Kings Highway

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1. Brick Church

   Brick Church at Wambaw, St. James Santee Episcopal Church. Historic church alongside the Old Georgetown Road portion of the King’s Highway.

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2. Broad Path

   The Sewee’s Broad Path, Indigenous predecessor of the Old Georgetown Road.

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3. Charleston

   Southern terminus of the 1,300-mile King’s Highway.

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4. Francis Marion

   Revolutionary War commander Francis Marion. Commander whose forces blocked the coastal road to British movement.

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5. Huguenots

   French Huguenot settlers of the coastal road region. Settlers and traders encountered by Lawson along this coastal route.

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6. John Lawson

   British traveler and naturalist John Lawson. Traveler who described the road in 1701.

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7. Kingston

   New Jersey village at one end of a landmark-rich stretch.

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8. Lawrenceville

   New Jersey community at the other end of the landmark stretch.

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9. New Brunswick

   New Jersey town at one end of the King’s Highway main road.

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10. New Jersey

    State containing the New Brunswick–Trenton King’s Highway segment.

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11. Pine Barrens

    Washington’s description of the Carolina landscape along the road.

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12. Princeton

    New Jersey town and university on the King’s Highway. Community and landmarks along the road.

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13. Sewee

    Sewee people, first users of the route in South Carolina. Indigenous people whose path preceded the highway.

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14. South Carolina

    Colony where the Old Georgetown Road section of the King’s Highway ran.

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15. Trenton

    New Jersey town at the other end of the King’s Highway main road.

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