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 this topic list: African Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.
Location. 34° 0.545′ N, 81° 3.265′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. Marker 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.
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); Howard School Site (approx. 0.4 miles away); Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (approx. half a mile away); Elmwood Cemetery Confederate Soldiers (approx. half a mile away); Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 (approx. half a mile away); State Fairgrounds (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society
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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 February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 39 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.
