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JOSEPH CLINTON HYATT WAS BORN IN NORRISTOWN,MONTGOMERY CO., PA. HE IS INTERRED IN VALLEY FORGE GARDENS CEMETERY,KING OF PRUSSIA,MONTGOMERY CO., PA. HE WAS A LIFELONG FIREMAN AND WAS A MEMBER OF SEVERAL FIRE COMPANIES IN THE MONTGOMERY CO., PA. AREA.

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JOSEPH WILSON HYATT WAS BORN IN LUCKNOW, S.C., WHICH IS NOW LEE COUNTY, IN 1845. THE 1880 CENSUS LISTS HIM AS BORN IN 1844 BUT HIS GRAVESTONE SHOWS 1845, AND HIS ARMY ENLISTMENT IN NOVEMBER 1861 LIST HIS AGE AS 16, WHICH ALSO INDICATES A BIRTH YEAR OF 1845.

HE OWNED A PLANTATION WITH MANY ACRES OF LAND AROUND CASSATT, S.C. WITH TENANT FARMERS. WHEN FIRST MARRIED, THEY LIVED IN A LOG CABIN ON THE LAND WHERE SEVERAL OF THEIR CHILDREN WERE BORN. LATER HE BUILT A LARGE HOME ON TOP OF A HILL SO THAT HE COULD LOOK DOWN ON HIS FIELDS. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT WITH A WIDE HALLWAY WITH FIREPLACES IN EACH ROOM AND A PORCH ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. A DEEP WELL NEAR THE KITCHEN SUPPLIED THEIR WATER. JOSEPH W. HYATT SUFFERED A STROKE IN 1912 AND WAS PARALYZED UNTIL HIS DEATH, IN 1914, FROM A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. THE HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN IN 1928 AND JUDGE ANNAH WENT TO LIVE WITH HER DAUGHTER "ANNA" (LUANNA). SHE DIVIDED THE LAND AMONG HER CHILDREN. (PROVIDED BY FRANCES HYATT REINSCH, GRAND-DAUGHTER)

FROM HIS OBITUARY

"ON THE 21st DAY OF JANUARY, MR. J.W. HYATT OF THE CASSATT SECTION DIED AT HIS HOME AT 9 PM. MR. HYATT HAD LIVED IN THAT SECTION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WAS A MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. FOR EIGHT YEARS OR LONGER HE HAD BEEN PARALYZED AND CONFINED TO HIS HOME WITHOUT WALKING. HE WAS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 22, 1844, AND LIVED IN THE CASSATT SECTION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN. WHEN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES BROKE OUT, MR. HYATT VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND SERVED WITH BRAVERY THRU THE ENTIRE FOUR YEARS, BUT WAS NEVER WOUNDED. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE BEAVER DAM BAPTIST CHURCH, AND THE BURIAL WAS HELD WITH MASONIC HONORS. REV. J. M. FORBIS, OF BETHUNE, CONDUCTING THE SERVICES.

IN APRIL 1865, THE WAR CAME TO A CLOSE AND MR. HYATT RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING HONORABLE DISCHARGE:

"FOR PVT. J. W. HYATT, CO. A, 7th S.C. BATTALION, HAGOODS BRIGADE, HOKES DIVISION, JOHNSON'S ARMY. THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT PRIVATE JOSEPH W. HYATT, OF THE CO. A, 7th S.C. BATTALION WAS ENLISTED ON THE 14th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1861 IN THE P.A.C.S. TO SERVE DURING THE WAR AND HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF SAID COMPANY TO THIS DATE AS A TRUE, FAITHFUL AND GALLANT SOLDIER. HE HAS NEVER BEEN ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE, HAS NEVER BEEN UNDER ARREST FOR ANY MISCONDUCT WHATEVER, NOR RECEIVED A REPRIMAND FROM ANY OFFICER OF THE ARMY. HE HAS ON ALL OCCASIONS, WHEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ENEMY DISPLAYED THAT COOL COURAGE AND DETERMINED BRAVERY, SHOWN ONLY IN THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE. FOR THOSE NOBLE QUALITIES TOGETHER WITH HIS HIGH SENSE OF MORAL RIGHT AND TRUTHFULNESS, COMBINED WITH ALL THE QUALITIES THAT CHARACTERIZES THE TRUE GENTLEMAN, HE RECEIVES THIS HUMBLE TESTIMONY FROM A COMRADE IN ARMS. JOS. W. GARDNER, 2nd LIEUT., COMMANDING CO. A, 7th S.C. BATTALION INFANTRY".

FROM HIS CONFEDERATE WAR RECORD

HE ENLISTED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, AT THE AGE OF 16, ON 14 NOVEMBER 1861 IN CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE REPORTED FOR DUTY AT LYNCH CREEK, S.C. ON THE SAME DAY. ON 22 FEB. 1862, HIS UNIT, PLUS OTHERS, WERE ORGANIZED INTO THE 7th BATTALION, SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY, (ENFIELD RIFLES). THERE WERE FIVE COMPANIES, A-E. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO CO. A. ON 27 MAY 1862, COMPANIES F + G WERE FORMED OF MEN FROM THE OTHER COMPANIES. ON 14 OCTOBER 1862, CO. H WAS ASSIGNED. THIS UNIT WAS ALSO KNOWN AS NELSON'S BATTALION.

FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1862 HE IS LISTED IN THE MUSTER ROLLS AS EITHER SICK IN THE HOSPITAL IN COLUMBIA, S.C., OR HOME ON SICK FURLOUGH. FROM JANUARY 1863 UNTIL FEBRUARY 1864 HE IS LISTED IN THE MUSTER ROLLS AS PRESENT. FROM 29 FEBRUARY 1864 UNTIL 31 AUGUST 1864 HE IS LISTED IN THE MUSTER ROLLS AS SICK IN THE FIELD HOSPITAL. FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1864 HE IS LISTED AS PRESENT, AND FROM NOVEMBER 1864 UNTIL 26 APRIL 1865 THERE ARE NO RECORDS.

ON 26 APRIL 1865 GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, COMMANDING CONFEDERATE ARMY, AND MAJOR GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN, COMMANDING U.S. ARMY IN NORTH CAROLINA, SIGNED A MILITARY CONVENTION WHEREBY THE REMAINING CONFEDERATE TROOPS WERE SURRENDERED. EACH CONFEDERATE SOLDIER WAS GIVEN A PARDON AND 10 DAYS RATIONS IN ORDER TO GET BACK HOME. JOSEPH W. HYATT'S MILITARY SERVICE ENDED ON 7 MAY 1865 IN LANCASTER COURT HOUSE, LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS PARDON.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR JUDGE ANNAH WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD, AND HER FATHER AND ALL OF THE MEN IN THE FAMILY WERE AWAY FIGHTING. SHE ALONE MADE A COTTON CROP AND GREW ENOUGH VEGETABLES TO FEED AND SUPPORT THE FAMILY. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT SHE COULD NOT, NOR WOULD NOT, DO WHEN IT NEEDED TO BE DONE. SHE ALSO WAS A GOOD CARPENTER, AND AT AGE 70 SHE WAS SEEN ON THE ROOF OF HER HOUSE REPAIRING A LEAK. JUDGE ANNAH STUDIED AND READ HER "DOCTOR BOOK" DURING THE TIME OF HER PREGNANCY AND THUS TAUGHT HERSELF MEDICINE. SHE WOULD GO INTO THE WOODS AND HUNT FOR HERBS, ROOTS, ETC., TO MAKE MEDICINE NEEDED FOR ALL OF THEIR ILLNESSES, AND WAS THE "DR" FOR ALL OF HER FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. THE FAMILY HOME IN CASSATT, S.C. WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1948 ALONG WITH ALL OF THE FAMILY RECORDS, PICTURES AND HISTORY. SHE DIED IN CASSATT IN 1941 AT AGE 92. (PROVIDED BY FRANCES HYATT REINSCH, GRAND-DAUGHTER)

OBITUARY..(Camden (SC) Cronical)

Cassatt, July 27 (1941)---Mrs. Judge Anna Stokes Hyatt, widow of J. A. Hyatt (should be J. W. Hyatt) died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Brannon, near Cassatt, today after an illness of 10 months. She was a member of the Cassatt Presbyterian Church. Funeral services were held at the Beaver Dam Baptist church Monday at 4 P. M.. Interment was in the family plot at Beaver Dam. Mrs Hyatt is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. E. Brannon, Cassatt, Mrs. M. J. Martin, Pageland, six sons, C. T. Hyatt and C. E. Hyatt, of Norristown, Pa., F. D. Hyatt, of Titusville, Fla., R. W. Hyatt of Lucknow, W. A. Hyatt, Cassatt, E. K. Hyatt, of Moncks Corner, and one half-sister, Mrs. J. L. Walters, Cassatt.

THE ROSTERS OF THE 7th SOUTH CAROLINA BATTALION CONTAIN, IN ADDITION TO JOSEPH W. (HYOTT) HYATT, SIX PRIVATES WITH THE NAME OF "STOK