preservation - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:17:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png preservation - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Dataw Historic Foundation was Honored in 2024 by the Historic Beaufort Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org/accolade/dataw-historic-foundation-was-honored-in-2024-by-the-historic-beaufort-foundation/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:56:11 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=8041 The Dataw Historic Foundation has received a major preservation award from Historic Beaufort Foundation in recognition of its work in preserving the Sams Plantation historic site and creation of an interpretive center, both located centrally on the 867-acre community of Dataw Island. Historic Beaufort Foundation Trustee Rob Montgomery and Executive Director, Maxine Lutz, presented the “Preservation Honor Award” to the Dataw Historic Foundation, accepted on the group’s behalf by their president, Marilyn Peck.

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]]> The Green Taffeta Silk Dress https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/heirlooms-sams-pippin/ Sun, 16 Apr 2023 16:00:01 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=4146 This week’s theme is HEIRLOOMS. The Dataw Historic Foundation is fortunate because the Sams descendants have entrusted us with several family heirlooms. This week features the story of two other items donated to the Foundation, a green silk taffeta Victorian gown and a shawl circa 1860. Ginny Hall-Apicella and BIll Riski recently presented the history of the dress to our Dataw Island residents.

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]]> High Above Morgan River: Documenting the Legacy of Lewis Reeves Sams’ Home https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/dataw-island-drone-exploration/ Mon, 16 May 2022 03:09:50 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=6497 By now, most of you will have received the Spring Edition 2022 of the Dataw Historic Foundation’s Tabby Times. This is the “live” version of the beautiful cover article written…

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]]> Sams Family Cemetery – Datha Island, South Carolina https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/sams-family-cemetery/ Tue, 03 May 2022 02:00:30 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=5237 I told you recently about the tripartite plantation house of BB Sams and his wife Elizabeth (Fripp) Sams. These ruins are always the highlight of the DHF docents' tours to residents and visitors. The other site of interest is the Sams Family Cemetery, a short distance from the ruins. I wrote about this 200-year-old cemetery on Datha Island just two years ago, and there has been an exciting development. Synthesizing the research Teresa (Winters) Bridges (Sams descendant) has done in the last two years with the results of the ground-penetrating radar survey performed in 2005, I can say with confidence that her ancestor John Sams (1769-1798) is buried here on Datha.

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]]> Preserved Artifacts https://www.datawhistory.org/dataw-island-history/historic-artifacts/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:12:37 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=2976 Dataw Historic Foundation Honored by Historic Beaufort Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org/accolade/dataw-historic-foundation-honored-for-its-preservation-efforts/ Tue, 08 May 2018 13:25:00 +0000 http://datawhistory.org/?p=1550 The Dataw Historic Foundation has received a major preservation award from Historic Beaufort Foundation in recognition of its work in preserving the Sams Plantation historic site and creation of an interpretive center, both located centrally on the 867-acre community of Dataw Island. Historic Beaufort Foundation Trustee Rob Montgomery and Executive Director, Maxine Lutz, presented the “Preservation Honor Award” to the Dataw Historic Foundation, accepted on the group’s behalf by their president, Marilyn Peck.

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