Johnsonville High School Sophomore Girls 1939
Sophomore girls of Johnsonville High School
A family on a wagon crossed the wooden bridge over Lake Swamp on Eaddy Ford Road.
Article about the progress in Johnsonville, including sewage projects, street widening, business, and the Fire Department.
Lamar D. Bradley served as principal of The Stuckey School during it's entire lifetime (1954-1969). After integration, he served as the assistant superintendent of the new Florence District 5.
The Johnsonville Colored School served black students through 8th grade. It was located on Stuckey Street near the location of the current Johnsonville Middle School's tennis courts. A report stated that in the 1924 school year, 4 teachers were employed.
SC Dept of Archives and History - School Insurance Photos
Johnsonville Middle School was originally The Stuckey School, an "Equalization School" during the "Separate But Equal" period which was built in 1954 on a 10-acre tract of land two miles west of Johnsonville (my best research so far is that this is the wooden school pictured here). The school took its name from Eliot Stuckey who donated land for the building. The school was originally constructed to serve as an all-black elementary school. It had modern conveniences such as running water, electricity, and indoor plumbing which were lacking in many all-black schools in South Carolina. From 1954-1958, high school students attended Gibbs High School in Pamplico. From 1958-1962, high school students attended Battery Park School in Nesmith. After the addition of more classrooms in 1962, Stuckey School began serving black students in grades 1-12. in 1963 a gymnasium was added. Athletic competition during this time was limited to Basketball. The Stuckey Blue Jays had the best record of all the local districts, winning many trophies and championships. The class of 1963 was the first to graduate from Stuckey, and the class of 1969 was the last. Stuckey and Johnsonville were fully integrated the following year and the Stuckey School became Johnsonville Middle School for all students. The buildings on this site served students for over 40 years, and closed its doors at the end of the 1997 school year when the new Johnsonville Middle School was completed. Lamar D. Bradley served as principal of The Stuckey School during it's entire lifetime (1954-1969). After integration, he served as the assistant superintendent of the new Florence District 5. This building is now the Johnsonville Adult Care center.
Johnsonville Welcomes Wellman Combing Company
Article lists local Johnsonville merchants of 1955. Photo of Wellman Combing Company.
1962 Johnsonville High School Commencement and Graduation Program
Images of Poston train depot and post office, 1968.
Gold and Black yearbook for Johnsonville schools
Ancestry of Thomas Franklin Hanna of Johnsonville
Thomas Franklin Hanna married Nekoda Laharp Altman. Their children were: James Franklin "Bubba" Hanna 1900–1984 Arles Timmons Hanna 1902–1986 Webster Olee "Pete" Hanna 1904–1967 Lucille Hanna 1908–1970
James Franklin "Bubba" Hanna (1900-1984) and Lillian "Day" Newell Hanna (1915-2006)
Transcription: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN! I, Hugh Hanna, planter of the District of Williamsburg and State aforesaid; being of sound mind and memory, do make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following; to wit. Item 1st. I give devise and bequeath unto my Son Calvin Hanna two (2) tracts of land on the Kill Branch; one of which he the said Calvin is now living on and; and the tract adjoining. I likewisegive and bequath unto the said Calvin Hanna the following named three (3) negroes, viz; Cupid, Young Scipo, and Elvira with the future increase of said Elvira, for and during his natural life, and at his death to the lawful issue of his body, begotten by him, if he dies leaving no lawful issue, begotten by him, I give and bequeath the abovetwo (2) tracts of land, and the above named three (3) negroes, with the issue of Elvira to my surviving children or, their children. Item 2nd. I give, devise and bequath unto my two (2) sons Samuel D. Hanna and Joseph F. Hanna, all of my remaining lands. Item 3rd. I give devise and bequeath unto my son Samuel D. Hanna, the following named three (3) negroes viz. Peter, Venus and Dinah, with the future issue and increase of the said females. Item 4th. I give devise and bequeath unto my son Joseph F. Hannathe following named three (3) negroes viz. Sam, Lizza and Crissa with the future issue and increase of the said females. Item 5th. I give devise and bequeath unto my two (2) sons Samuel D. Hanna and Joseph Franklin Hanna the following named two (2) negroesviz: Mercury and Juno. Item 6th. I give and devise and bequeath unto my two (2) sons Samuel D. Hanna and Joseph F. Hanna all of my Plantation tools and my wagon and team. Item 7th. I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Paisley the following named three (3) negroes viz; Young Mercury, Nellie and Young Juno with the future issue and increase of the said females. Item 8th. I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret Barr, one (1) negro boy, Young Sam. Item 9th. I give devise and bequeath unto all of my children the remaining part of my negroes; to be equally divided between them, the two sons of my son Hugh viz James Hanna and Hugh Hanna to have one share, the same their father would draw if living. Said share to be divided between them. Item 9th. I give devise and bequeath unto all of my children all of my stock of cattle to be equally divided among them. Item 10th. I give devise and bequeath unto all of my children, all the money I may leave after the expense of my burial is discharged, to be equally divided among them. Item 11th. Should any of my children die without lawful issue, then all the above mentioned property assigned to them to be equally divided among my surviving heirs. Lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my friends, James Graham, Sr., George Barr, William Hanna and James H. Stone, executors to this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills heretofore made by me, or for me at my request. I do hereby give my Executors or either of them full power to execute this my last Will. Also full power and authority to call in three freeholders to assist to appraise and divide my Estate without petitioning any court of Law or Equity for a division and such division made by any one or more of them shall be as binding on my heirs, as if it had been made by the authority of any Court in this State. In witness to all and each of the things herein contained, I hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth (13) day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one (1841). Signed in the presence of HUGH Hanna (L.S) William Cox Robt. G. Thomson Joseph A. Thompson James H. Stone NOTE: This Will is on file and was probated in the office of the Probate Judge at Kingstree, County Seat of Williamsburg County, S. C. Hugh O. Hanna Attorney At Law Hampton, S. C.
The Candidates Speak - DeCamps Announces Mayoral Run
Candidates for Johnsonville City Council speak to the Weekly Observer - Connie DeCamps announces a run for mayor. 26 May 1976
New council members and Mayor Connie DeCamps swarn into office. 17 June 1976
Johnsonville Council Moves To Raze Theater Building, 8-26-1976
City works to removed run-down and condemned buildings. 26 August 1976
Johnsonville explores the possibility of aquiring South Carolina Great Town recognition. 23 December 1976
Johnsonville continues progress toward a South Carolina Great Town recognition. 14 April 1977
Fire Destroys Old Prosser Movie Theater Building, 5-5-1977
Article details the fire that destroyed the inside of the Prosser Theater building and the tear-down of the remaining structure a short time later. 5 May 1977
Broadway Street at Georgetown Road new street signs installed, Johnsonville SC
New street signs are installed throughout Johnsonville, starting at Broadway Street and Georgetown Highway. Photo taken on June 16, 1977.
Groundbreaking for Dr. Charles Maxwell's new dentist office on Broadway. 4 August 1977
Cablevision May Come To Johnsonville, 12-1-1977
Article details the first easements for cable television to be provided to the Johnsonville and Hemingway areas. 1 December 1977
Johnsonville's West Side Plaza Announced, 8-3-1966
Announcement of the new Westside Plaza - Abe Lyerly and Odell Venters. 3 August 1966
Johnsonville opens for the 1911-1912 school year. R.S. Major is principal. Teachers: Pauline Wilson, Elise Rollins, Pearl Reeves, Claudia Johnson, Elizabeth Wadill, and Emily Hutson. 5 October 1911
Gold and Black Yearbook, Johnsonville, 1968
Gold and Black 1955. the 1954-1955 year was the year the Johnsonville Elementary School was built. This yearbook features the final year that the old school cafeteria was in use before students began sharing the new elementary school cafeteria in the adjacent school building.
Grave of Lydia Morgan Timmons White (1784-1834)
Lydia Morgan Timmons White (1784-1834) was born in the Darlington area and was the daughter of Thomas Morgan (b. 1755) and Sarah Brian (1761-1828). She married William Henry Timmons (1770-1802) and had 2 sons: Reverend John Morgan Timmons (1800-1863) William James Timmons II (1802-1846)
Elizabeth Timmons Huggins (1839-1883) was the daughter of William James Timmons II (1802-1846) and Elizabeth Eaddy (1808-1898). She married George S. B. Huggins (1831-1915). After her death, Huggins married her younger sister, Emily Timmons
John Morgan Timmons (1800-1863) was the founder of Timmonsville, SC. He was for 45 years pastor of Elim Baptist Church at Effingham, a large landowner, and a businessman. He was a Signer of the Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860, and died in 1869, He and the Timmons family are treated extensively in the book Happy Heritage, by Mrs. R. B. Cannon, The State Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1943.
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, circa 1900. The church was organized in 1757. During the American Revolution, the church was burned by the British Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton. His act resulted in the citizens giving greater support to his opponent, the Continental General Francis Marion. The rebuilt (and current) church building remained virtually unchanged from its erection in 1830 until the front porch was added in 1910.
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, 1910-1919
Indiantown Presbyterian Church, after the front portch was added (sometime between 1910-1919). This was before the church was raised and a basement added (before 1927).
Indiantown Church News and Courier 29 Jul 1935
Describes the founding of the church the previous year.
Westside Free Will Baptist Church Members
Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy in front of Johnsonville First Baptist, 1959
Johnsonville First Baptist Church members - New Sanctuary
The new sanctuary held its first service in September 1965.
Johnsonville First Baptist raises steeple
South Carolina: I do hereby certify for Hugh Hanna a tract of land containing two hundred & forty six acres (surveyed for him the 15th January 1790) situate in the District of Georgetown on Lynches Lake and hath such form, marks, and boundings as the above plat represents. Given under my hand the 29th April 1790 John Burgess Francis Breman, S.G.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Reverend Ebenezer Francis Newell, age 71
Birth: Aug. 30, 1775 Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass. Death: Mar. 8, 1867 This is the portrait in Rev Newell's book - Life and Observations of Rev EF Newell. This portrait was painted by WO Bemis, engraved by J Sartain of Philadelphia He married his first wife, Fannie Butterfield on October 21, 1810. He married his second wife, Polly Blanchard on February 12, 1826.
A scan from the Family Bible of Briley Ham Stone (1812-1882) and wife Elizabeth Mary Eaddy (1825-1879). Briley and Elizabeth were married on September 11, 1834. Briley Ham Stone was the son of Austin Stone II (1776-1832) and Zilphia Ham (1786-1872). Elizabeth Mary Eaddy was the daughter of James Alexander Eaddy (1780-1850) and Elizabeth McDaniel (1794-1879). Their children mentioned in this Bible are: Ezra Levan Stone 1835–1850 Paluatier Stone 1837–1864 Frances Elizabeth Stone 1838– Sarah Levina Stone 1840–1900 Mary Stone 1842–1850 Edwane Eaddy Stone 1844–1863 Narcessa Verline Stone 1846–1907 Zilphia Ham Stone 1848–1879 Briley Ham Stone Jr 1850–1872 Luellen Lizzina Stone 1854– Permetian Mazell Stone 1854–
Aerial Views of Johnsonville, Early 1950s
These aerial photos show Johnsonville in the early 1950s. The old train depot, high school auditorium, and other buildings are visible, as well as many former homes and businesses. The Johnsonville Elementary school, completed in 1954, is not yet constructed in these images.
Gold and Black Yearbook featuring the class of 1969