This is the last site of Laurel
Hill School, which served African
American families mainly from the
community of Alvin. It was founded
by the 1910s, when around thirty
students attended. Classes were
conducted in a wooden one-room
schoolhouse . . . — — Map (db m270272) HM
Residence of Rt. Rev. Robert Smith, who was born in Norfolk, England, in 1732. He was consecrated in Philadelphia in 1795, as the first Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina. He died in 1801, and is buried in St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. . . . — — Map (db m23801) HM
The Parish of St. Thomas was established by Act of Assembly Nov. 30, 1706. The first church was erected in 1708 and destroyed by forest fire in 1815. The present ediface was erected in 1819. — — Map (db m23368) HM
Varner Town (or Varnertown) is a distinct Native American community including descendants of the Etiwan, Catawba, Cherokee, Edisto and other area tribes. This community, located near Goose Creek, was named for William Varner (d. 1927) and his . . . — — Map (db m23515) HM
The City of Charleston and the Daniel Island Company express their gratitude to The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, owner of Daniel Island from 1971 to 1997, for the vision and care with which the preliminary planning for the development of . . . — — Map (db m267638) HM
In 1947, Harry Frank Guggenheim purchased all of the land on Daniel Island. Like other wealthy industrialists from the Northeast, he was drawn to the Lowcountry lifestyle and setting and enjoyed his plantation and land as a family hunting retreat . . . — — Map (db m267634) HM
Harry Frank Guggenheim was a leader in sponsoring research in many aspects of aviation, rocketry and jet propulsion. He headed the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, which engaged in a wide variety of aeronautical activities to . . . — — Map (db m267632) HM
This was the site of a public school for African American families in this section of lower Berkeley Co. It was housed in a one-room building likely built in the 1920s by the descendants of local freedpeople. By the 1930s it was part of Wando . . . — — Map (db m300880) HM
In the early dawn of January 9, 1861, the first shot of the War Between the States was fired from Morris Island by Citadel cadets under the command of Major Peter Fayssoux Stevens. The cadets opened fire with 24 pound siege guns on a Federal ship, . . . — — Map (db m67853) HM
In memory of Major Sam M. Savas, Jr., CE, USA Citadel 1951 Died in Vietnam, 1965 In memory of Lt. Sam M. Savas, III, USN Naval Aviator Citadel 1979 Died in the service of his country October, 1985 — — Map (db m67855) HM
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Prior to European settlement this Island was inhabited
by the Etiwan Indians. Archaeological excavations in nearby areas show a Native American presence on the island dating back thousands of years. The earliest written record . . . — — Map (db m266135) HM
The special mission of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is to support research on the causes of dominance, aggression and violence in society. The Foundation's highest priority for funding is given to research that can increase understanding . . . — — Map (db m267630) HM
Acording to family information, Francis Marion, brigadier general of the S.C. Militia during the American Revolution, was born near here on Goatfield Plantation. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, fought in the battles of Parker's . . . — — Map (db m22968) HM
Home of Henry Laurens, born in Charleston in 1724, died at Mepkin in 1792. President of the First and Second Councils of Safety, 1775-76. President First Provincial Congress of S.C. 1775. Vice President of S.C. 1776. President of Continental . . . — — Map (db m23174) HM
Chapel of Ease to St. John's (Biggin Church), built about 1725 on land bequeathed by James Child, founder at this place, of the Town of Childbury. Strawberry Ferry was established here by Act of Assembly in 1705. — — Map (db m234406) HM
Near this spot stood Barnet's Tavern, called the Forty Five Mile House, indicating its distance from Charleston. Here was the muster ground of the Eutaw State Volunteers, a company raised in 1833, to support the Ordinance of Nullification. From this . . . — — Map (db m23200) HM
This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of this early . . . — — Map (db m21958) HM
The main Cherokee Path, which extended from the overhill towns of the Cherokee Indians in present Tennessee to Charleston, passed near here. In existence before 1730, this early trade and transportation route played a significant role in the . . . — — Map (db m22852) HM
This post office, originally named Cross Mill,
was established in 1879. Adam Cross, a local
storekeeper & Civil War veteran, was first
postmaster. — — Map (db m22745) HM
John J. Cross (1810~1890) bought 500 acres here in 1844 and soon expanded Moss Grove into one other most productive cotton plantations in antebellum Berkeley District. This house was built ca. 1880 for Cross's son Adam (1844~1906), who farmed here . . . — — Map (db m22563) HM
Thomas Sumter, influential militia
leader in the American Revolution,
kept a store in this area about 1765-1767. Born in 1734 in Virginia, he served
in the colonial militia and visited
Charleston during a 1762 diplomatic
mission with the . . . — — Map (db m270377) HM
About 1765-1767 Thomas Sumter, future hero of the American Revolution, kept a country store near this spot where the stream of colonial traffic to the Up Country divided in the fork where the Nelson's Ferry Road branched off from the Road to . . . — — Map (db m22247) HM
The venerable Daniel's Landing Oak has stood on the banks of the Wando since well before Columbus arrived in the New World. It has sheltered Native American coastal tribes, welcomed English Lords Proprietor, witnessed the outdoor recreation of . . . — — Map (db m266748) HM
This area was part of Codner's Ferry Road (1709), renamed Scott's Ferry (1765), which ended at a ferry dock along the Cooper River. Ferries were once the primary means of transportation on and off the island. For a fee, a man would use a long sweep . . . — — Map (db m264886) HM
An established and respected attorney, Henry B. Smythe practiced law in Charleston for more than fifty years. Among his clients was Harry Frank Guggenheim, who owned Daniel Island from 1947 until his death in 1971. For over forty years, Henry Smythe . . . — — Map (db m268371) HM
In 1803, Paul Pritchard purchased Fairbank Plantation on Daniel Island and erected a shipyard on part of the land along the Wando River. Here, Jefferson Gunboat #9, which would be part of a fleet of boats to protect the waters of the United States . . . — — Map (db m267639) HM
Richard Codner, a mariner who was first granted land on Daniel Island in 1680 by the Lords Proprietors, is a significant figure in the island's history. Over his lifetime, he would amass 246 acres of land and ultimately earn the title of "gentleman" . . . — — Map (db m264574) HM
Fairbank Plantation began as two tracts given to Mary Morgan (140 acres) and Robert Daniell (105 acres) by the Lords Proprietors. In 1777, there was a home on this site, described as "a good dwelling house, with 6 rooms, and every necessary out . . . — — Map (db m266747) HM
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Boochawee Hall, created in 1683 by a 2,400-acre grant, was owned by two colonial governors, father and son. James Moore (d. 1706), a trader and planter, served on the Grand Council and later led “the Goose Creek . . . — — Map (db m29492) HM
Broom Hall Plantation, later called Bloom Hall and still later Bloomfield, was first granted to Edward Middleton in 1678. By 1710 this property passed to Benjamin Gibbes (d. 1722), who named it for Broom House, his ancestral home in England. . . . — — Map (db m28558) HM
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This plantation was once part of Boochawee Hall, owned by Governor James Moore (d. 1706). Moore left 615 acres to his daughter Rebecca, who married Thomas Barker (d. 1715) in 1709. Barker, who planted inland rice here, served . . . — — Map (db m29493) HM
Carnes Crossroads was part of a 3,000 acre royal grant to Joseph Torowgood in 1682. Later, the Etiwan, Native Americans who had lived on Daniel Island, moved here after European settlement pushed them from the Ashley-Cooper drainage basin. The . . . — — Map (db m301161) HM
This African-American community grew up around a Methodist church founded during Reconstruction by a freedman named Casey or Caice. Its early services were under a tent, but a log cabin served as its first permanent church. In 1868 T.W. Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m29486) HM
Crowfield Plantation, on the headwaters of Goose Creek, was originally granted to John Berringer in 1701. John Gibbes (1696-1764), a member of the Royal Assembly, sold it in 1721 to Arthur Middleton (1681-1737), also a member of the Royal . . . — — Map (db m28504) HM
Early Indian Trading Paths
One of the earliest major trading paths in the Carolina colony, dating from the first decade of English settlement 1670-1680, ran nearby. The colonists traded guns and ammunition, cloth, rum, and other goods for . . . — — Map (db m27351) HM
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From the 18th century, the State Road from Charleston and the Road to Dorchester met near here. These paths connected Charleston to the S.C. interior. Travelers from Charleston would have crossed Goose Creek, two miles south, . . . — — Map (db m206675) HM
French Huguenot Plantation. Abraham Fleury, sometimes called Abraham Fleury Sieur De La Plaine, settled here about 1680. He was one of the first French Huguenot planters in Carolina. The Huguenots, Protestants who escaped the persecution of . . . — — Map (db m41935) HM
(Front text) Goose Creek
This area has been called Goose Creek since the late 17th century. For almost 200 years after the Lords Proprietors granted large tracts to English, French Huguenot, and other planters, their plantations . . . — — Map (db m27360) HM
The first bridge here, in use by 1680, had a raised road at either end and was built from split logs with the flat sides up, covered by sand or clay. Traffic over Goose Creek increased significantly after St. James, Goose Creek Church was built . . . — — Map (db m29502) HM
The Parish of St. James was founded by Act of Assembly in 1706. The present edifice was begun in 1714, and completed in 1719. The Royal Arms of Great Britain can still be seen over the chancel, and here is preserved the Izard Hatchment, said to be . . . — — Map (db m39091) HM
[Front] Howe Hall Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Robert Howe, who came to S.C. in 1683. His first house here was later described as “tolerable.” Howes son Job (d. 1706) built a brick plantation . . . — — Map (db m29524) HM
(Front text) Howe Hall Plantation Howe Hall Plantation was established here by Robert Howe about 1683 and passed to his son Job Howe (d. 1706), Speaker of the Commons House of Assembly 1700-05. Later owned by such prominent lowcountry . . . — — Map (db m28079) HM
This inland rice plantation has its origins in a 1683 grant. In 1726 Nathaniel Moore and his wife sold a 900-acre parcel to Isaac Mazyck (d. 1736). Mazycks son Benjamin (d. 1800), a rice planter, cattleman, and merchant, consolidated several . . . — — Map (db m29490) HM
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Mount Holly Station
Mount Holly Station, a depot on the Northeastern Railroad between Florence and Charleston, was built here about 1853. It was named for nearby Mount Holly Plantation, carved out of Thorogood Plantation . . . — — Map (db m23583) HM
Built 1750-1790 at Otranto Plantation and used to process dye from indigo, an important S.C. crop from 1747 to 1796. Moved here 1979. — — Map (db m29485) HM
Originally known as "Yeshoe," this plantation was granted in 1679 to Arthur Middleton, great-granduncle of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. Called "Otranto" after 1771, when it was bought by Dr. Alexander Garden, noted physician and . . . — — Map (db m29484) HM
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Springfield Plantation, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Paul Mazyck (d. 1749), a planter and merchant who combined two large tracts on Foster Creek, a branch of Back River. His father Isaac, a French . . . — — Map (db m29489) HM
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St. James, Goose Creek was one of the first Anglican parishes in the lowcountry, created by the Church Act of 1706. The first church here , built in 1707, was a frame building. This Georgian brick church, covered in stucco, . . . — — Map (db m29495) HM
The Oaks, an inland rice plantation, was established here by Edward Middleton (d. 1685) on a 1678 grant from the Lords Proprietors. Middleton, a planter who came to S.C. from Barbados, received 1,630 acres on Yeamans Creek, later renamed Goose . . . — — Map (db m29497) HM
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In April 1715 Yamasee warriors killed government agents and traders who had come to meet with them at Pocotaligo, in present-day Beaufort County. Others killed colonists and raided plantations and farms at Port Royal, . . . — — Map (db m29505) HM
Bowen's Corner, an African-American farming community from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century, was originally part of a rice plantation established along Goose Creek in 1680. That tract was granted by the Lords Proprietors to Barnard . . . — — Map (db m29500) HM
(Front text) This plantation was established in 1701 by a grant of 500 acres near Goose Creek to Lewis Lansac from the Lords Proprietors. In 1757 the original grant, with an additional 1,000 acres that had been owned by the Wilson and Godin . . . — — Map (db m41608) HM
One quarter mile north, the first Church of England ediface outside of Charleston, was erected of Cypress in 1703, largely through the efforts of Gov. Sir Nathaniel Johnson. The present brick structure was erected in 1763. The Parish of St. Thomas, . . . — — Map (db m24463) HM
The congregation of New Hope Methodist Church dates to 1837. At that time the congregation consisted of both white members and enslaved African American members from surrounding plantations. After the Civil War the African American members . . . — — Map (db m269981) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m41914) HM
In the summer of 1781, with the British hold on the interior of South Carolina significantly weakened, Continental commander Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene sent Brig. Gen. Thomas Sumter, with Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. Col. Henry “Light . . . — — Map (db m53889) HM
Home and burial place of Sir Nathanial Johnson, born in the County of Durham, England, in 1644. Knighted in 1680, was a member of Parliament, and Governor of Leeward Islands. He came to South Carolina in 1683 and settled at Silk Hope, from here he . . . — — Map (db m23548) HM
Here, on May 6, 1780, Col. A.M. White was routed by Tarleton with the loss of two officers and thirty-six men killed and wounded and seven officers and sixty dragoons taken; Tarleton lost 2 men. Two boys, Francis Deliesseline and Samuel Dupre, . . . — — Map (db m23249) HM
This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of this early . . . — — Map (db m23175) HM
After receiving a proprietary landgrant of 370 acres in 1705. French settlers laid out the town of Jamestown, c. 2 mi. N. By 1706, a church had been built known as the parish church of St. James, Santee. Jamestown never prospered and a number of . . . — — Map (db m23149) HM
Established by order of the Lord Proprietors, May 10, 1682. Named for John (Lord) Berkeley and Sir William Berkeley. The largest county in the state, and part of the middle coastal district.
This highway and markers were financed by . . . — — Map (db m33448) HM
(Marker Front) This church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Ministers riding the Cooper River and Berkeley circuits served this congregation for many years. The first . . . — — Map (db m29335) HM
When the South Carolina Public Service Authority was clearing the lands for the Santee Cooper Lakes, and removing buildings and other things man had erected during his two and a half centuries in upper Berkeley, there were numerous small items of a . . . — — Map (db m54776) HM
Front Honoring Berkeley County Confederate Soldiers “Deo Vindice” J B Adkins, S Adkins, S Alexander, J Armstrong, J F Avinger, E Ball, I Ball, J M Ball, J Ball, W J Ball, A Ballentine, J J Ballentine, L E Ballentine, W J . . . — — Map (db m54848) HM
The Berkeley County Museum and Heritage Center opened its doors in 1992. Built to resemble the Lowcountry architecture of the Colonial period, the museum structure includes details such as flooring taken from a 150-year-old Darlington railroad . . . — — Map (db m206632) HM
(Front text) Berkeley Training High School, located here from 1955 to 1970, replaced a four-room wood school 1 mi. S at Main St. and Old U.S. Hwy. 52. That school, built in 1918-1920 at a cost of $6,700, had been partially funded by the . . . — — Map (db m41606) HM
Parish Church of St. John's Berkeley, founded by Act of Assembly November 30, 1706. Church erected in 1712. Burned by forest fire in 1775 and restored. Burned by Col. Coates of the British Army in 1781 and again restored. Burned again by forest fire . . . — — Map (db m23453) HM
C.S.S. David
This Confederate vessel revolutionized the concepts of war at sea with a torpedo attack on the New Ironsides in Charleston Harbor on October 5, 1863.
Constructed on Stoney Landing Plantation, Berkeley County, . . . — — Map (db m84713) HM WM
This school was built circa 1876 on
land donated by John Campbell for a
building that would serve as both a
school for African American students
and as a church for the Cherry Hill
community. A one-room school for
grades 1-6 with Aaron Cooper . . . — — Map (db m270182) HM
After Eutaw Springs, the British retreated to their post at Fair Lawn Plantation. In November 1781, Brig. Gen. Francis Marion sent Col. Hezekiah Maham with 180 horsemen and Col. Isaac Shelby with 200 mountain riflemen to eliminate British foraging . . . — — Map (db m53885) HM
Cordesville Rosenwald School, the
first African American public school
in Cordesville, South Carolina, was built on
this site in 1923-24 at a total cost
of $5,400. Constructed as a four-room
frame building, it was one of almost
500 schools in . . . — — Map (db m270076) HM
[Front] Berkeley Training High School, first called Dixie Training School, stood here from 1920 until the 1980s. The first public school for blacks in Moncks Corner was founded in 1880. It held classes in local churches until its first . . . — — Map (db m29133) HM
Fairlawn Plantation Fairlawn Barony, sometimes called “Fair-Lawn,” was granted to Peter Colleton, whose father John had been one of the original Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Johns grandson John (1679-1754), known as . . . — — Map (db m53881) HM
First site of Monck's Corner, where the road to the Congarees branched off from this road. Founded by Thomas Monck in 1735. Relocated on the railroad about 1856.
Here about 3:30 A.M. April 13, 1780, Col. Wm. Washington's Light Dragoons were . . . — — Map (db m33664) HM
Fair Lawn Plantation was an enormous property granted to Sir Peter Colleton, oldest son of Sir John Colleton, one of the original eight Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. During the Revolutionary War, the British army first occupied the . . . — — Map (db m53883) HM
When you walk the wooded trails of Fort Fair Lawn today, imagine yourself on a prosperous plantation, extending for miles. Here, a British noble family enslaved hundreds of workers, who built their grand estate and cultivated their fertile . . . — — Map (db m300763) HM
This land, part of Fairlawn Barony and known as Little Landing, was bought in 1767 by Sedgwick Lewis. His daughter Sarah married Keating Simons. They acquired the land in 1774 and are presumed to have built the present plantation house. Tradition . . . — — Map (db m29132) HM
Old Moncks Corner was near the intersection of Hwy 17A and Hwy 52. Old Moncks Corner was abandoned in 1856 when the North-Eastern Railroad was run from Charleston to Bonneau. A railroad depot was placed at the northwest corner of Main St. (formerly . . . — — Map (db m223939) HM
Originally granted to Sir Peter Colleton in 1679. Acquired in 1712 by Thomas Broughton, who erected the present mansion, said to be modeled after Seaton Hall in England, in 1714. Thomas Broughton was speaker of the Commons House of Assembly from . . . — — Map (db m29130) HM
This was the site of a public school
for African American residents of
the Oakley community, originally
known as Oakley Depot. In 1922 the
Spiritual Union Association, a local
Black benevolent society, acquired
four acres of land at this . . . — — Map (db m270065) HM
Here was located the provincial town of Moncks Corner, deriving its name from Thomas Monck, an Englishman, who in 1735 purchased Mitten Plantation, and upon whose land the town was settled. It became an important commercial center prior to the . . . — — Map (db m23312) HM
The Santee Canal opened to great fanfare in 1800. Prior to the opening of the canal, merchants and farmers had to travel down the Santee River, through the Santee Delta, out into the Atlantic Ocean and back into Charleston Harbor. Along this . . . — — Map (db m300755) HM
There was a time when Fort Fair Lawn, a significant site in the struggle for American independence, was in danger of being lost forever. Indeed, a housing subdivision was proposed for this property shortly before it was acquired for . . . — — Map (db m300785) HM
Named in 1980 in honor of a distinguished South Carolininian
Member, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1938-42
Member South Carolina Senate, 1943 -
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, 1972 -
Because of his outstanding . . . — — Map (db m23901) HM
This canal, twenty-two miles in length, connects the Santee and Cooper Rivers. Chartered in 1786, construction was commenced in 1793, and completed in 1800, under the direction of Col. John Christian Senf, a native of Sweden, as Chief Engineer. The . . . — — Map (db m23577) HM
This canal, twenty-two miles in length, connects the Santee and Cooper Rivers. It was chartered by Act of March 22,1786, with capital of £100,000 sterling. Construction began in 1793, and the canal was c ompleted in 1800, under the direction of . . . — — Map (db m23657) HM
Land clearing for the construction of the Santee Cooper Hydroelectric and Navigation Project from 1939-1942 necessitated the building of 22 work camps, 11 of which were portable, so they could easily be moved to other locations as work . . . — — Map (db m300787) HM
Spring Grove, an inland
rice plantation on the
Back River, was part of a
1706 grant by the Lords
Proprietors to John
Barnwell. By 1727 the tract
passed to planter and state
representative Joseph Wragg
(d. 1751) as part of his
Dockton . . . — — Map (db m270061) HM
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St. James, Goose Creek Chapel of Ease
One of two chapels of ease for St. James, Goose Creek Parish stood here on the road to Moncks Corner, about 7 miles from the 1719 parish church. The chapel of ease was a brick building . . . — — Map (db m26255) HM
The Stony Landing House was built on land which was once part of the 12,000 acre Fairlawn Barony. Fairlawn was granted to Sir Peter Colleton, son of Lords Proprietor John Colleton, on September 7, 1678. John H. Dawson purchased 2,319 acres on . . . — — Map (db m23088) HM
The Stony Landing House was built on land which was once part of the 12,000-acre Fairlawn Barony. Fairlawn was granted to Sir Peter Colleton, son of Lords Proprietor John Colleton, on September 7, 1678. John H. Dawson purchased 2,319 acres on . . . — — Map (db m300762) HM
Here in 1863, was constructed the Confederate semi-submersible torpedo boat, "Little David", the first of its type. It was designed by Dr. St. Julien Ravenel, and built with funds raised by Theodore D. Stoney. — — Map (db m23048) HM
The Colleton Family
The Colleton family was the only one of all the privince's original proprietors to cast their fortune in South Carolina by establishing a family seat and actual residence here. None of the seven other owners even . . . — — Map (db m206731) HM
Near this point was the SW corner of Wadboo Barony, a 12,000 acre tract about 4 miles square, granted in 1683 to James Colleton, son of an original Lord Proprietor, as part of the land due him as a landgrave of Carolina. Colleton's heirs were . . . — — Map (db m23066) HM
Wadboo was a Native American name given to the enormous landholding of James Colleton, a son of Sir John Colleton, who was one of the original eight Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Called a barony according to the Proprietors plan . . . — — Map (db m53891) HM
[Front] Wassamassaw, with several variant spellings during the colonial era, is a Native American word thought to mean connecting water. It first referred to the large cypress swamp here, but eventually referred to the community that grew . . . — — Map (db m29135) HM
In 1686 Medway Plantation was granted by the Lords Proprietors to Jan Van Arrsen,seigneur de Weirnhoudt. In 1689 the property came into the possession of Landgrave Thomas Smith, Governor of South Carolina November 1693 to October 1694. He died in . . . — — Map (db m23473) HM
Thorogood Plantation. In 1682 the Lords Proprietors granted 3,000 acres here, on a branch of the Back River, to Joseph Thorogood (d. 1684). Though Thorogood only owned the plantation two years and his widow Jane sold it after his death, it was . . . — — Map (db m27401) HM
This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of this early . . . — — Map (db m22541) HM
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