- Fort Motte
Fort Motte (Fort Motte Station) was a temporary military outpost in what is now
South Carolina during theAmerican 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 astockade .Lossing, Benson John "The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution" Harper Brothers 1860] The site is near a strategic river crossing of theCongaree River used by early traders. TheCherokee Path is nearby. It is also roughly in the area of an early town (1735) known asAmelia Town, South Carolina . There were several other less well-known forts in the area. Before the forts were established, there were sites which served astrading post s. Before the trading began, there were hunting grounds.The
South Carolina Department of Archives and History , theSouth Caroliniana Library , and theUniversity of South Carolina have the earliest extant maps for this area.In
1781 General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion captured the location after theSiege of Fort Motte .References
External links
* [http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/battles/810508.htm "The Siege of Fort Motte"]
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