Will of Samuel Elliott (1777) mentioning Mustee Hannah, Mustee Bef, Mustee Quash, and Mustee Sambo—people of mixed Gullah Geechee, Combahee Cusabo, Yamassee, and Tuscarora ancestry.
This record helps us trace the lives and kinship ties of Afro-Indigenous families along the Combahee, Salkehatchie, and Edisto rivers. By naming Mustee Hannah, Bef, Quash, and Sambo, it connects Gullah Geechee, Combahee Cusabo, Yamassee, and Tuscarora descendants to specific places, plantations, and moments in time.
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