GAOL

Gaol is a South Carolina historical marker in Camden, Kershaw County, dedicated 1958.

Kershaw County · dedicated 1958 · Corner of King & Broad Sts., Camden, Camden

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On this corner stood the gaol, built in 1771 and burned in 1812. During the Revolution the British imprisoned in it many American soldiers and civilians. Among them, after his capture near the Waxhaws, was the boy Andrew Jackson, later seventh President. He is said to have watched the battle of Hobkirk Hill through a hole he cut in the wall of the gaol's second story.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Kershaw County Historical Society and the City of Camden

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