Earliest Known Orders of Charleston, Franklin County
Free and Excepted Masons
Lodge No. 155
Organized: 1858
Officers:
L. R. Pate Worthy Master
R. B. Tyus Senior Warden
T. H. Carter Jumior Warden
T. Aldridge Treasurer
J. M. Pettigrew Secretary
E. M. Northum Senior Deacon
M. Pate Junior Deacon
W. D. Proctor Tyler
Charter Members:
H. F. Carter A. C. Barnard
W. D. Proctor E. M. Richardson
H. Berry W. L. Kelleam
E. M. Northum M. C. Northum
I. W. Carter
Succeeding Worthy Masters:
T. A. Carter H. Berry
J. M. Pettigrew H. B. Armistead
M. Flynn M. W. Spencer
W. J. Ponder C. McColloch
Officers in 1888:
H. B. Armistead Worthy Master
J. M. Pettigrew Senior Warden
*W. J. Parks Junior Warden
D. Y. Berry Treasurer
M. W. Spencer Secretary
J. E. Smith Senior Deacon
R. Turner Junior Deacon
L. J. Cormack Tyler
*W. J. Parks was assassinated November of 1888, by John Bolling, a fellow Mason.
Royal Arch Masons
Duval Chapter No. 65
Charter In 1873
Earliest Known High Priests:
J. M. Pettigrew M. Flynn J. P. Falconer
Knights of Honor
Charleston Lodge No. 3181
Organized: July 3, 1885
Organized By: N. Futrell
Charter Members and First Officers:
V. V. Beavers Dictator
J. T. Hollingsworth Vice Dictator
R. A. Goodwin Assistant Dictator
J. P. Falconer
F. D. Proctor Reporter
D. S. Richardson First Regent
A. D. Chaney R. S. Bridgman
A. C. Berry L. Newton
S. Younger O. F. Burt
M. W. Spencer D. Y. Berry
S. R. Ramsey
Officers in 1888:
J. P. Falconer Dictator
T. H. Bond Vice Dictator
R. A. Goodwin Assistant Dictator
V. V. Beavers Past Dictator
F. D. Proctor Reporter
D. S. Richardson First Regent
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