Historical Marker
The Reverend William Plumer Jacobs
Historical marker location:
Clinton, South Carolina
( Marker is on South Broad Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2006
(1842-1917).
The first successful English settlement in South Carolina was established in 1670 in what is now known as Charleston. The settlement was named Charles Towne in honor of King Charles II of England.