{"id":7903,"date":"2013-07-11T12:11:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T12:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootsandrecall.com\/york-county-sc\/?post_type=buildings&p=7903"},"modified":"2024-06-13T18:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T18:01:17","slug":"229-east-white-street","status":"publish","type":"buildings","link":"https:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/york-county-sc\/buildings\/229-east-white-street\/","title":{"rendered":"229 East White Street – Coit and White Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Feb. 22, 1877 – “Last week, the barn and stables of J. Wilson Marshall near Fort Mill were destroyed by fire.\u00a0 He lost four mules, two horses, several colts, cows and hogs.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

City Directories and History:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a01908 – Rev. J.K. Coit, J.W. Marshall (Capt. John Wilson Marshall), 1913 – Rev. F.W. Gregg, 1917 – A.R. Rhinehart, 1920 – H.H. White, Willis McFadden, 1926 – G.P. Smith, 1936 – Cora Strait, 1946 – Fouche Furniture Company, 1963 – T.E. Jones and Furniture<\/p>\n

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The J.E. Marshall family occupied this home in 1907, before moving to their new home, on East Main Street. Courtesy of the Marshall – Goode Collection, 2016. R&R Note<\/strong>: Due to changes in the numbering system of the street, it is unclear as to the location of this image. The City Directory states the family lived at this address (229 E. White St.) but the Marshall family, reported that it was at the Izard Home, next door. In either case, R&R is pleased to have the image to share.<\/p><\/div>\n

The home next to First ARP Church of Rock Hill, \u00a0for many years, was associated with White Memorial Chapel. White Memorial Chapel constructed by members of the White family on Wilson Street. The first known occupant of the home was the Rev. J.K. Coit a highly influential minister whom<\/p>\n

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The Rev. Coit was building a number of buildings in association with Ms. Elizabeth White’s interests in religion and schooling. Courtesy of the White Family Collection – 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary Elizabeth White seemed to heavily support.\u00a0 Later, the home became occupied by H.H. White, one of Anne H. White’s two sons and the uncle of Addie Witherspoon who lived across the street, where Saint John’s Methodist is located in 2013.<\/p>\n

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CAPT. J. W. MARSHALL\u2019S STRANGE ENCOUNTER<\/strong> by Louise Pettus<\/p>\n

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Wm. Bates paid for building chimney for the Rev. J.K. Coit, 1907<\/p><\/div>\n

Capt. John Wilson Marshall of Rock Hill once told a strange and interesting tale to William Banks, a reporter for the Charleston News and Courier. Marshall said that the events happened at the close of the Civil War after Richmond had fallen and Gen. Sherman\u2019s troops destroyed Columbia. Marshall was captain of Company I, First South Carolina Cavalry when his company received orders to retreat and \u201ctake no prisoners.\u201d The company was near the courthouse town of Chesterfield when they came upon a rampaging Union company burdened with loot. There was immediate combat. Marshall aimed his pistol at the captain of the Union forces. The pistol failed to fire as Marshall squeezed the trigger again and again. A Confederate sergeant stepped up and fired the shot that killed the Union officer. Banks wrote, \u201cImmediately afterwards Captain Marshall tried his weapon and it fired without further priming. He always thought God\u2019s restraining hand was in that moment.<\/p>\n

Years later, Marshall, a Charleston native who came to York County about 1870, was living in the Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township. Marshall loved flowers and had beautiful displays around his farmhouse. He ordered some flowers from a Michigan nursery. Soon thereafter, a letter came from a Michigan woman who inquired if he was her husband, Capt. J. W. Marshall, Company I, First Michigan Cavalry, who had disappeared at Cheraw in the closing days of the Civil War.<\/p>\n

The coincidence was striking. The same initials, company and each in the First Cavalry of their respective states. Marshall did some careful checking and was convinced that the Michigan officer was the one he tried to kill. Marshall wrote the widow and told her he was not her husband, but did not tell her how her husband had died.<\/p>\n

In the days of Hampton\u2019s Red Shirts, Marshall rode again as captain of the Fort Mill company. The Fort Mill men also aided in the “redemption\u201d of Chester and Lancaster counties.\u00a0John Wilson Marshall, born in Charleston on July 20, 1841, was the son of J. T. and Ruth Sutcliff Marshall, both immigrants to the United States. His father was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland and his mother was from Land\u2019s End, England. After attending Charleston public schools, Marshall came to Yorkville as a student at Kings Mountain Academy. He was 19 when he married Mary Ann Clawson, daughter of W. I. Clawson, York County Ordinary (probate judge), the day before South Carolina\u2019s Ordinance of Secession was signed. Marshall quit farming in 1892 and moved to Rock Hill. He as a pioneer of the oil business\u2014called an \u201coriginal builder\u201d of Standard Oil (1896) and Gulf (1910) agencies. The present day service station had not yet evolved. With Marshall\u2019s son, J. E. Marshall, who also owned a livery stable and livestock company, the agency ordered gasoline from Baltimore. It arrived in 110 gallon wooden drums, much of it having leaked out before arrival. J. E. Marshall later said that their earliest and best customers were Winthrop College and the Rock Hill Steam Laundry.<\/p>\n

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Capt. J. W. Marshall, a livery stable and livestock company owner, acquired\u00a0a Standard Oil agency in Rock Hill in 1896. Kerosene, which was chiefly used in\u00a0lamps and lanterns, was red-brownish in color. Later, refineries were able to take\u00a0out more of the impurities and kerosene became colorless. However, people\u00a0believed that the colored kerosene was more powerful and resisted buying the\u00a0clear product. Captain Marshall then put artificial coloring in it to satisfy his\u00a0customers.<\/p>\n

Marshall also sold gasoline which was shipped on the railroad from\u00a0Baltimore in 110 gal. wooden drums. He sold four drums a year until about 1900.\u00a0Some time around 1917 he put up the first “drive-in” gas station in Rock Hill.\u00a0About that time, because of World War I, gasoline sold for .360 a gallon, an all time\u00a0high until the gas crisis of 1973 skyrocketed prices.\u00a0 – PETTUS<\/p>\n

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The Rock Hill Record reported on April 13, 1908 – Rev. and Mrs. J.K. Coit have moved from the White Memorial Manse and are now located on Academy Street in the house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ward Albertson.”<\/p>\n

The Rock Hill Record reported on May 21, 1908 – “Mrs. E.F. Love and Family who have living for some time in Oakland have moved into a part of the White Memorial Manse on White Street.”<\/p>\n

The Rock Hill Herald reported on June 5, 1916 – “Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Marshall will shortly move to Rock Hill from Washingtonville, N.Y.\u00a0 Mr. Marshall is estimate engineer of the Southern Railway and will now make this city his workplace.\u00a0 The family will reside with Capt. J.W. Marshall, Mr. Marshall’s father.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Herald of Nov. 25, 1918 reported – “Mr. and Mrs. Willis McFadden now have rooms with Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Connelly on Caldwell Street.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

R&R Note:<\/strong> It is somewhat confusing as to the location of the Marshall’s first residence in Rock Hill. \u00a0One source shows them at this address, another next door at:https:\/\/www.rootsandrecall.com\/york-county-sc\/buildings\/239-east-white-street\/ \u00a0 See both for images and information.<\/p>\n

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Note the historic White home had become the furniture company, T.E. Jones and Sons, as commercial growth along East White Street engulfed its once fine homes. Sanborn Insurance Map of the subject, 1926 – 1959. Courtesy of the Galloway Map Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Click on the More Information<\/span> ><\/strong> link found below the picture column for a map of the White’s property showing the approximate location of H.H. White’s home on White Street.<\/p>\n

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The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Feb. 22, 1877 – “Last week, the barn and stables of J. Wilson Marshall near Fort Mill were destroyed by fire.\u00a0 He lost four mules, two horses, several colts, cows and hogs.” City Directories and History:\u00a0\u00a01908 – Rev. J.K. Coit, J.W. Marshall (Capt. John Wilson Marshall), 1913 – Rev. F.W…. <\/p>\n

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