Jesse C. Stribling Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: Mss-0201

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The papers contain clippings, correspondence, enlistment papers, lists, a small notebook and a statement. The clippings relate to cotton and dairy farming, livestock shows and farmers' organizations, including the Pendleton Farmer's Society, for the period 1889-1890. The correspondence concerns the sale of cattle in 1882, the suggested organization of an "Agricultural Society" in upstate South Carolina in 1890 and the return of a Negro who "belongs" to Stribling from the Edgefield, SC, jail. The lists are of farmers who won certificates of merit during the period 1915-1925 and of names of farms near Pendleton, SC. The notebook contains entries dating from 1862-1865 that list Stribling's furloughs and assignments during the Civil War, casualties from various battles in his unit, mailing addresses and poems; two of the poems were transcribed by Berniece Holt in 1979. The statement, along with an associated newspaper clipping, outlines Stribling's objections to the sale of cattle to Clemson College in 1906.

Dates

1862-1865, 1882, 1889-1890, 1906, circa 1925, 1979, undated

Creator

Holt, Berniece , 1926- (Transcriber, Person)

Biographical Note

Jesse Cornelius Stribling was born on September 24, 1844 in Oconee County, South Carolina near Cane Creek, the son of Thomas M. and Mary (Jones) Stribling. He enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1862 and served in Orr's rifles (also known as Orr's Regiment, Mounted Rifles, Orr's Regiment of Rifles; and 1st Regiment of Rifles). On June 12, 1867 Stribling married Virginia Eliza Hunter; they had seven children. He was second-in-command of the "Pendleton Red Shirts" in 1876. Stribling was a farmer and cattle breeder; he built the first silo in the state and raised Jersey cattle. He was a member of the Pendleton Farmer's Society and Old Stone Church Society and served on a committee to buy cattle for Clemson College in 1906. He died May 27, 1927.