Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 59: Pineville cemeteries (Maham)
By Warner M.Warner@TheColumMboinatSgtaorm.coemry
      Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. - Benjamin Franklin Cemeteries are records of the past. Gravestones are expressions of love and affection engraved in history.
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Last Man Standing moves on
The Porchers, once a mighty nation, are no more in Berkeley County
By Warner M.Montgomery warner@thecolumbiastar.com
      Legend has it that when a negro wagoner was asked by his traveling passenger as they passed Peru Plantation in Pineville before the Civil War, "Who lives here?" he answered, "The Porchers, sir." The traveler got the same answer at Ophir, Chapel Hill, Pooshee, Mexico, Moorefield, and other plantat...
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