Wallace in Marlboro County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

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Albert M. Shipp

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 11, 2010

1. Albert M. Shipp Marker

Gillespie Cemetery was reported to have been damaged by a tornado, possibly about 1957.

Inscription. In Gillespie Cemetery, west of here, is buried Albert M. Shipp, Methodist minister, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina 1849-59, second President of Wofford College 1859-75, Vanderbilt University Professor and Dean 1875-85, and author of "Methodism in South Carolina." Dr. Shipp's last home, "Rose Hill" Plantation, is two miles NE.

Erected 1970 by Wofford College Alumni Association of Chesterfield-Dillon-Marlboro Counties. (Marker Number 35-6.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.

Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 34° 43.318′ N, 79° 51.801′ W. Marker was in Wallace, South Carolina, in Marlboro County. It was on U.S. 1 close to Delta Heights Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Wallace SC 29596, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in South Carolina’s Pee Dee.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: John Lyde Wilson (approx. 1.4 miles away); Robert Smalls School (approx. 1.8 miles away); Pee Dee Union Baptist Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Coulter Memorial Academy Site (approx. 1.9 miles away); Old St. David's (approx. 2 miles away); The 71st Regiment of Foot (approx. 2 miles away); Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C. (approx. 2 miles away); Cheraw Confederate Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wallace.

Other markers no longer nearby. Greene's Encampment / Sherman's March (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Grave of British Soldier (was approx. 2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,013 times since then and 26 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 16, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.