The original Afrikaans of Ossabaw Island have dispersed through Low Country.
If you are a descendant of the original Afrikaan from Ossabaw or have a strong family presence in one of the following communities, please fill out the contact form located on the right sidebar:
Pin Point
Sandfly
Montgomery
White Bluff
Ricesboro
Harris Neck
Sapelo Island
Daufuskie Island
St Catherine Island
Fernandina Beach/American Beach
Counties surrounding Darien, Georgia
All eyes know is dat,`I don't here where us helluns came from,but I doos know we aint leavin here.We iz Ossebaw. And I'm de TallyWacker.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Pig Hunting At Ossabaw
Ossabaw Island: Did you do any Pig Hunting at Ossabaw like they use to do at Ossabaw, I know you were a hunter so...I just wanted to know?
Cousin Freddie: Yeah Yeah...ohh...it was so many of them.
Cousin Freddie: Yeah Yeah...ohh...it was so many of them.
Cousin Freddie
Ossabaw Island Asks: So, we heard that your family came here from Ossabaw Island, did you know or hear anything about that growing up?
Cousin Freddie: Yea, I didn't live there, but it was a stopping point Ossabaw. They used to stop at Ossabaw to pick up fruits and vegetables. You know Ossabaw is where the rich use to stop ...it was for the rich people. They use to stop over their to get their fruit and vegetables on their excursions.
Their were many old houses and churches over there. I don't remember the name of the black or white churches tho.You know I use to sail over there with my daddy, the Revered. The only was you use to get over there was by boat. That use to be the only way you could get to Skidaway too before they built the land pass. Buck and Mollie use to carry me over there from the dock in Pin Point at your Grandma's House.
Do you know how Pin Point started. Well you know, everybody use to work at the crab factory at your Grandma's House. You know we, my daddy, your daddy, and I use to catch about 30 to 40 pounds a day and she would sale 40 pounds of crab meat at a time. And you know all the boats use to stop there in her yard, she would have 4 to 5 boats pulled up there at a time.
Cousin Freddie: Yea, I didn't live there, but it was a stopping point Ossabaw. They used to stop at Ossabaw to pick up fruits and vegetables. You know Ossabaw is where the rich use to stop ...it was for the rich people. They use to stop over their to get their fruit and vegetables on their excursions.
Their were many old houses and churches over there. I don't remember the name of the black or white churches tho.You know I use to sail over there with my daddy, the Revered. The only was you use to get over there was by boat. That use to be the only way you could get to Skidaway too before they built the land pass. Buck and Mollie use to carry me over there from the dock in Pin Point at your Grandma's House.
Do you know how Pin Point started. Well you know, everybody use to work at the crab factory at your Grandma's House. You know we, my daddy, your daddy, and I use to catch about 30 to 40 pounds a day and she would sale 40 pounds of crab meat at a time. And you know all the boats use to stop there in her yard, she would have 4 to 5 boats pulled up there at a time.
Miss M...
Ossabaw Island Asks: So, we heard that your family came here from Ossabaw Island, did you know or hear anything about that growing up?
Miss M: You know, I am still learning about the story myself, But you know what I wanna tell you is that most of your people and their people (Pin Point) great great grandparents grew up in the Tabby Villas over there on Ossabaw.There was a church over their "Don't Hinder Me Church", where most of our people went.We, our people in Pin Point were force to moved when the "Great Hurricane" came in the late 1800's and blew it down. That's when they moved over to Pin Point.
Miss M: You know, I am still learning about the story myself, But you know what I wanna tell you is that most of your people and their people (Pin Point) great great grandparents grew up in the Tabby Villas over there on Ossabaw.There was a church over their "Don't Hinder Me Church", where most of our people went.We, our people in Pin Point were force to moved when the "Great Hurricane" came in the late 1800's and blew it down. That's when they moved over to Pin Point.
Cousin Iggy
Ossabaw Island Asks: So, we heard that your family came here from Ossabaw Island, did you know or hear anything about that growing up?
Cousin Iggy: No, I just new Ms. Helen and the crab factory she ran at her house. I don't really remember how she got to Pin Point. I had just joined the Army from 1951, and was in the Korean War, I was in the Army from 1951 to 1953.
My first trip to Pin Point was in 1952, but I don't know how she got there.
Cousin Iggy: No, I just new Ms. Helen and the crab factory she ran at her house. I don't really remember how she got to Pin Point. I had just joined the Army from 1951, and was in the Korean War, I was in the Army from 1951 to 1953.
My first trip to Pin Point was in 1952, but I don't know how she got there.
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