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The Stono River or Creek is a tidal channel in southeast South Carolina, located southwest of Charleston.The channel runs southwest to northeast between the mainland and Wadmalaw Island and Johns Island, from north Edisto River between Johns (West) and James (East) Islands.
The Stono River is a critical part of the 3,000 miles (4,800 km) of Intracoastal Waterway used by barges, fishing boats, and recreational mariners.The former swing bridge, built in 1929, [1] was an obstruction to vessel traffic, thus removal was mandated by the U.S. Coast Guard in an Order to Alter issued in 1994, leaving only a few swing bridges in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, from ...
The leader of the rebellion, Jemmy, was a literate enslaved man. In some reports, however, he is referred to as "Cato", and likely was held by the Cato (or Cater) family, who lived near the Ashley River and north of the Stono River. He led 20 other enslaved Kongolese, who may have been former soldiers, in an armed march south from the Stono River.
But after the Stono killed some of the Europeans' livestock, the Europeans murdered several Indians in retaliation. [2] By the 1670s, white colonists had developed scattered settlements near the water on Johns Island. Maps dating from 1695 and 1711 show plantations established on the banks of the Stono River. [2]
Google maps places it specifically at the intersection of SC 162 and United States Route 17. It is the near the Stono River Slave Rebellion Site, a U.S. National Historic Landmark and location of the start of the Stono Rebellion, the first large-scale slave revolt in the United States. There was a Rantowles Depot. [1] There is a Rantowles ...
Battery Tynes is a historic artillery battery located at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina.It was built in 1863, and designed to protect the upper Stono River and the bridge from James Island to Johns Island, South Carolina.
Fort Pemberton was one of the larger confederate forts was constructed in the defense of Charleston, South Carolina during the American Civil War. [2] [3] At the war's outset in 1861, it became evident that control of the western regions of James Island and the Stono River was to be an important element in the defense of the city.
Another 5 properties in Charleston County outside Charleston were once listed but have been removed. Three properties and districts — the Ashley River Historic District, Ashley River Road, and the Secessionville Historic District — are split between the city and the other parts of the county, and are thus included on both lists.