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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWM_john-h-sams-homestead-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
The Sams family came to Brevard County from South Carolina in 1875 to take advantage of the 1860 Homestead Act. The family consisted of John Hanahan Sams, his wife Sarah, their five children, Johns brother William Sams, and his sister, Catherine D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOX_bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church-of-merritt-island-community-cemetery-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
Established in 1892, the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Merritt Island was the first African Methodist Episcopal church on North Tropical Trail, located on land James R. Ragan originally acquired through the Homestead Act in 1895. The wooden church sat o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WNK_st-lukes-episcopal-church-historical_Merritt-Island-FL.html
St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Courtenay was formed by the Porcher, LaRoche, Sams and other families that settled on north Merritt Island after leaving the Charleston, South Carolina area in 1875 due to the loss of their homes and plantations duri…