Pamplico in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Dewitt Bluff

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, October 25, 2010

1. Dewitt Bluff Marker (front)

Inscription.
[Front]
Located about 1/2 mile east, this bluff, part of a Royal landgrant to Edward Crofts in 1740, was named for the DeWitt family, who settled nearby prior to 1767. This area of Prince Frederick Parish was known as Queensborough Township, one of 11 such townships planned by the British Crown in 1730 to foster settlement and protect the interior of the province.

[Reverse]
The bluff named for the DeWitt family who settled in this area before 1767 is located about 1/2 mile east of here. By 1840, an adjacent landing for steamboats plying the Pee Dee River was named for the bluff. Members of the DeWitt family served in the Revolution and in the War Between the States; the family still owns land in this area.

Erected 1987 by Florence County Historical Society. (Marker Number 21-7.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Colonial Era. A significant historical year for this entry is 1740.

Location. 33° 59.419′ N, 79° 31.53′ W. Marker is in Pamplico, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is at the intersection of County Route 57 and Bluff Road, on the right when traveling north on County Route 57. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pamplico SC 29583, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

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 11 miles

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burch's Mill: South Carolina’s First Civil War Nears It’s End (approx. 5.1 miles away); Hannah (approx. 8 miles away); Willow Creek Baptist Church (approx. 8.8 miles away); Marion at Port’s Ferry / Asbury at Port’s Ferry (approx. 10.1 miles away); Salem United Methodist Church (approx. 10½ miles away); Hopewell Presbyterian Church (approx. 11.1 miles away); William W. Harllee (approx. 11.1 miles away); William Wallace Harllee / Florence Henning Harllee (approx. 11.1 miles away).

Dewitt Bluff Marker (reverse) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, October 25, 2010

2. Dewitt Bluff Marker (reverse)

Marker Location image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, October 25, 2010

3. Marker Location

Dewitt Bluff image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, October 27, 2010

4. Dewitt Bluff

Steamboat landing is now a boat ramp.

Dewitt Bluff Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, October 27, 2010

5. Dewitt Bluff Area

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,779 times since then and 192 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 27, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 4, 5. submitted on October 28, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.