Berkeley County · Marker 08-19

Medway Plantation

Old U.S. Hwy. 52, about 3.2 mi. N of Goose Creek

Front inscription

In 1686 Medway Plantation was granted by the Lords Proprietors to John d'Arsens, Seigneur de Wernhaut. In 1689 the property came into the possession of Landgrave Thomas Smith, Governor of South Carolina November 1693 to October 1694. He died in November 1694 and is buried at Medway.

County
Berkeley
Region
Lowcountry
City or vicinity
Goose Creek
Year approved
1965
Erected by
Coordinates
33.037367, -80.033567

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