Berkeley County · Marker 08-00

Northampton Plantation

5 mi. west of Bonneau

Front inscription

Residence of Maj. Gen. William Moultrie. Colonel of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, 1775. Member of the 1st and 2nd Provincial Congreses, 1776-1776. In command of Fort Sullivan, Charleston Harbor, June 28, 1776. Commissioned Brig. Gen., 1776. Maj. Gen., 1782. Exchanged for Gen. Burgoyne, 1782. Governor of South Carolina, 1785-1787, and 1792-1794. First President of the Cincinnati Society of South Carolina.

County
Berkeley

Region
Lowcountry

City or vicinity
Lake Moultrie

Year approved
ca. 1929-1936

Erected by
South Carolina Historical Commission

Coordinates
33.3107, -80.0505

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