Re: SC Cowboys - darlene cantey
Subject: Re: SC Cowboys
From: darlene cantey
Date: January 11, 2000

This reminds me of my husband's ancestors on the Santee in 
Williamsburg/Clarendon County. They had a plantation called "Mount Hope". 
Joseph Cantey was noted for his number of cattle with very few slaves. His 
daughter, Mary, married  Gen. Thomas Sumter. I oftened wondered how he 
managed such a large cattle "ranch" in 1760. This would be an interesting 
paper. If it had been a success, maybe the Civil War could have been 
avoided!
Darlene Cantey


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>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: SC Cowboys
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:31:14 EST
>
>Some time ago I asked the list what they knew about SC cowboys.  Someone 
>let
>me know about an article in the SC Historical Magazine.  I ordered it and
>wanted to let you know about it.  It is in Vol. 87 1986 and starts on page
>117.  The Author is John S. Otto.  It was very intersting to me and if you
>don't know about this part of the SC history you might want to read it.
>Essectially some of our SC ancesters introduced cattle ranching to the US 
>and
>it gradually spread west.  There are no surnames mentioned, but there is a
>reference to Colleton County.  "Colleton County became the leading center 
>of
>Carolinian cattle-ranching in the years between 1694 and 1715."  -- "By 
>1860,
>the descendants of Carolinian cattle-ranchers were found from southern 
>Texas
>to southren Forida. Cattle-ranching, which had originated with colonial 
>South
>Carolina, had diffused throughout the lower Saouth by the eve of the Civil
>War."  Thought some of you might be interested.  Sandy
>
>
>
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