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

Maham Plantation
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Col. Hezekiah Maham

Maham Plantation side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

1. Maham Plantation side of marker

Inscription.
Maham Plantation. North of here was a plantation owned by Hezekiah Maham (1739-1789). A legislator, soldier, and planter, Maham owned 500 acres in St. Stephen’s Parish by 1771 and eventually held dozens of enslaved people who grew rice in fields between here and the Santee River. Maham also laid out a horse racing track east of this site later known as the St. Stephen’s Course. He is buried approx. 1 mile north.

Col. Hezekiah Maham. During the American Revolution, Maham was in the S.C. militia and involved in a number of actions from 1776 to 1782. He became closely identified with the Maham Tower, a tall log structure built at Maham’s suggestion to capture British-held Fort Watson in 1781. He ultimately attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was given command of a battalion of light dragoons known as Maham’s Legion.

Erected 2023 by Department of Archives and History. Sponsored by the Berkeley North Historical & Cultural Association. (Marker Number 8-83.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1771.

Location. 33° 25.844′ N,

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80° 1.456′ W. Marker is in Pineville, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on South Carolina Route 45 0.2 miles west of Colonel Maham Drive, on the right. The marker stands at the Pineville Post Office. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2080 SC-45, Pineville SC 29468, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maham Plantation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Village of Pineville (approx. 0.4 miles away); S.C.O.P.E. Freedom House (approx. 2 miles away); Maude E. Callen Clinic (approx. 2.2 miles away); Thomas Walter

Col. Hezekiah Maham side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

2. Col. Hezekiah Maham side of marker

(approx. 2.3 miles away); Francis Marion / Francis Marion's Grave (approx. 3.7 miles away); The Elusive Francis Marion: The Stuff of Legend (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Elusive Francis Marion: Guerrilla Commander (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pineville.

Maham Plantation / Col. Hezekiah Maham Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 25, 2025

3. Maham Plantation / Col. Hezekiah Maham Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 14, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 329 times since then and 84 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 14, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.

Maham Plantation⎯⎯⎯Col. Hezekiah Maham

Maham Plantation
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Col. Hezekiah Maham