Search results
Today Fort Motte is the name of an unincorporated village at the nearby crossroads of SH 419 and State Road S-9-13. [2] The former area of the plantation house and grounds is known as the Fort Motte Battlefield Site. Privately owned, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [2]
Rebecca Motte was the sister of Miles Brewton, a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, and the wife of Jacob Motte, a local patriot. She inherited his plantation, Mount Joseph, where the British built Fort Motte and occupied it for a month in 1781. She helped the American forces by allowing them to burn down her home and end the siege.
The siege of Fort Motte was a military operation during the American Revolutionary War.A force of Patriots led by General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion and Lt. Colonel "Light Horse" Harry Lee set out to capture the British post at Fort Motte, the informal name of a plantation mansion fortified by the British for use as a depot because of its strategic location at the confluence of the Congaree ...
- May 8-12, 1781
- American victory
Fort Motte continued to thrive into the twentieth century. However, the arrival of the interstate replaced the town’s railroads, leading to the ultimate demise of Fort Motte. Little remains of the former town, but remnants of Fort Motte’s days as a thriving village can be seen in its vacant buildings.
Fort Motte was the principal depot on the British line of communications between Charleston and the interior of South Carolina. It was located at the point where the Wateree River and the Congaree River merged to form the Santee River. The actual "fort" was the large mansion of Mrs. Rebecca B. Motte.
May 17, 2016 · Fort Motte was a plantation house turned into a British fort during the Revolutionary War. Learn how it was captured by Francis Marion and Henry Lee after a fire was set by the Americans.
People also ask
What is the history of Fort Motte?
Where is Fort Motte located?
Why was Fort Motte named after Rebecca Brewton Motte?
What happened at Fort Motte?
The fort consisted of the Rebecca Motte plantation house, surrounded by a heavy, palisaded earthwork parapet and ditch. In May, 1781, an American force under Francis Marion and Henry “Lighthorse Harry” Lee lay siege to the fort, and the British garrison of 184 men surrendered after resisting for seven days.
