What: Skirmish/Capture, Col. Isaac Hayne vs. *Maj. Thomas Fraser, 7 July 1781

Other names: The Horse Shoe

Where: 32.83271 -80.54958, Ford Plantation, per JP

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• 32.83271,-80.54958, Ford Plantation, per JP
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• Confidence: 3

Sources:

• Cook's 1773 SC map:

  

  This map snippet, used in an earlier effort to locate Snipes Planatation, shows Ford Plantations a short distance both to the north and to the south.

• Barefoot(SC), p.101-102.

• SC Historic Highway Marker Guide, Not found.

• NBBAS:Three P. 281.
  Revlist post for above.

• Terry Lipscomb, Names in South Carolina, Winter 1979 (Part Seven), p.31:

  Major Thomas Fraser was dispatched to pursue Hayne with ninety Loyalist dragoons of the South Carolina Rangers. By keeping to the back roads and taking a circuitous route of over seventy miles through the woods, Fraser was able to approach Hayne's camp without being discovered. On the morning of July 7, the British cavalry attacked and dispersed the Patriots at Ford's plantation. Fourteen American soldiers were killed, including Hayne's second in command, Lieutenant Colonel McLaughlin, who was cut to pieces by the dragoons after he attempted to kill Fraser with a pistol shot. General Williamson was rescued, and Colonel Hayne was taken prisoner. Tradition holds that Hayne was overtaken by his British pursuers because his horse, King Herod, had become too fat and unfit for military duty during its master's long retirement from the service.

  According to the British account, Colonel Hayne was captured at the Horse Shoe. The skirmish took place on the plantation of Mrs. Mary Ford, wife of Tobias Ford, which was located on the east side of Horseshoe Road, now S-15-199, only a short distance above its junction with S. C. 64. The site is considerably more than four miles from Parker's Ferry, notwithstanding Joseph Johnson's statement to the contrary in his Traditions. The Ford plantation is shown on both Mouzon's map and Mills' Atlas; it was known by the name of Woodford. The road that early maps designate as the Horseshoe Road is better known to modern Colleton County residents as the Featherbed Road.

• Sherman, "Calendar...". p.400. To avoid long downloads, use option to "Save and view this PDF in Reader".

• RevWar75   listing. 7/7/1781 Ford's Plantation (The Horse Shoe, Horse Neck). Shown as draw.

  Related locations:
  Jacksonboro,   Round O,   Snipes Plantation,  

  Submitted by: Jack Parker.

  Confidence level: 3