City Directories and History: This page provides a searchable list of names associated with the Landsford and Fort Lawn Heritage Plat map by Mayhugh. There are dozens of Heritage Plat Maps for Chester, York and Fairfield Counties listed on the pages of R&R.com, also see the article at the bottom of the page on Emily Culp of the Landsford area by Paul M. Gettys.
Landsford Canal and River Tract
INDEX TO HERITAGE MAP BY MAYHUGH:
Archibald Miller Paul of Fairfield Co SC |
William Richardson Davis or Davie |
John Fleming |
General Wm. Richardson Davie |
Matthew Patton |
Land’s Ford |
Thomas McDow |
Elizabeth McDow |
Elizabeth Taylor |
James Taylor |
Isaac Taylor |
Jacob Taylor |
Thomas Carter |
John Carter |
Waddle Branch |
James Land |
F.W. Davie |
John Harbison |
Jane Harbison |
Gregory Cherry (Merchant) |
Richard H. Fudge |
James Harbison |
Alexander Harbison |
Greg Cherry |
A.W. McFadden |
Rebecca Patton |
John Kenmore |
Edward Keenan |
J.M. Hough |
Reuben Carter |
F.W. Davie |
Mrs. Crossett |
Thomas Greer |
Hyder Ally Davie |
Casper Sleger |
Archibald Elliot or Elliott |
Hyder A. Davie |
William Jordan |
John Hagins |
Elizabeth Hagins |
Alexander Crawford (@Catholic Pres. Church) |
John Lance |
Davie Island |
Samuel Atkins of York Co SC |
Patrick Graves |
John Foster of Lancaster Co SC |
Culp’s Branch |
Casper Culp |
John Adkins |
Richard Adkins |
James Walker |
William Walker |
Rebecca Walker (Widow of Wm. Walker) |
William Taylor |
Jane Patton (Widow of Matthew Patton) |
James Rosborough |
Andrew Crosset |
Martha Crosset (Widow of Andrew Crosset) |
Thomas Walker |
Elijah Hyatt |
Meadow White |
Roda White (Wife of Meadow White) |
Ezekiel Ingram |
Jonathan Ferguson |
Sarah Ferguson (Wife of Jonathan Ferguson) |
William Tate |
Archibald Miller Paul of Fairfield Co SC |
William Richardson Davis or Davie |
John Fleming |
General Wm. Richardson Davie |
Matthew Patton |
Land’s Ford |
Thomas McDow |
Elizabeth McDow |
Elizabeth Taylor |
James Taylor |
Isaac Taylor |
Jacob Taylor |
Thomas Carter |
John Carter |
Waddle Branch |
James Land |
F.W. Davie |
John Harbison |
Jane Harbison |
Gregory Cherry (Merchant) |
Richard H. Fudge |
James Harbison |
Alexander Harbison |
Greg Cherry |
A.W. McFadden |
Rebecca Patton |
John Kenmore |
Edward Keenan |
J.M. Hough |
Reuben Carter |
F.W. Davie |
Mrs. Crossett |
Thomas Greer |
Hyder Ally Davie |
Casper Sleger |
Archibald Elliot or Elliott |
Hyder A. Davie |
William Jordan |
John Hagins |
Elizabeth Hagins |
Alexander Crawford |
John Lance |
Davie Island |
Samuel Atkins of York Co SC |
Patrick Graves |
John Foster of Lancaster Co SC |
Culp’s Branch |
Casper Culp |
John Adkins |
Richard Adkins |
James Walker |
William Walker |
Rebecca Walker (Widow of Wm. Walker) |
William Taylor |
Jane Patton (Widow of Matthew Patton) |
James Rosborough |
Andrew Crosset |
Martha Crosset (Widow of Andrew Crosset) |
Thomas Walker |
Elijah Hyatt |
Meadow White |
Roda White (Wife of Meadow White) |
Ezekial Ingram |
Jonathan Ferguson |
Sarah Ferguson (Wife of Jonathan Ferguson) |
William Tate |
Abishi Christie |
Margaret Christie (Wife of Abishi Christie) |
Nancy Ingram |
Nancy Ingram (Widow of Meadow White) |
Benjamin Rives |
John Hagins |
Elizabeth Hagins (Wife of John Hagins) |
Thomas Greer of Mech. Co. NC |
William Tate |
William Fee |
Robert Fee Sr and Jr |
Abram F. Culp |
Essex McMullen |
John T. McMullen |
Juliet Slegle |
Martha Jane Walker |
William McKenny of Craven Co SC |
Barbara McKenny (Wife of Wm. McKenny) |
Charles B. Roper |
Nancy Ingram |
Lee Tract |
Johnston Tract |
William Shadrick |
William Tate |
Rives Old Tract |
John Hagins |
Elizabeth Hagins (Wife of John Hagins) |
Harvey McFadden |
Peter Harris |
William Crowder |
John Brenan |
William Taylor |
Foster’s Old Ford |
George Crawford |
William G. Crawford |
Lewis A. Beckham |
Tillman Ingram |
Alexander Crawford of Tennessee |
Thomas Johnston |
Margaret D. Johnston |
Jacob Cooper |
Nathaniel R. Eaves |
Sara Eves (Widow of Nathaniel R. Eaves) |
Little Mill Creek |
Mark Eaves |
Joseph Edwards |
Fort Lawn |
James Wood |
Solomon Crook |
N.R. Eaves |
Henry Culp |
Nancy Culp (Wife of Henry Culp) |
Nancy Ingram (Wife of Ezekial Ingram) |
William Sleeker |
Sarah Sleeker (Wife of Wm. Sleeker) |
Jennet Knox |
James Neely |
Martha Neely |
Jane Neely (Daughter of James Neely) |
Thomas Neely |
Mary Neely (Wife of Thomas Neely) |
William Wood |
George Sleeker of Williamson Co., Tennessee |
Stephen Gaston |
William Walker |
Mary Ann Walker Jordan |
Michael Kalteisen (Rev. Wagon Master of SC Prov. Army) |
William Crook |
Samuel Stinson |
Sarah Eaves (Widow….) |
Braxton R. Eaves |
Thomas Eves |
John R. Bearford |
Esther Eaves (Wife of John R. Bearford) |
Mary Wood (Wife of William Wood) |
Casper Sleeker |
Daniel Lee |
William Tate |
John McCreary |
William Taylor |
William McKinney |
James Crawford |
Alexander Crawford |
Bessie Mae Black |
Bessie Mae Black Turner (Wife of Henry E. Turner) |
Elmer Y. Turner |
Lucille T. Mears |
Bernice T. Farmer |
Hazel E. Turner |
Tomlin Tract |
ALSO INDEX TO THE WALKER / FORT LAWN MAP:
Adkins, John
Adkins, Richard
Anderson
Beckham, L.A.
Clark, Archibald
Clifton, Jesse
Cline
Crain, Stephen
Coldirons
Cook, William
Cooper, Jacob
Crawford, William G.
Crook, Solomon
Crosset
Culp, Augustine
Culp, Casper
Culp, Henry
Davie, Hyder A.
Davies
Davison
Eaves, N.R.
Farrell, William
Ferguson
Ferguson, M.
Fudge, R.H.
Gaston, John
Gaston, Stephen
Greer, George
Grierson, George
Hagins, John
Halliday, John
Hicklin, William
Hudson, William
Hyatt, David
Ingram, Tillman
Johnston
Jordan Walker, MaryAnn
Kalteisen, Michael
Leonard, Davis
Lock, Willis
McFadden, John
McFadden, Robert
Patton, Matthew
Reives or Rives, William
Rives, Benjamin
Sleeker, Casper
Stinson, Daniel G.
Stinson, Samuel
Swints, John
Taylor, William
Walker, Abraham
Walker, Alexander
Walker, Elizabeth
Walker, Esther Adeline
Walker, Isabella
Walker, James
Walker, John
Walker, John Alexander
Walker, John G.
Walker, Martha Jane
Walker, Mary Huey
Walker, Milton
Walker, Rebecca
Walker, Thomas
Walker, William
Wells, Richard
White, John
Wiley, Francis
Woods, James
EMILY C. CULP FUDGE (1835-1904)
Emily C. Culp was born in the Landsford section of Chester County, South Carolina on March 21, 1835. Named for the nearby ford on the Catawba River, Landsford was a post office and generally referred to the northeast corner of Chester County between the York County line and the present town of Fort Lawn. The Culp family was present in the Landsford area as early as 1792, based on land transaction records, and there is a Culp’s Branch which is tributary to the Catawba River. Emily’s parents were Henry Jordan Culp and Lucy Caroline Reeves (often spelled Rives locally) Culp. Henry was a farmer, and from census reports appears to have been rather prosperous. In the 1850 Census, Emily is shown as the oldest child and she had four younger siblings. In the 1860 Census, Henry Culp is shown with land worth over $16,000 and personal property worth over $20,000. The personal property value almost certainly indicates he had a number of slaves.
Emily was rather privileged to be sent to school. From her school papers, it appears that she was a student in Winnsboro by 1850. She was a student at the Winnsboro Female Seminary, operated by Catharine S. Ladd. The remarkable story of Mrs. Ladd is told in the book A Relentless Spirit: Southern Educator, Entrepreneur, and Author, 1808-1899 by Pat Veasey. Mrs. Ladd opened an academy at Brattonsville in York County 1840, operated the Feasterville Female Seminary in Fairfield County in 1844, and then moved into Winnsboro where she opened the Winnsboro Female Seminary in 1849. It is likely this is where Emily C. Culp secured a solid basis for her education. Mrs. Ladd and her husband moved to the Ketchin House at 231 South Congress Street in 1852. This impressive Federal building still stands and houses the Fairfield County History Museum. It is not clear if Emily was a student when the school moved to this location. Emily later studied at the Johnson Female University in Anderson. She was there in 1854, based on some of her dated papers and grade reports. This school had been created in 1848 by several citizens in Anderson with the support of the Baptist Church. The school was originally named Johnson Female Seminary in honor of Dr. William Bullein Johnson, a Baptist minister and pioneer in the field of female education. At the time of the creation of the school, Johnson was teaching in Edgefield and was not affiliated with the school. The school was located in an eight-room brick building located next to the Baptist Church in Anderson. Although supported by the Baptist Church, it included instructors from three denominations. It is believed that one of the instructors was Rev. Ebenezer Erskine Pressly, who had founded Erskine College in Due West in 1839. In 1853, Rev. Johnson was asked to come to Anderson and become Chancellor of the school, and it was renamed Johnson Female University. A new building was erected on South Main Street in 1856, possible after Emily was a student. The school closed during the Civil War and never reopened. By 1881, a new school, Anderson Female Seminary, was established and operated for seven years. The present Anderson University was opened in 1912. Information on these schools in Anderson is available in the Anderson College 65th Anniversary Founders’ Day Celebration address by Arthur E. Holman, Jr., 1976. Emily Culp’s school grade reports in Anderson show that she was taking science and math courses as well as general courses. Very few young ladies of the period had such a broad education in two of the finest institutions available.
In 1857, Emily married William Drayton Fudge. The Fudge family was another prominent local family in the Landsford area. They were farmers and some later generations undertook mercantile trade in Landsford and Fort Lawn. William Drayton Fudge’s father, Richard H. Fudge, purchased land in the Landsford area from Hyder Ali Davie in 1835. Davie was the son of General William Richardson Davie, who had retired to his home, Tivoli, in the Landsford area after a career of public service. William, often called Drayton, served as Postmaster for Landsford beginning in 1852. Emily and Drayton had three children of whom we are aware. Willmetta married a Massey and Ida married a Murdock. Richard Henry Fudge was the only son and was born about 1860. In the 1880 Census, Richard and Willmetta were still living at home. Drayton and Richard are reported as farmers. Also in the household are reported three African American farm laborers, one named Samuel Fudge. Willmetta lived with her parents in later years and had a daughter named Emily.
The Rock Hill Herald of Jan. 18, 1893 reported – “The gin houses of Mr. Drayton Fudge near Fort Lawn were burned and included the loss of the press, a buggy, a bale of cotton and cotton seed.”
Emily’s parents and her brother Henry are buried in the Old Stone Cemetery, a community cemetery near Landsford on the Catawba River. Emily and her husband William Drayton Fudge are buried at El Bethel United Methodist Church, located on US 21 near Landsford. (This article was contributed to R&R.com by Paul M. Gettys, 5. 2020, and consists of information from the Lindsay Pettus Collection.)
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