Henry Flowers & Rachel

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my cousins, so I have researched them to a small extent.
(1) GGGG Grandparent of my aunt Pat Skipper.
(2) Ancestor of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) Ancestor of my uncle Al McIntyre;

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!CENSUS:1790 Georgetown Dist., SC Prince George Parish p. 507
(alpha)
Henry Flowers 1-2-2-0-x
Henry Flowers Junr 1-4-2-0-x
Henry Flowers Senr 2-1-3-0-x
(Slave column cut off);

!PROBATE:1800 Marion Co., SC Henry Flowers of Smith Swamp. Rachel Flowers, adm;

!REFERENCE:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina" by W.W. Sellers, Esq. 1902. Pg 502 - 506
Partial extract:
Flowers,-This family sprang from Henry Flowers, who came from England, about the middle of the eighteenth century. He married Patsy Savage, and settled and lived where ex-Sheriff W. T. Evans now lives ; he took up and owned large bodies of land around him, many thousands of acres ; he had and. raised a large family; the sons were Archie, John, Henry, William, James, Jacobland Bennett; the daughters were Mollie, Betsy, Nancy, Sallie and Olive, or Olivia.

"Henry Flowers, one of the seven sons of old Henry, the first comer, was the father of the late Love Flowers, below Marion; don't know who the wife of Henry, Jr., was, nor is it known whether he had other sons than Love nor whether he had any daughters
...
The first Methodist Church or meeting house built in the county was built (I suppose, of logs,) by old Henry Flowers, and was located near the house of ex-Sheriff Evans, about 1783 to 1790. Bishop Asbury's Journal speaks of it, which I have not now before me, but to which I refer. Asbury and Whatcoat, in passing through the country on their way to Charleston, stopped at Flowers' house, and preached under the oak now standing in ex-Sheriff Evans' yard, and with such success as to induce Mr. Flowers to build a meeting house, in which the Bishop afterwards preached in his annual travels. Flowers and his family became members of his church and others also, and it is said that old "Jimmy Jenkins," afterward and for many years a distinguished' preacher of that denomination, joined the church at that place, which was for many years thereafter called "Flowers' Meeting House." Flowers and his seven sons and five daughters, together with their families—for several of them had, doubtless, married by that time—were enough of themselves to form and keep up a respectable church of their own without the accession of others to it, and it may be reasonably supposed that others joined and worshipped there.

The last vestige of the large body of land owned there by old Henry Flowers, was bought by the Commissioners of the Poor for the county, in 186o, from John H. Flowers and wife, Anne, for a county poor farm and house, and it was located and erected there in 186o. The writer was, at the time, Chairman and Treasurer of the board—made the trade for the land (ninety-seven acres, I think), drew the deed, had it executed, paid the purchase price to the grantors, $970, had the buildings constructed, and established it as a home and farm for the poor, and, I believe, it is kept up and used for that purpose to the present time. The deed is recorded, and if the original deed is examined, it will be seen to be in my handwriting. The wisdom of the scheme has been vindicated by over forty years' continued use. Have not seen it for fifteen or twenty years ; don't know how it is managed now.

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my cousins, so I have researched them to a small extent.
(1) GGGG Grandparent of my aunt Pat Skipper.
(2) Ancestor of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) Ancestor of my uncle Al McIntyre;

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!CENSUS:1790;

!CENSUS:1800 Marion Dist., SC p. 781
Rachel Flowers age 45+ (bef 1755)
02100-30001-0-0

!DEED: 5 Nov 1806 Marion Co., SC Deed Book C p. 317
Rachel, Henry, William, Martha, Nathan, Olive, Loveless & Elizabeth FLowers, of Marion Dist, to Henry Gasque of same for $250, 50a p/o 200a grant to James Graves 4 Jan 1757 on Catfish Swamp.
S:
Rachel (x) Flowers
William (x) Flowers
Martha (x) Flowers
Nathan (x) Flowers
Wit: Gabriel G. Glaze, Robt Moody Jr, Saml Cooper
No probate;

!CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist., SC p. 35
Rachel Flowers age 45+ (bef 1765)
01100-10001-0-0;

!CENSUS:1820 x

!NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my cousins, so I have researched them to a small extent.
(1) Uncle/Aunt of my aunt Pat Skipper.
(2) Uncle/Aunt of my Aunt Harriette Richardson Nack.
(3) Uncle/Aunt of my uncle Al McIntyre;

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

!DEED: 5 Nov 1806 Marion Co., SC Deed Book C p. 317
Rachel, Henry, William, Martha, Nathan, Olive, Loveless & Elizabeth FLowers, of Marion Dist, to Henry Gasque of same for $250, 50a p/o 200a grant to James Graves 4 Jan 1757 on Catfish Swamp.
S:
Rachel (x) Flowers
William (x) Flowers
Martha (x) Flowers
Nathan (x) Flowers
Wit: Gabriel G. Glaze, Robt Moody Jr, Saml Cooper
No probate;

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