Huguenots in S.C. Archives - McCormick County

City Directories and History: “The west bank of Little River and north of Baker Creek State Park. A station for the C&WC Railroad, Bordeaux is also of historical importance. The French Huguenot settlement of New Bordeaux was founded about two miles east of the present community, on the bank of Little

Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress

River, in 1764 by the Rev. Jean Louis Gibert. A large granite cross, erected by the South Carolina Huguenot Society, marks the spot of the original settlement. In the present settlement, the main house is the large two-story home built in 1866 by John Albert Gibert, M. D., great grand-nephew of the Rev. Jean Louis Gibert. This house is owned by the heirs of Orville Gibert Calhoun, grandson of the builder. Dr. Gibert also owned other lands in the area. One plantation, called the Old Dry Slope Place, can not be located exactly but was probably on the Savannah River south of Orange Hill. Bordeaux was named for Bordeaux, France. It is usually referred to by local residents as French Town. When called by its official name, many of the older people alter the pronunciation to sound like “Birdow,” with the accent on the first syllable (bir’ dow).

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Information from: Names in South Carolina by C.H. Neuffer, Published by the S.C. Dept. of English, USC

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