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This well known property at the southwest corner of East Bay Street and Broad Street is best known as the State Bank of South Carolina. The original grant was to Jacob Waite in 1680 but then...

According to the Bates Leland 1698 map of Charleston the present day location of the home at # 1 Legare Street would have been part of lot 283 from the Grand Model. A grant was awarded in 1694 but...

Originally granted in 1694 this lot was adjacent to a stream that ran from the Ashley River to what became the lower end of Legare Street. Later that portion was filled and the owner sold it to...

One of few chains of title that follow without interruption from the original grant in 1694 of a lot in the Grand Model through to today. The devisees of Miles Brewton sold this parcel to John Prue...

The shape of the island from the original granting plat of 1732 can easily be seen in the 1863 drawing of James Island by Edward Manigault published in Seige Train edited by Warren Ripley.Click...

This little island may not look very impressive on paper but it was very important for the Battle of Breach Inlet on June 28th 1776. The patriots set up sharp shooters on the island to pick off the...