The age-herald., 1897-09-12
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS EARLY SETTLERS
THE HUGUENoT WHO HE WAS AMID WHERE
 HE CAME FROM.
On the Bright Santee Is Found Palatia Homes Once Occupied by Happy Families Who Lived to En- joy Life-Eary Slave Days-Marion
 and His Cool Bravery.

" HeTtin amongst others IS inserted the Names of Elias Prioleau Clerk, Jane, his wife, Elias and Jane their children who, though born beyond sea, are made His Majesties Liege Subjects, and to us held, reported and taken as subjects born in this Kingdom of England; and may, as such, purchase buy, sell and dispose of Lands, Tenements. and He raditaments in this Kingdom, or any other of his Majesties dominions, as freely, peaceably, and entirely as any subject born in this kingdom; and that the said Elias Prioleau, Clerk, Jane, his Wife, Elias and Jane their children, by Virtue of the said Letters Patents are to pay Customs and Duties for their Goods and Merchandise only as Natives do and ought to do, and to enjoy all Lib critics, Privileges and Franchises of Subjects born in this Kingdom, without any disturbance, impediment or moles- tation, as by said Patent, relations being thereunto had, may more at large ap- pear. Of all which, Act being required of me, the said Notary I have granted these Presents to serve and avail the said Elias Prioleau, Clerk, Jane, his Wife, Elias and Jane, their children, in time and place convenient.
 London, the 18th day of April Anno Dom. 16S7
 'In Testimonium Veritatis. "(SeaD signo meo manual solito sgavi
 ID Tabelllona tus mel Sigil-
 lum apposui vogatus.
 "NICO HAYWARD, No. PUB"
 But the Letter Patent of Denization. issued under all the sanction of English law, in London, did not qualify the Hu- guenot to vote for Assembly in South Carolina. There all, as to government comprehended in the area of Craven and Berkly counties of the low country. Mir Prioleau waited ten years and finally conceded to the Assembly it's rights by taking from Governor Blake the follow I1ar fnrtA Naf fra.. lx.A. leau, Minister of ye Gospel, 1897, Caro- lima"
 "The Rt. Hon'ble JOSEPH
 BLAKE, ESQ. One of the (SeaD true and absolute Lords and
 Proprietors of Carolina, Com
 mander in Chief, Vice Admi-
 ral and Governor General of
 South Carolina:
 To all Judges, Justices Magistrates Min isters and Officers Ecclesiastical and Civil and to all persons whatsoever. to whom this shall come to be seen, heard, read or known Greeting:
 Know ye, that Elias Prioleau. Minis ter of ye Gospel and Janne his daugh- ter, born under the allegiance of the King of France, both taken the Oath of allegiance to our most Royal Sovereign William the Third, over England, Scot land, France and Ireland, King, Defend- CT of the faith. and hath done every other thing which by Act of Assembly made at Charlestown, In the ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord. King William, Anno Dom. One Thousand Six hundred and Ninety-Six and Seven, entitled an Act to make Aliens free of this part of this Province and for giv- ing Liberty of Conscience to all Protest ants, he was required to do, and fully and effectually, to all ntents, construc- tions and purposes qualified and capaci- tated to have, use and enjoy all the privileges, Powers and Immunity of any person born in the Kingdom of England to certify which l have hereunto sett my hand and fixed the public Seal of the province at Challestown. this Third day
 "JOSEPH BLAKE" Recorded in Secretary's Office June f. 1897 per me-"
 "J. A. MOORE.
 Secretary" The French Santee rapidly became the most populous and wealthy community of the colony, out of Charleston. Blood will tell" It is a tradition that the Huguenots wsre largely artisans and me chanics. Doubtless the experience of century preceding the exodus of the half million who fled on the revocation of the edct of Nantes-a century of persecution had forced the tal=nts of the many into divers avenues of employ ment. But 1t is not remarkable that among the number who came to South Carolina were found descendants of ths noble blood of France. They were people of highly refined social habits. a people of vivactiy and morality, peo- pie of dominant patriotsm; they wer. well bred to meet all trials and reverses of fortune.
 The fifty and odd families who com prlsed the French Santee built a, brick church wher- two straight, level roads met in full view of the majestic river. The bishop of London gave permission to translate the book of Common Prayer in the French tongue for use there. They foundsd Jamestown, naming 1t in honor of the other Teigning sove rign of England; they employed school teach CT and singing master. They opened race cour'se mile around a clear frssh water lake and near by, they erected bowling alley. They built one or more club houses in the forests for tha con- venience of parties of fnuntsmen who would dine together rhere. the din- her furnished by each, in turn at stated intervals. The British government en- coufaged them to buy African slaves and so each planter soon posse ssed sev- eral scores of these faithful openers of fields and harvesters of crops of indigo, tobacco, rice, the cereals; and from the forests large sales of naval stores were made to ship masters on the coast. Apart from the encouragement given to the settlers, to buy slaves, the British government paid each planter a bounty
 
 him in British bottoms to a British port Among the fifty-three plantations with names yet preserved, but whos- soil has been sixty years abandoned to brush and briars, are "Mexico,''> the home of Samuel Porcher; Belle Isle," th5 property of the Marions; "Curri- boo" Thomas Cordes,'" "The Rocks" "Peter Gaillard," etc.
 Lawson, an English tourist, as early IS 1700, set out in a cypress canoe from Charleston to visit the settlement. The first place he found was Mons Euge='s" Oaniel Huger) fifteen miles from the mouth of the river. There he was very courteously received by the master and his wife. He found the residence of Peter Gaillard, a brick structure, with stone trimmings, advantageously situat- ed on the river" The nsxt day he met some English ladies at dinner at Mons L'Jandro," (Gendron), who had "suf- fered heavily rom persecution in France" Lawson says he came upon the congregation as it was taking up th7 way homeward from St. Stephens church. and saw them 'clean and decent in their apparel; their houses and