Major
JOHN MARJORIBANKS,
19th Regiment,
d. 1781
Eutaw Springs, SC
John A. Morrow informs us
that this veteran Scots officer is buried under an old marble
memorial stone and is well-marked.
John Marjoribanks was mortally wounded in the battle on 8
September 1781, and died at Wantoot Plantation, where he was buried
on 23 October. However, just as the battlefield of Eutaw Springs is
now under Lake Marion, so is Wantoot under Lake Moultrie. According
to Daniel Barefoot's Touring South Carolina's Revolutionary
War Sites, the Major's grave was moved to its present location in
1941. But this probably refers to the slab, rather than to the actual
remains.
The memorial is a recumbent slab resting on a brick vault, with a
signboard nearby.
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