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as Shakespeare and the Bible were ransacked for names,
and this accounts for the many Cesars, Othellos, Moses, Platos
and others which are encountered on the various plantations to this day.
Upon naming a negro a card upon which it was written was
tied around his neck and it was a common thing to see a
planter in his fields, go up to a field hand, whether man or
woman and insert his forefinger under the collar of the shirt
to draw out the card containing the name. This of course was
only done for a short time, and became unnecessary as soon
as the darkey could pronounce his name so as to be understood
when asked for it.

Mr Heyward was a man of simple tastes and not caring
much for display. When his two eldest sons were reaching man-
hood there had been much company received at his house, but
they both died under thirty, and the two events depressed him
so much that afterwards he gave up entertaining general
company. When I first remember him he was already an old
man approaching seventy, with numerous grandchildren
whom he had to dine with him every Saturday, while in the
city during the summer months. The dinners were very pro-
fuse according to the old English style, with all the dishes
placed on the table at the same time. He presided with much
dignity and they continued until 1847, when he was forced to
give them up in consequence of old age, and the difficulties
of supervising the details of a large household, his wife hav-
ing died many years before.

As his children and grandchildren had married he purchased
some of the best dwellings in Charleston for them and there
were as many as ten so disposed of. The only one that still re-
mains as it was given by him is our dwelling in Gibbes St
which was bought from Col Wm Drayton, then removed to
Philadelphia, in 1837. All the others were either sold or
destroyed by fire at different times. Our dwelling, and per-
haps the others too, was given to my mother, and, at her death,
to her children, so that she had not the power of willing it away.

Mr Heyward at his death left nothing in his will to any public
charity, and it was thought singular by the public that he had
not done so. During his life he had assisted by large loans of
money many of his friends who were never able to return them,
and he contributed frequently to public purposes when requested.
It must be remembered however that he had not started life
as a penniless boy. His associations had always been with the
well-to-do and wealthy, and the poor to him were the negro
slaves, each one of whom had his master who was bound by law
to protect and provide for him. Another fact to be remembered
was that, in South Carolina under the crown, almost everything
was in invitation of old England. The landowners