Sams Family Cemetery
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
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William Sams, grandson of Beaufort's founder, Colonel John "Tuscarora Jack" Barnwell, purchased Datha, present day Dataw, from his cousin, Ann Barnwell Reeve Wigg in the 1780's. William's sons, Berners and Lewis, inherited the island in 1798. The Sams family fled the island due to the advancing Union army during the War and the island was confiscated for overdue taxes in 1863. By the 1870's, the cemetery had become overgrown.
Today the cemetery is well maintained and no longer overgrown.
Biographical information on the interments at Sams Family Cemetery from the SC Historical Magazine, THE SAMS FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Compiled by Lula Sams Bond and Laura Sams Sanders. Also, THE B.B. SAMS FAMILY OF DATHA ISLAND, written by Bonnie Drew. Photos courtesy of Dataw Historic Foundation.
William Sams, grandson of Beaufort's founder, Colonel John "Tuscarora Jack" Barnwell, purchased Datha, present day Dataw, from his cousin, Ann Barnwell Reeve Wigg in the 1780's. William's sons, Berners and Lewis, inherited the island in 1798. The Sams family fled the island due to the advancing Union army during the War and the island was confiscated for overdue taxes in 1863. By the 1870's, the cemetery had become overgrown.
Today the cemetery is well maintained and no longer overgrown.
Biographical information on the interments at Sams Family Cemetery from the SC Historical Magazine, THE SAMS FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Compiled by Lula Sams Bond and Laura Sams Sanders. Also, THE B.B. SAMS FAMILY OF DATHA ISLAND, written by Bonnie Drew. Photos courtesy of Dataw Historic Foundation.
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- Added: 26 Jul 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2505780
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