Near Pinewood in Sumter County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Richard Richardson
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, February 20, 2010
1. Richard Richardson Marker
Erected 1969 by Sumter County Historical Society. (Marker Number 43-15.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 33° 44.866′ N, 80° 30.726′ W. Marker is near Pinewood, South Carolina, in Sumter County. It is on Camp Mac Boykin Road near St Marks Church Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is at St. Mark's Church. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pinewood SC 29125, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Millford Plantation (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Mark's Episcopal Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Col. David Dubose Gaillard (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site of Manchester (approx. 6.4 miles away); Encounter at Halfway Swamp / Site of Original St. Mark's Church (approx. 6½ miles away); Halfway Swamp: (approx. 6.7 miles away); Enon Baptist Church (approx. 7.3 miles away); Congaree River Ferries (approx. 7.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pinewood.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Encounter At Halfway Swamp / Site Of Original St. Mark's Church (was approx. 6½ miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 19, 2010
2. Richard Richardson Marker looking north along Camp Mac Boykin Road
Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 19, 2010
3. Richard Richardson Marker, looking south along Camp Mac Boykin Road (State Road 43-51)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 19, 2010
4. Richard Richardson Marker, shares its location with St. Mark's Episcopal Church marker
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, February 20, 2010
5. St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Photographed by Cindy Bullard, February 20, 2010
6. Richard Richardson Grave Marker
Richard Richardson is buried in a cemetery located about 7 miles south of this church. Marker reads:
Sacred
to the memory of
General Richard
Richardson
who departed this life
in September 1780
aged 76 years.
He died while a prisoner
and under the parole of
the British who permitted
him in his illness
to leave John's Island
where he was confined
to close the last moments
of his life in the bosom
of his numerous
family.
Beneath this marble
his venerated remains repose
which is erected to his memory
by James Burchill Richardson
his eldest son by his second
and last marriage.
to the memory of
General Richard
Richardson
who departed this life
in September 1780
aged 76 years.
He died while a prisoner
and under the parole of
the British who permitted
him in his illness
to leave John's Island
where he was confined
to close the last moments
of his life in the bosom
of his numerous
family.
Beneath this marble
his venerated remains repose
which is erected to his memory
by James Burchill Richardson
his eldest son by his second
and last marriage.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 3,186 times since then and 98 times this year. Last updated on July 6, 2023, by C Summers of Manning, South Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on February 21, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 22, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5, 6. submitted on February 21, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
