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Daily Archives: March 21, 2011

Issue 01 – Dataw changes hands… the early years (Part 1)

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

The early owners of Dataw from 1680 through 1755.

Issue 02 – Dataw changes hands….the early years (Part 2)

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

The early owners of Dataw from 1755 through 1861, the beginning of the Civil War.

Issue 03 – There is only one left in South Carolina…and we have it!

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

A story about the Dairy/Blade house in the Sams Family Plantation ruins complex.

Issue 04 – How ice came to Dataw?

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

A story about how ice was harvested in New England and shipped to Dataw Island.

Issue 05 – Berners Barnwell Sams had fifteen children!

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

BB Sams had a curious way of naming his 15 children.

Issue 06 – More about B. B. Sams family

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

More information about the 15 children and where they are buried. CLement Charles Sams is buried in Chester, SC.

Issue 07 – Dataw produces cash crops for the world!

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

From an Indigo plantation to a highly successful Sea Island Cotton plantation.

Issue 09 – King Datha…a giant among men?

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

The legend of a giant Indian named King Datha, the source of Dataw Island’s name.

Issue 10 – A child’s life…antebellum style.

Did You KnowBy BillMarch 21, 2011

The Rev. James Julius Sams Memoirs of Datha. Written circa 1905, they tell about his life as a child on Dataw. His reflections reveal how close he felt to his brother Horace Hann Sams, and why Horace’s death in the Civil War cut him so deeply.

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