South Carolina, Colleton County Historical Society Historical Markers

By Mike Stroud, 2008

Edmundsbury Marker near Clover Hill Rd.

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1 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Ashepoo — 15-3 — Edmundsbury —

A brick Chapel of Ease for St. Bartholomew's Parish was built here in 1758 in a town laid out in 1740 and named for Landgrave Edmund Bellinger. The Vestry reported the Chapel unfit for use in 1786, and in 1810 it fell in ruins. A new Chapel built . . . — — Map (db m220036) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Green Pond — 15-13 — Temple of Sport —

On top of this ridge stood a sylvan temple erected before the Revolution by Colonel Barnard Elliott, patriot and sportsman. The structure was supported by columns in the classic manor. The site, a part of Colonel Elliot's plantation "Belleview," . . . — — Map (db m7869) HM

3 ► South Carolina, Colleton County, Jacksonboro — 15-12 — Battle Of Parker's Ferry —

Sent to intercept a raid by 540 Hessians, British, and Tories, General Francis Marion with a force of 400 men on August 30, 1781 set up an ambuscade along this road about 1 mile from the ferry. The enemy advancing along the narrow causeway were . . . — — Map (db m7918) HM