ISAAC and SUZANNE COUILLANDEAU DuBOSE, THE EMIGRANTS
“The first civil war between the Catholics and Huguenots took place in 1562, in the reign of Charles IX. After a sanguinary conflict at Dreux, peace was concluded on terms favorable to the latter. From this time until the issuing of the Edict of Nantz (or Nantes), only thirty-six years, France experienced no less than six civil wars, founded on differences in religious faith.
“The Edict which was to guarantee Protestants the full enjoyment of their faith and worship was revoked about eighty-seven years later. It became necessary for over half a million Protestants to leave the dominions of Louis XIV and seek liberty in other countries. South Carolina participated in the benefits which these people of great industry and fine moral habits afforded the countries in which they settled.
“A large portion of the refugees settled on the south side of the Santee River where a town, called Jamestown, was laid out. This area was called French Santee. Many settled in Charlestown and its vicinity. There was also a settlement in the part of Berkeley County called Orange Quarter. This later became the Parish of St. Dennis. About ten families settled in St. John’s, Berkeley.
“In the list of refugees ‘en Caroline qui souhaittent d’être naturalizés Anglois,’ prepared before 1696, we find ‘de Santee,’ ISAAC DuBOSC, fils de Louis Dubosc et d’Anne Dubosc, de Dieppe en Normandie, Suzanne Dubosc, sa femme, fille de Pierre Couillandeau, et de Susane Couillandeau, native de la Tramblade en Zaintonge.’”
–from DuBose Genealogy, by Dorothy Kelly MacDowell (pub. 1972).
ISAAC and SARAH “Sallie” JOHNSON DuBOSE
Isaac VI and Sallie Johnson DuBose lived near present-day Windsor in what was then The District of Barnwell, South Carolina. Windsor is now a small town in Aiken County, South Carolina. Sallie, born about 1808, was the daughter of James Johnson and Judith Redd Johnson. She died between 1860-70. Isaac was born in May 1801, and died after 1870. Isaac and Sallie are buried in the Johnson Cemetery near Windsor.
In the 1850 U.S. Census, Isaac (50 years old) was a planter, with the value of his real estate placed at $1,000. His wife, Sarah, was 42. Also in the home were John (17), Thomas (14), and Sarah (10). Thomas had attended school during the past year. Listed just before Isaac’s family was Wm Dubose, age 21 (b. abt 1829) who was also a planter.
In the 1860 U.S. Census, Isaac (60) was farming, and owned real estate valued at $2,400, with a personal estate of $5,000. This was a sizable estate for this time period. Enumerated in this household with Isaac and Sarah were John J., Sarah A., and Sarah and Zachariah Fouts (grandchildren of Isaac and Sarah, children of their daughter Judith DuBose Fouts, whose husband had died prior to this census). Remember that this census was just prior to the Civil War, when the fortunes of many would be decimated.
In the 1870 U.S. Census, Isaac (70 years old) and his daughter Sarah Ann (age 30) were living with James (35) and Phoeba (23) Brett [Britt] in the Windsor Township of Barnwell County. James was a farm laborer. For Isaac’s occupation, he was listed as “at home.” Sarah Ann's occupation was “with father.” Listed just above the Britt household was James A[llen] DuBoze (note “z” rather than “s”), his second wife Angeline, and 6 children at home ranging from age 19 (Thompson) to 4 months (Mary).
The 1860 census was the last in which Sarah is found, and the 1870 is the last in which Isaac was enumerated. Their gravestones, which are very primitive, list no dates.
JAMES ALLEN DuBOSE and CATHERINE RODGERS DuBOSE
James Allen DuBose (2 May 1828 - Feb 1897) and Catherine Rodgers (28 Dec 1833 - 28 Apr 1861) were the parents of five children: Andrew Thompson DuBose, William Jefferson DuBose, Trudy Elizabeth DuBose, Isaac Monroe DuBose, and John Bunyan DuBose. In the 1860 and 1870 U.S. censuses, James Allen DuBose was a farmer in The District of Barnwell, South Carolina, and his post office was Windsor.
Following Catherine’s death in 1861, James Allen married Angeline Johnson on 21 Jul 1864. She was actually an older sister of his daughter-in-law, Mary LaVesta Johnson DuBose (wife of Andrew Thompson). Together, they had 9 children.
James Allen DuBose and Angeline Johnson DuBose moved to Saint Clair County, Alabama, and it is believed that they died and are buried there.
ANDREW THOMPSON DuBOSE and MARY LaVESTA JOHNSON DuBOSE Andrew Thompson and Mary LaVesta Johnson DuBose lived on the Edisto River in what is now Saluda County. They were the parents of five children: Ealer Savannah DuBose Scott (my great-grandmother), Anna Isilene DuBose Lott, William Monroe DuBose, Arley Thompson DuBose, and Ted Wyman DuBose. They were members of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, and are buried in the churchyard there. I plan to bring more information about Thompson and Vesta DuBose to this website soon.
The presence of the DuBose [DuBosc] coat of arms on the “person pages” of this website with a DuBose male indicates one of my direct ancestors. We are direct descendants of Isaac, Isaac II, Isaac III, Isaac IV, Isaac V, and Isaac VI!
My great-grandmother, Ealer Savannah DuBose Scott, was a descendant of Isaac and Suzanne Couillandeau DuBose. We are indebted to Dorothy Kelly MacDowell for the countless hours of research that resulted in her book. I have spent many hours finding sources for information she has provided, adding branches to the tree, and updating generations since the publishing of her book. It has been an intriguing and enjoyable process for a great line of our family. Please contact me via email if you can help fill in more branches.
