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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNU_button-hall_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Marker Front:This plantation was once part of Boochawee Hall, owned by Governor James Moore (d. 1706). Moore left 615 acres to his daughter Rebecca, who married Thomas Barker (d. 1715) in 1709. Barker, who planted inland rice here, served one term…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNT_boochawee-hall_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Marker Front:Boochawee Hall, created in 1683 by a 2,400-acre grant, was owned by two colonial governors, father and son. James Moore (d. 1706), a trader and planter, served on the Grand Council and later led "the Goose Creek Men," an anti-propriet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNR_liberty-hall-plantation_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Marker Front:This inland rice plantation has its origins in a 1683 grant. In 1726 Nathaniel Moore and his wife sold a 900-acre parcel to Isaac Mazyck (d. 1736). Mazyck's son Benjamin (d. 1800), a rice planter, cattleman, and merchant, consolidated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNQ_springfield-plantation_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Marker Front:Springfield Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Paul Mazyck (d. 1749), a planter and merchant who combined two large tracts on Foster Creek, a branch of Back River. His father Isaac, a French Huguenot plante…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNO_casey-caice_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Marker Front:This African-American community grew up around a Methodist church founded during Reconstruction by a freedman named Casey or Caice. Its early services were under a tent, but a log cabin served as its first permanent church. In 1868 T.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNN_otranto-indigo-vat_Goose-Creek-SC.html
Built 1750-1790 at Otranto Plantation and used to process dye from indigo, an important S.C. crop from 1747 to 1796. Moved here 1979.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNM_otranto-plantation_Hanahan-SC.html
Originally known as "Yeshoe," this plantation was granted in 1679 to Arthur Middleton, great-granduncle of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Called "Otranto" after 1771, when it was bought by Dr. Alexander Garden, noted physician and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM9_gen-william-moultrie_Cross-SC.html
Commander of Fort Sullivan andthe S.C. 2nd Regiment Jun. 17, 1775 toSept. 16, 1776. Governor of SouthCarolina 1785-1787 and 1792-1794.Defeated the British ships in 1776 in the invasion of the CharlestonHarbor. The fort's name was laterchanged to F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJLW_dewitt-williams-bridge_St-Stephen-SC.html
Named in honor ofSt. Stephen NativeTeacher and PrincipalFor Over 30 YearsMemberSt. Stephen Town Council1970-1979Mayor Pro Tem1974-19799th District memberS.C. Highway Commission1972-1982Member House of Representatives1983- (1996)Dedicated in 1983
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJR_rehoboth-methodist-church_Bonneau-SC.html
(Marker Front) This church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Ministers riding the Cooper River and Berkeley circuits served this congregation for many years. The first sanctuary…