This page will be updated as time and information permits , and is about BOTH our families . If you can add
or correct any of these postings , PLEASE CORRECT , we will appreciate it . Just e-mail
Thank You , Don & Beth "Duckett" Farmer
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Military
records show , during The War Between The States , There were 896 Farmer men who served the south . There were 812
Farmer men who served the North.
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ADAM KASTNER (COSTNER)
BIBLE:
A rare 16th century Bible , reported to have been owned by Adam Kastner (Costner) , is a second edition of
the first German language Bible translated from Latin by Martin Luther . The publication date shown on the title page
reads 1564 . The Bible is housed in The Gaston County North Carolina Museum , located in Dallas N.C. is displayed
once a year "during the Costner reunion" .
The Museum is located at 131 W. Main Street in Dallas
N. C. .
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Kastners Church Cemetery:
The first Lutheran congregation located in what is today Gaston County North Carolina , was originally known as Kastners Lutheran
Congregation . In the absence of the church records , which were destroyed in the flood of 1916 , much of the information
about the church and its cemetary comes from other sources and oral tradition .
Adam Kastner , at
the age of 38 , along with his wife and 5 children sailed on the ship PATIENCE from Rotterdam Holland going via
England , and arrived in America at York County , Pennsylvania in Sept. 1748 . After remaining there for a
while , Adam moved his family to Piedmomt , North Carolina . Tradition tells us that Adam , FATHER of the Costner family in
our area ,held a meeting in his home . It is assumed that a log church was constructed on the Kastner property at some
time later. The first person buried in the cemetery (who has a marked stone) was Adam Kastner . Adam was buried on a hill
near his home .
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Thomas Costner , was an early patriot
and in 1776 served in Capt. Joseph Hawkins ` Company and in 1781 served in Capt. William Moore`s Company . He fought in The
Battle of Kings Mountain , and drew a pension for his services in the American Revolution , until his death in 1835 at
age 88 years .
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In
the books "Our Kin" and Costners "Traveling the Roads of Life " it states that Edna Mary Costner`s maiden
name was Hillmon . This is wrong , she was the daughter of , Hilmon Phillips , "NOT" Phillip Hillmon !
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JOSEPH
HILMON COSTNER:
was named for both his grandfathers , Joseph Costner and Hilmon Phillips .
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Kevin
Costner , moviestar : For those who have inquired , Kevin is descended from Adam Kastner`s 2nd son Peter ! "not
my direct line" . However we are both descended from Adam Kastner "Costner" .
Don Farmer,
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Crisp Tradition:
Billy Crisp , bartered
all the land on Stecoah Creek (N.C.) from the Cherokee Indians , payment being chickens . It also is said that the Crisp
Family owned the first wash pot in the region .
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JOEL
LAFAYETTE CRISP:
He was a leader wherever he happened to be . He was representative from Graham county North
Carolina (N.C. General Assembly) in 1887 . Also served 4 terms as N.C. state senator from the 35th senatorial district , 1899
, 1901 , 1903 and 1905 . His chief interests in the general assembly was always , good roads and better schools . During the
Civil War , he resided in Cherokee County , but enlisted in Buncombe county , for the war . His unit was K CO. 9th Reg. of
N.C. Troops . 1st Reg. of N.C. Calvery , at the time he was 18 yrs. of age , enlisting 7/25/1861 . Mustered in as cpl. and
promoted to sgt. 12/1/1862 . He was appointed postmaster for Stecoah N.C. 12/24/1905 .
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Jacob
Farmer:
Is listed in the 1850 Greenville County South Carolina Census as a Miller . I have no information
where the mill was located .
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Jasper Farmer:
Was
1 of 14000 men who died as a Confederate P.O.W. at Point Lookout Maryland . He is buried there .
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William Wessley Farmer :
Wes as he was called , was a sawmiller most of his life . In those days the
sawmills were portable and they would go to wherever the stand of timber was , cut in out and move on to the next stand .
This resulted in the crew traveling around alot , in some cases they would be gone from home for weeks at a time and working
in some rather remote places . In some cases they would move their family with them . If they couldn`t find houseing , they
would build slab shacks to live in till they got that stand of timber cut . About 1920 , after cutting a stand in Elberton
Ga. , Wes brought his family to the Saluda River Old Town area of South Carolina . From there they moved to the Greenwood
S.C. area , from there they moved to the Cross Hill area (at least 2 locations) , From there they moved to the Goldville
area , where Wes died in 1939 .
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I (Donald L. Farmer Sr.) was born in the same house , in the same bedroom , in the same corner that my grandfather
( William Wessley Farmer ) died .
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Martins
Depot - Goldville - Joanna :
In the early 1800`s , the town of Joanna South Carolina was known as Martins Depot . In
1872 , James S. Blalock , came from Union County and purchased a lot of land , with gold , that he had made as a blockade
runner , during The War Between The States . This amazed the people of the area , and the town became known as , Goldville
. Blalock also established a cotton mill . In 1948 , Joanna Western Mills Company who owned the mill changed the name of the
town to , Joanna and it remains that to this day .
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Mereidth Manson Franklin:
Manse was the youngest member of Job`s family to have fought in The War Between
The States . When only 14, he enlisted in McClures Company , Prathers Brigade of the Georgia Militia . In later life he was
a circuit preacher , and spent more than 50 years in the ministry .
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Job
Franklin:
He was a winner in the 1820 Georgia Land Lottery . Job won 250 acres in what is now Habersham
County . He signed the land grant in 1825 and moved his wife "Hannah Wheeler" and family from Elbert county
to Habersham county .
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Jeremiah Richard Warren Franklin
:
When he died in 1903 at the age of 84 yrs old , he was the father of 10 children and had 170 grandchildren ,
( this includes grandchildren and great grandchildren )
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Thomas Alfred Franklin: born 02/15/1864
He was named for his uncle, and was often confused as his son
. He was known to many as"uncle Tom". He owned a farm in the Broad River district of Stephens County Georgia . He
worked for the railroad and helped lay track between Gainesville Georgia and Franklin North Carolina . He was choir director
at Carnes Creek Baptist Church for more than 20 years and a deacon for more than 30 years .
On the night
before his death he asked sons Ed and Haviland to take him and let him hear the Fox hounds "run" they did
, he died the next day .
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The , Hamricks
, Blantons , Bridges , Bowens , Champions , Kastners , (Costner) , Greens , McSwains , and Washburns ,all came to what
is now known as the North Carolina counties of , Cleveland , Rutherford , Gaston , Orange , and South Carolina counties of
Cherokee , and York , during the 1700`s , and are some of the first white settlers in this region .
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Ruby Etheleen " McSwain " Farmer (born 1923 died 2003)
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OBITUARY-
She was born 1923 in Lincoln county North Carolina , She is the widow of Grover Lee Farmer , the
daughter of the late , Robert F. McSwain and the late Mary Nancy Costner . She was a member of Joanna First Baptist Church
, Joanna S.C. where she taught sunday school for several years , and was also church libarian . She also wrote a column for
the Clinton Chronicle newspaper , Clinton S.C. . She is survived by one son Donald L. Farmer Sr. of Greenville S.C. , one
daughter Kay Gibson of Whitmire S.C. , two half sisters , Nellie Skipper , and Joann Allen , of Shelby N.C. one half
brother Dean McSwain of Alexandria Virginia , three grandchildren , three step grandchildren , four great grandchildren
, four step great grandchildren , and two step g.g.grandchildren . And most of all SHE WAS MY MOTHER!!!
(Don Farmer)
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Hilmon Phillips:
It is said
that the community of Sandy Mush North Carolina got its name from him . Hilmon went to the place that is known now as Sandy
Mush , and had on a new pair of shoes . It had been raining and he related to some of the people there that this is the sandy
mushies place I`ve ever seen . So the place from then since is called Sandy Mush.
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Minnie
Lee Kathrine Costner , born:1892 - died 1976 , raised my mother , we used to kidd her because she had 3 names
, that when she died , her obit. would read ," because she had been married 3 times" Minnie Lee Kathrine , Costner
, Hamrick , McSwain , Sudduth . She did not like this very well . (Don Farmer Sr.)
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