SHADY GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY, Anderson County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 20-Oct-2006 Text File: A256.TXT Image Folder: A256 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/anderson-county/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in Oct-2006 Debbie Kellogg in Oct-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary L. Flynn at (visit above website) in -2006 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at (visit above website) in -2006 RECORDING ...... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > GPS = Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY Governor Brown, of Georgia, joined the Baptist church at Shady Grove under Mr. Mauldin's preaching; and when he left that section of country was given by Mr. Mauldin a letter of introduction to a friend in Georgia, Dr. Lewis, a Baptist minister, but also a business man, who received the young man very kindly, befriending him whenever opportunity offered. Governor Brown never forgot a kindness shown him, and when he was governor, the position of United States senator from Georgia becoming vacant, Governor Brown appointed his old friend, Dr. Lewis, to fill the place. Squire Whitfield had a fun of anecdotes, and loved a joke on his friends. There was one which he used to tell with relish about three of his friends, all members of the Baptist church, men of high standing and influence in the community. Their character and standing, however, did not save them in that puritanical age from being called before the church tribunal on the very grave and serious charge of fiddling and dancing. They were the Honorables J.P. Reed, Elijah Webb, and Daniel Brown. The charge was that Reed fiddled while the dignified deacons, Webb and Brown, tripped the light fantastic toe. When called to account, Mr. Reed answered, "Well, when I was young I was thought a pretty good fiddler, but that night I learned for certain that I was a damned good one and am yet." Mr. Webb being called, acknowledged his sin with penitence, and asked for forgiveness. Mr. Brown, when called failed to respond and was found at the back of the church fast asleep. Squire Whitfield said: "Webb begged out of it, Reed swore out of it, and Brown snored out of it." Amaziah Rive was a noted Baptist preacher of early times. He was born June 20, 1798, a son of Hezekiah and Polly Leftwich Rice, settlers in the district from Virginia. Mr. Rice began life as a clerk for his father and his uncle, Christopher Orr, at Craytonville. In his twenty-second year he married Miss Sallie Thompson. From this union there were nine children, eight of whom lived to be grown; three sons and five daughters. In Mr. Rice's young days the state militia was a thing of great importance, it was especially good as a stepping stone to official position. Mr. Rice was elected colonel of the 4th South Carolina Regiment, and served several years. The title of colonel stuck to him through life, though later he became a minister of the Baptist Church. For six years he served the state in the legislature, from 1826 to 1832. It was at that time that he shared in the honor of granting a charter to the first railroad in America built for steam cars alone, the old South Carolina road. Colonel Rice was a successful farmer and business man, and for over forty years prominent as a preacher, serving churches in Anderson and adjoining counties. It is said that he preached his first sermon in Georgia, and that he felt so ashamed of the effort, that for a long time he kept it a secret. He died July 31, 1878, and is buried in the old Rice family grave yard. Gleaned From: Traditions & History of Anderson County by Louise Ayer Vandiver TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife >