https://www.johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/c591cec9297af71d9a87e97bab866fc4.pdf a3a4ad996487b544f8a15c81c9f7264a PDF Text Text • lSC • • By James Allen Poston The Great House stood across the rail tracks towards the river and burned just 2 years ago. It was some place; judging from the photographs which we were es, we've discovered a e in our third article of series: It's about a Pee Dee er steamboat which we as the ''Utah''. Miss nie (Mrs. · Minnie Anne ton Smith Dowdy) embers the boat as if it e yesterday and knows very J that she was named the hel'', honoring her niece of same name. The boat was ed by Miss Minnie's father, rew Poston, the personality this weeks article. Thi~ overy of facts r egardini rew Poston has enabled us ontinue this series into its week ; past the original parts that we lia.d firs ed. Andrew P oston is not a local hero, an important wealthy man-he's a new overy. drew Poston 1829-1916 was third son of Hugh Poston -1846 and Ann Laws·on. rew Poston's father gave land for Union Baptist · rch and Cemetery at ah on highway 378 and was first person to be entombed ' e cemetery there. ''Miss 'e'' is Andrew's last born. ur Contemporary, Miss ie, was born in 1889, she's ost 90, well, active, has a t memory, and resides in townhoJJSe in the village of. n; this , she tells us rom her father's at has been present spot. shOWll. Mr. Andrew was 25 when he was married and was called intQ - the service of the Confederacy at the age of 32. As an officer, 1st Lt. Andrew. Poston, served Company I, Tenth South Carolina Regiment and saw action of enemy troops at the Battle of Chickamauga (near present day Chattanooga, Tennessee). His lifelong friends included Messers. Barringer and Willcox of Florence, S.C. ' ANDREW POSTON • 1829-1916 An imposing OBELISK marks the spot of his mortal remains in the country chur· . chyard of Trinity-on the-Hill (a United Methodist Church ' between Johnsonville and Kingsburg). It has been said that ''He was a backbone of both spiritual and financial support of this congregation during his sojurn of his earthly life." A man of wealth, he left an estate of some 2,852 acres in the rich . fertile valley of the Great P~e o ·ee River. . Andrew Poston served on the commission that created Florence County from parts of Marion, Darlingt<)ll, and Williamsburg counties. (Perhaps we can discuss this·in a future article) .1 Plan._tation activities included; operation of a General Merchandise Store employing four full-time clerks, a cotton gin, a grist mill, a cider press, a river ferry, vineyard (yes, they made some estate wine from their grapes), orchards, pecan trees, sawmill and planner, and THE FIRST IN THE AREA TO CULTIVATE TOBACCO AS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRIZE. He made trips to Georgetown, Wilmington, and Charleston to purchase goods for the store and supplies for the plantation and to tend to busienss regarding the selling of cotton (cotton was grown on the plantation and a wharf and warehou8e was operated at Ellison's Landing for the shipping of cotton). Miss Minnie was allowed to go • everywhere with Papa. Why? Because she asked her Mother • • if she could go everywhere and she replied: ''You may go everywhere that your Father goes.'' While Papa was in . Florence for a week of jury duty, Miss Minnie stayed in the hotel and a McWhite beau .showed ·h er round and her girl friends entertained her. · Two left-hand moustache cups ( a drinking cup devised to keep the moustache from dipping into the liquid; and had to be special ordered for left· handed persons) were engraved and presented by two friends; one cup made in England, one cup made in France. These cups presently are retained in a local bank vault awaiting presen- • tation to an area museum. ·rhe , cups are a suitable memorial to our new discovery-ANDREW POSTON 1829-1916 . • • • • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Weekly Observer Description An account of the resource The Weekly Observer was published out of Hemingway, SC from 1973 until printing ceased in 2012. The paper continues as an e newpaper on scnow.com Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-2012 Subject The topic of the resource Local Newspaper covering the Johnsonville and Hemingway communities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Andrew Poston WO April 1977 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Weekly Observer News Newspaper Weekly Observer