City Directories and History: This home has been well maintained by the family and could easily be the oldest in Mount Carmel. See PDF this page for information during the 1770s concerning Fort Charlotte.
Fort Charlotte has also disappeared as a modem place-name, but it played an important role in colonial history. Built of stone in 1765-66 at a cost of 1,000 pounds and named after Queen Charlotte, wife of George III of England, its purpose was to protect white settlements in the Long Cane region from Indian raids. As well as can be ascertained today, it was located near the modern
Bullock, W. P, and Paul L Grier. Official topographical map of Abbeville Co., South Carolina. [S.l.: P.L. Grier, 1894, 1895] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress
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Hester Home – Courtesy of the Blythe Collection, 1982
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