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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJEH_lewisfield-plantation_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
This land, part of Fairlawn Barony and known as Little Landing, was bought in 1767 by Sedgwick Lewis. His daughter Sarah married Keating Simons. They acquired the land in 1774 and are presumed to have built the present plantation house. Tradition …
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Originally granted to Sir Peter Colleton in 1679. Acquired in 1712 by Thomas Broughton, who erected the present mansion, said to be modeled after Seaton Hall in England, in 1714. Thomas Broughton was speaker of the Commons House of Assembly from 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHFR_st-james-goose-creek-chapel-of-ease-bethlehem-baptist-church_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
Marker Front:St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of EaseOne of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from the 1719 parish church. The chapel of ease was a brick building with a cruci…
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Named in 1980 in honor of a distinguished South Carolininian Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1938-42 Member South Carolina Senate, 1943 - Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, 1972 - Because of his outstanding contributions to theg…
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This baptist Church, constituted 1851, constructed the present building here in 1881 on land donated by A.D. Hare, a church trustee.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNV_santee-canal_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
This canal, twenty-two miles in length, connects the Santee and Cooper Rivers. It was chartered by Act of March 22,1786, with capital of ?100,000 sterling. Construction began in 1793, and the canal was completed in 1800, under the direction of Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLS_santee-canal_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
This canal, twenty-two miles in length, connects the Santee and Cooper Rivers. Chartered in 1786, construction was commenced in 1793, and completed in 1800, under the direction of Col. John Christian Senf, a native of Sweden, as Chief Engineer. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFK5_varner-town-indian-community_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
Varner Town (or Varnertown) is a distinct Native American community including descendants of the Etiwan, Catawba, Cherokee, Edisto and other area tribes. This community, located near Goose Creek, was named for William Varner (d. 1927) and his wife…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFIM_biggin-church_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
Parish Church of St. John's Berkeley, founded by Act of Assembly November 30, 1706. Church erected in 1712. Burned by forest fire in 1775 and restored. Burned by Col. Coates of the British Army in 1781 and again restored. Burned again by forest fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFFD_old-moncks-corner_Moncks-Corner-SC.html
Here was located the provincial town of Moncks Corner, deriving its name from Thomas Monck, an Englishman, who in 1735 purchased Mitten Plantation, and upon whose land the town was settled. It became an important commercial center prior to the Rev…
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