Old Jamestown

Old Jamestown is a South Carolina historical marker in Jamestown, Berkeley County, dedicated 1985.

Berkeley County · dedicated 1985 · S.C. Hwy. 45, about 1.5 mi. SE of Jamestown, Jamestown

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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.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
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Old Jamestown

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