Summerton in Clarendon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Wagon Travel

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 11, 2009

1. Wagon Travel Marker

Inscription. During the American Revolution, travel was slow and hard work. Wagons needed to stop often since wooden axles and wooden wheels required grease and maintenance. Marion’s militia was documented as travelling fifty miles through the swamps at night on horseback. Most travel from Nelsons Ferry to Camden was along the Santee Path just west of here. This Patriot gives directions to Marion’s camp near Jack's Creek.

Erected 2004 by The Citizens of Summerton, the Ardis Family and the Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 33° 36.493′ N, 80° 21.012′ W. Marker is in Summerton, South Carolina, in Clarendon County. It is on West Main Street (U.S. 301) near South Dukes Street, on the right when traveling south. Located next door, west of First Citizens Bank & Trust. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Summerton SC 29148, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee

and in Santee Cooper Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Siege of Fort Watson, April 16-23, 1781 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Patriot and the Redcoat (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Senn's Mill (about 500 feet away); Patriot Departs to Ride with Marion

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(about 500 feet away); Elusive Francis Marion, 1780-1781 (about 800 feet away); St. Mary Catholic Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Summerton Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Summerton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Siege of Fort Watson (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Wagon Travel Marker and Mural image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 11, 2009

2. Wagon Travel Marker and Mural

Mural Painted on East wall of Old Bank/Martin Building, Summerton, SC

Wagon Travel Mural, a part of Swamp Fox Murals Trail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 11, 2009

3. Wagon Travel Mural, a part of Swamp Fox Murals Trail

Patriot gives directions to Marion and his slave/ friend, Oscar

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,339 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 7, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.