Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill Marker

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Sycamore in Allendale County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill

Barker's Mill Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, April 2008

1. Barker's Mill Marker

Inscription. (Barker's Mill side of marker):
Barker's Mill, which stood here on Jackson Branch, was a grist mill owned by William Ransome Barker (1816-1869), a planter in what was then Barnwell District. Barker moved to this are in the 1850s,built a house about 2 mi. N. and established a cotton plantation of 2,000~3,000 acres which he named "Sycamore." The town of Sycamore, chartered in 1891, was named for the plantation.

(Skirmish at Barker's Mill side of marker):
On February 2, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of Gen.F.P. Blair's XVII Corps clashed with the Confederate cavalry at the bridge over Jackson Branch.The Confederates retreated over the bridge, but the Federals did not cross until reinforced after dark. A Confederate withdrawal then opened the way for a Federal advance to Buford's and Rivers Bridge.

Erected 2005 by The Rivers Bridge Camp No. 842 Sons Of Confederate Veterans. (Marker Number 3-12.)

Location. 33° 0.897′ N, 81° 12.904′ W. Marker is in Sycamore, South Carolina, in Allendale County. Marker is on Buford's Bridge Highway (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sycamore SC 29846, United States of America.

Other nearby markers.

Skirmish at Barker's Mill Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, 2008

2. Skirmish at Barker's Mill Marker

At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Harmony Baptist Church (approx. 2.7 miles away); Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 3.6 miles away); Bethlehem Church (approx. 3.6 miles away); Allendale County War Memorial (approx. 4 miles away); Fairfax (approx. 4.1 miles away); Old St. Nicholas Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away); Happy Home Baptist Church (approx. 5.5 miles away); Town of Allendale (approx. 5.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Sycamore.

Regarding Barker's Mill / Skirmish at Barker's Mill. “Sycamore,”
1865 – The plantation was used by General Sherman on his march to Columbia. He burned the house when he left.

Marker and Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp... Sponsor of the Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Mike Stroud, 2008

3. Marker and Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp... Sponsor of the Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on April 17, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,587 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 17, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.