The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras (1915) (14761227406)

Identifier: romanceoflowerca00walk (find matches)
Title: The romance of lower Carolina; historic, romantic and traditional incidents of the Colonial and revolutionary eras
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Walker, Cornelius Irvine
Subjects: South Carolina -- History
Publisher: Charleston, S. C. : Art Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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is surmounted by the coat of arms of 43Church building at the southwest corner of Tradd andMeeting Streets. 63 the Cromarty family, and is one of the most artisticpieces of workmanship in this country, and there isno other tablet like it in America. The inscriptionis neatly executed on wood, and is surrounded byan elaborately carved oaken frame. It was visitedby the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise,Queen Victorias daughter, in 1883, and by theDuke of Sutherland, a relative of Lady Anne Mur-ray, in 1886. The inscription thereon is: In this Cemetery lie the Remains of The Right Honourable Lady Anne Murray Third Daughter of George, Earl of Cromarty, A young noblewoman as conspicuous for Piety & Virtue as she was for High Birth & illustrious descent— She died the 17th of January 1768 much lamented. Near her lies the body of Geo. Murray, Esqr., deputy Secretary of So. Carolina, A Gentleman of rigid honesty and inflexible integrity; who died on the 24th of September 1772 64
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TABLET TO THE MEJIORY OF LADY ANNE MURRAY.In Scotch Presbyterian Church. DORCHESTER AS IT ONCE WAS The old Town of Dorchester^^ was situated atthe head of navigation on the east bank of theAshley River. It is about twenty-six miles fromCharleston, and about five miles southwest of Sum-merville. Only the ruins of the parish church andof the fort, mark the spot where a flourishingtown once stood. The history of the town beginswith the immigration thereto, from the town ofthe same name in the Province of MassachusettsBay, arriving at Charlestown December 20, 1695,of the Rev. Joseph Lord and a company who cameto Carolina, *To set up the ordinances of JesusChrist ther^ if the Lord conveyed them safelythither, according to gospell truth withe a verylarge profession of ther faithe. The settlers took up, altogether, four thousandand fifty (4,050) acres of land. They dividedthis up among them into farm lands and lots inthe trading town, the village of Dorchester. Inthe neighborhood were a numb