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NEW!! A treasure trove of information about the early Wardlaws in Abbeville! PLUS! Accompanying data about the slaves they had on the plantations! Lists names and sale prices.
See all slave information on the page 'Black Wardlaws',
and on the new page 'NEW BLACK WARDLAW INFO'
Joseph (D25) Wardlaw who lived in Abbeville County, South Carolina owned several
properties. The name of this plantation is unknown, however after Wardlaw's
death his probate papers called it the "Homeplace", and why this page is
named the Joseph Wardlaw Homeplace Plantation.
This plantation is where he lived and where he grew cotton. In 1804, Joseph
purchased 1/3 share of the Cotton Gin from his father-in-law, John Waller's
estate left to the son John N. Waller who died about the same time as his
father for $579. Some think the plantation was originally called Cotton Hill
Plantation although there are no records to confirm this. Over the years the
property is believed to have been sold off in land tracts to build homes
therefore the exact location where the plantation house stood is also
unknown although some believe the Quay-Wardlaw house is one in the same.
This plantation and most of the slaves, at the death of Joseph (D25) Wardlaw in
1852, were left to Wardlaw's son, Hugh Waller (E78) Wardlaw.
Joseph (D25) Wardlaw, like his father (Hugh (C4) Wardlaw), was a slaveholder. He had about 100+ slaves
named in his probate papers in 1852.
The Quay Plantation located in Abbeville County home was built by the first
owner, John Quay, about 1786. Quay sold the property to James (D21) Wardlaw about
1798. James Wardlaw lived there most of his life. His plantation grew
cotton. This home is now known as The Quay-Wardlaw House.
This house, built ca. 1786, is thought to be the oldest house in Abbeville.
It was built as a two-story log building by John Quay, who also ran a tavern
here. He sold it ca. 1798 to James (D21) Wardlaw (1767-1842) and his wife, Quay's
stepdaughter Hannah Clarke (1778-1825). James (D21) Wardlaw was the Abbeville
postmaster and Abbeville District deputy clerk of court 1796-1800, then
clerk of court 1800-1838. Ten of the Wardlaws' eleven children were born in
this house.
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James (D21) Wardlaw 1767 - 1842 served as Deputy Clerk of Court for Abbeville
County with Major John Bowie in 1796. During this time he also worked as a
surveyor, a school-master, and a merchant continuing to operate the tavern
and stagecoach stop established by John Quay, his wife Hannah's stepfather.
In 1800 the South Carolina Legislature changed the designation of the
state's counties to districts. James (D21) Wardlaw was appointed as the first
Clerk of Court for Abbeville District. He held that post until 1838. He
was also the Abbeville Court House "Village" first post master.
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Two sons were delegates to the Secession Convention: David Lewis (E59) Wardlaw
(1799-1873), state representative and Speaker of the S.C. House, and later a
judge; and Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw (1800-1861), newspaper editor, state
chancellor, and state representative, from Edgefield. This house was later
owned by Col. Thomas Thomson (1813-1881), state representative, delegate to
the Secession Convention, Confederate officer, state senator, and judge.
James (D21) Wardlaw had 64 slaves listed in his probate inventory at the time of
his death in 1842. The slaves were divided and sold off to family members
and others.
David Lewis (E59) Wardlaw was born in 1799. He passed away in 1863. Signer of the
South Carolina Ordinance of Secession.
He was the first white child born in the Abbeville District, in 1799 in the
Quay Tavern. He was a delegate to the Secession Convention in 1861, a law
partner to Patrick Noble, and Gen. Samuel McGowan's father-in-law.
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When William Alfred Wardlaw was born on 6 November 1816, in Abbeville,
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, his father, James (D21) Wardlaw, was 48
and his mother, Hannah Clarke, was 38. He married Iwanowna Tilman on 23
April 1840, in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina. They were the parents
of at least 7 sons. He died on 10 November 1876, in Charleston, Charleston,
South Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina.
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Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw was born in 1800. He passed away in 1861. Chancellor
and Judge Francis Hugh Wardlaw, Born 16 December 1800, Died 29 May 1861. He
was a member of the Secession Convention of 1860; he was the author of the
Ordinance of Secession and was one of the signers.
Francis Hugh (E60) Wardlaw, son of James (D21) Wardlaw and Hannah Clarke Wardlaw, was born
at Abbeville Court House, S. C., December 16th, 1800; was baptized by Rev.
Robert P. Wilson, of the Presbyterian Church; went to the common English
schools of Abbeville, taught by Francis Walker, William Sadler, Flinn,
Clary, Hooper, James Curry, and Thomas Fulton. In 1812 he went to
Willington, in Abbeville District, and there attended for two years Dr.
Waddell's famous Classical Academy. He spent the year 1815 at home at
Abbeville Court House, in studying arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, and
surveying, under Captain William Robertson, and in writing in the Clerk's
office under his father, then Clerk of the Court for Abbeville District. He
entered the South Carolina College April 13th, 1816, and graduated with
first honor of his class in December, 1818. Read law in the office of A.
Bowie, Esq., at Abbeville Court House, and was admitted to practice law at
Charleston, January, 1822, and equity at Columbia, May, 1822. He settled at
Edgefield near the end of February, 1822, and practiced law there in
partnership with Whitfield Brooks until the fall of 1825; with William
Garrett from 1826 to 1828; with D. L. Wardlaw from 1831 to 1841, and with
William C. Morange from 1841 to 1846; was editor of a newspaper at Edgefield
from March, 1829, to the spring of 1832; elected to the State Convention
from Edgefield in 1832, and to the House of representatives of South
Carolina Legislature in 1834 and 1838; was partner of R. H. Spann's in 1850;
was elected Chancellor December 3rd, 1850, and Judge in the Court of Appeals
December 21st, 1859; delegate from Edgefield in the conventions of 1852 and
1860, being one of only four or five persons who were members of all three
conventions above mentioned; 1832, 1852, and 1860.
He was married at "Airville" near Hamburg, in Edgefield District Wednesday
evening, April 22nd, 1835, to Ann Gresham Lamar, daughter of Thomas Gresham
Lamar and Martha Leland Cary, by Rev. Henry Reid, Presbyterian minister from
Augusta. By this union he had seven children, three of whom died young. One
son, Lieutenant Thomas GTresham Lamar (F36) Wardlaw, was killed at Fort Moultrie, July 17th,
1862, another son, Francis Hugh (F39) Wardlaw, died December 5th, 1887, at Edgefield
where he was practicing law. One son and one daughter only are now living,
Mrs. J. W. Hill, of Edgefield, and J. Lewis Wardlaw, of Fairfield County.
Chancellor Wardlaw died at Columbia in the house of Major Theodore Stark,
May 29th, 1861, and was buried at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina.
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Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw died in Walhalla on Wednesday, July 2nd, 1873, in the
sixtieth year of his age. Dr. Wardlaw was a native of Abbeville county, and,
until the last year, had spent his whole life near the place of his
nativity, and in the midst of friends who knew and appreciated his high and
excellent qualities of mind and heart.
Dr. Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw was born October 29th, 1814, at Abbeville, and was the ninth
child of James Wardlaw. He received his early education in the school of
Henry Fulton, near this place, and took a high stand in his class. He
entered the South Carolina College in 1831, and, after a course of study
extending over two years, graduated with the degree of A.B. in 1833.
Returning to Abbeville, he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr.
S. V. Caine, a physician of considerable note and rare skill. In 1834-35 he
attended lectures in the Charleston Medical College, and then entered the
Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, where he graduated with
distinction in 1836. As a student, Dr. Wardlaw was industrious and
pains-taking; as a physician, kind, skillful, and untiring; a genial,
affable gentleman; an affectionate husband, an indulgent father, and a pure,
steadfast, and unyielding Christian. For a number of years he had held
positions of honor and trust in the Presbyterian Church at this place, and
in his death the Church has sustained a heavy loss.
Dr. JosephJames (E66) Wardlaw was an indefatigable worker, and his whole life was spent in
alleviating the sufferings and ministering to the afflictions of his
fellow-men. Like the good Samaritan, he went about doing good, and in the
abode of poverty as well as at the bedside of the wealthy his skill overcame
disease, and his godly walk and conversation contributed comfort and peace
and joy to world-weary, departing pilgrims.
Dr. Joseph James (E66) Wardlaw was a patriot, and in the late war, by his personal influence
and the blood of his children, did more than his part to sustain the
fortunes of the Southern Confederacy. After the war, reduced in means,
bereft of sons upon whose stout arms he had hoped to depend, he devoted his
energies anew to the duties of his profession, and labored manfully in the
cause of suffering humanity.
For the last year Dr. Wardlaw had resided at Walhalla, where, in the bosom
of an affectionate family, from the effects of an accident received a short
time since, he died on last Wednesday. His body was brought to this place on
Friday, and conveyed to the Presbyterian church, where the funeral sermon
was preached by the pastor, Rev. J. L. Martin. The sermon was touching and
powerful, and at the record of the virtues of the deceased, many eyes unused
to weep were suffused with tears. After the sermon, the remains were carried
to Long Cane cemetery, and, in the presence of a large number of
sympathizing friends and acquaintances, all that was mortal of Dr. Joseph J.
Wardlaw was laid to rest.
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Robert Henry (E63) Wardlaw was born on 28 April 1778, in Abbeville, South Carolina,
his father, James (D21) Wardlaw, and his mother, Elizabeth Coulter. He married Lucy Hodges about 1807, in
Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He
died on 6 April 1812, in his hometown, at the age of 33, and was buried in
Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Donalds, Abbeville, South Carolina.
The long-awaited second volume of "Wardlaw Chronicle" is now available on flash drive!
NEW! Wardlaw Heritage Library is now catalogued!
Watch our progress here!
As of today, September 9, 2021, all the books are entered.
If anyone is interested in what we have in our Library I can email you a list of the books. Email me dianewardlaw7@yahoo.com
There are different icons that show different ways to see the books; List, Cards, Covers and Shelves. The Shelves icon puts the books on shelves and you can see the covers of the books that have covers.
Pretty cool!
Our NEW Wardlaw page at House of Tartan! Click to go see!!
You can see both the Modern version and the Muted version. (see kilts below)
Trotter House - Brownsburg, Virginia
This house has now been sold and I've been in contact with the new owners who are very interested in the Wardlaw history of the house!
Our Wardlaw friend, Amy Bullard, found this on Zillow and shot it over to me to share with you! This is one of the original houses that the Wardlaws built when they first settled in Brownsburg. See the Zillow page here:
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