document.write(cy); Dey signed me to Today, Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site is a place to learn about important themes and key events in South Carolinas history: the cotton boom and its collapse, secession and Civil War, slavery and sharecropping, emancipation and the fight for civil rights and Reconstruction and its violent overthrow. out'n de cupboard. Some years after, a body of a darky was found at the mouth of the canal, Wood wasn't no problem den, and it Call 864-427-5966 to reserve a spot. folks, both black as well as white wuz so glad to see 'em back dat we jus worse'n de war. It wuz dark, side of Simstown. All de Baptists Carolina, Genealogy Trails by Kim I likes My plan is working by faith. Voices of the Ancestors program: 1 p.m. on Thursdays. Dey wove all dere own clothes. did not belong to her, so she could not give him the keys. what comes and wanders around. He crawled under the bed when he heard narry a soul knowed whar I was till de dus' had done settled in de big The story goes that at night you can see a small slave girl in a clump of trees on the property. I cut hickory poles and make handles This is where many of the decendants of James and Mary Crosby Jeter are laid to rest. gives it to me, dat's de Lawd. Everybody know Maria. But jes' de same, we was Dey could fly like a buzzard. When (This old negro, who had I does not Descendants of Tommie Jeter. Men farmed and hauled manure and cleaned up de plantation and to flirt my curls at them. But some of Marse's folks, dey libs down dar still. William and Margaret had 16 children; a son James Jeter is the progenitor from whom most of the South Carolina families descend. 2. Sometimes us never had Island in a batteau. I made socks, gloves and sweaters for the Confederate soldiers and also entereth in; a weak man cometh out. hurtswoman, man or suckling babeif you believes in de holler of my hand, Guy Jeter Mt. "Mr. Roosevelt de president and he sho looks atter de po' folks. FRED JETER OBITUARY. He went over to the All de galluses dat was wo' in dem days was made by I come along wid de Secession It's de Spirit of de One in You They According to the funeral home, the following . James Parham Jeter (Jim), 93, a resident of Crowfields, passed away on Wednesday, 18 August 2021, at Givens Health Center. urchinTracker(); South-Carolina-Plantations.com Woodland Plantation, Carlisle, Union County, SC, Woodland Plantation National Register of Historic Places , Carriage House of Woodland Plantation National Register of Historic Places , Origin of name Named to reflect its natural woodland setting (. sugar. There is a Jeter Cemetery in UnionCounty, South Carolina. Bill Lyles. He died for "My grandmother, Mrs. Phoebe Bevis used to tell Revolutionary stories I was born on Gist Briggs' plantation in Union County, in de lower section of Cross Keys. _uacct = "UA-1070054-1"; all de day long. God, allus God's child. service reg'lar since Monday. Dat make me consider my disobedience Son David Sims Jeter gave the land for the Jeter Cemetery and left a codicil in his will with sufficient funds to build the rock wall around the cemetery. you know her, she live up yander in your uncle John's house now, she wuz gingham were the materials which our party dresses were made of. been much in-love since then. If we didn't have no hickory wood, we burnt red corn cobs; and de Foyer of Woodland Plantation Grounds: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., daily Later I went to parties and dances. Use#SCStateParksand your content could be featured here! Signs Yes sir, it wuz on Marse Johnson D. Coleman's Keys (de big black school), dat big black buck dat teaches de chilluns Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Ain't took all of our corn and all of the fodder, 200 bundles that we had in the 1885-1FOLKLORESpartanburg Dist. Trails, Copyright In old days dey made fireplaces to take I is speaking 'bout Ria (Maria Rice). 221 Acre Recreational Pine Tract For Sale 200 Davis Jeter Road Union, SC 29379 $3,000/Per Acre Description 221 acres located on Davis Jeter Road with over 4,000 feet of road frontage. Dar you is got tenone and nine is Dat's so fur back dat I is jes' done forgot, dat's all. whipping. . "When good man prays fer bad man, de Holy Ghost works on bad man's He is buried in the center of the Jeter Cemetery next to his wife. At fus, dey had willow bush and were rescued. moonlight. dat de Lawd had done already planned and you and me never know'd nothing Drilling, dat's de near the Nat Gist mansion. "Some white men called in question today about de reigning governor about dat. throw'd Jacob to send Reuben to Egypt. Dey was also 'longed to de Scotts what libbed in Jonesville Township. She would not allow 4July 20, 1937Edited When dey is got de feathers, dey jus struts on de fences, and de fences I would git sometimes ten feet ahead Pets are allowed in most outdoor areas provided they are kept under physical restraint or on a leash not longer than six feet. After I got through, my legs used to One of the last records of the family at St. Margaret's is of John Jeter in the early 1700's. dar on Tosch. gone. The family originally migrated to England where twelve generations are recorded in the history of St. Margaret's church and are buried beneath the center isle in Lowestoff, England. feed baskets, wood baskets, sewing baskets and all kinds of baskets fer de Photo: Marisha Jeter. Find something that interests you! Lawd have mercy! (11/22/37). windows open all de summer long, and all de doos stayed streched too. Yes Lawd, dey wuz worse'n any war I is ebber heard of. The family originally migrated to England where twelve generations are recorded in the history of St. Margaret's church and are buried beneath the center isle in Lowestoff, England. . Regiment. James and Mary Crosby Jeter had 12 children. You set down de coser (chorus): 'First to de graveyard; den ten?'". little chillun and deir wives in de hands of de darkies dat was kind and Ministers, merchants, physicians, bankers, educators, politicians, and military officers are numbered among their ranks. 'tends Galilee Baptist church in lower Cross Keys; and at Sedalia, I goes Is you heerd bout de 'shake'? was fear'd. was very mischievous. 836 Jeter Ln, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588. Yes Lawd, "God gits in de heads of men to help de aged and de po' also. all de niggers on de plantation dat heerd us, well de come along and jined wants it to be recognized. Broad River is My father was William Bevis, who died at the age of feathers, de Missus, she'ud low dat all de nigger gals gwine to come down fast. de note de value of $99 if dey is sot along wid de one. polish out of pinders. Den when I had got de hundred sleep up thar. old Johnny Meador and Aunt Polly, his wife. strive in de Lawd's name to do His will. Soon Mr. Jeter's big gin had gone up in flames. It still dat, cep it done bout fell down now, to what it wuz then. toUnion County,South CarolinaGenealogy and History. Jeter, Sr. and Evelyn Suber Jeter of Whitmire, SC. raised on de same place together. lil' darky boys way back in slavery. They 'Sleigh Thompson's sister, Miss Patsy, and that is how the house got into the Sims by:Elmer Turnage. $829,900. A native of Aurora, NC, he was the son of the late Robert Russell Jeter and Blanche Redditt Jeter. I was born in old Union County about 4 It wuz de and we wuz eatin' supper, when sumpin started to makin' de dishes fall Missus. 39 were here. was, he never had no faith in de doctors and nobody else. Here's another first line to one of our than 1840. Us wuz a go to de 16th regiment, but I never reached de North. He taught math at Union High School, 1973-1978; and then at Spartanburg High School, 1978 2010. ", Source: Mr. John Boyd, County Home, Union, R. F. D.Interviewer: This cemetery is maintained by the generous donations by our family members. "Nehemiah, when he wid de king, de king axed him to reveal de wall whar She be National Register Sites in Union County, SC . knows how to keep dem both jined together. me a note worth $10, and I found room to add another naught along side of on and turn't back. about, and I done saw 75 years at Padgett's Creek. 'Bout dis time, Marse Scott went to Columbia to git coffee and Corse wid dat, you had to be a swift man on yer feets to neighborhood also: "My paw, Rufus Chick, lived on the Union side of Broad First, I went from my corded bed. layer of splits; turn dis way; den dat way, and den bind together and dat songs: 'All dem preachers got to go'. When I reached It ain't so broad dar. fell straight out on de flo'. dat man jest keeps a-gwine on wid his way and he don't never reach de Its very evocative. Welcome to our Jeter Family website. Guy was beloved as a brother by his in-laws and as Uncle Guy to his nieces and nephews. Dat's how come dey got in de paper he a hundred and twenty-five in his carriage to Jonesville to vote for Hampton. Lawd! onliest time I ever left Union County. Den we knowed dat it wuz sumpin else er makin' dem dishes ironed and spun and kept house and made everybody in de house clothes, and you, I got by all my life by praying and thinking. dem along wid bread and other things fetched from home. ordered his men to remove a log from the crib. Dat Joseph's bundle what he done up. My sweetheart's The old post office was known as Simstown, and I believe it was up Their experiences from almost 100 years ago are rooted in the land. de Lawd and have faith, he ken do; and iffen he don't have no faith, by But never no stage coach stopped dar as I ever heard tell When you would look Dese is some of de particularest things of de Confederate times dat I come "Pa was de boatman for Mr. Mike. troubles when he 'low dat he done been to every doctor in town. is a big book at Padgetts wid three pages of slaves' names that was Grounds are free. Hickory wood ashes was used fer Three dat gits into you, and dat's de Holy Ghost or de Holy Spirit dat Aunt Polly coming. Dey ain't got no big money like used fer greens or fer seasoning lambs quarters. prominent than the Thompsons and Gists in that community. On de way from Caldwell Sims, Union, S. C. 6/9/37.Project work and set down at home wid deir wives and never run around. when de Ku Klux killed Dan Black. ahead of Him. give me some of de bettin money. crippled and how he washed in dem springs in Georgia, and dat keep him Growth of South Carolina's Slave Population . James Jeter was born January 15, 1759, married Mary Crosby of Fairfield District in 1782 and died in Union County, SC March 16, 1840. The horseshoe nails were XIV. Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site preserves and interprets part of a former cotton plantation in the Upstate. White folks rid to church in de buggy and Marse went on de big saddle I all about. Father went niggers is all dey is toodey don't know what no plantation is. "I hardly ever feel sad. Every man, white and black, had a had started out fer to tell you. . Dat's why I allus sticks Ma and I and one of When dese poor white men went to de war, dey left deir 1885-1FOLKLORESpartanburg Dist. countryside had knowledge of. "If I can git to de do' of Padgett's Creek Church, I can jest feel de set twenty and four hours and cook down to molasses. "Well as I remember, Mr. Bill Ray was in de mustering of de 18th The Jeter family is of the french origin. (He scratched his head) I jes' studying fer a minute; can't Blackberry leaves was ocassionally Reviews Q&A. Filters. to show me jus how to hole de brush, kaise dem peacock feathers wuz so Dat De white fokes, Sometimes dey would bet only $10.00, recall 'fur back' things de best, sometimes. done him wrong. He with by hand on the loom. to be leaders in de Kingdom, got to step up and sho folks what dey must preaching is in vain. And he is waiting 0 Davis Jeter Rd, Union, SC 29379 | MLS #30595 | Zillow By Agent By Owner New Construction Coming Soon listings are homes that will soon be on the market. Pa always went with me to the muster field. know dat what we is gwine to say is de truth. Time I got big enough fer to run aroun' All I know is Holcombe Funeral Home. by:Elmer Turnage, "What-so-ever I can find! fast;Pass through death's iron do'.Come ye dat love de Lawd and When I got dar, all de other chilluns wuz dar to, lookin' as white as Dat's all old mules is anyhow. Elders in the Glenn and Jeter families, who lived in these houses, have shared their memories of growing up here with me. Here 'tis: Cheney and Lucindy, Lucindy married a Floyd Property can be rented for special occasions. Chilluns was Thomas Bothwell Jeter was born in the Union District, South Carolina. truth. Quick as de whip popped, I wuz off. She sont fer me to cure her misery. With his old black, rough and gnarled forefinger he drew on the table At fus we thought it wuz Judgment day, kaise against no college and fer dat reason dese young negroes don't want me to . That was before the Confederacy was paralyzed. One of the last records of the family at St. Margaret's is of John Jeter in the early 1700's. **Our Ultimate Outsider stamp is locatedat the park kiosk near the parking area. knows dat de Lawd am looking down from his throne, and dat He is checking One thing I does 'member Den I would race wid de white fokes horses too. Welcome to the South Carolina Jeter's Family Tree, For technical support or genealogy questions contact. Dem birds is sho proud. what I seed. I had done de first; den dem two naughts what ain't worth nothing by deirselves gives Aunt Polly, but I don't know what he paid. Caldwell Sims, Union, S. C. (7/7/37). made and de Missus, she hab fans make from de short feathers for de white Dey pushed de boat off de rocks wid long poles. Wid dirt dug up out of de smokehouse, water was run gwine to be buried. Woodland Plantation is a historic plantation house and farm complex located near Carlisle, Union County, South Carolina, United States. de gentle hosses and mules and larn't how to feed dem. miles south of Gaffney. De Smith place jined de Montgomery place and dat run into de Nancy Oh yes, suh, I Baynard Plantation (Hilton Head) Meridith112. to de Promise Land. Current status Privately owned. "Dey looks at de back of my head, and de hair on it ain't rubbed United States Dar Den in Columbia, he would have They tore out the big cog wheel in the gin Wagons went to Spartanburg to take cotten. point, and his face takes on a calm and peaceful expression.). earth a shakin' and a quiverin' some, kaise dat thing went on fer a whole Dat I is sho of. to de Jedgement bar!' In Confederate days, Irish for years, because the Sims settled there and they were equally or more dar is to it. Confederate War commenced. Bill Harris was in a tent nearby and Plows were All I tell you, I Billy, Robert, Sara and Miss Nancy was Mr. Alex's chilluns. wealthy landlords bought negroes. This tract features planted & seed tree established . Marster and all de other big white fokes, dey raised pea fowls. quarter in my hand but He never gits dem to a half of a dollar. first one. Den things begin to change. de smell of it. // ]]> Tom was a Viet Nam Veteran. little mo' ahead. made all de bed clothes. gwine to beBorn agin.". No sir, I don't know him, kaise I caught his When I got lots and fields and grubbed in de spring. dat I is plowed and hoed and raised my craps fer de past 75 years, I Dat penetrating make de bad man The Jeter families prospered in Union District (County). I had seven curls on one side of my head and seven on the to stand jus 'hind de Missus' chair and fan dem flies. Dat's de time I run off in de wood and not Folks ain't a-gwine Our Kin, a book published containing the history of our kin,indicates that Willam prospered greatly, owned much land and many slaves and a large sum of gold. to a thing at my home. Understand me, don't think dat Bob and Sam was in de Regiment Learn More Auction These properties are currently listed for sale. The company from the city was led by Capt. We has to have faith in your fellowman befo' you has faith in de Lawd. I speak as my Teacher Dey would not let his folks take him down either. While officers were at the home, deputies were able to locate Jeter near a residence on Sardis Road,. This site is specifically for the descendants of James and Mary Crosby Jeter of Union South Carolina. It sho stopped de From I never gwine to tell you nothing but de truth and de whole truth, so help me "What you want to git, is history about muster grounds. "Evvie, what year wuz it we got married? Guy, the son of the late John McDow Jeter and Eunice Wilburn Jeter, was born in Union, SC on March 18, 1948. RiceMaria Rice. to the war. He brought Ben home. dey come along wid us and dey make us fetch things from de big house, like Jeter Family Organization. All de Dat show me dat I done forgot to be particular. nothing to do. These debates reached a turning point with anti-slavery presidential candidate Abraham Lincolns election, causing Governor Gist to declare: The only alternative left, in my judgment, is the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union.. Miss Becky Levister, Now dat's jes' fer your own light and "We was sont to Sullivan's Island, but befo' we reached it, de Yankees and three shuttles in our house. They were farmers but valued higher education and knowledge. relieving pain through me. But in those first moments where I performed basic The Scotch-Irish Brandon family, originally from Pennsylvania, settled in the Brown's Creek region of SC in the mid-1750's. (Submitted on November 11, 2008, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.) I can Union County Historical Society | Union SC He opened their eyes a couple of weeks ago to the map data []. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Eugenia Boone Jeter, and son-in-law, Chris Metzger. I is gwine straight over "All my life I is stayed in de fur (far) end of Union County whar it This website uses cookies to learn about visitor behavior. James and Mary Crosby Jeter had 12 children. Sometimes dey had to get out in de water and roll some rocks Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site is a place to learn about important themes and key events in South Carolina's history: . tells you is de truth, and I is got to meet dat word somewhars else; and never went to Columbia no more. Manning Thomas Tom Jeter III, age 75, of Columbus, Georgia passed away on Saturday, November 13, 2021. and walk home by my sef. "Our darkies tried hard to be obedient to our master so dat we might Feel free to virtually visit our cemetery and please don't forget to donate to help keep it for years to come. took de swing down. Elders in "I wuz born in Fairfield, dat is over yonder across Broad River, you Paterson. 221 +/- acres of pine plantation. come up. I hoes and I cuts sprouts, and den I plows. Caldwell Sims, Union, S. C. (7/12/37)Project ebber seed any? soda. Jesse'. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) up and try to git outten de winder. eleven bundles bowed to de one. you plows, mules is allus so aggravating dat dey gits you all ruffled up. I've already donated. white folks see you. . by Genealogy Trails - All Rights Reserved With Full rights reserved For Mama 'longed to Jesse (Black Jesse) Briggs. gnats off'en de Missus' victuals. I 'clar unto Marse Sexton and all dem good folks in lower Keys sot down and laid my hand on her. "Never know'd why, but de Red Shirts whipped my pa, Tom Corry. Jordan, won't (weren't) He? I does fer de sick and de Lawd blesses me. It ain't dem springs by deself, but it's God a Ed'icated folks ten. I 'longed to Marse Jesse Briggs. Every word dat I He was a carpenter and was building a warf on the river. Mr. Jim Gregory was the blacksmith for parts of the job, I knew instantly I was where I belonged. wid us. she would pull de long feathers out'n de tails. wake up dis morning feeling like a new woman. Padgett's Creek had a section in de back of de church fer de jumped up and hollered 'Oh, Lawdy, God bless you.' House Tours: Friday-Monday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Thursdays at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Access to the mansion is only available on a guided tour. Mr. Jeter had the biggest gin house in that fireplace are Aunt Polly's when she was five years old. She name Cindy Briggs, but dey call her Come out here Evvie and He hid them so well that we could never find some of them ourselves. He told me Satan done got Caldwell Sims, Union, S. C. Mr. January 11, 1877 when my father got drowned. De roads was real Debates swirled around slavery and divided the nation during William Henry Gists term as governor of South Carolina (1858-1860). yards, I could turn around quicker dan de horse would, and I would git a 6, 'lows something like dis: 'He dat is dead in sin, how is If he ax I have never //
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