BIOGRAPHY: In a Book given to Emily Jenkins Harris, reads the following
Tommy Jenkins purchased 200 acres of property from the Conner Family in 1898 at 10.00 dollars an acre. The property ran west to northeast and southwest to southeast.
The original highway ran through the rice field and the old graveyard was next to the Fountainhead River. During the 1940's the graveyard was moved to its present site because water took over the old site-thus the graveyard was moved to higher ground.
Tommy was employed at Ferguson Saw Mill; he walked to and from work across the Ferry Bridge. His main purpose in working was to support his family and pay for the 200 acres of land. He hired workers to cultivate his farm while he was at work. (He had workers from as far as Atlanta, Georgia.)
When he retired from the saw mill, Tommy bought five (5) horses to help cultivate the farm. Primarly he planted corn, cotton, potatoes and raised hogs. During the first of March, the hogs were moved across the river to Clarendon Couny until the fall of the year for butchering purposes.
Tommy built a store at Liberty Hill, which is now the Moncks Corner Road. He was the first Black man to own a business in Eutawville. The first homestead was built 200 feet from Prince Jenkins present home and 150 feet from Pearl Jenkins River's present home. This was the center of the property,
Another store was built at Eutaw Springs and here you could get Gulf gasoline for your automobile. In 1949, Tommy was killed in an automobile accident. Tommy was a well dressed man and widely respected in the community by both blacks and whites. His favorite outfit was black pants, white shirt, and suspenders. Tommy was truly a Black Aristocrat in the town of Eutawville, South Carolina.
Hats off to Tommy "T. S." Jenkins
Last page of the book reads thus.
Family is an important unit in today's society. Without family, , America would have no hold on traditions, or value. Webster defines family as a group's common ancestry; a group of individuals living underone roof and under one head.
Today, there are a lot of single parent families; but fortunately, the children of these families are loved by grandparents, aunts and uncles. This helps to form the extended family and everyone joins together.
Everyone here today may not be related; but we are a family. We work together, laugh together, cry, and share one another's burdens together. Yes we are one family with God as our Lord for family and show our Christian spirit by putting aside greed, envy, hate, and selfishness. Let's show God we love him by loving each other.
Tommy Jenkins purchased 200 acres of property from the Conner Family in 1898 at 10.00 dollars an acre. The property ran west to northeast and southwest to southeast.
The original highway ran through the rice field and the old graveyard was next to the Fountainhead River. During the 1940's the graveyard was moved to its present site because water took over the old site-thus the graveyard was moved to higher ground.
Tommy was employed at Ferguson Saw Mill; he walked to and from work across the Ferry Bridge. His main purpose in working was to support his family and pay for the 200 acres of land. He hired workers to cultivate his farm while he was at work. (He had workers from as far as Atlanta, Georgia.)
When he retired from the saw mill, Tommy bought five (5) horses to help cultivate the farm. Primarly he planted corn, cotton, potatoes and raised hogs. During the first of March, the hogs were moved across the river to Clarendon Couny until the fall of the year for butchering purposes.
Tommy built a store at Liberty Hill, which is now the Moncks Corner Road. He was the first Black man to own a business in Eutawville. The first homestead was built 200 feet from Prince Jenkins present home and 150 feet from Pearl Jenkins River's present home. This was the center of the property,
Another store was built at Eutaw Springs and here you could get Gulf gasoline for your automobile. In 1949, Tommy was killed in an automobile accident. Tommy was a well dressed man and widely respected in the community by both blacks and whites. His favorite outfit was black pants, white shirt, and suspenders. Tommy was truly a Black Aristocrat in the town of Eutawville, South Carolina.
Hats off to Tommy "T. S." Jenkins
Last page of the book reads thus.
Family is an important unit in today's society. Without family, , America would have no hold on traditions, or value. Webster defines family as a group's common ancestry; a group of individuals living underone roof and under one head.
Today, there are a lot of single parent families; but fortunately, the children of these families are loved by grandparents, aunts and uncles. This helps to form the extended family and everyone joins together.
Everyone here today may not be related; but we are a family. We work together, laugh together, cry, and share one another's burdens together. Yes we are one family with God as our Lord for family and show our Christian spirit by putting aside greed, envy, hate, and selfishness. Let's show God we love him by loving each other.
BIOGRAPHY: In a Book given to Emily Jenkins Harris, reads the following
Tommy Jenkins purchased 200 acres of property from the Conner Family in 1898 at 10.00 dollars an acre. The property ran west to northeast and southwest to southeast.
The original highway ran through the rice field and the old graveyard was next to the Fountainhead River. During the 1940's the graveyard was moved to its present site because water took over the old site-thus the graveyard was moved to higher ground.
Tommy was employed at Ferguson Saw Mill; he walked to and from work across the Ferry Bridge. His main purpose in working was to support his family and pay for the 200 acres of land. He hired workers to cultivate his farm while he was at work. (He had workers from as far as Atlanta, Georgia.)
When he retired from the saw mill, Tommy bought five (5) horses to help cultivate the farm. Primarly he planted corn, cotton, potatoes and raised hogs. During the first of March, the hogs were moved across the river to Clarendon Couny until the fall of the year for butchering purposes.
Tommy built a store at Liberty Hill, which is now the Moncks Corner Road. He was the first Black man to own a business in Eutawville. The first homestead was built 200 feet from Prince Jenkins present home and 150 feet from Pearl Jenkins River's present home. This was the center of the property,
Another store was built at Eutaw Springs and here you could get Gulf gasoline for your automobile. In 1949, Tommy was killed in an automobile accident. Tommy was a well dressed man and widely respected in the community by both blacks and whites. His favorite outfit was black pants, white shirt, and suspenders. Tommy was truly a Black Aristocrat in the town of Eutawville, South Carolina.
Hats off to Tommy "T. S." Jenkins
Last page of the book reads thus.
Family is an important unit in today's society. Without family, , America would have no hold on traditions, or value. Webster defines family as a group's common ancestry; a group of individuals living underone roof and under one head.
Today, there are a lot of single parent families; but fortunately, the children of these families are loved by grandparents, aunts and uncles. This helps to form the extended family and everyone joins together.
Everyone here today may not be related; but we are a family. We work together, laugh together, cry, and share one another's burdens together. Yes we are one family with God as our Lord for family and show our Christian spirit by putting aside greed, envy, hate, and selfishness. Let's show God we love him by loving each other.
Tommy Jenkins purchased 200 acres of property from the Conner Family in 1898 at 10.00 dollars an acre. The property ran west to northeast and southwest to southeast.
The original highway ran through the rice field and the old graveyard was next to the Fountainhead River. During the 1940's the graveyard was moved to its present site because water took over the old site-thus the graveyard was moved to higher ground.
Tommy was employed at Ferguson Saw Mill; he walked to and from work across the Ferry Bridge. His main purpose in working was to support his family and pay for the 200 acres of land. He hired workers to cultivate his farm while he was at work. (He had workers from as far as Atlanta, Georgia.)
When he retired from the saw mill, Tommy bought five (5) horses to help cultivate the farm. Primarly he planted corn, cotton, potatoes and raised hogs. During the first of March, the hogs were moved across the river to Clarendon Couny until the fall of the year for butchering purposes.
Tommy built a store at Liberty Hill, which is now the Moncks Corner Road. He was the first Black man to own a business in Eutawville. The first homestead was built 200 feet from Prince Jenkins present home and 150 feet from Pearl Jenkins River's present home. This was the center of the property,
Another store was built at Eutaw Springs and here you could get Gulf gasoline for your automobile. In 1949, Tommy was killed in an automobile accident. Tommy was a well dressed man and widely respected in the community by both blacks and whites. His favorite outfit was black pants, white shirt, and suspenders. Tommy was truly a Black Aristocrat in the town of Eutawville, South Carolina.
Hats off to Tommy "T. S." Jenkins
Last page of the book reads thus.
Family is an important unit in today's society. Without family, , America would have no hold on traditions, or value. Webster defines family as a group's common ancestry; a group of individuals living underone roof and under one head.
Today, there are a lot of single parent families; but fortunately, the children of these families are loved by grandparents, aunts and uncles. This helps to form the extended family and everyone joins together.
Everyone here today may not be related; but we are a family. We work together, laugh together, cry, and share one another's burdens together. Yes we are one family with God as our Lord for family and show our Christian spirit by putting aside greed, envy, hate, and selfishness. Let's show God we love him by loving each other.
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