We are planning for a wonderful
Ervin Family Reunion, July 18 – 21, 2025
in the beautiful city of
Charleston, South Carolina
A group of Ervin family descendants came together and planned a weekend of activities for our family to meet, reunite, network, commemorate, discover and learn.
Our reunion will be focused on getting to know each other, learning the history of African/African American people in the Low Country of South Carolina and the history of our people and the areas in which they lived.
Who are we…
We are the descendants of our oldest known ancestor Jackson Graham who lived in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Some of us live in the Bloomingvale Community area while others migrated before, during and after the Great Migration to other parts of South Carolina, Rochester, NY, Baltimore, MD, Jamaica, Queens in NYC, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, parts of California, Texas, and many other cities and states.
In addition to Ervin/Irving/Irvin our surnames include: Brewington, Dicker, Dozier, Dunmore, Graham, Green, McCrea/McCrae/McCray, McCullough/McCollough, McGill, Miller, Nesmith, Oliver, Parson, Porter, Porcher/Porchea, Pressley, Rush, Seaward/Seward, Singletary, Washington, Watson, White, Wilson and many other surnames from Williamsburg County and the surrounding area. We continue to research the lives of our ancestors. If you have any family information you would like to share please contact Vicki McGill, nubian1[@]yahoo.com.
Why Charleston?
“Charleston was North America’s largest Transatlantic Slave Trade port of entry. Nearly 150,000 kidnapped Africans—over 40% of all enslaved Africans trafficked to North America—arrived through Charleston Harbor.” – Slave Voyages, “Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database”
Our oldest known ancestors were born in the early 1800s and after the Civil War they lived in the area of Bloomingvale Community in the vicinity of Andrews in Williamsburg County, South Carolina which is just 60 miles from Charleston. The international slave trade lasted until the 1809 ban on the importation of enslaved people outside of this country that is now the United States. Based on the proximity to Bloomingvale and the large number of enslaved people who came through Charleston Harbor it is highly likely that our ancestors came to these shores through that location.
We will get to know family we haven’t met or seen in a long while, visit the new International African American Museum in Charleston, take Gullah Geechee tour and learn a lot of the history of the region, Williamsburg County and the Bloomingvale Community where our people lived.
There is so much history to discover in Charleston, things to do and places to see. You can request a visitors guide and explore the many options the area offers.
See you at our 2025 Ervin Family Reunion!