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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBL_windsor-hill-plantation_North-Charleston-SC.html
Windsor Hill Plantation, steeped in the history and traditions of the South of another day, was for a time the home of one of the best known and highly respected heroes of the American Revolution.General William MoultrieGeneral William Moultrie wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ2R_windsor-hill-plantation_North-Charleston-SC.html
(Front text) This inland rice plantation was established in 1701 by a grant of 500 acres to Joseph Child. The original grant was between the headwaters of Goose Creek and the Ashley River, and Child soon acquired an additional 300 acres. His son B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJYK_archdale-hall_North-Charleston-SC.html
Archdale Hall Plantation was established in 1681 by a royal grant of 300 acres to Richard Baker. The plantation, later expanded to more than 3000 acres, produced indigo and rice. The house which once stood here, built before 1750, was a fine examp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUV_the-old-town-hall_Summerville-SC.html
(Front text)The Old Town Hall, built ca. 1860, is the oldest public building in Summerville. Rev. Robert I. Limehouse (1815-1881), a Methodist minister and the town intendant, or mayor, purchased the site for the town hall that year. A jail and ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGW_alston-graded-school-alston-high-school_Summerville-SC.html
Alston Graded School Alston Graded School, one of the first African-American schools founded in Dorchester County, stood here from 1910 to 1954. Named for its founder, Dr. J.H. Alston, it included grades 1-11 until 1949 and 1-12 afterwards. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQE_four-holes-swamp-bridge-harleys-tavern_Dorchester-SC.html
Four Holes Swamp Bridge The first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located about 200 ft. N. of the present bridge. The old bridge, on the road from Orangeburg to Charleston, was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNJ_four-holes-swamp_Dorchester-SC.html
The first causeway and bridge herewere built under terms of an actpassed April 21, 1753.Col. Henry Hampton of State Troopsof S.C. seized the bridge July14, 1781, and established a post here to check Lord Rawdon on hisretreat from Orangeburgh. Seve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMB_revolutionary-war-cannon_Dorchester-SC.html
Forged in 1762 in Leicester,England, this cannon was partof an outpost located near hereto defend the causeway at FourHoles Creek during theRevolutionary War. It wasrecovered from the creekbeneath six feet of silt by abridge work crew in 1921.(Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHU_koger-murray-carroll-house_St-George-SC.html
(Front text) This house, an excellent example of early Federal era-architecture, was built about 1800 for Joseph Koger, Jr. (1779-1866), planter, state representative 1806-1812, Colleton District sheriff 1813-18, and state senator 1818-1838. Koger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHG5_applebys-methodist-church_Reevesville-SC.html
(Front text) This church was organized shortly after the Revolution and this site was deeded to seven trustees in 1787. One of them, Jacob Barr, was the first minister to serve here. Appleby's Methodist Church was named for a prominent local famil…