The grave of Thomas Walter (c. 1740-1789), pioneer botanist, is 9 mi. W at his Santee River plantation. A native of England, Walter came to S.C. by 1769. He collected and catalogued many plants native to the lowcountry. His catalog Flora Caroliniana, was the first botany of an American region to use the Linnaean classification system.

Marker is at the intersection of Colonel Mamham Dr. and U.S. 52, on the right when traveling east on Colonel Mamham Dr..

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