| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Ambush at Half-Way Swamp |
| | During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelson’s Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroth’s British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort to Camden. General Marion’s Brigade was hiding in the swamp in ambush positions near Fludd’s Mill (now Elliott’s Mill Pond) on River Road. Marion’s Brigade began picking off the British. This harassment led to the Major’s flag of truce and another bit of history and another mural. — Map (db m24370) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Battle of Wyboo Swamp |
| | During the American Revolution, the Bridges Campaign began March 6, 1781, with the Battle of Wyboo Swamp. Colonel Watson and British troops from Fort Watson were sent to crush General Marion. Marion’s Militia challenged them on the 1/4 mile causeway over Wyboo Swamp. The cavalry clashed several times on the causeway. When the cannon arrived Marion withdrew to a position near the Cantey Plantation. One of Marion’s men, Gavin James, led the fight for the patriots. — Map (db m24462) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago — (National Guard & Reserves of 1780) |
| | During the American Revolution, the militia like Marion's Brigade was totally dependent on a man with a horse and a gun who tended his farm and responded to Marion's call to arms. Marion rides this horse before battle at Black Mingo. Marion and Oscar summon farmer-soldier from his crops. These farmer-soldiers cut the supply lines, intimidated the Tories from Charleston to Camden, and thwarted and embarrassed the British from the Pee Dee to the Santee River. — Map (db m24092) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 14-10 — Clarendon County / Manning |
| | Clarendon County Five SC governors have come from this area, which was part of the Parish of St. Mark (1757) and Camden District (1769) before becoming Clarendon County in 1785. The county was then part of Sumter circuit court district (1799) before becoming Clarendon District (1855) and finally Clarendon County again in 1868, taking its name from the Earl of Clarendon, one of the original Lords Proprietors of Carolina.
Manning Manning, established in 1855 as the seat of Clarendon . . . — Map (db m23494) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Clarendon County Confederate Monument |
| | (North face) CSA
Erected
to the
soldiers
from Clarendon
County
Who served in The War
for Southern
Independence.
Charleston - 1861
Appomattox - 1865.
(East face)
Hope, like the eastern sun,
rose bright in the heart of
the southerner for home
government and the Confed-
erate States of America.
Overwhelming in numbers and
with resources inexhaustable,
he fought with patriotism
undaunted, and love
of country unexcelled in
history. . . . — Map (db m23744) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Clarendon County Veterans Memorial — (South Carolina) |
| |
Emblem: American Legion
US Coast Guard - US Merchant Marine
Dedicated to the Memory of
all members of
the Armed
Services who
gtave their lives
in service of
their county
and to all
members of the
Armed Services
who served their
country in
time of need
Left emblems:
Department of the US Army
Department of the US Navy
Right emblems:
Department of the Navy US Marine Corps
Department of the US Air Force
World War I World War II Korean . . . — Map (db m23860) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 14-18 — Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| | (Front text)
This church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott “Aunt Mary” Harvin, and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor. In 1881 church trustees purchased a one-half acre lot here from Dr. J.G. Dinkins for $35.00. The present church, built in 1901, was described as “enlarged and beautified on a very modern style” when two towers, a gallery, and anterooms were added in 1912.
(Reverse text)
This was one of several churches in . . . — Map (db m51850) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Francis Marion Reflections |
| | During the American Revolution, 1780, General Marion and the men of his Brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River Basins. It is unlikely that they thought they would be remembered by future generations. It may be that Marion never lived long enough to know he was called the “Swamp Fox”. Today we appreciate the effort these brave Americans put forth to make this the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” — Map (db m49051) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Fuel 24 — Rigby Oil Co. Since 1915 |
| | The photograph above, taken about 1935, depicts the original gasoline station on this site. In 1939, Gulf Oil Corp. replaced it with a “modern” porcelain station, complete with wash and grease bays, and it occupied this corner until it, too, was razed in 2008. In the lower right corner of the photo is the tiny booth from which soft drinks were sold by young E. S. Coffey who grew up to become South Carolina State Highway Engineer. The small building now situated here was constructed . . . — Map (db m52265) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 14-16 — Hanna Levi Memorial Library / Manning Library |
| | Hanna Levi Memorial Library
The Hannah Levi Memorial Library, built
in 1909-1910, grew out of a library fund
begun in 1905 by the children of Moses
and Hannah Levi, along with proceeds
from the sale of Moses Levi Memorial
Institute. A matching grant from the city
of Manning and a public fund raising
effort helped complete this Classical
revival building. It was possibly designed
by Shand & Lafaye, architects for the
county courthouse.
(Reverse text)
Manning . . . — Map (db m24625) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Mallett Road |
| |
Named in 1979 in honor
of
Jesse Lywood Mallett
Born 1924 Died 1979
Deputy Sheriff
Clarendon County
1975 — 79
Killed in line of duty
April 28, 1979
in truck - patrol car
accident
through no fault of his
A dedicated, lifelong resident
of this community and
concerned Law Enforcement
Officer, who served the
county's people well. — Map (db m24851) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Ox Swamp: — The Swamp Fox Earns His Name |
| | On the night of November 7, 1780, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Green Dragoons - together with Harrison’s Provincials, a large unit of Tories from the area between the upper Santee and Wateree Rivers - camped at the plantation of the late General Richard Richardson, hoping to surprise Francis Marion’s much
smaller force.
Marion learned the size of Tarleton’s force and in the dead of night withdrew east over Jack’s Creek toward the Pocotaligo River and Kingstree.
Just before dawn . . . — Map (db m51985) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 14-12 — Pleasent Grove School |
| | Black institute built soon after school district purchased the land in 1933. School closed in 1953 with 5 teachers/ 159 students. Now a community center. — Map (db m24158) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Pond Bluff to St Stephens |
| | After the American Revolution, General Marion’s militiamen re-built his home. Francis Marion, at age 53, married Mary Esther Videau, April 20, 1786. They lived at Pond Bluff, on the south edge of the Santee Swamp and raised pineland cattle. With Oscar, the Marions frequently traveled to former battle sites. They took day long Sunday trips to St Stephen’s Church. Feb. 27, 1795 Marion, age 62, died at his home which is now under Lake Marion, and is buried at his brother's Belle Isle. — Map (db m43156) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Swamp Fox at Ox Swamp |
| | During the American Revolution, on Nov. 8, 1780, General Francis Marion and his brigade lured British Colonel Tarleton and his Green Dragoons about 26 miles from Jack's Creek through the swamps to Ox Swamp, less than 1 mile east of here. After spending six hours in this pursuit, Tarleton gave up the chase saying “...as for the old fox (Marion), the devil himself could not catch him.” Thus, General Marion became known as the “Swamp Fox”. — Map (db m24230) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 11 — The Swamp Fox |
| | During the American Revolution, after the fall of Charleston in 1780, Francis Marion burst forth to lead the Williamsburg militia. He was the senior Regimental Continental Officer not captured or paroled. He recruited patriots, ambushed the British and Loyalists as he controlled the supply routes to Camden. As they said in their textbooks, the British lost the war in the South and therefore the Patriots won independence in the Southern Campaign. — Map (db m23987) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — 14-17 — Trinity A.M.E. Church |
| | This church was founded soon after the Civil War
by 50 freedmen and woman who held their first
services in a stable donated to them by S.A. Rigby.
In 1869 the church trustees bought a half-acre lot
for a school, and in 1870 they bought a one-acre
lot for "the African Methodist Episcopal Church of
Manning" on what is now Rigby Street, named for
Rigby. The first church here, a frame building, was
completed in 1874.
(Reverse text)
The congregation, first called simply "Our . . . — Map (db m24626) HM |
| South Carolina (Clarendon County), Manning — Wyboo Swamp: — The Beginning of the Bridges Campaign |
| | In March 1781, Lord Francis Hastings Rawdon, the British commanding officer in Charleston, designed a two-pronged assault against the forces of General Francis Marion. From Camden, Col. Welbore Ellis Doyle and the Volunteers of Ireland moved east and south to destroy Marion’s camp at Snow’s Island, while from Fort Watson, Col. John Watson and a combined British and Loyalist force moved along the Santee River towards Marion’s main force near Nelson’s Ferry. The series of engagements that . . . — Map (db m51986) HM |
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