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Organized: |
October 23, 1907
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Chartered:
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December 1910
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Incorporated:
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The Chapter was organized October 23, 1907, with the following
officers: Mrs. A.N. Wood, Regent; Mrs. Francis McArthur Montgomery,
Vice Regent; Mrs. W. B. DuPre, Recording Secretary; Mrs. J.
T. Darwin, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. L. G. Potter, Registrar;
Mrs. T. B. Butler, Treasurer; Mrs. W. H. Smith, Historian. The
other charter members were Mrs. George Blanton, Mrs. C. W. Hames,
Miss Jessie Lipscomb, Mrs. Sue Shanks Parker, Mrs. I. W. Richardson,
and Mrs. Oscar Shanks.
The Chapter has always been active in educational as well as
historical work and has awarded scholarships, installed drinking
fountains in two of the public schools in 1912, made contributions
to schools, and has presented the Flag of the USA to six schools.
Each year we award American History Essay, Good Citizen, and
ROTC Medals and certificates.
During World War I, bonds were bought and liberal contributions
were made to the soldiers, Red Cross, and Salvation Army. In
1922, they placed a bronze tablet on the front façade of the
library with the names of 51 boys who fell in the War.
A contribution was made for the monument erected in Columbia,
SC, to the three partisan generals, Sumter, Marion, and Pickens,
and Mrs. W. S. Hall was a member of the committee for the erection
of the Signers' Tablet in the State House in Columbia. The Chapter
paid for a chair in Memorial Continental Hall, Washington, DC.
We compiled a history of Gaffney and Cherokee County for the
Sesquicentennial Edition of the Gaffney Ledger.
The Chapter was instrumental in having the remains of Colonel
James Williams removed and re-interred on the lawn of the Library
and a monument erected over his grave, and is still trying to
protect this hallowed spot.
The Colonel James Williams C.A.R. Society was organized by the
late Mrs. W. H. Smith. Other members active as leaders have
been Mrs. A. L. Curtis, Mrs. Becky Garvin, Mrs. W. D. McCraw,
Mrs. Fred Murph, and Mrs. J. D. Hartman, Jr.
COWPENS BATTLEFIELD -- The Chapter was instrumental in obtaining
the site by the purchase of one acre of land for $1,000 on which
the United States Government erected a $15,000 monument, June
14, 1932. Our Chapter assisted in restoring the old monument
in 1954. In 1957, the Chapter purchased a tract of land adjoining
the battlefield to be used as a parking lot. Mrs. Edith Wolfe,
our "grand old lady," used a spade at the ground breaking for
the new visitors' center in 1979 and every year since 1978,
our Chapter has been active in the celebration of the anniversary
of the battle on January 17th.
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mrs. W. S. Hall was a member of the committee
urging the establishment of a National Park at the Kings Mountain
Battlefield. We attended the 1975 Kings Mountain battle celebration
at which time Vice President Rockefeller was speaker. The Chapter
sponsored the Kings Mountain Forum in August of 1998/1999, and
since 1978, every October 7th has participated in the providing
of food for the Overmountain Victory Trail re-enactors, for
the celebration of the battle.
Ladies who have served as Regent are as follows: Mrs. A. N.
Wood, Mrs. G. G. Byers, Mrs. T. B. Butler, Mrs. Pratt Pearson,
Miss Ray Macomson, Mrs. W. S. Hall, Miss Mayme Jefferies, Mrs.
W. J. Willkins, Mrs. J. C. Jefferies, Mrs. S. M. Wolfe, Miss
Leonora Jefferies, Mrs. W. D. McCraw, Mrs. W. D. Cooksey, Mrs.
J. B. Hatcher, Miss Myrtis Quinn, Mrs. Fred Murph, Mrs. W. R.
Brown, Mrs. L. D. Ballard, Mrs. R. L. Price, and Mrs. J. B.
Ivey.
Taken from "History of the South Carolina Daughters of the American
Revolution," Volumes IV and V. |
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