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irig- ones, called Congaree l)oats, with cabiu far to stern, 

 plied lip and down the river. Col. I'alniei' had one of these 

 craft called the "l*ineli-ee," (a good name,) afterwards 

 owned by Mr. t?kippei'. It was so long that the boys used 

 to say that her bow reached the village from up the creek 

 in the nioining, and that her stern passed the following 

 night. ^Vhen the rice schooners came they were of a bet- 

 ter class, but were none noted for speed. On ti-ips time was 

 no consideration, with the negroes, who were the crew, 

 and whenever the tide and wind were against them they 

 stopped until favorable, consequently two and sometimes 

 three weeks rolled around before- they made the trij). When 

 Mr. Ben. McClellau with a little sloop, "Frank Kavenel," 

 after the War, made the trip from Charleston to McClel- 

 lauville in a week it was considered a wonderful feat. Mr. 

 C. H. Leland afterwards beat his record, and thence for- 

 ward we had ra^jid transit. There being no stores in the 

 Parish jou can imagine with these slow vessels, that house- 

 hold and other supplies very often ran out and persons had 

 to resort to borrowing from more fortunate neighbors; bor 

 rowing was no disgrace at such times, for the borrower well 

 knew that he in his turn may soon be the lender of those 

 around, and things would be evened up. 



I wish 3'ou noAV to take a glance at the rise of McClel- 

 lanville, and 1 trust I shall never be called u]»on to record 

 its fall. 



The land on which the village is built was formerly two 

 tracts. The dividing line was near the ditch that runs by 

 the Episcoi)al Church. One part was owned by Mr. A. J. 

 McClellan and the other at one time by a ]Mr. MattheAvs, 

 then his son-in-law, Colburn. It was bought before the 

 War, 185(1, by Mr. R. T. Morrison, tlie latter, in 1858-59. 

 sold three lots, one each to Mr. Baxley, Mr. Leland and Mr: 

 Augustus Whilden, who built upon them. Mr. Morrison 

 putting up the house he now lives in. 



Br. Cordes, Dr. Smith and Mr. Morrison had houses in 

 the village prior to this, Mr. ^lorrison's house stood where 

 Col. Rutledge's now is; this land was not sold to them, only 

 leased bv Mr. McClellan. In 1800 Mr. McClellan sold his first 



