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Wade Hampton I (1752–1835) was a lieutenant colonel in the American Revolutionary War, brigadier general in the War of 1812, a congressman, and a wealthy planter.When he died in 1835, he was considered one of the wealthiest men in America [3] with plantations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina; he was the wealthiest planter in the Southern United States.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [ 1 ]
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is a historic plantation complex and archaeological site located at Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site, possibly built upon and occupied well before 1783. It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures.
The retired 75-year-old Hollywood set painter who worked on movies like "Ocean's Eleven" and TV shows like "Star Trek" has been painting watercolor cityscapes of Altadena for the past 40 years ...
Currently the site of a 325-acre park, Old Dorchester State Park offers visitors a glimpse into South Carolina's Colonial past. The park boasts one of the most well-preserved oyster-shell tabby forts in the country, St. George's Bell Tower, log shipping wharves, burial sites and cemeteries, as well as on-going archaeological digs that are still ...
Today Kings Highway in the High Hills is South Carolina Highway 261. [18] The major east west road is U.S. Route 76/US Route 378, a four-lane, divided highway between Sumter and Columbia, which intersects South Carolina Highway 261 just south of Stateburg. This intersection is 32 miles from Columbia and 12 miles from Sumter.
Built with slave labor during 1861, the fort was to defend against a Union blockade of one of the south’s most important ports at Port Royal. [1] Fort Walker along with the Confederate Fort Beauregard on the opposite side of Port Royal Sound was the site of the Battle of Port Royal during November 1861.
At the same time the Fort was housing war supplies, the Patriots were meeting with leaders of the Cherokee at Fort Charlotte in an attempt to sway the Cherokee in their favor. The "good talks" however did not work and South Carolina entered the American Revolutionary War with the English and the Cherokee opposing them.