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ried Lydia, daughter of Samuel Lequex ; Charles 

 married Louisa Whitfield ; James died unmarried. 



44. Webdo was the residence of Joseph Palmer. 

 He had one dauo^hter who became the wife of Peter 

 Sinkler, and whose daughter Catharine was the wife 

 of Francis Peyre. 



Between Webdo and the parish line lived the 

 families of Dutarque, Guerry, Bisseau, etc., all of 

 Huguenot stock, but of whose intermarriages and 

 descendants I am unable to give any account. 



The Fair Forrest Swamp is one of the principal 

 feeders of the western branch of Cooper River, into 

 which it flows through Watboo Creek. It rises in 

 the bays within a few miles of Santee Swamp, and 

 once afforded those who lived on its banks rice 

 fields, which were precarious on account of their 

 liability to freshets. Bordered on either side by 

 a wide extent of pine forest, and in its whole 

 length within a convenient distance of Watboo 

 landing, the planters on this swamp had their 

 attention early directed to the preparation of naval 

 stores of all kinds, the prices of which were stimu- 

 lated by the bounties paid by Great Britain for their 

 exportation. The vicinity of this swamp therefore 

 was the busy scene of this department of activity, 

 and nowhere, perhaps, have labor and enterprise 

 ever been so richly rewarded. 



45. Beginning at the head of the swamp, the first 

 settlement was the residence of Benjamin Walker. 



