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Creek, and come to that famous old plantation, Spring Garden,
the residence of Frederick Jones, Esq., noted in his day as
being the most industrious and successful farmer in all the
country round. Mr. Jones was a Virginian, induced to settle
on the Cape Fear by Mr. Swann, whose niece he had married.
Besides the son, who assumed the name of Swann, there were
five daughters, one of whom married Mr. John Hill, of Fair
Fields. She was the mother of the late Dr. Frederick J. and
John Hill. Another married Michael Sampson, Esq., of Samp-
son Hall. The remaining three daughters married three broth-
ers, Scotch gentlemen, by the name of Cutlar. Only one of
these left children, Dr. Roger Cutlar, who was the father of the
late Dr. Frederick J. Cutlar, of Wilmington, eminent in his
profession and beloved for his purity of character. From this
good old Spring Garden stock, comes also the writer’s best
esteemed and most worthy friend, DuBrutz Cutlar, Esq.?

We will now retrace our steps across Turkey Creek. Passing
over the river at The Oaks and going through what was called
Legare’s Neck, we come to Castle Haynes. Legare’s, a deep
neck formed by the river on one side and Prince George’s Creek
on the other, was widely known as a favorite resort for deer and
a famous hunting ground. Castle Haynes was the residence of
a Mr. Haynes, of whose history the writer has heard but little,
except that he was the ancestor of the Waddell family, among
whom I have heard related the tradition of his sad death by
drowning. It is said that he was ill of a fever and, while in
delirium, he rose from his bed and rushed to the creek, which
was near by, plunged in, and was drowned before assistance
could reach him.

This Mr. Haynes married a daughter of Rev. Richard Mars-
den, who prior to 1736 served long as a minister on the Cape
Fear, and left two daughters: Margaret, who married Mr.

-1Besides the plantations here mentioned in this paper, near the lower
Ferry were Mulberry and The Oaks, the latter being the residence of
Mr. Swann. Mulberry was the headquarters of°General Lillington while
hemming in the British forces that occupied Wilmington. And where
the railroad crosses the county road, one mile south of Rocky Point
station, was Hyrneham, built by Colonel Hyrne, and famous in the early
days of the settlement. Later, it was the birthplace of Dr. Hill. Hyrne-
ham, like The Oaks, was built of brick, the walls nearly three feet thick.
They were commodious and handsome residences. Farther west were
Mt. Gallant, the home of Col. John Pugh Williams; Pleasant Hall, Wil-
liam Davis’ residence, and Swann Point, where the old councilor John
Swann lived. The river was crossed by Heron Bridge, and on the south
side was Mt. Blake, the residence of the McKenzies. Being occupied
by Major Craig, it was burned by General Lillington in 1781.

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