Near Mechanicsville in Darlington County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Lamuel Benton

Photographed by Cindy Bullard, November 9, 2010

1. Lamuel Benton Marker

Inscription. Owner of many acres north of here, Lamuel Benton was prominent in the Revolution as Colonel of the Cheraws militia under Francis Marion and as forager for Greene's Continental Army. Member S.C. House of Representatives, 1781-87; Delegate to the S.C. Constitutional Convention of 1790; Sheriff of Cheraws District, 1798 and 1791; Member of Congress, 1793-1799.

Erected 1968 by Darlington County Historical Commission. (Marker Number 16-5.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1790.

Location. 34° 21.155′ N, 79° 44.58′ W. Marker is near Mechanicsville, South Carolina, in Darlington County. It is on Cashua Ferry Rd. (State Highway 34) close to Georgetown Road, on the left when traveling east. Marker is in the edge of the tree line near the intersection of Georgetown Rd. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Darlington SC 29532, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church / Lowther's Hill Cemetery (about 600 feet away); Evan Pugh (approx. 2.4 miles away); Pleasant Grove Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Mont Clare Community Center

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(approx. 5.2 miles away); Roseville Plantation Slave And Freedman's Cemetery / Clarke Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away); Ney School / Back Swamp School (approx. 5.6 miles away); Roseville Plantation (approx. 5.7 miles away); John Westfield Lide House (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mechanicsville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Major Robert Lide (was about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been confirmed missing).

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 952 times since then and 45 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 17, 2010, by David Bullard of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.