Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1790 Georgetown Dist., SC Prince George Parish pg 507
Enos Tart age 16+ (bef 1774)
2-2-4-0-2;

!DEED:27 Feb 1795 Marion Dist, SC Deeds D-190 John SANDERS of Georgetown Dist, planter to Enos TART for 5, 200a in watery branch bay N side Peedee River, being part of 1766a grant to John SANDERS in 1792. Adj Hardy CRAWFORD. S: John Sanders. Wit: John TART, Thomas (X) WATERS. Elizabeth (X) SANDERS, wife of John, relinq unto within named Enos TART or to Mary CRAWFORD and heirs to said Enos TART estate;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist., SC pg 452-796
Enos Tart age 45+ (bef 1755)
10101-10001-0-5;

!TAXLIST:1811 Marion Dist, SC Enos TART, Estate $1.11;

!TAXLIST:1814 Marion Dist, SC Enos TART, Estate $4.49;

!PROBATE ROLL # 767 Marion Co., SC Enos Tart Senr. 1801
Will Dated 18 Jan 1801
Wife Sarah Tart
son John Tart
son Nathan Tart
daus Mary Crawford and Martha Maloye
son Jonathan Tart
son Enos Tart Jr
gr-dau Nancy Tart
W: Archibald Kerby, James Grantham, Andrew Berry Sr.
Execs: Oldest sons John, Jonathan and Enos.
Proved 1 May 1801
...;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 193-197

TART.—The Tart family was formerly a very noted family at least, in the person of old Enos Tart. There were three brothers of them as known to the writer, Enos, John and Nathan. Of these, Enos was the most prominent ; he lived on, and owned the plantation and mill latterly known as E. J. Moody's. Who the father of these three brothers were, is not known to the writer. When that mill was built, and by whom, is not known. In Gregg's History it is spoken of as "Tart's Mill, about six miles above Marion Court House." It is reasonable to presume it was among the first mills in the county, except, perhaps, "Hulins," on Catfish, afterwards Bass' Mill. (Gregg, p359) The mill was, before the Revolution, the property of John Smith, whose daughter, tradition informs us, was the mother of Enos Tart and brothers. This John Smith was the progenitor of most of the Smiths (numerous) now and since that time in the county. Enos Tart was a most remarkable man, a giant in strength and size, weighing about three hundred pounds and not over corpulent. It is related of him that he could interfere between two men fighting, and take one combatant with one hand in the collar and with the other hand the other combatant, and hold them apart ; they could not break his hold, and he would hold them apart, until each promised him that they would desist, and each go his way and quit the fight. He was a man of such remarkable equanimity of temper, that a man might curse and abuse him for everything he could think of, and call him all sorts of contemptuous names, and he would not resent it, but laugh at his would-be adversary. It is related of him that on one occasion old man Cade Bethea so cursed and abused him at Marion Court House, calling him by every contemptuous name in the catalogue, and daring Tart to resent it, which Tart did not do, and as usual laughed at old Cade. On that night, as Tart was going home, he came up with old man Cade by the side of the road, down dead drunk. Tart alighted, went to him and took him home with him, and stripped him and put him to bed, old man Cade being unconscious all the while. Next morning, the sleeping Cade; so furious the day before, awoke and found out where he was; he got up and manfully acknowledged his error; that he was whipped by Tart's kindness, and was ever afterwards a close and constant friend of Tart's. Enos Tart, according to tradition, was never known to strike any man, and the reason given for it was, that he was afraid to strike a man for fear he might kill him; Tart knew his physical power. He was a kindhearted and generous man, and befriended all as far as he could; he was a very popular man, and could not be beaten before the people. He was more than once a Representative of his district in the State Legislature; was Sheriff of the county, and Clerk of the Court when he died, in 1828. Enos Tart married a Miss Susanna Johnson, of the county; the results of the marriage were four or five daughters and three sons. One of his daughters married Jack Finklea ; one married Willis Finklea; one, Elizabeth, married, first, Alfred Kirvin, and had two children for him, two daughters, when they separated, and years afterwards, after Kirvin died, she married Elias Townsend; some years afterward, Townsend died, and she married Jessee Perritt ; by neither of the last marriages had she any offspring ; they lived together for some years, and they both died in a week of each other. Of her Kirvin children, the oldest, Lucinda, died just as she was budding into womanhood. The other daughter, whose name is not remembered, married James Fore, and had four children, three daughters and a son; of these, two of the daughters married Berrys— Stephen Berry and William Berry ; the other daughter married Powers, a son of Mitchel Powers. The son, Thomas E. Fore, is now one of our good citizens, and has a family. Susan Tart, the fourth daughter, married a Mr. Brown, of Brownsville, in Marlborough; after having two children, a son and a daughter, the father and mother both died ; the children grew up and emigrated West. Jane Tart, the youngest daughter of old Enos Tart, married another Brown, of the same family; he soon after died, leaving no offspring; the widow again married Humphrey Lester; the results of this marriage were two children—a daughter, Mary, now the wife of M. Stackhouse, and a son, Robert H. Lester, now among us, with an increasing family; he married a Miss Proctor, of Little Rock. Soon after the birth of these two children, Humphrey Lester died, and Jane became a widow the second time; she again married our esteemed fellow-citizen, E. J. Moody ; the fruits of this latter marriage were two sons, Thomas E. and Neill C. Moody, and two daughters. Thomas E. married a Miss Little, daughter of the Rev. L. M. Little ; he soon died childless. Neill C. Moody never married, died three or four years ago. The daughters, Virginia and Maggie, both married. Virginia married Douglas Mclntyre, of Marion— noble woman she was ; she died some years ago, leaving three or four children, the oldest of whom, Janie, married Robert Proctor ; they have left the State. Mclntyre married again, a Miss Fore, and has his first children with him now, except Janie. Maggie Moody married Dr. D. I. Watson; they removed to Southport, N. C, have several children, and are said to be doing well. It may be truthfully said of Mrs. Jane Moody, who died some years ago, that she was the excellent of the earth ; high-toned, and above all had a good and kind heart, beloved by all who knew her ; and if any of her children or grand-children should turn out badly, it will not be the fault or failings of the mother; she left an influence that will tell upon her offspring sooner or later. Old Enos Tart had three sons, Enos, Nathan and Thomas E. Tart. Enos, the oldest, died a young man, in 1844, before his mother; he was a very promising young man, a graduate of the University of Virginia, a Chesterfield in his manners and deportment; he had many of the qualities of his father ; had he lived, would, doubtless, have become prominent, and filled a large space in the public eye. Soon after Enos Tart, Jr., died, Thomas E., the youngest brother, accidentally shot himself with a pistol, from which he died in a few minutes. Three or four years after that sad event, Nathan Tart, the middle son, died. The sons of old Enos all died unmarried, so that the name, so far as old Enos was concerned, was entirely cut off. Enos Tart was not a very old man when he died ; he was a man of business, accumulated a large property and left his family in good condition he was the contractor for and built the old brick court house in Marion, in 1823, which was torn down and removed, in , 1864, during the war. That court house stood about the spot where the new building lately erected for the Clerk and Probate Judge's offices now stands. There are many now living who remember the old brick court house ; it was constructed on the "Mills" plan of court houses for that day and time. Of the brothers of old Enos, John and Nathan, John Tart, I think, married a Miss Crawford; he raised two sons and some daughters; the sons were James and Enos Tart — the name Enos runs down to the present generation in every family. James Tart's brother, Enos, was called "Dog Enos," for distinction. Why they gave him so unsavory a name is not now known. The writer has seen him, or saw him, about sixty years ago ; he was regarded as a bully on the muster fields of that day ; I do not know what became of him. James, the older brother, was a very respectable man and good citizen ; he married Miss Julia Ann Smith, and raised a large family of sons and daughters, all of whom are now dead, except the youngest son, Enos Murchison Tart, who married in Columbus County, N. C, where he settled and now resides. John W. Tart, the oldest son of James, married a daughter of Rev. Samuel J. Bethea, raised a large family of sons and daughters, who are now among us as citizens of the county ; he died on April 14th, 1875, of a cancer on the tongue. A daughter of James Tart, Amelia, married the late John C. Campbell, near Ebenezer Church, where he and she both died a few years ago; they raised a large family of sons, and two daughters, perhaps eight or ten sons. Some of the sons, two or three, are dead, leaving no family, and one of the daughters is also dead, unmarried; the others are among us, and are respectable citizens. James Tart died during the war, on the place near Moody's Mill, now owned by the estate of the late Governor Ellerbe. James Tart had some sisters, two of whom married Birds, Joseph Bird and Hugh Bird, and one married a Malloy— all of whom are dead. Nathan Tart, the youngest brother of old Enos, married Kama Berry, a daughter of old Henry Berry, as already herein noted by their marriage a considerable family resulted of sons and daughters. Nathan Tart died in middle life and left his widow, Fama, and children. Fama Tart, as heretofore noted, was one of the most remarkable women that the writer ever saw. Of this family of Tarts, I think I have already written. Nathan and Fama Tart also had a son, named Enos, who was called by way of contradistinction, "Russell Enos." The name is continued down for two or three generations further. ;

!NOTES:
(1) This person is not related to me as far as I'm aware. However, I am interested in all Marion Co., SC families to some extent.
(2) This person is an aunt/uncle of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) This person is an aunt/uncle of my aunt-in-law Debra Rogers McIntyre.
(4) This person is an aunt/uncle of my uncle Ben Franklin Meggs.


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/


!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 721 Marion Co., SC John Smith Senr 1802
Will dated 10 Jun 1797 John Smith of Liberty County, Georgetown District
Wife: Mary
eldest son Samuel Smith
son John Smith
son James Smith
dau Ann Berry
dau Elizabeth Watson
dau Mary Buckholts
dau Sarah Tart
dau Martha Fincklea
dau Mourning Bryant
dau Cealey Harralson
Executors: Sons Samuel Smith, John Smith and Enos Tart.
S: John Smith
W: John Finkly, John Deer, Peter Keighly
proven 20 Jan 1802
...;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist, SC pg 796 w/Enos TART age 45+ (bef 1755);

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 767 Marion Co., SC Enos Tart Senr. 1801
Will Dated 18 Jan 1801
Wife Sarah Tart
son John Tart
son Nathan Tart
daus Mary Crawford and Martha Maloye
son Jonathan Tart
son Enos Tart Jr
gr-dau Nancy Tart
W: Archibald Kerby, James Grantham, Andrew Berry Sr.
Execs: Oldest sons John, Jonathan and Enos.
Proved 1 May 1801
...;

!CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist., SC pg 20
Sarah Tart age 45+ (bef 1765)
01000-01001-0-1;

!TAXLIST:1811 Marion Dist, SC Sarah TART $0.35;

!TAXLIST:1814 Marion Dist, SC Sarah TART $1.57 1/2;

!DEED: 9 Jan 1818 Marion Co., SC Book M page 95
Sarah Tart, widow of Marion Dist., to Enos Tart for $300 ... 750a Es Catfish Cr
... John Smith decd by LW&T to Sarah Tart ... also 600a two other tracts granted to John Smith ...
S: Sarah (X) Tart
W: Cherry Tart, Mary Tart, Ann Finklea
Proven by Cherry Finklea (formerly Cherry Tart) and Ann Finklea 12 Feb 1828 before Elly Gasque, JP;

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC pg 66B
Sarah Tart age 45+ (bef 1775)
000000-00001-0-slaves=0000-0000;

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 49
Sarah Tart age 70-79 (1750/60)
0-0010000001, slaves=0;

!DEED:19 Dec 1836 Marion Co., SC Book Q page 212
Sarah Tart of Marion Dist, for good will and affection towards by grandson James R. Tart, two beds, furniture ...
S: Sarah (X) Tart
W: Archd Kerby, Fanny (X) Tart;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 193-197

TART.—The Tart family was formerly a very noted family at least, in the person of old Enos Tart. There were three brothers of them as known to the writer, Enos, John and Nathan. Of these, Enos was the most prominent ; he lived on, and owned the plantation and mill latterly known as E. J. Moody's. Who the father of these three brothers were, is not known to the writer. When that mill was built, and by whom, is not known. In Gregg's History it is spoken of as "Tart's Mill, about six miles above Marion Court House." It is reasonable to presume it was among the first mills in the county, except, perhaps, "Hulins," on Catfish, afterwards Bass' Mill. (Gregg, p359) The mill was, before the Revolution, the property of John Smith, whose daughter, tradition informs us, was the mother of Enos Tart and brothers. This John Smith was the progenitor of most of the Smiths (numerous) now and since that time in the county. ;