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     John MADISON II was born circa 1660 in Saint Stephens Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia.

John married Isabella Minor Todd circa 1692 in King and Queen County, Virginia. They were the grandparents of President James Madison.

John MADISON II died circa 1728 in King and Queen County, Virginia.

     William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY, son of Michael ABNEY and Ann TURNER, was born in 1772 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was a farmer. He was well thought of in his section of Edgefield County, South Carolina; many people consulted him about politics, religion, and all other matters that came up in the neighborhood. He was generally considered one of the best informed men in the settlement. In the early 1840s he moved to Chambers county, Alabama with his family and his brother, James.

William married Ann BARNES circa 1802.

Following the death of James "Wiley" ABNEY in December 1802, leaving a young widow with two infant sons, William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY took his newborn son, Wiley, to raise.¹

William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY died on 23 July 1812 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

     Ann married William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY, son of Michael ABNEY and Ann TURNER, circa 1802.

     Absalom P. ABNEY, son of William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY and Ann BARNES, was born on 9 August 1803 in South Carolina.^1,2

Absalom married Rosannah HALL on 4 January 1835 in Newton County, Georgia.²

Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama. The household was listed as Absalom P. Abney, age 47, farmer, value of real estate $1,000, born South Carolina; Rosannah Abney, age 31, born South Carolina; Martha E. Abney, age 15, born Georgia; Mary E. Abney, age 13, born Georgia; Elvira and Elvina Abney, age 10, born Georgia; Thomas W. Abney, age 7, born Georgia; Permelia Abney, age 5, born Georgia; John Abney, age 3, born Georgia; and Synthia A. H. Abney, age 8/12, born Alabama.¹

Absalom P. ABNEY died on 7 September 1855 in Chambers County, Alabama, at age 52.²

     Rosannah HALL was born on 9 May 1817 in South Carolina.¹

Rosannah married Absalom P. ABNEY, son of William "Uncle Billy" ABNEY and Ann BARNES, on 4 January 1835 in Newton County, Georgia.¹

Rosannah HALL and Absalom P. ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama. The household was listed as Absalom P. Abney, age 47, farmer, value of real estate $1,000, born South Carolina; Rosannah Abney, age 31, born South Carolina; Martha E. Abney, age 15, born Georgia; Mary E. Abney, age 13, born Georgia; Elvira and Elvina Abney, age 10, born Georgia; Thomas W. Abney, age 7, born Georgia; Permelia Abney, age 5, born Georgia; John Abney, age 3, born Georgia; and Synthia A. H. Abney, age 8/12, born Alabama.²

Rosannah HALL appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1880 in Brownville, Lee County, Alabama. The household was listed as Rosannah Abney, daughter Cynthia Wall, granddaughter Ellen Wall, and Martha Cooper. Martha was kin to Rosannah's son-in-law, Benjamin Eli Cooper. These folks worked for a cotton mill. It is thought that they crossed the bridge over the Chattahoochee River to work at Clapp's Factory on the Georgia side of the river. Many of the families in Brownsville in 1870 and 1880 had ties to Clapp's Factory previously and the Columbus Manufacturing Company, which operated the mill at that time. That company also owned 170 acres on the Alabama side which probably contained factory housing. The Clapp's Factory was established in 1834 and operated until the mid-1880s. A village grew up around the factory and a cemetery was in use by 1856. Although families scattered after the mill closure, burials continued until at least 1904. Georgia Power currently owns the property and Oliver Dam was built at approximately the factory site.³

Rosannah HALL died on 18 March 1901 in Phenix City, Alabama, at age 83.^1,4

     Martha Elizabeth ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 28 September 1835 in Georgia.¹

Martha married John E. Davidson on 25 January 1856 in Muscogee County, Georgia.²

     Mary Ellen ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 27 January 1837 in Georgia.¹

Mary married Henry M. Newsome on 10 December 1855 in Muscogee County, Georgia.²

Mary Ellen ABNEY died on 18 September 1863 in Muscogee County, Georgia, at age 26.¹ She was buried on 19 September 1863 in Clapp's Factory Cemetery, (now Columbus), Georgia.

     Elvira ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 11 October 1839 in Georgia.¹

     Elvina ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 11 October 1839 in Georgia.¹

Elvina ABNEY died on 13 July 1858 in Muscogee County, Georgia, at age 18.^1,2 She was buried on 14 July 1858 in Clapp's Factory Cemetery, (now Columbus), Georgia.²

     Thomas William ABNEY, son of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 2 July 1842 in Muscogee County, Georgia.^1,2

Thomas began military service in 1862 when he enlisted as a private in Company G, Bonaud's Battery, 28th Georgia Siege Artillery.

Per Units of the Confederate States Army, by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.: "28th Artillery Battalion was organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1863 with nine companies, later reduced to seven. All of its companies had seen prior heavy artillery service. It was assigned to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and took an active part in the fight at Olustee. In the spring of 1864 the unit was sent north as infantry. Companies F and H were assigned to Finegan's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and five companies to Elliot's, then J.C. Fiser's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. Companies F and H were involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign and surrendered with no officers and 7 men. The other five companies served at Savannah and in the North Carolina Campaign. They surrendered on April 26, 1865. Major A. Bonaud was in command."^2,3

Thomas married Georgia Ann Mathews on 13 November 1866 in Beulah, Russell County, Alabama.²

Thomas William ABNEY and Georgia Ann Mathews appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in Beulah, Lee County, Alabama. The household was listed as Thos. Abner, a 37-year-old farmer; Georgia Abner, his 25-year-old wife; and their children: Julius, 11, son; Eddie, 4, son and Essie, 1, daugther. All were recorded as born in Alabama.

Thomas William ABNEY appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 7 June 1900 in Mill's Creek, Franklin County, Arkansas. The household was listed as T. W. Abney, 57, born July 1842 Georgia, farmer. It is not known why he is living separate from his wife and younger children. Possible he lived out on a farm while they lived in town.

Thomas William ABNEY died on 15 June 1929 in Oklahoma at age 86.⁴ He was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.^2,5

     Permelia Francis ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 11 July 1844 in Georgia.¹

Permelia married Benjamin Eli Cooper on 7 November 1867.¹

Permelia Francis ABNEY died on 9 June 1917 at age 72.¹

     John W. ABNEY, son of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 8 November 1846 in Georgia.¹

John W. ABNEY died in 1870.

     Cynthia Harriett ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 29 September 1849 in Chambers County, Alabama.¹

Cynthia married Henry W. Wall on 10 January 1869.¹

     Nancy Jane ABNEY, daughter of Absalom P. ABNEY and Rosannah HALL, was born on 22 November 1852 in Alabama.¹

Nancy Jane ABNEY died on 11 April 1863 in Muscogee County, Georgia, at age 10.¹ She was buried on 12 April 1863 in Clapp's Factory Cemetery, (now Columbus), Georgia.²

     William ABNEY, son of Capt. William ABNEY and Mary CLARK, was born in 1760 in Amelia County, Virginia.

William married Bathsheba POPE, daughter of Jacob Thomas POPE and Elizabeth Dawkins, circa 1806 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

William ABNEY died in 1813 in Edgefield (now Saluda) County, South Carolina. He was buried in Nathaniel Abney Family Cemetery.

     Bathsheba POPE, daughter of Jacob Thomas POPE and Elizabeth Dawkins, was born in 1788 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Bathsheba married first William ABNEY, son of Capt. William ABNEY and Mary CLARK, circa 1806 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Bathsheba married second William Culbreath circa 1815 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹

Bathsheba POPE died on 22 March 1849 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She was buried in Nathaniel Abney Family Cemetery.

Bathsheba POPE was identified as his surviving wife in William Culbreath's obituary in the. "He intermarried with Barsheba Abney, a widow of __ Abney, and her maiden name was Pope, a sister of of the late Sampson Pope of Edgefield District, by whom she had __ sons and a daughter, two of whom now mourn their father's loss."¹

     Charlotte Pope ABNEY, daughter of William ABNEY and Bathsheba POPE, was born on 11 July 1807 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Charlotte married first William Thomas ABNEY, son of James "Wiley" ABNEY and Maacah ABNEY, circa 1827 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Her husband, William T. Abney, worked as a carpenter, contractor and builder as well as a farmer. They lived on a farm about 26 miles from Edgefield, on the Edgefield to Chestnut Hill Road near the Saluda River. When he died he left her 1200 acres of land.

William died in December 1836 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, leaving Charlotte Pope ABNEY as a widow.

Charlotte Pope ABNEY appeared in a newspaper article 13 September 1838 in the Edgefield Advertiser, published in Edgefield, South Carolina. South Carolina, Edgefield District. [George] Henderson Abney and others, vs. Charlotte Abney-- Partitian.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on the first Monday in October next, at Edgefield C. H. will offer for sale at public outcry, the lands of William T. Abney, deceased, (except that portion of them lying North of the Cambridge road, which has been assigned to Mrs. Charlotte P. Abney, containing four hundred and ninety niine acres, more or less, lying in the District of Edgefield, on the waters of Saluda River, and adjoining lands of Edward Clark, Benjamin Richardson, William Culbreath, Andrew Burnham, R. G. Mays and Richard Coleman, on a credit of one and two years, except cost, which must be paid in cash. Purchaser to give Bond and personal security and a Mortgage of the promise to secure the purchase money. J. Terry, C. E. E. D., Commissioner's Office, Edgefield, Sept 3d, 1838.

Charlotte married second Col. David PATTON on 16 July 1839 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Col. Patton was from Elizaville, Fleming county, Kentucky where after their marriage she moved with her children. Rev. M. M. Abney performed the service.

Charlotte Pope ABNEY Married-- On Tuesday evening the 16th July by the Rev. M. M. Abney, Mr. David Patton, of Kentucky, to Mrs. Charlotte Abney, of Edgefield, S. C. on 1 August 1839 in Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield, South Carolina.

Charlotte Pope ABNEY died on 12 January 1888 in Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky, at age 80. She was buried in Elizaville Cemetery.

     William Thomas ABNEY, son of James "Wiley" ABNEY and Maacah ABNEY, was born in 1799 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. After his father's death in December 1802, William's mother was left with two little boys. William went to live with his maternal uncle, William "Uncle Billy" Abney. Wiley lived with William and Anna Abney Buffington, a paternal aunt and uncle.¹

William married Charlotte Pope ABNEY, daughter of William ABNEY and Bathsheba POPE, circa 1827 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

William Thomas and his brother Wiley were carpenters and builders. Wiley is listed in the Cobb County, Georgia Census in 1840 and in the Elbert County, Georgia Census in 1860. He is also listed in the 1860 Slave Census. William Thomas was also living in Elbert County at least by 1847. Wiley purchased land in Mississippi from Wesley Boler, who was also from Elbert County, Georgia and had moved to Mississippi prior to the Abneys.

William began military service on 7 February 1836 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, when he enlisted as first lieutenant in Capt. David Denny's company of the 10th South Carolina Militia to fight in the 2nd Seminole Indian War (1835-1842) in Florida. He had vowed to whip on sight Charles K. Johnson, a teacher at Mt. Enon School, who he believed had unfairly whipped his son, George. Instead when the two soldiers met they became friends for life. William mustered out 10 May 1836 at St. Augustine, Florida and returned to Edgefield county. He came down with the measles, developed pneumonia and pleurisy and died at the home of his father-in-law.


In December 1836 William Thomas died in Edgefield County, South Carolina, leaving Charlotte Pope a widow. He was buried in Chestnut Hill Church Cemetery.

     George Henderson ABNEY, son of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, was born on 15 February 1828 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was a farmer. When the Mexican War broke out he returned to South Carolina and on 20 January 1847 enlisted as a corporal in company L of the historic Palmetto Regiment. He fought in the battles of Vera Cruz, Contreras and Cherubusco, where on 2 August 1847 he was severely wounded in the right leg. He was awarded the silver medal for gallantry and discharged at Mobile 3 July 1848. In 1855 he moved to Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama.¹

George married Anna GRIFFITH, daughter of William GRIFFITH and Mary "Polly" ABNEY, on 19 May 1849 in South Carolina.² Anna and George never had any children of their own, but they raised the orphan children of Anna's sister who had died. It is said that they raised thirteen orphaned children. It seemed that everyone wanted Ann to raise their children when they died. She was a Methodist and George changed from the Baptist faith to be with her.

George saw military service on 25 July 1861 in Chambers County, Alabama, when he enlisted, at age 33, as 1st Sergeant in Captain Jeff Faulkner's Independent Cavalry Company which later became Co. B 8th (Wade's) Regiment Confederate Cavalry.³ He then enlisted at age 34 on 12 January 1863 in Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama, in Co. A, 5th Battalion Hilliard's Legion which later became Co. A 10th Confederate Cavalry. After the end of the war he moved his family to Mississippi.⁴

George appeared in a newspaper article 12 April 1916 in the Edgefield Advertiser, published in Edgefield, South Carolina. The article was written concerning the death of his younger brother, William Henry Abney, and contained an account of the family history including the following about George: "When the war with Mexico was declared, George Henderson, then only nineteen years old, joined a company in Kentucky, but his stepfather and mother, on account of his youth, would not consent to his going and his name was taken off the rolls. He came back to South Carolina and joined Capt. Preston S. Brooks company. Again, however, the youth’s military ardor was nipped in the bud. This time his guardian, Richard Coleman, intervened and objected. Not to be outdone, the embryonic soldier passed over to Newberry District and joined is company commanded by Capt. James B. Williams and went on to the war as a corporal. In several of the battles he was distinguished for gallantry. He came back to Saluda at the end of the war bearing the wounds he had received. That endeared him to his people, and not long afterwards he married to Ann Griffith, the daughter of William Griffith, one of the substantial citizens and planters on that side of the district. A few years more past, and then he and his young wife went to Alabama, where he had planted and accumulated a goodly fortune, when the Civil War came on. He fought through that again to the end. In the cavalry sent by that state, of which he was an officer, none bore himself more valiantly; and he did not escape the marks that distinguish the hero. After the smoke of battle had cleared away, and he returned to his desolate home, he could not bear the scene, and went with his devoted wife to lands near Clay, Mississippi, to begin life anew. There his wife died in 1910, but he still lives at the ripe age of 88 or 89, one of the two or three surviving members of the Palmetto Regiment. The last survivor will receive the Andrew Jackson cup."

George Henderson ABNEY died on 19 May 1924 in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, at age 96.² He was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

     William Henry ABNEY, son of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, was born on 21 June 1837 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹ He was an attorney and a judge. At one time he was the judge of the County Court and the Quarter Sessions in Kentucky, but overwork broke his health and he had to retire in 1872. He was educated at Newberry Academy in Lexington, South Carolina and then entered college in 1856 at Centre College at Danville, Kentucky. He transferred to Indiana Asbury University, a Methodist institution in Greencastle, Indiana which is today known as DePaul University. He left in 1857 to read law in Danville, Kentucky then returned to Edgefield county to study law in the office of his kinsman, Joseph Abney. He was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1858.¹

William began military service at age 25 on 14 August 1862 in Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, when, even though exempt, he volunteered as a private in Company A 1st Battalion South Carolina Sharpshooter under Maj. Joseph Abney. He was promoted to ordinance sergeant on the battalion staff. On 30 Sep 1863 they combined with the 1st South Carolina Infantry to form the 27th Regiment South Carolina Infantry. On 31 Cot 1863 he was transferred by special order of the War Department to the 2nd South Carolina Artillery as ordinance sargeant. He also served as a war correspondent from Richmond for the Charleston Mercury and signed himself "Hermes."²

After the war he practiced law in Cinncinati then Elizaville, Kentucky. There he was elected a judge of the county court and the Quarter Sessions Court in Kentucky, but overwork broke his health and he was forced to retire from the bench in 1892. After his breakdown he lived the remainder of his life in an asylum in Lexington, Kentucky. There he learned several languages, wrote songs, articles and sermons, and otherwise lived the life of a gentleman but refused to work due, apparently, to what he believed was his fragile mental health. He never married.¹

William Henry ABNEY died on 7 December 1915 in Lexington, Kentucky, at age 78.¹ He was buried in Elizaville Cemetery, Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky.


His obituary appeared 12 April 1916 in the Edgefield Advertiser, published in Edgefield, South Carolina. Judge William Henry Abney of Kentucky -- The announcement of the death of Judge William Henry Abney in Kentucky on December 7, 1915 has brought to the advertiser regret at his passing away, but it is also brought back to this journal pleasing regulations of the past. For a year or two prior to the war and during the war he was one of the most valued contributors. While Arthur Simkins was its editor, he enjoyed publishing poetry and prose from young Abney, who like himself, was an accomplished scholar and writer; and when James T. Bacon became the editor in 1863 he too was delighted at anything coming from his pen.

William Henry Abney was born on the Saluda of River in Edgefield District on June 21, 1837. His father was William Thomas Abney, who was first lieutenant in Capt. Denny's company in the Florida war, and had been elected senator for Edgefield District in the state legislature, but he had not taken his seat when he died in the latter part of the year 1836. His mother was also an Abney. She, Charlotte Madison Abney, was one of the three daughters of William Abney and his wife Bathsheba Pope; and William Abney was the third and youngest son of Capt. William Abney of the Revolution and his wife, Mary Clark, who came down from Halifax County, Virginia, and settled on lands about 4 miles south of Chappel's ferry on the Saluda granted to him prior to that war. A part of those lands were handed down to their son William and by him to his daughter Charlotte. In the old Abney graveyard there lie the remains of Capt. William, his son William, and their wives and William Thomas. That resting place of the old patriot and hero is just west of the juncture of the road leading from Charleston to Ninety Six fort and the road leading from Coleman's crossroads to the ferry.

William Thomas Abney left two sons, George Henderson and Lucian Buonaparte and one or two daughters. William Henry was a posthumous son, as we have seen. The young widow, when William Henry was about four years old, was met, admired and won by Col. David Patton of Kentucky, who took her and her children to his home in Fleming County in that state. William A. Strother bought their lands on the Saluda, and the money going to her children remained in the hands of the guardian of William Henry.

When the war with Mexico was declared, George Henderson, then only nineteen years old, joined a company in Kentucky, but his stepfather and mother, on account of his youth, would not consent to his going and his name was taken off the rolls. He came back to South Carolina and joined Capt. Preston S. Brooks company. Again, however, the youth’s military ardor was nipped in the bud. This time his guardian, Richard Coleman, intervened and objected. Not to be outdone, the embryonic soldier passed over to Newberry District and joined is company commanded by Capt. James B. Williams and went on to the war as a corporal. In several of the battles he was distinguished for gallantry. He came back to Saluda at the end of the war bearing the wounds he had received. That endeared him to his people, and not long afterwards he married to Ann Griffith, the daughter of William Griffith, one of the substantial citizens and planters on that side of the district. A few years more past, and then he and his young wife went to Alabama, where he had planted and accumulated a goodly fortune, when the Civil War came on. He fought through that again to the end. In the cavalry sent by that state, of which he was an officer, none bore himself more valiantly; and he did not escape the marks that distinguish the hero. After the smoke of battle had cleared away, and he returned to his desolate home, he could not bear the scene, and went with his devoted wife to lands near Clay, Mississippi, to begin life anew. There his wife died in 1910, but he still lives at the ripe age of 88 or 89, one of the two or three surviving members of the Palmetto Regiment. The last survivor will receive the Andrew Jackson cup.

Lucian Buonaparte became a physician and married in Kentucky. He died only a few years ago and sleeps in the beautiful cemetery at Elizaville, of which he was one of the founders.

William Henry was a precocious youth. After he had studied in the academy of his new home, his mother cast about to find a good place for him to begin his collegiate course. Her mind turned back to South Carolina. Chief Justice John Benton O'Neal had married Helen Pope, the sister of her mother; and who in her native state better than he to consult? The result was, the youth was sent back to the state and placed in an institution of learning then located at Lexington, for which afterwards removed to Newberry and became Newberry College. The idea seemed to have been, that after a course of preparation at Lexington, the boy would be entered in the South Carolina college at Columbia, of which the Chief Justice was a graduate. But, after year or two's successful study at Lexington, he went back to Kentucky to see his mother. For some reason, the plan as to his education was changed and he was entered in Centre College at Danville Kentucky, where he studied for some years; and next he was entered in college at Greencastle, Indiana, now known as DePaul University. After his college course was finished, he attended law lectures for a while, and then returned to South Carolina to study in the office of his kinsman Joseph Abney, at Edgefield, and to be admitted to the bar of this state. That was in 1857 or 1858. After diligent study, he was admitted to the bar of the common law courts at Columbia in 1859 and to the bar of the equity courts a little later. While a student here, he participated in the gaieties of youth. He was an excellent player of the guitar. He was amiable and made many friends. With at all, he was a member of the literary club and an omnivorous reader, and remembered to advantage what he read. By many he was considered a genius.

Soon the war came on, and in January 1861, he enlisted in the “Edgefield Rifleman,” a company of which his friend Cicero Adams was captain. The ladies presented the company with a flag of heavy blue silk. On one side was the large Lone Star of the state; and on the reverse side was the Palmetto tree with the shields of the state at the base and the coiled rattlesnake. The call then was for troops to serve six months. The brave young men marched away to Charleston. Our editor Col. Simkins, then wrote then: “the very noblest company of young men we have ever seen organized, left this village on Sunday for Charleston.” Once there, the company was incorporated in the first Regiment of South Carolina volunteers, commanded by Col. Mazey Gregg. They witnessed the fall of Fort Sumter. That being accomplished, the Regiment went on to Virginia, William Henry Abneywith it, and he participated in the battle of Vienna, the first one of the war. It was said at the time that he bore himself with great coolness and gallantry. At the end of the term of service his company was disbanded; and he returned to Edgefield ill with fever. He afterwards attached himself to Capt. Ira Cromley’s company of the Saluda the side of this district and accompanied it to Columbia; but his strength was not restored and he had to return. On the formation of a battalion of Sharpshooters, of which Joseph Abney was made major, he was tendered the position of ordinance sergeant of the battalion and accepted it and went again to the war with it. Afterwards he was transferred to the position of ordinance sergeant of forces known as the 2nd Regiment of South Carolina artillery. He was with the Rrgiment at Secessionville, James Island. Artillery duels with the enemy there lasted many months. After the evacuation of Charleston, he accompanied the 2nd Artillery, in Elliott's brigade, into North Carolina and was in the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, and served until the surrender at Guilford Courthouse. In all this he had been distinguished for his courage and bravery; and then he did not feel that he could formally surrender. Some of his comrades in company K felt the same way. They chose him to lead them back to South Carolina and he did it. In his words, they “fully accepted the conditions” but they “preferred to go home, as they were.” Old soldiers will understand that feeling.

While he was away in the Army he wrote back communications for this journal and some for the Hamburg Republican, the Lexington Telegraph, the Charleston Mercury, the Charleston Courier, the Columbia Courant, the Mobile Register and the Richmond Examiner. He welded a factile pen.

At the close of the war, Edgefield District and the state was overrun by northern soldiers. There was nothing to detain our friend or induce him to settle here for the practice of his profession of the law. All here was gloom. So he returned to Kentucky. In 1870 he was elected judge of the county and quarter sessions court; but he worked too much, and in 1872 his health gave way, and he retired from the bench. It was never restored, but he lingered all these years. He was all the while interested in literature. As long as life lasted he was able to indulge in reading and that he enjoyed to the end. He was particularly fond of the French language; and he became a fine French scholar as some of his letters in that language attest. Although some of his writings were published in general D. H. Hill's magazine, “The land that we love,” and in some other journals and magazines like the Literary Eclectec. He never published a book. It is the fact that some of the most brilliant writers do not leave their productions in book form. We often regret that Arthur Simkins and James T. Bacon left no book. Had they done so what a treat it would be for us to read them.

We are glad to know that Judge Abney lived to a ripe old age and could enjoy some things in it despite his ailments. Peace be unto his ashes. ---- J. R. A.

     Dr. Lucien Bonaparte ABNEY, son of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, was born on 9 April 1835 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was a physcian in Elizaville, Fleming county, Kentucky where he had moved when his mother married Col. David Patton.

Dr. Lucien Bonaparte ABNEY died on 5 November 1913 in Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky, at age 78.

     Mary Helen ABNEY, daughter of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, was born on 12 May 1830 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Mary Helen ABNEY died on 17 November 1863 in Elizaville, Fleming County, Kentucky, at age 33.

     Susan Elizabeth ABNEY, daughter of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, was born on 24 March 1832 in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

Susan Elizabeth ABNEY died on 25 December 1886 in Ohio at age 54.

     Anna GRIFFITH, daughter of William GRIFFITH and Mary "Polly" ABNEY, was born in October 1832 in Zoar Community, Edgefield County, South Carolina.¹

Anna married George Henderson ABNEY, son of William Thomas ABNEY and Charlotte Pope ABNEY, on 19 May 1849 in South Carolina.² Anna and George never had any children of their own, but they raised the orphan children of Anna's sister who had died. It is said that they raised thirteen orphaned children. It seemed that everyone wanted Ann to raise their children when they died. She was a Methodist and George changed from the Baptist faith to be with her.

Anna GRIFFITH died on 22 November 1910 in Fulton, Itawamba County, Mississippi, at age 78.³ She was buried in Mount Pleasant Methodist Church Cemetery, Tremont, Itawamba County, Mississippi.