Rebecca Motte

A drawing of Rebecca Motte. Wikimedia Commons

(1738-1805) Rebecca Motte was a widower and landowner along the Congaree River who graciously allowed Francis Marion and other Patriot soldiers to set fire to her plantation home when the British took command of the house.

Resources

South Carolina Encyclopedia - Rebecca Brewton Motte

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Miniature of Rebecca Motte

American Revolution - Rebecca Motte

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