This came to me on the MS-L roots list, thought you good folk in SC might be
interested.  Some years ago I had the pleasure of knowing Carl McIntire of
Clinton, MS.  He is no longer on staff at The Clarion-Ledger. 




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>Thought the new members might be interested in reading this. ----------
  
 This is very long...
 
 MOVING WEST TO MISSISSIPPI TOOK TIME AND PATIENCE IN 1819  
 headline from The Clarion-Ledger/Jackson Daily News Sunday, July 20, 1986
 pg 6F
 by Carl McIntire 
 Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer 
 
 Many Mississipians can trace their lineage back to hardy pioneers who
 blazed trails through Indian country and uncharted forests, across
>untamed
 rivers. 
 
 How Hard was this journey? How long did it take? What did it cost? 
 
 Some of those answers are given in a diary kept by one of those pioneers.
>
 
 James Campbell might not have been the greatest speller in the district,
 nor the greatest grammarian.  He might not have known a whole lot about
 punctuation, but he has given us one of the best and most complete
>records
 of a family's trek from North Carolina to Amite County and on to Natchez.
 
 We are indebted to Jack W Pepper of Jackson, who obtained the diary and
 other Campbell information from Nina Pepper of Louise, and copied the
>diary
 for this column. 
 Pepper and I have added a few words in Parenthesis to help the reader,
 especially in regard to place names. As Pepper notes, it is interesting
>to
 see how many place names have remained the same. 
 
 Campbell and his compainons left Fayetteville, in Cumberland County, NC
>on
 April 1, 1819.  Campbell, who was born May 21, 1789, wrote that the
>others
 in the party were Duncan Steward, Charles Steward, Bythal Haynes, Dugald
 McLaughlin, Alexander McFatter, Archilbald Sellars, Mrs White, Charles
 McAlester, Daniel McAlester Edward Currie, William Shaw, Mrs Long, Robert
 Henry, Daniel Cook and James Torie. 
 His account of the trip:
 "The first day we left home we got to MR. Thompson's, six miles above
 Lumberton, we paid three quarters of a dollar; the second day we got to
 Cozen (Cousin) Archilbeald's and it rained all day, the third day we got
>to
 grand-aunts and it rained all day, the fourth day we started from
 grand-aunts and we went five miles to the other side of Casheyaway
 (Cashaway's) ferry and we paid one dollar and a half and we paid
 two shillings at Cashaways Ferry (on the Peedee River). 
 
 The fifth day we got to Mr Nickle's and we paid one dollar and the sixth
 day we got to David Davis's. We paid 13 shilligs and 6D (pence) and then
>we
 paid nothing until we got to Columbia.  On day seven we got to Mr Rowel's
 (on the Congeree River) On the eighth day we camped out, the ninth day we
 got to Augustia (Augusta,GA) The 10th day we got to the Beet water iron
 works. The 11th day we got to Lewises, the 12th day we got to the Niven
 McBrides, the 13th day we got Jane Lesley's (Milledgeville, Ga) the 14th
 day we stayed there and the 15th and 16th days we left Jane Lesley's.
 
 The 17th day we got Mr Stevens' the 18th and 19th we stayed there in
 Monticillia (Monticello, Ga) The 20th and 21st we started from Monticelah
 and we got to Mr. Mallets, two dollars and a quarter.  On day 22 we got
>to
 Flint River and we camped in woods. The 23rd day we camped in the woods,
 the 24th day we camped in the woods and the 25th day we camped in the
 woods.
 
 On April 22 we go into the endian (Indian) nation.  The 27th day we
>stayed
 at Manacks (probably somewhere near where Montgomery, Ala) and the 28th
>day
 we camped in the woods. 
 
 At this point, beginning the third page of his diary, Campbell apparently
 made notes about some previous portions of the trip:
 "The ferry we crossed was Harley, from thence to Cashways, from thence to
 Macanicvill (Mechanicsville, Ga) from thence to Darlington, from thence
>to
 Linches (Lynch's) creek, from thence to Camden, from thence to the water,
 from thence to the Congeree (River) and Columbia, from thence to Savannah
 river and Augustia and there we paid four dollars and a quarter.  From
 thence to the Oconia River and Milliagvill and from Millagvill to
 Monticilla, 40 miles, from Monticilla two miles to Clinton, from Clinton
>to
 the garrison 14 miles, from the garrison to the Oakmulgia (River) one
>mile,
 from the Oakmulgia to Flint river, 32 miles from Clint river to
 Catahootchia, 62 miles. 
 
 He resumes the day-by-day account on the fourth page: "the 29th day we
 camped in the woods, the 30th day we camped in the woods, the first day
>of
 May we camped in the Alabama Swamp.  The second day (of May) we crossed
>the
 Alabama (River) about sunrise and we got to the pine flat.  The third day
 (of May) we crossed the Bexkby (Tombigbee River) about sunrise and we
 stayed in Sent Stevens (Fort St. Stephens).
 The fourth day (of May) we camped in the woods, the fifth day we camped
>in
 the woods and the sixth day we camped in the woods and the seventh day we
 camped in the woods. The eighth day we camped in the woods and the ninthe
 day we got to the Pearl River and we stayed at Mr Ford's (Rev John Ford's
 at Sandy  Hook, South of Columbia) and the 10th day we went to meeting
>and
 we stayed at Ford's . The 11th day we left Ford's and we camped in the
 woods.  The 12 day we crossed Boogcheto (boague Chitto) and the Little
 Tancipiho (Little Tangipahoa) and we stayed at Henry Goalman's The 13th
>day
 we crossed the Amit (Amite River) and we stayed at Henry Simonses and the
 14th day we stayed there. 
 
 The 15th day we left Simmonses and we stayed at one Smileys. The 16th day
 we got to Haines and we stayed there and the 17th and 18th day I left
 there.  The 19th day I got to the Natchez"
 
 The final page tells of the mileage. "distance from Lumberton to Harleys
 Bridge, 25 miles; from harleys Bridge to Cashways ferry, 18 miles from
 Cashways Ferry to LInches Creek, 34 miles and from LInches Creek to
>Camden
 24 miles and from Camden to Columbia 40 miles...and on and on. 
 
 It adds up to 939 miles. 
 In the latter paragraphs he speaks of being at Liberty, Amite and other
 places in South Mississippi, where he apparently settled after a short
 visit to Natchez. 
 He noted that he found work early in his stay, receiving something less
 than $1 a day for labor. 
 
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