four children Martha, Luzy, Lizzy and William He is to retain the Six Hundred and Sixty Three received of Davis Hodges on account of the Mills on the tract of land which was to have been his under the marriage settlement between him and his wife Rebecca Barton He ____ ____ ____ which is now ____ ________by the parties He received five hundred dollars for his claim to the tract of land known as the Ford tract mentioned in the marriage contract which he retains He has received the rent corn on the said tract of land during the past year which he is to have, The said Barton is also to have the present stock of provisions, corn and _______on the homeplace at this time provided the said Rebecca Barton does not continue to reside on the said place. If she continues to live there all the said stock of provisions _______and so forth are to be hers. In consideration of the above enumerated property which came by Mrs. Rebecca Barton at her marriage with the said Wilson Barton and which property he the said Wilson Barton gives up and by these presents relinquishes and will do so more formally to Col Benjamin Hagood in a separate deed as Trustee for Mrs Barton all other interests he now has as may hereafter have in any and all of the other property which belonged to Mrs Barton previous to the marriage settlement made between him and his wife Rebecca Barton as their marriage was above specified. Mrs Rebecca Barton on her part is to receive through her trustee Colonel Benjamin Hagood immediately from her husband Colonel Wilson Barton the following property which is to be ______ to her and her heirs forever, exclusive of her said husband (viz) The Homeplace on which she now lives and which was purchased by her at the division of the Hightower Estate on Terry Creek waters of Saluda River bounded by lands of Davis Hodges, Alfred Cantrell and others The following negros(sic) slaves Daniel, Vina, Tom, Armstrong, Charles and Harriet and their increase the household and kitchen furniture, stock of all kinds, cattle horses and hogs The cattle and hogs are to be made the same in number that were on the place at the marriage of the parties The horses are to be made the same value as when the marriage took place The said Rebecca Barton is to retain all the notes and moneys which she had at her ____ marriage with the said Col Wilson Barton and which have not been reduced to his possession The stock of provision already mentioned as being on the homeplace is to be the said Rebecca Barton's provided she continues to live there otherwise to be Col Wilson Barton's. In consideration of the above property which is to be conveyed to Mrs. Barton's trustee Col Benjamin Hagood for her sole use and benefit she relinquishes all claim on her said husband Wilson Barton for any support or alimony from him and also all claim or interest whatsoever which she may have on his estate or property or the claim or interest whatsoever which she may have on his estate or property or the property which he the said Wilson Barton now retains or has received of hers She also relinquishes all claims which she has under the marriage contract between her and her said husbands as consistant(sic) with this agreement In the case of the death of Colonel Barton before he she the said Rebecca is not to disturb or claim the property now _______ the said Col W. Barton and in as much as she is a _______ Benjamin Hagood to have himself and his heirs in her stead for all that she has agreed to in this agreement and to protect Barton in the property and so forth In consideration whereof it is furthered agreed between the parties to this covenant that the said Wilson Barton shall immediately execute titles to the said Trustee Coln Benjamin Hagood warranting and defending all the said property above enumerated as being Mrs Rebecca Barton's from him and his heirs only forever of persons claiming through him in trust for Mrs Barton and his ?? Heirs and assigns forever. It is also agreed between the parties that Col Benjamin Hagood is to make and execute to Col Wilson Barton immediately a deed warranting and defending all the property herein mentioned as being Col Wilson Barton's and covenanting and agreeing that his sister the said Rebecca Barton shall perform all and every thing herein stipulated to be done on her part. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this the 11th February 1854 Wilson Barton (seal) Rebecca Barton (seal) In the presence of // C.A. Southerlin Riley Barton // I Benjamin Hagood do hereby bind myself my heirs executors and administrators for the said Rebecca Barton to carry out the terms of this agreement. This I do as her trustee and consideration of a deed of trust this day executed to me by the said Wilson Barton Given under my hand and seal Feb 19th 1854 B. F. Perry // Benjamin Hagood (seal) W. H. Perry // South Carolina Greenville District // Personally appeared before me C.A. Southerlin and made oath that he saw Wilson Barton and Rebecca Barton sign seal and acknowledge the aforegoing articles of separation for the use and purposes therin mentioned and that Riley Barton was with himself a subscribing witness to the same Sworn to and subscribed C. A. Southerlin Before me this 11th March 1854 D Hoke __________ Recorded the 20th March 1854 by D. Hoke RMC Original delivered to ________ Above transcriptions of these legal documents were sent to Gary Hagood Brightwell in 2005 by a Barton descendant. o----------o Hightower-Hagood Cemetery Historical Information and Restoration Based on published family writings/history and examination of the Historical Site Complied by Dennis R. Tavernetti August 16, 2010 John Hightower Jr. (1778-1845) was one of 6 children of John Sr. (1748-1798), and his wife Anna. His brother, Alfred (1799-1848) married Charlotte and they had 6 children, one of whom was Elizabeth Ann (Anna) (1784-1850) who married Joseph Goodwin (1776-1855). John married Rebecca Hagood (1786-1863) and they lived in the “Plantation House” which apparently was near the cemetery and over looked his vast farm land holdings. Who is buried in this family cemetery? John Hightower Jr., Rebecca Hagood Hightower, their unnamed infant son, and Joseph Goodwin are definitely buried in this rural family cemetery, as evidenced by their tombstones. It is assumed that Anna Hightower Goodwin (1784-1850) is also buried in this cemetery, but no tombstone has been found. This assumption is based on three facts. 1) the census in 1820 places the Goodwin’s as neighbors of the Hightower’s; 2) Anna was a Hightower and would therefore been allowed burial in the Hightower Family Cemetery and 3) her husband was buried here 5 years after she died. Due to this likelihood we have now placed two old and broken unmarked grave foundation stones to form a memorial for Anna next to her husband’s crypt. There are also numerous slaves buried in the cemetery and they are marked with upright natural stones without any markings. The two largest slave stones near to John’s crypt are thought to be that of the personal house servant slaves of the Hightower’s. The rest of the graves would be of slaves associated with the farming and their “issue”. Although, the death rate of slave children and slaves were less in the Upstate compared to the Low Country, it still greatly exceeded their owners and that of the owner’s children. The slave’s graves are scattered throughout the cemetery. We have attempted to upright those stones in place that had fallen over, and have erected some stones that had been removed, to one central area as a memorial (in line with the Hightower graves to the left). The number of slaves owned by the Hightower’s is not recorded, but we presume it to be slightly in excess of 20 adults and all of their offspring. At the time of his death the auction notice in “The Greenville Mountaineer” indicated he had 19 Negros. Since the cemetery was also used for slaves, the slaves buried here greatly outnumbered the family members. As the Hightower’s did not have any surviving children, the cemetery has been unused since 1855. It is protected by South Carolina law forever. Who were John Hightower and Rebecca Hagood? John Hightower (the Jr. was dropped after his father died) was certainly a wealthy man in the rural South Carolina Upstate in the 1800’s. He accumulated all the land around Beaver Dam Creek and the forks of the Saluda Rivers from Land Grants from 1831 to 1834. If one goes to Land Grant Book H 156,174,196, 134, 130 and Book I47 to see the plats and grants of his holdings, his total holdings look to be in excess of 4,000 acres. These included the fertile bottom lands from here to the Saluda Rivers and beyond. It is likely that he raised primarily wheat and corn and used the Hagood grist mill in Pickens County owned by his future brother in law, Benjamin Hagood. As one of the future wealthiest clients of the mill, he certainly was an excellent match for Hagood’s sister, Rebecca and they later married in 1827. When he died they had been married for 18 years. The Esq. on his tombstone indicates his 1845 status as “lord of the manor” or perhaps a lawyer, or both. No will has been found for him, nor any written indication that he was in fact a lawyer. The Esq. came into use to represent a lawyer much later in the US, but originally in England it was merely a designation of a wealthy property owner, who was neither a knight nor royalty. It was a higher social ranking than a “gentleman”. It is likely that this explains the “Esq.” on his tombstone. Rebecca would have chosen the use of the title when she ordered the crypt from the stone cutter. Rebecca, after she was widowed in 1845, inherited the majority of her husband’s wealth, after debts, as they were childless. In 1849, she married Col. Wilson Barton (1786-1878) of Tigerville, who had been recently widowed and who had 9 children. He was a Col of the Upper Regiment of Greenville County, SC. He had married Mildah Mckinney in 1819, when she was 17 and he was 33. She died in 1848 and is buried in the Tyger Baptist Church Cemetery. Who was Col. Barton and what was their Marriage Contract? At the time of his second marriage, his 9 children varied in age from 27 to 4 years of age. Rebecca married Col Barton when she was 63 and he was 63. It is not clear why Rebecca married the Col., but it is likely he was a friend of her brother, as they both were in the same military unit and had the same rank. Perhaps, the fact that he had a large family, including 7 boys, which could be instrumental in the successful continued running of the large farmlands she now owned, had some bearing on her decision. In any case, the marriage contract between them was all one sided with Rebecca basically paying him a very substantial dowry. In part she gave him (taken from the actual marriage contract): * All her possessions real and personal property while they are married (meaning he had control of her wealth) * And after her death, he was to get the home plantation, and one half her Negros, but excluding the river plantation (farmland) and farming tools, furniture and stock (animals). * She relinquished all claim to any and all property he owned or would own (so it could go to his children). * If Col Barton should he die first, then all her property she had given him, was to again return to her. * If Rebecca only lived 2 years after the marriage, then the Negros would be returned to her estate, as well as 25 head of one year old hogs, and 25 pigs, 6 cows, two oxen, 6 horses , etc. * However, the Col. would not have to replace any of the approximate 10 Negros who might have died. What was the Separation Agreement? In any case, the marriage was short lived, for in 1854 Rebecca and Col Barton signed an Agreement for Final Separation, after about 5 years or marriage. (Divorce was not made legal in South Carolina until 1949-50). It appears that the Col. tired of Rebecca (perhaps because he had always had a preference for younger woman) and decided he wanted to try his luck out west (Texas) and he took his 7 sons, two of Rebecca’s slaves with their 4 children and joined a wagon train leaving Tigerville for Texas. His two daughters stayed behind in Tigerville. Before he left, as part of the agreement, he received over $1,000 (worth about $18,000 in today’s CPI dollars) from Rebecca, plus the value of corn from some tract that was hers. If she left the homeplace (she did not), she would also forfeit the value of the provisions and corn stored there. The rest of her dowry was all to be returned as if it had never been given. Their assets were all to be equal to that which they were on the date of their marriage and they both gave up any right to either’s assets upon their death. The consequence of all this was that Rebecca was again a very wealthy lady and the Col was free and off on his own, but with some hard cash for a fresh start. The Col. did make it to Texas with all his sons in 1854 via the wagon train. In 1861, at the age of 75, he married Mary Ann Smith Mckinney Moren, who was 48, and 27 years his junior. Consequently, he remarried while he was still legally married (according to SC law) to Rebecca who lived until 1863. But then again, Texas was the Wild, Wild West and state law there surely would have permitted the marriage or looked the other way. All we know about the Col’s professions was that he became a Texas 3rd Chief Justice (a county judge in today’s terms) for two years; 1856 and 1858. He died in 1878 at the age of 92! One of his children became a doctor and others were ranchers and other occupations. The girls remained in South Carolina. How did Aunt Rebecca’s portrait get painted? Rebecca never remarried and became known as “Aunt Rebecca” or “Aunt Queen” to her Hagood relatives. She spent many days of the summer months visiting at her brother’s Benjamin Hagood’s summer home at Caesar’s Head and while there had her portrait painted in 1852 by William Harrison Scarborough; a copy of which is included in this notebook. The oil painting still survives and is owned by a current day Hagood in Charleston, SC. The artist was originally from Tennessee and painted primarily portraits of the wealthy in South Carolina and North Carolina. The SC State Museum in Columbia has many of his works, as does the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. His most famous portrait of V.P. John C. Calhoun recently sold for over $300,000. What was in Rebecca’s Will? Rebecca’s will leaves significant property to her sister Susan Hagood Painter (after whom Painter Creek was named), her brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews, except for one who she disinherited. In addition to the farm land (the river plantation), the other large asset were her Negro slaves which were to be sold to the highest bidder as long as the slaves agreed to be owned by the buyer. Upon her death, she freed outright her long time household servant and daughter. The slaves were very valuable as she listed over $6,000 worth of gifts to be given from the sale’s proceeds. This alone would be over $100,000 in today’s CPI or $1.6 million in relative production workers wages today. She also gifted in trust $100 to each of her Negro boys. It is likely that the sale of her slaves proceeded even though the Emancipation Proclamation was declared in 1863, but was not likely enforced in the sparsely occupied rural upstate of Greenville County, until 1865 or later. At any rate, since she gave her slaves the right to not be sold to anyone they did not want to belong to; this would have likely given the local law officers enough leeway; certainly in 1863 when the Union Army was not around to enforce it. The Union army was focusing on the Low Country, where slaves were released immediately as the Union army captured the South’s cities and burned out the large slaveholders. It took at least 2 years for the proclamation to be generally enforced in the South.. Her estate would have been settled promptly and as slaves were in high demand, they would have been the first of her assets to be sold. The river plantation properties basically comprised what is the farmable land of Cliffs Valley, Mountain Park, River Road, and the Mountain Park Village and on towards Caesar’s Head and Table Rock. In fact, Jim Anthony recently purchased the land for the Mountain Park Village directly from one of Rebecca’s descendents. She is a member of the Cliffs Valley Club today and exercises at the Wellness Center. Where are these families today? The Hightower and Hagood families are extensive in South Carolina, as are the Barton’s in Texas. However, as Rebecca basically left her fortune to only the Hagood side of the family, that was where the wealth and the funds for opportunity were concentrated for future generations. The Hagood side of the family went on to own a grist mill, general store, numerous historical houses (including one off Highway 11near Highway 25, where the red storage barn has recently been restored and the main house awaits funds for restoration) and eventually textile mills. The Hagood’s have family reunions every so often at Caesar’s Head and at the last one published a DVD of their family history, including a copy of Aunt Rebecca’s painting. How was this essay prepared? The historical information from which this essay is based has been taken from information shared by all the branches of families who are buried in the Hightower-Hagood Cemetery. This includes the Hightower’s of the Carolinas, Barton’s of Texas, Goodwin’s of South Carolina, and of course the Hagood’s. The GenWeb site was instrumental in notifying various family members of this project. What condition was the cemetery in when you started this project and what did you and the volunteers do? As to the cemetery itself, when we began its restoration in 2010 this is what we found, which is consistent with the 10 year earlier report by William C. Hightower of North Carolina: * John Hightower’s crypt had been opened; his tombstone removed and dumped about 6 feet from the crypt. Luckily, the slate did not break; this gave access to his burial place, which was then dug out approximately 3 feet below the earth, apparently in search for valuables that might have been buried with him. The earth was not replaced after the looting and consequently the walls of his crypt were leaning in and beginning to collapse. * The unnamed infant’s son’s ledger stone was turned at 10 o’clock off its support field stones, but this grave was not looted and had no evidence of digging. We re-orientated the ledger stone to be at 12 o’clock facing due east and west. * Numerous parts of crypts both of marble and slate were found dumped in an area to the right and next to John’s crypt. Rebecca’s white marble ledger stone was found dumped there broken in two with a bunch of other parts of other graves. It was on top of other grave stone parts. We probed the areas a few inches down and removed all the discarded stone. As the only know grave to be white marble was Rebecca’s, the looters apparently dismantled her entire grave in search of valuables. * As it was impossible to determine where Rebecca’s actual original burial site was, we placed her damaged ledger stone next to the known burial site of their infant son. We stabilized and cleaned her white marble ledger stone, reunited the two halves, and placed it on some pieces of white marble that we assume were once a part of her grave. * We then stabilized John Hightower’s crypt, moving the right wall about 6” away from large tree roots that were making it unstable and then moving the left wall as well, then reassembling and placing the mitered end piece. We stabilized the inside of crypt using earth, cement blocks, un-engraved parts of dumped crypts that were broken and piled up by the looters. Finally, we were able to fit his tombstone back in place. (See the detailed write up elsewhere on the work). John’s foundation was made of flat field stone. * Joseph Goodwin’s crypt was not disturbed and is complete except for one end piece which could not be located. His crypt is interesting as it has a full ledger stone, which the walls of the crypt rest on and secure the actual grave better than John’s, from looters. We cleaned his crypt and added gravel in front to allow water and dirt to drain from the inside of the crypt, so that its construction and under ledger stone would be visible and apparent to visitors. Unlike, John’s fieldstone foundation, Joseph’s crypt‘s foundation was on hand made red clay bricks which were made on site or perhaps came from Georgia. * As in England, the crypts were built over the actual grave site, with the body being buried in the earth about 6 feet below the surface. Then the crypt was placed over the burial site. Consequently, contrary to most grave robbers’ belief, the actual crypt is empty. * John’s crypt is very unusual in as much as it has both a ledger stone and a fitted tombstone, making it very elegant. His vital statistics are on the tombstone, while the ledger stone has a spiritual message from his wife. It is made from very thick quarried slate and you can see the stone carver’s initials “J.Y.” at the bottom right hand corner of the ledger stone. This crypt with its unusual tombstone end, most certainly reflects the wealth and status of the person. As indicated on the ledger stone, the crypt was installed over his grave about 4 months after he was buried. * Rebecca did not directly provide funds or instructions for her burial in her will, but apparently told her Hagood family members that she wanted to be buried next to her first husband, John Hightower. Her brother’s children, provided the ledger stone for her burial, as is noted on the stone itself. The stone is quite large and therefore was meant to lie flat over her actual burial site, rather than be part of a crypt. It is made out of white marble, which was the custom of the Hagood’s and popular at that time. * The unnamed infant son’s ledger stone is made also out of thick slate, but placed over his burial site resting on flat field stones that outline his actual burial. It is dated 1845, which indicates the date of the ledger stone’s erection, rather than the date of death or burial date of the child. Rebecca apparently had both John’s and their child’s stones prepared at the same time by the same stone carver and installed at the same time. * Joseph Goodwin’s crypt is also unusual as it appears not to be made out of natural stone as the others, but is perhaps an early example of a manufactured cast stone. Note its very uniform thickness and smoothness, without any cut marks whatsoever. The edges of the ledger stone would have been cut however, as well as the indentions on the one remaining end piece would have been. Should the missing end piece ever be located, we will of course, close his crypt. * The cemetery has the typical east-west direction of all the graves, with the owners and relatives facing east to greet the rising sun of each day. It is likely that the orientation of the slaves, while still being east west, actually were buried facing west, as it was the custom that they would be buried only at night, after their work was done, and that they face west and the setting sun, as they looked forward to the end of each hard work day, when they could be with their families. * Unlike most family cemeteries this one is unusual, in as much that the slaves appear to be buried almost at random throughout the site, rather than in their own separate cemetery or section. Location: Directions to Hightower-Hagood Cemetery: Now in Cliffs Valley complex. Go on Highway 25, pass under Highway 11. Begin to climb the grade and enter the Cliffs Valley Gated Community on the right, just before the road becomes divided. Stop at the Guard Gate and request a pass to visit the Hightower-Hagood Cemetery at the corner of Mountain Summit and Terry Creek roads. Proceed on Knightsbridge Rd. towards the Clubhouse, but take the first left turn on to Sedgewick, which becomes Glenburne to the stop sign. Turn right on Terry Creek Road and proceed past Mountain Summit Road and take the next left on to Pathfinder Court and then left on Majestic to the dead end, next to number 101 Majestic Court. The Cemetery is just nw of the paved surface of the backing-out area by the garage shown between Lots 2 (#101) and lot 3 (undeveloped as of this date). As of 2010, the current residents do not mind if you walk down their driveway to gain access. Should this ever be a problem you may gain access from Terry Creek road by walking up the small hill. The cemetery is mostly fenced behind a stacked rustic low split rail fence. The coordinates are: HH+82 degrees 27' 11" W, 35 degrees 08' 13" N. This is the same cemetery that is referred to as The Hagood-Hightower Cemetery at Greenville County’s GenWeb Cemetery web site: http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/sc-cemetery-project/23-greenville.html Gravestones: SACRED To the memory of REBECCA HAGOOD Wife of John Hightower DIED NOV. 4, 1863 Aged 77 years Erected By the children of Benjamin Hagood NAMELESS INFANT SON OF JOHN HIGH- TOWER. ESQ. AND REBECCA HIS WIFE. 1845. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN HIGHTOWER.ESQ. BORN JANUARY THE 6 TH. 1778. DECEA- SED. JANUARY, 27 TH. 1845. AGED 67. YEARS AND 21 DAYS. HERE LIES THE PATTERN AND PIETY OF GOOD WORKS. REMEMBER, MAN AS YOU PASS BY. AS YOU ARE NOW SO ONCE WAS I. AS I AM NOW, SO YOU MUST BE. PREPARE FOR DEATH AND FOLLOW ME. I CANNOT FORGET THEE THE STRUGGLE IS VAIN. THINE IMAGE WILL COME. IN ITS FRESHNESS AGAIN. LET FATE DO HER WORST. SHE CAN NEVER EFFACE. FROM MY MIND OR MY HEART. THY NAME OR THY PLACE. APRIL 17 TH . 1845. REBECCA HIGHTOWER. J.Y. SACRED In the memory of JOSEPH GOODWIN Born May 6 1776 Deceased April 5 1855 Aged 78 years , 11 months And1 day