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Letter to Editor
March 1, 1877
The Beaufort Tribune And Port Royal Commercial
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
On February 21, 1877, citizens of upper Beaufort County met at Brunson, S.C., to organize for dividing the county. They adopted boundaries for a new 'Palmetto' County and appointed committees to prepare a memorial to the Legislature.
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The Division of the County.
Editor of the Tribune:
Pursuant to public notice a convention of citizens of the upper portion of Beaufort County, assembled at Brunson, (P. R. R. R.) on the 21st inst., and organized by calling James W. Moore, Esq., of Gillisonville to the chair, and appointed B. F. Buckner, secretary. The chairman having announced the object of the meeting to be a division of the County, a committee of ten, viz: Messrs. C. J. Colcock, J. H. Ruddell, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Johnston, Wm. J. Gooding, S. F. Ellis, Henry Goethe, Wm. G. Peeples, Frank Warren, Wm. G. Causey, was raised with instructions to consider and report the boundaries and name of the proposed County. After retiring the committee returned and their report, with some modification proposed by Rev. H. C. Smart, was with great unanimity adopted as follows: That the Northern, Eastern, and Western boundaries of the new County, to be styled "Palmetto," remain as at present and the Southern boundary be the lower line of the right of way of the Savannah and Charleston R. R., from the Salkehatchie to Savannah River.
The following named gentlemen, Messrs. J. W. Moore, C. J. Colcock, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Gooding, C. J. C. Hutson, were appointed to prepare a memorial to the Legislature, praying the creation of said County—copies of said memorial to be circulated for signatures through the agency of the committee of ten named above. The convention then adjourned.
B. F. BUCKNER, Sec'y
Feb. 22, 1877.
Editor of the Tribune:
Pursuant to public notice a convention of citizens of the upper portion of Beaufort County, assembled at Brunson, (P. R. R. R.) on the 21st inst., and organized by calling James W. Moore, Esq., of Gillisonville to the chair, and appointed B. F. Buckner, secretary. The chairman having announced the object of the meeting to be a division of the County, a committee of ten, viz: Messrs. C. J. Colcock, J. H. Ruddell, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Johnston, Wm. J. Gooding, S. F. Ellis, Henry Goethe, Wm. G. Peeples, Frank Warren, Wm. G. Causey, was raised with instructions to consider and report the boundaries and name of the proposed County. After retiring the committee returned and their report, with some modification proposed by Rev. H. C. Smart, was with great unanimity adopted as follows: That the Northern, Eastern, and Western boundaries of the new County, to be styled "Palmetto," remain as at present and the Southern boundary be the lower line of the right of way of the Savannah and Charleston R. R., from the Salkehatchie to Savannah River.
The following named gentlemen, Messrs. J. W. Moore, C. J. Colcock, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Gooding, C. J. C. Hutson, were appointed to prepare a memorial to the Legislature, praying the creation of said County—copies of said memorial to be circulated for signatures through the agency of the committee of ten named above. The convention then adjourned.
B. F. BUCKNER, Sec'y
Feb. 22, 1877.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
County Division
Beaufort County
Palmetto County
Convention
Brunson
1877
Savannah And Charleston R. R.
What entities or persons were involved?
B. F. Buckner, Sec'y
Editor Of The Tribune
Letter to Editor Details
Author
B. F. Buckner, Sec'y
Recipient
Editor Of The Tribune
Main Argument
citizens of upper beaufort county convened to propose dividing the county, adopting boundaries for a new county named 'palmetto' with the southern boundary along the savannah and charleston r. r. right of way.
Notable Details
Committee Of Ten: C. J. Colcock, J. H. Ruddell, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Johnston, Wm. J. Gooding, S. F. Ellis, Henry Goethe, Wm. G. Peeples, Frank Warren, Wm. G. Causey
Memorial Committee: J. W. Moore, C. J. Colcock, W. S. Tillinghast, Wm. J. Gooding, C. J. C. Hutson
Modification Proposed By Rev. H. C. Smart