DYK - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png DYK - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Oranges – An exotic export business on Dataw? https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-08-an-exotic-export-business-on-dataw/ Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:14:00 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=184 Acres of orange groves on Dataw? Was this one of the earliest commercially produced oranges in the United States?

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]]> Issue 01 – Dataw changes hands… the early years (Part 1) https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-01-dataw-changes-hands-the-early-years-part-1/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:35:03 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=199 The early owners of Dataw from 1680 through 1755.

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]]> Issue 02 – Dataw changes hands….the early years (Part 2) https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-02-dataw-changes-hands-the-early-years-part-2/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:33:46 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=197 The early owners of Dataw from 1755 through 1861, the beginning of the Civil War.

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]]> Issue 03 – There is only one left in South Carolina…and we have it! https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-03-there-is-only-one-left-in-south-carolinaand-we-have-it/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:32:56 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=195 A story about the Dairy/Blade house in the Sams Family Plantation ruins complex.

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]]> Issue 04 – How ice came to Dataw? https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-04-how-ice-came-to-dataw/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:31:31 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=192 A story about how ice was harvested in New England and shipped to Dataw Island.

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]]> Issue 05 – Berners Barnwell Sams had fifteen children! https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-05-berners-barnwell-sams-had-fifteen-children/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:30:58 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=190 BB Sams had a curious way of naming his 15 children.

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]]> Issue 06 – More about B. B. Sams family https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-06-more-b-b-sams-fifteen-children/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:30:14 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=188 More information about the 15 children and where they are buried. CLement Charles Sams is buried in Chester, SC.

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]]> Issue 07 – Dataw produces cash crops for the world! https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-07-dataw-produces-cash-crops/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:29:09 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=186 From an Indigo plantation to a highly successful Sea Island Cotton plantation.

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]]> Issue 09 – King Datha…a giant among men? https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-09-king-dathaa-giant-among-men/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:26:58 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=181 The legend of a giant Indian named King Datha, the source of Dataw Island's name.

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]]> Issue 10 – A child’s life…antebellum style. https://www.datawhistory.org/did-you-know/issue-10-a-childs-lifeantebellum-style/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:25:37 +0000 http://dev.datawhistory.org/?p=169 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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