Edisto Island in Colleton County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lafayette's Tour

Mapping the Farewell Tour

— The Lafayette Trail —

Lafayette's Tour Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 14, 2025

1. Lafayette's Tour Marker

Inscription. On March 18, 1825, General Lafayette visited William Seabrook and witnessed the baptism of Carolina Lafayette Seabrook.

Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 49.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Events. In addition, it is included in the Lafayette’s Farewell Tour, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is March 18, 1825.

Location. 32° 34.558′ N, 80° 19.204′ W. Marker is on Edisto Island, South Carolina, in Colleton County. It is on Chisolm Plantation Road 0.1 miles south of South Carolina Route 174, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8123 Chisolm Plantation Road, Edisto Island SC 29438, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Lowcountry,

in the Ashepoo and Combahee and Edisto Basin.

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.

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Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Markers in the Woods (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Struggle for a Long Straight Line (approx. 4.7 miles away); How to Measure the World, and Why (approx. 4.8 miles away); Bache's Bar of Invariable Length (approx. 4.8 miles away); Charleston Tea Plantation (approx. 8.4 miles away); Destruction of the Boston (approx. 9.8 miles away); Plainsfield Plantation (approx. 12.7 miles away); Champneys' Pink Cluster (approx. 13.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edisto Island.

Also see . . .
1. The Edisto Island Museum. (Submitted on May 14, 2025.)
2. The Lafayette Trail. Celebrating Lafayette's Farewell Tour (Submitted on May 14, 2025.)

Edisto Island Museum & Gift Shop image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 14, 2025

2. Edisto Island Museum & Gift Shop

Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2025, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on January 9, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 14, 2025, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.