Gibbes Landing

Front inscription

At the mouth of this tidal creek is the colonial-era site of Gibbes Landing. Located on a low bluff off the Ashley River, it was part of a plantation owned by John Gibbes and known as Orange Grove or The Grove. In spring 1780, British and Hessian soldiers encamped at the plantation after marching south down the Charleston Neck. The landing subsequently became an important supply point for the Siege of Charleston, one of the worst Patriot lossess of the American Revolution.

Reverse inscription

From the river’s west bank, British forces ferried artillery, provisions, and trench building materials to Gibbes Landing, the Neck’s closest firm landing to Charleston proper. Sailors and enslaved moved the sypplies to other nearby positions. British forces besieged the city for six weeks and occupied it until December 1782. Any remnants of the landing were likely lost when this creek was flooded to create temporary Lake Juanita for the 1901-02 Charleston Exposition.