Things To Do in Jacksonboro, South Carolina

Inscription. Founded on this site in 1728 by the Reverend Archibald Stobo, Bethel or Pon Pon Church served a large Presbyterian congregation until replaced by Bethel Presbyterian Church in nearby town of Walterboro early in the nineteenth ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front): Martyr Of The Revolution: When Loyalists soldiers attacked the camp of Col. Isaac Hayne's S. C. malitia about 5 mi. W on July 7, 1781, they captured Hayne. He was soon condemned as a traitor because he had previously ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This U. S. Naval officer was born in Maryland in 1782 and died at his plantation in St. Bartholomew's Parish, S. C. in 1823. He served as acting captain of the frigate "Constitution" in 1804 during the war with Tripoli, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Founded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701; county seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisional capital of state while Charleston was under siege in the closing months of the American Revolution. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Isaac Hayne tried to spend the rest of the Revolutionary War in peace after the British captured Charleston in 1780. Although he had supported independence, Hayne accepted a parole a promise to remain neutral in exchange ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 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 ... More on HMDB

Inscription. On Parker's Ferry Road one mile northeast of here are the ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, established in 1725 by an Act of the General Assembly after the Yemassee War aborted plans for St. Bartholomew's Parish Church. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1706 Parish Established, Rev. Nathaniel Osborn, Missionary of the S. P. G. arrived, 1715 Parish devastated by Yemassee, Indians, 1725 Act of General Assembly provided for a Chapel of Ease here to be used as a Parish Church ... More on HMDB

Inscription. As a grateful and reverential tribute, to, A noble martyr in behalf of liberty, The State Of, South Carolina: Has erected this memorial to, Colonel Issac Hayne: who was captured near here by the British, July 6, 1781, ... More on HMDB