28-5 Gaol
N 34° 14.366 W 080° 36.379
17S E 536253 N 3788774
A colonial jail once stood here.
Waymark Code: WM6P23
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2009
Views: 13
GAOL
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.
ERECTED BY KERSHAW COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THE CITY OF CAMDEN 1958
Marker Name: GAOL
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Building
Marker number: 28-5
County: Kershaw
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