On W Frontage Rd ( SC 462 ), on the right on W Frontage Rd ( SC 462 ).
Coosawhatchie
Jasper County, South Carolina
Commanders: Colonels William Moultrie, John
Laurens; Gen. Augustine Prevost
Casualties: 3 Americans killed, 8 wounded
"Despite the defeat at Port Royal Island, General Prevost . . . — — Map (db m16800) HM
On Morgandollar Road (State Highway 462) west of Nuna Rock Road (Local Road 424), on the right when traveling west.
Coosawhatchie, dating to the 1740s, was named for the Coosaw Tribe. At first it was little more than a store and inn built on the King's Highway by Henry De Saussure, a Huguenot settler from Purrysburg. By the 1760s, it was a regional trading . . . — — Map (db m273704) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) 0.4 miles Pine Level Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
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This church, organized on January 6, 1872 with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister, held services in members' homes until a sanctuary, built in 1906
was built on this site between 1876 and 1881. A second sanctuary, built . . . — — Map (db m26371) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) 0.1 miles north of South Carolina Highway 462, on the left when traveling north.
Shown on the 1820 Beaufort District map by Vignoles and Ravenel, Gillisonville had a free school by 1831, and a post office in 1840. The seat of Beaufort District from 1840 to 1860, Gillisonville was burned by General William T. Sherman's army on . . . — — Map (db m4674) HM
On U.S. 278 0.2 miles north of South Carolina Highway 462, on the right when traveling north.
The Euhaw congregation constituted this ecclesiastical group 24 March 1832, naming it Coosawhatchie Baptist Church. The South Carolina Baptist Convention met at the church in December 1845 and unanimously voted to join the recently formed . . . — — Map (db m4673) HM
On State Highway 336, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
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During this battle of Nov. 30, 1864, Confederate commander Charles J. Colock, by ordering that a nearby field of grass be set ablaze, delayed approaching
Federal troops and gave the Confederates time to collect additional . . . — — Map (db m15780) HM
On Bees Creek Road, on the left when traveling south.
Established on Edisto Island about
1686 by Scotch dissenters, this
is the second oldest Baptist
organization in the South. For
many years a branch of First
Baptist Church in Charleston, Euhaw
declared itself a separate church
in 1745 . . . — — Map (db m8674) HM
On T. Heyward Tomb Driveway (Old State Highway 462), on the right when traveling east.
Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heyward
who built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory
and export-import business on these
grounds before his death in 1777.
Original 500 acres King's Grant
grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed
by fire ca. 1865 — — Map (db m6414) HM
On State Highway 462 0.1 miles south of State Highway 27-336, on the left when traveling south.
Member of South Carolina Provincial Congress and Council of Safety and of Continental Congress. Signer of Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and captain of militia at Battle of Port Royal and Siege of Charleston. Prisoner of . . . — — Map (db m6415) HM
On Grays Hwy (US278), on the left when traveling north.
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This school, built in 1927 and
rebuilt in 1931, was one of many
constructed in the late 1920s, as
small rural one- or two-room schools
were consolidated into elementary or
high schools in towns and cities.
Built on . . . — — Map (db m26370) HM
On Rivers Hill Road (State Highway 27-17) near State Highway 27-41, on the right when traveling east.
(Front text) This church was organized in 1870 by Revs. John D. Nix, W.H. Shuman, and Jonas Trowell. F.J. Bryan and A.W. Crosby were its first deacons; Rev. Trowell became its first minister. This sanctuary, dedicated in 1871, was built on . . . — — Map (db m26166) HM
On Millstone Landing Road south of Purrysbburg Road (South Carolina Road S-27-34), on the right when traveling south.
On April 29, 1779, the battle of Purrysburg occurred in the lower Savannah River basin, approximately 35 miles from the river's mouth and less than one mile from this location.
A Patriot Hub
In 1776, Purrysburg served as a . . . — — Map (db m301315) HM
Near Main Street (State Highway 46) at Epps Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Hardeeville Methodist Church was organized and founded prior to the Civil War. The present site was obtained in 1860 as a gift to the trustees from Margaret Saussy Jones. The present framed sanctuary was completed soon afterwards. Services have . . . — — Map (db m184376) HM
On Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south on Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive.
Framed by three massive live oak trees, this grassy knoll was a home site on Laurel Hill Plantation before the Civil War. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge includes portions of 13 former rice plantations. Ten including Laurel Hill, were located . . . — — Map (db m90078) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
Nearly three thousand acres of former rice fields are managed to benefit wildlife on Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides 18 impoundments (reservoirs) with nearly 50 miles of earthen dikes and a variety of trunks . . . — — Map (db m90080)
On Millstone Landing Road south of Purrysburg Road (South Carolina Road S-27-34), on the left when traveling south.
"Maroons" is the terminology often applied to enslaved African Americans who escaped their enslavement and lived in remote or isolated regions on the edge of settlements from Pennsylvania to Georgia. The remote forests and isolated islands of the . . . — — Map (db m301316) HM
On Main St (State Highway 46) at Charles St, on the right when traveling east on Main St.
This woodburning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack, was built by the H. K. Porter Company about 1910. It was used by Argent Lumber Company, a leading area employer established in 1916, to
haul timber from forest to mill. In 1960 the . . . — — Map (db m4292) HM
On Millstone Landing Road at Purrysburg Road (South Carolina Road S-27-34), on the right when traveling east on Millstone Landing Road.
On April 29, 1779, British forces under Maj. Gen. Prevost fought patriots, launching British campaign from Purrysburg to Charleston, SC. — — Map (db m301321) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive 1.2 miles south of Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south.
This small island of trees was a slave community on Recess Plantation, which bordered Laurel Hill Plantation. Called a hammock, it was a small area of high ground in a sea of wetland rice fields. The round brick structure, just ahead in the . . . — — Map (db m90083) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
The industries in Savannah and Port Wentworth, Georgia stand above the horizon, less than three miles away from this overlook. A wildfire in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge could threaten these communities. Wildfire produces tons of smoke . . . — — Map (db m90085)
On Millstone Landing Road south of Purrysbburg Road (South Carolina Road S-27-34), on the left when traveling south.
In 1731, Jean Pierre Purry, of Neufchâtel, Switzerland, persuaded the British government to subsidize a Swiss migration of colonists to Carolina. On September 1, 1731, King George II granted 20,000 acres of land at Great Yamassee Bluff . . . — — Map (db m301314) HM
On Purrysburg Road (State Highway S-27-34) near Honey Hill Road (State Highway S27-203), on the right when traveling south.
In 1730, the British Crown instructed S.C. Governor Robert Johnson to lay out eleven townships to populate and protect the interior of the province. Purrysburg Township, laid out in 1731, stimulated the settlement of this area; but the growth of . . . — — Map (db m6353) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This water control structure is called a trunk. It is similar to trunks used to manage water flow to and from plantation rice fields. On Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, trunks are operated to set water levels in impoundments (reservoirs). . . . — — Map (db m90081)
On Millstone Landing Road south of Purrysburg Road (South Carolina Road S-27-34), on the left when traveling south.
Established in 1927 as a Federal Bird Refuge, Savannah NWR is comprised of 31,551 acres that straddle the Savannah River in both Georgia and South Carolina (Chatham and Effingham Counties, GA and Jasper County, SC). The refuge provides important . . . — — Map (db m301320) HM
On January 17, 1865, the first of Sherman's Third Division troops crossed the Savannah River into South Carolina. The 123rd New York crossed over a bridge of swaying pontoon boats and encamped at Cheves Plantation and/or Hardee . . . — — Map (db m301318) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This freshwater wetland is a productive wildlife habitat. Scattered ponds diverse vegetation offer water, food, and shelter for countless birds and other wildlife. If left untended however, the marsh will become clogged with a few species of . . . — — Map (db m90079)
[ Emblem The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence, Inc ]
( We Mutually Pledge To Each Other
Our Lives Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor)
Thomas Heyward Jr.
Signer Of The Declaration
Of Independence
Placed . . . — — Map (db m17057) HM
On Trask Parkway (U.S. 17/21), on the right when traveling east.
The Battle of Pocotaligo, the largest action of a three-day expedition intended to disrupt the Charleston & Savannah Railroad, took place nearby on October 22, 1862. With 2000 Confederates under Col. W.S. Walker defending the area between . . . — — Map (db m4776) HM
On Frontage Road 0.3 miles north of Gregorie Neck Road, on the right when traveling north.
On November 11, 1864, Union General W.T. Sherman would telegraph his Chief of Staff saying: "I would like to have Foster break the Charleston and Savannah Railroad about Pocotaligo about the 1st of December." It was his intention to cut off . . . — — Map (db m244739) HM
On State Highway S27-29 at Bees Creek Road (State Highway S27-13), on the left when traveling west on State Highway S27-29.
((Text front)) This Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years
before it became a separate congregation in 1835. It is said that William Heyward gave the church land
on which the present building, . . . — — Map (db m6182) HM
Clementa Carlos Pinckney (1973-2015) answered the call to preach at the age of 13 here at St. John AME Church and received his first appointment to pastor at the age of 18. As a pastor, he served innumerable parishioners in many S.C. churches, . . . — — Map (db m301322) HM
On E. Main St. (SC 336 ) near N. Railroad Ave., on the right when traveling west.
Prior to the 1890's, the town of Ridgeland was
known as Gopher Hill, getting that name from the
abundance of Gopher Tortoises that inhabited the
sand hills of the area.Gopherus Polyphemus,
commonly called the Gopher Tortoise, are long . . . — — Map (db m16854) HM
On State Highway 29 at Bees Creek Road (State Highway 13), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 29.
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This summer village, established by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what was the Beaufort District until the creation of Jasper County in 1912. Named for Capt. John Graham (1784-1833), its . . . — — Map (db m6210) HM
On Russell Street, on the right when traveling south.
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Jasper County This county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and is named, it is said, for Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the American Revolution. The same act establishing the new . . . — — Map (db m26372) HM
Ridgeland, named for its location on the ridge between Charleston and Savannah, has been the seat of Jasper County since the county was created in 1912. It was first named Gopher Hill and grew up around a depot built on the Charleston & Savannah . . . — — Map (db m8473) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) at County Route 27-362, on the right when traveling west on Grays Highway.
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This church was organized February
28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and
J.T. Morrison with nine charter
members. It was admitted to the
Savannah River Baptist Association
with Rev.Dowling as its first
minister. The . . . — — Map (db m7192) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 336), on the right when traveling east.
This church, organized on 1890, is the oldest in Ridgland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations before the Civil War. When Julius G. Sipple of Grahamville encouraged Methodists in Ridgeland to organize a separate . . . — — Map (db m6406) HM
On Columbia Highway (U.S. 321) at SC-S-27-26, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Highway.
Named for descendants of Hugnenot minister Pierre Robert, it was the birthplace of Henry Martyn Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order and of Alexander Lawton, Confederate Quartermaster General. The town was burned by Sherman's army in . . . — — Map (db m4817) HM
On Malphrus Road (State Highway S-27-39) at Tarboro Road (State Highway S-27-22), on the right when traveling west on Malphrus Road.
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This church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in the congregation favored the
primitive Baptist movement, but others, including Rev. John N. Youmans, . . . — — Map (db m6395) HM
On J. Lamar Brantley Road (State Highway 27-201) at Sand Hills Road (State Highway 27-119), on the right when traveling west on J. Lamar Brantley Road.
Named in 1982
in recognition of
his life and service
to his community and state
He served the 14th District
as a member, South Carolina
Highway Commission, 1962 - 66
and as Chairman, 1965 - 66
Through Mr. Brantley's efforts . . . — — Map (db m15993) HM
On State Highway 336, on the left when traveling west.
This church was founded in 1870 with
Rev. Plenty Pinckney as its first
minister and worshipped in a "bush
tent" nearby until a log church was
built a few years later. A new frame
church was built on this site in the
1890's during the pastorate . . . — — Map (db m8793) HM
On State Highway 336 at U.S. 321, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 336.
By 1820, the road to Two Sisters Ferry intersected the Purrysburg road at this spot, which had become known as
Hennis Crossroads by 1848. A post office established here in 1880 was given the name Tillman. According to tradition, this was to honor . . . — — Map (db m8494) HM
On Cotton Hill Road (U.S. 321) near Tillman Road (State Highway 336), on the right when traveling north.
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This church, formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, had its origins in a congregation active before the Civil War just south of present-day Tillman. When Revs. J.F. Morrall and Jonas Trowell reestablished . . . — — Map (db m33677) HM
On Low Country Lane near Trask Parkway (U.S. 17). Reported permanently removed.
A large "earthwork," over 100 yards in length was raised on this site by General Robert E. Lee's troops c. 1862.
This fortification was a fall-back position from which to defend the Charleston to Savannah Railroad, an important supply line . . . — — Map (db m15398) HM
Near Kings Highway (U.S. 17) east of Yemassee Road, on the right when traveling east.
The black regiments that participated in the battle of Honey Hill were the 32nd (raised in Pennsylvania), the 35th (raised in North Carolina) and the roand (raised in Michigan), United States Colored Troops (USCT) and the 54th and 55th . . . — — Map (db m301326) HM
On Low Country Lane south of Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
South Carolina's state tree, the Sabal Palmetto, thrives in sandy soils and coastal regions. This hardy palm can grow up to 65 feet tall and withstand both hurricane-force winds and brief periods of freezing temperatures, thanks to its flexible . . . — — Map (db m301340) HM
Near Low Country Lane south of Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
A large "earthwork," over 100 yards in length was raised on this site by General Robert E. Lee's troops c. 1862.
This fortification was a fall-back position from which to defend the Charleston to Savannah railroad, an important line for the . . . — — Map (db m301329) HM
On Frontage Road east of Tulifinny Lane, on the right when traveling east.
General Robert E. Lee. Following the capture of Hilton Head, Beaufort, and the nearby sea islands in the fall of 1861, General Robert E. Lee was given command of the coastal military department of South Carolina, and East Florida. From his . . . — — Map (db m6195) HM
On Low Country Lane south of Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
The Live Oak creates vast natural canopies that can spread over 100 feet wide and last for centuries. These magnificent trees are master survivors, having evolved to withstand hurricanes by developing deep root systems and wood so dense it was . . . — — Map (db m301339) HM
Near Low Country Lane at Kings Highway (U.S. 17). Reported permanently removed.
Our large Live Oaks are approximately 250 years-old. We are caring for them with pruning and periodic feeding. The massive branches also support other plants:
Gray strands of hanging Spanish Moss (which is an epiphyte and not a paracite), . . . — — Map (db m90442)
Near Kings Highway (U.S. 17) east of Yemassee Road, on the right when traveling east.
On the evening of November 28th, the Union expedition, accompanied by US warships, sailed up the Broad River, but heavy fog and a dark night, coupled with poor organization and inept pilots, scattered the army's transports. The lead elements of . . . — — Map (db m301325) HM
On Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east.
The Frampton Lines. Remnants of a large earthwork originally more tha 100 yards long are still visible south,west and northwest of the Frampton House. This battery,constructed in 1861~62 by Confederate troops in the Department of S.C. and . . . — — Map (db m26368) HM
Near Low Country Lane south of Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
The Lowcountry and its citizens played an important role during the final years of the struggle for American independence.
Throughout the four counties that make up the Lowcountry, there are many Revolutionary related locations: skirmish . . . — — Map (db m301331) HM
On Low Country Lane south of Kings Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
Jim wished for many things…
He wished for great exposure for the SC Lowcountry. He was able to promote her natural beauty and quaint towns.
He wished for a beautiful plantation house. With the help of his friends at SC PRT, he was able . . . — — Map (db m301350) HM
