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| This house was built by Major Samuel Porcher for his grandson Richard Shackelford Porcher, the son of Philip Porcher. the eldest son of Major Porcher, by his wife Selina Shackelford, The children of this marriage were Richard, and Selina. who married Henry Edmund Ravenel. Esqr. Richard married Esther Gasque of Georgetown. He sold this place to Christopher Gaillard and removed to Pendleton. |
| Christopher Gaillard was the son of James Gaillard and his wife Henrietta, daughter-of Theodore Gourdin of Pineville—he married Lydia. second daughter of Samuel Gaillard. He served through the war with the gallantry that is native to his race. |
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