Mepkin Plantation
Inscription
Home of Henry Laurens, born in Charleston in 1724, died at Mepkin in 1792. President of the first and second councils of safety, 1775-1776. President First Provincial Congress of S. C. 1775. * No longer extant, replaced by marker 8-48 in 2007. Erected by the South Carolina Historical Commission, ca. 1929-1936.
‡ Supplemented by marker 8-47 in 2007. § Erected by the South Carolina Historical Commission, ca. 1929-1936. ** Replaced a marker originally erected by the Georgetown Chapter D. A. R. in 1940. † Vice President of S. C. 1776. President of Continental Congress 1777-78. Elected minister plenipotentiary to Holland 1779.
Confined 14 months in Tower of London, exchanged for Lord Cornwallis. Signed in Paris, with Adams, Jay and Franklin, preliminaries of peace, 1782.
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