Thomas Smith

Thomas Smith is a South Carolina historical marker in Charleston, Charleston County, dedicated 1967.

Charleston County · dedicated 1967 · Corner of East Bay St. & Longitude Ln., Charleston, Charleston

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Governor of Carolina, /1693-1694/Planter, Merchant, Surgeon,/arrived in Charles Town in 1684 with his first wife, Barbara Atkins, and sons, Thomas and George. A cacique by 1690, he was created Landgrave by the Lords Proprietors on May 13, 1691. He died in his 46th year on November 16, 1694. His brick town house with a wharf on Cooper River was here on the corner of East Bay & Longitude Lane.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Descendants and South Carolina Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1967

Thomas Smith

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