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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQJ_theodosia-burr-alston_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
Daughter of Aaron Burr and one of the most learned women of her era; wife of Governor Joseph Alston, who is buried west of here, with Aaron Burr Alston, their ten-year-old son; sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812 on the schooner Patriot to joi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37L_joseph-blyth-allston-house-pawley-house_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
This house stands on land owned by R. F. W. Allston, governor of SC 1856-58. His nephew Joseph Blyth Allston obtained the land in 1866 and it is thought he then moved this circa 1800 house onto his property. After Hurricane Hugo struck SC in 1989,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM34Y_nesbit-norburn-house_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
By 1842 this house was here on Pawleys Island and was owned by Robert Nesbit (1799-1848). A native of Scotland and a rice planter in this area, Nesbit also owned nearby "Caledonia" plantation. The house on Pawleys remained in the Nesbit family unt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM32E_all-saints-academy-summer-house_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
This summer house was built between 1838 and 1848 by All Saints Academy for the summer residence of its headmaster. Robert F. W. Allston, Governor of SC 1856-58, actively participated in leadership of the academy. After some years, the academy's d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ZP_all-saints-summer-parsonage-the-rectory_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
This house, built by 1848, served as the summer parsonage for All Saints Episcopal Church or many years. Evening summer services were held here by the congregation, which included a number of rice plantation owners who spent summers at Pawleys Isl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UC_r-f-w-allston-house_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
This summer residence was owned by Robert F. W. Allston (1801-1864) when the state of SC granted the marsh behind it to him in 1846. Allston was a large property owner, a successful rice planter, and served as governor of SC 1856-58. The house rem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RO_ward-house-liberty-lodge_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
This house, one of the oldest on Pawleys, was reputedly moved here after 1858. It stands on land once owned by area rice planter Joshua J. Ward (1800-1853), who was Lt. Gov. of SC 1850-52. The house has hand-hewn sills and joists and mortise-and-t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2OS_clifton-plantation_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
President George Washington on his southern tour traveled southward over this road, April 27-30, 1791. While in this vicinity the day and night of April 29, he was the guest of Captain William Alston on this plantation, Clifton, which was original…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ON_lafayette_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
A lover of liberty, Lafayette left Bordeaux, France, March 26, 1777, "to conquer or perish" in the American cause, and arrived at Benjamin Huger's summer home near here, June 14, 1777, where he spent his first night in America. He rendered eminent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2OL_prospect-hill_Pawleys-Island-SC.html
On his tour south to inspect the defenses of the Atlantic coast, President Monroe reached Prospect Hill, Col. Benjamin Huger's residence, April 21, 1819. During his stay, April 21-24, he was lavishly entertained by his host and by the citizens and…