Re: Saxe(a) Gotha? - Patricia Childers
Subject: Re: Saxe(a) Gotha?
From: Patricia Childers
Date: January 04, 2000

Hi Elaine! I thought I would try to help. Saxe Gotha (I've also seen
SaxlGotha)was down near Lexington. It is an area of the upper Congaree
Valley where Germans settled.  Thomas Brown operated a famous store,
Congarees Old Fort, which dates back to 1718 there. In 1748 there were
approximately 200 Germans living there. It might help also for location to
know that as the settlers filled up this area, they started to spill over
into the Dutch Fork area; between the Saluda River and the Broad River.
You probably already know but....it was also German and called Dutch Fork
because they spoke the "low German" or Dutch. I hope this helps. Pat


At 07:49 PM 1/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Will someone please explain to me what is meant by the area of Saxe(a)
>Gotha in South Carolina?....
>I keep seeing reference to it in regard to my JOYNER and RAWLINSON
>lines, but can't seem to find out anything about it.  What language is
>that in?
>Elaine Randall English
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