Was assassinated in 1882 on the street in Camden while campaigning for governor
Lovrick was born on Tuesday 1821 Kershaw, SC Lovick was the twin brother of Lodowick "William" Blair.
Lovick & his twin brother were born in Red Oak Camp, Kershaw Co. SC. He was of Scots/Irish descent, His grandfather James Blair & his grandmother Mary Harper Blair, emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland landing in or near Philadelphia. They then traveled down the Great Wagon road to SC to the Waxhaw settlement to join Mary Harper's family who had arrived three years earlier and settled in Lancaster District, S.C.
Lovick William Rochelle Blair enlisted in Co. A., 7th Battalion, SC State Troops. He was a Captain from 1861 & promoted to Major in Feb. 1863, in a company he himself had equipped.
According to family history and deeds; "Red Oak Camp" was Lovick Rochelle's plantation and afterwards the James Blair plantation which was on the Lynches River. The mansion was burned by Union troops of Shermans 17th Corps.
On July 4th, 1882, Col. L.W.R. Blair was assassinated in the streets of Camden, SC by James L. Haile while campaigning for governor. He fell a martyr in the cause of liberty & free gov't. A noble, gentler, more fearless spirit than his does not exist on earth. (From the Rochelle Bible)
"Log Town Cottage" was L.W.R. Blairs townhouse in Camden. He bought it in 1860 as a house for his wife Salle Blair (Workman). He lost it during the carpetbagger tax sales after the war. It still stands, now "Aberdeen" a bed and breakfast Inn in Camden, S.C.
Lovrick was born on Tuesday 1821 Kershaw, SC Lovick was the twin brother of Lodowick "William" Blair.
Lovick & his twin brother were born in Red Oak Camp, Kershaw Co. SC. He was of Scots/Irish descent, His grandfather James Blair & his grandmother Mary Harper Blair, emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland landing in or near Philadelphia. They then traveled down the Great Wagon road to SC to the Waxhaw settlement to join Mary Harper's family who had arrived three years earlier and settled in Lancaster District, S.C.
Lovick William Rochelle Blair enlisted in Co. A., 7th Battalion, SC State Troops. He was a Captain from 1861 & promoted to Major in Feb. 1863, in a company he himself had equipped.
According to family history and deeds; "Red Oak Camp" was Lovick Rochelle's plantation and afterwards the James Blair plantation which was on the Lynches River. The mansion was burned by Union troops of Shermans 17th Corps.
On July 4th, 1882, Col. L.W.R. Blair was assassinated in the streets of Camden, SC by James L. Haile while campaigning for governor. He fell a martyr in the cause of liberty & free gov't. A noble, gentler, more fearless spirit than his does not exist on earth. (From the Rochelle Bible)
"Log Town Cottage" was L.W.R. Blairs townhouse in Camden. He bought it in 1860 as a house for his wife Salle Blair (Workman). He lost it during the carpetbagger tax sales after the war. It still stands, now "Aberdeen" a bed and breakfast Inn in Camden, S.C.
Was assassinated in 1882 on the street in Camden while campaigning for governor
Lovrick was born on Tuesday 1821 Kershaw, SC Lovick was the twin brother of Lodowick "William" Blair.
Lovick & his twin brother were born in Red Oak Camp, Kershaw Co. SC. He was of Scots/Irish descent, His grandfather James Blair & his grandmother Mary Harper Blair, emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland landing in or near Philadelphia. They then traveled down the Great Wagon road to SC to the Waxhaw settlement to join Mary Harper's family who had arrived three years earlier and settled in Lancaster District, S.C.
Lovick William Rochelle Blair enlisted in Co. A., 7th Battalion, SC State Troops. He was a Captain from 1861 & promoted to Major in Feb. 1863, in a company he himself had equipped.
According to family history and deeds; "Red Oak Camp" was Lovick Rochelle's plantation and afterwards the James Blair plantation which was on the Lynches River. The mansion was burned by Union troops of Shermans 17th Corps.
On July 4th, 1882, Col. L.W.R. Blair was assassinated in the streets of Camden, SC by James L. Haile while campaigning for governor. He fell a martyr in the cause of liberty & free gov't. A noble, gentler, more fearless spirit than his does not exist on earth. (From the Rochelle Bible)
"Log Town Cottage" was L.W.R. Blairs townhouse in Camden. He bought it in 1860 as a house for his wife Salle Blair (Workman). He lost it during the carpetbagger tax sales after the war. It still stands, now "Aberdeen" a bed and breakfast Inn in Camden, S.C.
Lovrick was born on Tuesday 1821 Kershaw, SC Lovick was the twin brother of Lodowick "William" Blair.
Lovick & his twin brother were born in Red Oak Camp, Kershaw Co. SC. He was of Scots/Irish descent, His grandfather James Blair & his grandmother Mary Harper Blair, emigrated from County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland landing in or near Philadelphia. They then traveled down the Great Wagon road to SC to the Waxhaw settlement to join Mary Harper's family who had arrived three years earlier and settled in Lancaster District, S.C.
Lovick William Rochelle Blair enlisted in Co. A., 7th Battalion, SC State Troops. He was a Captain from 1861 & promoted to Major in Feb. 1863, in a company he himself had equipped.
According to family history and deeds; "Red Oak Camp" was Lovick Rochelle's plantation and afterwards the James Blair plantation which was on the Lynches River. The mansion was burned by Union troops of Shermans 17th Corps.
On July 4th, 1882, Col. L.W.R. Blair was assassinated in the streets of Camden, SC by James L. Haile while campaigning for governor. He fell a martyr in the cause of liberty & free gov't. A noble, gentler, more fearless spirit than his does not exist on earth. (From the Rochelle Bible)
"Log Town Cottage" was L.W.R. Blairs townhouse in Camden. He bought it in 1860 as a house for his wife Salle Blair (Workman). He lost it during the carpetbagger tax sales after the war. It still stands, now "Aberdeen" a bed and breakfast Inn in Camden, S.C.
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