Creeltown Indian Community

Front: Creeltown is a community of Native American families that dates to c.1850. It was named for the family of William “Bart” Creel who lived in this area by that time. In the early 20th century some families resettled to the Four Holes community (approx. 6 mi. E) while others moved here from the former Osbourne community. Creeltown had more than 100 residents by 1980, nearly all of them Native. Reverse: Tradition holds those who settled at Creeltown, Four Holes, and Osbourne were descended from the Kusso and Natchez tribes. The Kussoes lived in the Lowcountry by the 1500s. Members of the Natchez lived near Four Holes Swamp by 1738 after being driven from the Lower Mississippi River Valley by the French. In 2010 their descendents were recognized by the State of S.C. as the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe.