Letter, 1766 July 4, Pine Tree Hill, S.C., [to] Thomas Farr, Clerk of the Commons House of Assembly, S.C.

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Letter, 1766 July 4, Pine Tree Hill, S.C., [to] Thomas Farr, Clerk of the Commons House of Assembly, S.C.

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Letter, 4 July 1766 [Kershaw County, S.C.] transmitting accounts of expenses arising from the apprehension and transfer of certain felons to jail in Pine Tree Hill [after 1769, settlement known as Camden], and noting "the number of rogues dayly increase & without some encoragement for apprehending [them] is given, I expect they'l[l] make some further attempts to disturb the repose of the Country." Letter includes names of 7 prisoners, and lists the travel required after apprehension to deliver them to authorities in Pine Tree Hill; distances listed range from 125-160 "computed miles"; prisoners include "Rob[er]t Johnston taken at Nelson's Ferry," Tho[ma]s Moon, Derrick Manning, George Black, and others.

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Brig. Gen. James Simons of the South Carolina Militia was given command of Morris Island early in 1861, as the nascent Confederate forces turned their attention to the federal garrison in Fort Sumter. With two brigades under his command, Morris presided over the reduction of Sumter and was later placed in command of the 4th Brigade, South Carolina Militia, stationed in and near Charleston. From the guide to the South Carolina Militia orderly book, South Carolina Militia,...

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