Berkeley County · Marker 08-15

Thomas Sumter's Store

S.C. Hwy. 6, .5 mi. S of Berkley County-Orangeburg County line, N of Moncks Corner

Front inscription

About 1765-1767 Thomas Sumter, future hero of the American Revolution, kept a country store near this spot where the stream of colonial traffic to the Up Country divided in the fork where the Nelson's Ferry Road branched off from the Road to the Congarees.

County
Berkeley
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Moncks Corner
Year approved
1963
Erected by
Cross Community Development Club
Coordinates
33.37735, -80.221817

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