BENJAMIN HAGOOD FAMILY, Pickens County, S.C. Subject: Newsletter, Volume I, Issue 2, Fall 2004 Version 1.0, 01-May-2003, GB-02.txt ******************************************************************************** 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 contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn Seneca, SC, USA Oconee County SC GenWeb Coordinator Oconee County SC GenWeb Homestead http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Oconee County SC GenWeb Tombstone Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/cemeteries.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/southcarolina/oconee.html DATAFILE INPUT : Paul M. Kankula at gcgenweb@bellsouth.net in May-2003 DATAFILE LAYOUT : Margaret "Gary" Hagood Brightwell at ghb90@hotmail.com in May- 2005 ******************************************************************************** EXCERPTS FROM: VOLUME I, ISSUE 2, FALL 2004 A Newsletter for the descendants and kin of Benjamin Hagood & Adaline Ambler of Old Pendleton/Pickens District, SC EDITOR: GARY HAGOOD BRIGHTWELL Hagood Mill, Pickens SC Built by Benjamin Hagood in 1825 and later owned by his son, James Earle Hagood, the mill is on the National Historic Register and was given by J. Hagood Bruce to the Pickens County Museum in 1980 in order for the mill to experience a "rebirth." The mill remains under the ownership of the Pickens County Museum of Art & History. The Museum has certainly given the mill a "rebirth" and their efforts with the mill have been hailed throughout the state as a shining example of living history. Hagood Mill is open each third Saturday of the month for "Milling, Music, & Memories" featuring local historical crafts, music, food and fun. The annual Hagood Mill Upcountry Folklife & Bluegrass Festival will take place on Sat., Nov. 20. 2004 (10 am til dark) On Sat., Dec. 18, the Museum will present "An Appalachian Christmas", 10 am-4 pm at Hagood Mill. You may have already received or will soon receive a letter from Cousin Dorothy ("Dottie") Hagood Grantham Deglmann-Schwarz of Easley, SC, and Berchestgaden, Germany. Dottie has been appointed to a Pickens County committee charged with raising funds for the "Save the Story" campaign, which will help the Pickens County Museum of Art & History with the first expansion project in its history. The expansion project, already under construction, will add 10,000 square feet to the existing museum. The additional space will give the museum room to continue to tell the story of Pickens County and ensure that it is preserved intact for generations to come. The new space will also increase the educational opportunities for families, allowing the Museum to provide on-going entertaining and educational programming for the community. With the new expansion project, the Museum will soon house: (A) 31 permanent displays interpreting the history of Pickens County through our art and artifacts. (B) Short term exhibition hall with three focus galleries will house a variety of changing and traveling exhibitions. (C) 990-square foot community room that doubles as an auditorium, meeting space, and divisional classrooms. (D)Separate teaching studio for youth and adult art classes (E) Educational native plant gardens (F) 1,284 square feet of archival storage (G) Expanded Gift Shop There is currently an effort underway to have one of the newly renovated galleries named THE HAGOOD GALLERY. If you are interested you may make your TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation to (and mark your check clearly for THE HAGOOD GALLERY: Check payable to: Pickens County Museum 307 Johnson St. Pickens, SC 29671 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 Depnent, 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. (Editor's Note: There was no Item #15 on the copy of transcription of the will) 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 THE HAGOOD-MAULDIN HOUSE, Pickens, SC James Earle Hagood, son of Benjamin Hagood and Adaline Ambler, built the housein Old Pickens located on the Keowee River. The site of Old Pickens is now in Oconee County, SC, rather than Pickens County as it once was. The Pickens District was split into Pickens and Oconee Counties in 1868. At this time an appointed commission , including James Earle Hagood and his uncle, James Hagood Ambler (Adaline's brother) chose the new site for the town of Pickens-the site where it is located today. When the town of Old Pickens was moved in 1868 to what we now know as Pickens, the Hagood house (now known as the Hagood-Mauldin House), was moved board by board to the new town of Pickens. The boards were numbered so that they would be placed in the original position. The numbers on the boards can still be seen underneath the house today. The Pickens County Historical Society currently maintains the home and it is listed on the National Historic Register. Historical Society Memberships & donations for the upkeep of the house may be directed to the: Pickens County Historical Society P.O. Box 775, Pickens, SC 29671