On Gamble Street at Main Street (U.S. 301/378), on the right when traveling east on Gamble Street.
During the American Revolution, Puddin’ Swamp and the Black River were on the frontier. Brave and adventurous pioneer families settled on the higher ground near the Rivers. Pioneers cooked over open fires, grew their food, tapped pines for rosin and . . . — — Map (db m227705) HM
On Calvert Street (State Highway 14-119) at Main Street (U.S. 301), on the left when traveling west on Calvert Street.
Capt. Wm. Henry Mouzon II had a friendship with Banastre Tarleton from their boyhood school days in France. Yet the British Tarleton burned the Mouzon Plantation House, on August 7, 1780. Ann Mouzon, age eleven, was the first to see the British and . . . — — Map (db m227713) HM
On Charleston Highway (State Highway 64) at Parker's Ferry Road, on the left when traveling east on Charleston Highway.
Sent to intercept a raid by 540 Hessians, British, and Tories, General Francis Marion with a force of 400 men on August 30, 1781 set up an ambuscade along this road about 1 mile from the ferry. The enemy advancing along the narrow causeway were . . . — — Map (db m7918) HM
Founded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701; county seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisional capital of state while Charleston was under siege in the closing months of the American Revolution. First South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m8660) HM
On Cemetery Road, 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway (South Carolina Highway 64).
As a grateful and reverential tribute
to A noble martyr in behalf of liberty
The State Of
South Carolina
Has erected this memorial to
Colonel Issac Hayne
who was captured near here by the British
July 6, 1781, and in violation . . . — — Map (db m8790) HM
Near Cemetery Road, 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway (South Carolina Highway 64).
Isaac Hayne tried to spend the rest of the Revolutionary War in peace after the British captured Charleston in 1780. Although he had supported independence, Hayne accepted a parole - a promise to remain neutral - in exchange for his freedom. But the . . . — — Map (db m8010) HM
On Cottageville Highway (Alternate U.S. 17) near Round O Road (South Carolina Highway S-15-45), on the right when traveling east.
General Nathanael Greene advanced into the Low Country with the Continental Army under his command and set up headquarters in this vicinity on the Round O in December 1781 before moving down to protect the General Assembly convened at Jacksonborough . . . — — Map (db m8788) HM
On Cemetery Road, 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway (South Carolina Highway 64). Reported missing.
Martyr Of The Revolution
When Loyalists soldiers attacked the camp of Col. Isaac Hayne's S.C. militia about 5 mi. W on July 7, 1781, they captured Hayne. He was soon condemned as a traitor because he had previously declared allegiance to . . . — — Map (db m155644) HM
On E. McIver Rd. at Pisgah Road, on the left when traveling north on E. McIver Rd..
Side A Andrew Hunter (d. 1823), planter, state representative, and county official, is buried in the Hunter family cemetery about 400 ft. south. During the American Revolution he ran a grist mill several miles south on High Hill Creek, . . . — — Map (db m38109) HM
On East McIver Rd. at Riverview Road, on the right when traveling west on East McIver Rd..
Early land records indicate that Samuel Bacot settled in the back country of S.C. about 1770. He served in the State Militia during the Revolution, was taken prisoner by the British in 1780, but with his companions made his escape, avoiding . . . — — Map (db m38093) HM
On S. Charleston Rd., on the right when traveling north.
Williamson's Bridge was built over Black Creek by 1771. In 1780 a part of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion's S.C. militia brigade – the "Pee Dee Regiment" or "Cheraws Militia" under Lt. Col. Lamuel Benton (1754-1818) – clashed with Loyalists . . . — — Map (db m38104) HM
On Mechanicsville Hwy. at Lide Springs Road, on the right when traveling north on Mechanicsville Hwy..
One half mile east of this site Evan Pugh (1729-1802) is buried at Pugh Field near his homesite. He moved to this Pee Dee section in 1762 from Pennsylvania and served as a Minister for the Welsh Neck, Cashaway, and Mount Pleasant Churches of the . . . — — Map (db m38140) HM
On Cashua Ferry Rd. (State Highway 34) close to Georgetown Road, on the left when traveling east.
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. . . . — — Map (db m38141) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 15) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
In August or September 1780 Major James Wemyss’s 63rd Regiment of Foot marched from Georgetown to Cheraw burning and looting Patriot houses and farms. When Adam Cusack, who ran a ferry over Black Creek, refused to take some British officers across . . . — — Map (db m31770) HM
On Oates Highway (State Highway 403), on the right when traveling north.
Augustin Wilson, whose grave is about 150 ft. E. and marked by a partially embedded cannon barrel, was born 1755 in Va. During the American Revolution, he served with N.C. troops protecting S.C. against Tories and Indians and as an Ensign at the . . . — — Map (db m38167) HM
Near East Main Street (U.S. 178) near U.S. 78, on the right when traveling east.
The first causeway and bridge here
were built under terms of an act
passed April 21, 1753.
Col. Henry Hampton of State Troops
of S.C. seized the bridge July
14, 1781, and established a post
here to check Lord Rawdon on his
retreat from . . . — — Map (db m26583) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 178) near U.S. 78, on the right when traveling east.
Four Holes Swamp Bridge The first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located about 200 ft. N. of the present bridge. The old bridge, on the road from Orangeburg to Charleston, . . . — — Map (db m26704) HM
On Ashley Phosphate Road at Windsor Hill Blvd, on the right when traveling west on Ashley Phosphate Road.
Windsor Hill Plantation, steeped in the history
and traditions of the South of another
day, was for a time the home of one of the best
known and highly respected heroes of the
American Revolution.
General William Moultrie . . . — — Map (db m39360) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 178) near U.S. 78, in the median.
Forged in 1762 in Leicester,
England, this cannon was part
of an outpost located near here
to defend the causeway at Four
Holes Creek during the
Revolutionary War. It was
recovered from the creek
beneath six feet of silt by a
bridge . . . — — Map (db m26535) HM
On Bacon's Bridge Road (South Carolina Route 165) south of Renken Road, on the right when traveling south.
(side 1)
An early bridge over the Ashley River near this site, built ca. 1696-1700, was first owned by John Stevens. Stevens sold this tract to Michael Bacon soon afterwards. Bacon’s Bridge became a public bridge in 1722. During the . . . — — Map (db m224503) HM
A brick powder magazine enclosed by a tabby wall eight feet high was built here in 1757. During the Revolution, Dorchester was a strategic point. In 1775 the magazine was fortified and the garrison commanded by Capt. Francis Marion. British troops . . . — — Map (db m22831) HM
On Ashley River Road (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling north.
(Front text)
Middleton Place
These famous gardens were laid out about
1741 by Henry Middleton (1717-84), President
of Continental Congress. His son Arthur,
Signer of the Declaration Of Independence,
lived here as did his son Henry . . . — — Map (db m16281) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 23) at Buncombe Street (U.S. 25), in the median on Main Street.
From its earliest history, Edgefield developed a reputation for violence. The bloody fighting of the Cherokee War of 1760 was followed by years of lawlessness and retribution during the Regulator period. period. During the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m12534) HM
1/2 mile west, on "Ceder Fields" plantation, is buried the family of Captain Arthur Simkins, soldier in the American Revolution and a founder of Edgefield. Born in Virginia on Dec. 10, 1742, he died Sept. 29, 1826. He was a county court judge, a . . . — — Map (db m12333) HM
On Penn Street, on the right when traveling south.
Richard Tutt House
The Tutt house which formerly stood on this site is believed to have been the first home at Edgefield Court House. Richard Tutt was one of the party who in October 1775 arrested Tory leader Robert Cunningham and escorted him . . . — — Map (db m12767) HM
On Jeter Street, on the right when traveling west.
The origin of the name "Edgefield" is shrouded in mystery. There are six principle theories as to how the name may have come to be applied to this county and town:
(1) Robert Mills, in his 1826 Statistics of South Carolina, said that the . . . — — Map (db m12541) HM
On Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling south.
Horns Creek Baptist Church
This church was constituted in 1768 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist faith in this part of South Carolina. Other early ministers of Horns Creek included Hezekiah Walker, Samuel . . . — — Map (db m12769) HM
On Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling south.
Religion
Founded in 1768 as a result of a religious revival sweeping the American colonies known as the "Great Awakening," Horn's Creek Baptist church was one of the first churches established in the South Carolina backcountry. The church . . . — — Map (db m12782) HM
On Landis Road, 0.8 miles south of South Carolina Highway 213, on the left when traveling south.
This two-story brick house was built by James Kincaid (1754-1801), Revolutionary War soldier, who came from Scotland in 1773 and acquired this land in 1775. It was completed according to his plans after his death by his son, William Kincaid . . . — — Map (db m14399) HM
On State Highway 34, on the left when traveling west.
1/4 mile east stood the home of Thomas Woodward, prominent leader of the South Carolina Regulator Movement, 1768-1769. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress and a charter member of the Mt. Zion Society. As Captain of Rangers in 1775-76 he . . . — — Map (db m47445) HM
On State Highway 20-18 at Beth Circle, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 20-18.
On May 26, 1780, one of the first victories for the Patriots after the fall of Charleston took place 1½ miles east on Little River. A body of Tories gathering at a Baptist meeting house in Mobley's settlement were attacked and dispersed by a . . . — — Map (db m159636) HM
On Congress Street close to Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.
Fairfield County
A center of activity in the Regulator movement to bring law and order to the backcountry, this area in 1769 was made part of Camden District under the Circuit Court Act. In 1775 it formed part of the District between the . . . — — Map (db m47442) HM
On Palmetto Street (U.S. 76/301), on the right when traveling west.
Erected in 1971 by the state of South Carolina as a memorial to General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" whose guerrilla war tactics during American Revolution made him the chief scourge of the British in eastern South Carolina — — Map (db m52273) HM
On Fore Road north of Hunt Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
This is the center of Mars Bluff, a rural community 8 mi. across in both directions, bounded by the Great Pee Dee River, Black Creek, & Jefferies Creek. A ferry across the Great Pee Dee began operation in 1767. Patriot and Loyalist militia later . . . — — Map (db m223538) HM
On W. Palmetto Street (U.S. 76) close to S. Cashua Drive, on the right when traveling east.
A veteran of the Revolution, William Gee served as a private with the Continental Line of N.C. and moved to this area before 1797. He was one of the original members of the Washington Society, organized in 1803 to establish an academy on Jeffries . . . — — Map (db m38021) HM
On Odell Venters Landing east of Kingsbury Highway (South Carolina Route 41), on the right when traveling north.
At this place on August 17, 1780, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion took command of the Williamsburgh militia, one of the few remaining American fighting forces opposing the British in South Carolina.
For the remainder of 1780 and into 1781, . . . — — Map (db m223549) HM
On Odell Venters Landing east of Kingsbury Highway (South Carolina Route 41), on the right when traveling north.
The SC Revolutionary Rivers® trail highlights the American Revolution's Southern Campaign and in particular General Francis Marion, “the Swamp Fox.”
Designated a National Recreation Trail in 2014, the 66 miles of river offer paddlers a . . . — — Map (db m223551) HM
On Kingsburg Highway (State Highway 51) at East Trinity Road (County Road 21-909), on the left when traveling south on Kingsburg Highway.
Marion at Port’s Ferry. Port’s Ferry, 3 miles NE on the Pee Dee, was owned and operated by Frances Port (c. 1725–1812), widow of Thomas Port, who was a member of the Provincial Congress from Prince Frederick’s Parish. This was a strategic . . . — — Map (db m27932) HM
On Kingsburg Highway (State Highway 51) north of White Oak Drive (County Route 21-647), on the left when traveling south.
Witherspoon’s Ferry. In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon’s Ferry was the site at which Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in . . . — — Map (db m27921) HM
On Odell Venters Landing east of Kingsbury Highway (State Route 41), on the right when traveling north.
Late in the summer of 1780, Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates led a Continental army toward South Carolina to attempt to roll back the British conquest of the province. As Gates prepared to meet the British at Camden, he sent Col. Francis Marion ~ a . . . — — Map (db m53899) HM
On State Road S-21-85, 0.3 miles east of Cockfield Road, on the right when traveling east.
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The Graham family was among the first European settlers in Lake City, formerly named Graham's Crossroads. This site, owned by Hugh Graham in the late 1700s, was part of a larger tract on the N side of Lynches Lake (7/10 mi. S) . . . — — Map (db m222999) HM
On Francis Marion Rd. (State Highway 327), on the right when traveling north.
This house was built in 1846 for Evander A. Gregg (1818-1874), a planter in what was Marion District. Its high masonry basement and porch form, indigenous to northeastern S.C., make it a fine example of a raised Carolina cottage. It was acquired by . . . — — Map (db m37306) HM
In South Carolina, the Revolutionary War had many of the characteristics of a civil war, with those who supported independence, (the Whigs or Patriots) fighting against neighbors and kinsfolk who remained loyal to the King (the Tories or Loyalists). . . . — — Map (db m115304) HM
On North Matthews Road south of Old Manning Road, on the right when traveling south.
This site was part of the 150-acre plantation of Joshua Braveboy (1740-fl. 1820), a free black who served in the S.C. militia during the American Revolution. Braveboy, a native of N.C., came to S.C. in 1771 and received a grant on Two Mile . . . — — Map (db m222993) HM
On County Line Road (State Highway 41/51), on the left when traveling north.
On Sept. 14, 1780, Gen. Francis Marion's Patriots routed a Tory force commanded by Capt. J. Coming Ball. The Tories, attacked on one flank by Capt. Thomas Waties and on the other by Col. Peter Horry, fled into Black Mingo Swamp. The short but . . . — — Map (db m27319) HM
On Ocean Highway (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling south.
On January 24, 1781, Capts. Carnes and Rudulph, by orders from Gen. Marion and Col. Lee, surprised the British garrison at Georgetown and captured Col. Campbell. Upon Gen. Marion’s second approach, June 6, 1781, the British evacuated the town. . . . — — Map (db m21860) HM
On Beneventum Road at Kingsbury Place, on the right when traveling east on Beneventum Road.
(front)
The main house at Beneventum dates to ca.1755. It was likely commissioned by William Fyffe, a surgeon and Scottish emigrant who acquired 500 acres from James Coachman in 1754. Fyffe's plantation was known as The Grove. . . . — — Map (db m202215) HM
To the honor and glory of Francis Marion and his men who under extreme hardships did such valued service for the independence of their country in the War of the American Revolution. — — Map (db m23551) HM
On Whites Bridge Road north of Highmarket Street (Alternate U.S. 17), on the left when traveling north.
When Capt. John Nelson, sent by Gen. Marion, Jan., 1781, to the Sampit Road to reconnoitre, met Capt. Barfield and his Tories near White’s Bridge, a sharp fight ensued. Lieut. Gabriel Marion, nephew of Gen. Marion, was captured and inhumanely shot . . . — — Map (db m16365) HM
Near Front Street at Broad Street, on the right when traveling south.
(front)
Ships and boats have loaded and unloaded cargo at the Sampit River near Front Street since the founding of Georgetown, ca. 1729. In 1732 Georgetown became an official port of entry, shipping naval stores rice, indigo, pork and . . . — — Map (db m202220) HM
Thomas Lynch, Jr., signer of the Declaration
Of Independence, was born here Aug. 5, 1749.
He was elected from St. James Parish, Santee,
to 1st Provincial Congress, Dec. 19, 1774; to
2nd Provincial Congress, Aug. 7-8, 1775; to
the Continental . . . — — Map (db m16299) HM
A lover of liberty, Lafayette left Bordeaux, France, March 26, 1777, “to conquer or perish” in the American cause, and arrived at Benjamin Huger’s summer home near here, June 14, 1777, where he spent his first night in America. He . . . — — Map (db m4872) HM
On Front Street at Screven Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
This tablet commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first landing of Marquis de Lafayette accompanied by Baron de Kalb on North Island, Georgetown County, S. C. June 13, 1777. He came to draw his sword for the young republic in the hour of her . . . — — Map (db m7717) HM
On Highmarket Street (U.S. 521) east of Broad Street, on the left when traveling east.
Parish founded 1721. Present church erected about 1750. Aided by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, London. Occupied by British forces during the Revolution. — — Map (db m7421) HM
On North Frazer Street (Alternate U.S. 17) at Indigo Avenue and Anthuan Maybank Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Frazer Street.
Here Sgt. McDonald bayoneted the fleeing Maj. Gainey, following the defeat of the Tories under Major Gainey by the Americans under Col. Peter Horry. This bloody skirmish took place, January, 1781, between the Sampit and the Black River roads. — — Map (db m7474) HM
On Myrtle Avenue (State Highway S-20-10) near South Causeway Road, on the left when traveling north.
Pawley’s Island
This island, located about ½ mile east, was used by plantation householders who lived on the seashore from May to November to escape malaria, or “summer fever.” A number of houses built about 1850, and the . . . — — Map (db m39647) HM
In September 1780, Francis Marion returned to South Carolina after a short tactical retreat into the swamps of eastern North Carolina. Hearing that British and Loyalist forces were burning the homes of Whig militiamen in Williamsburg District, . . . — — Map (db m53702) HM
On Saints Delight Road (Alternate U.S. 17) south of Highmarket Street / Georgetown Highway (U.S. 521), on the left when traveling south.
In the early evening about March 20, 1781, the last skirmish between General Marion and Colonel Watson was fought at Sampit Bridge, one-half mile west of this spot. Col. Watson’s loss was twenty men killed and a large number wounded; General . . . — — Map (db m17014) HM
On Dunklin Bridge Road (State Highway S-23-68) at Sullivan Grove Way on Dunklin Bridge Road.
The cemetery located about ½ mile north, marks the site of Grove Church, established prior to 1790, one of the first Methodist churches in Greenville County. The present church, renamed Lebanon, is located about 1Ľ miles W. of here. A number . . . — — Map (db m9021) HM
Near Cedar Falls Road at Turner Road, on the right when traveling north.
Settled in the 1780’s, Fork Shoals was not a typical Southern textile mill village where residents earned their living solely at the mill. The community was primarily agrarian and the people supplemented their farm income by working at the mill. . . . — — Map (db m198572) HM
On Jones Mill Road (County Road 191), on the right when traveling north.
Stone's Mill:
The first grist mill on Big Durbin Creek was built about 1813 for John Bruce (d. 1818), a veteran of the American Revolution, who also ran a sawmill and woolen mill here. The present mill, built by slave labor before 1860, is made . . . — — Map (db m43522) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 124), on the left when traveling south.
Near Reedy River Falls, stood the home, trading station, and grist mill of Col. Richard Pearis, first white settler of this section. He was a noted Indian trader and prominent Tory of the Revolution. — — Map (db m10428) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 124) at East Broad Street on South Main Street.
As a tribute to his skills exploiting enemy weaknesses, Pickens became known as the "Wizard Owl" or "Skyagunsta" - a bird known for seeing clearly, acting wisely and striking quickly.
Pickens was a tall, religious Presbyterian from . . . — — Map (db m11253) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 124) near East Broad Street.
Battle hardened in the Cherokee War of 1760-61 and the battle of Sullivan's Island in 1776, Marion was 48 years old when the British invaded & conquered SC in 1780.
His volunteer militia detachment operated primarily in the lowcountry attacking . . . — — Map (db m10806) HM
On Furman College Way, on the right when traveling east.
Established in 1826 in Edgefield as an academy and theological institution, Furman University was charted in 1850 and in 1851 established a campus on the bluff above this spot, where it remained for the next century. Named for Baptist minister . . . — — Map (db m14549) HM
Hero of the American Revolutionary War
Recognized Namesake of Greenville, South Carolina
Born: August 7, 1742, Potowomut, RI
Died: June 19, 1786, Mulberry Grove, GA
The son of Rhode Island Quakers, General Nathanael Greene rose . . . — — Map (db m168949) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 124) near East Broad Street.
Have you heard the story of General Greene,
A Rhode Island private who followed his dream.
In 1780 as Washington's man
He came to our state to free our great land.
Armies of British were sent by the King,
But they were no match for the . . . — — Map (db m21828) HM
On South Main Street at Broad Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.
This flag, often referred to as the Guilford Courthouse Flag, is an example of the diversity of American flags during the Revolutionary War period. It has the unique design elements of an elongated canton with white background and 13 blue, . . . — — Map (db m10863) HM
On Falls Street near Camperdown Way (South Carolina Highway 124).
Richard Pearis, Greenville's first white settler, was an Irish adventurer who had settled in Virginia with his wife and family by the middle of the eighteenth century. He developed good trade relationships with the Cherokee Indians, had a son by an . . . — — Map (db m8035) HM
An adventurous hero or an opportunistic traitor, Richard Pearis led a life touched by many of colonial America's defining themes. Leaving Virginia, he settled by the Reedy River in 1768 and is credited with being the first to harness local . . . — — Map (db m20205) HM
On East Broad Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on East Broad Street.
This flag, commonly referred to as "The Betsy Ross Flag," was adopted June 14, 1777 (Flag Day). The Continental Congress on this day resolved "That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternating red and white; that the Union be . . . — — Map (db m10853) HM
On South Main Street near Broad Street, on the left when traveling south.
This flag, commonly referred to as "The Moultrie Flag," was carried by Colonel William Moultrie's South Carolina Militia on Sullivan's Island in Charleston Harbor on June 28, 1776. The British were defeated that day which saved the South from . . . — — Map (db m10864) HM
On East Broad Street at Main Street on East Broad Street.
Our South Carolina state flag represents one of the oldest flag designs still in use. Its design elements go back to 1765 when three white crescents were used on a blue flag by protesters against the Stamp Act. Ten years later, a flag with a single . . . — — Map (db m10856) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 124) at East Broad Street on South Main Street.
The most controversial of Greene's Militia commanders, Sumter was known for his trademark gamecock feather in his hat, his tenacity and his penchant for bloody frontal assaults - characteristics that earned him the moniker "The Gamecock."
. . . — — Map (db m10807) HM
Built by Henry Middleton on land bought from Elias Earle in 1813, Whitehall served as his summer home until 1820 when it was sold to George W. Earle, whose descendants have occupied it ever since. Henry Middleton was son of Arthur Middleton, signer . . . — — Map (db m9085) HM
On State Highway 101 at Oneal Church Street, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 101. Reported missing.
(front)
John Jane Black Thomas emigrated to S.C. c.1755 from Chester Co., PA. John was a local magistrate and militia captain. As the Revolutionary War began, he was elected Colonel of the Spartan Regiment. Captured in 1779, he was held in . . . — — Map (db m198226) HM
On Fork Shoals Road south of Old Hundred Road (County Road 565), on the right when traveling north.
Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were . . . — — Map (db m97258) HM
On Wade Hampton Boulevard (U.S. 29) at Artillery Road, on the left when traveling north on Wade Hampton Boulevard.
This camp, named in honor of John Sevier, Lieut. Col., N.C. militia, 1777, Col., 1781, Brig. Gen., U.S.P.A., 1796, was approved as cantonment site May 21, 1917. The 30th Division trained here from August 28, 1917 to May 1, 1918; the 81st, from May . . . — — Map (db m10475) HM
On Tigerville Road, 1.3 miles east of U.S. 25, on the right when traveling east.
On this site
stood the home of
Laodicea Langston Springfield
("Dicey")
1759 - 1837
Heroine of
the American Revolution.
To her daring and courage
many patriots owed their lives.
This rock was
a hearthstone in her home. . . . — — Map (db m10301) HM
On Christian Road (Old State Highway 72) at Laurens Highway (State Highway 221), on the right when traveling south on Christian Road.
This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, representing Ninety Six District in the provincial congresses of 1775-1776, and died in defense of his adopted home on Aug. 1, 1776. He was the first South Carolinian of his faith to hold an . . . — — Map (db m11117) HM
On Cokesbury Road (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling south.
Park's: America's Most Trusted Gardening Resource
Building a Family Tradition Since 1868
It all started in 1867 when 15 year-old George Watt Park, a very enterprising lad, passed around to friends and neighbors a list of seeds he had . . . — — Map (db m11628) HM
You are standing in a partial reconstruction of the Stockade Fort as it appeared in 1781. Archaeologists have identified remnants -- see the outlines -- of log buildings that existed here. An elevated firing step, called a banquette, was located . . . — — Map (db m11345) HM
On State Highway 248 north of Louden Road, on the right when traveling north.
An unusual name for a place! But there is a logical reason, of course. Notice on the map the location of the frontier Indian trails that later became roads. This place was chosen for a trading post because it was a convenient campground along the . . . — — Map (db m99686) HM
"Not a man could shew his head but what he was immediately shot down."
General Nathanael Green
Approach trenches, called saps, connected one parallel to the next. These angled ditches allowed troops to move toward the fort without . . . — — Map (db m125699) HM
The trench that ran here, from the fort to the stockaded town, was not actually covered, but was used for cover. It was the route for official couriers, Loyalist relief troops, and slaves who risked Patriot fire to bring water from . . . — — Map (db m125703) HM
After several days of digging an approach trench to get to this point, a first parallel was established. In siege warfare a series of trenches that face the enemy's defenses are called parallels. The first parallel established a secure position . . . — — Map (db m11179) HM
The earliest roads in Ninety Six were Indian trails, used for travel by foot and horse and for hunting. White settlers followed these trails to explore the countryside, trade, and eventually, to settle. As the stream of settlers into the region . . . — — Map (db m11159) HM
Sacred to the Memory
of
James Birmingham
Volunteer
Long Cane Militia
Killed at this Site
In the Battle of
November 19-24, 1775
The First South Carolinian
To Give His Life in the
Cause of Freedom
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Erected by . . . — — Map (db m11314) HM
The Ninety Six jail stood on this site and the courthouse was about 100 yards from it, near the Charleston Road. After the Revolutionary War, the jail fell into disrepair and its bricks were reused for other purposes. But from 1772, when it was . . . — — Map (db m125704) HM
(A part-time soldier who was not part of a standing army.)
During both battles at Ninety Six,
citizens took part. These men were not
trained regular soldiers. After the battles
ended, they returned back to their homes
and . . . — — Map (db m48559) HM
This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the . . . — — Map (db m11312) HM
The convergence of roads at Ninety Six ensured its success as a hub of commerce, center for law and order, and haven for settlers in colonial times. In 1775 the village had a dozen dwellings, a jail, and, most importantly, a courthouse, making it . . . — — Map (db m11304) HM
Near South Cambridge Street (State Highway 248) 1.2 miles south of Johnston Road (State Highway S-24-72), on the left when traveling south.
Ninety Six played a significant role in the struggle for American independence from British rule. It was the site of the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War, in 1775, and the scene of its longest field siege, in 1781. Early in the . . . — — Map (db m95759) HM
On South Cambridge Road (State Highway 248) at County Route 225, on the right when traveling south on South Cambridge Road.
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in the backcountry of South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m30565) HM
On State Highway 27, on the right when traveling south.
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service, which preserves lands of national significance. This park features the site of the old town of Ninety Six, an important seat of power in the backcountry of South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m35098) HM
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