Papers of the Boylston and Salley Families, 1770-2003.
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Manuscripts Division
South Caroliniana Library
University of South Carolina
The papers of the Boylston and Salley Families were transferred to the South Caroliniana Library in
December 2003 by Hemrick Nathan Salley, Jr., of Salley, South Carolina. Information concerning
copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the South Caroliniana Library.
Extent:
6.25 linear ft. (5 cartons) [Annex]
3 volumes [Annex]
4 oversize flat file folders [onsite – Pob and Pob-3]
Accession number: 14184
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Scope and Content Note
The papers of the Boylston and Salley Families consist of six and one-quarter linear feet of
correspondence, land papers, receipts, photographs, genealogies, scrapbooks, and other volumes
documenting the history of the Boylston and Salley families and the town of Salley in Aiken county.
The collection spans from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century.
Boylston items primarily document the family of Austin Boylston (1802-1880) and Mary Reed Boylston
(1801-1877). A year before her death, their daughter Ellen received a letter from a friend in Carterville,
Georgia, written on 20 June 1861. “Fannie” discusses the troops leaving her town, and remarks about
“those detestable yankees,” saying “I could not keep from saying confound them for they have been the
instigators of all our national troubles.” She goes on to say that “while our hearts should overflow with
gratitude [that the South has been victorious thus far] we should feel chastened and humiliated for as a
people we had reveled in wealth and prosperity untill we had become almost forgetfull of Him whose
beneficient hand had so long showered these rich blessings upon us.” Austin and Mary Reed Boylston’s
son George William Boylston and his wife Caroline Riley Boylston (1844-1913) are heavily represented
in the collection, mainly through correspondence and receipts. A photograph album containing over
eighty portraits of Austin and Mary Boylston’s descendants includes members of the Crum, Staley, and
Phillips families and the family of Austin’s brother Jason Boylston (1801-).
Salley family items, mostly legal and land papers, pertain mainly to the descendants of Howell Allan
Salley (1835-1894) and Eugenia Haseltine Corbitt (1838-1894), particularly their sons Francis Eugene
Salley (1871-1930), Oscar Jacob Salley (1873-1928), and Bird Salley (1879-1933). The majority of
Salley correspondence in the collection belonged to Bird Salley’s wife, Maggie Pridgen Salley (18801961). A 1918 letter from her brother Adolph with the 119th U.S. Infantry, stationed in Greenville
complains that “one of the new duties imposed on me is the instruction of a bunch of illiterate men. I
have to instruct them in the simple art of reading and writing.”
A number of items not immediately relating to the Boylston and Salley families shed light upon the
town of Salley, from a copy of Salley’s incorporation papers, to a series of scrapbooks documenting the
Salley Chitlin Strut from 1966 to 1992. The 1890 poll list for “School Election in Salley” contains the
names of 180 voters. The original 1898 Muster Out Lists for the Bamburg Guards of Bamburg, S. C.,
and the Palmetto Rifles of Aiken, S. C., including Salley men, can be found in the Boylston and Salley
Family Papers. Also available is the Salley Town Council Minute Book covering 4 May 1908 to 6 Nov.
1917. Another item of note to those interested in Salley is the 1997 nomination paperwork for the town
to the National Register of Historic Places.
Besides the Salleys and Boylstons, other families prominently featured in the collection include the
West’s, the Dicks’, and the Jones’. The West family files consist mainly of correspondence written
during World War I from brothers Jerome and Holley West to their father Perry West (1853-1926) and
younger brother Lawton West (1897-1963). The family of Angus Fulton Dicks (1856-1935) is
represented by correspondence, photographs, and various memorabilia. Jones family material consists of
letters written from 1964 to 1972 to Ernest and Ruth Jones from Beverly Hills by their daughter
Madelyn Earle Jones (1919-1999), better known as Hollywood’s Lois Collier.
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Individual items of note in the collection not related to the Boylston and Salley families include the two
earliest items. One, dated 5 March 1770, is a land grant to Richard Hall for 150 acres “in Granville
County in the Fork of the three Runs & Tinkers Creek the Waters of Savannah River” signed by William
Bull. The other, dated 3 Apr 1786, is a land grant to John Green, for 250 acres “in the District of
Orangeburgh on Both Sides of the upper three Runs Waters of Savannah River,” signed by William
Moultrie and accompanied by a plat. An 1837 policy from Charleston Fire and Marine Insurance
Company to William Patton, Esq., of Charleston, insured “the lives of Nine Negroes for One year,”
listing names, occupations, and ages of the slaves covered by the policy. A letter written in 1866 by
“Cousin Camilla” in Norfolk, Virginia to an unnamed cousin promises that the author looks forward to
joining her cousin in the White Mountains some summer when “we have all been reconstructed (if we
can be!)” In 1925, Lillian Younger wrote from Winthrop College to her aunt in Salley. She proclaims
that it “was awful about that policeman getting killed. I dont believe I want to live in Wag[e]ner if the
people are all that mean.” She also informs her aunt that at Winthrop, the “colored ladies were going
around with out their uniforms.”
Biographical Sketch
This collection documents the descendants of Austin Boylston (1802-1880) and Mary Reed Boylston
(1801-1877). The couple lost four children in the Civil War: Samuel Reed Boylston (1829-1864) and
Lucian Austin Boylston (1846-1864), both of the 5th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company I; and
Ellen (1836-1862) and Mary (1831-1864) to typhoid. Two other sons of Austin and Mary served in the
Civil War, both in the 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Company B: Pressley Jefferson Boylston
(1840-1920) and George William Boylston (1843-1925). Another son of Austin and Mary Reed
Boylston, James Wyatt Boylston (1827-1889), would become the grandfather of Ena Boylston (19072003) who married Hemrick Nathan Salley, Sr. (1903-2004), uniting two of Salley’s oldest families.
The Salley family represented are descendants of Howell Allan Salley (1835-1894) and Eugenia
Haseltine Corbitt (1838-1894). Howell ran a general store, H. A. Salley and Brother. He served in the
Civil War in the 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Company B. He and Eugenia had eleven
children from 1857 to 1879, of whom three are heavily represented in this collection: Francis Eugene
Salley (1871-1930), who married Ella Phillips (1868-1905) and Caroline Price (1869-1930); Oscar
Jacob Salley (1873-1928), who married Alma Boylston (1875-1902), a daughter of James Wyatt
Boylston; and Bird Salley (1879-1933), who married Maggie Pridgen Salley (1880-1961). It was Francis
Eugene Salley’s son, Hemrick Nathan Salley, Sr., a local judge, who married Ena Boylston.
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Container List for Papers of the Boylston and Salley Families, 1770-2003.
Box 1
Folder
Boylston Family
1 Jan. 1860-6 Dec. 1948, n.d.
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Boylston Family Genealogy
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Boylston, George William (1843-1925)
20 Jan. 1862-10 Dec. 1872
8 Mar. 1873-10 Dec. 1879
18 Feb. 1880-1 Nov. 1884
12 Jan. 1885-15 Aug. 1902, n.d.
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6
7
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Boylston, Lucian Austin (1846-1864)
14 Feb. 1864-30 July 1864, n.d.
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Boylston, Motte James (1896-1983) and Marion Pitts (1899-1987),
26 May 1916-28 Mar 1983, n.d.
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Boylston and Reed
Mar. 1860-11 Nov 1861, n.d. 11
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Boylston, Rosalie “Nellie” Gower (1858-1937)
8 Mar. 1887-18 Jan. 1888. n.d.
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Collier, Lois [Madelyn Earle Jones Schreibman] (1919-1999)
4 Dec. 1964-23 Dec. 1966
27 Jan. 1967-28 Dec. 1967
5 Jan. 1968-27 Dec. 1968
2 Jan. 1969-28 Dec. 1969
16 Jan. 1970-15 Dec 1972, n.d.
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16
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Dicks Family
26 Sept. 1874-26 May 1936, n.d.
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Gardner Family
30 Nov 1885-2 June 1902, n.d.
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Hard Family
11 Sept. 1851-22 Dec. 1851
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Leaphart Family
16 Aug. 1895-29 Dec. 1896, n.d.
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Miscellaneous (See Calendar of Miscellaneous Items)
30 Mar. 1821-13 Dec. 1896
1 May 1902-14 Dec. 1955, n.d.
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Newspaper Clippings
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Parkinson, R. D. (Rev.)
23 July 1951-22 Apr 1993
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Box 2
Folder
Salley, Addie Bell (1911-1987), Fiction.
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Salley Family
25 Mar. 1853-9 Feb. 1920, n.d.
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Salley, Francis Eugene (1871-1930)
5 Nov. 1901-6 July 1931
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Salley, Hemrick Nathan, Sr. (1903-2004)
9 Sept. 1931-3 May 2003, n.d.
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Salley, Hemrick Nathan, Jr. (b.1935)
16 May 1940-2 Oct. 2000, n.d.
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Salley, Maggie Pridgen (b.1877)
30 May 1895-20 Dec, 1926, n.d.
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Salley, Oscar Jacob (1873-1928) and Alma E. Boylston (1875-1902)
24 Feb. 1891-12 Oct. 1928
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Salley, Town of.
General
Nomination paperwork, 1997 (National Register of Historic Places)
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34-39
Sawyer, Daniel Henderson (1882-1944) and Vivian Huff (1897-1963),
Mar. 1914-13 June 1939
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West Family
3 Mar. 1868-2 Mar 1916
31 Jan. 1918-30 Dec. 1918
5 Jan. 1919-18 Oct. 1937, n.d.
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Wieters, O. F., 21 Apr. 1885-3 May 1886, n.d.
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Box 3 – Audio/Visual
Folder
Audio Recordings
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Photographs
Boylston Family (See Calendar of Photographs)
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Boylston Family Album (See Calendar of Photographs)
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Boylston, Motte James and Marion Pitts
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Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones Schreibman]
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Crum Family (See Calendar of Photographs)
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Crum, Jehue and Bell Boylston
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Dicks Family (Angus, Addie Rebecca Milhous, Neta, Lois, and Julia Ila)
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King Family (Will, Tody [Emma] Crum, Coy and William)
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McElveen Family (Thomas R., Annie Laura Salley, Hopson, and Howell)
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Miscellaneous Persons
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Places
General
Cemeteries (See Calendar of Photographs)
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Salley Family (See Calendar of Photographs)
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Salley Family (Hemrich Nathan, Sr., Ena Boylston, and Hemrich Nathan Jr.)
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Salley Family (James Rufus, Julia Ann White, Wilhelmina, Lucille, and Dewey)
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Salley, Henry Felder
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Salley, Henry Hampton
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Salley, Henry Hartzog
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Sheheen, Johnny and Pearl Salley
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Unidentified Persons
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Volumes (Unpublished)
Box 4
Anonymous
Account Book. 1898
Cooper, Lillie
Book of Record and Brief Family History of George William Boylston. 1915
[re genealogy of families of G.W.Boylston and of his wives]
Annex Item 9
Dedication, 4 May 1975, of Battle of John’s Town Memorial [scrapbook, unbound]
[honoring battle, 4 May 1782, during American Revolution.]
Box 4
Gardner, J.A.M., Jr. (b. 1848)
Day Book. c.1875-76
Annex Item 8
Penn & Holstein [Druggists] (Edgefield, S.C.)
Book of prescriptions filled by (20 Aug 1915-26 July 1918)
Box 5
“Salley Chitlin Strut” (3 scrapbooks)
1966-1977
1978-1982
1983-1992
Box 4
Salley, Fitzhugh P.
Accounts of Convalescent Hospital, Depot Brigade. 1918.
Salley (S.C.)
Salley Town Council Minutes. 4 May 1908-6 Nov. 1917
Woodmen of the World. (Salley, S.C., Camp No. 222)
Docket Record of Fraternal Insurance and Collection of Assessments and Dues for Clerks of Camps, 1904-1917.
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Volumes (Published)
Box 4
Battle of Aiken
Boylstons: a Family History: The James Wyatt and Martha Ann Corbitt Boylston Family - by Samuel
Lionel Boylston and Raymond Powell Boylston, Jr.
Centennial Celebration Commemorating the Founding of Aiken South Carolina, April 4th-6th 1935
Confederate Soldiers Who Died in the Service of Their Country and Are Buried in Columbia, South
Carolina, 1861-1865. [Memorial Pamphlet]
Family Doctor, The, by Dr. J. B. McMillan, Graniteville, S.C.
History of the First Baptist Church of Aiken, South Carolina and Other Data. Prepared by the
Centennial Committee on the Occasion of the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary on
Sunday, May 2, 1937.
Minutes of the Thirty-third Annual Convention South Carolina Division, United Daughters of the
Confederacy. Held at Orangeburg, South Carolina, December 4-6, 1929.
Orangeburg Re-Union. South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans. May 14-15, 1924. [2
copies]
Ordinances of the Town of Edgefield, South Carolina, as passed and ratified by the Council, September
3, A.D. 1929.
Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star.
1 Jan. 1923
Oct. 1925
Salley Civic and Garden Club, Program, 1958-59
Salley High School Yearbook, 1948-1949
Silver Anniversary, Grand Chapter of South Carolina Order of the Eastern Star. 1907-1932.
Supplement 1 to a History of the Salley Family by Olin Jones Salley: Descendants of Henry Salley,
1690-1765, and Wife, Mariah Von Arx, who left Switzerland for Carolina in 1735 - compiled by
Dorothy K. MacDowell.
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Survey of Historical Sites in the Lower Savannah Region. [ca. 1970s - 3 copies]
Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. South Carolina Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Aiken, South
Carolina, Baptist Church, October 19-20-21, 1917.
Year Book. United Daughters of the Confederacy. South Carolina Division
Feb. 1930-Feb. 1931.
Feb. 1931-Feb. 1932.
Feb. 1932-Feb. 1933.
Feb. 1933-Feb. 1934.
Box 5 - Scrapbooks
“Salley Chitlin Strut” (3 scrapbooks)
1966-1977
1978-1982
1983-1992
Dedication, 4 May 1975, of Battle of John’s Town Memorial [scrapbook, unbound]
[honoring battle, 4 May 1782, during American Revolution.]
Oversize Folders (See Calendar of Oversize Items)
Folder 1: 1770-1886.
Folder 2: 1898 Muster-Out Rolls. [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
Folder 3: 1911-1937, n.d.
Folder 4: Lineage of the Prothro Family in America.
Wrapped Volumes
Bibles
Benham Family Bible (James C. Benham, 1830-1880) [Annex item 6]
Parker Family Bible (Benjamin C. Parker, 1780-1856) [Annex item 7]
Penn & Holstein [Druggists] (Edgefield, S.C.)
[Annex item 8]
Book of prescriptions filled by (20 Aug 1915-26 July 1918)
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Calendar of Miscellaneous Items
30 Mar. 1821. “General plat of 750 acres of land belonging to Est. of John Yonn, decd. surveyed &
divided by Jas. Winningham,” bordering on Good Land Swamp.
20 Jan 1826. Barnwell Dist. Reuben Weathersbee to Elijah Wall, lands of his father, Mr Job
Weathersbee deceased, for two hundred Dollars
29 Nov 1826. plat for the Administrator & heirs of Job Weathersbee Decd, 741 acres in Barnwell
District “in the fork of Tinkers Creek and the upper three Runs waters of Savannah River” bounded by
Stephen Roberts, Reuben Weathersbee, and Jesse Cherry
16 June 1833. “Dr Pedro Lopez Dr To visit to wench & steambath – Recd a doubloon which he sent in
full $16” On reverse are dates and doses from 27 May to 22 June 1833 and “General Toro – Affect of
Bladder of adopted child.” Also on reverse in Spanish language pencil writing, May 1833 and the names
Junio and Julio.
18 Sept 1834. Columbia County, Georgia. John Dozier, Last Will and Testament. Sons Green Jones
Dozier, John Wilson Dozier, William Dozier, James Dozier, Marcus Fullus Cicero Dozier, Richard
Tally Dozier, John Appling Dozier. Daughters Martha Tucker Beall, Frances Fuller, Fidelia Jane Dozier,
Betsy Thrower Quizenberry. Granddaughters Mary Ann Ryan (daughter of Haynes S. Ryan), Frances
Nantz, Ann Quizenberry (daughter of James Quizenberry). Grandsons John Dozier Gelson, James
Quizenberry, John D. Gibson. Slaves mentioned: Jack, Sally, Jim, Jefferson, Alfred, Fanny, Mary,
Wesley, Louisa, Pat, Franky, Sarah, Ross, Jenny, Sam, Lucinda, Henry. Certified 8 Aug 1839.
19 Jan 1837. Charleston Fire and Marine Insurance Company to William Patton Esq. of Charleston,
Insurance on the lives of Nine Negroes for One year from 19th Jany 1837. For $5,300, premm $26500.
Boston, a good Engineer, about 35 ($1000); Anderson, a fireman, about 25 ($700); George, a prime
deck hand, about 30 ($300); Scipio, a prime deck hand, about 30 ($600 died & pd for); Sam, a prime
deck hand, about 35 ($500); Mathias, a prime deck hand, about 32 ($500); Phil, a first rate Cook, about
50 ($500); Robert, a Steward and is also a Coachman, about 25 ($700, in town); Robo, a Coachman &
good as a deck hand, about 50 ($300, in town).
24 Feb 1849. Benjm H Fisher “is authorized to Exhort in the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,”
“Done at the Quarterly Conference for Gloucester Circuit.”
29 Oct 1849. Charles Whitney, Colraine, to Emily Clarke Whitney, Liverpool. Regarding walk to Port
Stewart and the news that Edward Zane Carroll Judson had been “found guilty and sentenced to State
prison.”
7 Dec 1849. Orangeburg District. David Argoe for $50 paid by Benjamin Stevenson sold 100 acres “in
Edisto Fork near the head waters of Good-Land-Swamp and bounded by Lands of John Jordan, James
Stevenson, Frances Wmson, Wm Stevenson and Wm Cooper.” Conveyed to David Argoe by Joseph L.
Autley, Sheriff of Orangeburg District on 15 Oct 1845. (“Recorded in Record Book No 22 pages 628 &
29 this 14th Nov 1854”)
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8 Feb 1852. Orangeburg District. “Garvin Cooper, Cannon Cooper, and Margaret Cooper are firmly
bound unto [mother] Mary Cooper in the sum of sixteen dollars and 63 c”
5 Feb 1853. Orangeburg District. John A. Smith, for $50 paid by Jackson Williams, sells “one third part
of Two Hundred and Twenty one acres of land surveyed for Jos Blackman and Jos Williams,” “in the
Fork of N and S Edisto Rivers . . . on the Branches of Goodland swamp waters, . . . the Road leading
from Columbia to Barnwell C H” bordering on land owned by John Cooper, Wm Cooper, and lands
granted to John Smith. Signed Allen Smith.
12 Sept 1853. Juliet Shepard, Cobleskill, NY, to “Sister Elizabeth” [Mrs. Sidney Shepard, 54 Main
Street, Buffalo, NY]. Mentions that the railroad will go “very near the house we live in” and that “it is to
be done to Cobleskill one year from next October”
2 Nov 1854. H. M. H., Graniteville, to “My dear Anny”. News regarding the health of Anny’s parents.
27 May 1858. William Henry, Prairie du Chien, WI, to [brother] Frank. “I have everything invested in
Real Estate pretty much, which has depreciated amazingly, indeed you could not sell it for money at any
price for there has been no money here this winter” asking for $400.
20 July 1858. D W E Clapp, Iowa City, to Mr. A. Sawyer, Dundee, Yates Co, NY. Asking to remit
money to NY. Tells him that Iowa City is a good place for a “grocery wholesale & retail,” and that he
sold out his “dry goods for 80 acres” of land “about 6 miles from town.” Includes note to Mr. A. Q.
Costner asking him to pay his note to Sawyer as it is now in his hands.
18 Dec 1858. Orangeburgh District. Mary B Cooper, for $200 paid by Drucilla Cooper, sell 118 acres
“in the fork of Edisto Rivers on Goodland Swamp” bounded by John A Sally and Margaret Cooper.
(Recorded in Record Book No 1, pages 630-1, 9 Feb 1861)
8 June -7 Dec 1858. Receipt, Mr. C W Porter to Edwin O. Wentworth, Machias Republican (Maine).
1858. Orangeburgh District. Mary B. Cooper, for $90 paid by Drucilla Cooper, 90 acres “it being my
part of Land known as the John Cooper Land” Unsigned, undated.
24 Oct 1863. Georgie, Ridge, to “Cousin Mollie.” Thanking God for their continued help and praying
for others less fortunate. “We have heard from my brothers in Virginia. Willie was well but Nortie[?]
had been quite sick though he was better. Boardie[?] is on James Island – says he had see Press and
George. Poor fellow I am sorry he was so rash to go in service so young he isn’t seventeen yet.”
5 Feb 1864. Letter, “Sister” Mollie, Oak Grove, to Katie. Relating news of family.
5 Jan 1865. Blackville. Received of C J Stroman, 6860 pounds/122.5 bushels of corn, “Being his entire
‘Tax in Kind’” by J F Riley.
15 Aug 1866. “Cousin Camilla,” Norfolk, to “My Dear Cousin” [by Frank A Rhodes Esq.] Looks
forward to joining her in the White Mountains some summer when “we can have Joseph for an escort
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and we have all been reconstructed (if we can be!)” Discusses the price of gold in relation to sending
money to Joseph on his European tour.
[1]8 Nov 1871. Pelzer, Rodgers, & Co. to “Sir.” Wish to know about results of E F Coes Phosphate on
last season’s crop. (printed)
2 Mar 1878. J M Berry, Augusta, Ga, to “Sir.” Expecting arrival of fertilizer. [duplicated]
6 Mar 1878. J M Berry, Augusta, Ga, to “Sir.” Fertilizer order has been filled. [duplicated]
12 Mar 1878. J M Berry, Augusta, Ga, to “Sir.” Inspection tags for fertilizer will be forwarded by the
State Inspector of Fertilizers. [duplication]
1 Jan 1879. Godfrey Thomas to J H Burckmyer. Dr. Account of purchases from Feb 4 to Sept 14 1878.
22 Feb 1879. A Radcliffe, receipt for $100 for work done in execution of estate of H R Hanberry.
19 Aug 1879. John W Axson, Orangeburg County, for $110 from John Boddy, sells 61 acres on “Good
Land Swamp, waters of South Edisto River, and bounded North by lands of said John Boddy and Willis
Jernigan, East by the run of Good Land Swamp, South, by Lands of Martin Cooper, and West by lands
of Ezekeil Starnes.” Also signed by wife Joanna Axson.
24 Sept 1879. Dr L C Stephens, Blackville, S.C., to “Sir.” Regarding eucalyptus.
8 Dec 1880. Cora AJV, Wellford, SC, to Mrs Georgie H Center, Blackville, SC. [postal card]
19 Jan 1881. F. [torn]er & Co. to P W Farrell, Blackville, SC. [printed price list]
19 Jan 1881. Pelzer, Rodgers & Co. to P W Farrell, Blackville, SC. [printed price list]
20 Oct 1881. List of workers and how much cotton they picked.
12 July 1882. Drucilla Cooper, Aiken County, for $5 from Morgan D. Williamson, sells 118 acres in
“Rocky Grove Township, on West Good Land Swamp, and bounded North by Estate lands of Martin A
Cooper, East by lands of Cannon J. Cooper, South by lands of R A Rice, and West by lands of D H
Sally.”
1 May 1887. Saphronia Keadle, Graniteville, for $50 from Mrs. Rebecker L. Keadle, Orangeburg
County, sells “one cow and young calf, one cow and yearling, all my house and kitching furniture.”
1 Nov 1887. Johnson Hagood, Barnwell, SC, to “Sir.” [printed letter]
3 Nov 1887. Barnwell County tax receipt of Isaac Thomas Bell.
23 Mar 1888. R H Watson, Ridge Spring, SC, to “Friend.” Collecting school check.
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1890. “Pole Lost 1890 for School Election for Sally” Includes 180 names.
Feb 1893. Receipt of William Pettle to M H Berry
9 Sep 1893. Southern Cotton Oil Co. to “Our Agents.” [printed price quote]
30 Dec 1896. Wedding invitation of Julia Annie, daughter of Dr. & Mrs. W E Prescott, and Dr.
Frederick L. Parker.
1 May 1902. F N K Bailey to [torn]. Balance due.
May 1902. Pamphlet: Clemson Agricultural College, “New Method of Preserving Sweet Potatoes.”
Jan.-Aug. 1903. Book of dues paid by R. L. McAlister, member of the Bricklayers and Masons
International Union No. 5 of the City of Columbia.
11 July 1906. Timothy S. Lyons to “Messrs. Sawyer & Owens, Aiken, S.C.”: re. matter of Mrs. Louisa
Murray regarding estate of Mary Murray.
4 Nov. 1911. IOU from Elizabeth Cooper to Mrs. W. E. Cooper for $1,100 with 8% interest for 12
months; accompanied by a mortgage of real estate in the town of Salley.
10 Dec 1913. Plat for Lee Cooper, 12.5 acres “known as lands of the following parties: Joseph Cooper,
and Lee Cooper, Hays Cooper, Lula Cooper, Andrew Cooper, David Cooper, Wills Bell Cooper” in
Aiken county “in Rocky Grove Township on the west side of Southern railroad on tributary waters of
Dean swamp,” bounded by lands of Wesley Stanes, Thomas Taylor, & A. J. Williams (“or the estat
lands of Mrs. Sarah Williams”).
1-3 Oct. 1915. Minutes of the Eighty-First Annual Session of the Edisto Baptist Association, held with
the Holly Hill Baptist Church. (printed, 1915, The Baptist Courier Co., Greenville, S.C.), 35 pages.
13 Oct. 1917. G. A. Guignard, Brick Manufacturer, Columbia, S.C., receipt for 500 bricks sold to Mr.
Ben Collier.
27 Feb 1923. Stock certificate for one share in American Medical Products Company, Inc., owned by
George B. Parkinson.
15 Oct. 1925 [PMK]. Letter from Lillian E. “Hinks” Younger, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S.C., to
“Aunt” Mary C. Younger, Salley, S.C., c/o Mr. John H. Corbett, Sr. Mentions aunt Florence, uncles
Manton, Bubber and Oscar, and cousin Ida. Says: “That was awful about that policeman getting killed. I
dont believe I want to live in Wagner if the people are all that mean.” Also tells that the “colored ladies
were going around with out their uniforms.”
15 Jan 1927. Handbook of Information about the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial.
1 July 1932. Southern Railway System, Memphis – Charleston District, Seniority List
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29 Jan 1939. Letter from Florence (PMK Higganum, Conn.) to Mrs. J. T. (Mebel) Birdson, Aiken, SC.
Describes damage from a major storm.
14 Dec. 1955. Plat of property located near Salley, S.C., bordered by Alonzo Bailey, Ethel A.
Williamson, Sarah Ann Williamson, Est. of Geo. L. Bailey, Rock Grove Bap. Ch., H. N. Salley, and
Mrs. B. L. Able.
n.d. Applicant’s Working Sheet, D.A.R. of Mrs. Mary Crum Mims
n.d. small account book.
n.d. layout of plats on Boggy Bay, at the request of Mr. Jacob Mack
n.d. [20 May] Reamer fuel Company, Columbia, S.C., receipt to Jos. Pelot
n.d. [15 Aug] Post card to Mrs. A. C. Fanning, Springfield, S.C. from “B.” [PMK New Brunswick, NJ]
n.d. M. F. Maloney & Son, Blackville, S.C., receipt to Thom Dukes.
n.d. “J. C. Wise in acct. with Road Commissioners”
n.d. Christmas card to Miss Florence Corbitt from R. L. Poole
n.d. list of things to buy
n.d. itemized receipt of “W.A.P”
[Photocopied family pages from family bibles in SCL’s possession]
Benham Family Bible (James C. Benham, 1830-1880)
Parker Family Bible (Benjamin C. Parker, 1786-1856)
Advertisements, (undated).:
Barnesville Buggy Co. (Barnesville, Ga.)
Davis Sewing Machine (Robert Powell, Hardware Merchant, Aiken, SC)
Dr. C. G. Garrison’s Family Medicines (at McMaster, Brice & Kitchin, Winnsboro, SC)
F. H. Lummus Sons Co., Columbus, Ga., Cotton Gins
New Home Sewing Machine Co (Powell Bros, Aiken SC)
Winship Machine Company, Atlanta, Ga.
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Calendar of Oversize Items [onsite]
5 March 1770. grant to Richard Hall, 150 acres “in Granville County in the Fork of the three Runs &
Tinkers Creek the Waters of Savannah River” signed William Bull. (Recorded in Book K N20 Page 20,
the 17th May 1770) [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
3 Apr 1786. grant to John Green, 250 acres “in the District of Orangeburgh on Both Sides of the upper
three Runs Waters of Savannah River,” “for and in Consideration of Five Pounds Sixteen shillings”
signed by William Moultrie. (Recorded in Grant Book HHHH Page 406). Plat, 3 Sept 1784, shows that
adjacent lands belong to Richd Hall, Richd Treadway, and Josp Turner. [Undergoing restoration,
photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
12 Jan. 1809. Aquil[l]ar Green of Baldwin County, Georgia, for $600, to Job Weathersbee of Barnwell
District, South Carolina, 370 acres “in the fork of the three runs and tinkes Creek,” parts of lands
originally granted to Richd Hall, John Green, and Richard Treadaway. (Recorded in Book H, page 298)
25 Apr. 1853. Grant and plat to John A. Salley for 30 acres in Orangeburgh District on Spring Brach
waters of South Edisto River. [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
19 Nov. 1858. Plat of 179 acres, part of a tract of 465 acres originally granted to Henry Dubose on 7
July 1806. [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
19 Jan. 1860. William P. West and Amanda West, his wife, of Orangeburgh District, for $5, to D. V.
Philips, J. M. Sally, John C. Fanning, Allen Porter, and Joseph C. Fanning, a scool committee appointed
for Dean Swamp Academy, one acre of land where the said Academy now stands, “near the head of
Bratcher Branch and on the north side of said Branch in the fork of Edisto rivers,” bounded by estate of
E. Herigton and lands of said Wm. P. West.
8-12 Sept. 1876. 19 prescriptions written by A. S. Salley and M. G. Salley to be filled by J. G.
Wannamaker, Russell Street, Orangeburg C. H., S. C.
4 Jan.-28 Oct. 1876. Receipt for purchases of Gyles & Bro. by G. W. Boyleston.
21 Aug. 1879. Plat of 108 acres of Ezekiel Starnes “on West Good Land Swamp” from which 50 acres
is cut off for John Boddy.
27 June-4 Nov. 1881. Receipt for purchases of P. W. Farrell by G. W. Boylston.
17 July 1886. Receipt for purchases of Geo. S. Hacker & Son by G. W. Boylston
1898. Muster Out Lists, Bamburg Guards, Bamburg, SC; Palmetto Rifles, Aiken, SC. [Undergoing
restoration, photocopy filed with miscellaneous items]
3 Oct. 1911. Disability Insurance Policy on Oscar J. Salley.
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1911. Charcoal drawing of the children of Francis Eugene Salley with explanation
6 Mar. 1914. Life Insurance Policy on Oscar J. Salley.
1 Dec. 1924. H. B. Garvin, Wagener, S.C., appointed as Magistrate for District No. 5, Aiken County.
1925. Southern College Pharmacy Senior Class. [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with
miscellaneous items]
7 Oct. 1927. Plat of 110 acres of land “lying between Good Land creek and the Southern Railroad,
owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson.”
16 Aug. 1931. Copy of The Charlotte Observer, page 3 of section 3, article entitled “Ella Boylston—
Descendent of the English Kings” and including a handwritten Boylston Genealogy to Motte James
Boylston.
8 July 1937. Fire Insurance Policy of Mrs. Maggie P. Salley.
n.d. The Salley’s of South Carolina Genealogy. [Undergoing restoration, photocopy filed with
miscellaneous items]
n.d. “Lineage of the Prothro Family in America” (8 sheets)
Calendar of Photographs
Boylston Family
Mamie Crum Boylston Morrison, Ena Boylston Salley, Kathleen Boylston Davis
Kathleen Boylston Davis (GWC College)
Marion Reedy Boylston & Nancy Crum Boylston house
Dr. Clinton Boylston, son of Morgan Boylston & Emma Cora Salley
Sisters: Kathleen, Mamie, Mattie, Ena; Brother: Motte; Mother: Nancy
Boylston Family Album
Page 1: Dr. Andrew Frederick Crum (1840-1880)
Page 2: Bocage Academy, Blackville, Barnwell County
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Page 3: George William Boylston (1843-1925)
Page 4: Dr. George Felder Hair, [signed 16 Feb. 1892] (1870-1946)
Page 5: Mary L. Boylston (1831-1864) [daughter of Austin Boylston]
Page 6: Ellen Boylston, daughter of George Boylston
Page 7: George Felder Hair (1870-1946) & Leila Estell Boylston Hair (1871-) [daughter of George
William Boylston] [signed 30 Dec. 1892]
Page 8: Mary Ella Boylston (1873-) [daughter of George William Boylston]
Page 9: Rev. Dixon; Peter Frederick Bowman (1843-1868); Frederick Crum (1777-1842)
Page 10: Sebastian Funchess; Elizabeth Crum Watson (1861-) [Mrs. Charles]
Page 11: Lewis James Crum (1836-1877); Dr. Andrew Frederick Crum (1840-1880); John Wesley Crum
(1838-1922); Claud Rencher
Page 12: James Wyatt Boylston (1827-1889); Martha Ann Corbitt (1833-1912); Nicholas Howell
Boylston; John Maynard Boylston
Page 13: Francis Eugene Salley (1871-1930); Ida Phillips; John Phillips (1828-1915); Ida Philips
Page 14: Ella Phillips (1868-1905) [Mrs. Francis Eugene Salley]; Ella & Jim Phillips; Jim Phillips;
Joseph Furman Boylston (1834-1850)
Page 15: Wesley Houser Boylston (1890-); Miss Spratt (teacher); Rosalie “Nellie” Gower Boylston
[Mrs. Samuel Reed Boylston, Jr.] (1858-1937)
Page 16: Irene Riley; Pauline Riley [Mrs. D. K. Walker] (1886-); Nellie Reed Hartzog [Mrs. George F.]
(1799-); Lee W. Houser
Page 17: Leila Estell Boylston Hair (1871-)
Page 18: Wesley Houser Boylston (1890-)
Page 19: John Maynard Boylston
Page 20: Reed and Crum Boylston
Page 21: Leila Estell Boylston Hair’s son Dr. Pinckney Belton Hair (1899-)
Page 22: Charlie Meckins Sanderson
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Page 23: Dr. D S Hoppins, MD, Letohatchie, Ala
Page 24: John Franklin Staley [dated 11/2/1871] (1835-1905)
Page 25: Eloise Cave [Mrs. George Francis] (1865-1912); Mr. Cave; Carrie E. Riley Boylston [Mrs.
George William Boylston] (1844-1913)
Page 26: Samuel Reed Boylston (1829-1864); Lucian Austin Boylston (1846-1864); Mary Reed
Boylston [Mrs. Austin J. Boylston] (1801-1877); Austin J. Boylston (1802-1880)
Page 27: Clift Boylston, son of PJ; Eugene Francis Boylston (1866-1941); Elizabeth “Betty” Signer
Boylston [Mrs. Brantley Boylston] (1858-1937); Livia Boylston Inabinet [possibly Olivia Boylston
Searight]
Page 28: Elizabeth Boylston; William Homer Boylston (1884-); Benjamin Lewis Boylston (1870-1953);
Alice Boylston Jones [daughter of James Wyatt Boylston, Mrs. T. Carl Jones] (1866-)
Page 29: Narcissa A. Riley Boylston [Mrs. Warren W. Boylston] (1820-); Warren W. Boylston (18211877); Alston Valney Boylston (1854-); Warren Larkin Boylston (1859-)
Page 30: Ida Laura Boylston; Samuel Reed Boylston Jr.; Brantley Boylston [all children of Samuel Reed
Boylston]
Page 31: Edward Staley (1839-1918); Donald Staley (1841-1914); Edward Staley (1839-1918); John
Staley
Page 32: Ellen R. Staley (1863-); Orin Bowman Staley (1873-1946); John Franklin Staley Jr. (18711947); Samuel Fordham Staley (1869-1895) [all children of John Franklin Staley]
Page 33: John Franklin (1835-1905) and Ann R. Boylston Staley (1839-1920)
Page 34: Jason Boylston (1801-)
Page 35: William Boylston [son of Jason and Emily Moody Boylston] (1838-)
Page 36: George Boylston [son of Jason and Emily Moody Boylston] (1845-)
Page 37: Emily Boylston (1827-) and Julia Boylston (1836-), [daughters to Jason Boylston and Emily
Moody]
Page 38: John R. Boylston (1820-) and Warren W. Boylston (1821-1877) [sons of Jason and Penelope
Moody Boylston]
Page 40: Aunt Carrie Boylston
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Page 41: “To the memory of Wesley Houser, died Aug. 10, 1898, Aged 85 years”
Crum Family
Dorothy, daughter of Johnny and Nora Bell Boylston Crum
James Louis Crum
Mamie Crum Salley
Grandson of Florie Crum White, son of Yance White
William Crum, married Octavia Reeves and Nonnnie Neely
Nancy Crum Boylston
Rebecca Hartzog married to John Crum
Orin Crum Boman, son of Judge Boman and Mary Ellen Crum, Orangeburg, SC
Miscellaneous persons
Percy Rice, Aunt Mamie Crum’s schoolmate
Byron Hair, friend and neighbor of Aunt Mamie Crum Salley
James Alford Jones, Jr.
Florence Jilliette Secrethry
Raymond and W. A. Wingard at a barbecue at L. A. McMillan house, 1950s
Y. J. Young and Karene at H. N. Salley Farm
Miss Bessy Lee Garvin
McKie Family in front of Uncle Ed McKie’s house
R. W. Boylston, James Buist Martin, Ernest Jones, Olin J. Salley, L. A. McMillan, Gary Starnes, Holly
Cooper, D. C. Kennerly, Hemrick N. Salley, Sr.
Salley Rifle Club 1890
Places: Cemeteries
Reed; Boylston, Crum, Eaves, Hartzog, Reed, Waters; Fanning, Inabinet (with gravestone
transcriptions)
Salley Family
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William Salley, Perry, SC
Eulalie Salley, Aiken, SC
1920: Harold Eidson, Louis Salley, Henry Salley
Children of Mary [Elizabeth] Amaker Salley and Ebbie H. Salley, Ebbie Jr., and Mary Ellen
Oscar Salley
Annie Laura Salley, sister of Hink Salley, Sr. (died young)
Imogene Salley Gilliam, wife of Louis Gilliam, sister of Hemrich N. Salley, Sr.
Dr. Nathan Salley
Marker for first two Salleys in Salley, SC (Henry and Martin)
Dr. Felder Salley, son of Howell Allen Salley and Eugenia H. Corbitt
Wilber Salley, son of Dr. Holly Salley and Qeny Salley Salley
Frances Eugene Salley
Byrd Salley at Howell Salley House
Old Salley House (Howell Allen Salley) Long Beard, Oscar Salley, Margaret Kee Salley in Reo Car, Dr.
Felder Salley (buggy), Byrdie Salley sitting on steps
A. S. Salley, E. M. Salley MD, George E. Salley, Albert M. Salley