All articles below graciously contributed by Kim Thorp Date: November 20, 1827 Location: Georgia Paper: Macon Weekly Telegraph On Monday last, on the Saluda mountain, near the dividing line of North and South Carolina, Mr. Vance was shot through the body in a duel with Mr. Carson. They were rival candidates for Congress last August in North Carolina.  Mr. Carson has been successful in both contests.  Mr. Vance, it was supposed, had received a mortal wound. -- Augusta Courier, 12th instant. 17 Sep 1822 - Rhode Island American and General Advertiser A letter has been received in Philadelphia, from an authentick source, which states, that Colonel Cumming, with Colonel Montgomery as his second, and Mr. M'Duffie, with Captain Elmer as his second, had left their respective homes for the Saluda Gap, on the border line of North and South Carolina, to terminate their quarrel in a second duel, which was to take place on Monday the 2d instant. 28 Oct 1823, Hampden Journal A man named Powers was lately found dead in a corn field in South Carolina.  He had been working, with others, on the Saluda dam, and being too unwell to walk up to the house with the other hands, they left him, thinking he would soon follow.  Not making his appearance, after dark, search was made for him all night and the next day.  He was found four days afterwards in a corn field, about a mile from where he was left.  The buzzards had partly devoured him. JIMMY VINES WAS OF THE AGE OF THE REVOLUTION contributed by Van Thomas Carl A. Vines, well known Edgefield County citizen has a prized newspaper clipping, one from the Edgefield Advertiser of May 3-, 1875, telling of the very remarkable circumstances attending the birth of his grandfather known at the time of his death as “Old Jimmy Vines.” Mr. Vines has kindly furnished the Advertiser with a copy of the clipping relating to his ancestor. It follows: For the Advertiser – Saluda Old Town May 28, 1875 Mseers. Bacon & Adams. Gentlemen: We send you as an item of interest, some mention of the death of  Old Jimmie Vines, which occurred on the 26th of May, 1875. He was born between the years 1778 and 1781. His father (Note: Jonathan Daniel Vines), at the period of his birth, was in Gen. Greene’s army. The Tories were in pursuit of the family at the time, and the mother took refuge in a stable, where she gave birth to twin boys – James, our present subject, and his brother, Jabez. Not being secure in the stable, the mother managed to get hold of a pair of cavalry boot legs; and in these she put her twins, threw them across her shoulders and escaped. The following night, they they were hid in a brush heap, still in the boot legs, to escape the search of the Tories. His brother, Jabez, after they became grown, moved to Alabama, and, about two years ago, was drowned in walking across a creek. It was our intention to compile some reminiscences from the old man’s own lips, and furnish them to the correspondent of the New York Herald, for the great Centennial. And we only regret that his thread of life was not spun out a little longer. In his death the last like that connected us tangibly with the days of Greene and Pickens is broken. These are statements as well authenticated as fact and tradition can make them. In truth, there is no doubt but that the circumstances of his birth, etc., as narrated above, are literally true. He was very nearly 100 years old. His remains were buried at Zoar Church on the 28th, and an appropriate funeral discourse was delivered by the Rev. Mr. (M. H.) Poozer, of the Methodist Church. What s strange, eventful life is thus ended! Rocked in the cradle (old boot legs) of the Revolution! Heard the thunders of the war of 1812! Listened to the returning shouts of the conquerors of Mexico! And last, but not least, saw the rise and fall of our own desperate struggle to preserve that liberty which his father, under Greene, helped to win! Born before the Republic of Washington and Jefferson had an existence he survived that Republic 10 years and a few days! I send you, gentlemen, these as facts. You can make your own comments. Respectfully, B. F. SAMPLE According to the family tradition, Mr. Vines says his great grandfather was one of four brothers who fought in the Revolutionary War. They settled in different sections of the country after the war and never saw each other again. His grandfather, Jimmie, son of one of the brothers (Jonathan Daniel Vines) settled in old Edgefield county, in the section embraced in Saluda county. His father, also named James, lived in that same section. His father had a brother who moved to Alabama. His father also had another brother, Jabez who lived below Ninety Six, a sister, Holly, who died single; another sister, Jane, who married Whit Stuart; and a third sister, Sallie, who married George Howard, of Newberry. James Vines, son of the old Jimmy who is mentioned as one of the twins in the clipping, married and lived on Big Creek Post Office Point. He reared 12 children, Dan, Jabe, Tom, Molly, Lela, Van B., Lou, Lizzie, Annie, Minnie, Carl, and Clara.

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