Seal of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of CarolinaFrench Santee - new information on Colonial South Carolina!
January 8, 2010We are still working on our book on the French refugees who settled French Santee in Colonial South Carolina. We have found a wealth of new information about the Huguenot settlements in Colonial South Carolina. The book will be chock full of the names of French settlers in Charles Towne, on Goose Creek and in Orange Quarter, as well as on the Santee, although the concentration is on the families who settled French Santee. Exerpts from several early letters which give vivid details of life in Colonial South Carolina will be included. One of these letters has never been published and another has only appeared in French and is little known in South Carolina. We think it will be worth the wait.
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My greatgrandfather Elliott Crayton McCants wrote some noteworthy books on early South Carolina. Both fiction and non-fiction. Some of his works have been re-printed for their historic value. Also The Mellichamp family history by Edward Henry Mellichamp IV shows some family background for the ancestors of the main character in W. Gilmore Simms Esq.’s book called “Mellichampe” A Legend of the Santee. Hope this was helpful. Can’t wait for the book.
William Mellichamp was granted the right to make salt at Botany Bay in 1724. He was married to Dorothy St. LO. His son Thomas Mellichamp received 1,000 pounds in 1757 for his discovery of an easy and infalible method of making Indigo of the best quality. Some listings of this family in The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina by Arthur H. Hirsch.
Could you please email me when this book is ready?
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