Lynchburg in Lee County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Ellison Durant Smith

August 1, 1864 - November 17, 1944

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 11, 2009

1. Ellison Durant Smith Marker

Inscription. Known nationally as "Cotton Ed" and active in 1905 in forming the Southern Cotton Association, Ellison DuRant Smith was elected to the U.S.Senate in 1908 and served until his death in 1944, having been Committee Chairman of Agriculture and of Interstate Commerce. His home, Tanglewood, is 3 miles east on Highway 341.

Erected 1964 by South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, sponsored by the Lee County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 31-8.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the South Carolina Historical Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.

Location. 34° 3.6′ N, 80° 4.275′ W. Marker is in Lynchburg, South Carolina, in Lee County. It is at the intersection of Lynchburg Highway (U.S. 341) and Florence Highway (South Carolina Highway 76), on the right when traveling east on Lynchburg Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lynchburg SC 29080, 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 the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lynchburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lynchburg Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Fair Hope Presbyterian Church (approx. 3.6 miles

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away); Henry Durant (approx. 5.4 miles away); John Wesley Methodist Church (approx. 7.2 miles away); Timmonsville (approx. 9 miles away); The Mayesville Story (approx. 9.3 miles away); Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church (approx. 9.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lynchburg.

Other markers no longer nearby. Henry Durant (was approx. 6½ miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Rev. John Leighton Wilson, D.D. (was approx. 7.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . South Carolina Department of Archives and History. (Submitted on March 3, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina.)

Ellison Durant Smith Marker at the intersection of US 76 and State Road 341 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2010

2. Ellison Durant Smith Marker at the intersection of US 76 and State Road 341

Tanglewood Plantation image. Click for full size.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

3. Tanglewood Plantation

South Carolina Department of Archives and History

4. Tanglewood Plantation

Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 18, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,528 times since then and 54 times this year. Last updated on March 3, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on October 18, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 2. submitted on September 9, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on March 3, 2010, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.