A Long Journey Home The Eason-Banks Family Quilt

The Eason-Banks Family Quilt
A Long Journey Home

Four Kindred Quilts Found
Harriet Elizabeth Sillivant Family Quilt, 1845
Sheila Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, inherited this 1845
chintz quilt from her grandmother, Harriet Elizabeth Sillivant.
Six of the names found on this quilt are also on the Eason-
Banks Family Quilt. They are Caroline T. Banks, Harriet Burns
(Walterboro), Gracey Lanneau, Elizabeth Windsor, Martha E.
Windsor, and Jane Jones Windsor.
Heister, Jan. “chintz quilt.” Message to Virginia Winn. 7 Nov 2012. Email.
The Sillivant Family Quilt is
privately owned by Sheila Bishop.
Lavinia Eason Family Quilt, 1845

This is an appliqued floral chintz design in browns, reds and The Eason-Banks Family Quilt
blues on a white background. One square is marked “…Lavinia
Eason Feby 8th 1845….” It came from the estate of Jennie C.
Dreher. It went up for auction at the Charlton Hall Auction House;
but when it did not sell, according to Jan Heister, curator at the
A Long Journey Home
Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, it was given to
Goodwill. What a shame to have lost a piece of history.
“537: American stippled quilt.” Live Auctioneers. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/
item/4112933. Lavinia Eason Family Quilt from
Heister, Jan. “Re: Eason-Banks Quilt.” Message to Kay Triplett and Virginia Winn. 21 Dec the Jennie C. Dreher estate.
2012. Email.
by
Two Chintz Quilts from The Poos Collection Virginia Eason Winn
One quilt presently in The Poos Collection, Quilt & Textile Collections, 9218 Metcalf Avenue #333, and
Overland Park, Kansas 66212, is from the Eason family and is attributed to Lavinia Eason. It was
from the Jennie Dreher collection and was auctioned through Charlton Hall. The other quilt is from
Julie King Winn Sellers
the Dotterer family and one of the blocks is inscribed “…Thomas Dotterer Charleston S.C. 1845….”
It is assumed that the block refers to Thomas Dotterer, Sr., since his son of the same name was age
13 in 1845. The Dotterer quilt was purchased from a New York City quilt dealer who had purchased
the quilt from an auction in Pennsylvania. The senior Dotterer’s sister lived in Philadelphia, so that
is the reason it is assumed to be
from the Dotterer family.
Eason Family Quilt. 1812

“War and Piecing.” http://
quilt1812warandpiecing.blogspot.
ca/2012_06_01_archive.html.
Triplett, Kay. “Re: Eason-Banks Quilt,”
Message to Virginia Winn. 30 March
2013. Email.
Triplett, Kay. “Re: FW: sheila’s quilt.”
Message to Virginia Winn. 20 Dec.
2012. Email.
Photos of the Dotterer Family Quilt and

the Eason Family quilt are from the
Poos Collection, courtesy of Quilt & The Eason Family Quilt was
Dotterer Family Quilt is housed in Textile Collection. purchased from the Jennie Dreher
the Poos Collection, Quilt & Textile collection and is attributed to
Collections. Lavinia Eason.
The information found in this book was compilled by
Virginia Eason Winn and Julie King Winn Sellers,
co-owners of The Eason-Banks Family Quilt.
Unless otherwise indicated, all of the photographs were
shot by us and the articles were researched and written by Julie Sellers.
Copyrighted 2014
All rights reserved.
Virginia Eason Winn & Julie King Winn Sellers
3025 Dalloz Road 151 West Court
Columbia, SC 29204 Columbia, SC 29212
[email protected] [email protected]
Appraised for Donated on May 12, 2011, to the

fair market/donation value Charleston Museum
on April 8, 2011, by 360 Meeting Street
junequilt Charleston, South Carolina
Gaston, South Carolina
June Francis Fish, Quilt Appraiser
Dedicated to
Cover: John Norwood Sellers

Virginia E. Winn and Julie W. Sellers Christine Lanier Sellers
study the quilt they are donating to the
Charleston Museum. Michael Winn Sellers
Photograph by museum staff.
The Charleston Museum is the oldest
children of
museum in the United States; it was founded
in 1773 and opened to the public in 1824. The Julie King Winn Sellers,
museum’s present building was completed of Columbia, South Carolina, and the late
in 1980. The museum’s exhibits include William Richard Sellers,
natural history and local history displays and of Atlanta, Georgia.
decorative arts.
Charleston Museum, The. Wikipedia, the free

encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Charleston_Museum.
Hutchinson, Michelle. Photograph of Museum.
“Charleston, SC: A Visit of Shame and Beauty.”
WordHelper: Editing, Writing, Resumes, and
More. 14 Jul 2012. http://www.wordhelper.com/
blog/2012/07/1766/charleston-sc-a-visit-of-
shame-and-beauty.
A Special Thank You Table of Contents
We would like first to thank our mother, Wilhelmina Cooledge Winn, and all the folks in the line of acquisition for
preserving this beautiful quilt for us to find. Four Kindred Quilts Found ........................................................................................ Inside Cover
Maree Dowdey, [email protected], a noted textile appraiser from Columbia, South Carolina, assisted us in evaluating
several textiles found in our mother’s estate. One was a leather purse belonging to our great grandmother Virginia Harriet Elizabeth Sillivant Family Quilt, 1845
Eason Clopton. Mrs. Clopton was in the line of acquisition for the quilt. The purse is now part of the South Carolina
Lavinia Eason Family Quilt, 1845
State Museum’s collection.
Jan Hiester, Curator of Textiles, The Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, (843) Eason Family Quilt
722-2996, [email protected]. Jan has been extremely helpful and encouraging in our research while
compiling this book. We truly appreciate the Charleston Museum’s giving our quilt a permanent home and in displaying Dotterer Family Quilt, 1845
it for the general public. Jan helped us in contacting several significant people, including Kay Triplett and Sheila
Bishop. The Eason-Banks Family Quilt: A Long Journey Home.................................................................. 1
Kay Triplett, Curator of the Poos Collection, Quilt & Textile Collections, 9218 Metcalf Avenue #333, Overland Park,
Kansas 66212, [email protected]. Kay has been most helpful and encouraging even trying to assist Appraisal of the Quilt .................................................................................................................. 2
the tracking of our wayward Harriet Burns [I-7]. The Poos Collection contains two chintz quilts associated with the
Line of Acquisition ....................................................................................................................... 3
Eason and Dotterer families.
Sheila Bishop, Charleston, South Carolina, private quilt owner, inherited a chintz quilt from her grandmother which Block Positions with Names and Ages ......................................................................................... 4
contains family names found on our quilt. She gave us permission to use a photograph of her quilt.
June Fish, quilt appraiser from Gaston, South Carolina, assisted us with appraising our quilt for its fair market/donation value. Relationship Chart and How People Are Related to the Main Characters .................................... 6
Lissett Johnson, a good friend and local quilter, has enthusiastically supported us in this adventure. She quickly put us in
contact with June Fish, our appraiser. Families Found on the Quilt ....................................................................................................... 13
Betty Mandell, a close family friend, assisted us with photographing the quilt. Because of its size, we needed a very large
wall with a high ceiling; she graciously opened her home for our use. Common Ancesters of James Monroe Eason and Margaret Thompson Banks ............................ 14
Jane Przybysz, Executive Director, McKissick Museum, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina,
816 Bull Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, (803) 777-7251. McKissick Museum was one of the museums we Details of Workmanship ............................................................................................................. 16
contacted when we first found the quilt. Jane came out to the house and was very encouraging.
Outside Triangles ...................................................................................................................... 18
Laurel Horton, writer, quilt researcher, and folklorist, Kalmia Research, 302 East South Third Street, Seneca, South
Carolina 29678, (864) 882-9933, www.kalmiaresearch.net, [email protected]. Laurel accompanied Jane Quilting in America to 1850....................................................................................................... 21
Przyeysz when Jane came to the house. Laurel had wanted us to write an article for submission to the journal associated
with the International Quilters Association which was meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2013. Although we A-1: Jefferson Bennett Lanneau ......................................................................... 22
were honored to be asked, we did not feel this book would lend itself to that purpose because of the color photographs.
Magnolia Cemetery, 70 Cunnington Ave, Charleston, South Carolina 29405, (843) 722-8638. The Cemetery Battle of Bentonville ................................................................................................................... 22
encompasses 92 acres on the banks of the Cooper River. We would like to thank the office staff who were very helpful
in locating specific gravestones of people whose names were on the quilt. Was the First Sentinel. J.B. Lanneau Relates His Early Experiences ........................................... 23
Second Presbyterian Church, 342 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, (843) 723-9237, office@2ndPC.
org. We cannot say enough about the staff of the Second Presbyterian Church. We showed up on their door steps
A-3: Elizabeth Drummond ................................................................................. 25
with a pocket full of questions. Everyone stopped what they were doing to make sure we received answers to all of A-5: Mary Elizabeth Dotterer ............................................................................ 26
our questions.
Jack Melton gave us permission to use the photographs of the cannon that J.M. Eason & Co. made. The cannon was used St. Philip’s Episcopal Church...................................................................................................... 26
by Battery Bee in 1863 on Sullivan’s Island.
Brady Whitesel gave us permission to use his beautiful photograph of the houses on the Battery in Charleston, A-7: Thomas Dotterer Eason .............................................................................. 27
South Carolina.
Graham Forsdyke, research editor, and Peggy Smith, the American representative, members of ISMACS International Alderman................................................................................................................................... 27
(International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society), www.ismacs.net. Graham gave us permission to reprint his article
“A Brief History of the Sewing Machine.” A-9: Robert Pritchard Eason .............................................................................. 28
Peter Wehman, The Citadel class of 1968. Pete helped us find information for The Citadel history and graduates,
Hurricanes and Earthquake: Major Natural Disasters 1819—1893.............................................. 28
specifically James Blair Dotterer, class of 1863.
Ella Strong Denison Library, Claremont Colleges Digital Library System, clothing picture. The library allowed us to use B-2: Thaddeus Street .......................................................................................... 29
a perfect example of children’s clothes in the 1840’s.
Sharon Kelly is a god-send. We asked her to read over the manuscript because she had worked at The State as a copy B-4: Henry Eason Dotterer ................................................................................. 30
editor. Fortunately for us, she read each and every word finding errors that had eluded several previous readers. Not
only is she an excellent proof-reader, she is also a very dear friend. Charlestonians Knew of The Gray Man....................................................................................... 30
B-6: Gracia Jane Windsor Laneau ...................................................................... 31 Magnolia Cemetery....................................................................................................................50
Thimbles.................................................................................................................................... 31 F-6: James Monroe Eason .................................................................................. 51

B-8: Thomas Davis Dotterer, Jr. ......................................................................... 32 Eason and Dotterer—Important Names in Charleston History.................................................... 52
C-1: Hugh Rose Banks, Jr. .................................................................................. 33 F-8: Fleetwood G. Lanneau, Jr. ........................................................................... 54
HR Banks, Jr., Moves to Texas After War ..................................................................................... 33 Secessionville Historic District .................................................................................................. 54
C-3: Sarah Ann Eason Street .............................................................................. 34 G-1: Charles Henry Banks ................................................................................. 55
Education in the Southern Colonies........................................................................................... 34 Morse Telegraphs...................................................................................................................... 55
C-5: Isabella Jane Grassell Eason ..................................................................... 35 G-3: Thomas T. Windsor .................................................................................... 56
C-7: Thomas Davis Dotterer, Sr. ........................................................................ 36 Grass Baskets and Rice Fans....................................................................................................... 56
Phosphate Mining...................................................................................................................... 36 G-5: Elizabeth Thompson Mann-Windsor ......................................................... 57

C-9: Margaret Thompson Murphy .................................................................... 37 G-7: Mary Eason Dotterer ................................................................................. 58
D-2: Fleetwood G. Lanneau, Sr. ......................................................................... 38 Bank of the State of South Carolina............................................................................................. 58
Second Presbyterian Church...................................................................................................... 38 G-9: Sarah Jane Jones ........................................................................................ 59

D-4: Thomas Ogier Smith................................................................................... 39 Eason Performed Political Service............................................................................................. 59
Sewing Machines Finally Produced for Household Use in 1860 ................................................. 39 H-2: Martha Elizabeth Jones Windsor ................................................................ 60
A Brief History of the Sewing Machine ...................................................................................... 40 The Citadel Provided Education of Officers and Gentlemen...................................................... 60
D-6: Margaret Thompson Banks ....................................................................... 42 H-4: James Blair Dotterer .................................................................................. 61
Victorian Styled Wedding Dresses ............................................................................................ 42 H-6: James Caldwell Lanneau ........................................................................... 62
D-8: William Albert Dotterer .............................................................................. 43 Games and Recreation............................................................................................................... 62
Battle of Drewry’s Bluff .............................................................................................................. 43 H-8: Sarah Thompson Calder ............................................................................ 63

E-1: Jane Jones Windsor ..................................................................................... 44 I-1: Mary Stevens Lanneau ................................................................................ 64
Wedding Dresses in the 1800s .................................................................................................. 44 Old Slave Market........................................................................................................................ 64
E-3: Caroline Thompson Mann Banks ............................................................... 45 I-3: Caroline B. Drummond ............................................................................... 65
E-5: Gracy Thompson Drummond .................................................................... 46 Charleston City Market.............................................................................................................. 65
Literature in 1800s...................................................................................................................... 46 I-5: Margaret Unknown Jones-Murphy .............................................................. 66

E-7: Hugh Rose Banks, Sr. .................................................................................. 47 Who Are These Easons?............................................................................................................. 66
E-9: Caroline C. Banks ...................................................................................... 48 I-7: Harriet Unknown Burns ............................................................................... 67

Children’s Clothes in the 1800s.................................................................................................. 48 I-9: William Grassell Eason ............................................................................... 68
F-2: Gracey Jane Windsor Lanneau ................................................................... 49
F-4: Elizabeth A. Banks....................................................................................... 50
A Long Journey Home
It is believed that this quilt was produced between 1844 and

1846 as a wedding gift, commemorating the marriage of
Margaret Thompson BANKS to James Monroe EASON, both of This stone monument is found in
Charleston, South Carolina. The couple was married in March Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston,
of 1847. Their two blocks are directly above Gracy Drummond’s South Carolina, and is dedicated
to the memory of James Monroe
block. It is also believed that Gracy THOMPSON Drummond
Eason and Margaret Thompson
produced, or supervised the production of the quilt. Gracy’s Banks Eason.
block is in the center of the quilt. These three center blocks are
the only ones that use a floral wreath motif.
James Monroe EASON is our GGGranduncle and Margaret

Thompson BANKS Eason is our 3C4R (third cousin four times
removed.)
There are forty-one major blocks all containing the names

of family members. These families were of well known
Charlestion lineage and many are buried in Magnolia
Cemetery and The Second Presbyterian Church Graveyard.
Jan Hiester, left, Curator of Textiles
We have donated this quilt to the Charleston Museum Quilt for the Charleston Museum,
Collection because we feel it is important to the City of accepts the Eason-Banks Family
Quilt into their collection.
Charleston as part of our Southern heritage and historically to
the quilting community worldwide. The Charleston Museum Photograph by museum staff.
has said the quilt will be available for research.
The Eason-Banks Family Quilt ~1~
Appraisal of the Quilt 5) Wilhelmina Lanier Clopton COOLEDGE Winn She
was the daughter of Frederick Jerome COOLEDGE
and Wilhelmina Lanier CLOPTON Cooledge and the
June Francis Fish, our quilt appraiser, described our quilt in the following way: widow of John WINN. She lived in Columbia, South
Carolina.
Pattern Name & Title: The Eason Family Quilt. 6) Julie King WINN Sellers and Virginia Eason WINN
Size: 105.5” x 110”. They are the daughters of John WINN and Wilhelmina
Date Made: December 4, 1845. (Author’s Notes: Dates on the blocks range from 1844 though 1845.) Lanier Clopton COOLEDGE Winn. They both live
Made by: Gracy Drummond [inferred]. in Columbia, South Carolina at the time of this
Predominant colors: cream, red, green, and blue. publication.
Fabric: 100% cotton chintz and solid cream cotton.
Batt/Fill: Low-loft wool. The quilt appraised for $18,500 on April 8, 2011.
Construction technique: Hand appliquéd, hand pieced.
Quilting Pattern/Amount: Densely quilted in off-white cotton thread, 12 stiches per inch.
Half-inch cross-hatching around block appliqués, Baptist fan in border.
Description: Broderie perse chintz album signature quilt consisting of 41 12” blocks set on
point with 16 side/top setting triangles and 4 corner setting triangles. Each block consists of a floral
Line of Acquisition James Monroe Eason
Find-A-Grave Memorial# 32095462
chintz cut-out appliquéd to solid cream backgroud. Chintz cut-outs are not unique but effort was
obviously made to avoid repeated use. Appliqué edges are turned under. Three center blocks are
floral wreaths. Each block bears a handwritten copperplate name and date in bottom corner; some
include additional information. (Author’s Notes: It was later determined these were not copperplate
inscriptions. See page 25.) Blocks and setting triangles are separated by 1¼” wide striped chintz
sashing, which also serves as an inner post-style border. Outer border of floral chintz is 4¾” wide and
mitered.
Backing: Pieced cotton muslin.
Edge Finish: Woven cotton tape.
Construction: Excellent.
Quilting: Excellent.
Condition/Restoration: Very good. Major issue is fabric discoloration, including repeated water
stain and dark brown/black speckling of unknown origin. Back has two small three-corner tears. Quilt
has “learned-in” creases from folding.
Provenance: Current owners inherited quilt from mother, Wilhelmina Lanier Clopton Cooledge
Winn. (Author’s Notes: The line of acquisition that we gave to June Fish missed a generation. That was
before we had completed extensive research on the names. We are giving a corrected line here as well as
Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER Eason Virginia EASON Clopton Wilhelmina Lanier CLOPTON
a brief explanation of who each person is.) Cooledge
1) James Monroe EASON His name appears in block F-6. He lived in Charleston, South Carolina.
His wife, Margaret Thompson BANKS Eason, appears in block D-6. Margaret pre-deceased
James. Although James & Margaret had childen, it appears that his sister-in-law, Wilhelmina
Eason, was in possetion of the quilt at the time of her death.
2) Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER Eason She was the sister-in-law of James Monroe
Eason and the wife of James’s brother, Thomas Dotterer EASON, who appears in block A-7.
Wilhelmina’s husband, Thomas, pre-deceased her. She lived in Charleston, South Carolina.
It appears that she was in possetion of the quilt at the time of her death.
3) Virginia EASON Clopton She was the daughter of Thomas Dotterer EASON and
Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER Eason. By the time Virginia would have inherited the quilt, she
had returned from Huntsville, Alabama, and was living in Charleston, South Carolina, her
home town. She was the widow of Edward Hunter CLOPTON.
4) Wilhelmina Lanier CLOPTON Cooledge She was the daughter of Edward Hunter
CLOPTON and Virginia EASON Clopton. By the time Wilhelmina would have inherited the
quilt, she was dividing her time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Columbia, South Carolina.
The quilt could have been stored at either location, but by the 1960s it was in Columbia, Wilhelmina Lanier Clopton Julie King WINN Sellers Virginia Eason WINN
South Carolina. She was the widow of Frederick Jerome COOLEDGE. COOLEDGE Winn
~2~ The Eason-Banks Family Quilt The Eason-Banks Family Quilt ~3~
Block Positions With Names and Ages
TOP
A B C D E F G H I
9
8
7
6
RIGHT
LEFT
5
4
3
2
1
BOTTOM
This chart shows the names found on each quilt block. The youngest children on the quilt are
under one year of age and the oldest person listed is Gracy Thompson MANN Banks at age 66. Eason-Banks Family Quilt 1845
Each person’s block has been given a location number and is pictured along with his or her
inscription. We have included gavestone pictures and portraits whenever possible. Articles Pictured above is the front of the Eason-Banks Family Quilt with the block positions marked. The
usually reflect important events during the 1800s. The ID numbers shown at the top of each position numbering grid is based on the numbering system that June Fish, our appraiser, used
person’s data are part of our family tree genealogical file which we have created using Legacy when writing her appraisal.
Family Tree, a genealogical software.
Surnames found on this quilt are Eason, Banks, Dotterer, Windsor, Lanneau, Drummond, Street,
Smith, Jones, Murphy, and Burns.

This engraving, published Just a little note on the spellings of names, especially surnames. The spelling depended
in 1838, is by WJ Bennent on a lot of things such as the educational level of the person doing the writing. Family bibles
(1787-1844) of Charleston,
are great for gleening information, but remember the same person may appear with several

South Carolina, looking
across Cooper River. The derivertive spellings. And, Lord help you if you have two family bibles covering the same
picture was originally people. Throw in a few census reports or city, county, and state certificates, and you can easily

painted by G Cooke. An start an entire new family tree. So when you are doing your own genealogy, please be open-
electronic copy of this minded when it comes to the spelling of names — close may be right on.
print was purchased

from Encore Editions. It
is used here with their [A-1] Jefferson Bennett LANNEAU
permission. Age 2 years in 1844 We are
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew showing the
Bennett, William James. “City of Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R relationships
Charleston.” Encore Editions. Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C between
http://www.encore-editions.
com/city-of-charleston-south- Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R Gracy, James,
carolina-looking-across- and Margaret
cooper-s-river-painted-by- [A-3] Elizabeth DRUMMOND because they
g-cooke-engraved-by-w-j-
bennett/photo-print. Age 18 in 1844 are the main
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Possibly Granddaughter players on the
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Possibly 2C quilt. Gracy
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Possibly 1C1R is suspected
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: Possibly 3C3R as having
Relationship Chart coordinated
the production
[A-5] Mary Elizabeth DOTTER
How the People on the Quilt Are Related to the Main Characters Age 2 years in 1844 of the wedding
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C2R quilt for James
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Niece and Margaret.
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 3C We are also
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C3R showing their
relationship to
[A-7] Thomas Dotterer EASON us because we
Age 22 years in 1844 are the owners/
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R donators of the
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother quilt.
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R; Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGrandfather
[A-9] Robert Pritchard EASON

Age 27 years in 1844
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R; Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGranduncle
[B-2] Thaddeus STREET

Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R-in-Law
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGranduncle-in-Law
[B-4] Henry Eason DOTTERER [C-9] Margaret Thompson MURPHY
Age 15 years in 1844 Age unknown in 1845
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond:1C2R Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Possibly Grandniece
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Nephew Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Possibly 2C1R
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 3C Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Possibly 2C
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C3R Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: Possibly 3C3R
[B-6] Gracia Jane LANNEAU [D-2] Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr.

Age 5 years in 1844 Age 35 years in 1844
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandniece Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Nephew-in-Law
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C-in-Law
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half Uncle-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 2C4R-in-Law
[B-8] Thomas Davis DOTTERER, Jr. [D-4] Thomas Ogier SMITH

Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C2R Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew-in-Law
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Nephew Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 3C Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C3R Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R-in-Law
[C-1] Hugh Rose BANKS, Jr. [D-6] Margaret Thompson BANKS We have a double relationship
Age 9 months in 1844 Age 19 years in 1844 with Margaret Thompson Banks.
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandniece See page 14.
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R; Brother-in-Law Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R; Wife
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Brother Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C4R and GGGrandaunt In-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C4R
[D-8] William Albert DOTTERER
[C-3] Sarah Ann EASON Street Age 4 years in 1844
Age 24 years in 1844 Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C2R
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Nephew
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Sister Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 3C
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C3R
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGrandaunt
[E-1] Jane Jones WINDSOR
[C-5] Isabella Jane GRASSELL Eason Age unknown in 1844
Age 56 years in 1844 Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Niece
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Mother Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half Aunt
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGGrandmother
[E-3] Caroline Thompson MANN Banks
[C-7] Thomas Davis DOTTERER, Sr. Age 40 years in 1844
Age 49 years in 1845 Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Niece
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R-in-Law Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C; Mother-in-Law
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother-in-Law Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Mother
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGranduncle-in-Law
[E-5] Gracy THOMPSON Drummond [G-1] Charles Henry BANKS
Age 66 years in 1845 Age <1 year in 1845
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 1C1R Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Grandaunt Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R; Brother-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C5R Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Brother
[E-7] Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr.
Age 45 years in 1844 [G-3] Thomas Thompson WINDSOR
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew-in-Law Age 27 years in 1844
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Father-in-Law Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Nephew
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Father Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 2C4R-in-Law Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half Uncle
[E-9] Caroline C. BANKS
Age 5 years in 1844 [G-5] Elizabeth THOMPSON Mann-Windsor
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grand Niece Age 61 years in 1844
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R; Sister-in-Law Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Sister
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Sister Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 1C1R
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Grandmother
[F-2] Gracey Jane WINDSOR Lanneau
[G-7] Mary EASON Dotterer
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Niece
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half Aunt
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Sister
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R; Sister-in-Law
[F-4] Elizabeth A. BANKS Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGrandaunt
(The inscription on the quilt looks like a “U”, but all of the other records we have found
indicate an “A”. It could be a cursive open “A”.) [G-9] Sarah Jane JONES
Age 16 years in 1844 Age unknown in 1844
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandniece Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Possibly Grandniece
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R; Sister-in-Law Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Possibly 2C1R
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Sister Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Possibly 2C
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: Possibly 3C3R
[F-6] James Monroe EASON [H-2] Martha Elizabeth JONES Windsor

Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Niece-in-Law
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R; Husband Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C-in-Law
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GGGranduncle Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half Uncle
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 2C4R-in-Law
[F-8] Fleetwood G. LANNEAU, Jr.
(The middle initial may stand for Grassell but more research is needed.) [H-4] James Blair DOTTERER
Age 5 years in 1844 Age <1 years in 1844
Relationship to Issabella Jane Grassell Eason: 1C2R Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C2R
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Nephew
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 3C
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C3R
[H-6] James Caldwell LANNEAU Families on Quilt
Age <1 years in 1844
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandnephew [E-5] Gracy THOMPSON mar James DRUMMOND
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R Possible grandchildren on quilt
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C [A-3] Elizabeth DRUMMOND mar Unknown
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R [I-3] Caroline B. DRUMMOND mar Unknown
[H-8] Sarah THOMPSON Calder [I-5] Margaret [Unknown] mar 1st Henry JONES; 2nd Frances MURPHY
Age unknown in 1845 Daughter of Isabelle Torrence THOMPSON. Father is unknown at this time.
Relationship to Isabella Jane Grassell Eason: Niece Niece of Grace THOMPSON Drummond [E-5]
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R Possible children on quilt
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C [G-9] Sarah Jane JONES mar Unknown
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 1C4R [C-9] Margaret Thompson MURPHY mar Unknown
[C-5] Isabella Jane GRASSELL mar Robert EASON

[I-1] Mary Stevens LANNEAU Children on quilt
Age 10 years in 1844 [A-7] Thomas Dotterer EASON mar Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Grandniece [A-9] Robert Pritchard EASON mar Unknown
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C1R [C-3] Sarah Ann EASON mar [B-2] Thaddeus STREET
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Half 1C [F-6] James Monroe EASON mar [D-6] Margaret Thompson BANKS
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 3C3R [G-7] Mary EASON mar [C-7]Thomas A. DOTTERER
Children on quilt
[I-3] Caroline B. DRUMMOND [A-5] Mary Elizabeth DOTTERER mar Unknown
Age 15 in 1844 [B-4] Henry Eason DOTTERER mar Unknown
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Possibly Granddaughter [B-8] Thomas Davis DOTTERER mar [1st w] Anna Matilda WEST
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Possibly 2C [2nd w] Laura Matilda PICQUAT
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Possibly 1C1R [D-8] William A DOTTERER mar Unknown
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: Possibly 3C3R [H-4] James Blair DOTTERER mar Unknown
[I-9] William Grassell EASON mar Sally Friend CHAPMAN-Lanier
[I-5] Margaret UNKNOWN Murphy
(She is the daughter of Isabelle Torrence THOMPSON. Her father is unknown at this time.) [H-8] Sarah THOMPSON mar James CALDER
Age unknown in 1844 Niece of Isabella Jane GRASSELL Eason [C-5]
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Niece
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: 2C [G-5] Elizabeth THOMPSON mar 1st Mr. MANN; 2nd Capt. WINDSOR
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 1C1R Children on quilt
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: 2C4R [E-3] Caroline Thompson MANN mar [E7] Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr.
Children on quilt
[I-7] Harriett UNKNOWN Burns [C-1] Hugh Rose BANKS, Jr. mar Ella Lee HAMMOND
(Her parents and/or husband are unknown at this time but since everyone else is related [D-6] Margaret Thompson BANKS mar [F-6] James Monroe EASON
on the quilt, it can only be assumed she is also.) [E-9] Caroline C. BANKS mar James CHAPMAN
Age unknown in 1844 [F-4] Elizabeth A. BANKS mar [D-4] T Ogier SMITH
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: Unknown [G-1] Charles Henry BANKS mar Unknown
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Unknown [E-1] Jane S. WINDSOR mar Stephen R. MILLER
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: Unknown [F-2] Gracey Jane WINDSOR mar [D-2] Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr.
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: Unknown Children on quilt
[A-1] J Bennett LANNEAU mar Charlotte Elford ENLOW
[I-9] William Grassell EASON [B-6] Gracia Jane LANNEAU mar Unknown
Age 17 years in 1844 [F-8] Fleetwood G LANNEAU, Jr. mar Unknown
Relationship to Gracy Thompson Drummond: 1C1R [H-6] James Caldwell LANNEAU mar Unknown
Relationship to James Monroe Eason: Brother [I-1] Mary Stevens LANNEAU mar Benjamin Franklin WHILDEN
Relationship to Margaret Thompson Banks: 2C1R; Brother-in-Law [G-3] Thomas Thompson WINDSOR mar [H-2] Martha Elizabeth JONES
Relationship to Julie Sellers and Virginia Winn: GG Granduncle
[I-7] Harriett Burns – Need to know her maiden name and who she married
Common Ancesters of e. James THOMPSON
f. Isabelle Torrence THOMPSON married [UNKNOWN]
James Monroe EASON and Margaret Thompson BANKS ISSUE:
1. Margaret [UNKNOWN] married [1st] Henry JONES
George THOMPSON married Margaret SIMONTON
ISSUE:
ISSUE: According to our records,
the first five children of a. They could have had a daughter named Sarah Jane JONES [G-9]
1. Janett THOMPSON – stayed in Scotland
George Thompson and 1. Margaret [UNKNOWN] married [2nd] Francis MURPHY
2. Mary THOMPSON – stayed in Scotland
Margaret Simonton stayed ISSUE:
3. Wilson THOMPSON – stayed in Scotland
in Scotland. We have no b. They could have had a daughter named Margaret Thompson MURPHY [I-5]
4. Elizabeth THOMPSON – stayed in Scotland
further records on them. 8. Sarah THOMPSON married George GRASSELL
5. Anna THOMPSON – stayed in Scotland George and Margaret ISSUE:
6. Isabelle THOMPSON married John TENNANT Thompson are our GGGGG a. Isabella Jane GRASSELL [C-5] married Robert EASON
ISSUE: grandparents. We go up
1. Mary EASON [G-7] married Thomas A DOTTERER [C-7]
a. John Thompson TENNANT through their eighth child,
Sarah Thompson and her
2. John EASON
b. William Thompson TENNANT
husband George Grassell. 3. George Grassell EASON
c. Thomas Thompson TENNANT
Thomas Dotterer Eason 4. Robert Prichard EASON [A-9]
d. Margaret Thompson TENNANT
e. George Thompson TENNANT
and his wife, Wilhelmina 5. è James Monroe EASON [F-6] married Margaret Thompson BANKS [D-6]
Ligon Lanier are our GG 6. Sarah Ann EASON married Thaddeus STREET
7. Margaret THOMPSON married [1st] GREEN grandparents. Thomas is 7. Thomas Dotterer EASON [A-7] married Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER
ISSUE: James Monroe’s brother. 8. Eliza Dotterer EASON
a. Moses GREEN married Martha ANDERSON James Monroe Eason and
9. William Grassell EASON [I-9] married Salley Friend CHAPMAN
7. Margaret THOMPSON married [2nd] Peter CAMBELL Margaret Thompson Banks
ISSSUE:
ISSUE: were second cousins once
removed. a. Wilhelmina EASON
b. Sarah CAMBELL married [1st] LAMB
b. Mary GRASSELL married [1st] HOLIDAY
b. Sarah CAMBELL married [2nd] RUDD
ISSUE:
7. Margaret THOMPSON married [3rd] Peter THOMPSON
1. Catherine HOLIDAY
ISSUE:
b. Mary GRASSELL married [2nd] THOMPSON
c. Gracy THOMPSON [E-5] married James DRUMMOND
ISSUE:
ISSUE:
2. Sarah THOMPSON
Their children or grandchildren are possibly...
b. Mary GRASSELL married [3rd] TAYLOR
1. Elizabeth DRUMMOND [A-3]
ISSUE:
2. Caroline B. DRUMMOND [I-3]
3. William Grassell TAYLOR
d. Elizabeth THOMPSON [G-5] married [1st] MANN
b. Mary GRASSELL married [4th] Sam CONOR
ISSUE:
ISSUE:
1. Caroline MANN [E-3] married [1st] Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr [E-7]
4. Robert Eason CONOR
ISSUE:
9. Thomas THOMPSON married Rachel TURNBELL
a. Hugh Rose BANKS, Jr. [C-1] married Ella Lee Hammond
ISSUE:
è b. Margaret Thompson BANKS [D-6] married James Monroe EASON [F-6]
a. Thomas THOMPSON
c. Caroline C. BANKS [E-9] married James CHAPMAN
10. Jane THOMPSON married William JONES
d. Elizabeth A. BANKS [F-4] married T. Ogier SMITH [D-4]
ISSUE:
e. Charles Henry BANKS [G-1]
a. Sarah JONES married A.H. Anderson, Sr. — A.H.’s 1st wife is UNKNOWN
d. Elizabeth THOMPSON married [2nd] WINDSOR
ISSUE:
ISSUE:
1. Martha ANDERSON married Moses P. GREEN
2. Gracy WINDSOR [F-2] married Fleetwood LANNEAU [D-2]
2. Susan ANDERSON married A.H. Anderson, Jr.
3. Thomas Thompson WINDSOR married Martha JONES
4. Jane WINDSOR married Stephen F MILLER
Details of Workmanship
When we originally were looking at the names on the quilt, we felt they had to have been
created using a copper plate as mentioned in June Fish’s appraisal. They seem to be so
perfectly alike. However, as we shot photographs of the individual blocks and their respective
inscriptions, we realized that there are some discrepencies in both lettering shape and name
location indicating they were actually handwritten. Most of the names are straight across and
located at the bottom of the blocks, but some of the names are on both sides of the design
or have added items. Here are some samples of the differences. Although the lettering is
extremely similar in most cases, there are enough differences to indicate they may have been
written by more than one person.
Top left corner showing border, sash and mitering.
We would like to mention here that Maree Dowdey, [email protected], a noted textile
appraiser from Columbia, South Carolina, told us that the water spot on the upper right section
of the quilt is know as a“baby spot.” This would indicate that the quilt was actually used by
family members over the years.
Our mother, Wilhelmina Winn, died November 16, 2009, and we spent the next several years
sorting through the collections of 93 years of living. We found the quilt in early 2011 when we
were cleaning out the attic. It was at the very back of the attic in an open wooden box. Mrs.
Top left corner showing binding. Dowdey told us that the fact it was in an open box kept it in good condition. There are, of course,
the baby stains, and you can see where the quilt was folded for many, many years, but we found
only two small tears on the back.
Outside Triangles
Bottom setting triangle directly below Top setting triangle directly above Thomas
Thaddeus Street [B-2]. Davis Dotterer [B-8].
Bottom left corner setting triangle below and Left side setting triangle between J. Bennett
to the left of J. Bennett Lanneau [A-1]. Lanneau [A-1] and Elizabeth Drummond [A-3].
Bottom setting triangle directly below Top setting triangle directly above William A.
Fleetwood Lanneau [D-2]. Dotterer [D-8].
Left side setting triangle between Elizabeth Left side setting triangle between Mary E.
Drummond [A-3] and Mary E. Dotterer [A-5]. Dotterer [A-5] and Thomas D. Eason [A-7].
Bottom setting triangle directly below Gracey Top setting triangle directly above Fleetwood
Lanneau [F-2]. G. Lanneau [F-8].
Left setting triangle between Thomas D. Top left corner setting triangle above and to
Eason [A-7] and Robert P. Eason [A-9]. the left of Robert P. Eason [A-9].
Bottom setting triangle directly below Top setting triangle directly above Sarah Right side setting triangle between Harriett Top right corner setting triangle above and to
Martha E. Windsor [H-2]. Calder [H-8]. Burns [I-7] and William G. Eason [I-9]. the right of William G. Eason [I-9].
Quilting in America to 1850

During the early days of settlement in America, because it did not shrink with washing. Broderie
women had little time to create quilts. They spent perse bedcoverings were usually used on the best
time spinning, weaving, and making clothes and bed or sometimes only when guests were staying
woven coverlets for bedding. When they became in the home. Only the wealthy could afford the
worn, patches were used to repair them; however, expensive imported fabric and had the leisure time
these were not quilts or heirlooms as we think of for this type of quilt making that displayed the fine
them today. needlework.
As women acquired more leisure time, they Early settlers brought with them the patterns for
began producing what we now refer to as early medallion quilts. These quilts had a center focal
American quilts. These quilts were constructed point that might be a solid piece of fabric with an
in three basic types: whole cloth, applique, and interesting print or an appliquéd center or a larger
medallion. pieced block. Pieced and/or appliquéd borders
Bottom right corner setting triangle below Right setting triangle between Mary J. Lanneau
Whole cloth quilts were very popular. One kind, surrounded this central medallion.
and to the right of Mary J. Lanneau [I-1]. [I-1] and Caroline B. Drummond [I-3]. After the American Revolution and the War of
known as counterpane, consisted of two large
pieces of material top and bottom. The decorative 1812, patriotic themes became popular depicting
idea is in the form of padding or cording. Trapunto battles, heroes, and symbols of the revolution.
is quilting in which only the design, outlined with By the early 1800s dyes improved and the first
parallel lines of stitches, is padded to give it a green dye was introduced. By 1830 permanent ink
raised look. made signature quilts popular. There was also an
The appliqué quilt or broderie perse was made increase in the use of
History of Quilts: An American
by sewing cut out pieces of material to a whole block patterns rather Folkart. Quilting in America.
cloth. By the 1800s the most popular were the than whole-cloth http://www.quilting-in-amer-
floral fabrics imported quilts, although whole- ica.com/History-of-Quilts.
from France including cloth was still more html.
chintz (glazed cotton) A Timeline of Quilting History
fashionable.
in America. http://www.red-
dawn.net/quilt/timeline.htm.
History of quilting. Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia. http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His-
tory_of_quilting.
Right side setting triangle between Caroline B. Right side setting triangle between Margaret Basket Medallion Quilt. Free
Drummond [I-3] and Margaret Murphy [I-5]. Murphy [I-5] and Harriet Burns [I-7]. Quilt Patterns From History.
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[ID#6020] [A-1]
Jefferson Bennett
Was The First Sentinel.
LANNEAU J. B. Lanneau Relates His Early Experiences.
Born: 13 Feb. 1842, Charleston, Saw Service in the Washington Light Infantry In November 1860.
South Carolina
Died: 25 Aug. 1901, at the age Took a Cow For a Federal Landing Party.
of 59
The State, Columbia, South Carolina, 10 Aug 1895. (Reprinted with permission.)
Bennett married first Charlotte
Elford ENLOW [1846-1868; Correspondence Macon having come to this city and hotter than that between
ID#6094] on 3 Oct. 1867, in Telegraph. engaged in business in 1865. the secretary of war and
Charleston, South Carolina. A few days since a Governor William H. Gist
He married second Charlotte New York, July 20.—There Telegraph correspondent of South Carolina. The
Jane GRIFFITH [1852-1880;
are hundreds of Southern obtained the following outline government property which
ID#6468] on 6 Jan 1874, in
New Castle, New York. He born men who have made of Mr. Lanneau’s story from excited this interesting
married third Julia Frances their homes in New York him at his home in Bayonne. correspondence was stored
COWPERTHWAIT [1841- G LANNEAU [F-8], James and its vicinity, but it seems “Yes,” he said, in reply in the United States arsenal
?; ID#6469] in 1881, in Caldwell LANNEAU [H-6];
barely credible that one of to the correspondent’s at Charleston.
Charleston, South Carolina. Charles Blum LANNEAU
[1846-?; ID#6022], and Thomas the New Jersey suburbs of “leading” question, “I think “Governor Gist suspected
His father and mother are Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?; the metropolis can claim I can truthfully say that I did that Maj. Robert Anderson,
Fleetwood LANNEAU [D- ID#6023]. as a resident the man who the first soldiers’ duty during the hero of Fort Sumter,
2] and Gracey WINDSOR
Bennett was part of the did the first actual duty on the civil war. There are other then in command of Fort
Lanneau [F-2].
Confederate Army from before His inscription on the quilt the Confederate side in the men who may lay claim to Moultrie, on Sullivan’s
His siblings are Mary Stevens the South Carolina Ordinance reads J Bennett Lanneau, “late unpleasantness.” In having been the ‘original Island in Charleston harbor,
LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet of Sucession was passed 1844. He was two years fact, this man took part in an Confederate,’ but when they would take possession of
Caroline LANNEAU [1835- through the last battle of the old in 1844.
?; ID#6017], Gracia Jane overt act against the peace hear my story I think they will these arms and use them
War, where he was wounded.
LANNEAU [B-6], Fleetwood and dignity of the United be convinced of the truth of in the reprovisoning of the
States before South Carolina what my friends saw of me. fort with which his name is
Battle of Bentonville had passed her ordinance “You will remember,” so indissolubly connected
of secession and the dead continued Mr. Lanneau,“that and which he was then
The Battle of Bentonville States Army attacked one army suffered in the battle, Confederacy was “without in 1860 there were some very preparing to occupy. The
(March 19–21, 1865) was Union Army flank and was Johnston surrendered to form and void.” warm controversies between Governor was determined
fought in Bentonville, North able to rout two divisions; Sherman little more than
This interesting character the -war department and the that the government should
Carolina, near the town of however, it did not manage a month later at Bennett
is Mr. J. Bennett Lanneau, governors of some of the not have the property
Four Oaks, as part of the to rout the rest of the army Place, near Durham Station.
a native of Charleston, S. Southern States with regard to and laid his plans so that
Carolinas Campaign of off the field. The next day, the Coupled with Gen. Robert
C., who resides at No. 793 certain arms and munitions of it should come into the
the American Civil War. It other Federal flank arrived. E. Lee’s surrender earlier in
was the last battle to occur For the next two days, the April, Johnston’s surrender Avenue C., Bayonne, N. J., war belonging to the United possession of the State.
between the armies of Maj. armies skirmished with each represented the effective end who has been connected States and stored in certain “At that time,”
Gen. William T. Sherman and other before Johnston’s army of the war. with New York business arsenals in the South. While continued Mr. Lanneau,
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. arrived. As a result of the houses in the capacity of many of these discussions “I was a member of the
Battle of Bentonville. Wikipedia, the free
On the first day of the overwhelming enemy strength encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia. a traveling salesman for were warm indeed, probably Washington Light Infantry
org/wiki/Battle_of_Bentonville. the past twenty-nine years, there was none which was of Charleston, one of the
battle, the Confederate and the heavy casualties his
oldest organizations of the command when the men along that post.
militia of South Carolina. plied him with questions “My comrades stayed with
On the afternoon of the as to the nature of the work me till after the chimes of ID# 6170 [A-3]
7th of November, 1860, a before them. old St. Michael’s Church had
non-commissioned officer “When we had fallen in told the passing of the hour Elizabeth DRUMMOND
of the company came to line the sergeant gave the of 11 and a solemn stillness
Born: 1826, Charleston, South
my place of business and commands.‘Left face. Forward had settled over the lonely
Carolina
gave me orders to report march.’ We marched to the spot. While walking to and
that night at 9 o’clock in front of the arsenal grounds fro my attention was called Elizabeth’s grandfather is
front of the Church of the and when we reached the to some objects apparently possibly James DRUMMOND
Holy Communion, near gate the line filed through. approaching in. When they [No dates; ID# 4611]
the arsenal building, fully After entering the building seemed to be within only and her grandmother is
prepared for active duty. the sergeant took command a few rods I looked more possibly Gracy THOMPSON
Twenty-nine men besides of it and the property stored closely and descried the Drummond [E-5].
myself reported at the there in the name of the State enemy from Fort Moultrie
appointed place and the of South Carolina. Then those already landing upon the A possible sibling on the quilt is
glistening bayonets and
Squad was under the of us who had kept up with the boundary of the property so Caroline B. DRUMMOND [I-3].
the switching of whose tail
command of Sergt. William drift of affairs knew the nature recently seized by myself
I thought could be nothing More research is needed in
A. Courtney, who was of our duty and each one fully and comrades. I yelled for
less than the bobbing up this area.
afterwards mayor of the city appreciated the gravity of the the corporal of the guard
and down of some officer
of Charleston. Not one of the situation. and he came. Like my own, Her inscription on the
who thought to discover our opportunity of difficulty
men except Sergt. Courtney “The men were ordered to his eyes convinced him quilt reads Elizabeth
position without being seen and never surrendered that
knew or suspected the prepare for sleeping in the that Maj. Anderson’s forces Drummond, 1844. She
by our sentinels. stronghold of the Southern
nature of the duty he building and a guard was were at hand and that if we was eighteen years old
“The laugh was on me, army. Later he did duty in
had been called upon to detailed for duty about the succeeded in holding the in 1844.
and from that day to this Virginia and was wounded
perform and most of them grounds. It so happened I arsenal our success must
‘Lanneau’s cow’ has been at the battle of Bentonville
agreed in the opinion that was the first sentinel to be come from prompt and
a standing joke with my just a few days before
the authorities had gotten posted and my post was in decisive action. He called
comrades whenever one of service done in the great Gen. Lee surrendered at
secret information of an the most lonely and remote for other officers on duty
them meets me. civil war, and that’s why my Appomattox.
uprising among the negro part of the grounds—the and all agreed with me that
“We guarded the property friends say that I was the first Mr. Lanneau loves New
slaves and we were to be Ashley River front. If you can the enemy was making
in the arsenal until the soldier to do duty for the dead York as his home and one to
used in quelling such a imagine the sensations of a a stealthy approach, but
ordinance of secession was Confederacy.” see him now, a typical New
trouble if it should arise. boy of 17 whose only military after consultation a closer
passed by the State Legislature Mr. Lanneau volunteered York businessman, would
Though ignorant of the experience had been as a examination was thought
on December 20, 1860, and the with his company at the first scarcely- recognize in him
character of the duty, the parade day soldier who is to be advisable and it was
arms were distributed among call for troops by his State and the first Confederate soldier.
men were wrought up to the told to do something that made. The result of the
the troops of the State for uses took part in the later hostilities
highest pitch of excitement, requires nerve as well as investigation was that my
very- different from those to up to the close of the war. He Jefferson Bennett Lanneau.
which feeling was doubtless brass buttons, and you know enemy was transformed GenealogyBank.com. http://
which our own had been put was with Capt. John Johnson www. genealogybank.com/bnk/
increased by the ominous what my feelings were when into an every-day cow,
during our term of duty. in Fort Sumter and a member newspapers.
silence of the officer in I began any solitary tramp whose horns had resembled
“That’s the story of the first of the band there who made
ID#587 [A-7]
Thomas Dotterer EASON
Born: 9 Oct. 1822, Charleston,

South Carolina
Her inscription on the quilt Died: 27 Dec. 1872, Charleston,
reads Mary E Dotterer, South Carolina, at the age of 50
1844. She was two years
old in 1844. Thomas married Wilhelmina
Ligon LANIER [1828-1904;
ID#588] on 22 Feb. 1849, in
ID#6010 [A-5] Macon, Georgia. She was born
on 5 Feb. 1828 and died on 22
Mary Elizabeth
Apr. 1904.
DOTTERER
Her siblings are Isabella Henderson DOTTERER [1836- His father and mother are
Born: 6 Feb. 1842, Charleston,
Ann DOTTERER [1827-1827; 1842; ID#6113], Amanda Robert EASON [1788-1849;
South Carolina
ID#6006], Henry Eason Louisa DOTTERER [1837/38- ID#589] and Isabella Jane
Died: Charleston, South
DOTTERER [B4], Thomas 1842; ID#6009], William Albert GRASSELL Eason [C-5].
Carolina, at the age of 7
Davis DOTTERER, Sr. [B-8], DOTTERER [D-8], James
Anne Matilda DOTTERER Blair DOTTERER [H-4], Alice His siblings are Mary EASON
Mary’s father and mother are [1833-1857; ID#6008], James DOTTERER [1846-?; ID#6011], [1808-1871; ID#4569], John
Thomas Davis DOTTERER [C-7] Henderson DOTTERER [1836- and John DOTTERER [no dates; EASON [1810-1836; ID#4569],
and Mary EASON Dotterer [G7]. 1842; ID#6004], Samuel ID#6111]. George Grassell EASON [1812-
?; ID# 4570], Robert Prichard
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church EASON [A-9], James Monroe
142 Church Street, Charleston, SC EASON [F-6], Sarah Ann
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, the EASON Street [C-3], Elizabeth
Thomas Dotterer EASON Dotterer EASON [1825-1832;
first Anglican church south of Virginia, 1822-1872
houses the oldest congregation in ID#4575] and William Grassell
Magnolia Cemetery, EASON [I-9].
South Carolina. The first church, built Charleston, South Carolina
in 1681, was a small wooden building. Thomas Dotterer EASON
In the early 18th century, a second
brick church at the current site was
Alderman
built. The present St. Philip’s was TD Eason was elected as
constructed from 1835 to 1838. an Alderman and served
Many prominent people are on the City Council. At the
buried in the graveyard. Several 29th regular meeting of the
colonial Governors and five Council on 9 December
Episcopal bishops are buried here, 1858. He and eleven Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER
as well as John C. Calhoun (former Charleston Historic others were elected to be Eason
Mary Elizabeth Dotterrer is Vice President of the United States), Religious and Community 1828 — 1904
His inscription on the quilt Commissioners of the Poor.
buried in the West Cemetery Rawlins Lowndes (President/ Buildings: St. Philip’s Magnolia Cemetery,
of St. Phillips Episcopal Episcopal Church. http:// reads Thomas D. Eason,
Governor of South Carolina in 1778- Proceedings of Council. Twenty-Ninth Charleston, South Carolina
Church, Charleston, South www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ 1844. He was twenty-two Regular Meeting. Charleston Courier.
79), and Dubose Heyward (author charleston/stp.htm. 9 Dec. 1858. GenealogyBank. http://
Carolina. Many of the older years old in 1844. www.genealogybank.com.
markers are illegible. and playwright).
ID#457 [A-9]
Robert Pritchard EASON
Born: 15 Jan. 1817

Died: 8 Jan .1862, at the age of 45
Robert Prichart’s father and

mother are Robert EASON
[1788-1849; ID#589] and
Isabella Jane GRASSELL
Eason [C-5].
Thaddeus STREET
His siblings are Mary EASON 1783-1852
[1808-1871; ID#4569], John Magnolia Cemetery,
EASON [1810-1836; ID#4569], Charleston, South Carolina
George Grassell EASON
[1812-?; ID#4570], James
Monroe EASON [F-6], Sarah
ID#4576 [B-2] His father and mother are
Hurricanes and Earthquake: Nehemiah STREET [1745-
Ann EASON Street [C-3], 1787; ID#6344] and Thankful
Major Natural Disasters 1819—1893 Thaddeus STREET
Thomas Dotterer EASON [A- MOODY [1743-1813; ID#6345].
7], Elizabeth Dotterer EASON 1819 — Concept of on the North Carolina Outer Born: 16 Oct .1783, Farmington,
[1825-1832; ID#4575] and hurricanes as “moving Banks — Two major inlets on the His siblings are Samuel STREET
Conneticut
William Grassell EASON [I-9]. vortex” published — A Outer Banks of North Carolina Died: 16 Apr. 1852, Charleston, [1775-1844; ID#6346], Annie
Harvard professor concluded were cut by a hurricane in South Carolina, at the age of 68 STREET [1776-?; ID#6347], His inscription on the quilt
in an 1819 article that a September 1846. Later in Cynthia STREET [1776- reads Thaddeus Street,
hurricane “appears to have the year, a severe hurricane, Thaddeus married Sarah Ann 1841; ID#6348], and Timothy 1844. He was 60 years old
been a moving vortex and not perhaps a Category 5, struck EASON Street [C-3] on 12 Apr. Benedict STREET [1779-1833; in 1844.
the rushing forward of a great the Florida Keys destroying or 1842. She was 21 and he was 58. ID#6349].
body of the atmosphere.” damaging all but eight of the
1837 — “Racer’s Storm” 600 houses in Key West, Florida.
leaves 2,000-mile path of 1873 — First hurricane When it finally abated, over New York, and Bermuda to the
His inscription on the quilt destruction — Racer’s Storm, warning issued in the U.S. — 90% of Charleston was Mississippi River).
reads Robert P. Eason, named for a British sloop The U.S. Army Signal Corps destroyed by this Category-3 1893 — Two storms kill
1844. He was twenty- of war which encountered warned of a storm approaching storm. thousands in South — In
seven years old in 1844. the storm in the northwest the coast between Cape May, 1886 — Earth Quake August, between 1,000 and
Caribbean, was one of the New Jersey, and New London, shocks Charleston, South 2,000 were killed in a storm
most destructive storms of Conneticut. The storm never Carolina — Some claim it was that submerged the South
the 19th century. It formed made landfall. a magnitude 6.6, others claim Carolina barrier islands.
near Jamaica, crossed the 1881 — Hurricane kills 700 it was 7.5 on the Richter scale.
Hurricane timeline: The 1800s. Sun-
Yucatan, struck the Gulf in Georgia and South Carolina It was reported that ground Sentinel. 15 Aug 2012. http:// Brick House at 157 Tradd
coast of Texas, and moved — Savannah and Augusta, shaking damaged structures www.sunsentinel.com/news/ Street, wrecked by
over Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, experienced severe as far away as 200 miles from weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-history- Charleston earthquake of
Alabama, Georgia, and South damage when it came ashore in Charleston. This quake was the 1800s,0,4422261.htmlstory. August 31, 1886.
Major Historical Earthquakes.
Carolina before arriving off August. Several barrier islands strongest earthquake known Earthquakes in SC. The South Carolina Earth Science Photographs. U.S.
the North Carolina coast on were completely submerged to hit the Eastern Seaboard, Geological Survey. http://www.dnr. Geological Survey Library. Joseph
Robert Pritchard EASON sc.gov/geology/earthquake.htm. K. McGregor and Carl Abston, U.S.
October 9. by the storm surge. and it shook with such force
1817-1862 Overview of the 1800s in South Carolina. Geological Survey Digital Data Series
1846 — September 1885 — Hurricane comes to that it was felt over 2 1/2 million South Carolina. http://www.carolana. DDS-21, 1995.
Magnolia Cemetery,
hurricane creates inlets Charleston, South Carolina — square miles (from Cuba to com/SC/1800s/sc_1800s_overview.html.
Chaleston, South Carolina
ID#6112 [B-4]
Thimbles
Henry Eason Before the American
DOTTERER Revolution, most thimbles
were imported from England.
Born: 6 May 1829, Charleston, In 1794, Benjamin Halstead
South Carolina founded the first American
Died: 21 May 1918, Charleston, factory. His thimbles were
South Carolina, at the age of 89 made of gold, silver, or
pinchbeck (an alloy of five
Henry married Emma Prevort parts copper and one part
CARR [1836-1887; ID# 6117]. zinc). In the early 1800s
She is the daughter of CD thimble factories were
Carr. numerous in northern cities,
producing millions of thimbles
His father and mother are in gold, silver, brass, and steel.
Thomas Davis DOTTERER, Thimbles have a long and
varied history. In Europe,
Sr [C-7] and Mary EASON
Dotterer [G7].
Henderson DOTTERER [1836- ID#6018 [B-6] thimbles became works of art
1842; ID#6113], Amanda with jewels, engravings, and
Louisa DOTTERER [1837/38- Gracia Jane Lanneau embossing.
His siblings are Isabella 1842; ID#6009], William In China thimbles were
Ann DOTTERER [1827- Albert DOTTERER [D-8], Mary shaped like a ring with an open
Born: 16 Dec. 1839
1827; ID#6006], Thomas end, permitting air circulation.
Elizabeth DOTTERER [A-5], Died: 27 Aug. 1916, Charleston,
Davis DOTTERER [B-8], However, Western thimbles
James Blair DOTTERER [H- South Carolina, at the age of 77
Anne Matilda DOTTERER had a closed top with no air
[1833-1857; ID#6008], James 4], Alice DOTTERER [1846-?; Her inscription on the flow causing a perspiration
Henderson DOTTERER [1836- ID#6011], and John DOTTERER quilt reads Gracia J. Her father and mother are buildup in the copper-alloy
1842; ID#6004], Samuel [no dates; ID#6111]. Lanneau, 1844. [June Fish, design. A poisonous greenish
Fleetwood LANNEAU [D-
appraiser, has her down substance, verdigris, formed. If
Henry Eason DOTTERER 2] and Gracey WINDSOR
Charlestonians Knew of The Gray Man as Gracia I Lanneau]. She
Lanneau [F-2].
a needle pierced the thimble
1829-1918 was five years old in 1844. and pricked the finger,
The Gray Man first appeared on Pawley`s Island, South Emma Prevort CARR Dotterer the result could be blood-
Carolina, in 1822. He appeared prior to major storms and 1836-1887 Her siblings are Mary Stevens poisoning. High fever and
hurricanes in 1822, 1893, 1916, 1922, 1940,1954, and before Magnolia Cemetery, LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet death could occur.
Hurricane Hugo in 1989. If people heed the warning, they will find Charleston, South Carolina
their house still standing after the storm. Caroline LANNEAU [1835- von Hoelle, John J. Thimble Collector’s
Encyclopedia, New International
There are many ideas about the Gray Man. One story is of a ?; ID#6017], Fleetwood G. Edition. Wallace-Homestead Book
gentleman who died racing to his love’s house during a raging LANNEAU [F-8], Jefferson Company. 1986.
storm (possibly a hurricane). It also has been said he is the
founding father of Pawleys Island, Mr. Perceval Pawley. It is his
Bennett LANNEAU [A-1],
love of his island and home that keeps him earthbound. Others James Caldwell LANNEAU
believe it is the lover of a Charleston Belle who was sent away Gracia Jane WINDSOR [H-6], Charles Blum LANNEAU
to France because their relationship was not acceptable to their Lanneau [1846-?; ID#6022], and Thomas
parents. Another candidate is Plowden Charles Jeannerette 1836-1916
Weston who loved his home and the island faithfully. Finally, it Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?;
His inscription on the quilt Second Presbyterian Church
could be the original owner of the Pelican Inn. reads Henry E. Dotterer, ID#6023]. Our collection of antique
Graveyard,
thimbles is made of brass and
Gray Man. Strange USA. http://www.strangeusa.com/Viewlocation. 1844. He was fifteen years Chaleston, South Carolina steel. Two on the right show
The Gray Man. Pawleys Island, South Carolina. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. old in 1844. signs of needle piercing. The
The Gray Man of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. The Shadowlands Ghosthunter
Store. http://theshadowlands.net/famous/pawley.htm. steel ones show signs of rust.
ID#6007 [B-8] ID#6078 [C-1]
Thomas Davis
DOTTERER, Jr. Hugh Rose BANKS, Jr.
Born: 20 Oct. 1832 Born: 27 Sep. 1843, Charleston,

South Carolina
Died: 12 Mar. 1894, Charleston,
Died: 5 Nov. 1894,
South Carolina, at the age of 62 Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the
age of 51
Thomas married Laura
Matilda PICQUAT [ID#6095]. Hugh Rose married Ella Lee
HAMMOND [1851-1919;
She was born on 27 Apr. 1838,
ID#6092].
in Augusta, Georgia, and died
on 6 Dec. 1900. His father and mother are
Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr. [E-
His father and mother are 7] and Caroline Thompson
Thomas Davis DOTTERER, MANN Banks [E-3].
Sr. [C-7] and Mary EASON
His siblings are Margaret
Dotterer [G-7]. Thompson BANKS [D-6],
Elizabeth BANKS [F-4],
His inscription on the quilt
His siblings are Issabella Caroline C BANKS [E-9], and
reads Thomas D Dotterer,
Ann DOTTERER [1827-1827; 1844. [June Fish, Appraiser, Hugh Rose BANKS
ID#6006], Henry Eason has him down as Thomas 1843-1894 HR Banks, Jr., Moves to Texas After War
DOTTERER [B4], Anne Matilda B Dotterer] He was twelve Ella Lee HAMMOND Banks
years old in 1844. Hugh R. Banks, of the well business until 1878.
DOTTERER [1833-1857; 1851-1919
known firm of Chapman & Then he returned to his
ID#6008], James Henderson Forest Hill Cemetery,
Banks of Chattanooga, was native city and resided there
DOTTERER [1835/36-1842; Chatanooga, Tennessee
born in Charleston, SC, until December 1884. At that
ID#6004], Samuel Henderson September 27, 1843, where time he came to Chattanooga,
Photos by Coleen L, findagrave.com
DOTTERER [1836-1842; he was reared and educated. and engaged in a real
ID#6113], Amanda Louisa While securing a good estate business with Mr. ML
collegiate education, the Chapman.
DOTTERER [1837/38-1842; stirring events of the war put May 20, 1873, he married
ID#6009], William Albert a stop to further study. Miss Ella Hammond of
DOTTERER [D-8], Mary He entered the Robertson County, Texas.
Elizabeth DOTTERER [A-5], Confederate service She bore him two daughters
James Blair DOTTERER [H- paymaster’s department named Aviline and Caroline.
for North Carolina, South Mr. Banks was a
4], Alice DOTTERER [1846-?; Laura Matilda PICQUAT Thomas Davis Dotterer, Jr.
His inscription on the quilt Carolina and Georgia, Democrat in politics and an
ID#6011], and John DOTTERER Dotterer 1832-1894 serving through the entire enterprising citizen.
1838-1900 Magnolia Cemetery, reads H R Banks, Junr,
[no dates; ID#6111]. 1844. He was nine months war. After cessation of
Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina Goodspeed’s “History of East
old in 1844. hostilities, he went to Texas Tennessee” 1887. trees.ancestry.
Charleston, South Carolina and engaged in the cotton com/tree/18315322/person.
ID#4574 [C-3]
ID#590 [C-5]
Sarah Ann EASON Street
Isabella Jane GRASSELL
Born: 16 Nov. 1820 Eason
Died: 23 Jun. 1859, at the age of 39
Born: 23 Jan. 1788
Died: 28 Sep. 1849, Charleston,
She married Thaddeus Street
South Carolina, at the age of 61
[B-2] on 12 Apr. 1842. He was
much older than she.
She married Robert EASON
[1788-1849; ID#589] on 22 Nov.
Sarah’s mother and father are
1806.
Isabela Jane GRASSELL Eason
[C-5] and Robert EASON Their children are Mary
[1788-1849; ID#589]. EASON [1808-1871; ID#4569],
social class structure of planters making it a crime to teach slaves John EASON [1810-1836;
Her siblings are Mary EASON (plantation owners) and slaves to read and write. Instead of ID#4569], George Grassell
[1808-1871; ID#4569], John with no middle class to bridge written instruction, Southerners EASON [1812-?; ID#4570],
EASON [1810-1836; ID#4569], the gap. Owners of businesses provided oral religious
Robert Prichard EASON [A-9],
and professionals were part of training. They believed written
George Grassell EASON [1812- knowledge was a threat to the James Monroe EASON [F-6],
the elite by default.
?; ID#4570], Robert Prichard In addition, the population was Southern family and unpatriotic. Sarah Ann EASON Street [C-3],
Her inscription on the quilt
EASON [A-9], James Monroe dispersed making it difficult to After the Civil War, during Thomas Dotterer EASON [A-
reads Sarah Ann Street, find enough children in one area Reconstruction, freed blacks
EASON [F-6], Thomas Dotterer Charleston, August 1, 7], Elizabeth Dotterer EASON
to justify a school. Moreover, the began to see changes. However,
EASON [A-7], Elizabeth Dotterer 1844. She was twenty-four Robert EASON [1825-1832; ID#4575] and
Anglican (Episcopal) religion did Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
EASON [1825-1832; ID# 4575] years old in 1844. not place as much importance brought an end to those with 1778-1838 William Grassell EASON [I-9].
and William Grassell EASON [I-9]. as the Northern Puritans on the establishment of “separate Isabella Jane GRASSELL Eason
Sarah Ann EASON Street indoctrination through schooling. but equal.” It was not until 1954 1788- 1849
1820-1859 The few Southerners who with Brown v. Board of Education Magnolia Cemetery,
Magnolia Cemetery, supported a public school that separate but equal was Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina system received advice and abolished. The South Carolina
materials from Horace Mann, the case, Briggs v. Elliott (1952), was
first secretary of the first State the first of five cases combined
Education in the in the Brown hearing.
Board of Education, created
Southern Colonies in Massachusetts in 1837. As
While state funded education opinions about slavery in the Cheek, Karen. “Education in the South-
grew during the mid 1800s in South strengthened, ideas ern Colonies.” In “The History of
the North, the South had no especially about education were American Education Web Project” by
tradition of support for public considered “subversive” and Robert Barger. Notre Dame Univer-
Her inscription on the
education. Most Southerners “autocratic.” sity. http://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/
quilt reads Isabella Jane
believed that education was Understanding that www7/soucolon.html.
“Knowledge is Power,”
Eason, Charleston, August
a private, family matter to Plessy v. Ferguson. and Brown v. Board of
1, 1844. She was fifty-six
be perpetuated by a college Southerners were concerned Education. Wikipedia, the free ency- Isabella Jane GRASSELL
about who should have power. years old in 1844.
educated elite. This attitude clopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org. Eason
enforced and supported the Southern states passed laws
ID#4625 [C-9]
ID#4568 [C-7] Margaret Thompson
Thomas Davis MURPHY
DOTTERER, Sr.
In our genealogy Margaret
[I-5] is the daughter of Isabelle
Born: ca. 1796
Torrence THOMPSON [No
Died: 22 Nov. 1846, Charleston,
Dates; ID#4624]. Her father is
unknown at this time. Margaret
He married Mary EASON [I-5] married first Henry
Dotterer [G-7] on 24 Nov. 1824. JONES [No Dates; ID#4626]
and married second Francis
Their children are Issabella MURPHY [No Dates; ID#4627].
Ann DOTTERER [1827-1827;
ID#6006], Henry Eason Margaret Thompson MURPHY’s
DOTTERER [B4], Thomas father is possibly Francis
Davis DOTTERER [B8] Anne MURPHY [No Dates; ID#4627]
Matilda DOTTERER [1833-1857; In 1842 the process of adding and her mother is possibly
ID#6008], James Henderson sulfuric acid to crude phosphate Margaret UNKOWN Jones-
DOTTERER [1835/36-1842; to produce “super phosphate of Murphy [I-5].
ID#6004], Samuel Henderson lime” was patented. Knowing of
the geography of the Charleston
DOTTERER [1836-1842; Margaret Thompson MURPHY’s
area, a few men began to form
ID#6113], Amanda Louisa companies to mine for phosphate. half-sister is possibly Sarah
DOTTERER [1837/38-1842; The first, the Charleston Mining and Jane JONES [G-9].
ID#6009],William Albert His inscription on the quilt Manufacturing Company, was able
DOTTERER [D-8], Mary Elizabeth reads Thom. Dotterer, to buy or get rights to over 10,000
DOTTERER [A-5], James Charleston, SC 1845. He acres along the Ashley River by
Blair DOTTERER [H-4], Alice was fourty-nine years old July of 1868. Because Southerners included Italians, Irish, and Poles.
DOTTERER [1846-?; ID#6011], in 1845. were hesitant, investment capital Phosphate mining and fertilizer
and John DOTTERER [no dates; came from Philadelphia. Eventually, production were part of the hope
South Carolinians founded over to industrialize the South for
ID#6111].
thirty mining and manufacturing competition with the North. Some
Phosphate Mining companies in the area. hoped that such industrialization
Her inscription on the
Thomas D Dotterer, Jr., was would be the birth of “the New
There was no great need for and bones. Introduced in 1832, active in the process. He was South.” By 1885 South Carolina quilt reads Margaret
fertilizer in the antebellum South; highly pungent guano from Peru president of Palmetto Mining and produced half of the world’s Thompson Murphy 1845.
they had plenty of land and lots of became a profitable import Manufacturing Co. In addition, phosphate. However, with the We do not know how old
slaves. Along the coast, crops were during the 1840s — 50s. Some he was the superintendent of the discovery of other areas to mine she was.
rotated. Although there was some used cottonseed and others Wando Company which operated and the state’s internal political
monocropping on larger property, manure. Marl was advocated by mines and a fertilizer factory. problems, the industry declined
fields could be left fallow. Even if some planters in Virginia. The process of making the in the late 1880s. In addition, the
the large land owners wanted to After the war good land, labor, superphospate fertilizer was Category 3 hurricane and tidal Shuler, Kristina A. and Ralph Bailey, Jr.
A History of the Phosphate Mining
use fertilizer, they did not have the and money all became scarce. difficult and dangerous. Freed surge and the earthquake, all Industry in the South Carolina
liquid capital to do so. Both white and newly freed blacks blacks needed work and were of 1886, added to the economic Lowcountry. Mount Pleasant, SC:
Thomas Davis DOTTERER In the North more farmers found sharecropping one of their used to the hot and humid problems of Charleston Brockington and Associates, Inc., 2004.
used some kind of fertilizer. In very few choices. Now there was Trinkley, Michael. South Carolina Land
1796-1846 conditions of the coastal region. In businessmen. Phosphates in the Late Nineteenth and
1830 the first bone mills were no way to let land lie fallow. order to get cheap labor, convicts The fact is that the mining and Early Twentieth Centuries: Toward
Magnolia Cemetery,
established and became the From the middle of the were also used, but they were fertilizer industry added very little an Archaeological Context. http://
Charleston, South Carolina destination of the thousands of century, phosphate fertilizer www.chicora.org/pdfs/RC442-5%20
segregated from all other workers. to stimulate the economic and
Phospate%20Context.pdf.
buffalo killed for their hides came to be seen as a necessity. Imported labor from the North social advancement of Charleston.
ID#6075 [D-4]
Thomas Ogier SMITH
Born: 15 Oct 1820

Died: 12 Feb 1865, Charleston,
Ogier married Elizabeth A.

BANKS [F4]. Since Elizabeth’s
inscription says Banks, we
are assuming that they were
Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr. married after the quilt was
1809 - 1883 produced, but were perhaps
Second Presbyterian already engaged.
Church Graveyard
Charleston, South Carolina He was a merchant in Charleston.
ID#4618 [D-2]
Their children are Mary Stevens
Sewing Machines Finally Produced for
LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet Caroline
Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr. LANNEAU [1835-?; ID#6017], Household Use in 1860
Born: 31 Mar. 1809, Charleston, Gracia Jane LANNEAU [B-6],
South Carolina Fleetwood G LANNEAU [F-8],
Died: 24 Aug. 1883, Charleston, Jefferson Bennett LANNEAU
SC, at the age of 74 [A-1], James Caldwell LANNEAU
His inscription on the quilt His inscription on the quilt
Fleetwood married Gracey [H-6], Chalres Blum LANNEAU reads T. Ogier Smith
reads Fleetwood Lanneau
Jane WINDSOR [F-2] on 14 [1846-?; ID#6022], and Thomas 1844. He was twenty-two
1844. He was thirty-five
years old in 1844. Nov. 1832, in Charleston, South Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?; years old in 1844.
Carolina. ID#6023].
Second Presbyterian Church

Soon after the founding of Charleston, a community of dissenting
Presbyterians worshiped in the White Meeting House on Meeting
Street. The congregation included English, Irish, Scottish, French
Huguenots, and Independent Presbyterians. In 1731, twelve families
left to establish the First (Scots) Presbyterian Church. By the end When the sewing machine & Baker machines in 1860.
of the century the building was inadequate to accommodate the with modern lockstich was While about 25% of the
worshippers, necessitating a second Presbyterian church. In 1809, developed, it was put imme- machines were purchased
fifteen men met to plan for Second Presbyterian Church. The church diately in use for everything by women, the rest were by
was built at the then substantial cost of $100,000, and on April 3, 1811, from piecework to trapunto men. This fact seems fitting
was dedicated with the name of “The Second Presbyterian Church
to quilting. The biggest for the time.
of Charleston and Its Suburbs.” The sanctuary was so immense it was
a strain on the ministers voices. The old box pews were replaced in
companies at the time were
1849. The Presbyterian Church of the United States has designated Wheeler & Wilson, Grover & Thomas Ogier Smith. http://www.
genealogybank.com/gbnk/
this church Historical Site Number One. Baker, and Singer.
newspapers.
Living History: 200 Years of Community. Second Presbyterian Church of Charleston.
T. Ogier Smith was among A Timeline of Quilting History in
http://www.secondpresbyterianchurch.org/LivingHistory/200YearsofCommunity.php. the dozens of patrons listed in America. http://www.reddawn.net/
342 Meeting Street, Second Presbyterian Church - Charleston. South Carolina: Made for Vacation. http:// the advertisement for Grover quilt/timeline.htm.
Charleston, South Carolina www.discoversouthcarolina.com/products/3498.aspx.
ISMACS International International Sewing Machine Collector’s Society commercial basis and ran the Fisher. Singer did not invent any
first garment factory. For all A year later it was patented notable sewing-machine
A Brief History of the Sewing Machine that, he died in the poor house and Howe set about trying advances, but he did pioneer
by Graham Forsdyke
in 1857. to interest the tailoring trade the hire-purchase system and
Historians of the early An Austrian tailor Josef designed the machine to do In America a quaker, Walter in his invention. He even aggressive sales tactics.
days of the sewing machine Madersperger produced a embroidery, but then saw Hunt, invented, in 1833, the arranged a competition Both Singer and Howe
can argue for hours over the series of machines during its potential as a sewing first machine which did not with his machine set against ended their days as multi-
simple matter of who invented the early years of the 19th machine. try to emulate hand sewing. the finest hand sewers in millionaires.
what is, in many ways, one of century and received a patent Unlike any others who It made a lock stitch using America. The machine won So the argument can go
the most important machines in 1814. He was still working went before him, he was two spools of thread and hands down but the world on about just who invented
ever devised. on the invention in 1839, able to convince the incorporated an eye-pointed wasn’t ready for mechanized the sewing machine and it is
The story really starts aided by grants from the authorities of the usefulness needle as used today. But sewing and, despite months unlikely that there will ever
in 1755 in London when a Austrian government, but he of his invention, and he was again it was unsuccessful for of demonstrations, he had still be agreement. What is clear,
German immigrant, Charles failed to get all the elements eventually given a contract it could only produce short, not made a single sale. however, is that without the
Weisenthal, took out a patent together successfully in one to build a batch of machines straight, seams. Desperately in debt Howe work of those long-dead
for a needle to be used for machine and eventually died and use them to sew Nine years later Hunt’s sent his brother Amasa to pioneers, the dream of
mechanical sewing. There a pauper. Two more inventions uniforms for the French army. countryman, John Greenough, England with the machine in mechanized sewing would
was no mention of a machine were patented in 1804, one In less than 10 years after produced a working machine the hope that it would receive never have been realized.
to go with it, and another 34 in France to a Thomas Stone the granting of his patent in which the needle passed more interest on the other side Forsdyke, Graham. A Brief History
years were to pass before and a James Henderson -- a Thimonnier had a factory completely through the of the Atlantic. Amasa could of the Sewing Machine. ISMACS
Englishman Thomas Saint machine which attempted to running with 80 machines, cloth. Although a model was find only one backer, a corset International: International Sewing
Machine Collectors’ Society. http://
invented what is generally emulate hand sewing -- and but then ran into trouble from made and exhibited in the maker William Thomas, who www.ismacs.net/sewing_machine_
considered to be the first real another to a Scott John Duncan Parisian tailors. They feared hope of raising capital for its eventually bought the rights history.html.
sewing machine. for an embroidery machine that, were his machines manufacture, there were no to the invention and arranged
In 1790 the cabinet maker using a number of needles. successful, they would soon takers. for Elias to come to London to
patented a machine with Nothing is known of the fate of take over from hand sewing, Perhaps all the essentials further develop the machine.
which an awl made a hole either invention. putting the craftsmen tailors of a modern machine came The two did not work well
in leather and then allowed America’s first real claim out of work. together in early 1844 when together, each accusing
a needle to pass through. to fame came in 1818 when Late one night a group of Englishman John Fisher the other of failing to honor
Critics of Saint’s claim to a Vermont churchman John tailors stormed the factory, invented a machine which agreements and eventually
fame point out that quite Adams Doge and his partner destroying every machine, although designed for the Elias, now almost penniless,
possibly Saint only patented John Knowles produced and causing Thimonnier to production of lace, was returned to America. When
an idea and that most likely a device which, although flee for his life. With a new essentially a working sewing he arrived home he found
the machine was never making a reasonable stitch, partner he started again, machine. Probably because of that the sewing machine had
built. It is known that when could only sew a very short produced a vastly- improved misfiling at the patent office, finally caught on and that
an attempt was made in the length of material before machine, and looked set to this invention was overlooked dozens of manufacturers,
1880s to produce a machine laborious re-setting up was go into full-scale production; during the long legal including Singer, were busy
from Saint’s drawings, it necessary. but the tailors attacked again. arguments between Singer and manufacturing machines --
Howe as to the origins of the all of which contravened the This is Virginia Lanier EASON
would not work without One of the more reasonable With France in the grip of Clopton’s sewing table. She was
considerable modification. claimants for inventor of the revolution, Thimonnier could sewing machine. Howe patents. our great grandmother and was
The story then moves to sewing machine must be expect little help from the Despite a further flurry of A long series of law suits in the line of acquisition, having
Germany where, in around Barthelemy Thimonnier who, police or army and fled to minor inventions in the 1840s, followed and were only settled inherited the quilt from her
1810, inventor Balthasar in 1830, was granted a patent England with the one machine most Americans will claim when the big companies, mother, Wilhelmina Ligon LANIER
that the sewing machine was including Wheeler & Wilson Eason. Hand sewing and mending
Krems developed a machine by the French government. he was able to salvage. were still important in 1887 when
for sewing caps. No exact He used a barbed needle He certainly produced invented by Massachusetts and Grover & Baker, joined Virginia got married. It was
dates can be given for the for his machine which was the first practical sewing farmer Elias Howe who together, pooled their patents, common to receive sewing baskets
Krems models as no patents built almost entirely of wood. machine, was the first man to completed his first prototype and fought as a unit to protect or tables, thread, needles, and
were taken out. It is said that he originally offer machines for sale on a in 1844 just a short time after their monopoly. thimbles as wedding presents.
ID#: 6005 [D-8]
William Albert
ID#4573 [D-6] DOTTERER
Margaret Thompson Born: 10 Jan. 1840, Charleston,
BANKS South Carolina
Died: 16 May 1864, Drewry’s
Born: 31 Jul. 1826 Bluff Battle Field [Civil War],
Died: 28 Mar. 1886, Charleston, Chesterfield County, Virginia,
South Carolina, at the age of 59 at the age of 24
Margaret married James His father and mother are

Monroe EASON [F-6] on 23 Thomas Davis DOTTERER,
Mar. 1847, in Charleston, South Sr. [C-7] and Mary EASON
Carolina. Dotterer [G-7]
Margaret and James are His siblings are Isabella

second cousins once removed. Ann DOTTERER [1827-1827;
Their common ancesters are Battles of Drewry’s Bluff ID#6006], Henry Eason
DOTTERER [B4], Thomas
Gerorge THOMPSON and The massive fort on Drewry’s launched several assaults from Davis DOTTERER [B-8],
Margaret SIMONTON. She Bluff in Chesterfield County, the inner defenses just north. Anne Matilda DOTTERER
is the Grandniece of Gracy Virginia, had blunted the Union By midmorning the Federals [1833-1857; ID#6008], James
DRUMMOND [E-5]. advance just 7 miles short of began retreating south to the Henderson DOTTERER [1836-
Her inscription on the the Confederate capital of Half-Way House.
Richmond in May of 1862. 1842; ID#6004], Samuel
Her father and mother are quilt reads Margaret The garrison at Drewry’s
Later in the war Drewry’s Bluff took part in the evacuation Henderson DOTTERER [1836-
Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr. [E-7] Thompson BANKS 1844. 1842; ID#6113], Amanda
Bluff became the site of the of Richmond and Petersburg
and Caroline Thompson She was nineteen years Confederate Naval Academy Louisa DOTTERER [1837/38-
on 02-03 April 1865. Soldiers,
MANN Banks [E-3]. old in 1844. and the Marine Corps Camp of sailors, and marines from 1842; ID#6009], William
Instruction. the fort joined the movement Albert DOTTERER [D-8], Mary
Her siblings are Hugh Rose Margaret Thompson BANKS The area saw action again westward, ultimately Elizabeth DOTTERER [A-5],
1826-1886 during the Siege of Petersburg surrendering at Appomattox
BANKS, Jr [C-1], Caroline C. James Blair DOTTERER [H-
Magnolia Cemetery, in 1864-65. The Second Battle of Court House. Many of the
BANKS [E-9], Elizabeth A. 4], Alice DOTTERER [1846-?;
Charleston, South Carolina Drewry’s Bluff, or the Proctor’s sailors served as infantry
BANKS [F-4], and Charles ID#6011], and John DOTTERER
Creek engagement, began on during the fighting along the
Henry BANKS [G-1]. [no dates; ID#6111].
14 May 1864 when part of Union way. Union forces quickly
Victorian Styled Wedding Dresses
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s cleared a path through the
The quilt is possibly a The Victorian era Army of the James feigned an obstructions in the James River
wedding quilt commemorating of British history was attack toward Richmond from beneath Drewry’s Bluff.
the marriage of Margaret the period of Queen Bermuda Hundred. After two Known throughout the South
Thompson BANKS [D-6] and Victoria’s reign from 20 days of skirmishing, Federals as Drewry’s Bluff, northern
June 1837 until her death led by Maj. Gen. William F. troops referred to it as Fort
James Monroe EASON [F-6],
on 22 January 1901. Smith and Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Darling.
whose names are inscribed in Gillmore captured the outer
Victorian era. http://
two floral wreaths located just en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Confederate earthworks here. The Thomas’ Legion: The 69th North
Carolina Regiment. http:// His inscription on the
above and to the left and right Victorian_era. At dawn on 16 May, however, thomaslegion.netbattleofdrewrys
of the center block. Victorian Wedding Dresses.
the Confederates under Maj. bluff.html. quilt reads William A.
La Wedding. http://
www.ia-wedding. Gen. Robert F. Hoke and Historical Marker Database. www. DOTTERER 1844. He was
com/2011/06/21/victori- Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., hmdb.org. four years old in 1844.
an-wedding-dresses.
ID#4614 [E-3]
Caroline Thompson
MANN Banks
Born: 22 Sep. 1804

Died: 26 Jul. 1884, Charleston,
Her inscription on the quilt South Carolina, at the age of 80
reads Jane J. Windsor,
Charleston, October 1, Caroline married Hugh Rose
1844. BANKS, Sr. [E-7].
Caroline is the daughter of

ID#4621 [E-1] Elizabeth THOMPSON Mann-
Jane Jones WINDSOR Windsor [G-5] and Mr. MANN
[No Dates; ID#4613]. Mr.
Jane married Stephen R.
MILLER [No Dates; ID#4622].
Wedding Dresses in the 1800s However, when Victoria MANN was Elizabeth’s first
married her first cousin Prince husband and Capt. WINDSOR
We do not know what white to formal events as a sign
Margaret Thompson Banks’s of their status since there was no Albert of Saxe-Coburg and [No Dates; ID#4616] was
She is the daughter of Capt. Gotha in 1840, she created new Elizabeth’s second husband.
wedding dress was like when hot running water or detergent.
WINDSOR [No Dates; ID#4616] standards. The bride wore a
she married James Monroe Actually, the color was not white,
and Elizabeth THOMPSON but more cream. Pure white could gown of white satin, trimmed
Eason, but we do know that the Caroline is a half sister to Jane
Mann-Windsor [G-5]. color of wedding dresses was not be made until the 1950’s with with white lace matching her veil,
Jones WINDSOR [E-1], Gracey
in a state of flux in the 1800s. the introduction of bleach. and a crown of orange blossoms.
Her blue sapphire broach that
Her inscription on the quilt Jane WINDSOR Lanneau [F-2],
Her siblings are Gracey Jane Before 1840 most brides wore However, in America, most
Prince Albert had given her for reads Caroline T Banks, and Thomas T WINDSOR [G-3].
WINDSOR Lanneau [F-2], and bright colors, blue being the 19th Century brides continued to
a wedding present was the only 1844. She was forty years
Thomas T WINDSOR [G-3] most popular. wear their “best” gown for their old in 1844.
and her half sister is Caroline In ancient Rome most brides wedding, rather than a special spot of color.
wore yellow for dress and veil. white one. Some even had two While she may have worn
Thompson MANN Banks [E-3].
The bridesmaids wore the same bodices — a revealing one with white for purity and virginity,
attire to confuse any demons a lower neckline for formal the more probable reason was The History of White Wedding
fashion. As a queen she wanted Dresses. http://suite101.com/
trying to capture the bride. In evenings, and a more modest article/the-history-of-white-
the Middle Ages wealthy brides version for the wedding and to show England in the best light. wedding-dresses-a114715.
wore dresses of purple or green general day wear to follow. Since such dresses were delicate, Queen Victoria’s wedding, or why
white represented the most modern brides wear white. http://
made from expensive fabrics blog.catherinedelors.com/queen-
such as fur, velvet, or silk. In expensive material available. In
victoria%E2%80%99s-wedding-or-
the 16th and 17th Centuries, pale addition, to support the declining why-modern-brides-wear-white/.
green was popular. lace trade, she had a wide lace The Surprising Story of the
panel sewn around the bottom of White Wedding Dress | Suite101.
Most women simply wore com. http://suite101.com/
their best dress and would her dress. article/the-surprising-story-
wear it many times again. In of-the-white-wedding-dress-
Images of Queen Victoria. a358913#ixzz1yC71U9SF.
fact, black was a popular color fripperiesandbutterflies.blogspot. Wedding Dress Colors. http://
for the lower classes since the com. suite101.com/article/wedding-
Julie King Winn Sellers wore Queen Victoria Wedding Dress. From
Caroline Thompson MANN
dress would be worn again dress-colors-a147849. 18 June 2012.
her grandmother’s, Wilhelmina Wikimedia Commons, the free media Image of the 1946 wedding dress, Banks
Cooledge, Victorian wedding dress and again. By the beginning
(1908) for her wedding in1968. We
repository. httpupload.wikimedia.org- http://www.weddingdressesgallery. 1804-1884
of the 19th Century, many very wikipediacommonsee2Queen_Victo- com/images/weddingdress-1846.
plan to also donate this dress to the wealthy women began wearing Queen Victoria’s Wedding
ria_wedding_dress.
Magnolia Cemetery,
Dress. JPG
Charleston Museum. Charleston, South Carolina
ID#4610 [E-5] ID#6054 [E-7]
Gracy THOMPSON Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr.
Drummond
Born: 18 Jan. 1799
Born: 10 May 1778 Died: 6 May 1878, at the age of
Died: 13 Oct. 1847, at the age of 79 yrs 3 mos 18days
69 yrs 7 mos 3 days
Gracy married James He is the son of Charles BANKS

Drummond [No Dates; [No Dates; ID#6351] and
ID#4611] on 19/20 Mar. Catherine Anna LOCKWOOD
1800. James may have been a Banks [No Dates; ID#6352].
shoemaker.
Charles was born in Ross-
Their children or grandchildren shire, Scotland.
could possibly be Elizabeth
DRUMMOND [A-3] and Hugh Rose, Sr., married
Caroline B. DRUMMOND [I-3] Literature in 1800s Tales, and “Bartleby, the Caroline Thompson MANN
We have not been able to trace Scrivener”
The literature of the 1800s “Civil Disobedience” 1858 Oliver Wendell Holmes, [E-3].
them yet.
reflects the interests, conflicts, 1849 Poe,“The Bells”; “Annabel The Autocrat of the
and adventures of the time. Lee” Breakfast Table
Gracy Drummond [E-5] is the Novels, essays, poems, 1850 Nathanial Hawthorne 1859 Stowe, The Minister’s
Their children are Hugh Rose
great grandaunt of Margaret sermons—all works found an publishes The Scarlet Wooing BANKS, Jr. [C-1], Margaret
Thompson Banks [D-6] and the audience. These are some of the Letter, which sells 4,000 1860 Hawthorne, The Marble Thompson BANKS [D-6],
first cousin once removed of period’s well-remembered or copies in the first 10 days Faun His inscription on the quilt
important works. and becomes 1861 Longfellow, “Paul Revere’s Caroline C. BANKS [E-9],
James Monroe Eason [F-6]. a best seller. Ride”
reads HR BANKS, Senr,
Elizabeth A. BANKS [F-4],
1836 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851 Herman 1863 Louisa May Alcott 1844. He was age forty-
Due to its central location [center Nature Melville, publishes Hospital Sketches five in 1844. Charles Henry BANKS [G-1].
wreath block], and different 1839 Edgar Allan Poe, “The Moby-Dick about experiences as a
design, it is believed that Gracy Fall of the House of 1851 Hawthorne, nurse in a Union hospital.
Usher” in Burton’s The House 1863 Abraham Lincoln,
Drummond was probably Gentleman’s Magazine of the Seven “Gettysburg Address” 1882 Twain, The Prince and the
the quiltmaker and/or lead 1843 Poe, “The Gold Bug”; Gables 1865 Mark Twain, “The Pauper
coordinator. She is the oldest “The Black Cat” 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Celebrated Jumping Frog 1882 Frank Stockton, “The Lady
1845 Poe, The Raven and Other Uncle Tom’s Cabin sells one of Calaveras County” or the Tiger?”
person named on the quilt. 1885 Sidney Lanier, Poems
Poems million copies in the first year 1865 Alcott, Moods
1845 Frederick Douglass, 1853 William Wells Brown, 1868 Alcott, Little Women 1888 Theodore Roosevelt,
Narrative of the Life of Clotel; or, The President’s 1868 Bret Harte, “The Luck of Ranch Life and the Hunting
Frederick Douglass, an Daughter, published in Roaring Camp” Trail
American Slave England, is the first novel 1869 Harte, “The Outcasts of 1889 Twain, A Connecticut
1847 Douglass founds The by an African American Poker Flat” Yankee in King Arthur’s
North Star, an abolitionist 1854 Thoreau, Walden 1871 Alcott, Little Men Court
newspaper 1855 Douglass, My 1876 Twain, Adventures of Tom 1890 Emily Dickinson, Poems
1847 Henry Wadsworth Bondage and Sawyer 1893 Stephen Crane, Maggie: A
Longfellow, Evangeline My Freedom 1881 Douglass, Life Girl of the Streets
1849 Henry David Thoreau, 1855 Walt Whitman, and Times 1894 Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson
Her inscription on the quilt 1895 Crane,The Red Badge of
“Resistance to Civil Leaves of Grass of Frederick
reads Gracy Drummond, Government”; A Week 1855 Longfellow, Douglass Courage Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr.
December 4th 1845. She was on the Concord and Hiawatha 1881 Joel Chandler Brief Timeline of American Literature and 1799-1878
sixty-six years old in 1845. Merrimack Rivers. Better 1856 Melville, Harris, Uncle Events: Pre-1620 to 1920. http://public.
Magnolia Cemetery,
known under the title The Piazza Remus wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.
html. Charleston, South Carolina
ID#4617 [F-2]
Gracey Jane WINDSOR
Lanneau
ID#6077 [E-9] Born: 18 May 1814
Died: 21 Aug. 1898, Charleston,
Caroline C. BANKS
Born: 19 Nov. 1839, Charleston, The Eason Family Quilt spells

South Carolina her name “Gracey,” but her
Died: 14 Mar. 1920, Charleston, tombstone spells her name
“Gracy.”
Gracey married Fleetwood
Caroline married James LANNEAU, Sr. [D-2] on 14 Nov.
1832.
CHAPMAN [1832-?; ID#6080].
She is the daughter of Capt.
She is the daughter of Hugh WINDSOR [No Dates; ID#4616]
Rose BANKS, Sr. [E-7] and Children’s Clothes in the 1800s and Elizabeth THOMPSON Mann-
Windsor [G-5].
Crowned in 1837, Queen similar to women's dresses with
Banks [E-3]. Victoria’s styles influenced V-shaped waists and dropped Her siblings are Jane S. WINDSOR
fashion for decades. Children shoulders. The girls continued [E-1], and Thomas T. WINDSOR
looked like miniature adults. No to wear the pantalets, white [G-3] and their half sister is
Her siblings are Hugh Rose
wonder there is so much written stockings, and flat black shoes of Caroline Thompson MANN Banks
BANKS, Jr. [C-1], Margaret about them getting in trouble younger girls, but the pantalets [E-3].
Thompson BANKS [D-6], for dirtying their clothes. no longer showed under the
In Victorian times all infants longer skirts. Girls' hair was Gracey and Fleetwood’s children
Caroline C. BANKS [E-9], wore 5-foot long gowns until they short and parted in the middle Gracy WINDSOR Lanneau
are Mary Stevens LANNEAU [I-
Elizabeth A. Banks [F-4], and could walk. In addition, they were like Queen Victoria. Their hair 1814-1898
1], Harriet Caroline LANNEAU
Charles Henry BANKS [G-1]. often white and made of a very was either combed behind the Second Presbyterian (1835-?; ID#6017), Fleetwood G.
thin material. During the colder ears or styled into corkscrew curls. Church Graveyard, LANNEAU [F-8], Jefferson Bennett
months, babies wore flannel Young boys wore the same Charleston, South Carolina
under-gowns which could be kind of gowns as girls until they LANNEAU [A-1], James Caldwell
buttoned together at the hem. reached age four. These toddler LANNEAU [H-6], Charles Blum
As boys grew, the buttons could
Young girls wore gowns boys also wore off-the-shoulder LANNEAU (1846-?; ID#6022),
be lowered to accommodate
with a full skirt. Even toddlers necklines and full skirts with new height. They also wore and Thomas Windsor LANNEAU
wore necklines that revealed elaborate trim. In addition, they short simple jackets. Finally, (1852-?; ID#6023).
John Winn’s, our father, baby dress
their shoulders. Under these wore lace trimmed pantalets and when they entered their teens,
from 1910 was used as a christen-
knee length dresses, the girls little flat shoes.Young boys wore they began wearing men's
ing gown for the Sellers’s children.
wore several petticoats. Under their hair parted on the side. clothing.
the petticoats, they wore wide Occasionally they wore it parted
Her inscription on the quilt pantalets that reached to the Bryan, Camela.Children's Clothes
on both sides and brushed back in 1840.eHow. hppt://www.ehow.
reads Caroline C. Banks, ankle. To complete the outfit, or fluffed up. Noting whether the com/print/info_7901176_childrens-
1844. She was five years girls wore white stockings and part was in the middle or on the clothes-1840.html.
flat black shoes. side was often the only way to Children’s fashions, Summer 1840.
old in 1844.
As girls grew older their determine the sex of the children. Fashion plate, engraving (print);
dresses became longer, and Becoming four was important Scripps College, Ella Strong
they wore even more petticoats. for boys since at four or five
Denison Library, Macpherson Her inscription on the quilt
They continued to wear styles Collection, Costume Plates of
they were “breached,” or began Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 12. http:// reads Gracey Lanneau,
with bare shoulders until they wearing pants. Their outfits were
A fashion plate made in August ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ 1844. She was thirty years
were about ten years old. Then 1840 shows the typical attire of practical with ankle length pants singleitem/collection/fpc/id/609/
the dresses became more old in 1844.
children in the mid-1800s. that were buttoned to their shirts. rec/230.
ID#4615 [F-4]
Elizabeth A. BANKS
Born:1 Mar. 1828, South Carolina

Died: 28 Sep. 1900, at the age of 72
In our family genealogy T. Ogier

SMITH [D-4] married Elizabeth
A. BANKS [F-4], daughter of
Hugh Rose BANKS [E-7] and
Banks [E-3]. The quilt appears
to say Elizabeth U. BANKS, but it James Monroe Eason
Find-A-Grave Memorial #32095462
could be an open “A”.
Since Elizabeth’s inscription

ID#4572
says Banks, it is assumed that Elizabeth’s age is problematic. [F-6] The quilt is possibly a
they were married after the The census records give a lot of wedding quilt commemorating
quilt was produced, but were possible birth dates for Elizabeth James Monroe EASON the marriage of Margaret
perhaps already engaged. from 1825 to 1837. The 1860 Thompson Banks [D-6] and
Born: 22 Mar. 1819 James Monroe Eason [F-6],
census said she was age 35; the Died: 31 Dec. 1887, at the age
Her siblings are Hugh Rose whose names are inscribed in
1870 census also said she was of 68
BANKS, Jr. [C-1], Margaret two floral wreaths located just His inscription on the quilt
Thompson BANKS [D-6], age 35; the 1880 census said she
James married Margaret above and to the left and right reads James Monroe
Caroline C. BANKS [E-9], and was 43. We can only concluded The inscription on the quilt of the center block.
Thompson BANKS [D-6] Eason, 1844. He was
Charles Henry BANKS [G-1]. that after her husband’s death in reads Elizabeth A Banks,
in March 1847. They were twenty-five years old in
1865, Elizabeth may have begun 1844. She was sixteen in
second cousins once removed. 1844.
fibbing about her age, even to 1844.
Their common ancesters
the Federal census takers. were George THOMPSON
and Margaret SIMONTON
Thompson.
Magnolia Cemetery
70 Cunnington Avenue He is the son of Isabella Jane
Charleston, South Carolina 29405
GRASSELL Eason [C-5] and
Magnolia Cemetery, located Robert EASON [1788-1849;
three miles north of Calhoun ID#589].
Street, is the oldest public
cemetery in Charleston. It His siblings are Mary EASON
was founded in 1849 on the [1808-1871; ID# 4569], John
banks of the Cooper River. The EASON [1810-1836; ID# 4569],
James Monroe Eason was living
earliest burials in Charleston George Grassell EASON at 107 Calhoun Street, Charleston,
were in church yards, and [1812-?; ID# 4570], Robert South Carolina, when he died at
plenty of the churches south Prichard EASON [A-9], Sarah age 68.
of Calhoun Street had their Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Trip Ann EASON Street [C-3],
Elizabeth A. BANKS own burial grounds. As these Advisor. http://www.tripadvisor. James Monroe Eason Photo of present day house at 107
com/Attraction_Review-g54171- Thomas Dotterer EASON [A- Calhoun Street. Google Maps. 2013.
1828-1900 church yards filled up, many 1819-1887
d144682-Reviews-or70-Magnolia_ 7], Elizabeth Dotterer EASON https://maps.google.com/maps.
Magnolia Cemetery, burials went to Magnolia and Cemetery-Charleston_South_ Magnolia Cemetery, James Monroe Eason. Find-A-Grave
[1825-1832; ID# 4575] and
Charleston, South Carolina the burial grounds nearby. Carolina.html#Reviews. Charleston, South Carolina Memorial# 32095462. http://www.
William Grassell EASON [I-9]. findagrave.com.
Eason and Dotterer – Important Names in Charleston History battles would be waged was the 10-inch Columbiads rifled by
Eason survive at Charleston and
Brown, William H. The History of the
First Locomotives in America:
refitting of some ships with iron
From Original Documents and The
Although Charleston, South accounted for sub-companies interest to that decision. In the plates. Not only did they refit ships, are on the Battery today. Testimony Of Living Witnesses. New
Carolina, has been known under the larger umbrella. year 1829, it was my duty, as chief but they also built ships that were After the war Eason & Brothers York: D. Appleton and Company,
historically as one of the main The foundry of Eason and engineer of the South Carolina entirely ironclad. manufactured a wide variety 1871. Thomas Ehrenreich’s Railroad
political and cultural centers in Dotterer began early in the 1800s. Railroad, to report to the directors After the battle of the USS of heavy machines, including Extra Website archived on The
the South during the 1800s, not as The first establishment was a as to the plan of construction of Monitor and the CSS Virginia steam engines, pumps, threshing Catskill Archive website. http://
www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/
much attention has been paid to partnership between Thomas that work, in length one hundred (the former steam frigate USS machines, rice mills, sawmills, index.html.
its industrial development. Dotterer, Sr., and a man named and thirty-five miles,” wrote Merrimack) on 9 March 1862, both grist mills, sugar mills, and cotton Bull, Elias B. “Founders and Pew
In 1826 the architect Robert Carter. They advertised products Horatio Allen in a letter about the the North and the South raced to presses. One particular machine Renters 1817-1874.” The Unitar-
Mills reported that there were as early as 1819. A few years first locomotives. Allen had been build more ironclad ships. The first was illustrated in a broadside ian Church in Charleston website.
two or three foundries and later Robert Eason joined the hired as an experienced engineer to be started in Charleston was the advertisement which can be http://www.charlestonuu.org/
WhoWeAre/History/PewHolders/
seven or eight mills that used partnership. Thomas Dotterer, Sr., to supervise construction. There Palmetto State. Two months after seen in the College of Charleston tabid/273/Default.aspx.
steam engine power. He also married Robert Eason’s daughter had been quite a bit of debate as that ship was begun, the State of Library. “Dotterer’s sulky rice “Collection of Miscellaneous
estimated that between 1,200 and Mary in 1824. In 1838 Robert Eason to whether the railroad would be South Carolina authorized $300,000 planter” was offered by T.D. Manuscripts.” College of
1,500 mechanics worked in the died. Thomas Dotterer, Sr., died in powered by horse-power, sail- for constructing metal batteries Dotterer and the manufacturer, Charleston Library. Online. http://
Charleston area. 1846; and by 1847 two of his wife power, or locomotive. The decision and included sums for Eason to Eason’s Iron Works, around 1880. speccoll.cofc.edu/findingaids/
miscmanuscripts0077-006.
Small by northern standards, Mary’s brothers had control of the was for all locomotive. build another ship. Three months The two-wheeled apparatus html?referrer=webcluster&.
Charleston had a variety of foundry and other companies. The “Best Friend” ran after it was started, the Chicora was operated by a driver who “Confederate Arsenals, Shipyards,
industries, including iron successfully was ready to fight. Members of regulated both the speed of a and Arms Manufacturers in
foundries, rice mills, gristmills, until an the committee who commissioned horse and the flow of the seed. South Carolina during the War
railway car manufacturing shops, explosion it were well pleased with Eason’s Although many prominent men for Southern Independence.”
16th South Carolina Volunteers,
shipyards, lumber mills, carriage in 1831. The work. He was next commissioned were involved in the industrial Camp 36, Greenville,
and wagon shops, turpentine company to build an even larger ship, the movement in Charleston, very SC. Sons of Confederate
distilleries, saddleries, repaired and Charleston. When Charleston was little notice was taken of it by the Veterans website. http://
brickyards, and a few others. remodeled being evacuated in February 1865, media. The emphasis remained on confederatemuseumandlibrary.
In 1856 Charleston reached the engine; it all three boats were destroyed agriculture and politics. org/camps36/SCarsenals.html.
CSS Chicora. Wikipedia, the free
its peak of production with continued to encyclopedia. en.wikipedia.org/
$3,000,000 for the entire district. run for many wiki/CSS_Chicora.
After then, many fires and the years. The first Eason, Sonya B and Dave W. James Monroe
Civil War reduced its production locomotive Eason. Find A Grave Memorial
significantly. After the war the constructed #32095462. Findagrave.com.
Lander, Ernest M., Jr. “Charleston:
phosphate industry seemed entirely by Manufacturing Center of the Old
promising; however, its run was Eason and South.” The Journal of Southern
but twenty years. Dotterer History, Vol 26. No 3 (Aug, 1960).
The names Eason and Dotterer was “The 330-351. Jstor. http://www.jstor.org.
were associated with most of the “The Best Friend of Charleston.” www.shoutaboutcarolina.com. Native.” Built
industries in one way or another. in 1834, it had Palmetto State rams Mercedita, and Keystone State and Chicora exchange shots.
According to research, the They were James Monroe Eason a highly successful run. The
Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial: Confederate Ironclads Attack the Charleston
company was known by several and Thomas Dotterer Eason. foundry manufactured six more Blockade. civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com. Page by Gordon Calhoun.
different names during the 1800s. Later known as the “nursery and locomotives, but lost an additional
These entities could have been finishing school” for younger iron three in a fire. to keep Union forces from taking
legal title changes or could have workers and founders, the foundry After 1847 when James M. and them.
of Eason and Dotterer was chosen Thomas D. Eason inherited the After the evacuation of
to assemble the “Best Friend of company, they no longer built Charleston, Eason rifled and
Charleston” steam locomotive locomotives. They concentrated on banded the first 24-pounder Melton, Jack W.
when it arrived from New York in other industrial equipment such as smoothbore cannon which were J.M. Eason &
October 1830. It had been built the 200-horsepower steam engine instrumental in the defeat of the Bro.: Battle Bee
by the West Point Foundry in for Chisolm’s Rice Mill. In addition, Iron-clad Fleet and the sinking Gun. www.
New York. For some reason the they designed and built the of the Keokuk. The rifling and civilwarartillery.
expected expert did not arrive steam dredge that deepened the banding were new methods used com. Pictures
with the ship, so Dotterer assumed Charleston harbor in 1857-1859. to get more accuracy and a longer used with
the task. “The first decision in the Under the supervision of a United range from cannons. Then Eason permission of
Jack W. Melton.
world to build a railroad expressly States inspector, they removed developed portable equipment
for locomotive-power, for general 190,000 cubic yards of earth and which could be moved by train This cannon was made by J.M. Eason & Bro. in 1863.
“J.M. Eason & Bro.” Manufacturers freight and passenger business, were paid sixty cents a yard. to rifle and bore in the field. The one shown is located at Fort Moultrie, South
Index. Vintage Machinery. www. was in this country, and at a period The innovation during the Civil General Beauregard had several Carolina, and was used in Battery Bee on Sullivan’s
history/VintageMachinery.org. of time which gives especial War that changed the way naval Columbiads rifled by Eason. Two Island.
ID#6079 [G-1]
ID#6019 [F-8]
Charles Henry BANKS
Fleetwood G.
LANNEAU, Jr. Born: 1845
Died: 22 Jul. 1882, Charleston,
Born: 10 Oct. 1839, Charleston, South Carolina, at the age of 37
South Carolina
Died: 16 Jun. 1862, Secessionville, Charles Henry is the son of
South Carolina, at the age of 22 Hugh Rose BANKS, Sr. [E-7]
yrs, 8 mos, 6 days and Caroline Thompson
MANN Banks [E-3].
His father and mother are
Fleetwood LANNEAU [D- Charles married Louisa Bird
2] and Gracey WINDSOR CUNNINGHAM on 26 Jan 1866
Lanneau [F-2]. in Cokesbury, South Carolina.
Louisa was born 25 Mar 1844
His siblings are Mary Stevens and died 27 Dec 1915.
LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet Morse Telegraphs
Caroline LANNEAU [1835- His siblings are Hugh Rose
?; ID#6017], Gracia Jane In the United States, the telegraph was developed by Samuel BANKS, Jr. [C-1], Margaret
LANNEAU [B-6], Fleetwood Morse and Alfred Vail. Samuel F. B. Morse independently Thompson BANKS [D-6],
developed an electrical telegraph in 1836, an alternative design Caroline C. BANKS [E-9], and
G. LANNEAU [F-8], Jefferson
that was capable of transmitting over long distances using poor Elizabeth A. BANKS [F-4].
Bennett LANNEAU [A-1], James quality wire. His assistant, Alfred Vail, developed the Morse code
Caldwell LANNEAU [H-6], His inscription on the quilt signaling alphabet with Morse.
Chalres Blum LANNEAU [1846- reads Fleetwood G On 6 January 1838, Morse first successfully tested the device
?; ID# 6022], and Thomas Lanneau 1844. He was at the Speedwell Ironworks near Morristown, New Jersey, and on
Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?; five years old in 1844. 8 February he publicly demonstrated it to a scientific committee
ID# 6023]. at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1843 the U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to fund an
experimental telegraph line from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore.
By 1 May 1844, the line had been completed from the U.S.
Secessionville Historic District Capitol to Annapolis Junction in Maryland. That day the Whig
Party nominated Henry Clay at its national convention in His inscription on the quilt
Secessionville, South Carolina, (also known as Ft. Lamar) is Baltimore. News of the nomination was hand-carried by railroad reads Charles Henry
presently a small community on St. James Island, Charleston, to Annapolis Junction where Vail wired it to Morse in the Capitol. BANKS 1845. He was less
South Carolina. — Battle of Secessionville: Early June 1862, Fleetwood LANNEAU, Jr. On 24 May 1844, after the line was completed, Morse made then one year of age in
Maj. Gen. David Hunter transported Horatio G. Wright’s and 1839-1862 the first public demonstration of his telegraph by sending a 1845.
Isaac I. Stevens’s Union divisions under immediate direction 1st Sergt. Co. B. message from the Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol
of Brig. Gen. Henry Benham to James Island where they Washington Light Infantry in Washington, D.C., to the B&O Railroad “outer depot” (now the
25th Regt. S.C.V. B&O Railroad Museum) in Baltimore. The famous message was:
entrenched at Grimball’s Landing near the southern flank of
Killed at the What hath God wrought (from the Biblical Book of Numbers
the Confederate defenses. On June 16, contrary to Hunter’s electromagnets invented by
23:23: Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is
orders, Benham launched an unsuccessful frontal assault Battle of Secessionville Vail, only worked to a distance
there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall
against Fort Lamar at Secessionville. Because Benham was 16 June 1862 of 40 feet (12 m).
be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!).
said to have disobeyed orders, Hunter relieved him of Age 22 yrs 8 mos 6 days The Morse-Vail telegraph was quickly deployed in the Morse telegraphs. Electrical
command. Second Presbyterian Church following two decades. Morse failed to properly credit Vail for telegraph. Wikipedia, the
Graveyard, the powerful electromagnets used in his telegraph. The original free encyclopedia. http://
Secessionville. CWSAC Battle Summaries. http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/ Charleston, South Carolina Morse design, without the relay or the “intensity” and “quantity” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_
battles/sc002.htm. telegraph.
ID#4619 [G-3] ID#4612 [G-5]
Thomas Thompson Elizabeth THOMPSON
WINDSOR Mann-Windsor
Born: 1817, South Carolina Born: 1783, South Carolina
Died: Probably Milledville,
Georgia Elizabeth married first Mr.
MANN [No Dates; ID#4613].
Thomas married Martha Their daughter on the quilt
Elizabeth JONES [1821-?; is Caroline Thompson MANN
ID#4621] on 1 Dec. 1840. She Banks [E-3].
was born in South Carolina.
She married second Capt.
He is the son of Capt. Windsor WINDSOR [No Dates; ID4616].
[No Dates; ID#4616] and Their children on the quilt
Elizabeth THOMPSON Mann- are Jane Jones WINDSOR
Windsor [G-5]. [E-1], Gracey JaneWINDSOR
Lanneau [F-2], and Thomas T.
His siblings are Jane Jones field. Women focused on the functional baskets of the home, which WINDSOR [G-3].
Windsor [E-1], and Gracey Jane Grass Baskets and Rice Fans they used in their cabins for storage and food. Baskets were often
WINDSOR Lanneau [F-2]; their Making baskets and other storage vessels has a long history in
coiled by older slaves who were no longer able Elizabeth is
half sister is Caroline Thompson to work in the hot sun. Even after the Civil War the daughter
the South. Utilizing materials readily at hand, Native Americans and
MANN Banks [E-3]. African slaves both created practical and beautiful objects.
only men were taught the craft in the industrial of Margaret
workshops set up to train freed slaves. THOMPSON
One thing that makes sweetgrass baskets [No Dates;
Pine Straw Weaving special is that they aren't made with typical weaving ID#4602]
Pine needle weaving is one of the oldest of the weaving arts, techniques like plaiting or twisting. Instead, Gullah and Peter
dating back 9000 years to a time before pottery. In North America artists employ the West African tradition of coiling. THOMPSON
the Seminole Native Americans were noted as the first to use it. The Dried sweetgrass is bundled together and coiled [No Dates;
needles were sewn so tightly with the roots of swamp grass that the in circles. Thin strands of palmetto fronds hold the ID#4609].
baskets could actually carry water. The rice fan of longleaf pine is
piece in place, and bulrush and pine needles are from one of our family plantations
Peter was
Modern uses of straw weaving began during Civil War times. then added for decoration and strength. Margaret’s
in Liberty County, Georgia. The
His inscription on the quilt However, there are examples of straw rice fans from southern After the Civil War many blacks stayed on longleaf pine sewing basket third husband,
Georgia which may have been made before the war. Today, pine plantation land and share cropped. With no extra belonged to Virginia Eason and they were
reads Thomas T. Windsor,
straw weaving is usually for artistic endeavors. money available, and requiring only readily Clopton who is in the line of probably
1844. He was twenty-seven acquisition for the quilt.
years old in 1844. available, free materials, making grass baskets cousins.
Sweetgrass Weaving cost nothing but time. Newly freed slaves found
The tradition of making baskets from sweet grass came with many uses for the baskets. They made sewing baskets, hot plates,
West African slaves in the 17th Century. West Africa resembles storage containers, and crop baskets.
South Carolina in both climate and landscape, and rice had long As time went on, weavers began to sell their products in
been cultivated there. In slaves, plantation owners gained not only Charleston. During the Great Depression, basket makers in
free labor but also a wealth of knowledge and skill. the Mount Pleasant area joined together to fill "bulk orders"
With their knowledge of basketry, the slaves made work for the New York shops. They started to weave sweetgrass and
baskets from marsh grass, or bulrushes. The slaves coiled sturdy, pineneedles in with the bulrush, which proved to be very popular
intricate work baskets called fanners. Fanners were used for commercially. The tender sweetgrass was more pliable and
winnowing, the process of tossing hulls into the air to separate the enabled them to create more intricate designs, particularly in Her inscription on the quilt
chaff from the rice. Other work baskets held vegetables, shellfish, handles. It also had a pretty, light color and a fresh, hay-like scent. reads Elizabeth Windsor,
and later, cotton. Sweetgrass baskets are almost identical in style to
Pine Needle Basket Weaving. All Empires History Forum. http://www.allempires. Charleston, March 3rd
the shukublay baskets of Sierra Leone.
Interestingly, though sweetgrass baskets are now made mostly com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31578. 1844. She was sixty-one
Sweetgrass Baskets – South Carolina State Handicraft. SCIWAY. www.sciway.net/ years old in 1844.
by women, male slaves usually made these large baskets for the facts/sweetgrass-baskets.html.
ID#6096 [G-9]
ID#4567 [G-7] Sarah Jane JONES
Mary EASON Dotterer In our family records Margaret
[I-5] is the daughter of Isabelle
Born: 11 Mar. 1808, Charleston, Torrence THOMPSON [No
South Carolina Dates; ID#4624]—Isabelle’s
Died: 3 Dec. 1871, Charleston, husband is unknown at this
South Carolina, at the age of 63 time. Margaret [I-5] married
first Henry JONES [No Dates;
Mary married Thomas Davis ID#4626] and then married
DOTTERER, Sr. [C-7]. second Francis MURPHY [No
Dates; ID#4627].
1849; [ID#589].
Their children are Isabella
Eason Performed Political Service Sarah Jane JONES [G-9] is
ID#6006], Henry Eason While James Monroe Eason Committee on Colored possibly the daughter of
DOTTERER [B4], Thomas Davis was a successful businessman Population, he presented Margaret UNKNOWN Jones-
and manufacturer as owner of a bill for approval that Murphy [I-5] and Henry JONES
DOTTERER [B8] Anne Matilda
Eason & Brothers, he was also had been amended by his [No Dates; ID#4626].
DOTTERER [1833-1857; very active in local and state Committee. The Bill was “to
ID#6008], James Henderson Her inscription on the politics. prevent free persons of color
quilt reads Mary Sarah Jane JONES [G-9] is pos-
DOTTERER [1835/36-1842; James was elected from entering into contracts
DOTTERER 1844. She sibly the half sister of Margaret
ID#6004], Samuel Henderson Alderman for Ward #7 of for any mechanical pursuits,
was thirty- six years old in the Charleston City Council and prevent them carrying Thompson MURPHY [C-9].
DOTTERER [1836-1842;
1844. and served from 1850 to on any mechanical business
ID#6113], Amanda Louisa 1855. Ward #7 at that time on their own account and Additional research is needed to
DOTTERER [1837/38-1842; encompassed the northern for other purposes.” The verify the relationships.
Mary EASON Dotterer
ID#6009], William Albert 1808-1871 part of the east side of amendment added that
DOTTERER [D-8], Mary Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. The southern neither the free person of
Charleston, South Carolina boundary was Wolf and color nor an agent nor a
Elizabeth DOTTERER [A-5],
Amherst Streets, and the guardian could carry on this
James Blair DOTTERER [H- west boundary was King business.
4], Alice DOTTERER [1846-?; Bank of the State of South Carolina Street. Much of this area is in
Eason, Sonya B and Dave W James
ID#6011], John DOTTERER [no In 1812, the State chartered the Bank today’s Ward #9. While on the Monroe Eason. Find A Grave
dates; ID#6111]. of the State of South Carolina. This bank Council, he served as one of Memorial #32095462. 10 December
was a quasi-public entity that was wholly- the Commissioners of Work 2008.
owned by the State. It had branches in the Houses. Proceedings of Council. Twenty-Ninth Her inscription on the quilt
She is the daughter of Isabella heavily populated counties as well as a few Regular Meeting. Charleston reads Sarah Jane Jones,
In 1860 he was elected Courier. 9 Dec. 1858.
Jane GRASSELL Eason [C-5] branches overseas. The State printed its own banknotes, and these 1844. Her age at the time
were honored all over the South. The bank continued to operate and
to the South Carolina GenealogyBank. http://www.
and Robert EASON [1788- State Legislature as a genealogybank.com/gbnk/ of the quilt is unknown.
print bills through the Civil War. It was formally closed in 1869. newspapers.
Representative and served Reports of the SC House of Representa-
Lewis, J.D. Overview of the 1800’s in South Carolina. Almost Everything You Ever
from 1860 to 1866 and from tives. Charleston Courier. 6 Dec
Wanted to Know About South Carolina - It’s History and It’s People. 2004. 1860. GenealogyBank. http://www.
http://www.carolana.com/SC/1800s/sc_1800s_overviee.html. 1878 to 1880. In December
genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspa-
United States - obsolete currency: State Bank, South Carolina. historama.com. of 1860 as Chairman of the pers.
ID#6003 [H-4]
James Blair DOTTERER
Born: 5 May 1844, Charleston,

South Carolina
Died: 28 Sep. 1864, Augusta,
Georgia, at the age of 20
from wounds recieved on 16
Her inscription on the quilt May, 1864
reads Martha E Windsor,
Charleston, February James’s father and mother are
28, 1845. She was Thomas Davis DOTTERER,
approximately twenty-four Sr. [C-7] and Mary EASON
years old in 1845. Dotterer [G-7].
His siblings are Isabella

ID#4620 [H-2] ID#4616] and Elizabeth President James K. Polk asked Cadets by order of the governor
THOMPSON Mann-Windsor ID#6006], Henry Eason
citizen soldiers to serve in the US on 28 January 1861. They fought
Martha Elizabeth JONES [G-5]. Army in the Mexican War of 1846. in eight engagements as a unit. DOTTERER [B4], Thomas
Windsor The Citadel cadets developed a Many other graduates served as Davis DOTTERER [B-8],
We are still researching how soldier training program to train military officers after the South Anne Matilda DOTTERER
Born: abt. 1821 Henry JONES [No Dates; the South Carolina Volunteer Carolina legislature declared [1833-1857; ID#6008], James
ID#4626], husband of Margaret Regiment, known as the “Palmetto that all graduates of The Citadel Henderson DOTTERER [1836-
In 1840, Martha married UNKNOWN Jones-Murphy [I- Regiment.” They fought well and would be granted officer status. 1842; ID#6004], Samuel
5], may be related to Martha were the Vanguard of Winfield Many others including students Henderson DOTTERER [1836-
Thomas T. Windsor [G-3], son
Elizabeth JONES Windsor [H-2]. Scott’s Army in some battles in and faculty enlisted forming the
of Capt. Windsor [No Dates; 1842; ID#6113], Amanda
Mexico. The first Citadel graduate “Cadet Rangers.”
to serve in the US Army was Because the college was
Louisa DOTTERER [1837/38-
Cadet William Magill, who fought occupied by federal troops for 17 1842; ID#6009], William
The Citadel Provided Education of Officers and Gentlemen under Brigadier General Zachary years, there were no graduating Albert DOTTERER [D-8], Mary
Taylor. His class graduated on 20 classes from 1866-1885. The Elizabeth DOTTERER [A-5],
The Military College of South Marion, “the Swamp Fox,” a establishing them with a common
Revolutionary War hero.
November 1846 with six cadets Arsenal in Columbia was burned Alice DOTTERER [1846-?;
Carolina, known as The Citadel, is Board of Visitors to govern
receiving diplomas. Several by General Tecumseh Sherman’s ID#6011], John DOTTERER [no
a sacred part of the history of the In 1829 the building known them both. In 1845 the Arsenal
cadets were granted furlough to army and never reopened. The
state. One of the men on the quilt, today as The Citadel was Academy in Columbia was made dates; ID#6111].
join the “Palmetto Regiment” and school in Charleston re-opened
James Blair Dotterer, graduated erected. It was designed by auxiliary to the Citadel Academy
six were killed in the War. Citadel with the same strict military and
from The Citadel in 1863. He died prominent Charleston architect and accepted only first-year
graduates have fought in every academic discipline to further
in 1864 as a Regimental Sergeant Frederick Wesner as a two story cadets, who would transfer to The
American war since then. academic achievement and
Major at a military hospital in Romanesque structure with an Citadel for completion. Although
On 20 December 1860, produce men who would excel in
Augusta, Georgia, from severe interior courtyard with Doric its regulations were fashioned after
South Carolina formally seceded both the civil and military fields.
gastric problems from a wound columns and Roman arches. the United States Military Academy
from the Union. On 9 January
acquired in the Civil War. During the 1830s various smaller at West Point, New York, the Board About The Citadel. The Citadel
1861, Citadel cadets manning
The site of The Citadel arsenals around the state were broadened the education at The Historical Society. www.
an artillery battery on Morris
had been used since the consolidated at The Citadel in Citadel, both scientific and practical, citadelhistory.org/history.html.
Island fired the first hostile shots Army ROTC History. The Citadel – The
Revolutionary War for various Charleston and at the arsenal to prepare students for leadership
of the war, repulsing the federal Military College of South Carolina. His inscription on the quilt
military purposes: a fortification, in Columbia. Governor John P. positions beyond the military. Before
steamship Star of the West, http://www.citadel.edu/root/rotc- reads James B. Dotterer,
a muster site for military units, Richardson conceived the idea competitive athletics were instituted,
carrying supplies and troops to history.
1844. He was less than
and a building site for the state’s of converting the two structures debate and oratory among literary Brief History of The Citadel. The
reinforce Fort Sumter. During the one year old in 1844.
arms depository. The mustering into military academies. On societies were the main form of Citadel—The Military College of
War Between the States, the cadets
green was named Marion Square 20 December 1842, the State competitive activity and relaxation South Carolina. www.citadel.edu/
formed the Battalion of State citadel-history/brief-history.html.
in honor of General Francis Legislature passed an act among students.
ID#4584 [H-8]
ID#6021 [H-6]
Sarah THOMPSON
James Caldwell Calder
LANNEAU
Born: 1820s or before
Carolina
Sarah married James CALDER
Died: 1858, Charleston, South
[No Dates; ID#4585].
Carolina, at the age of 14
James’s father and mother are She is the daughter of

Fleetwood LANNEAU [D-2] and Mary GRASSELL [No Dates;
Gracey WINDSOR Lanneau [F-2] ID#4580] and Mr. THOMPSON
[No Dates; ID#4583].
His siblings are Mary Stevens
LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet Caroline
LANNEAU [1835-?; ID#6017], [A-1], Charles Blum LANNEAU
Gracia Jane LANNEAU [B-6], [1846-?; ID#6022], and Thomas produced in 1843 and focused In the early 1800s baseball
Fleetwood G. LANNEAU [F-8], Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?; on being good and doing had many different sets of
Jefferson Bennett LANNEAU ID#6023]. the right thing. It was during rules and versions from town
the 1800s that Milton Bradley to town. It gained popularity
became a household name with
Games and Recreation his game The Checkered Game
in the 1840s as a formal sport
with consistent rules. Her inscription on the
Parlor Games games, word games, and of Life. The game of Graces
His inscription on the quilt quilt reads Sarah Calder,
While there was always board games were popular. reads James Caldwell was brought to America March 17, 1845. She may
work to be done, children Games were also designed Lanneau, 1844. He was less Recreation by the French. It is played have been approximately
and others enjoyed playing to help children enter the than one year old in 1844. A number of games by two people, each twenty years old (+/-) in
games in the 1800s. Since world of work. Children were or sports were more with a stick. Using the 1845. [June Fish, appraiser,
many families were large, expected to develop a sense for amusement. stick, players tossed has her name as Sarah
and extended family would of cooperation and fair play, Dominoes began in wooden rings or hoops Caldur.]
visit, lots of people could share possessions with siblings first American board game, China but arrived to each other. The rings were
be playing in the parlor, and friends, help neighbors produced in 1822 by F. & R. in Italy by the 18th decorated with ribbons and
the “best room” reserved and friends who were sick. Lockwood, The Traveler’s Century. In the four catching wands. Two
for guests. Games such as Therefore, games both amused Tour Through the United 19th Century boys never played the game Brogdon, Rebecca. Children’s Games
children and gave them the they were together because it was a in the 1800s. eHow Mom. http://
charades and Blind Man’s States, was educational. Most www.ehow.com/info_7970225_
Bluff, along with guessing necessary skills—agility, of the games were designed used to settle “girls’ game.” It was played childrens-games-1800s.html.
dexterity, teamwork, problem to teach lessons or improve land disputes for exercise, but also taught Children’s Activities—Games. Fort
solving—needed for adult in England. However, in the gracefulness. Marbles had Scott, National Historic Site
a child’s mind. The popular Kansas. http://www.nps.gov/fosc/
life. Thus playing games was game Snakes and Ladders 1800s they were being used been played for centuries. In forteachers/childrengame.htm.
important preparation for had pictures of children as a game in the United States. the early 1800s marbles were History of Board Games: The 1800s.
working with others. Pickup sticks, or jackstraws, still made of clay or stone. Million Minute Family Challenge.
doing something good on the http://www.millionminute.com/
Some board games, such ladders to move ahead, and originated with American Besides games people also history1800.asp.
as chess, checkers, and disobedience on the snakes to Indians, but early settlers enjoyed live theater, public Ransom, Stanley. Games Children
backgammon, were common enjoyed the game. lectures, books read aloud, Play(ed). Voices: The Journal of
move backward. Some games New York Folklore, Vol 30, Spring-
even before 1800; however, dealt with science, math, Sports through most of the elections, and trials. In fact, Summer 2004. http://www.
during the 1800s many new or geography. Mansion of 19th Century were activities many people went to public nyfolklore.org/pubs/voic30-1-2/
ones were created. The that people did—not watched. hangings for entertainment. games.html.
Happiness, by W & SB Ives, was
ID#6171 [I-3]
Caroline B. Drummond
Carolina
Caroline is possibly the

Her inscription on the quilt granddaughter of Gracy
reads Mary S. Lanneau, THOMPSON Drummond [E-5]
1844. She was ten years and James DRUMMOND [No
old in 1844. Dates; ID#4611].
Her sister is possibly Elizabeth

Old Slave Mart Drummond [A-3].
The Old Slave Mart is located
at 6 Chalmers Street. It was More research is needed in
constructed in 1859. this area.
Throughout the first half of the
19th century, slaves were sold at ID#6016 [I-1] Charleston City Market
public auctions. After Charleston
prohibited public auctions in Mary Stevens LANNEAU Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ceded the land on which the
1856, slave markets sprang
up along Chalmers, State, and
Market is built to the City of Charleston in 1788. He stipulated that
Queen streets. Ryan’s Mart was Born: 7 Jan. 1834, Charleston, a public market be built on the site and that it remain in use as a
established by the sheriff and South Carolina public market into perpetuity.
alderman Thomas Ryan and his Died: aft. 1853 To fulfill this requirement, the low buildings that stretch from
business partner, James Marsh. Market Hall to the waterfront were built between 1804 and the 1830s.
In 1859, auction master Z.B. Mary married Benjamin Her inscription on the quilt These originally housed meat,
Oakes purchased Ryan’s Mart, reads Caroline B. Drum- vegetable and fish markets and
Franklin WHILDEN [1828-1883;
and built what is now the musuem. Benjamin F. WHILDEN mond, 1844. She was rented for $1.00 per day -- or
When Union forces occupied ID#6169] on 20 Oct. 1853.
1828 - 1883 fifteen years old in 1844. $2.00, if the space had a piece of
the city in February 1865, the Benjamin was born on 10 Jun.
Second Presbyterian Church marble to keep the meat or fish
slaves still imprisoned were 1828 and died on 9 Jan. 1883. cold. Butchers were known to
freed. In 1938, Miriam B. Wilson Graveyard,
throw meat scraps into the streets,
purchased the building and She is the daughter of Charleston, South Carolina attracting many buzzards that were
established the Old Slave Mart Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr. [D-2]
Museum. In 1975, it was added to nicknamed Charleston Eagles.
the National Register of Historic
and Gracey Jane WINDSOR The current Market Hall
Places for its role in Charleston’s Lanneau [G-5]. was built in 1841 from a design by Edward Brickwell White.
African-American history. It was He was paid $300 for his plan, a copy of the Temple of the
restored in the 1990s. Her siblings are Mary Stevens Wingless Victory in Athens. It was originally used by the Market
LANNEAU [I-1], Harriet Commissioners for meetings, social functions and space rental
McKiernan, Danny. Charleston, SC:
Old Slave Mart Museum. http:// Caroline LANNEAU [1835- underneath.
www.flickr.com/photos/skylin- Since the 1970s, the original sheds and the areas opposite
er72/4652394093/. ?; ID#6017], Gracia Jane
Old Slave Mart. Wikipedia, the free LANNEAU [B-6], Fleetwood the Market on both sides have housed many small and unique
encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.
G. LANNEAU [F-8], Jefferson shops, each with its own flavor, history and character. Some of
org/wiki/Old_Slave_Mart. the products for sale include locally crafted sweetgrass baskets,
Bennett LANNEAU [A-1], James
Mary S. WHILDEN clothing, artwork, jewelry, local souvenirs, perfumes, and food.
Caldwell LANNEAU [H-6];
1834 - 1916 The vegetable and fruit vendors are still there alongside the
Charles Blum LANNEAU [1846-
Wife of BF WHILDEN basket weavers.
?; ID# 6022], and Thomas The City Market, one of the oldest in the country, is significant
Windsor LANNEAU [1852-?; Second Presbyterian Church History, Charleston City Market.
Graveyard, Historic Charleston: City Market. enough to be part of a permanent exhibit entitled “Life in Coastal
ID# 6023]. http://thecharlestoncitymarket. South Carolina c. 1840” at the American History Museum of the
Charleston, South Carolina
com/history.cfm. Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
ID#—Not at this time [I-7]
ID#4625 [I-5] Harriet UNKNOWN
Burns
Margaret UNKNOWN Her relationships to the others
Jones-Murphy on the quilt is unknown at
this time. We need to find out
Margaret married first Henry her maiden name and her
JONES [No Dates; ID#4626]. husband’s given name. Since
Their daughter is possibly everyone else on the quilt is
Sarah Jane JONES [G-9]. related in some way, it can
only be asumed that Harriet is
Margaret married second also related.
Francis MURPHY [No Dates;
ID#4627].
Their daughter is possibly
Margaret Thompson
MURPHY [C-9].
Who are these Easons?
Margaret UNKNOWN is the
The Eason-Banks family we have not found a
daughter of Isabelle Torrence quilt was passed down tombstone for either John or
THOMPSON [No Dates; Her inscription on the
through generations until Mary in Magnolia Cemetery
ID#4624]. Her father is unknown it was “rediscovered” by where most of this family quilt reads Harriett Burns,
at this time. sisters Virginia Eason Winn is buried. In addition, the 1844.
and Julie King Winn Sellers. Daughters of the American
The genealogy of this family Revolution no longer
We need to find out how has long been of interest recognize him as they once
Henry Jones [No Dates; Scotland and present day
to the two. The research for did due to a lack of physical Council Area of Angus. There
ID#4626], husband of Margaret this book included family evidence. are many variant spellings
UNKNOWN Jones-Murphy [I-5], records, Bibles, newspapers, So who is Robert Eason’s of the name. For example,
is related to Martha Elizabeth cemeteries, historical father and did he fight in in a graveyard in lowland
papers, DAR records, as well the Revolutionary War? Scotland lies a father and
JONES Windsor [H-2]. as contemporary data bases Research indicates that eight sons, no two spellings
and reference sources. several men named EASON on the headstones match
Family records and immigrated to America: each other.
research have Thomas Edward Eason, Bermuda The Eason Clan’s name
Dotterer EASON [A-7] as the 1609-10, then Virginia 1610; developed from Ayson in
father of bridegroom James John Eason, Maryland 1663; the original territory of
Monroe EASON [F-6]. They and William Eason, Virginia Angus. The clan was said to
also show Thomas’s father as 1665. So far we have not be a sept of the great Clan
Robert EASON (1779-1838) found information about Chattan. They received
and his mother as Isabella which man Robert Eason lands from Robert II, but
Jane GRASSELL (1788-1849). is descended from. We were outlawed in 1392 for
Her inscription on the quilt Family records then have continue to search . . . .
reads Margaret Murphy, the murder of the sheriff of
John EASON (?-1799) as The ancestors of the Eason Angus. They recovered their
1844. Her birth and death Robert’s father and Mary family name are believed estates which they held until
dates are unknown at this (?-1814) as his mother. Some to be descended from the 1504, when they were sold to
time so we do not know how public family trees also have Pictish race, which settled Lord Drummond. Then they
John EASON listed. Family northeastern Scotland as became merchants of Stirling.
old she was on the quilt. records record that he was early as 5 BCE. The Eason
a Sergeant and Adjutant in name was first found Eason “The Most Distinguished Surname
South Carolina during the in Angus, part of the Tayside Eason.” House of Names.
Revolutionary War. However, region of northeastern www.houseofnames.com.
ID#4559 [I-9]
William Grassell
EASON
The Journey Is Over
Born: 29 Jul. 1827 After our mother died, Virginia and her friend Mary Lightsey decided to clean out
Died: 18 May 1898, at the age of 71 the attic. Mother had long said there was a quilt up there; however, she never indicated
that there was anything important about it. Luckily, it was at the bottom of an old wooden
William married Sarah Bell box with no top. We have been told that if there had been a top, the material probably
would have rotted. Upon unfolding it, we found forty-one names in diamonds on a huge,
Friend CHAPMAN Lanier
beautifully made chintz quilt.
[1817-1902; ID#634]. This When Virginia found the quilt in the attic, we had no idea what it would lead to.
was her second marriage. Examining the names, we discovered that they sounded very familiar. So what to do? We
Her first husband was Clark found many of the names in our genealogy records. From there, Virginia began recording
Payne LANIER [1826-1853; information about each person in a consistent manner. She included birth and death
dates and places, spouses, brothers and sisters, and children. She then looked to see if
ID#633], who was also our GG
we had any pictures of them or their tombstones.
Granduncle. This makes Sally As Virginia started placing these scraps of information on pages in an In-design file,
our double GG Grandaunt-in- William’s siblings are Mary she realized that many pages were only half full or less. So she asked her big sister for
law. Another point of note isEASON [1808-1871; ID#4569], suggestions. I thought we might write about each person. That wasn’t the best idea I ever
John EASON [1810-1836;
that Clark Payne LANIER [1826- had as we found very little or no information on most of them. Then I suggested writing
about anything that might have something to do with the person and/or Charleston.
ID#4569], George Grassell
1853; ID#633] is the brother of Success! With a great deal of help from our friends, our cluttered houses, and the Internet,
Sidney Cooke LANIER [1821- EASON [1812-?; ID#4570], we found a plethora of material. Oh, no! I have just realized that the book does not include
Robert Prichard EASON [A-9],
1866; ID#646], the noted poet. a Charleston joggling board. As children we played on one at Elmina Eason’s house, 114
James Monroe EASON [F-6], Beaufain Street. A granddaughter of Thomas Dotterer Eason (who appears on the quilt),
Sarah Ann EASON Street [C-3], His inscription on the quilt Elmina and the house were part of a Champion Spark Plug national advertising campaign
William’s father and mother
reads William G. Eason, in the 1960s. She graduated from, taught at, and was Dean of Menninger High School.
are Robert EASON [1788-1849; Thomas Dotterer EASON [A-7], Three and a half years later, we have a book we are very happy with, a quilt in the
ID#589] and Isabella Jane and Elizabeth Dotterer EASON 1844. He was seventeen
Charleston Museum, new acquaintances in our circle, pictures galore, and more information
years old in 1844.
GRASSELL Eason [C-5]. [1825-1832; ID#4575]. about the people named on the quilt than we ever thought we would need. The interesting
and funny aspect of the project is that only one of them is a direct ancestor of ours. So
how did we get it? It is not apparent why, since James and Margaret had children, but it
appears that James’s sister-in-law, Wilhelmina, relick of his late brother Thomas (our direct
ancester), was in possesion of the quilt at the time of her death. It then started down its line of
acquisition and landed in our mother’s attic.
Virginia and I dedicate Wednesdays to work on genealogy. The past few years we
have concentrated on the quilt book. The time we have spent has been usually enjoyable,
sometimes contentious, utterly exhausting, and a hell of a lot of fun. Perhaps now we can
get back to our direct lines.
Julie and
Virginia
Charleston
Joggling Board
View of the Battery, Charleston, South Carolina. This photograph is being used with permission of © Brady
Whitesel. Copies of this print can be purchased at www.etsy.com/shop/PrimeCitizen.
A Long Journey Home

Congratulations Julie and Virginia! This is a monumental undertaking and
beautifully done. The extensive research on the quilt’s “participants” enhance its
historic value immeasurably. We are so excited and grateful to have it preserved in
the collections of the Charleston Museum. Many thanks for all your hard work.
Jan Hiester, Curator of Textiles
Charleston Museum
Charleston, South Carolina
The crafters of this wonderful quilt probably intended it only as a wedding

present, a chronicle of the 1840s family members. Instead, it has provided this
generation with an incredible blueprint from which to trace their lineage. What a
gift it has turned out to be!
Sharon Kelly
Columbia, South Carolina
Advances in quilt scholarship historically have come from the tenacious work of
people—mostly women—working outside the academy, whose inquiring minds
and capacity for empathy have guided their inquiries about this particular
genre of expressive culture. We owe a great deal to Virginia Winn and Julie
Sellers for the difficult task they undertook—namely, to map the identities of and
relationships between and among the people named on a family quilt that was
fortunate to land in their capable and caring hands.
Jane Przybysz, Executive Director
McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina
It was really fascinating to read about the quilt that my mom and aunt found in
the attic and the journey they took because of it. I loved learning more about our
family history and tidbits about the time period.
Christine Lanier Sellers
A great accomplishment for Virginia and Julie! It takes a lot of hard work to make
material culture come alive, and they have succeeded on all counts. You can feel
Charleston and South Carolina history in your bones with their work.
Kay Triplett, Curator of the Poos Collection, Quilt & Textile Collections
Overland Park, Kansas
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The Eason-Banks Family Quilt

A Long Journey Home

Lavinia Eason Family Quilt, 1845

Eason Family Quilt. 1812

Photos of the Dotterer Family Quilt and

Appraised for Donated on May 12, 2011, to the

Cover: John Norwood Sellers

Charleston Museum, The. Wikipedia, the free

Thimbles.................................................................................................................................... 31 F-6: James Monroe Eason .................................................................................. 51

Phosphate Mining...................................................................................................................... 36 G-5: Elizabeth Thompson Mann-Windsor ......................................................... 57

Second Presbyterian Church...................................................................................................... 38 G-9: Sarah Jane Jones ........................................................................................ 59

Battle of Drewry’s Bluff .............................................................................................................. 43 H-8: Sarah Thompson Calder ............................................................................ 63

Literature in 1800s...................................................................................................................... 46 I-5: Margaret Unknown Jones-Murphy .............................................................. 66

E-9: Caroline C. Banks ...................................................................................... 48 I-7: Harriet Unknown Burns ............................................................................... 67

A Long Journey Home

It is believed that this quilt was produced between 1844 and

James Monroe EASON is our GGGranduncle and Margaret

There are forty-one major blocks all containing the names

[A-9] Robert Pritchard EASON

[B-2] Thaddeus STREET

[B-6] Gracia Jane LANNEAU [D-2] Fleetwood LANNEAU, Sr.

[B-8] Thomas Davis DOTTERER, Jr. [D-4] Thomas Ogier SMITH

[F-6] James Monroe EASON [H-2] Martha Elizabeth JONES Windsor

[C-5] Isabella Jane GRASSELL mar Robert EASON

Top left corner showing border, sash and mitering.

Quilting in America to 1850

Born: 9 Oct. 1822, Charleston,

Born: 15 Jan. 1817

Robert Prichart’s father and

Born: 20 Oct. 1832 Born: 27 Sep. 1843, Charleston,

Born: 15 Oct 1820

Ogier married Elizabeth A.

Second Presbyterian Church

Margaret married James His father and mother are

Margaret and James are His siblings are Isabella

Born: 22 Sep. 1804

Caroline is the daughter of

Gracy married James He is the son of Charles BANKS

Born: 19 Nov. 1839, Charleston, The Eason Family Quilt spells

Born:1 Mar. 1828, South Carolina

In our family genealogy T. Ogier

Since Elizabeth’s inscription

Born: 5 May 1844, Charleston,

His siblings are Isabella

James’s father and mother are She is the daughter of

Caroline is possibly the

Her sister is possibly Elizabeth

A Long Journey Home

The crafters of this wonderful quilt probably intended it only as a wedding

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