Old Jacksonborough

Old Jacksonborough is a South Carolina historical marker in Jacksonboro, Colleton County, dedicated 1959.

Colleton County · dedicated 1959 · S.C. Hwy. 64 just N of the Edisto River, Jacksonboro

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Founded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701. County Seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisional Capital of State while Charleston was under siege in the closing months of the American Revolution. First South Carolina Legislature met here Jan.-Feb. 1782. Sessions held in Masonic Lodge and Tavern. Passed Confiscation and Amercement Acts.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Colleton County Historical Society

Old Jacksonborough

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