Confederate Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton was
in command of this area at the time of nearby battle
of Port Royal, November 7, 1861. A brother, Capt.
Percival Drayton, commanded the Union warship
Pocahontas at the same battle. . . . — — Map (db m9966) HM
To honor the memory of two gallant gentleman
of South Carolina. Thomas Fenwick Drayton;
Brigadier-General, C.S.A. and his brother
Commodore Percival Drayton, U.S.N., Captain
of U.S.S. Hartford, and later the first Chief
of Naval Operations. . . . — — Map (db m16499) HM
(Front text) This house, built in 1930, is typical in materials and methods of construction of those built on the S.C. Sea Islands from the end of the Civil War to the mid-20th century. It was built on land bought after 1865 by William . . . — — Map (db m56892) HM
Working for Wages
African slaves who escaped their plantations and worked for the Union military earned between six and eighteen dollars a month as carpenters, blacksmiths, drivers, boatmen, and laborers. Others worked as cooks and servants . . . — — Map (db m105254) HM
(plaque 1)
Welcome to
The Shelter Cove Harbor Community
Home Of The World’s Largest Figurative Sundial
Dedicated August 18, 1983
The sculpture weighs more than a ton, is a twice life sized statue
of Neptune, cast in bronze at . . . — — Map (db m104698)
A Chapel of St. Luke's Parish,
established May 23, 1767, built of
wood shortly after 1786 under the
direction of Captain John Stoney
and Isaac Fripp, was consecrated
in 1833. Members of the Barksdale,
Baynard, Chaplin, Davant, Fripp,
Kirk, . . . — — Map (db m119648) HM
The Hunting Island Lighthouse guided
mariners along the stretch of the South
Carolina coast for many years. The first
lighthouse, constructed of brick and
completed in 1859, was demolished by
Confederate troops during the early days
of the . . . — — Map (db m105048) HM
People Have Always Gathered Here...
We know from ancient shell middens found on these bluffs that Native American hunter-gatherers inhabited this
site as early as 1564. Like today's residents and visitors, they appreciated the . . . — — Map (db m20319) HM
The ruins that lie before you are the remains of Marion and Richard T. Wilson Jr.'s winter and spring home. The four-story mansion occupied what is now the Wilson Village Green and took approximately five years to construct. Once completed in 1914, . . . — — Map (db m20367) HM
En respetuoso recuerdo de los Españoles que entre 1566 y 1587 dejaron aqui huella de su paso para gloria de España, y en agradecimiento a los Americanos benemeritos que hoy, con su trabaios rinden culto a su memoriay a la historia comun de España y . . . — — Map (db m20988) HM
General Robert H. Barrow enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942, and was assigned as an assistant drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diago, before being commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1943. He served during World War II in . . . — — Map (db m20862) HM
On the morning of November 7, 1861, Du Pont's flagship, the Wabash led the fleet into action. As the Union vessels near the sound Confederate batteries at Forts Walker and Beauregard opened fire. Du Pont, having sent ships to test the enemy's . . . — — Map (db m20380) HM
In memory of Capt. Bror G. Brodstrom U.S.M.C. Associated with recruit training from 1918 to 1921. His influence was reflected in the high standard of men furnished in peace and war. — — Map (db m103790) WM
A year after the abandonment of Santa Elena in 1575, Spain, reestablished its colony on Parris Island. Fearing renewed Indian attacks upon their return, the Spanish brought with them a prefabricated fort, ready to assemble. After six days of . . . — — Map (db m20936) HM
The concrete pillars and the shallow depression here represent the outline and moat of a fortication excavated by the Marine Corps in 1923. The archaeological dig was supervised by Major George Osterhout who believed this was the site of the French . . . — — Map (db m21039) HM
Designated for use with the Japanese Cavalry, the Model 95 Field Gun is a horse-drawn gun with split trails, hydropneumatic recoil mechanism and horizontal sliding wedge type breech mechanism. The 75mm gun weighs 2440 pounds and fires a fourteen . . . — — Map (db m29867) HM WM
Here stood Charlesfort, built 1562 by Jean Ribault for Admiral Coligny. A Refuge for Hugunenots and to the glory of France.
Erected 1925 by the Government of the United States of America to mark the first stronghold of France on this . . . — — Map (db m21687) HM
The ruins in the woods before you are all that remain of the Parris Island lighthouse keeper's home. Established in 1878, by 1881 there were two navigational beacons in operation here.
The keeper tended both at night. At the rear beacon this . . . — — Map (db m21726) HM
Less than three decades after Columbus had discovered America, on Aug. 18, 1521 ( St. Helena's Day ), Spanish seafarers from Santo Domingo sighted this magnificent harbor, named its Eastern headland the Punta de Santa Elena, from which the area . . . — — Map (db m21253) HM
Native Americans on Parris Island
People have been living on Parris Island for over 4,000 years. Today, the prehistoric sequence is divided into four major
periods. Each is defined by the lifeways of the time.
Because these people . . . — — Map (db m20601) HM
In 1878, two lighthouses and a keeper's home were built on Parris Island. Standing 45 feet high, the front range light was on the marsh flats. The much taller rear beacon was further inland. Together, the two served as navigational points for ships . . . — — Map (db m21267) HM
In 1878, the United States built two lighthouses and a lighthouse keeper's home on Parris Island. The 45-foot tall Front Light was located on the southeastern tip of the island. Seen from the boardwalk, this area is the forested promontory to the . . . — — Map (db m21542) HM
Taming the Wilderness
1715 - 1750
In 1715, Alexander Parris aquired what would come to be known as Parris Island. By 1722, Parris gave almost half the island to his daughter Jane and her husband John Delabare. Both families established . . . — — Map (db m21410) HM
Named in memory of Major General Oscar F. Peatross, USMC (2 March 1916-26 May 1993), who served with distinction in W.W. II, Korea, and Vietnam and was a member of the regiment that raised the flag on Iwo Jima in World War II. A former commanding . . . — — Map (db m20713) WM
Here upon this spot fell
Captain Gustav Karow
1st. Lieut. Stephen St. George
2nd. Lieut. Frederick T. Molthen
who lost their lives in an airplane
at Parris Island June 23, 1920
in the military service of their country . . . — — Map (db m103792) HM
Parris Island Pre-History The first inhabitants of Parris Island were American Indians. From about 6,000 BC to 500 AD, these stone age people traveled throughout the southeast staying along the coast for only part of the year. Starting around . . . — — Map (db m21449) HM
Military Order of
The Purple Heart
1782 • 1932
How can Man die better
than facing fearful odds
for the Ashes of his Fathers
and the temples of his Gods — — Map (db m87183) WM
"Uncommon Valor Was A Common Virtue"
Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima
20 February 1945
1 PFC Ira Hayes,USMCR
Sacaton, Arizona
MCRD, San Diago Aug 42
2 PFC Franklin R. Sousley,USMCR
Flemingsburg KY
21 Mar 45 (KIA)
MCRD, San . . . — — Map (db m20660) WM
[Front]:
Born in South Carolina, Pinckney was educated in England and served in the First and Second Provincial Congresses. A commander in the Revolution, he later served in the SC General Assembly, signed the US Constitution, and was . . . — — Map (db m30536) HM
[Front]:
Inhabited for some 10,000 years, Pinckney Island was known as Espalanga, Look–out, and Mackey's prior to about 1775. Alexander Mackey received two Proprietary grants for land on the island in 1710. Charles Pinckney later . . . — — Map (db m6611) HM
(side 1)
In 1939, the Blue Channel Corporation opened a crab canning factory on this site. Founded by inventor Sterling Harris, the company worked with food scientist Dr. Carl Fellers to patent a process that eliminated the blue . . . — — Map (db m219679) HM
On New Years Day 1863 this plantation owned by John Joyner Smith was the scene of elaborate ceremonies celebrating the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation. Hundreds of freedman and woman came from Port Royal, Beaufort and the sea islands to . . . — — Map (db m218503) HM
The Historic
Union Church
of Port Royal
circa 1878
This property has been
listed in the
National Register
of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m103787) HM
Just as this tower is a silent witness to your visit here today, it has watched over Hunting Island since 1875. It is the second lighthouse on the island—the first was destroyed during the Civil War—and this is its second location. . . . — — Map (db m135384) HM
Sandbars may not seem dangerous, but those off the coast of Hunting Island could destroy a ship and put everyone onboard in peril. To guard against that, lightkeepers and their families lived here, making sure this lighthouse warned sailors of . . . — — Map (db m135365) HM
To St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C. Built about 1740. Made a separate church after the revolution. Burned by forest fire Feb. 22, 1886. — — Map (db m19647) HM
(Marker Front:)
These batteries, built by the U.S. Army in 1898 in response to the Spanish-American War, were part of Fort Fremont, which defended the coaling station and dry dock at the Port Royal Naval Station on nearby Parris Island. The . . . — — Map (db m240906) HM
Before electricity, batteries or solar panels, lamplight was generated by oil. And a light bright enough to be seen from seventeen miles away needed a lot of oil! The oil that powered the Hunting Island Lighthouse was stored here.
Constructed . . . — — Map (db m135387) HM
Digging a well doesn't work on barrier islands. The shaft can only reach brackish water that's unfit to drink. In fact, there's no reliable natural source of drinkable water on Hunting Island.
To compensate, the lighthouse staff members and their . . . — — Map (db m135390) HM
Children once played in the yard while their parents chopped firewood or hung laundry out to dry. Together, they tended a vegetable garden and gathered eggs from a chicken coop. With its outbuildings and a surrounding picket fence, this was once the . . . — — Map (db m135391) HM
In Honor Of
Edith M. Dabbs
for her work and leadership in preserving
historic documents and photographs of Penn
School and for her contributions as author of
Face of an Island and Sea Island Diary
and
James McBride . . . — — Map (db m13432) HM
With no bridges to Hunting Island, all supplies—whether oil for the lighthouse's lamp or books for the lightkeeper's family—had to come by boat from the mainland. In 1889, a wharf was built at Johnson Creek and 3,000 feet of-wooden . . . — — Map (db m135389) HM
[front text]
One of the first schools for blacks in the South, Penn School, was reorganized as Penn Normal, Industrial and Agricultural School in 1901. As a
result of this change, incorporating principals of education found at both . . . — — Map (db m20294) HM
Church of Prince William's Parish
known as
Sheldon
Built Between 1745-1755
Burned By the British Army 1779
Rebuilt 1826
Burned By the Federal Army 1865 — — Map (db m106086) HM
Text from Front Side
Prince William's Parish Church
(Sheldon Church)
These ruins are of Prince William's Parish Church, built ca. 1751-1757 and partially burned during the American Revolution, with its interior and roof rebuilt . . . — — Map (db m106077) HM
Ruins of Old Sheldon Prince William's Parish Church Built 1745-55. Burned 1779 by British. Rebuilt 1826. Burned 1865 by Federal Army. Named for ancestral home of the Bull family in Warwickshire, England. ——— Annual Services . . . — — Map (db m26366) HM
(Front):
Sheldon Union Academy, later Sheldon School, opened in 1893 on this site and educated the black children of rural Sheldon community for almost fifty years. The original Sheldon Union Academy board, which founded and governed the . . . — — Map (db m5785) HM
William Bull
of Sheldon
Born 1683 Son of Stephen Bull,
the Immigrant
Member Colonial House of Commons
1706 - 1719
Colonel of Berkeley County Regiment
Tuscarora and Yemassee Wars.
Lord's Proprietors Deputy 1719.
Member and President . . . — — Map (db m106135)
Combahee River Raid
On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force
consisting of elements of the 2nd
S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African-
American unit) and the 3rd Rhode
Island Artillery conducted a raid
up the Confederate-held Combahee
River. . . . — — Map (db m66105) HM
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