Side A Archibald Hamilton Rutledge (1883-1973), educator, man of letters, and the first poet laureate of S.C., was born at this site, in a house known to the Rutledge family as "Summer Place." Rutledge, who grew up here and at Hampton . . . — — Map (db m39040) HM
In 1867, William Peter Beckman opened McClellanville’s first store here in the shade of the Deerhead Oak. The property remains in the Beckman family to this day and provides an open greenspace for the people of McClellanville. — — Map (db m54988) HM
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Hampton Plantation, 2 mi. N.W., was established by 1730 and was one of the earliest rice plantations on the Santee River, in an area settled by Huguenots and often called "French Santee." The house, built in the 1730's for . . . — — Map (db m54990) HM
(Front): The Sawmill at Cape Romain’s Mill Island In the late 1780’s John Bowman of Peachtree Plantation hired the now famous millwright, Johnathan Lucas, to build a second less publicized mill, the wind~driven sawmill on Cape Romain’s . . . — — Map (db m55059) HM
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McClellanville began in the late 1850s and early 1860s when local plantation owners A. J. McClellan and R. T. Morrison sold lots in the vicinity of Jeremy Creek to planters of the Santee Delta, who sought relief from summer . . . — — Map (db m39042) HM
The McClellan family for which McClellanville was named acquired this land shortly before the American Revolution. A 490-acre tract on Jeremy Creek was originally granted to John Whilden in 1705. In 1771 master carpenter Archibald McClellan, Sr. . . . — — Map (db m39076) HM
Richard Tillia Morrison 1816 ~ 1910 Donor of this plot. Former owner of Jeremy Plantation on which a large part of the town is located. One of the founders of the town of McClellanville ~ 1861. This tablet is erected 1947 — — Map (db m54989) HM
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Erected in 1768, this edifice, officially known as Wambaw Church, was situated on the King's Highway. It is the fourth church to serve St. James Santee Parish. The parish, founded in 1706 at the request of French Huguenot . . . — — Map (db m39044) HM
1941 ~ 1945
Erected by the citizens of St. James Santee Parish in grateful appreciation of the services rendered our beloved country by her sons and daughters in World War II
Kirkley, D.C.; Lofton, P.S.; Lofton, Harry M.; Lofton, J.A., Jr.; . . . — — Map (db m55057) HM
The Lowcountry Seaman’s Memorial In memory of those who lost their lives while working the coastal waters of South Carolina. Dedicated to Chet Anderson (1965 ~ 1999) “No man has greater love than he who lays down his life for a . . . — — Map (db m54987) HM
Thomas Pinckney
1750-1828
Distinguished planter-diplomat Thomas Pinckney owned nearby Fairfield and Eldorado Plantations. A national figure, he was Governor of South Carolina, Minister to England, Envoy Extraordinary to Spain where he . . . — — Map (db m16418) HM
