A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE HUGUENOTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA: CONSISTING OF PAMPHLETS BY SAMUEL DUBOSE, ESQ. OF ST. JOHN'S BERKELEY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND PROF. FREDERICK A. PORCHER OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1887. First edition. 8vo., vi, 176 pp. Previous owners' signatures on the endpapers. Marginal notes in pencil on several pages of the text. Detailed genealogy of the Porcher family in ink, on the "notes" page provided. Contemporary quarter leather with cloth over boards; the spine and tips are considerably rubbed and scuffed. Occasional faint foxing and toning to the text. A good or better copy. Item #29506
Owners' signatures are those of the Porcher family, dated 1887 and 1901. This book gives a comprehensive genealogy of the prominent families of South Carolina, starting from 1689 when the first 180 families of French Huguenot descent first arrived in Carolina, and settled on the Santee, in St. James Parish. The Porcher family is among these prominent families, and are interelated with the Wickham, Peyres and DuBose families. Largely a history of Craven and Berkeley Counties, South Carolina.
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