The Rabon & Bellamy Family History

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This site is for the decedents of the Rabon and Bellamy families. The site is also for those who are interested in Horry County history. This is where they can learn more about their heritage and who their ancestors were from 1600's through the 21st Century. Although both families came from other parts of Europe they found themselves connected in Horry County.



Have been researching the Rabon & Bellamy families from Horry County and Marion County, South Carolina for the past 20 years. The following surnames include in my search are Rabon's, Bellamy's, Lawrimore's/Lowrimore's, Richardson's, Tucker's, Herring's, Hardee's, and many more that are connected to my family. William Rabon is the earliest known Rabon in Horry County that I have not been able to find. William had 3 sons George (1787-after 1860), William (1788-1854), & Abraham (1795-1872 (George & William, Jr. served in the War of 1812). William, Sr. had quite a number of grandsons & great grandsons from Horry that served in the Confederate States Army (1861-1865). His place of burial is unknown but most likely in Horry County, SC. Perhaps in either the Bayboro, Cool Spring or Pleasant Union areas.




The history of this family in America goes back to the year 1670, when John Bellamy, with Sir John Yeamans and other associates founded the Charleston Colony in South Carolina. John Bellamy, a native of London, was a youth at the time of the fitting out of the Plymouth Colony, and manifested great interest in this pilgrimage. After the occupation of the Barbados Island by the British in 1625, his venturesome spirit prompted him to join the Barbados Colony, and it was here that he met Sir John Yeamans and became one of the grantees or charterers of the Yeamans Colony which, in 1665, effected a settlement of English families from Barbados at Charleston, South Carolina.


According to a map made in 1711, John Bellamy's plantation was between the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, and there he came to live about the year 1670. He died possessed of great wealth. His son, John Bellamy, settled on the San tee River, in South Carolina, and was a large planter. He had a son, John, born in St. George's Parish, in 1750.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 16, 2022 at 6:36 PM

    I am a Rabon in Columbia, SC. Looking for more on the Rabon history. Interesting read here, that hog owning Rabons killing each other, sounds like my Rabon family.

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