Fort Watson:

Historical marker location:

Summerton, South Carolina

( Marker is on St. Paul Road (U.S. 301/15), on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

Disrupting British Supply Lines.

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.