Christopher Columbus PRIEST

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PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (Pvt.) was taken prisoner twice by the Federals at age 16 on his father's farm near Palatka, Fla. At age 17 he enlisted Aug.1, 1864 at Waldo, Fla. in Co. H. lst Fla. Reserves. Discharged May 1865, Madison, Fla.(his Company surrendered 10 may 1865 at Tallahassee, Fla.) Christopher C. Priest became the 2nd husband of Sarah E. W. Leitner. (Researched by Fannie Belle Priest Kipp from papers obtained from the Florida and South Carolina Archives and from stories told by relatives.)

Written by R-Earl Kipp-concerning a cousin of Lum Priest. All of the older brothers and the father had left the plantation to fight in the Confederate army except 'Sant'. Sant was only 12 and supposed to help his Mother run the farm. One of Sant's chores was to bring the water from the well some distance from the house. On one trip he disappeared and the full bucket of water sat at the well. Two years later, after serving as the Col.s Boy and on his way home at the end of the War, he picked up a bucket of water and as he entered the house, sang out, 'Ma, I done brung your water!' (told by Ruby Landrum Montague.)

Papa was in a delightful story-telling mood the day he told this one.--His Dad, Lum Priest (C. Columbus Priest) had had a feud with a man ever since he was a teenager. Finally the man issued a challenge for a fight to determine who was the "best man". Lum had two friends to back him up, his enemy had a "whole cow pen full of seconds." Lum pinned the man to the ground and demanded that he holler. The man refused. Lum gouged at his eyes--still no sound. Lum then bit a piece of his ear off before the man hollered "Uncle.' On the way home when Lum's wife Sarah changed baby Walter's diaper, she found the ear-part in the diaper where Lum had spit it. Fan Priest Kipp

Family/Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Waring LEITNER. Sarah (daughter of Jacob LEITNER and Charlotte SOUTER) was born in 1847; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Walter PRIEST
2. Leon L. PRIEST
3. John Nathaniel PRIEST was born on 23 Aug 1874; died in 1938.
4. Clarence PRIEST