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Oliver Thomas Shaw marries Emma Eugenia Etheridge Scott

John Scott 1804 GA D: 09/09/1854 The Old Cemetery, Thomasville, GA M: 1850 Jane Green Hudson 1817-1879 (Jane's first husband and father of her five daughters was Caleb W Rembert, 1806-1847. Second husband was John Scott).

1~Dr. Henry Augustus Scott B: 03/1828 GA D: 05/15/1904 KS CSA CO K 51 GA Inf M1: 1848 Elizabeth M. Rembert 1833-1852, d/o Caleb W. Rembert and Jane Green-Rembert. m/o John Rembert Scott M2:) 12/25/1853 Columbus, GA. Virginia Ann Lester B: 02/17/1830 Jones Cty, GA. D: 1899. Virginia was the daughter of Eli and Winnifred Hill Lester. m/o Walter, John, Virginia & Augusta.M3:) 1877 Atlanta Endocia Haggard 1855-1915 (m/o Frank & William)

1~John Rembert Scott 1850-1852

2~Walter Henry Scott B: 05/15/1855 at the Lester Plantation in Glennville (Pittsview), Russell County, AL. D: 01/06/1948. M: 11/21/1878 Emma Jane Eugenia Etheridge, at Col Robert T. Nesbit's Plantation in Octavia, Early County. B: 11/22/1857, Octavia, Early Cty, GA D: 01/27/1925 Altoona, FL. Walter was the book-keeper for a saw mill and later a traveling salesman. Emma Jane Eugenia Etheridge was the daughter of Greenberry W. Etheridge (1816-1862) & M: 02/08/1833 Martha Ann Stinson (1821-1870apx). Her oldest brother, CSA Lt. Burrell T. Etheridge, enlisted July 8, 1861. Appointed 1st Sergeant March 1863. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1, 1863. Elected 2nd Lieutenant August 3, 1863. Killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia June 2, 1864. died in battle in Virginia 1864. Her family suffered greatly during the war and after her mother's death the family was divided. Emma was "adopted" by Hardy Royals in Cuthbert, Randolph Co. Ga when she was 13. Hardy raised her until her marriage and must have been a great influence on her because she named her first child and only son Walter Hardy Scott. 1880 lived in Damascus, Early, Georgia.

1~Walter Hardy Scott B: 1880 Damascus, Early Cty, GA D: 05/06/1908 Hillsborough Cty, FL M: Mary Ceva Martin 1885-1942

1~James Walter Scott 1906-1982 M: 1931 Pauline Callahan 1907-1946

2~Frances 'Bessie' Elizabeth Scott B: 1886 Higley, Lake County, Fl D: 08/21/1938 M: Sidney Beaureguarde Brantley 1879-1938. Bessie and her husband Sidney Brantley died tragically in a car accident along with Bessie's sister Eugenia "Gina" Scott Shaw. Bessie and Sidney's son Maurice Brantley was driving and a sod truck rolled over on their car at a curve in the road.

1~Rev. Maurice Eugene Brantley B: 06/25/1914 Altoona, Fl D: 07/18/2008 M: Louise Doyle 1916–1959 M2: 1960 Edna Mae Pugsley 1925-2016

<span class=prefix>Rev</span> Maurice Eugene Brantley

1~Maurice Eugene Brantley B:

2~Frances Virginia Brantley 1916-1988 M: Russell W Keech 1923-2009

1~Frances Elizabeth Johnson Pahula 1938–2011

3~Ethel Laura Scott B: 1888 D: 1956 M: John Sealy Grantham 1866-1951. She came to Fort McCoy as a school teacher, became the church pianist, and was also a postmistress.

1~Walter Herbert Grantham 1919–2007 M: Mary O. Scruggs 1920–1996

1~Henry Corbett Grantham 1943-2023 M: Harriett Polk

1~Randy Grantham

2~Laurie Grantham

4~Emma Eugenia Etheridge Scott, was a teacher, B: 08/16/1890 Higley, Lake County, Fl. D: 08/21/1938. She died tragically in a car accident with her sister "Bessie" Scott Brantley and husband Sidney Brantley. M: 1930 Oliver Thomas Shaw B: 1873 D: 1930

Emma Eugenia “Gina” <I>Scott</I> Shaw

5~Lena May Scott B: 04/13/1892 Higley, Lake County, FL D: 1894 Higley, Lake County, FL.

6~Irma Gertrude Scott B: 1893 D: 1926 M: 1921 Arthur Wilson Brooke 1881-1938. She lived most of her life in Altoona. She was the sixth child of Walter and Emma Scott who are buried nearby. Her two year old daughter Freda is buried next to her. She died in childbirth and is buried here with her son Arthur.

Arthur Wilson Brooke

1~Freda Belle Brooke 1922–1924

2~Arthur Wilson Brooke 1926-1926

7~Annie Belle/Anabel Scott 1895-1988 M: 1919 Samuel Wesley Pevehouse 1891-1973 FL.

1~Ellen Maxine Pevehouse 1922–1979 M: 1941 Coy Rexford Shipley 1912-1964

1~Dorothy Maxine Shipley-King 1942-2007

2~Meta Mae Pevehouse 1923–1987 Thomas Alvin Paul 1916-1989

1~Thomas Alvin Paul Jr 1943–1943

2~Tomma Kay Paul 1948–1948

3~Wesley Ann Paul 1948–1948

3~Henry Wesley Pevehouse 1927–2009 M: Velma~. He was a WWII, U.S. Coast Guard veteran, retired from U.S. Air Force after serving in Tripoli, Libya, Turkey and Panama Canal Zone and was a U.S. Postal Service retiree.

1~Wendell Wesley Pevehouse 1954-2018 M: Terry

1~Megan Pevehouse

2~Wesley Pevehouse

3~Cody Pevehouse

2~Terri Pevehouse

3~Carl Pevehouse

4~Irma Gayle Pevehouse 1934–2017 M: ~Lyle

1~Andrew Timothy Lyle 1963-2020

3~John Lester Scott B: 10/27/1860 Albany, GA D: 11/03/1944 Lived in GA until sometime after the Civil War when he moved to Early County with his mother and siblings. M: 12/04/1892 Emma Andrews Davis. The Davis family were among the earliest in Early county. Family stories tell of John's intelligence and how loved he was by all of the children he raised. He was a farmer but he also wrote articles for the Arlington Newspaper. His neighbor for a period of time was the grandfather of President Jimmy Carter.

1~Sidney Lester Scott 1893-1973 M: Grace Lane 1895-1984

1~Louise Scott Loyacono 1917–2010

2~Edwin Lester Scott 1924–1945

3~Charles L Scott 1926–2012

2~John Andrews Scott 1895-1962 M: Ada Belle 1900-1985. John was with the Georgia E2 US Navy WW I

John Andrews Scott

1~Herman Walter Scott 1920–2003

2~Mary Louise "Lucille" Scott Provonsha 1924–1987

3~Earl Norris Scott 1925–2001

4~Delbert Ernest Scott 1928–2001

3~Mattie A. Scott

4~Annie Lou Scott 1896-1990 M: 1923 Gus Rabon 1899-1928 M2: William E Gibson 1894-1964

1~Annie Ruth Rabon 1926–1987 M: Orlie Arthur Price Jr 1921-1994

5~Emma Mae Scott 1899-1986 M: 1917 Idus Oliver Phillips 1896-1964

6~Bonnie Beatrice Scott 1903-1973 M: 1920 Pvt Jesse Mercer Butler 1889-1966, GA 56 Infantry WWI

1~Wallace Scott Butler 1926-2008 M: 1947 Carol Joyce Weaver 1929-2014

2~Mildred Butler 1927–2010 M1: Jack J. Murphy M2: Wilbert Metzger 1920-1978 TX

1~Pat Murphy M: Chris Meiners

2~Jack Murphy

3~Carl Murphy

4~Virginia Ann Scott B: 10/18/1862 D: 08/13/1947 M: John Henry Gee B:1859 D: 1927

1~George Lester Gee B: 1884 D: 1936 Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum Miami, FL

2~Lallie Lee Gee B: 1886 D: 1969

3~John Henry Gee B: 1887 D: 1952 M: 1919 Maude Cobia 1902-1986

1~John Gee 1921–1979

2~James Cobia "Jimmie" Gee 1922–1936

3~Robert Lester Gee 1924–1973

4~Ethel Catherine Gee B: 1890 FL D: 1993 FL M: James Macmillan 1887–1954

5~Virginia Ann Gee B: 1892 D: 1946 M: Alexander Robertson

6~Paul Appell Gee B: 1893 D: 1946

7~Foreman Gee Sr B: 1896 D: 1942 M: Saleeta Mercer 1901-1984

1~Foreman Gee Jr 1924–2017 M: Norma Ann Westmoreland 1925-2001. Army Air Corp as a pilot during World War II, computer operations manager with Florida State University and the Florida Department of Transportation.

1~Robert F. Gee

2~William F. Gee

3~Brian D. Gee

4~Betty Gee

2~Virginia Gee Craft

3~Saleeta Ann Gee 1933-1991 M: Arthur Vincent Forman. 1931-2013

5~Augusta Lee Scott B: 1865 D: 1944 SC M: 1887 William Henry Moye 1860-1937

1~Charles Allen Moye 1888–1967

2~Alton Lee Moye 1893–1944

3~Marvin Edwin Moye 1895–1973

4~Ernest L Moye 1898–1941

5~Ralph Waldo Moye 1899–1921

6~Aileen Moye Brice 1905–1971

7~Donald A Moye 1906–1953

8~Charles Haggard Scott B: 1878 D: 1960

9~Susan Scott B: 1885 D: 1947 M: Francis Levi Valodine 1878-1962

10~William Augustus Scott B: 1886 D: 1961 M: 1910 Pearl Elizabeth Randles 1892-1972

6~Frank Scott B: 1877apx D: 1949

7~William Augustus Scott 1886-96 M: Pearl Elizabeth Randles 1892-1972

2~Marilla A. Scott 1839-1909 M: Thomas Avera

1~John Leonidas Avera 1861–1925

2~Mary Emma Avera Avera 1862–1946

3~William H Avera 1867–1933

4~Lillie T. Avera McKinney 1870–1925

1~Sidney Lester Scott 1893-1973

2~John Andrews Scott 1895-1962

3~Mattie A. Scott

4~Annie Lou Scott 1896-1990 M: Gibson

5~Emma Mae Scott 1899-1986 M: Phillips

6~Bonnie Beatrice Scott 1903-1973 M: Butler

3~Alexander Franklin Scott 1846-1925 M: C. Virginia Dobbins 1849-1911, Hague Cemetery, Alachua County.. Alec was fifteen when he enlisted in the "Dougherty Grays" in Albany, Georgia with his oldest brother Dr. Henry Augustus Scott. He was a sixteen year old Cpl. in the Ga 51st Inf Co K under McLaw when taken prisoner at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 in the overnight fighting. He was removed to Ft Delaware and transferred later in October to Pt. Lookout, Md where he was imprisoned until February 1865. When exchanged he walked to Camilla, Ga. Alec and his wife Virginia Dobbins lived in Albany, Ga until relocating to Florida. They resided in Hague, Alachua Co, Florida where Virginia is buried. After she died Alec moved to the Old Soldiers Home in Jacksonville where he lived until his death.

Alexander Franklin “Alec” Scott

1~Lula Bell Norris (He and Virginia had no living children but they raised her as their own daughter).

4~Thomas E. Scott 1851-1898 M:

1~John Russell Scott 1895-1963 M: Willie Mae Rodgers 1899-1982

1~Norman Willie Scott 1920-1986 M: Justine Harmony Manzitti 1922-1990

01~Elizabeth M Rembert 1833–1852 M: 1848 Henry Augustus Scott 1828-1904 CSA

02~Sarah Elizabeth Rembert 1838–1914 M1: 1855 James L Wolcott M2: 1897 Thomas Stokley Vinson 1843-1930 TN

1~Jane Baker "Jennie" Vinson Fidler Riley 1872–1921

2~Annie Courtney Vinson Stratton 1877–1958

3~Lorena Fleetwood "Rona" Vinson 1878–1885

03~Louisa Abigail Rembert 1843–1929 GA M: 1873 Thomas Jefferson Hight 1852-1939

1~Thomas Walter Hight Sr 1881-1937 M1: Minnie Quinn Jones 1887–1922 M2: Elizabeth Walker "Lizzie" Summerall 1887–1939

1~Thomas Walter Hight 1912–1987

2~Royal J Hight 1913–2006

3~Royal Jones "Roy" Height 1913–2006

4~Minnie Jane Hight Davis 1922–2016

04~Martha Anna W Rembert 1845–1852 Oakview Cemetery, Albany, GA

Martha Anna W Rembert

05~Esther Ann Rembert 1845-1852

Etheridge

Emma Jane Eugenia Etheridge was the daughter of Greenberry W. Etheridge (1816-1862) & M: 1838 Martha Ann Stinson (1821-1870apx).

Georgia Marriages:

Baldwin County:

Marmaduke Etheridge Sally Ogden 27 September 1810

John Etheridge Frances Raines19 December 1810

John Etheridge Susannah Lanford 20 January 1811

Samuel Etheridge Sally Raines 9 December 1811

Nancy Etheridge James Williams 10 February 1814

Lewis Etheridge Sara Chambliss 15 January 1815

Mary Etheridge John White 1 September 1815

Greenberry Etheridge Martha Stinson 8 February 1833

Nancy Ann Etheridge Joseph White 17 February 1833

Mary Ann Etheridge Jackson Bowers 7 January 1835

Serrena Etheridge Homer M. Snead 17 October 1847

Stephen J. N. Etheridge Lucinda A. Brown 26 December 1848

Jones County:

Nathan Etheridge-	Prudence Taylor	23 July 1818
Polly Etheridge-	Nelson Pulliam	12 June 1823
Sarah Etheridge-	James J. Jordan	6 July 1824
William Etheridge	Elizabeth B. Greene	28 July 1825
Martha Etheridge-	Samuel Chapman	16 November 1827
Bennett Etheridge-	Elizabeth Beard	23 December 1832
John Etheridge-	Elizabeth E. Lowther	1 June 1836
William Etheridge-	Betsy A. Denning	4 March 1844
Sally Etheridge-	Elijah Smallwood	18 April 1844
Dr. James Allen Etheridge	Henrietta Drewry	9 August 1849
Anna E. Etheridge-	John W. Drewry	1 December 1851
Milly Etheridge-	John Souther	1 July 1852
Edmund Etheridge-	Sarah Drew	20 March 1856
Narcissa Etheridge-	Chapman Drew	9 August 1857
Nancy E. Etheridge-	W. F. Slocum	8 December 1868
Sally Etheridge-	John B. Moore	20 December 1868
Mary A. Etheridge-	A. D. Myers	9 April 1869

Lester

Emma Eugenia Etheridge Scott, that married Oliver Shaw, her father Walter Henry Scott was born at the Lester Plantation in 1855. This is just a short Lester back ground...

Sir Nicholas de Leycester, Knight B: 1250 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England D: 1295 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England M: Margaret de Dutton B: 1238 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England D: 1280 Dutton, Cheshire, England. Nicholas de Leycester was of Tabley, and married Margaret the daughter of Geoffery Dutton and the widow of Robert de Denbigh. He was a judge of the common pleas from 1276 to 1289. Margaret brought Nether Tabley and the manors of Wethale and Hield bptj om Aston nigh Great Budworth, in Cheshire, by their marriage. Father of Roger de Leycester,

Roger Leycester B: 1278 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England D: 1349 Nether Tabley,,Cheshire, England M: Joyce Isabel B: 1282 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England D: 1340 (children: Roger Leycester; Margaret Leycester and Lord Nicholas Leycester).

Lord Nicholas Leycester B: D: 1349 Nether Tabley, Cheshire, England M: Mary de Mobberley. The ruin of Tabley Old Hall (more properly known as Nether Tabley Old Hall) is on an island surrounded by a moat in the civil parish of Tabley Inferior, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the west of Knutsford, Cheshire, England. The ruin is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and the moated site on which it stands is a scheduled monument.

Tabley Old Hall 1830s

Tabley Old Hall: The hall is the ancestral home of the Leicester (or Leycester) family of Tabley. The estate of Nether Tabley was acquired in the 13th century by the marriage of Sir Nicholas de Leycester (who died in 1295) to Margaret de Dutton. The first house on the site was a timber-framed hall built by John Leycester, who died in 1398. This consisted of an open great hall, with a screens passage, and a two-storey domestic wing. During the 18th century the house was extended further by Sir Francis Leicester, 3rd Baronet (1674–1742); this included increasing the servants' quarters. He also added another wing incorporating a new library (Sir Peter's old study was preserved), and a nursery. Stained glass portraits of English monarchs were inserted into the large window in the great hall. Sir Francis had only one child, a daughter called Meriel (1705–1740). In 1728 she married Sir John Byrne of Timogue, Ireland. After the death of Sir Francis, the Tabley estate was inherited by Meriel's oldest son by her second marriage, Sir Peter Byrne (1732–1770), who changed his surname to Leicester in order to inherit the estate under the terms of Sir Francis' will.

Tabley Old Hall taken in the 1860s

Sir Peter Byrne built a completely new house about 700 metres away, which is the present Tabley House. This house was designed by John Carr in Palladian style. The family moved into the new house in 1767.

John Leycester 1343-1398 Tabley Grove, Knutsford, Cheshire East, UK M: Joan Touchet 1349-1400 Tabley Grove, Knutsford, Cheshire East, UK. (children: William Leycester of Nether-Tabley, Esq., Justice of the Peace).

William Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq. 1370-1427 Tabley Grove, Knutsford, Cheshire East, UK M: Agnes de Dutton 1375-1428. Justice of the Peace of Bucklow. (children: John Leycester, Esq.; Laurence Leycester; Geoffrey Leycester; Joan Leycester and Cecily Leycester Maisterson).

John Leycester, Esq. 1399-1461 England M: Elizabeth Fitzhamon Massey 1404-1460 England (children: Maude Leycester; Alice Legh and John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq.).

John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq. 1423-1496 M: Margery Legh

Thomas Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq. 1444-1526 England M1: Margaret Grosvenour M2: Margery Savage 1425-1469 (children: John Leycester, of Nether-Tabley, Esq.; Arthur Leycester and Geoffrey Leycester).

John Leycester 1466-1543 M1: Lucy Ratcliffe M2: Alice Henshaw (children: William Leycester and Peter Leycester).

Peter Leycester 1507-1577 England M:

Adam Leycester 1543-1591 England M: Dorothy Shakerley 1552-1630 During the 16th century Adam de Leycester made alterations to the house, and built a half-timbered gatehouse to the bridge crossing the moat. (children: Piers Leycester; John Leycester; Peter Leycester and Adam Leycester).

Peter Leycester 1588-1648 M: 1611 Elizabeth Mainwaring 1587-1641 installed in the great hall a large and highly decorated carved chimney-piece, which was dated 1619. The carvings consists of heraldry, and of figures including terms, a merman, a mermaid, a naked child holding an hourglass, an owl, and a dove. (children: Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet; Elizabeth Leycester; Margaret Leycester; Philip Leycester; Thomas Leycester; and Adam Leycester).

Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet 1614-1678 Great Budworth, Cheshire, England M: Hon Lady Elizabeth Gerard Lascelles 1620 Bromley Hall, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England D: 1679 Tabley Old Hall, Nether Tabley, Chesire, England. The historian Sir Peter Leycester (1614–1678), altered and extended the house between 1656 and 1671. The main alterations were to the east front. This was extended forwards in brick, with projecting wings on each side, giving the house an E-shaped façade. It had a battlemented parapet below which were oculi. The latter gave the appearance of a two-storey façade, although the oculi looked only into the roof space. The house had a central entrance porch, with an archway flanked by Ionic columns decorated with lions sejant. The doorway from the porch leads into the former screens passage. The back of the hall was left untouched at this time. Alterations to the interior included re-panelling the great hall, adding an impressive staircase, and creating a study for Sir Peter's collection of over 1,300 books.[7] Between 1674 and 1678 Sir Peter also built St Peter's Chapel alongside the hall. (children: Samuel Lester; Sir Robert Leicester, 2nd Baronet and Eleanor Leycester).

Sir Peter Leycester, 1st Baronet

Samuel Lester 1634 Leicestershire, England D: 1700 Dunstan, Stepney Middlesex, England M: Elizabeth Burcott 1635 England D: 1692 England

Peter Lester Sr B: 1660 Leicestershire, England D: 1742 PA M1: Mary Duncalf B: 1662 Leicestershire, England D: 1742 PA M2: Sarah Scott 1663 Leicestershire, England D: 1751

James Peter Lester B: 1697-1741 NC M: Joyce Dickerson 1705-1740 (children: James Peter Lester; James Lester; John C. Lester, Samuel Lester, Hannah Lester and Abner Lester).

James Peter Lester B: 1714 VA D: 1805 M: Caterina Eichenberger Daneford B: 1732 SC D: 1808 He recieved a grant of three hundred fifty acres land on Saluda River, by Letters Patent at Charleston, June 9, 1735, under the hands of Hon. William Moultrie, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the State of South Carolina.

1~John Bryant Lester B: 1752-1817 M: Sarah Edwards

1~John Edwards Lester

2~Dennis Lester

3~David Rodolphus Lester

4~Elizabeth Lester Snelling

2~James Daneford Lester, Sr. B: 1754 NC D: 06/18/1819 Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA M1: Henrietta Cox 1762-1818 M2: Catherine Plickenstalver 1759-1833. Cox. James Lester was a Revolutionary War Soldier who served in the Georgia Troops; also a Soldier of the War of 1812. He was listed among the early pioneers and settlers to Newberry County, SC. Lester ultimately settled in Baldwin County and was buried in the Lester Famiy Cemetery 8 miles North of Milledgeville on Hwy 24 in a field on the left side of the road.

1~James D. Lester B: 1790 D: 1866 M: 06/19/1816 Mason Williamson Turner 1798-1818 M2: 1819 Harriet Marshall 1802-1858 M3: 1856 Mary Ann Rebecca Joiner.

1~Caroline W. Lester Chapman

2~James D. Lester

3~Henrietta Lester Timberlake

4~Harriet C. M. Lester Davis

5~Ida Bass Lester Jarnagin

2~Eli Lester B: 1798 D: 12/08/1834 M: 1818 Winnifred Hill in Hancock, county, GA. B: 1801 D: 11/25/1856. They moved to Milledgeville, in Baldwin County. GA.

3~Benjamin L. Lester 1797-1848 M: 1837 Henrietta Phoebe Lester 1822-1884

1~Benjamin Dominic Lester 1843-1907 M: 1865 Martha Catherine Pemble 1847-1924. He was a private in the 'Burke Guards' Company A Third Georgia Volunteer Infantry. He was a student at Alexander Academy (location unknown) when he joined the regiment as a gentleman private on June 13, 1861.

1~Julia Pemble Lester Dillon 1871–1959

2~Benjamin Eli Lester 1878–1955

3~Emma Service Lester Chase 1883–1978

4~William Pilcher Lester 1884–1971

4~William C. Lester

5~Selia Lester

3~Charles Lester 1760-1827 M: Jane Musgrove 1768-1790

1~Smith R Lester 1790-1865

4~Isaac Lester 1760-1840 GA

5~Peter Lester 1760-1808 M: 1787 Jane Matilda Ruble 1761-1835

1~Mary Lester 1785-1864

2~Sarah Lester 1788-1859

3~Willis Dryton Lester 1790–1876

4~Peter Ruble Lester 1790–1887

5~James D Lester 1792-

6~Rhoda Lester 1797-

7~Patsy Lester 1798-

8~Vincent Lester 1800–1888

9~Simpson Lester 1802-1887

10~Cinderella Lester 1805-1847

11~Jane Lester Bogard 1808–1860

6~Abner Lester 1761-1841

7~Samuel Lester 1765

8~Jane Matilda Lester 1766-1835

9~William Lester 1766-1827 Carolina, San Juan, Puerto Rico, U

10~Joyce Lester 1767-1822

11~Abraham Lester 1770

Milledgeville, Old Georgia State Capitol built in 1807

Lester Plantation in Glennville, Russell County, AL

Glennville Plantation was built 1842-44 by Columbus Americus Mitchell. He married Mary E. Billingslea on Sep. 4, 1841. The interior of Glennville Plantation mansion is as elegant as the outside with the beautiful curved stairway and dramatic entrance.The photographs below taken by photographer Alex Bush around 1935 and 1936 show the grandeur of the interior.

Parlor

Col Robert T. Nesbit's Plantation

photos by Rainer I.

Major Robert Nesbit came to Caledonia in 1808 from his native Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scotland where he was born on November 17, 1799. Caledonia Plantation was one of the profitable rice plantations in the 1800's. One amazing fact about the Plantation is that in 1850 when it was being managed by Mary Hamilton Nesbit, widow of Major Robert Nesbit and daughter of John Hamilton, it's rice crop topped 540,000 pounds of rice. The plantation had a cash value fixed in the 1850 census at $80,000 one of the top 20 in the area. In 1860 and now managed by Robert Hamilton Nesbit, the plantations yield had been increased to 720,000 pounds of rice. Caledonia's name came from the ancient Roman name for Scotland. Major Robert Nesbit inherited the property from his uncle Dr. Robert Nesbit who was married to Elizabeth Pawley in 1797. (Dr. Nesbit's Account Book 1796-1804 is kept at the South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC). Major Robert Nesbit was a respected member of the community and a popular member of the Hot and Hot Fish Club which passed a resolution comemorating this "practical planter" upon his death on October 17, 1848. He had lived for more than 30 years on the Waccamaw Neck. The plantation was eventually divided between Major Robert's two sons, Robert Hamilton Nesbit, and Colonel Ralph Nesbit. Colonel Ralph Nesbit served with the Siege Train during the Civil War. He and his family were members of All Saints Parish, Waccamaw, where he served as a vestryman and warden. During the reconstruction period in 1866 the Nesbit's were two of a group of planters who entered into a contract with their laborers sanctioned and approved by the US government. The contract stated that the planters would furnish implements, wagons, and mules. The laborers were to work the crops and keep the fences and ditches operational. One-half of the rice, corn, pea, and potato crops were to be given to the laborers after deducting 1/5 for plantation expenses. This effort to maintain the crops and their work force failed due to many of the laborers refusal to work the contract. The crop of 1866 was one of a string of failures which futher depressed the area planters. A letter from Benjamin Allston to a fellow plantation owner in Plantersville gave a prediction of the future, "From being one of the most wealthy Districts, I fear it will now rank as one of the most impoverished, and the vain attempts to cultivate rice under existing circumstances by many, will only complete the ruin." Even the US government's vain attempt to assist the crops success by having the US Army try and force the former slaves to work were unsuccessful. By 1867 the planters were on the verge of bankruptcy.

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