Around 1855, Alexander Sutton, who lived north of Fort Mill, send to New
York for Mr. Herman to come to York County for the express purpose of teaching
a slave named Mingo to play the fiddle for the country dances. – Louise Pettus
City Directories and History: This map provides a searchable index of the names provided on this Fort Mill plat map. Search further under the enlargeable PDF, this page. Other Mayhugh maps may offer similar information but under a different title.
Alexander C. Sutton |
Alexander Faires Senior |
Alexander Sutton |
Archibald Graham |
B. Fuller |
Edward Smith |
F.H. Harris |
George Pettus |
Hezekiah Thorn |
J.T. Suggs M.D. |
James Knox |
James M. Garrison |
James McKee |
James Merritt |
James Perry |
James Powell |
James W. Garrison |
Joel A. Mitchell |
John Bennett |
John C. Smith |
John Nivens |
John Orman |
John Springs |
Joseph Jackson |
Joshua Parlow |
Joshua Perry Smith |
Josiah Faris |
Joshua P. Smith |
Joshua Perry Smith |
Matt Marable |
Nancy Meacham |
R. Marsh |
Robert Collier |
Robert R. Mitchell |
Samuel Faris |
Samuel Johnston |
Sarah Parks |
Silas Felt |
Stephen Pettus |
Stephen Pettus |
Thomas N. Pettus |
Thorn’s Ferry |
William Boyce |
William Carothers – Carouthers |
William Clawson |
William E. White |
William Felt |
William Merritt |
William Parks |
William W. Pettus |
RAILROADS COME TO YORK COUNTY – Several additional facts about the rail line from Columbia to Rock Hill may be of interest to the reader. First, the men from York District who attended the convention concerning the building of a railroad from Charlotte to Columbia were Colonel W. C. Beatty, William A. Latta, John Miller Ross, Robert Gadsden McCaw, William Moore, W. Giles, J. Beatty Smith, and Joel W. Rawlinson. This initial meeting of interested parties was held at Winnsboro on May 24 and 25, 1847.
Subscribers for stock in the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company on September 9 and 10, 1847, were these: Colonel W. C. Beatty, John Miller Ross, Colonel William Wright, John S. Moore, W. I. Clawson, William A. Latta, George W. Williams, Colonel Edward Avery, Harvey Hugh Drennan, Rev. Archibald Whyte, Thomas D. Spratt, James D. Spratt, A. M. White, George P. White, William E. White, and Captain John Massey.
(Along the Landsford Road, by Wm. B. White, Jr. Vol., I – 2008)
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