I have posted this before, I thought there maybe newbies that are interested in Richardsons: Richardson- This large family in name and its connections, so far as Marion County is concerned, had its origin in the names William Richardson and John Richardson, who came from Roanoke, Virginia, just after the Revolutionary War; they were brothers- William was much older than John. William was old enough to go into the war, and, as tradition informs, served throughout the war four years in place of his father and three years for himself. John was too young to go into the war. The two brothers, soon after the war, came to South Carolina, married and settled in Marion County, and from these two sprang the large family and its connection now exisiting and remaining in the county- many having emigrated to other parts. Old William married (don't know who), and had sons, Hardy, John, and William, and two daughters, Polly and Alice; he married a second time, Nancy Roberts, and by her had sons, Richard, Jackson, Thomas, and M. Richardson, now living, eighty-four years of age (and my informant was the son of William Jr, who was the yougest son of William Sr, by his first marriage). Hardy, the oldest son of William Sr., married a Miss Davis, and went West. John, the second son, married Sallie Johnson, and by her he had Benjamin, John, Washington, James, and Ebby, and daughters, Betsy, Sarah Ann, and Catherine. Benjamin married a Miss Gasque, and had Graves, James, Preston, and Sydney Richardson. Graves married first, a Miss Altman, then a Miss Dill, and then a Miss Smith. James married a Miss Britton, and has a family, how many is not known. John died young. Washington married in Georgetown, and lived and died there. James never married, and died in the war. Ebby married a Miss Atkinson, and had two children; he died in the war. Henry married a Miss Davis, and moved to Mississippi. Hopkins and Richard never married. William Richardson Jr., married Leasy Martin, a sister of old "Cuff Mose" Martin (well known in his day). "Cuff Mose"Martin was quite a character. It was said of him that he never wore any shoes or hat, but wore a cloth cap, which his wife spun, wove and made for him. This was his garb when the writer saw him last, in 1860; he lived then on the west side of Little Pee Dee, near the river swamp, on Galivant's Ferry road. The writer, with several others, were on our way to the Horry Court, and passing Mr. Martin's house, close to the road, the old man was out in his yard. We stopped, and the old gentleman came to his bars at the road, and we had some talk with him, principally about his bees and bee-gums. There was a line of bee-gums on each side of the path from his bars to the edge of his yard- forming a little lane or street from the bars to his house; he said there were a hudred gums there, and said that he had a hundred other gums back of his house ( a little cabin), on the side of the river swamp. Those bees and bee gums were his chief crop; he saved his honey and sold it. I suppose the old gentleman, in his apparent poverty, was a happier man than any of our crowd. He was then (1860) an old man and died some years afterward, at the age of ninety-one years. He was a true man, and as independent in his action and modes of life as King Edward VII, of England. I could relate other incidents of his life, illustrative of his unique character, but want of space will not permit. They had two children, sons, John M., and William. The Martin wife died, and William Jr., as distinguished from the first old Willaim, married a second wife, a Miss Richardson; by her he had sons; Matthew, Hopkins, James, Ervin, Arna, and Hampton; he then married Miss Chinnis, and by her had two children, one boy and one girl. The boy, Edward died. John M. Richardson married Polly Drew, and had three boys, William, Hamilton, and Peter; the Drew wife died, and then he married Caroline Cribb, and by her had three sons, Lee, Hampton, and English. William, son of John M., died in the war. Hamilton married a Miss Deck, and moved to Horry. Peter married Milly Richardson, daughter of Ervin Richardson, and by her had Walter, Eddy, Bryd, Coy, and twin brothers, Troy and Corde. Lee died, four years ago unmarried. Hampton married a Miss Richardson, and has two sons (small). English married Miss Alice Cribb; has no children. Matthew married Miss Sallie Johnson, and had one son, Marion, who died in the war. William married his cousin, daughter of John M. Richardson; he has Jessee, Ervin, and Franklin, and Ann Eliza, Susannah Lee, Eugenia, and Lena. Hopkins, when a young single man, was thrown by a horse and killed. James brother of Matthew, married Miss Rebecca Cribb, and had sons; William, Avery, Arny, and others, names unknown. Ervin Richardson married Ann Pace, and by her had Cornelius, Henry, Preston, and Allen: first wife dying, he married, a second wife, Miss Boatwright, and by her had a son, Boyd no daughters. Avery Married a Miss Pace, and by her had John Calhoun, Robert, Sydney, Bradley, and Sumter. John Calhoun married a Miss Foxworth, and has children. Robert married Miss Alice Sanders, and has two children (small). Sydney married Miss Ninnie Carter: they have no children. Bradley married Miss Patsy Baxley; they have two children (small). Sumter is grown and unmarried. Hampton married first a Miss Atkinson, and has some children (unknown); his second wife was a Miss Godbold, daughter of Vincent Godbold; had two children, one named Cicero; his third wife was Victoria Smith, and they have several children (names and number unknown): the third wife dying, he married, a fourth one, Nancy Richardson: they have no children. John Richardson the youger brother of old William, called "King John" married a Miss Fladger, the sister of old Hugh Faldger, and sister of General Thomas Godbold's wife; they had and raised four sons, Valentine, James J., William F., and Andrew Jackson Richardson, and three daughters, Charlotte, Martha, and another. Charlotte married Jessee Legette; Martha married David Legette; and the other married Nelson Legette. Valentine Richardson married a Miss White and moved to Georgia. James J. Richardson became a Methodist traveling preacher; he married in North Carolina. The South Carolina Conference then extended into North Carolina, and included Lincolnton, Fayetteville, and Wilmington. He died in 1833- I think, at Lincolnton, N.C.- engaged in his ministeral duties. William F. Richardson born in 1806- married a Miss Elizabeth Palmer, a daughter of David Palmer, then a prominent man in his community and county; they had and raised daughters, Ervinia, Augusta Alice, Mary, and Emma, adn one son, James J. Richardson. Ervinia, the eldest, married, first Joseph Davis, and by him she had two children, the late William G. Davis and a daughter Addie Davis; Joseph Davis died, and she afterwards married Rev. J.B. Campbell, of South Carolina Conference, and by him she had two sons, Rev. J.A. Campbell and John S. The former is a traveling Methodist preacher,is married and has a growing family. James S. Campbell is unmarried, and a druggist. Mrs. J.B. Campbell has five daughters, four of whom are married and one single. The second daughter of William F. Richardson, Augusta, married James Godbold, and settled on the old homestead of William F. Richardson; they have five children- two sons, Wade and Warren, and three daughters (names forgotten); these sons and daughters are all grown and unmarried- they are smart and promising. Alice, the third daughter of W.F. Richardson, married John H. Hamer, of Harlleesville; she is dead; she had and left surviving her five children, to wit: Edward R. married Miss Julia Berry, daughter of James Berry, now lives at Dillon, and has five or six children (small). Mary C. married Neil Berry, and has three children (small). Orianna married Lawrence Manning; they have no children. Tristram, a doctor is unmarried, and emigrated to Texas. John H. Jr., is grown and unmarried- a dentist. Mary, the fourth daughter of W.F. Richardson, married John O. Willson, D.D. of the South Carolina Conference, and after having one child, Bessie she died. Bessie grew up and married Capt. Donaldson, of the United States Army, a son of T.Q. Donaldson, of Greenville, S.C. Emma the fifth and youngest daughter of W.F. Richardson, married Hon J.M. Johnson, now serving his thirteenth year as Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, and who resides at Marion; they have seven children, Flora, John M. Jr., Palmer, Louise, Robert, Richardson, and Alice; the four first named are grown and promising young people. J.J. Richardson, the only son of W.F. Richardson, married Miss Charlotte Stanley, who has already been noticed among the Stanley's; they have five children. Of the two old Richardson brothers, William and John (King John), the latter was the more prosperous, the former was the more prolific in his progeny. William F. Richardson, son of "King John" was a most excellent man, a solid, good citizen, of high character and remarkable for his fine sense. The writer knew him well; we served in ante-bellum days together on the Board of Commissioners of the Poor for the county, two or three terms; he died at the age of fifty-seven, in 1863, universally loved and respected. Much more might truthfully be said of him, and his many fine traits of character, but want of space forbids. Andrew Jackson Richardson, brother of William F. married a Miss Palmer, half-sister of William F.'s wife; he moved to Georgetown many years ago,and died in that old town. The writer saw his widow a few days ago. This was taken from the book: History of Marion.