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Bible & Family Records George Rhodes of Callawashe Island SC

 

  Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us this data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.  

The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 54 (April 1953), pp. 101-103.

Family Records from Bible of George Rhodes - Contributed by Robert E. H. Peeples.  Also see: http://rhodesfamily.org/thomas_rhodes_1775_1809.htm

  George Rhodes, son of Thomas Rhodes and his second wife, Mary (b. June 25, 1776, daughter of Thomas Miles Cater and his wife Rachel Miles), was born January 11, 1802, on Callawashe Island, near Beaufort.  His father died before 1805, and his mother then married the Rev. Winborn Asa Lawton.  George was sent to his aunt, Mrs. James Pringle, in Charleston, who in turn sent him to the Willington Academy of Dr. Moses Waddell.  At the age of nineteen, George began tutoring at Lawtonville, St. Peter's Parish, now in Hampton County.  The same year, he married on November 15, 1821, Thursa Evelina Robert (b. Sept. 4, 1803).  She was the daughter of the Rev. James Jehu Robert (Nov. 3, 1781-Jan. 19, 1852), pastor of Robertville Baptist Church for fifty years, and great-great-grandson of Rev. Pierre Robert, French Huguenot of St. James, Santee, and his wife Charlotte Anne, daughter of Joseph Lawton (1753-1815), a justice of the peace, of Mulberry Grove plantation, Black Swamp, St. Peter's Parish..  In 1828, after the birth of Mary Charlotte, their third child, Thursa Evelina Rhodes died and George Rhodes the same year married her sister, Eliza Jane Robert, who became the mother of his fourteen children born between 1829 and 1856.

  To George Rhodes as a deacon, W. H. Dowling in his "history of Lawtonville Baptist Church" paid this tribute:  "He was a good scholar, a large planter and the father of seventeen children.  He was not only a special friend of foreign missions, but a strong supporter of all the enterprises of this Association, being for many years chairman of its Executive Committee.  He was a member of the Convention of South Carolina which passed the Ordinance of Secession, and the gold pen which he made his signature to that famous Ordinance is still preserved as a family relic and is in the possession of one of his daughters.  He died at the age of 76, honored and venerated by everybody."

  George Rhodes died October 2, 1881, and was buried in Lawtonville cemetery.  The site of his plantation home is now the Municipal Airport of Estill.  A marble memorial in Lawtonville Baptist Church, Estill, reads: "Hon. George Rhodes, B. 1802 D. 1881, Deacon of This Church 50 years."

  Although his family Bible has since been destroyed by fire, on September 20, 1924, it was in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs. Paul D. Peeples of Estill, who on that day had her cousin, Miss Elvira Porter, make a copy of record therein.  This copy is now in possession of the contributor.

 
Children of Mr. George Rhodes
 
James Pringle was born Dec. 27th 1823
Sarah C---- was born Jan'y 22nd 1826
Mary Charlotte was born April 22nd 1828
George ---- was born Oct. 17th 1829
Theodore Augustus was born Jan'y 18th 1832
Thersa Evelina was born Aug. 5th 1833
Joseph Nathaniel was born Dec. 5th 1835
Henrietta Eugenia was born Dec. 8th 1837
Phoebe Miranda was born Sept. 28th 1839
Thomas Willingham was born June 1st 1841
Minnie ---- was born July 18th 1843
Jehu Robert was born Feb. 13th 1845
Adelinda Gertrude was born Mar. 20th 1847
Rosalind ---- was born Nov. 15th 1848
Julianna Cora was born May 15th 1850
Eliza Jane was born Oct. 6th 1852
Ida Matilda was born Nov. 28th 1856
 
Died
 
Joseph Nathaniel died Aug. 7th 1856
Henrietta Eugenia died Aug. 24th 1856
Thomas Willingham died Aug. 25th 1856
Phoebe Miranda died Jan'y 20th 1858
Theodore Augustus was killed at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3rd 1863 while gallantly fighting for his Country.
Thursa Evalina died June 24th 1909
Adelinda Gertrude died    1894
Rosalinda died
Jehu Robert died
Minnie died April 9th 1909
Juliana Cora died Aug. 11th 1917
Eliza Jane died Mar. 28th 1915
 
Children of John W. Peeples and Eliza Jane (Rhodes), his wife
 
George Theodore was born Mar. 19th 1870
William Edward was born Nov. 6th 1871
Claude Robert was born Oct. 21st 1874
Benjamin Joseph was born Mar. 21st 1877
Charlotte Esther was born Feb. 3rd 1879
Eliza Jane was born Jan'y 28th 1880
Mamie Burns was born Feb. 4th 1882
John Williamson was born Feb. 7th 1884
Rosa Lou was born Jan'y 8th 1886
Stoney Lawton was born Dec. 2nd 1888
Robert Rhodes was born Mar. 4th 1890
Lila Jane was born April 15th 1892
Gertrude Addie was born May 28th 1894
 
Deaths
 
George Theodore died Sept. 3rd 1903
William Edward died Jan'y 27th 1923
Claude Robert died June 6th 1909
John Williamson died May 17th 1917
Lila Jane died Oct. 6th 1906
Gertrude Addie died Feb. 7th 1915


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