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Notes for John Samuel HUGGINS

REV. JOHN SAMUEL HUGGINS

Reverend John Samuel Huggins of Timmonsville, SC was a Methodist pastor
of a rural church. He invented in 1875 the first mechanical cotton
planter used in the South. His grandson, John M. Eaddy, memorialized his
personality and character in the poem that follows.

THE FIRST "HORSE" COTTON PLANTER
(Invented by John S. Huggins--1875)
by
John M. Eaddy

The tools my grandfather used he made himself
For the WAR had not long closed.
He placed them high on his shop's high shelf
Where 'children' never "nosed".

When I was small, quite a young boy
Over eighty years ago,
He made me a little axe for a toy.
As dull as any old "froe".
The reason why he said: "You see,
You must not use 'my' axe..."
Was 'cause it was to sharp for me
And I might pay the "TAX".

At that time folks had to use a hoe
To plant every kind of seed,
For a better way, none seemed to know
To make more rapid speed.

So Grandpa got himself a "cater"
And patented a machine he had planned,
T'was know as THE HUGGINS COTTON PLANTER,
The first one in all of the LAND.

His "Mule Machine" in one single day
Could plant eight acres well and good,
And at the Fair, while on display
Around it many people stood.

His trouble was in getting them made
To fill the great demand,
And many blacksmiths were well paid
To make them all by hand.

Grandpa's planter-plan is used today
And never much has changed;
In fact it's used promiscuously
With added parts arranged.

He was also a Methodist Preacher
Until he did resign,
And said "God's Book" was his teacher
And it taught "Love all mankind".

He was only in his seventies
When he passed away,
But lots of loving qualities
He left for us today.

I am now eighty-six years old
And do remember him well.
These facts to you that I have told,
Or, at least have tried to tell.

There is a story mentioned by Beatrice Elizabeth Baker (Rabon),
apparently passed down from her grandfather John Durant Huggins, about
his father Rev. John Samuel Huggins: "He was quite a character. One
time he surprised the family by inviting, and bringing home for dinner,
the entire congregation of his church. Needless to say, things became
pretty exciting. Rev. John Samuel Huggins was a Baptist Minister and
pastor of the Muddy Creek Baptist Church at the time of his death. (This
story is also mentioned in the genealogy report, "John Huggins, the First
of See Wee Bay" by Bieman Otis Prince, Professional Genealogist.)
Another humorous story about Rev. John Samuel Huggins can be dound under
the notes about his daughter, Frances "Fannie" Huggins (b. April 15,
1916).

The estate settlement of John Samuel Huggins is in the Administration
Records of Williamsburg County, SC. It was administered by his son,
William Sylvester Huggins.

Source: Samuel Cornelius Rabon.

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