Map showing the areas covered by the Upcountry Land Grant Project. This collection was originally created by the Union County Historical Foundation / Union Co Museum in 1976. Researchers are indebted to Dan E. Collins of Whitmire, S.C. for his extensive knowledge and help in this project. Others who played vital roles are: Robert Mm Duncan and Col. Wm. J. Whitener.
Smoke house in rural Newberry Co., S.C. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection. Just one of hundreds of historic addresses – sites in Newberry County to explore and enjoy on the pages of Roots and Recall!
Paneled door from the 19th century. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection…
Image of downtown Newberry, S.C., ca. 1910 – Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection
1900 Sanborn Diagram showing the block across from the Newberry Co. Courthouse with wooden porches.
Picking cotton was a common site throughout the south during the period prior of 1950s. Courtesy of the Beard Collection – 2017
This is a great piece of architecture near Cromer’s Cross Roads. Images courtesy of AFLLC and the owner – 2015
Courtesy of the Hamm Family Collection – 2017
Side view of the handsome store. Image taken in 2015 by R&R
Images of Pomaria, S.C. by photographer Ann L. Helms – 2018
Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1983
Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1983
Benj. R. Maybin’s tombstone near the house. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection, 2012
Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1985
Caldwell House front porch – 2017
Picking cotton fields by hand, throughout the South, was a common event in the fall, prior to ca. 1950s. Postcard view in Newberry Co., courtesy of the Davie Beard Collection – 2017
Side view of the Caldwell House in 2009.
The children in the horse and buggy pictures are Ralph Scurry (Rafe) Boazman’s three oldest grandchildren: Josie Elizabeth, Francis Earle, and Earl Reel Boazman. The woman is their mother, Janie Elizabeth Reel Boazman. The man pictured is Mr. Rafe. The two youngest grandchildren, Ralph Scurry and Jane Christine, were born later. Their father was Joe Jennings Boazman. Mr. Rafe and his wife, Jo Mary Jennings, had six children. Only Joe married and had children. The oldest, John Beal, never married. The youngest, Francis Earl, died while in service during WW I. Information contributed by Edith Bendenbaugh, 6.15.17
Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History – 1985
Columned Coateswood, outstanding example of South Carolina’s antebellum architecture, was built in 1841 for a prominent Newberry judge, Chancellor Job Johnstone, and reflects both the original owner’s wealth and position and also the skill and craftsmanship of its master builders, Phillip Schoppert and his father George. The house was possibly named for John and Henry Coate, who laid out Newberry Court House Village in the late 18th Century, or for Marmaduke Coate, surveyor in the antebellum years. Johnstone was a prominent leader in political, social, and economic affairs. In 1821 he was elected clerk of the state Senate and two years later chancellor by the General Assembly. Johnstone, who served as chancellor and as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals for 32 years, was an ardent Nullifier and a wealthy man, largest slaveholder in Newberry District. The present owner of Coateswood, distinguished attorney Thomas H. Pope, has served as speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives and chairman of the South Carolina Democratic party. (Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC)
