1850s CANAAN FOUR CORNERS NY DPO (1822-1907)! UNIONVILLE SC CONFEDERATE REV SAYE

Description: James Hodge Saye, son of Richard and Margaret Gardner Saye, was born in Franklin County, Georgia on January 29, 1808. He graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in 1837, and the follow year married Rebecca McJunkin (1818-1904); the couple would have 11 children. Saye was named minister of Unionville (South Carolina) Church in 1839. He was still serving in this capacity in 1850, the federal census for that year listing the Sayes among the inhabitants of Union County, South Carolina, with James Saye employed as a Presbyterian minister. The federal census slave schedules for that year show that Saye enslaved an 18-year-old Black woman and two young Black children. By 1860, Saye was living in Chester County, South Carolina, and employed as minister at Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church. The number of people he enslaved had grown to 12, ranging in age from 35 years to 20 months, all residing in three houses. He retired from the ministry in 1891. James H. Saye died at Rodman (Chester County) on November 20, 1892, and was buried in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. ------------------- A new minister, Rev. James Hodge Saye, was installed at Fishing Creek about 1860 and moved his family into the community. Rev. Saye possessed a loving spirit, enjoyed fellowship with the people of the church, and was well loved by them. These peaceful times of the community and church were soon interrupted by political affairs. The Civil War split the nation and soon young men of the community went off to fight the war. The northern and southern Presbyterian churches separated during the early years of this conflict. The southern churches, along with Fishing Creek, combined to form the "General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches in the Confederate States."Father Saye kept diaries that recorded important events during these turbulent years. These historic documents have been preserved and copies of many are housed in the Fishing Creek Library. In these diaries, he described attitudes and happenings during this era as "excitement, confusion, and crime." In one place he wrote: " ...Corruption seems to have seized the whole body in morals and politics. Without the grace of God, the whole country seems likely to sink in a general ruin."The war years were terrible for the community, but Father Saye was there to sustain those who needed him. When young men were declared dead, Father Saye was there to show love and to cry with the bereaved. By 1865 the community was devastated. Cotton plantations were no longer prosperous, railroads and transportation routes were damaged, shortages were everywhere, and life was hard. Amid all of this, Father Saye continued to serve with a loving spirit, trying to bring order out of the chaos of the times.,, He served the community faithfully through Reconstruction and the dark years that followed. After thirty years of leadership, he preached his last sermon from the pulpit at Fishing Creek on June 12, 1891. The next year he died and was buried in his family plot in Fishing Creek Cemetery. Many of this descendants still live and worship in the community today. --- SEE PHOTOS !!! NO RESERVE, SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $2.00 IN USA, OR $4.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. LOTS OVER $50.00 FOREIGN MUST BE REGISTERED FOR $11.00 EXTRA --

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