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A granite stone now marks the site where the British surrendered on May 12, 1781. SOURCES; Rebecca Motte; Rebecca Brewton Motte; The Life of Rebecca Motte; The House of Rebecca Motte; Rebecca Motte, Ardent Patriot; The Women of the American Revolution; Francis Marion and His Capture of Fort Motte; Mrs.
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Rebecca Brewton Motte was an ardent Patriot. Rebecca Brewton Motte, the daughter of merchante Robert Brewton, lived in Charleston, South Carolina when the Revolutionary War broke out in America. ... Francis Marion and General Lee were told to take "Fort Motte." Marion visited Mrs. Motte and explained that the British needed...
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(But why is Rebecca Motte remembered by patriots and historians? Because so far in our recollections of the life of Rebecca Brewton Motte there has not been evidenced anything of special significance. ... Francis Marion and his capture of Fort Motte...
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It is the critical moment in the capture of this fort that the artist, Mort Kunstler, had depicted. Fort Motte was built around a handsome new mansion house owned by the widow, Rebecca Motte. It was known as "Mount Joseph" before it became a fort. ... Rebecca Brewton Motte: Patriot who willingly displayed an inner belief...
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FORT MOTTE, the scene of the occurrence which so strikingly displayed the patriotism of one of South Carolina's daughters, stood on the south side of the Congaree river. ... The Women of the American Revolution; by Elizabeth F. Ellet; Rebecca Motte, Mrs. Brewton...
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In this painting, Mrs. Motte Directing Generals Marion and Lee to Burn Her Mansion to Dislodge the British, Rebecca Motte, ... She is said to have inherited them, along with the house, when Brewton was lost at sea. ... Fort Motte remained intact until it was accidentally burned several years after the Revolution. A granite stone...
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Charleston, South Carolina, was only about thirty years old when the Englishman, Robert Brewton, and the Huguenot exile, John de la Motte, took up their residence there. In 1758 Robert Brewton's daughter Rebecca married Jacob Motte, ... After a time General Marion and Colonel Lee led up troops for the siege of Fort Motte.
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Mount Joseph Plantation – Fort Motte – Calhoun County ... Before the battle started the Motte family was asked to retreat to a farmhouse nearby. Rebecca Motte reportedly encouraged the Americans to set the house on fire in order to dislodge the British. ... Alphabetical list – Miles Brewton; Jacob and Rebecca Motte;
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Born and married into Charleston's aristocracy, Rebecca Motte (1738-1805) divided her time before the Revolutionary War between her town house in Charleston and plantation near the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree Rivers. ... When Francis Marion's forces failed to take the fort built around the Motte home,
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