Today was a productive day for this project. I went back to the archives on campus and knocked on the door of the director, Ben Burroughs. I asked him if he knew of any locations for the mapping project, to which he didn’t. On the other hand, we had some wonderful conversation about history and the history of the Dimery’s. Mr. Burroughs (the Burroughs have been in Horry County for several hundred years), told me a story that was passed down to him about Jim Dimery and Franklin Burroughs whom served together in the Civil War. They both were captured and sent to Illinois to a Union prison camp. The men there lived in horrible conditions often starving or freezing to death. This story of itself was very intriguing to me but, what he told me next really had me thinking (and I think him too). He told me that Jim Dimery was known as a “Croatan”. Let that sink in for a minute. Maybe some of the original Croatoan people didn’t just “disappear”, maybe they were ran off their land and migrated into other parts of North and South Carolina? This conversation had me thinking all day (I don’t think watching American Horry Story: Roanoke helped any HAHA!) Also, I hope to meet with the tribe next week to map a few places. I will keep you guys updated as soon as I get information.
(Here is the link to the article that has information about Jim Dimery, it’s on page 11) http://hcac.lyrasistechnology.org/islandora/object/hcac%3A1740/datastream/OBJ/view
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