Revolutionary War Ambush
In December 1781, returning from a patrol with the Patriot militia, Charles Davant was mortally wounded from ambush near here by Captain Martinangel's Royal Militia from Daufuskie Island. He managed to ride his horse to his nearby plantation, Two Oaks, where he died. Captain John Leacraft's Bloody Legion avenged his death.
07-13Beaufort County
Where it stands. William Hilton Parkway (U.S. Hwy. 278) at Matthews Dr., 100 ft. W of Zion Chapel of Ease marker, Hilton Head Island