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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NB_the-stono-rebellion-1739_Ravenel-SC.html
(Marker Front)The Stono Rebellion, the largest slaveinsurrection in British North America,began nearby on September 9, 1739.About 20 Africans raided a store nearWallace Creek, a branch of the Stono River. Taking guns and other weapons,they killed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9NA_magnolia-plantation_Charleston-SC.html
Fountainhead of the Drayton family, whichplayed so important a part in America'sColonial, Revolutionary, and Independencehistory. Its original plantation house, creditedby contemporary historians as having beenthe earliest in the Carolina colony, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9FB_royal-judge-john-drayton_Charleston-SC.html
Born at Magnolia Plantation in 1713, butfailing to inherit Magnolia, he purchasedan adjoining tract and built Drayton Hall in1740, but later acquiring Magnolia from hisnephew. In a will hastily drawn the night hedied while fleeing the British, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZN_drayton-hall-drayton-family_Charleston-SC.html
Drayton HallSeat of the Drayton family forseven generations, this landwas acquired in 1738 byJohn Drayton (c. 1759~1779)as the center of his extensiveindigo and rice planting ventures.One of the finest examples of Georgian Palladian architecturei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8TZ_st-andrews-parish-church_Charleston-SC.html
Built in part in 1706, the year the Church of England was established here by law. Enlarged 1723. Burned out and re-built 1764. Scene of early missionary work among the Negroes.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM784_st-johns-church_Charleston-SC.html
[Marker Front]:This church grew fromservices held for Germaninhabitants in Charlestonby Rev. Johann MartinBoltzius in 1734 and Rev.Henry Melchior Muhlenbergin 1742. The cornerstone of the first house ofworship was laid in 1759;the second and prese…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6GU_arthur-ravenel-jr-bridge_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Arthur Ravenel, Jr. BridgeNamed by an act of the General Assembly in honor of state Senator Arthur Ravenel Jr., who enthusiastically spearheaded a broad~based effort to secure the funds for its construction.
[Marker Reverse]:Arth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM46U_h-m-s-seraph_Charleston-SC.html
The submarine memorialized by this monument, has a uniquely distinguished record, and many of her most fascinating exploits involved Americans. Embodied in this memorial are the Seraph's fore hatch, steering and plane wheels, her ship's bell and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2R2_the-rev-john-g-drayton_Charleston-SC.html
Rector of nearby St. Andrews Episcopal Church, and owner of Magnolia Plantation before,during, and after the Civil War, he redesigned the plantation's famous garden, from its original French style of Louis XIV to its present style of English infor…