Provided by: Helen Smith

Edward (Ned) Lipscomb

Edward lived in the White Plains/Goucher Community of what was then Spartanburg

County. He and his family were members of the Goucher Creek Baptist Church.

"Edward (Ned) Lipscomb b 31 Jul 1795; d 7 Oct 1875; married 7 Nov 1816,

Juliette Lancaster, b 2 Jul 1794; d 10 Aug 1857, d/o William Lancaster and

Clarymond (Golightly) Children: 11........" LIPSOMB 300 YEARS IN AMERICA"



1795-born in Sptbg Co, SC ; son/o John Lipscomb and "Sallie" Smith. Was born
           31 Jul 1795.



1816-married Juliette Lancaster d/o William Lancaster & Claremont Golightly
          This was his first wife.



1819-Sptbg Co DB Q; pp 275-276; Attorney of A Mayes, desc, to Wm Lancaster;
           on Wilies Fork of Fairforest Cr; border; Wiles Fork, E-Theron Lancaster and
           Wm Lancaster, and W- EDWARD LIPSCOMB.



1819-DB R; pp 22-24; John White to Edward Lipscomb sold 230 ac on both side
          Willies Fork of Tygar River; border E-Wm Lancaster; wit: "Clary" Lancaster, Wm
          Lancaster [Edward Lipscomb's mother-in-law and father-in-law]


1819 -Juliett Lipscomb dismissed 21 Nov 1819


1820-Sptbg Co Census, p 22
           1191 Edward Lipscomb 1-0-0-1-0-0 1-0-0-1-0
           1 WM <10, 1 WM 16-26 1 WF <10, 1 WF 26-45



1821-Sptbg Co DB S; pp 4-5; S Thornton to Theron Lancaster on waters of
           Culberton's Br of Fairforest Cr; border William Lancaster and EDWARD LIPSCOMB
           [Note in all 3 deeds above that land of Wm Lancaster border land of Edward
           Lipscomb.]



           Sptbg Co Excuses from Jury Duty
1824-....on April 1824 and made oath that his wife about two weeks ago
          delivered an infant and from her ill state of health for 12 months before
          and since now lies at the point of death and therefore prays to be excused
          from serving on the jury this term.



1827-Edward Lipscomb's father, John, dies. See his Sptbg Co Estate Papers
           for proof of descent.


1830-Sptbg Co Census, p 302

     2057 Smith Lipscomb and wife 20-30

     2058 John Lipscomb and wife 30-40

     2059 Edward Lipscomb 1 WM 10-15, 1 WM 30-40

     3 WF <5, 2 WF 5-10, 1 WF 10-15, 1 WF 30-40

     2060 Drury Wood 1 WM 30-40 1 WF 30-40

     2061 Moses Wilkins 1 WM 40-50 wife dead

     2062 Francis Littlejohn 1 WM 50-60 1 WF 40-50

     2067 Sally Lipscomb 1 WF 60-70



1832-Goucher Baptist Church Minutes Union Co (now Cherokee Co), SC
           Received Sister Juliet Lipscomb by letter



1832-4 Jul Sptbg Co DB V p 164 Edward Lipscomb to Wm S Smith sold......Bound: Wm H Lancaster....
           It being part of two grants, 1st part of a tract granted to Gen. Thomas Brannon, conveyed from him
           to Andrew Mayes, from him by his attorney to William Lancaster, from him to said Edward Lipscomb....
           Dower relinquished by Juliet Lancaster....



1844-Tax Return for Spartanburg Dist
           Lipscomb, Edward.........$4.95



1848-Goucher Baptist Church Minutes Union Co (now Cherokee Co), SC

           ..a door was opened for Experience Avalina Lipscomb came forward...We the Baptist Church of
           Christ at Corinth do Certify    that  our beloved Sister Avalina Lipscomb is in full fellowship with
           us & is Dismissed from us when joined to Any church of the Same faith & order done in Church
           Conference & signed in be half of the Church 11 Feb 1848...



1850-Goucher Baptist Church Minutes Union Co (now Cherokee Co), SC
           Sister Clary Watkins Applies for her church letter granted to her. 20 Apr 1850 [married 28 Feb 1850]



1850-Spartanburg Co, SC Census

          #1646 Barnett, Micajah 32 WM SC Minister; Barnett, Nazareth 31 WF SC

          #1728 Poole, A 26, Sally 25 [nee Lipscomb]

          #2213 Willis Smith 40, Elizabeth 29 [nee Lipscomb]


          p 226A; #2015 Elias Lipscomb 34, Artemissa 34

          p 233 B; #2120; Edward 50, Juliette 56;

          Evalina 22, Narcissa 20, William 18, Smith 16, John 14, Nathan 12

          p 233B #2121 Sarah Waters aged 83 [Edward Lipscomb's mother] born in

          Virginia. [Note she had remarried a Waters.]

          #2125 William Lipscomb 63 [brother of Edward, above]



1855-Goucher Baptist Church Minutes Union Co (Now Cherokee Co), SC
           Members of Goucher Creek Church in 1855

           Juliet Lipscomb died Aug the 10, 1857, Edward Lipscomb Junr, Elias Lipscomb Dismissed by Letter



1857-Juliet, 1st wife, and mother of all the children is dead.

          CAROLINA SPARTAN issue Thur, Aug 27, 1857 OBITUARY

          Died of dysentery, on the 10th inst., Mrs Juliet Lipscomb, wife of Edward
          Lipscomb, senr. and daughter of William and Claremont Lancaster, leaving a
          large circle of relations and friends to mourn her loss. Mrs Lipscomb had just
          entered her sixty-fourth year. Having connected herself with the Baptist
          Church in about her eighteenth year, she continued a consistent member of the
          church unto the day of her demise. She lived to see her immediate family all
          reared and educated, and although the loss of a wife and a mother is ever to
          be looked upon as a calamity, yet the goodness of Providence in prolonging her
          life has greatly lightened the bereavement to which the loss of one so nearly
          allied by all the ties of nature and affection must produce.



1860-Sptbg Co Census; p 249 A; line 29; Moultrie P O

           Edward 66, [Juliette dead], Elizabeth [second wife], [Avalina-married/out],
           Nathan 21
           p 222 A; line 19; Pacolet Depot
           #363 John J Lipscomb 23; Christina 21



1860-Sptbg Co Estate Papers of Martha L Golightly File # 2971

           To my daughters:............Artemissa wife of Elias Lipscomb..........



1865-DEATH NOTICE FROM THE WEEKLY UNION TIMES

           Smith Lipscomb enlisted 30 Sep 1861. Promoted to Corporal 20 Aug 1862;
           Sergeant 14 Sep 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, GA 20 Sep 1863 and killed at
           Bentonville, NC in 1865, a few days before the surrender.



1865-Union Co's "Rebel" Heroes

           The following article appeared in the 12 Apr 1907 issue of The Gaffney Ledger.
           This article appeared a week earlier in the 5 Apr 1907 issue of the Union Times.
           Many of the men listed here became residents of Cherokee Co when that county
           was formed in 1897......
           Smith Lipscomb of Spartanburg Sergeant; promoted from ranks for bravery; killed at
           Averysboro, NC 16 Mar 1865



1869-28 Aug Minutes of El Bethel Baptist Church 1803-1871

           Proceeding of the Presbytery who met for the purpose of Ordaining Bro J Tollison [not our JB died 1821]
           Met for the Ordination of br J Tolleson
           Deacon Edward Lipscomb....... from Goucher Church
           1870-1 Jan Ibid
           Pastor M C Barnett..............received by Letter two M C Barnett & his wife Sister Nazareth
           [Lipscomb] Barnett.....



1870-Sptbg Co Census; p 600 A; line 23; White Plains Township; Edward
           69 Lipscomb, Edward 75 M Farmer SC

           Elizabeth 57 F [second wife]

           72 Briant, Narcissa 40 F [d/o Edward and Juliette] SC

           [See Bible Record of Micajah Barnett, SR

           ".....Elizabeth White born 19 Jun 1813 [second wife of Edward Lipscomb]

            ....Rachel White Barnett [sister of Elizabeth White Lipscomb] b 7 March 1816...."]



1872-SOME UNION CO DEATH DATES FROM PROBATE RECORDS:
           Barnett, Rev MC died 19 Sep 1872 56-011



1873-Deaths from the Broad River Associational Minutes 1824-1920

           1873 Rev M C Barnett died on the 20th of Sep 1872 in the town of Shelby, NC in the 55th |
           years of his age, after an illness of several months. Bro Barnett was first licensed to preach
           the Gospel by the Cedar Springs Church, Nov 27th 1841, and ordained Mar 25, 1843. With
           the exception of two years, he lived and labored within the bounds of the Broad River Association,
           for many years he was it clerk, and for several its moderator. He supplies at different times during
           his ministry, Cedar Spring-his mother church, Philadelphia, Sulphur Springs, Gilead, Limestone,
           Pacolet, Shelby and at the time of his death he was a member and pastor of Elbethel Church, where
           he had preached for three years. His funeral discourse was delivered by Rev J G Landrum over the
           grave at Elbethel Church, where he was buried with Masonic honors. And now the Elbethel Church
           has taken steps to erect a suitable monument to his memory……


1875-Edward Lipscomb dies
           Sptbg Co Estate Papers File # 2743. The will is dated 1872.
           I leave Elizabeth, my wife, a life's estate to return to and become a part of
           my estate, as though this bequest had never been made after her death or
           marriage....To be equally divided between 9 children now living to wit:
           Elias Lipscomb, Nazareth Barnett, Sally Poole, Clara Watkins, Avalina Smith,
           Narcissa Briant, Wm L Lipscomb, John J Lipscomb and Nathan Lipscomb and
           grandchildren the children of Elizabeth Smith and Smith Lipscomb.....Eleven
           legates to share and share alike, except Elias Lipscomb....... I direct my
           executor, Nathan Lipscomb, to lay off one acre of land around the family
           graveyard to be located to the best advantage and be reserved for a family
           burying ground.



          The estate File # 2743 also contains many loose papers some of which I have

           abstracted:

           .........Eleven legatees......... The eleven, of course, does not include the
           children of the deceased children. Only 9 children were living.............
           That the legatees are your petitioner above named, and the defendant ot this
           action, together with the heirs at law of Avalina Smith a deceased daughter of
           the testator to wit: Hamlet Smith, Albert W Smith, Jefferson D Smith, Robert
           Smith, Alice Moss, and the children of O F Carter [Mary Elizabeth Smith Carter
           being deceased]



           That the said Avalina Smith in her lifetime, conveyed by deed, which is on hand
            in the office of RMC for said County in Book page all her interest in said
            estate to Hamlet Smith who conveyed the same to your Petitioner who is now
            entitled to the share of the said Avalina Smith which would otherwise go to
            her said heirs at law.

            That J ? Barnett, John J Lipscomb, Clara Watkins, Thomas K Barnett, Jefferson
            Smith, Alice Smith Moss, reside beyond the limits of the state..............
            Paid to Alfred Harris, Executor of the Estate of WILLIS SMITH, DECEASED.....



            [Letter Head on paper] NATHAN LIPSCOMB COMMISSION MERCHANT Dealer in

            Fertilizers, Wagons, etc.....Gaffney City, SC 21 Jan 1892
            Dear Sirs: Enclosed you will find the Deeds referred to. I will give you in
            detail the names of my Father's children who are living [see above].......
           Those dead are AVALINA SMITH, Nazareth Barnett, Narcissa Bryant, Elizabeth
           Smith, and Smith Lipscomb.........The heirs of AVALINA SMITH are H L Smith, A
           W Smith, R L Smith (P O Algood), J D Smith, Alice Moss (P O Forrest City, NC),
            the Carter children...



1875-Spartanburg Herald issue Wed, Oct 13, 1875

           Mr Edward Lipscomb, of White Plains, another esteemed citizen died last week
           at the advanced age of near ninety years. He was for a long series of years
           a member of the Baptist Church at Goucher Creek. His character as a citizen
           and Christian was above reproach.



1875-Death Notices from the Carolina Spartan 1875-1876

           Issue of 13 Oct 1875 Mr Edward Lipscomb, of White Plains, died last week at the
           advanced age of near ninety year. He was for long years a member of the Baptist
           Church at Goucher Creek.



1875-The Spartanburg Herald, Issue of Wednesday, 13 Oct 1875, p 2, col 2

           This gentleman departed this life at his home on Thickety on Thursday last [October 7, 1875].
           Mr Lipscomb was quite advanced in years, being about eighty at the time of his death. He filled
           his measure of life in a quiet and unassuming way, but was a useful and influential citizen. He
           adds one more to the list of our many old and valued citizens who have gone to their long homes.
           He leaves several children and many friends and relatives to mourn his loss. Spartanburg had no
           truer citizen, nor one whose death will be generally and sincerely regretted throughout the county.



1875-3 Nov Sptbg Newspapers

          Notice to persons having demands against the estate of Edward Lipscomb SR,
          dec by Nathan Lipscomb, Exor, Filed 3 Nov.

1875-10 Nov

           Sale of real estate and property of Edward Lipscomb, dec by
           Nathan Lipscomb, Exor Filed 10 Nov

1878-29 May

           Sheriff's sale of 234 acs, property of Edward Lipscomb

1878-14 Aug

           In US District Court Ralph K Carson Assignee, in re Edward Lipscomb Bankrupt.
           Filed 14 Aug



           SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST by Leah Townsend p 130

           "...........Goucher Creek Baptist Church location is described as eight miles
           outhwest of Gaffney on the Seaboard Air Line and 16 miles East of
           Spartanburg........the date of constitution is 1770-1772........."



           GOUCHER BAPTIST CHURCH........
           as late as 1800, this church was called Goshen.

           Currently, is located in Cherokee Co, SC , having been a portion of Union
           County prior to 1897. There are also some Spartanburg Co residents who appear
           in these records since the church is located near the Spartanburg Co line....
           [It is said that John Lipscomb, Edward's father, gave the land for Goucher
           Baptist Church.]



           See: Dr J B O Landrum's History of Sptbg Co, SC ; p 371 for Chapter , SKETCH

           of LIPSCOMB FAMILY

           ".............John Lipscomb, one of the sons of the elder William Lipscomb,
           had four sons and four daughters, viz:............Of the four sons, Edward
           Lipscomb, Esq , had eleven children , as follows: Nazareth, who married Rev M
           C Barnett; Elizabeth, who married Willis Smith; Sarah, who married A N Poole;
           Clara, who married K C Watkins; EVELINA, WHO MARRIED WILLIS SMITH (second wife)
           [sic- third wife]; Narcissa, who married Captain A B Bryant (killed in the
           army) Elias, who married Artemia Golightly, William L (Billy Cap), who
           married Nancy Elizabeth, daughter of Wyatt Lipscomb; Smith Lipscomb, father
           of R S Lipscomb, who married Sallie Wood, and who died in Virginia during the
           civil war: John J, who married Christina Lipscomb, and Nathan, who married
          Mary daughter of Russell Wilkins........"



          See: LIPSCOMB 300 YEARS IN AMERICA 1679-1979 by Dorothy G Helmer. Miss
          Helmer received an award from the American Society of Genealogist for this book,
          selected as the best publication on Genealogy in 1979
          p 218 " Edward (Ned) Lipscomb, b 31 Jul 1795; d 7 Oct 1875; married 7 Nov
          1816, Juliette Lancaster, b 2 Jul 1794; d 10 Aug 1857, daughter of William
          Lancaster and Clarymond (Golightly) . Children 11.


          See: A LIPSCOMB GENEALOGY by Bryant Bonner Lipscomb

          Edward Lipscomb and wives one, Juliette Lancaster, and two, Elizabeth White,
          [d/o William White died Union Co and Elizabeth Boatman] are buried in the family
          cemetery located about 1 and a half miles from theGoucher Baptist Church on the
          Green River Rd about 7 miles south of Gaffney, SC in what is today, Cherokee Co.



1889-SPARTANBURG CO, SC CEMETERY SURVEY
           VOLUME 2 compiled by Pincknewy Dist

          Chap of SC Genealogical Society
          p 15 Bethel Cemetery, Woodruff, SC

          From Hwy 221 (Main St) take Hwy 101 (Georgia ST); cemetery is three blocks on
          right across the street from Emma Gray Memorial United Methodist Church.
          Cemetery extends diagonally northward one block to a section at Church and
          Woodruff Streets; this portion faces Woodruff Street with entrance dividing
          Bethel Cemetery on the left and Woodruff Memorial Gardens on the right.
          Nazareth/ w/o Rev M C BARNETT/ Born Sep 4, 1819/ Died/ Dec 27, 1889/
          Mother....We to thee erect this stone/ Consecrated by our love.
          [Starling WILLIS and wives also buried at Bethel Cemetery.]


          CEMETERIES OF CHEROKEE CO, SC Vol III

          p 77 16A Lipscomb, Sallie A 20 Oct 1838 03 Sep 1928
          16A Lipscomb, Smith 06 Dec 1834 16 Mar 1865 CSA
          [Map Location 16A: Oakland Cemetery in Central Cherokee Co, SC.]


1890-second wife dies


1894-final settlement of the estate of Edward Lipscomb, dec, 14 Nov 1894.."...

           that Avalina Smith, decd, in her lifetime sold and assigned her interest insaid
           estate to Nathan Lipscomb......."



1914-INDEX OF PERSONS: Probate Will Book I, Cherokee Co, SC 1897-1915

           Lipscomb, J N Testator 496

           Lipscomb, M J Heir 496



1928-7 Sep "obit" Cherokee Times

           Mrs Sallie A Lipscomb is laid to rest in Oakland Cemetery…………………

           On Oct 20th she would have been 90 years of age. She was born near Pacolet, the d/o
           Mr and Mrs James Wood. She married Smith Lipscomb in 1859. Her husband was a valiant
           soldier in the Confederate Armies and was killed in a skirmish with northern troops near Aversboro
           [?],NC on 16 Mar 1865 just prior to the surrender at Appomattox…….



SOUTH CAROLINA BIBLE RECORDS by Pinckney Dist Chap SC GS

p 166 John Hall Lipscomb Bible

Marriages

Nathan Lipscomb and Mary J Wilkins were married 17 Feb 1861

Births

Nathan Lipscomb was born 20 Jul 1839

Mary Lipscomb was born 22 Feb 1844

p 247 TOLLESON FAMILY BIBLE RECORD

p3 Marriages

Micajah C Barnett and Nazareth Lipscomb were married [no date]

[Note under this entry is written: "Grandfather & Mother"]..............

p4 Births.............

Micajah Cicero Barnett was born 24 May 1818

Nazareth Lipscomb Barnett was born 4 Sep 1819...........

p5 Deaths.........

Rev Micajah C Barnett Died 19 Sep 1872 in the 56th year of his age

Nazareth Barnett died 27 Dec 1889



SPTBG MARRIAGES 1785-1911 Implied in Probate Records

Man Woman File Lived

Barnett,________ Nazareth Lipscomb 2743 1872

Lipscomb, Elias Artemissa Golightly 2871 1855

Lipscomb, J J Christina Lipscomb 2848 1870

(d/o William Lipscomb, Jr who died 1858)

Lipscomb, Smith Sallie A Wood 2460 1876

(he died 1865) (d/o James Wood)

Poole, _______ Sallie Lipscomb 2743 1872

Smith, ________ Avalina Lipscomb 2743 1872

Smith,--------- Elizabeth Lipscomb 2743 1872

(d/o Edward Lipscomb)

Watkins, ______ Clara Lipscomb 2743 1872

(to Rutherford Co, NC)



HISTORY OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WOODRUFF Pastors and Ministries

The Rev Micajah C Barnett

..........Born 29 May 1818 near Cedar Spring, Spartanburg Co, SC , he was the

nephew of Elder Joroyal Barnett, one of the pioneer ministers of the Broad

River Association.........He married Miss Nazareth Lipscomb, daughter of a

"worthy deacon of Goucher Creek Church" [Edward Lipscomb]...............

He supplied many churches including Cedar Springs, his "mother church",

Philadelphia, Sulphur Springs, Gilead, Limestone, Pacolet, Shelby, and El

Bethel, and a term of only nine months at Bethel, Woodruff............

He had actually died on 20 Sep 1872, in the town of Shelby, Cleveland Co, NC at

01the age of 54...........



MINUTES OF THE SPARTAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Micajah C Barnett was ordained to the gospel ministry by Cedar Spring 24 Dec

1842. Drury Scurggs.......constituted the presbytery.....Barnett, nephew of

Joroyal Barnett was born 20 May 1818 and departed this life 20 Sep 1872, in the

town of Shelby, NC. M C Barnett married Nazareth Lipscomb , daughter of Edward

Lipscomb, deacon of Goucher Creek Church. Barnett supplied at different time

during his ministry at Cedar Spring.........and pastor of Bethel at Woodruff,

SC, and at the time of his death was a member and pastor of El Bethel Church

were he had been preaching for three years. Micajah Cicero Barnett's funeral

discourse was delivered by John G Landrum......Barnett was buried at El Bethel

Church.....Nazareth Barnett was born 4 Sep 1819, died 27 Dec 1889, and was

buried at Bethel Cemetery in Woodruff, SC.......



BRIEF BAPTIST BIOGRAPHIES 1707-1982 Vol II

Elder Micajah Cicero Barnett...........................

Barnett, Elder Micajah Cicero, nephew of Elder Joroyal Barnett was born 20 May

1818, near Cedar Spring, Sptbg Co, SC. He was licensed to preach the Gospel by

the Cedar Spring Church on 27 Nov 1841......He intermarried with Miss Nazareth

Lipscomb, daughter of Edward Lipscomb, Esquire, a worthy deacon of Goucher Creek

Church........He died on the 20th (19th the marker says) of Sep 1872, in the

town of Shelby, Cleveland Co, NC in the 55th year of his age.......

The burial place of Elder Barnett, El Bethel Church, Cherokee Co, SC. El

Bethel Baptist Church is located in the southern portion of Cherokee Co, SC,

some 12 miles south of Gaffney, SC and located on HWY 54. The El Bethel

Church was constituted in 1803.

[I think it is confusing: Elder Barnett was buried in the cemetery of the

last church he served, El Bethel, in what is today Cherokee, SC...........

His wife, Nazareth, was buried 27 years later in Bethel Cemetery, Woodruff,

SC. Woodruff was near to where the Barnett family lived including their children.

I assume the children which erected her marker, see above, wanted her buried

near-by. Yes, one was El Bethel and the other Bethel

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