Berkeley County · Marker 08-17

Old Jamestown

S.C. Hwy. 45, about 1.5 mi. SE of Jamestown

Front inscription

After receiving a proprietary land grant of 370 acres in 1705, French settlers laid out the town of Jamestown, c. 2 mi. N. By 1706, a church had been built known as the parish church of St. James, Santee. Jamestown never prospered and a number of settlers left before the Revolution, moving to the nearby parishes of St. Stephen's and St. John's, Berkeley.

County
Berkeley
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Jamestown
Year approved
1985
Erected by
Berkeley County Historical Society
Coordinates
33.269533, -79.668667

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