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Huguenots of Abbeville and Bordeaux Heritage in South Carolina
Long historical sketch notes the Bordeaux Huguenots who settled in Abbeville County in 1764 and built the last surviving original house. It highlights their endurance, family lines, notable descendants, charitable works, church and school ties, and the enduring memory of a French settlement that shaped local life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Charleston
Abbeville
Mary Anne LeRoy
Joseph Bouchillon
Bouchillon
Lazarus Cogin
Cowpens
Lissomoneas
James Louis Coyin
Philip Augustus Coyin
Mount Carmel
Eiza Anna Webb
Lucinda Suasa Foundain
Thompson
Alabama
Shorter
Macon County
Montgomery
Joseph Leonard Bouchillon
Nixty
Ieach Legal Jamengs
Fredericksburg
Ouis Covin
James
Mary Anne Rogers
Nea Covic
Pierre Guillebeau
Joseph L. Bouchillon
Jane
Nee Bellotte
Josephine Bellotte
Mary E. Davis
Morayne
Talladega
South
Davis
Mary
Sayre
Nea Moragne
Bouchilion
Josephine
Bellotte
Cartoraville
Georgia
John Andrew LeRoy
John LeRoy
Susan LeRoy
Guillobeaux
Andre Quillebeau
Andre
Pierre
Adilera
James Hamphill
News and Courier
John de LaHone
France
de LaHone
Lethé Institute
Monas Waddel
Hig School
Vienna
Willington Academy
Willington
Moses Waddel
Willington Church
Waddel
Old Liberty Spring
Old Prono Town