What: 14 Dec 1780: British boat burned by Marions men.

Where: 33.4307,-80.3262

Maps: [map notes]

• ACME Mapper.
• National Map, simple. Click X to exit.  National Map how-to
• GNIS data. Note map options.

Note: the 25 August 1780 skirmish, sometimes called Nelson's Ferry is described as Sumter's Plantation.

Sources:

• William Dobien James, Life of Francis Marion. Project Gutenburg. Search for nelson's. Biblio.

• Sherman's Calendar.... p.233. To avoid long downloads, use option to "Save and view this PDF in Reader". To appreciate the importance of Nelson's Ferry, make a search for nelson's. 74 results are returned.

• RevWar75   listing 14 Dec 1780

• Cook 1773 map snippet:

  1 Nelson's Ferry 2 Sumter's Plantation, immediately above "Farrar's" (Great) Savannah 3 Cantey's (Canty's) Plantation 4 Murry's (Murray's) Ferry 5 Mount Hope Swamp Bridge 6 Lower Bridge 7 Witherspoon's Plantation 8 Kings Tree

• The position for Nelson's Ferry is provided by GNIS and is considered highly accurate.

• Position obtained from GNIS. Note other mapping options available.

• From CBB: Faden's 1780 map:

  

  "... note no Eutaw Springs is shown and Sumter's place appears somewhat further upriver than the northern terminus of Nelson's Ferry."

• From CBB: Nelson's Ferry North, modern topo map:

  

• From CBB: "Loyalist Col. Robert Gray 1781 letter (as published in SCAR) mentioned the British redoubt at Nelson's Ferry, which I believe was on the Southern terminus of the ferry."

• From CBB: Nelson Ferry North, pre-flooding:

  

• 1921 Topo map from University of Alabama

• 1944 Topo map from University of Alabama

• From CBB: Nelsons Ferry, fishing map:

  

Related sites: Canty's Plantation, Sumter's Plantation

Confidence level: 5