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teacher who has served the school longest in his day was 

 Mr. P. 1). Lincoln, who held his position over 20 years, hav- 

 ing started in 1842. And onr friend, Mr. Isaac Epps, holds 

 the distinction of being the only instrnctor of the old times 

 alive. He tanglit njtpcr school in 1801. 



The muster grounds, a cleared S])ace in Avoods, ]»rovided 

 with long shed, a table down the middle, benches, etc., Avas 

 another institution of the Parish. Here it was the militia 

 was expected to meet and drill. Here it was where political 

 meetings Avere held, and here it was that wheneA'er occa- 

 sion required the men met either for fun, dinner or busi- 

 ness. 



During the life of the Parish there were three (3) of 

 these at different times. The first aa^is at head of Cordes's 

 Causeway, so called from running through Dr. Cordes's 

 plantation. At this place it was that the notorious D. T. 

 Hines, of St. Stephen's, appeared at one of the meetings^ 

 and when seen, being wanted for forgery, was chased, he 

 jumlped on Col. Palmer's blooded mare and escaped, jump- 

 ing, he said, Santee Canal, 30 miles aAvay. One of the men 

 present flung a bottle of Avhiskey at him, but missed. I sup- 

 pose the Avhiskey was punished afterwards. The second 

 ground, just on the other side of Palmer's CauseAvay, so- 

 called, from Dr. John Palmer liAdng near, the third and last 

 ■ — this side of same causeway. 



The battalion, composed of comjtany from St. James 

 and Christ Church, had muster ground near OAA^endaAV 

 P>ridge. At these grounds there were many hot political 

 discussions and, times, many a good dinner, and on 4th of 

 July there was always a patriotic orator to laud his coun- 

 try and deeds of her men. According to law eA^ery man be- 

 longed to the militia company, and the company was ex- 

 pected to n)|eet and drill six times a year. 



I haA'e been told th.at they carried out the letter of the 

 hiAV and let the spirit take care of itself, and that they 

 would meet as ordered, dressed in every conceivable cos- 

 tume and armed Avith pAery kind of weapon, from flintlock 

 to stick, march around a short while in crooked lines, when 

 someone Avould cry out : "We have had enough, boys, let us 



