The SC Archives are in Columbia, SC, about a three hour drive from Charleston. While in Charleston you should go to the SC Historical Society at 100 Meeting Street and to the Charleston County Library. Also the Registrar of Mesne Conveyances is you have time. Medway Plantation is still there and is, I believe, a wildlife preserve. It is near Goose Creek, about 30 miles west of Charleston. There is a Medway Foundation and a recent book on Medway that you might find interesting. Beach, Virginia. Medway: A Plantation and its People. 1999. There is a marker in historic Charleston near the Battery about Landgrave Thomas Smith. I saw it and took pictures when I was there about 6 years ago. I can't tell you the street because we just happened to see it and stopped. I believe the Historical Society staff could direct you. You should start there. There is a charge (used to be $5 a day for non-members to do research but it's worth far more than that. My husband is also descended from Landgrave Thomas Smith. I'd be glad to share information. Linda Cox McNish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul & Fredreica Speyer" <speyer@bellsouth.net> To: <SCCHARLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: September 15, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: [SCCHARLE] Gov. Thomas Smith (Landgrave) & Medway Plantation > I am planning a trip to Charleston next month to research the (my) family of Thomas Smith. I would like to visit Medway Plantation and, if it is still standing, the Josiah Smith House. Where are the SC State Archives located? Anywhere near Charleston? Is there a Genealogy Library in town?

Linda McNish and Others I bought and read the interesting book "Medway" by Virginia Christian Beach that you recommended. It contains a listing of all previous Medway owners, from Thomas SMITH (1684), to HYRNE (1701), to others, to MARION (1827), to STONEY (1833), to LEGENDRE (1829). My records show that Medway was bought by Rev. Elias PRIOLEAU around 1695 and stayed in the PRIOLEAU family until around 1880. I thought Col. Samuel (1690-1752), Col. Samuel (1717-1792), Samuel (1742-1813) and Martha PRIOLEAU(1745-1875) all used Medway and most of them were buried there. Are there two Medways ? Can anyone clear up this confusion ? Frost Prioleau Piedmont, CA hfrost@prioleau.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda McNish" <mcnal@erols.com> Subject: Re: [SCCHARLE] Gov. Thomas Smith (Landgrave) & Medway Plantation > There is a Medway Foundation and a recent book > on Medway that you might find interesting. Beach, Virginia. Medway: A > Plantation and its People. 1999. snip