In Memory ~ Evelyn Parrott Arrowood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evelyn, daughter of Wilburn Larry and Ethel Blanton Parrott

1933-2014

Great Uncle Jessie Blanton ~

Brother of Ethel Blanton Parrott

Son of Craton Rone Blanton and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellis Blanton Hager ~

Rest in Peace, Jessie.

Happy 2013!

"New Year's Day is every man's birthday." - Charles Lamb

Carter County, TN

William Barber ~ Civil War Soldier ~ Third generation Irishman

John Barber- Immigrant buried Beersheba, York Co. SC.
(Grandfather of William Barber)

More about John:
John Barber landed in Charles Town, South Carolina on December 19th, 1772, a passenger on the ship, "Pennsylvania Farmer". The ship departed Larne, Ireland, in October of 1772.

The Barbers and many other Scotch-Irish families came to America under what was known as the "Bounty Act. " This act was passed by the General Assembly of South Carolina on July 25, 1761, to encourage poor European Protestants to colonize South Carolina. The large majority of the immigrants coming into South Carolina from 1761 to 1773 were Presbyterians from Ireland. Applicants under this act had to certify that they were Protestants and thus entitled to the benefits of the act. The benefits of the act were free ship's passsage plus the right to petition for a grant of land from the Colony of South Carolina. Also each person who received a land grant was given a cash allowance for the purchase of tools, supplies, and materials for constructing a dwelling. The exact amount of the allowance is unclear in the history records but one source reports that it was ten pounds in gold coin. The formula or method of distributing the land is not clearly described in the Council Journal entries, but it seems that a man and his wife were granted as much as 150 acres plus 50 acres for each child under the age of 15. Single persons over the age of 15 were considered adults and were usually granted 100 acres. The ship's manifest listed by name only the head of the household and single persons over 15 .


John Barber was part of a large group of Presbyterians who followed an emigration led by the Reverend William Martin in 1772. Several Presbyterian pastors led their congregations in emigrations from Ulster to America in the decade following Rev. Dr. Thomas Clark's emigration from Ballybay, Northern Ireland to New York Colony in 1764. The most notable of these was the Martin emigration of Covenanter Presbyterian in 1772 from the area of Kellswater in central County Antrim, now part of Northern Ireland.

His son, George Barber-

His son, William M Barber 1842-1929

Buried at Woodside Cemetery, Clover, SC. Married Margaret Ann McCarter
My 2nd Great Grandfather~


The following was an article that was published about William's Civil War experience.


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PRIVATE WILLIAM BARBER, CSA

William Barber and Margaret Ann McCarter, married Jan. 10, 1867~

by Louise Pettus
Many Civil War generals left their memoirs. Officers down through the rank of lieutenants might keep a journal or write long letters--letters that have survived. Few privates kept any records at all. If their memories were ever recorded it was usually by some relative or an occasional newspaper reporter.

Even then, the accounts rarely go beyond that which could be found in the public records: name, rank, major battles, whether wounded or not, and a tribute to General Lee.

In 1927 a local correspondent from Clover, James Stanhope Love (also known as "Ben Hope") wrote a column for the Rock Hill Record titled "A Confederate Veteran of Clover." The veteran, William Barber, was a private in Company G of the 18th S. C. Volunteers under Gen. N. G. Evans. Most of Company G. was raised in Kings Mountain district of York County.

Private Barber was from Clark's Fork; others in his company enlisted from the communities of Bethany, Hickory, King's Creek, Hoodtown, Zadok, and Stump.

William Barber's father was George Barber and his mother a Miss Neil from North Carolina. His mother died when he was five and he had few memories of her but could recall a happy childhood on a farm.

General Evans' troops were independent of other units in the army, described by Barber as "freelance." Consequently, Barber in three years time served and fought in engagements from the Mississippi River to northern Virginia.

Although frequently in the thick of very heavy fighting, Barber was never wounded. In one battle, he recalled that he was the only soldier in his unit who was not wounded or killed. He did contract pneumonia after swimming in the Pearl River in Mississippi. And he got whooping cough while on furlough in York county.

Looking back, Barber believed that the Confederate War (as Hope called it) was "an ill-advised conflict." Hope pointed out that Barber was proud of his role in the war but that, at the same time, Jefferson Davis "kept the war going too long after it had become evident...that defeat was inevitable."

Especially, Barber believed that the South should not have fought to perpetuate slavery. Barber thought the whole slave system was "rotten" at the time he enlisted. Why, then, did he fight for it? Barber said there was nothing else for him to do at the time--that the South had to fight for her right to govern herself. He was convinced that the North would have had slaves if the conditions for slavery there had made it profitable.

When asked if he ever killed a Yankee, Barber replied: "I don't know whether I killed a man or not; I only know that I did some mighty close shooting."

After describing the battle in which he was his company's only unwounded man, Barber added, "Yes, it was a scrap, and one time in such a thing is enough for any man."

In the last months of the war many of Barber's comrades deserted. Others tried to tempt him to quit but Barber steadfastly refused. He said it was bad luck to start anywhere and then turn back at the last.

Ben Hope reported Barber as saying: "Once when I was home on furlough, and expressed my opinion that the war would soon be over and the South whipped,--though some of the folks at home just would not believe it then,--one of my friends advised me to hide out for a while until it was all over with.

And I could have done so; but I would not, and now I am glad I didn't."

Barber was captured at Dinwiddy Courthouse near Petersburg, Virginia on April 1, 1865 and kept a prisoner at Point Lookout, Maryland until June 16. He said that he had no unpleasant memories of prison camp.

After the war, the Ku Klux Klan was very active in York County. Barber refused to have any part in it saying that he had already seen enough of strife and bloodshed.

Parrott's ~ Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC

John James "Johnny" Parrott

 John Parrott's death certificate is Reg. District 36-80, No. 279.

John's father was Robert Samuel Parrott and his mother was Nannie Barber.

He is listed as a machinist with Cocker Machine, birthplace listed as York County, South Carolina.

He died within the city limits of Gastonia, North Carolina.

Coronary Occlusion is listed as cause of death.

Dr. B. Weathers is listed as the attending physician, of Stanley, North Carolina.

He was the grandson of Noah Tyree McKinsey Parrott and Mary Nichols Parrott.

Sentimental Saturday~ Pickles

Nothing brings back more memories than the smell of pickles pickling on a warm summer's day.

She made the old 14 day pickles with cinnamon and cloves.

My, were they tasty!

Now I pickle my own, and the aroma brings me back to those carefree days, running past Grandma's crocks full of those delicious pickles.

Ethel in Savannah, Georgia ~

Ethel Leigh Blanton posing in the 1920's.

Daughter of Craton Rone Blanton and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellis Blanton.

Grand daughter of Charles Heberton Ellis and Nancy M. "Nannie" Wesson.

Grand daughter of George Washington Blanton and Mary Elizabeth Greene Blanton.

Ethel married Wilbur Larry Parrott in 1927.

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Great Uncle Jesse Parrott ~ Confederate Soldier

Jesse Parrott was the son of Noah Tyre Parrott and Mary Nichols Parrott.  He is buried at Beth Shiloh, apparently no marker remains but he is listed on the cemetery records.  He was born about 1848 and died
in November of 1869 of Typhoid Fever.  May he rest in peace.

Franklin Youngblood also served in the Confederacy. He is also buried at Beth Shiloh.. Franklin married Mary Adeline Parrott, sister of Jesse and daughter of Noah Tyre and Mary Nichols Parrott.

Jesse and Mary Adeline were siblings of Robert Samuel Parrott, my Great grandfather.

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In Memoriam ~ Ethel Blanton Parrott ~

In Memoriam ~ Wilburn Larry Parrott ~

Horses in the Mist~ Early Morning in Dallas, NC

Carrie Parrott ~ In Memoriam

1898-1920

Caroline J. "Carrie" Parrott

Carrie was listed in the Gastonia City Directory of 1913 as an employee of the Dunn Mill and living at home,with her mother at 117 West 6th Avenue, Gastonia, N.C.

Carrie was listed as an employee at Groves Mills, Cotton Mill, Apr on her death certificate.

Ford Untertaking of Gastonia, NC, was in charge of the body.

She passed at age 22 years, 4 months and 5 days from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

She never married. She was the daughter of Robert Samuel and Nannie Barber Parrott. She was the grand daughter of Noah Tyree McKinsey Parrott and Mary Nichols Parrott.

She is buried at Woodside Cemetery in Clover, York County, South Carolina.

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Mary Lee Jackson Helms ~ Memorial

Birth: Apr. 9, 1909

Death: Oct. 15, 1999

CHARLOTTE – Mary Lee Jackson Helms, 90, died Oct. 15, 1999, at Presbyterian Hospital.She was a native of Clover, S.C., daughter of the late Mary Jane Parrott and Thomas Franklin Jackson Sr., wife of the late Lawrence Helms Sr., sister of the late Clay, Herbert C., Andrew and Thomas F. Jackson Jr., Hazel J. Sherer, Mamie Jackson Smith; aunt of the late Marie Smith Key, Bobby Jackson; great-aunt of the late Ben Sherer Jr., preceded in death by an infant niece, member of First Presbyterian Church, retired from Duke Power after 25 years of service, formerly employed with the Belk Co.

SURVIVORS: Nieces, Lena Smith Wright, Elizabeth Harwell, Gastonia, Bobbie Marie Rourk, Charlotte, Mary Jane Dulin, Bowling Green, S.C.; nephew, Tommy Jackson, York, S.C.; great-nieces and great-nephews; great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews

PRIVATE SERVICE AND INTERMENT: Forest Lawn West Cemetery



A Kiss for your Sweetheart~

Show the ones that you love, that you love them.

Happy Valentine's Day!



2nd Great Grand Uncle Isaac~

Second Great Grand Uncle Isaac Whitman Blanton.

Born October 18, 1850

Died April 23. 1937

Brother to George Washington Blanton, my 2nd Great Grandfather.

Isaac married Rebecca E. Wellmon.

Both were born in Cleveland County, North Carolina and are buried in Gaston County, North Carolina.

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Angel Watching Over Us~

While searching for family, resting in a sunlit, Garden of Stone, I found an angel. 

In these stone gardens are rows of memories.  Names etched in stone, but each one represents a life, loves and memories made.

Outdoor museums of memories made.

Wednesday Wanderings ~ Bessie and Nannie Parrott

This is Nannie Barber Parrott (on right) with daughter, Bessie Maude Parrott.

Robert Samuel Parrott was Nannie's husband.

I recently came across this photo that I have never seen before.

Nannie is my great grandmother.

They are seated on the front steps of Nannie's home that was once located on New Hope Road in Gastonia, N.C.  The land was sold and now a church stands in it's approximate location.

I remember there was a field to the left of the house that was full of flowers, irises, I think.

The flowers on Nannie's lap were most likely gathered from the field.

I imagine that Uncle Ed was the source of all the flowers, he loved to garden and could grow the most beautiful flowers.

New Hope road once came directly by Nannie's home. It came though the trees, near the drive of my grandparent's house,  and up the hill to her house, and at the entrance to what was her drive, was a massive milling stone.  I do not know the origin of the mill stone but I imagine it has history in my family.

To the right of the main house was what was called the "garage apartment".  Edward Parrott lived there in his later years. Ethel and Wilburn lived there early on in their marriage. The apartment was struck by lightning and burned after the death of Edward.

Bessie lived with her mother until her death. She never married.

Thoughtful Thursday~ Blanton - Ellis Reunion 1930

This is a photo from the 1930 Shelby, N.C.  reunion of the George Washington Blanton family. The man on the back row, right hand side in the bowtie is my Grandfather, Wilburn L. Parrott, beside him, my Grandmother, Ethel Blanton Parrott. Right in front of Wilburn, is Fannie Crouch Blanton, wife of my Great grandfather, Craton Rone's brother, Hero 'Quit'  Blanton.
Hero Quitman was a brother to Craton Rone Blanton (my Greatgrand), who died in a motorcyle accident early in life. Opposite end in the dark coat with fur collar is my Great grandmother, Lizzie Ellis Blanton Hager. 

Seated in the middle of the clan, is George Washington Blanton, my 2nd great grandfather.

Interestingly, there is an unknown face in the window to the right of my grandpa..peering out.

Sentimental Saturday ~ Hero Quitman "Quit" Blanton

Quit was a brother to Craton Rone. He was five years younger than Craton.

Craton, my 2ggreat grandfather was killed while a passenger on Quit's motorcycle.

I often wonder how Quit lived with the remorse of that accident. He was injured and hospitalized, but lived through it. My heart goes out to him.

He owned and operated an electric company in Shelby, NC.

He married Fannie Victoria Crouch.

He passed away at age 92, from congestive heart failure and a fractured hip.

1880 ~ 1973

Hero Quitman Blanton

Here is  a page from the Shelby City Directory, 1937-38. Near the bottom of the page listed H.Q. Blanton and wife, Fannie.

Parrot Bible Birth Page ~

This was folded and kept among my grandmother's things.

Listed are the children born to Robert Samuel Parrott and first wife, Amanda Curry.

Also listed are the children born to Robert Samuel Parrott and second wife, Nannie Barber Parrott.

R.S. Parrott and Nannie Parrott's birth dates are listed at the bottom of list.