---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: 11/02 4:02 PM Received: 11/02 9:19 PM From: RetTEACHER@aol.com To: ARDREW-L-request@rootsweb.com SUMMARY OF THE HILLIARD/WOODWARD JOURNAL >From SC to Drew Co AR ca 1859 INCLUDES ANCESTORS OF NANCY GLADNEY BLACK, EDWARD BRUCE GLADNEY, RACHEL GLADNEY REEP Richard Clark Woodward married Rebecca Woodward (1st cousins) at Winnsboro, SC. Richard had 2 brothers,John & George Woodward who were prosperous merchants and cotton buyers in Winnsboro & Camden SC. Both had land holdings in Fairfield County on Jackson Creek. Richard Clark Woodward was sheriff and operated a hotel “INN”, however the family lived in a private brick home. When the YANKEES came through Winnsboro, SC their home, along with almost all others in the area, was plundered and their things taken. The daughter of R.C.Woodward went to college at Charlotte (taking her slave along to wait on her),to study music. She taught music in Winnsboro even after her marriage. She had a beautiful piano given to her as a child. When the yankees came into Winnsboro they used her square piano to feed their horses.They rolled all of the merchandise out into the streets from the stores, took what they wanted and stomped the rest into the dirt. Rebecca had hidden a trunk with confederate money and gold in the yard a good time before and covered it securely, she thought, with dirt. However, the yankees probed the yard until they found it, dug it up and took all they found. This prosperous family was reduced to virtual poverty, so they moved in November to Louisiana. By 1860, people were going West from South Carolina in great numbers. Richard Clark Woodward furnished money and slaves for his family to do the same. One of the descendants, Isaac Woodward went to Rocky Mount, LA. After the war between the states William Woodward went back to Fairfield Co SC and took his only sister Suvilla Hilliard, her Mother and her 5 children to Rocky Mount, LA. Richard Clark and Armistead Hilliard stayed in Winnsboro, to settle their businesses. But the rest of the family journed to Rocky Mount,LA. Their travels took them by train to Atlanta, another train to Mobile, by boat to New Orleans, another boat on to Shreveport. There they were met by a wagon train and one carriage, and were taken to Rocky Mount. After business was secure(?) or sold in Winnsboro, the two men bought a boat and operated the “Daniel Morton” along the RED & MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, carrying passengers to & from New Orleans as well as cargoes of good, both the ones they had purchased as well as for others.Their farm on the Red River at Rocky Mount had 1,400 acres. 400 acres was under cultivation. But things took a turn for the worse, the two men got in debt, signed a note to CHAFF of New Orleans. When 1870 brought a tremendous drought, they made only 21 bales of cotton and had to surrender their land. To make matters worse 1867 their Mother died and 1870 their father. So--under the influence of John & Mattie Robinson late of Winnsboro, now of Drew Co,AR., they started on their journey to the state of AR. It took about 6 days to make the trip from Rocky Mount to Rock Springs,AR. They crossed the Saline River at Cornish Landing and spent the night there. The youngest and oldest traveled by carriage. When they arrived at the Thomas Gibson’s home, about 6 miles from their new home, they were asked to spend the night. The women and children did accept the invitation, however the two men and about 25 Negroes(slaves) continued their journey, driving seven wagons. Since it was late and being February, it was raining and freezing. They had to take rocks to break ice off the harness before they could unharness the animals. After taking care of the necessary chores of unloading some of the wagons, they discovered they had no “fire”. They all went into the house and to bed with no fire. The next morning Armistead Hilliard was sent to the home of Edward C. Reap ( Mary B “ Mollie” Reaps brother.)(Son of Rachel & Jonas Reap) to get fire. It was about half a mile a way. The Negroes (slaves) busied themselves getting wood and setting up the furniture from the wagons into the house. While Armistead was at the Reap home, he ate breakfast with them and then got the “fire”, as well as some breakfast to take along to their home. Long up in the day the ladies and younger children arrived from the Gibson’s ,after having breakfast with them. William Woodward 1828/1896 arrived in Rock Springs in February and met Mary B “Millie “ Reap (daughter of Jonas and Rachel Gladney Reap) and they were married in July. He sold his place and moved to her place, which was a quarter of mile due east of the old Harris place in Rock Springs, AR. The elder Harris lady was very deeply religious, a member of the Methodist Church at Campground, where her membership as well as most of her family, remained until her death. She was surrounded with plenty, fine stock, stallion, buggy horse, riding horses, fine jersey cows, berkshire hogs,grey brama chickens,f turkeys, fifty bee gums, sheep and a large orchard. She was long on herbs, sage, mint, catnip, bail, yellow dock, and clamis root. They were used mostly for medicine. Between her house and William Woodwards was a famous pigeon roost. This field is a fault in the earth’s surface and it is behind this bluff that the people of the community hid their best stock when the Yankees came near. The ground is covered with rocks and the water is not good for making good suds. The Harris’s bought their place and moved there in 11-1854. They are buried at Mt. Pleasant Campground Cem. Mary Reap Woodward and William Woodward are buried at Rock Springs Cem. This is taken from a more detailed journal sent to me, Bettye Hogue Bond, by Peggy Hall Calk, desc. of Miller/Hillard/Black (Nancy Gladney Black buried Mt. Zion Cem. Lincoln Co.,AR) Nancy Gladney Black was the sister of Jane Gladney Gibson my GGgrandmother buried in Union Cemetery.(BB) Rachel Gladney Reep/Reap was the sister of Nancy Gladney Black & Jane Gladney Gibson...Rachel Gladney Reep/Reap buried Cornerville Cemetery, ancestor of many Drew, Bradley, & Cleveland Co. Reep/Reaps. ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------