Midtown - Downtown in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument
Photographed by Brian Scott, July 25, 2011
1. Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument
B.F. Randolph
Late State Senator
for Orangeburg County,
and Chairman Republican
State Central Committee,
who died at Hodges Station
Abbeville County
at the hands of assassins
on Friday Oct. 13
A.D. 1868.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Government & Politics. A significant historical date for this entry is October 13, 1868.
Location. 34° 0.545′ N, 81° 3.265′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. It can be reached from Frontage Road. Marker is located north of the western (further) entrance of Randolph Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29201, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is in the Midlands. 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: George Elmore (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Randolph Cemetery (about 700 feet away); The Allie Scollon Puppetry Center (approx. 0.4 miles away); Howard School Site (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Columbia Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away); Waterworks (approx. 0.4 miles away); In Memory of the Irish Who Built the Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Historic Columbia Canal (approx. 0.4 miles away); Irish Canal Workers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Riverfront Park (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.
Regarding Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument. The exact burial location of Benjamin Franklin randolph is unknown. In fact, it not even know where or not he is buried in the cemetery that bears his name (although most historians believe he is). The monument is a cenotaph, therefore, rather than a gravemarker.
Photographed by Brian Scott, July 25, 2011
2. Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument
Photographed by Brian Scott, July 25, 2011
3. Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument
Randolph Cemetery
Randolph Cemetery
Photographed by Brian Scott, July 25, 2011
4. Benjamin Franklin Randolph Monument
Randolph Cemetery
Randolph Cemetery
South Carolina's 1868 Radical Members of the Legislature by E.E. Vaughn
5. USCT Chaplin Benjamin Franklin Randolph
Credits. This page was last revised on January 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,288 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 27, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5. submitted on March 30, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
