8-16 Lewisfield Plantation
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mikemtn
N 33° 10.061 W 080° 00.890
17S E 591857 N 3670308
Located about 1 mile SW of Monks Corner. Erected by Berkley County Historical Society-1978.
Waymark Code: WMRA8
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2006
Views: 29
Text: This land, part of Fairlawn Barony and known as Little Landing, was bought in 1767 by Sedgwick Lewis. His daughter Sarah married Keating Simons. They acquired the land in 1774 and are presumed to have built the present plantation house. Tradition has it that during the Revolution, Col. Wade Hampton took seventy-eight British prisoners and burned two boats with supplies and plunder at the nearby river landing.
