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South Carolina began with only one settlement, Charles Towne. Soon colonists were pushing into the frontier. As plantations arose, merchants, doctors and craftsmen settled towns like Dorchester to support them. Trade routes - rivers, paths and roa…
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Wealth and prestige are often displayed by our homes and property.This outline represents a Georgian home that once sat on lots 17 and 18. Described in 1786 as "a wooden house on brickfoundation," the house belonged to the Izard family, prominent …
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The Ashley River served as an early highway between Dorchester and Charles Towne. It provided planters easy access to the largest market in Carolina for their crops. But as the colony expanded inland, it became an obstacle to overland travel and t…
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This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of this earl…
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In 1697, Congregationalist settlers from Dorchester, Massachusetts, founded a town where you now stand. For nearly 100 years, Dorchester prospered as an inland trade center for the region. Trade with Native Americans, the development of rice and i…
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(Front text)This church was founded in the early 19th century as Murray's Church and served by ministers riding the Cypress Circuit. It was originally named for the Murray family, which also gave this town its first name of Murray's Crossroads. Th…
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(Front text)Middleton Place These famous gardens were laid out about1741 by Henry Middleton (1717-84), Presidentof Continental Congress. His son Arthur,Signer of the Declaration Of Independence,lived here as did his son Henry (1770-1846),Governor …