daughters almost certainly were among the most active and visible founders, active because they probably had had unmet spiritual needs most of their lives and were determined not to let that continue and visible because they lived and worked in the village center. Eliza and Milton lived close to their shop, which was located near the railroad station. 2 The Mounce family lived about a block away around the bend of Byrd Street. 3 Eliza’s father was Andrew Redmond. 4 Eliza’s mother is not known. They probably married before 1810, place unknown. The 1810 U.S. census of the county where they lived depicted Eliza’s parents early in their marriage without children. She may have been their first-born. Ten years later, her parents with five children had moved to Abbeville District. They were ages 26 through 44. 5 Eliza’s grandfather also was Andrew Redmond. Almost nothing is known about him. Some early Americans with the same name were found: • Irish servant, about age 30, turner and spinning wheel maker, ran away from his Frederick County, Maryland master in 1771. 6 • Civilian volunteer for the American cause enlisted in the 1 st South Carolina Regiment commanded by Col. C. Pinckney in 1775. 7 2 “Older Postmaster,” The (Greenwood, South Carolina) Index Journal , 11 September 1938, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com) : 31 August 2018), p. 4, col. 2. 3 James F. Davis, “Pen Picture of Greenwood Dating Back 85 Years,” The (Greenwood, South Carolina) Index Journal , 16 March 1941, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com) : 14 October 2019), p. 3, col. 4. Mounce appeared in the paragraph entitled “Byrd Street” that began at the bottom of col. 3. Byrd Street ran east and is now Magnolia Avenue. 4 South Carolina death certificate no. 13323 (1927), Annie Rebecca Prisson [Pinson]. Also, Abbeville District, South Carolina, Court of Ordinary, Receipts & Expenditures, 5 May 1834, Samuel Osborn Estate; Box 71, Pkg. 1748, Abbeville County Probate Court, Abbeville. Also, Coralee Walker, Fort Worth, Texas, to Margaret P. Motes, Newburyport, Massachusetts, photocopy of handwritten letter and Mounce family group record, 9 May 1992; privately held by Margaret P. Motes, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 2018. 5 1810 U.S. census, Newberry District, South Carolina, p. 119A, Andrew Redman [Redmond]; digital image, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 28 March 2019), citing NARA microfilm publication M252, roll 61. Also, 1820 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, p. 53, Andrew Redman [Redmond]; digital image, Ancestry.com (access through participating libraries : 28 June 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 118. 6 (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania Journal, or, Weekly Advertiser , 26 September 1771, online archives (www.genealogybank.com : 27 March 2021), p. 4, col. 2. 7 “U.S., Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service records, 1775-1783,” database with images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 28 March 2021), image, Andrew Redmond, card
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