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

Quenby Bridge

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

1. Quenby Bridge Marker

Inscription. At this bridge, on July 17,1781, British forces under Col. Coates, who was retreating from Moncks Corner, encountered pursuing Americans under Gen. Thomas Sumter. After the destruction of the bridge, Col. Coates sought refuge under cover of the buildings at Quenby Plantation, where, that afternoon, he defeated an attack by the Americans. Those who fell in this engagement are said to have been buried near the road. (Marker Number 8-10.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1876.

Location. 33° 5.694′ N, 79° 48.398′ W. Marker is in Huger, South Carolina, in Berkeley County. It is on Cainhoy Road (State Road 8-98), on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at North side of Cooper River (west branch) at bridge, at the boat ramp parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3836 Cainhoy Road, Huger SC 29450, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Quinby Bridge & Shubrick’s Plantation: The Disastrous “Raid of the Dog Days” (within shouting distance of this marker); New Hope Methodist Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Silk Hope Plantation (approx. 1.3 miles away); Pompion Hill Chapel (approx. 2 miles

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away); Brabant Plantation (approx. 5.8 miles away); Strawberry Chapel (approx. 7.3 miles away); Mepkin Plantation (approx. 8.1 miles away); St. Thomas Church (approx. 9.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huger.

More about this marker. Huger is pronounceed "u-gee". It is a French Huguenot family name. Likewise, the family name "Horry" is "orr-ee".

Also see . . . Touring South Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites By Daniel W. Barefoot, page 38. Battle of Quenby Bridge (Submitted on October 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

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

2. Quenby Bridge Marker

Present Day Quenby Bridge image. Click for full size.

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

3. Present Day Quenby Bridge

Quenby Bridge Marker in 2009 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, September 26, 2009

4. Quenby Bridge Marker in 2009

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,789 times since then and 124 times this year. Last updated on April 23, 2011, by Cathi Lee of Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2025, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on October 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.