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Biographies
Kershaw
County - South Carolina Genealogy Trails
BREVARD,
Joseph
(1766—1821)
BREVARD, Joseph, a Representative from South Carolina;
born in Iredell, Iredell County, N.C., July 19, 1766; entered the
Continental Army when still a boy; was commissioned lieutenant in
the North Carolina Line in 1782 and served throughout the
Revolutionary War; moved to Camden, S.C.; sheriff of Camden District
1789-1791; commissioner in equity October 14, 1791; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1792 and commenced practice in Camden, S.C.;
engaged in the compilation of the law reports which bear his name
1793-1815; member of South Carolina house of representatives,
1796-1799; elected judge of the State supreme court December 17,
1801, and served until December 1815, when he resigned; resumed the
practice of law in Camden; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth
Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1820; unsuccessful candidate for Congress at a
special election held in 1821; died in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C.,
October 11, 1821; interment in the Quaker Cemetery. [ Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,
1771-Present, Contributed by A.
Newell]
McCaskill, John
Calvin
A prominent business man of Bainbridge,
was born at Camden, Kershaw county, S. C., April 13, 1862. His
parents, Allen and Margaret Caroline (McFarland) McCaskill, were
both natives of the Old Palmetto State, the former having been born
at Camden in 1832 and the latter at Cheraw in 1837. The
grandparents of J. C McCaskill were all natives of the Isle of Skye,
County Inverness, Scotland. They left their native land about
the year 1817 and came to America. For generations the family
have been members of the Presbyterian church, many of the male
representatives having held the offices of deacon, elder, etc., and
nearly all have been farmers by occupation. Allen McCaskill
was a valiant soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil
war. He enlisted on Nov. 14, 1861, in Company A, Seventh South
Carolina battalion , Haygood's brigade, Hoke's division, and in 1862
was made first lieutenant upon the occasion of the first
vacancy in that office in the company. His command was engaged
around the forts at Charleston, S. C., during the bombardment and
was in numerous skirmishes until April, 1864, when it was ordered to
Petersburg, Va. Here it was under heavy fire until May 16,
when it participated in the battle of Drewry's Bluff, one of the
hottest engagements of the war. On June 3, 186, Captain Lucas
lost an arm and Lieutenant McCaskill was made captain of the
company, continuing in command until the end of the war,
surrendering with Gen. J. E. Johnston at Greensboro, N. C.
John D. McCaskill, a younger brother of Allen, was also a soldier in
the Confederate service, enlisting when he ws not quite sixteen
years of age. He was severely wounded at Petersburg, a minie
ball passing through his right breast, though he recovered from the
effects of the injury and is still living. John C. McCaskill
received his education by attending the district schools a few
months each winter from 1868 to 1871. At the age of eight
years he began to make a regular "plow hand," and remained on his
father's farm until he attained to his majority. He then engaged in
the naval stores business as an operator and has been connected with
this line of industry ever since. He is a director in the
Decatur county bank; president of the Bainbridge Hardwood Company;
president of the Cliett Hardware Company, of Bainbridge; president
of the Bainbridge Live Stock Insurance Company, and is regarded as a
successful man of affairs-one whose counsel is to be sought and
advice heeded in matters of an important business nature. Mr.
McCaskill is a Democrat in his political affiliations and in
religious matters follows the faith of his ancestors, being a member
of the Presbyterian church. He is a prominent figure in
fraternal circles, being a member of Orion Lodge No. 8, Free and
Accepted Masons; Austin Chapter, No. 18, Royal Arch Masons; Ivanhoe
Commandery, No. 10, Knights Templars; Alee Temple, ancient and
Accepted Order, Nobles of the mystic Shrine; Bainbridge Lodge, No.
32, Knights of Pythias, and Lodge No. 986, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks. On Jan. 13, 1887, Mr. McCaskill was united in
marriage to Miss Emma, daughter of Robert and Mary (Mauk) Powell, of
Garland, Ala. This union has been blessed with the following
children: Lewis, aged eighteen; (1906) Allen, fifteen; Harry,
thirteen; John C., Jr., ten; Charles, five; and Ralph, two.
[Source: Georgia Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Vol 2, Publ 1906. Transcribed by
Renae Donaldson]
MURRAY, James
Ormsbee
Educator, was born in Camden , S.C. , Nov. 27,
1827; son of James Syng and Aurelia Powell (Pearce) Murray; grandson
of John and Elizabeth (Syng) Murray, and great grandson of Philip
Syng, a friend of Benjamin Franklin. His Father removed to
Springfield , Ohio , in 1836, where he was prepared for college, and
he matriculated at Brown University in 1844. He was absent two
years on account of ill health, and was graduated valedictorian in
1850. He was an instructor in Greek at Brown university,
1851-52; was graduated from Andover theological seminary in 1854,
and was pastor of the Congregational church at South Danvers, mass.
, 854-61. He was married, Sept. 22, 1856, to Julia Richards
Houghton of Boston . He was pastor at Cambridgeport , Mass. ,
1861-65; associate pastor of the Presbyterian “Brick church”, New
York city , 1865-73, and pastor, 1873-75. He was Holmes
professor of belles lettres and English language at Princeton
university, 1875-99. He was a trustee of Princeton theological
seminary, 1867-99; a director of the seminary, 1874-99; vice
president of the board of trustees, 1889-99. He was also a
trustee of Union theological seminary, 1869-82. The honorary
degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the College of New Jersey in
1867, that of A.M. in 1896, and that of LL.D. by Brown university in
1886. The Murray chair of English at Princeton was named in
his honor. He compiled and edited The Sacrifice of Praise
(1869); and edited J. Lewis Diman’s Orations and Essays
(1881). He is the author of: George Ide Chace, a Memorial
(1886); William Gammell, LL.D. a Biographical Sketch with Selection
from his writings (1890); Francis Wayland (1891); Selections from
the Poetical Works of William Cowper (1898). His lectures and
addresses include: The Debt of Civilization to Literature (1883);
The Study of English Literature (1886); Skepticism in Literature
(1895); the last two, Stone lectures delivered at Princeton
theological seminary. He died at Princeton , N.J. , March 27,
1899.
(Source: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF
NOTABLE AMERICANS. Vol 3, Publ. 1904. Transcribed by Richard
Ramos)
Hezekiah
West
[Sources: Information gathered from the
book by Henry Hebard West titled Descendants of Hezekiah West,
1763-1845 , his request in December 1832, for a pension
for his service in the Revolutionary War and his will written in
1844. Submitted by Jackie Murrie]
Hezekiah West
was born November 7, 1763 near Fredrick, Maryland. He was the
only son, but had sisters. The family moved to Sandy River,
Camden District, South Carolina when Hezekiah was seven or eight
years old. Except for the time he was in service, he lived
there until 1804.
Upon his father’s death in 1778 in
battle at St. Tilles, 16 year old Hezekiah volunteered for
the army under the command of Captain Frost’s Company
and Captain Richard Winn’s Regiment. Later he joined a company
of horse troopers or Rangers under the command of Captain John
McCool where he remained until the end of the war. He had no
documents to show day or date as he had the misfortune to have his
house burned soon after he was married after the close of the War.
He suspected the fire was started after being robbed by a man named
Holdman who soon left the area.
Pension: S34519
SC Pension roll, Johnson County, July 18, 1833, age 77.
Pension Census, Johnson County, June 1, 1840, age 76
[sic]
Hezekiah West was a member of the Illinois State
Convention from Johnson County in 1818.
A note in the
Illinois General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives
of the Ninth General Assembly of the State of Illinois, at their
First Session, Begun and held in the town of Vandalia, December 1,
1834. A Mr. Oliver presented the petition of Hezekiah West,
praying that the Legislature would adopt a memorial to Congress,
instructing our Senators and requesting our Representatives, to use
their exertions to place him upon the pension roll; and, on his
motion, the reading thereof was dispensed with and the same referred
to a select committee
Hezekiah left South Carolina in
1804 and moved to Jackson County, Tennessee and lived there for five
years. He worked as a surveyor. He then moved to
Kentucky and lived there for two years. He then moved his
family to southern Illinois in 1810 or 1811, where he lived until
his death on July 29, 1845.
Hezekiah was married to
Priscilla Osborn. They had many children.
He was also a
Methodist minister.
Hezekiah was buried in West Eden
Cemetery near Vienna, Illinois. His grave is marked by a government
marker. “Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials “
1917.
His name is on a bronze marker on the lawn of the
Johnson County Courthouse in Vienna, placed by the Daniel Chapman
Chapter DAR in 1918. The Chapter also marked his
grave.
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