Fort Motte

Fort Motte

Fort Motte (Fort Motte Station) was a temporary military outpost in what is now South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. Later, it was considered as a possible location for the capitol for the newly-formed state of South Carolina (before Columbia was chosen).

British forces occupied and converted the recently-built plantation home of the Motte family, whose business was located in Charleston, South Carolina, into a stockade.Lossing, Benson John "The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution" Harper Brothers 1860] The site is near a strategic river crossing of the Congaree River used by early traders. The Cherokee Path is nearby. It is also roughly in the area of an early town (1735) known as Amelia Town, South Carolina. There were several other less well-known forts in the area. Before the forts were established, there were sites which served as trading posts. Before the trading began, there were hunting grounds.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History, the South Caroliniana Library, and the University of South Carolina have the earliest extant maps for this area.

In 1781 General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion captured the location after the Siege of Fort Motte.

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External links

* [http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/810508.htm "The Siege of Fort Motte"]


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