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Remove Northeastern South Carolina History Trail Fort Watson www.discoversouthcarolina.com/products/1228.aspx 2125 Fort Watson RD, Summerton SC 29148 803-478-2217 Overview: The visible remains of the fort the British built on top of a Native-American mound on the banks of the Santee river is situated here. Marion laid siege on Fort Watson in April 1781, when one of his subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Maham, proposed building a tower under the cover of night from which they fired direct rifle fire into the fort. Access Description: Daily dawn to dusk. Visitor Center Tu-Sa 8am - 4pm. Visitor Center Closed Su, M & All Federal Holidays Admission: Free Town of Summerton/Brown v Board of Education Summerton Town Hall, 10 Main Street, Summerton SC 29148 803-485-2525 Overview: Summerton is the source of Briggs v. Elliott (Court citation:347 US 483). Briggs was the first filed of the four cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the famous case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1954, officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools.