Witnesses to the March 18, 1823 will of William Pope included James Wells and Josiah Wells; possibly they were island planters since the 1783 Navy map shows a Wells Family holding Possum Point Plantation. Charles Wells and John Wells appear in St. Helena’s Parish Register in 1734 and 1740; Mary Wells married island planter Daniel Savage in 1736 and Susannah Wells married James Pope in 1755.
Peeples, An Index to Hilton Head Island Names (Before the Contemporary Development), p. 43
