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 was determined to . . . — — Map (db m16800) HM
(Front Side): 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 . . . — — Map (db m4293) HM
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
(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
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
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 in . . . — — Map (db m90078) HM
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 (floodgates). . . . — — Map (db m90080)
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
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 woods, . . . — — Map (db m90083) HM
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 and . . . — — Map (db m90085)
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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 . . . — — Map (db m6353) HM
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)
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)
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 Ga., . . . — — Map (db m26368) HM
[ 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
(Front Side): 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 . . . — — Map (db m4776) HM
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 supplies . . . — — Map (db m244739) HM
((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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
(Text front): General Robert E. LeeFollowing 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 . . . — — Map (db m6195) HM
