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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9Y1_the-barrel-landing-schoolhouse_Okatie-SC.html
The name Barrel Landing (also spelled Barrell) comes from a nearby docking and landing area on the Okatie River initially used by early settlers of the Okatie community in the period following the Revolutionary War. Farmers and tradesmen used the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9KH_battle-of-port-royal-island_Beaufort-SC.html
Near the old halfway house, in thevicinity of Grays Hill, on February3, 1779, a force of South CarolinaMilitia, Continentals, and volunteers, including men fromBeaufort, under General WilliamMoultrie, defeated the British intheir attempt to captur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8P7_in-honor-of-edith-m-dabbs-and-james-mcbride-dabbs_St-Helena-Island-SC.html
In Honor Of Edith M. Dabbsfor her work and leadership in preservinghistoric documents and photographs of PennSchool and for her contributions as author ofFace of an Island and Sea Island Diaryand James McBride Dabbsfor his dedicated service as tru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F1_thomas-fenwick-drayton_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Confederate Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton was in command of this area at the time of nearby battleof Port Royal, November 7, 1861. A brother, Capt.Percival Drayton, commanded the Union warshipPocahontas at the same battle. Earlier,General Drayton h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F0_tabernacle-baptist-church_Beaufort-SC.html
Tabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area because of Federal occupation in 1861. The church's lecture room was used for services during the war. In 1867 the black congregation b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5JY_the-great-sea-island-storm_St-Helena-Island-SC.html
( Front text )On the night of August 27, 1893, ahuge "tropical cyclone," the largestand most powerful storm to hit S.C.until Hurricane Hugo in 1989, madelandfall just E of Savannah, Ga.With gusts as high as 120 mph and astorm surge as 12 ft., the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5HX_beaufort-college_Beaufort-SC.html
(Text front)Beaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861. The school opened in 1084 at Bay and Church Sts. but closed in 1817 after a yellow fever epidemic, reopening in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5EN_in-memoriam_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
native of Ireland, soldier in the Revolution, planteron this island, a founder of the Episcopal Church on Hilton Head, the ancestor of the Stoneys of South Carolina. Also of his grandson, John Safford Stoney, eldest son of John and Elizabeth Gaill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4C2_1st-sc-infantry-of-african-descent_Beaufort-SC.html
The 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regimentwas raised from sea island slaves living around Port Royal. Elements of the regiment were formed on HiltonHead in May 1862. In August 1862, the regiment was reorganized near Beaufort at the Smith p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49W_hilton-head-island-veterans-memorial_Hilton-Head-Island-SC.html
Dedicated to all veterans who have served their country honorably,and have helped preserve the freedoms that we enjoy in this great country.From A Grateful Nation
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