Esther Elizabeth “Miss Lizzie” WELLS

1830 - Aft 1860  (> 31 years)

• Name	Esther Elizabeth “Miss Lizzie” WELLS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1830	Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  HIST	wife of the town’s founder, she is credited with naming the town’s first post office and for giving the community the name Elloree, a Native-American term meaning “The Home I Love.” What is her name? Elizabeth E. or Esther Elizabeth?  [3, 4]
  _UID	DACD3B2A600C4333AFEB926ECFDFF8BEEC6A
  Death	Aft 1860  [4]
  Burial	Santee Cemetery   [1]
  Person ID	I80626	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Henry Haynsworth WELLS,   b. 16 Jul 1804, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 26 Dec 1879, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth MICHAU,   b. 14 Apr 1811, Williamsburg County, South Carolina d. 1 Jun 1886, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1824	Williamsburg County, South Carolina   [5, 6]
  	by Dr. John Bradly by Dr. John Bradly
  _UID	8349B273AC66431FB150FF36BA57512724A7
  _UID	8349B273AC66431FB150FF36BA57512724A7
  Family ID	F15564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reverend William J. /SNIDER SNYDER   bur. Santee Cemetery
  _UID	2495758D883D442A93BD5AA846D517007297
  _UID	2495758D883D442A93BD5AA846D517007297
  Family ID	F21176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1701] H. H. Wells, page 50. [S11] Hugh Charles Haynsworth, (Osteen Publishing Company, Sumter, SC), page 263. [S5837] Elloree marks history with “A Walk Back in Time”. [S23025] Descendants of Henry Haynsworth Wells. [S703] . [S1544] page 15.