Monthly Archives: June 2014

Darlington County Courthouse by Jack Frierson

It seems that my tendency to keep everything of family importance comes to me naturally… I found the March 1, 1973, issue of the Darlington News and Press as I was going through some things found in my parents’ attic, and on the front page was an interesting article written by my late uncle, John Lawrence Frierson, Jr. (Jack).  He gives some history of the current Darlington County Courthouse and its predecessors, going back to the original one built circa 1791 on the same site.   His story of how that courthouse was sited in 1785 by two of my great-great-great-great grandfathers (Elias DuBose and Lemuel Benton) is one that I’ve never heard before and I thought would be an interesting one to post!  Click on each of the two images to enlarge them so you can read the article…

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G. Dargan Frierson (1921-2014)

Today is the 93rd anniversary of the birth of my father, George Dargan Frierson and I thought I’d post  some pictures to remind me of him.  Most of these have been seen before, but I hope you’ll enjoy them none the less…. GDFAge2@CV  me & my TJLF&Family 1dad postcardmom_daddorothydad_bellinghampapaYoungAgentwoodview02sc0071aa7edadmom_dad1mom&daddad_seattle  Dad_couch

Click on a picture to see an enlargement of it… (From top to bottom, left to right)  1. Age two years in the yard at Cherry Vale;  2.  With his customized Model T Ford in the winter of 1936;  3. At Holy Cross Church (left to right, brother John L. Frierson, Jr. (Jack), mother Georgia Dargan Frierson, father John L. Frierson);  4.  Student days at the University of S.C. in Columbia;  5. Newly married to Josephine Daniels in 1944 in Taft, California;  6.  Jo and Dargan with friends Dorothy and Vic Roeder at Slapsie Maxie Rosenblum’s Club in Los Angeles (c. 1944);  7. Hot Pilot – I think this was taken in Bellingham, WA, when he came to visit his new in-laws!  8.  With his brother Jack and father John outside their home, Fairview, in Stateburg, S.C.;  9.  Young FBI agent, in Detroit or Cleveland perhaps around 1950;  10.  With Mom at 2503 Woodview Drive in Greensboro, NC (c. 1954)  11. In the Hyco Lake house garden, with sunflower!  12.  Retired and relaxed at home…  13.  With Mom on a visit to Wilmington  14.  With Mom at John and Alice Ann’s wedding in Connecticut in the summer of 2000;  15.  Boat ride in Seattle, summer 2003.  16. On the couch in the living room at 604…