Today, much of the old French Santee region is again covered with a forest of pine and hardwood trees, that of the Francis Marion National Forest. Berkeley County has this
The earliest French attempts at settlement in Carolina followed soon after the repeal of the Edict of Nantes in 1562 when a group of Huguenots, led by Jean Ribault, was
John Palmer was born in 1750, the eldest son of “Turpentine John” Pamor, who I told you about recently. He married Mary Anne Cahusac (pronounced ku-zak) from St. James Santee
Echaw in early records was spelled in various ways: Itshaw, Itchaw, Hitcha, most probably given name to the creek by the Sewee tribe of Native Americans. French Santee authors tell