HOPSEWEE
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carolina1
N 33° 12.730 W 079° 22.921
17S E 650790 N 3675973
HOPSEWEE
Waymark Code: WM3CM6
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2008
Views: 21
THOMAS LYNCH, JR., SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS BORN HERE AUGUST 5, 1749. HE WAS ELECTED FROM ST. JAMES'S PARISH, SANTEE TO 1ST PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, DEC. 19, 1774; TO 2ND PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, AUG. 7-8, 1775; TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, MARCH 23, 1776; COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN, PROVINCIAL TROOPS JUNE 17, 1775; SERVED ON COMMITTEE TO DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR SOUTH CAROLINA 1776. HE WAS LOST AT SEA.
Marker Name: HOPSEWEE
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Person
Marker number: A-1
County: GEORGETOWN
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