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Buford's Bridge
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By Mike Stroud, April 2008 | |
| | | 1. Buford's Bridge Marker | | |
Inscription. (Front Text)
Buford's Bridge, the earliest settlement in what is now Bamberg County, was established as early as 1792, when William Buford maintained a bridge and operated a ferry over the Salkehatchie River. It grew throughout the nineteenth century, with several residences, four stores, two taverns, a boarding house, a Masonic lodge, and Mizpah Methodist Church here by the 1850s.
( Reverse Text)
On February 3-5, 1865, as Gen.W.T. Sherman's Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of Gen. J. A. Logan's XV Corps approached Buford's Bridge. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Confederate cavalry burned the bridge, then evacuated the earthworks here before Logan arrived on Feb. 4th. Federals destroyed most of the buildings in the area to build bridges and left only Mizpah Methodist Church in tact.
Erected 2002 by The Rivers Bridge Camp No. 842, Sons of Confederate Veterans. (Marker Number 5-8.)
Location. 33° 7.034′ N, 81° 10.952′ W. Marker is in Ulmer, South Carolina, in Bamberg County. Marker is at the intersection of Burton Ferry Road (U.S. 301) and Carolina Highway (U.S. 321), on the right when traveling north on Burton Ferry Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ulmer SC 29849, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. | | | | 
By Mike Stroud, April 2008 | |
| | | 2. Buford's Bridge Marker | | |
At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Mizpah Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Olar S.C. (approx. 4.4 miles away); Bethel Baptist Church (approx. 5.5 miles away); Old St. Nicholas Cemetery (approx. 6.1 miles away); Battle Of Rivers’ Bridge (approx. 6.3 miles away); Battle of Rivers' Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Rivers' Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Rivers' Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away).
Regarding Buford's Bridge. Bufords Bridge,was action during the Rivers' Bridge Battle |
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By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 3. Buford's Bridge Marker | | Small Marker at right, reads " Site Maintained By The Rivers Bridge Camp No. 842, Sons of Confederate Veterans " | | |
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By Mike Stroud, 2008 | |
| | | 4. At Foot of Marker, Tablet reads | | Dedicated to the Memory Of
Captain William Tate Speaks, Jr.
June 10, 1815 - October 22,1862.
Killed at the Battle Of Pocotaligo
Erected by his Family and Rivers Bridge Camp No. 842
June 11, 2005
"We shall never forget" | | |
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By Mike Stroud, May 2008 | |
| | | 5. Mizpah Methodist Church, as mentioned on marker | | The only building left from the old town of Buford
Bridge, the original building dating from about 1851. The church and cemetery are located just of Hwy 301 less about a mile north of the Salkehatchie River, and many of the early families of Buford Bridge are buried here, including the families of Ayer, Brabham, Kearse, Kirkland, Neeley, Main, Milhous, Rodt, & Weekley. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, April 2008 | |
| | | 6. Site Of The Old Town Of Bufords Bridge, as seen today | | about 200 feet away from Buford Bridge marker at coordinates 33.118589, -81.181111 (US 301 & SC-S-5-31) | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on May 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,697 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 7, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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