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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFP3_siege-of-fort-watson_Summerton-SC.html
During the American Revolution, Colonel Lee and his Legion joined General Marion's Brigadealong the Santee River. They laid seige to Britishheld Fort Watson on top of Santee Indian Mound.Major Maham's idea was to build a tower forsharpshooters to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFP0_fort-watson_Summerton-SC.html
The first post in S.C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road from Charleston to Camden as well as the Santee River. On April 15, 1871, Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. Col. Henry Lee encircled it w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMO_battle-of-tearcoat_Turbeville-SC.html
During the American Revolution, a few miles south of Turbeville, General Marion and his militia routed the British. General Marion learned Colonel Tynes with over ninety troops was camped at the edge of Tearcoat Swamp.On Oct. 25, 1780, Marion move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFMN_revolutionary-skirmish-near-tearcoat-branch_Gable-SC.html
On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Torries under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's troops, Lord Cornwallis became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJM_richardson-graves_Pinewood-SC.html
Three hundred yards west is the site of one of the earliest graveyards in St. Mark's Parish.In the cemetery are buried Richard Richardson, Brigadier in the Revolution, James Burchell Richardson, South Carolina Governor 1802-04, and John Peter Rich…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJL_clarendon-county-manning_Manning-SC.html
Clarendon County Five SC governors have come from this area, which was part of the Parish of St. Mark (1757) and Camden District (1769) before becoming Clarendon County in 1785. The county was then part of Sumter circuit court district (1799) bef…
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