William Cain family papers, 1704-[ca. 1975].

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William Cain family papers, 1704-[ca. 1975].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70971977

The bulk of this collection consists of property records dating back to early grants for lands that would become Somerton and Somerset plantations in Berkeley County. S.C. Cain family papers consist of correspondence (1876-1912); estate records of Daniel Cain; genealogical notes; miscellaneous material, includingpapers concerning a book about St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, and meteorological records (1940s?) for Pinopolis, S.C., kept by Mrs. Florence R. Lucas; property records, mostly pertaining to Cain and Porcher family lands (Pooshee, Somerton, and Somerset plantations) in Berkeley County which were lost to the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric project; and writings, including poems and part of a manuscript history of Berkeley County, S.C.

ca. 3 linear ft.

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Free Trade and State Rights Association of the Parishes of St. Stephen's, St. John's Berkeley, and St. James Santee

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Ravenel, Paul

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Porcher, Frederick A. (Frederick Adolphus), 1809-1888

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South Carolina plantation owner, historian, and educator. A graduate of Yale, Porcher became a professor at the College of Charleston and was a founding member of the S.C. Historical Society. He was the son of George Porcher (1775-1813) of Cedar Spring Plantation (St. John's Berkeley Parish) and Marianne Gendron Palmer (1784-1835). He married Caroline Smith Parker (1824-1888) in 1850. From the description of Frederick A. Porcher papers, 1826-1922. (The South Carolina Historical Socie...

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Chinners, Thomas

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Carlile, David N., 1804-

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Midon, John

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Landers, Lambert

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Ravenel family.

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Lucas, Florence Hartley Ravenel, 1860-1945

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Wetherick, Elizabeth

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Cain, William, 1792-1878

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Planter, of Pinopolis, S.C.; graduate of S.C. College; father of William Henry Cain, Joseph Cain, and Calhoun Cain. From the description of William Cain papers, 1812-1869, bulk 1836-1869. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 41494944 St. John's Parish, S.C., plantation owner, South Carolina legislator, and South Carolina lieutenant governor; married Anna Maria Dubose (d. 1827); married Ann Palmer. From the description of William Cain family papers,...

Cain family.

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Waring, Morton

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Porcher, Thomas, 1766-1835

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Berkeley County, S.C. plantation owner. In 1792 he married Charlotte Mazyck (d. 1804). His second wife was Elizabeth Sinkler Dubose (1788-1866), whom he married in 1806. From the description of Births of my children, 1793-1832. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865454 ...

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Cain, Daniel, -1794

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Chinners, Abraham

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Porcher family.

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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Saint Stephen, S.C.)

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Durant, Paul.

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