An enlargeable Abbeville District map is available as the first More Information link.
McGowan-Barksdale-Bundy House (“The General’s House”) (Brian Scott)
Image of the expansive Due West Cotton Oil Mill complex and the Due West Depot. Image courtesy of James Gettys – 2015
Section of the Abbeville Co SC Map of 1895 – Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Signature front balcony of the local Due West builder. Image taken in 2015 by R&R
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on June 15, 1892 that Rev. J. C. Galloway [pastor of the Yorkville ARP Church] leaves for Due West next Friday to attend a meeting of the board of trustees of Erskine College, and while there will take part in the exercises in connection with the laying of the cornerstone of the new building. There will be an address by Mr. W. A. Lee of Abbeville and the response will be by Rev. R. G. Miller of Mecklenburg, vice-president of the board of trustees.
Section of the Abbeville Co SC Map of 1895 – Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Image taken in 2015 by R&R
Image taken in 2014: In 2012 this home is owned by Mrs. Beck Eleazer and was owned for many years by Professor James Bonner and his wife, Mary. The second story was added by Captain A. W. Clarkson around 1871 and when he returned to Due West in 1885 Samuel Agnew found it strange that the Miller house had “grown to a two storied building.” Agnew Diary, September 24, 1885 (Taken from Ware, 132. Notes from the Progress of Improvements in Our District – Gettys, 2018)
Early image of Due West, S.C. courtesy of historian James Gettys, 2018
1856 Map of Abeville, S.C.
Image courtesy of photographer, Bill Segars – 2005
Early postcard images of the historic property. Note they are each of the same site, same image, one being left black and white, while the second colored. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017
Courtesy of the New York J.H. Colton and Company, 1856; from Colton’s Atlas of the World
Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress
