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| | Descendants of Edward Brice M.A. |
 | | This author states "Rev. Edward Brice, Presbyterian minister of Drimen, was obliged to fly from Scotland for opposing John Spotswood, Bishop of Glasgow, who had been appointed moderator of the Synod of Clydesdale. |
 | | He had been a tailor in the "old country", and when he reached America, was quite poor--was often heard to say that he possessed nothing, but his "needle, thimble, and goose." He quickly accumulated several large tracts of land, owned slaves, and became one of the wealthy planters of that section. |
 | | His faithful slaves brought the body of their master back up the river in the boat and buried it in his yard, which is now the site of the State House in Columbia, and to this day, his grave can be found in the SE corner of the State House grounds. |
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