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Boundary House

During the colonial era the Boundary House, on the S.C.- N.C. line 1.3 mi. SE, was both a private residence and “public house.” In 1775 Isaac Marion (d. 1781), eldest brother of future partisan leader Gen. Francis Marion, lived there. On May 9, 1775, when Isaac Marion received news of the Battle of Lexington, Mass., he forwarded the dispatch on to the Committee of Safety in Little River.

Erected in 2005 by the
Horry County Historic Preservation Commission,
replacing a marker erected by the Commission in 1976

U.S. Hwy. 17 near SC- NC State Line,
Little River vicinity
GPS: 33° 53.2′ N, 78° 35.856′ W

Original letter, dated May 9, 1775, from Isaac Marion who had just received a dispatch about the Battle of Lexington, Mass. which had taken place a few days before. This letter was sent on to the Committee of Safety in Little River S.C. and then on to Georgetown and then Charles Town, S.C.

Transcription of letter, dated May 9, 1775, from Isaac Marion to the Committee of Safety in Little River, S.C.

Notice for estate sale of Josias Allston dated 1786-10-05 in which the Boundary plantation (Item No. 10) is listed and the house is described. This notice appeared in the Columbian Herald in Charleston, S.C.
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