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Boykin Mill Pond Tragedy 1860

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13 memorials

TWENTY FOUR PERSONS DROWNED In BOYKINS' MILL POND, NEAR CAMDEN, SC May 5, 1860 Boykin, SC --An afternoon of picnicing and fishing turns into a tragedy when around 50 ladies and gentlemen went out on a flat bottom boat and it caught on a snag, and eventually sunk. Read the story from old news article in the Sumter Watchman of May 7, 1860 Rootswebhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sckersha/history/boykin.htm

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Robert Josey Huggins Jr

12 Oct 1840 – 5 May 1860

Hartsville, Darlington County, South Carolina, USA

Luchas R. LeGrand

1829 – 5 May 1860

31 Years Old, Drowned at Boykin's Pond

Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

Plot info: Section 10 Plot 41

William C. LeGrand

27 Nov 1841 – 5 May 1860

Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

Plot info: Section 10 Plot 41

Louisa S. Nettles

25 Oct 1842 – 5 May 1860

Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

Plot info: Section 4 Plot 25

Hollie Adele Young

6 May 1841 – 5 May 1860

d/o Samuel H and Mary Ann Young One of 24 persons ...

Woodrow, Lee County, South Carolina, USA

Plot info: #129 Lee County Cemtery Survey page 556

Samuel Henry Young

29 Sep 1852 – 5 May 1860

s/o Mary Ann McLeod Young and Samuel Henry Young....

Woodrow, Lee County, South Carolina, USA

Plot info: stone #100