Theodosia Burr Alston, Marker

Title

Theodosia Burr Alston, Marker

Contributor

Bysterbusch, Hailey

Biographical Text

The historic marker is made from cast aluminum, with a black background and gold raised letters and describes the life and death of Alston.
The marker is located on the property of the Brookgreen Gardens. This property once housed The Oaks Plantation, where the Alston family lived. The Alston family cemetery is also on the property.
The marker was moved from its original location on William Alston Loop (then Allston Circle Drive) in 2010. It is now located in the parking lot of the Welcome Center for the Brookgreen Gardens. The marker is aesthetically different from the original. The colors have changed and it now has a white background with black raised letters.

Text

South Carolina
THEODOSIA BURR ALSTON
daughter of Aaron Burr and one of the most learned women of her era; wife of Governor Joseph Alston who is buried west of here with Aaron Burr Alston, their ten-year-old son; sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812, on the schooner “Patriot” to join her father in New York, and disappeared off the N.C. coast during a terrific storm.
ERECTED BY
THEODOSIA BURR CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1970

Date Created

1970

Date Modified

2010

Type

English Signage

Bibliographic Citation

Theodosia Burr Alston, The Historical Marker Database

South Carolina Historical Markers, South Carolina Department of Archives and History

Low Country History, Brookgreen Gardens