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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TH_tomb-of-thomas-heyward-jr_Ridgeland-SC.html
Member of South Carolina Provincial Congress and Council of Safety and of Continental Congress. Signer of Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and captain of militia at Battle of Port Royal and Siege of Charleston. Prisoner of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3TG_old-house-plantation_Ridgeland-SC.html
Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heywardwho built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory and export-import business on thesegrounds before his death in 1777. Original 500 acres King's Grant grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed by fire ca. 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T8_st-pauls-methodist-church_Ridgeland-SC.html
(Front side):This church, organized on 1890, is the oldest in Ridgland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations before the Civil War. When Julius G. Sipple of Grahamville encouraged Methodists in Ridgeland to organize a separate c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3SW_great-swamp-baptist-church_Ridgeland-SC.html
(Front side):This church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in the congregation favored the primitive Baptist movement, but others, including Rev. John N. Youmans, favored a mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RO_purrysburg-township_Hardeeville-SC.html
(Front text ):In 1730, the British Crown instructed S.C.Governor Robert Johnson to lay out eleventownships to populate and protect the interior of the province. Purrysburg Township, laid out in 1731, stimulated thesettlement of this area; but the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NP_grahamville_Ridgeland-SC.html
[front]This summer village, established by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what was the Beaufort District until the creation of Jasper County in 1912. Named for Capt. John Graham (1784-1833), its prominent resi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3N8_general-robert-e-lee_Yemassee-SC.html
(Text front): General Robert E. LeeFollowing the capture of Hilton Head, Beaufort, and the nearby sea islands in the fall of 1861, General Robert E. Lee was given command of the coastal military department of South Carolina, and East Florida. From…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MV_church-of-the-holy-trinity_Ridgeland-SC.html
((Text front))This Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years before it became a separate congregation in 1835. It is said that William Heyward gave the church land on which the present building, donated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GK_beaufort-county-south-carolina_Beaufort-SC.html
1860 - On November 7,1861 a flotilla of U.S. warships steamed into Port Royal and the "Cotton Kingdom" came to a swift and thunderous end. The planters were forced to flee inland, many never to return, abandoning homes, lands and slaves. Beaufort …
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South Carolina1746 - 1809Soldier - StatesmanSigner ofThe Declaration Of Independence