braces were made at the famous old Hastings Forge, which the British captured and destroyed duringthe revolution. Bishop Coleman preached Sunday and records show that service has been held in the church every Whitsunday since its erection).

After leaving the church, a ride of a few miles brought us to the residence of Mr. John Truitt, wbose mother-in-law, Mrs. Priscilla Ward. is a grand daughter of Lowder Hearne. We had a pleasant chat with Cousin Prissie and her daughter, Mrs. Lida Truitt. Later on we came to the homestead of James B. Cannon, where we visited the burying-ground and saw the graves of several members of the family. From that place we drove on to the residence of Cousin Gibson Cannon, and met him and his wife, and spent nearly an bour very pleasantly in their company. From an old family Bible in their possession we secured valuable family records of several members of the Cannon family. We also met an aged colored woman, old Aunt Easter, seventy-three years old, who was brought to the farm by Cousin Gibson’s mother sixty-seven years ago, and has ever since lived with the family, notwithstanding the vicisitudes (to others) of the late Civil War. Aunt Easter is remarkable for the fact that she has six fingers on each hand and can make the famous ante-bellum "sweet pone" corn-bread. She brought us a couple of slices as a sample of her make. She had also the old-time "Johnny-cake" board for baking corn-bread.

After leaving Cousin Gibson's, we drove on six miles and reached the farm on which Clement Hearne lived, and from which lie went when he emigrated to Kentucky in 1798.

The house has been remodeled, but contains much of the timber that was in the old house; we especially noticed the rafters and the stair door, which is quite a goad specimen of the fancy workmanship of the eighteenth century. The farm is occupied by John W. Savage, and is owned bv his wife’s father, a Mr. Gordy. The family live in perhaps a more primitive style than our ancestors lived a hundred years ago. We brought away a piece of timber and some yucca leaves as a memento of the visit. From the Clement Hearne farm we drove on to the old Cannon homestead, where Grandmother Lavinia Cannon ( 1762-1822) and Keziah Cannon (1770-1843) were born and raised. A part of this ancient homestead is still standing in an excellent state of preservation. We were kindly shown through the house by the occupants, Mr.

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