The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Sept. 8, 1881 in a letter from the Beth Shiloh Community – “It is reported within less than two miles of each other are three steam engines in active operation with cotton gins and saw mills attached. The steam power is owned by J.R. Hogue, John Nichols, and L.R. Williams. The later two are proposing to add grist and flour mills. Two of these engines are Tanner Engines furnished by Capt. T.S. Jeffreys of Yorkville.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on May 29, 1895 – “The residence of Mr. John R. Hogue near Beersheba Church was destroyed by fire last Monday. This was once of the best houses in the area and was originally built by Rev. William B. Davis.”
BEERSHEBA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: One of the “Four Bees” in King George’s bonnet, this church was established in 1769, a few days after Bullock’s Creek church. Well into the second half of the twentieth century, local residents pronounced it as Be-er-she-bah. Mary Davis Brown, who wrote a diary from 1852 to 1904, was a member of this congregation.
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