Horrell Hill in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Horrell Hill

Photographed by Randy Tucker, June 23, 2018

1. Horrell Hill Marker - post-refurbishment

Inscription. 300 yards north is the site of the Richland County Court House built about 1794; abandoned when county courts were abolished 1798. Corn was ground in 1781 for Sumter's army at John Marshall's Mill, on Cedar Creek, ¾ mi. east. There has been a mill on this creek since the Revolution.

Erected 1975 by The Lower Richland Ruritan Club, replacing a marker erected in 1938 by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. (Marker Number 40-29.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.

Location. 33° 57.092′ N, 80° 50.535′ W. Marker is in Horrell Hill, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is on Garners Ferry Road (U.S. 76, 378) near Horrell Hill Road (South Carolina Highway 86), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hopkins SC 29061, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Midlands,

in the Greater Columbia Area,

and in Congaree Country.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Light Beulah Baptist Church (approx. 1½ miles away); Barnie Jordan Jr. Memorial Highway (approx. 2.1 miles away); Minervaville (approx. 3.6 miles away); James H. Adams (approx. 3.6

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miles away); Robert H. Morrell Road (approx. 3.7 miles away); Hopkins (approx. 3.8 miles away); Harriet Barber House (approx. 4.4 miles away); a different marker also named Harriet Barber House (approx. 4½ miles away).

Horrell Hill Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 23, 2010

2. Horrell Hill Marker

Horrell Hill Marker, looking east along Garners Ferry Road (US 76, 378) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 23, 2010

3. Horrell Hill Marker, looking east along Garners Ferry Road (US 76, 378)

Horrell Hill Marker, looking west along Garners Ferry Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, March 23, 2010

4. Horrell Hill Marker, looking west along Garners Ferry Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,655 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 26, 2018, by Randy Tucker of Greenville, South Carolina. 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 27, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.

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