Cordesville in Berkeley County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mepkin Plantation

By Mike Stroud, 2009

1. Mepkin Plantation Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Home of Henry Laurens, born in Charleston in 1724, died at Mepkin in 1792. President of the First and Second Councils of Safety, 1775-76. President First Provincial Congress of S.C. 1775. Vice President of S.C. 1776. President of Continental Congress 1777-78. Elected Minister Plenipotentiary to Holland 1779. Confined 14 months in Tower of London, exchanged for Lord Cornwallis. Signed in Paris, with Adams, Jay and Franklin, Preliminaries of Peace, 1782. (Marker Number 8-8.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 33° 6.893′ N, 79° 56.643′ W. Marker is in Cordesville, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. Marker is on Dr. Evans Road (State Highway 8-44), on the right when traveling north. Located just south of Mepkin Abbey Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cordesville SC 29434, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Strawberry Chapel (approx. 1½ miles away); Francis Marion (approx. 3.6 miles away); Mulberry Plantation (approx. 4.7 miles away); Lewisfield Plantation

By C Summers, April 6, 2017

2. Mepkin Plantation Marker

In the process of being re-painted

(approx. 5½ miles away); St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease / Bethlehem Baptist Church (approx. 5.6 miles away); Stony Landing House (approx. 5.6 miles away); Wadboo Barony (approx. 5.6 miles away); Wadboo Barony: Francis Marion’s Last Headquarters (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cordesville.

Also see . . .
1. South Carolina Plantations. Mepkin Plantation – Moncks Corner – Berkeley County (Submitted on October 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

2. Touring South Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites By Daniel W. Barefoot, page 41. Henry and Clare Boothe Luce, publishers of Time and Life Magazines, aquired the estate in 1936. (Submitted on October 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Mepkin Plantation Marker as seen looking north along Dr. Evans Road (State Road 8-44) image. Click for full size.

By Mike Stroud, September 20, 2009

3. Mepkin Plantation Marker as seen looking north along Dr. Evans Road (State Road 8-44)

old Mepkin Plantation entrance image. Click for full size.

By Mike Stroud, September 20, 2009

4. old Mepkin Plantation entrance

Mepkin Plantation Oak Avenue image. Click for full size.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

5. Mepkin Plantation Oak Avenue

Henry Laurens image. Click for full size.

by Charles Willson Peale, from life, c. 1784.

6. Henry Laurens

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,469 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 2. submitted on April 16, 2017, by C Summers of Manning, South Carolina. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 11, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.