Berkeley County · Marker 08-16

Lewisfield Plantation

Old U.S. Hwy. 52, about 1 mi. SW of Moncks Corner

Front inscription

This land, part of Fairlawn Barony and known as Little Landing, was bought in 1767 by Sedgwick Lewis. His daughter Sarah married Keating Simons. They acquired the land in 1774 and are presumed to have built the present plantation house. Tradition has it that during the Revolution, Col. Wade Hampton took seventy-eight British prisoners and burned two boats with supplies and plunder at the nearby river landing.

County
Berkeley
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Moncks Corner
Year approved
1978
Erected by
Berkeley County Historical Society
Coordinates
33.16765, -80.0148

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