Lawtonville Crossroads in Hampton County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Morrison Academy
Photographed by Mike Stroud, August 2008
1. Morrison Academy Marker
In old Lawtonville Community, across from this site, was the first Morrison Academy, a one-room elementary and college preparatory school. It was later moved 3.4 miles north of here on Orangeburg Road to be near the home of Rev. John Timothy Morrison, headmaster from 1865-1905, minister, legislator, Lt. C.S.A.
Erected 1969 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by Hampton County Tricentennial Commission. (Marker Number 25-7.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil.
Location. 32° 45.092′ N, 81° 16.297′ W. Marker is in Lawtonville Crossroads, South Carolina, in Hampton County. It is at the intersection of Orangeburg Road (State Highway S-25-19) and State Highway S-25-20 on Orangeburg Road. At the Lawtonville Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Estill SC 29918, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, in the Ashepoo and Combahee and Edisto Basin. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Estill Methodist Church (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lucile Ellerbe Godbold (approx. 1.8 miles away); Estill Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.9 miles away);
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Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
2. Morrison Academy Marker
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
3. Morrison Academy Marker site
Remains of the Lawtonville Baptist Church at Lawtonville (Estill,) SC..2nd site
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,478 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
