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October 19, 2002
The Dedication Ceremony, at the Low Country Visitors Center (Frampton
House) on Highway 17, was followed by the Unveiling Ceremony at the
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October 16, 2003 7:28 PM
Subject: Battle of Pocotaligo Highway Marker
Greetings!
I wanted to pass along the news that the Battle of Pocotaligo Highway Marker has now been restored. It was refurbished and moved from its original site. It is now closer to the Interstate 95 exit ramp, near some restaurants, located under a powerful street light. Hopefully, that will help to keep it safer than it was at the previous site.
Sincerely,
Robert Brett Bradshaw
Commander, South Carolina Society MOSB |
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Page at http://www.confederate-rose.org/Violations.htm
Subject: Pocotaligo Highway Marker
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:33:47 -0500
Seasons Greetings,
I thought that you should all know that I found out this afternoon that our new Battle of Pocotaligo Highway Marker has been vandalized. It was knocked down and the tablet broken from the shaft. Bill
O. currently has it put away for safekeeping, and said that the Jasper County Historical Society will take on the project of getting it restored. He suggested that we move it closer to some of the buildings nearer to the Interstate, so that people there can keep an eye on it.
I will try to let you know more, after Thanksgiving. Have a safe holiday!
Brett
Robert Brett Bradshaw
Commander, South Carolina Society MOSB
President, John Pelham Historical Association
Member, Captain John M. Kinard Camp #35 SCV
P. O. Box 113; Little Mountain, SC 29075
(803) 345-3057 tnrebel16@sc.rr.com |
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SC Society OCR was honored to be asked to
bring Greetings. We were well represented by Jeanne Scott Elliott Weil.
Many of her relatives were in the Rutledge Mounted Rifles, Beaufort Light Artillery, Charleston Light Dragoons and the Palmetto Guard, who fought to protect this area.
(PS-Those are not her ancestors posing with her! The portrait on the right
is an early painting of her relative, General Stephen Elliott.) |
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The fine print on each side of the marker says "Erected by the S.C.
Society of the Military Order of the Stars & Bars, 2002".
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More photos are now online at a
new location:
http://scmosb.org/PocotaligoMarker/Pocotaligo.htm
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| For info about the Battle of
Pocotaligo and other action in the area, try these links that I found
during a search for "Pocotaligo battle":
http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/cmh/cmh76.htm
http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/cmh/cmh94.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/lewschmidt/
http://www.civilwarhome.com/great.htm
http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/frigates/wabash.htm
http://www.cem.va.gov/pdf/beaufort.pdf |
| Some info about the Frampton
House from http://www.grouptournews.com/scs/view.cfm?articles=Lowcountry%20%26%20Resort%20Islands
Highlights in the Lowcountry----Must-See Museums
By Sharon Cavileer 2/10/01
... Start at the Lowcountry Visitors Center and Museum,
located off I-95 at Exit 33. State Road l7 connects Savannah to Charleston
with roads leading out to the barrier islands like the fingers of a hand.
This property was part of a land grant to the Frampton Family by the King
of England in the l700s. The family and their plantation prospered until
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through in l865 on his way
to Atlanta. The plantation home and outbuildings were burned to the
ground.
After the Civil War ended, John Frampton, began anew,
building a simpler dwelling in l868. Frampton's farmhouse now houses the
Lowcountry Visitors Center and Museum. Go back a century into the parlor
furnished with period antiques. The adjoining room gives visitors a taste
of the museums in the four country regions that they're about to see. Both
a Lowcountry video and audiocassette tape is available to enrich the ride!
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Lowcountry Visitors Center is a Must Stop
By Diana Greene 7/13/00
YEMASSEE - Groups visiting the southernmost areas of South Carolina will not want to miss a stop at the lovely Lowcountry Visitors Center & Museum in Point South. Here you will find a reprieve that is both useful, with tons of information on area attractions available, and historic - with the front room offering a peek back in time to a 1900s plantation house parlor setting room, complete with antique furnishings.
This quaint little Lowcountry stop almost did not happen. Jim Wescott, director of the Lowcountry & Resort Islands Tourism Commission negotiated for three long years with the owner of the home to secure its donation, along with the four acres of land surrounding the house, just off Interstate 95 at Exit 33.
"I felt it was such an important piece of our history here in the Lowcountry that I never gave up the battle," explained Jim
Wescott. "The Frampton House, which has become our visitors center, was part of the original King's Grant to the Frampton Family in the 1700s. In 1865, General Sherman's troops burned the original plantation house on this site, along with all the farm buildings. This home was constructed in 1868 by John Frampton and was first renovated around 1930."
The home had sat vacant for many years before Wescott led the charge to restore it back to its original beauty. "By turning the Frampton House into the Lowcountry Visitors Center & Museum we have assured the preservation of the home and the magnificent old oak trees framing the building. The Civil War earthworks in the backyard were erected by General Robert E. Lee's troops in defense of the Savannah to Charleston railroad, an important supply line for the Confederacy," explained
Wescott.
The Lowcountry Visitors Center and Museum is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
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