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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZN3_cooks-old-field-cemetery-copahee-plantation-and-hamlin-beach_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Cook's Old Field CemeteryThis plantation cemetery predates the American Revolution. It was established by early members of the Hamlin, Hibben and Leland families. James Hibben (d. 1835), one of the founders of Mount Pleasant, is buried here. Gener…
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Coil baskets of native sweetgrass and pine needles sewn with strips of palmetto leaf have been displayed for sale on stands along Highway 17 near Mount Pleasant since the 1930s. This craft, handed down in certain families since the 1700s, original…
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Foundation Laid in 1707The first clergyman in 1708Rev.Edward Marston and Vestry follows David Maybank and Henry Gill, Wardens Thomas Barton, William Capers, Leonard Hickman, John Simes, Richard Fairchild, John Hale, and Nathaniel Loughton.The Chur…
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The Church Act of 1706 created Christ Church Parish. The first church, a wooden structure built in 1707, accidentally burned in 1725. A brick church was erected in 1726, and although the British burned it in 1782 and the interior was destroyed by …
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The earthworks nearby are remains of the 1861 fortifications built to defend Mount Pleasant. They extended east 2.5 miles from Butler's Creek at Boone Hall Plantation to Fort Palmetto on Hamlin Sound. Supporting this line were Battery Gary and tho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGU_wando-pottery_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Indians living along the Wando River 1200 years ago made distinctive pottery using limestone and clay from the river banks. This type of pottery is found only in the Wando River Basin and is distinguished by the presence of limestone used to tempe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGS_thomas-lynch-at-rivertowne_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Side A Thomas and Sabina Lynch were some of Mount Pleasant's earliest and wealthiest residents. Their 18th century plantation house was located here in Rivertowne. The Lynch family story begins in 1677 when Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGL_phillips-community_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Side AThis community, settled along Horlbeck Creek in the 1870s by freedmen, was named after the Phillips Plantation. Former slaves of the Laurel Hill, Parker Island, and Boone Hall Plantations purchased the land in ten acre parcels and founded th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPAS_point-plantation-richmond-plantation_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Point Plantation In 1715, John Vanderhorst purchased 540 acres known as the Point for ₤360. So began a long line of ownership by this well-known Colonial family. By 1740, John's son Joseph and 29 slaves lived at the Point and operated a succ…
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Brickyard Plantation is a portion of the vast Boone Hall Plantation. The soils that cover much of the tract contain dense red clay and sand making it suitable for brick production. In 1817, "a plantation with a Brick Yard established thereon calle…