Grahamville

Grahamville is a South Carolina historical marker in Grahamville, Jasper County, dedicated 2000.

Jasper County · dedicated 2000 · Intersection of S.C. Hwys. 13 and 29, Grahamville, Grahamville

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Front: This summer village, established about 1800 by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what was Beaufort District until the creation of Jasper County in 1912. Named for Capt. John Graham (1784-1833), its prominent residents included members of the Bull, Fripp, Glover, Hasell, Hazzard, Heyward, Jenkins, Screven, and Seabrook families, among others. Reverse: The village boasted several stores, three churches, a post office, a tavern, and the Grahamville Academy. When the Charleston & Savannah RR was constructed in 1860, villagers objected to locating a station here so one was built 1 mi. W and Ridgeland grew around it. Grahamville was burned by Union troops in 1864, and Holy Trinity Church is all that survives of the old village.

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