World War I
Cpl. Elmer E. Butler
Pvt. Fred Rochester
Pvt. J. W. Vance Smith
World War II
Cpl. Abraham Heatherly
Pvt. William E. Medford
Pvt. James D. Fisher
Robert Charles Evans S-I/C
Tech. Sgt. Joseph C. Stevens
Pvt. Aubrey . . . — — Map (db m54557) HM
This bridge dedicated
to
Col. William Farr
(1748-1794)
Revolutionary War hero
(Battles of Cowpens, Fishdam, Blackstock,
Musgrove Mills and others)
1st Sheriff of Union County
1st Union Co. Rep. to the S.C. House (1791-1794) . . . — — Map (db m14395) HM
This battle of the Revolution took
place on William Blackstock’s
plantation, 3 miles N. on the south
side of the Tyger River, November 20,
1780. Gen. Thomas Sumter
commanded the American patriots who
repulsed Lt. Col. Banastre
Tarleton’s . . . — — Map (db m11111) HM
[Front]:
A post office was established in 1809 at Cross Keys, S.C. In 1812-1814, Barrum Bobo erected this house at the intersection of the Piedmont Stage Road and the Old Buncombe Road. During the ante-bellum period, it was the center of . . . — — Map (db m13390) HM
This church was founded in 1784 by Rev. John Webb and John Cole, with Barnett Putman and William Wilbanks, Sr. as its first deacons. It was first called "the Church of Christ on Tyger River" and renamed Padgett Creek Baptist Church by 1800. The . . . — — Map (db m13428) HM
[Front]:
On April 20, 1861, only days after the Civil War began at Fort Sumter, scientist and aeronaut T.S.C. Lowe (1832-1913) landed the Enterprise, a large gas balloon, on a nearby farm. Lowe was on a test flight in preparation . . . — — Map (db m23919) HM
Four Acres of Land Deeded to
the Trustees of Flat Rock
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baxter Mosley, Edmond Hames
Thomas Hames, Charles Hames
and Coleman Fowler, on May 10, 1802
by Israel Fowler
Recorded December 3, 1839 — — Map (db m58568) HM
[West Side]
C.S.A.
1861-1865
To the Confederate
dead of Union District
Comrades Confederate Soldiers
[South Side]
From North to South
From East to West
Their ashes scattered lie
But in the regions of
the . . . — — Map (db m59078) HM
Front Dedicated to those who served World War I Apr. 6, 1917 ~ Nov. 11, 1918 Right Side Dedicated to those who served World War II Dec. 7, 1941 ~ Dec. 31, 1946 Back Dedicated to those who served Korea June 27, 1950 ~ Jan. 31, . . . — — Map (db m59073) WM
Spot Where Prof. T. S. C. Lowe famed aeronaut landed Apr. 20, 1861 in Union County, S. C.
After Balloon Flight from Cincinnati, Ohio
800 miles in nine hours
Died 1913 at Pasadena Calif. — — Map (db m15394) HM
With construction beginning in 1893, Lockhart Mill was completed in 1894 under the leadership of John C. Carey with the help of investments from Charleston-area entrepreneurs, including Seth Milliken. As president of the mill, Carey expanded the . . . — — Map (db m237800) HM
The town of Lockhart was founded with the establishment of the first Lockhart Mill, completed in 1894. A booming, turn-of-the-century textile industry led to swift growth at the mill and in the town, which had a bustling population of 1,400 by . . . — — Map (db m237799) HM
This is the old Quaker Cemetery, marking the site of land conveyed by David Smith in October 1778. To Armel Fincher, John Clark, Ralph Hunt, John Neaderman, trustees appointed by the people called Quakers, members of the meeting on Padgetts Creek, . . . — — Map (db m48588) HM
[Front Side]:
This Greek Revival house was built ca. 1857 for Benjamin Dudley Culp (1821-1885) and his wife Cornelia Meng Culp (1830-1888). Culp, a Union merchant, owned stores on Main Street with partners J.T. Hill and H.L. Goss from . . . — — Map (db m13542) HM
Marker Front:
This parish was established in 1855 with the Rev. John DeWitt McCollough (1822-1902) as its first rector. This Gothic Revival church, consecrated in 1859 and called “probably the most exquisite gem of a Church in our . . . — — Map (db m30429) HM
Fair Forest Plantation
Fair Forest, named for nearby Fair Forest Creek, was the plantation of Col. Thomas Fletchall (d.1789), prominent militia officer before the Revolution and Loyalist during it. Captured in 1775 and briefly jailed, Fletchall . . . — — Map (db m13394) HM
Led by Philip Mulkey, thirteen converts of the Great Awakening movement traveled from N.C. to S.C. in 1759, settled on the Broad River, and organized a Baptist congregation, the oldest in the upcountry. Three years later, they moved to what is . . . — — Map (db m13442) HM
1.5 miles SW stood the original Fairforest Baptist Church. The members, led by the Reverend Philip Mulkey, came from North Carolina to Broad River about 1759. In 1762, the church moved to Fairforest where, as the first Baptist church in the up . . . — — Map (db m13393) HM
During two separate terms as a member of the South Carolina State Highways and Public Transportation Commission Representing the 16th Highway District, 1975 ~ 1979 and 1983 ~ 1987, and as Chairman of the Commission 1978 ~ 1979, Mr. Fendley rendered . . . — — Map (db m54562) HM
Ancestral Cemetery of
the Gist Family
Among those buried here are
the secession Governor of
South Carolina
William H. Gist
Aug. 2, 1805 - Sept. 30, 1874
Mary Rice Gist
His second wife
Also
Col. William M. Gist C.S.A. . . . — — Map (db m13468) HM
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate
States of America
Dined in this House,
The former home of
Brigadier General
William H. Wallace
April 28, 1865 — — Map (db m13510) HM
Lynching in America
During the Reconstruction period that followed emancipation in 1865, thousands of Black people were lynched by white people intent on maintaining racial hierarchy. Federal officials ended Reconstruction in 1877 when they . . . — — Map (db m196451) HM
One mile east of this point, built by the pioneers of
Union County, was one of the several stockades used as refuges during the Cherokee War, 1759-1761. It was probably named for James Otterson, an early settler on Tyger River. — — Map (db m11110) HM
(Front)
Poplar Grove School opened in 1927 as a four-classroom school for African American students in Union Co. An extra classroom was added in 1941. In the mid-1960s the original four classrooms were removed and the remaining large . . . — — Map (db m159621) HM
[Front]:
This cemetery, the oldest in Union, was established ca. 1817 and sometimes called the "village cemetery." In 1818 a Presbyterian "union" church used by other denominations as well moved here from a 1783 site about 2 mi. E. . . . — — Map (db m81836) HM
Reconstruction Era Lynchings in Union County
After the Civil War, Black Americans were emancipated after more than two centuries of chattel slavery. Formerly enslaved people purchased land, built churches and schools, and eligible Black men . . . — — Map (db m196452) HM
Erected in 1828-32 by William Henry Gist (1807-1874), lawyer, planter, legislator, and Secessionist Governor of South Carolina, Rose Hill was named for its landscaped rose garden. Its fanlights, carved doors and spiral staircases are noteworthy. The . . . — — Map (db m13498) HM
(Front)
Sims High School, located here from 1956 to 1970, replaced a 1927 school on Union Boulevard, which in 1929 had become the first state-accredited high school for African-American students in the upstate. It was named for Rev. A.A. . . . — — Map (db m159618) HM
Sims High School stood here from 1927 until the early 1970's and was the first black high school in Union County. It was named for its founder, Rev. A. A. Sims (1872-1965), who was its first principal 1927-1951. It included grades 6-11 until 1949 . . . — — Map (db m19868) HM
Side A A "union" church, one founded as a Presbyterian congregation but also used by other denominations, stood here from ca. 1783 to ca. 1819. The church was founded ca. 1765 at Brown's Creek, 2 or 3 mi. NE. It met there in two successive log . . . — — Map (db m13541) HM
(Front)
This was the home of Thomas N. Dawkins (1807-1870) and his second wife Mary Poulton Dawkins (1820-1906). Dawkins, a lawyer, state representative, and judge, married Poulton, a native of London, in 1845. They named this house . . . — — Map (db m159615) HM
Marker Front:
Union Community Hospital served the black community and nearby areas from 1932 to 1975. Built as a house ca. 1915, it was converted into a hospital by Dr. L. W. Long in 1932 with the support of several local churches. The . . . — — Map (db m219127) HM
[East Side]:
In Memory of the
Confederate Soldiers
of Union County,
South Carolina.
[North Side]:
Truth, courage,
and patriotism
endure forever.
[South Side]:
These were men who gave
their live and . . . — — Map (db m13536) HM
[Front]:
The S. C. Board of Public Works had at least fourteen public buildings under contract in 1822-23, when Robert Mills, Acting Commissioner of the board, rejected a partially built jail of inferior brick before proceeding with this . . . — — Map (db m11109) HM
In 1871, one of the worst waves of white supremacist violence in S.C. history unfolded in Union County. During two raids in Jan. and Feb. of that year, twelve Black men were forcibly taken from this jail by the Ku Klux Klan while awaiting trial. . . . — — Map (db m196465) HM
In memory
of those in
Union County who
gave their lives
in defense of
our country during
World War I
World War II
Korean Conflict
Vietnam War. — — Map (db m13533) WM
North Face
Dedicated to those who served on our United States Navy West Face Dedicated to those who served on our United States Air Force South Face Dedicated to those who served on our United States Marines East . . . — — Map (db m55704) HM
This monument is dedicated to the many generations of employees of Union Mill. This mill provided a livelihood for many families and contributed greatly to the growth of Union County for over 100 years. During the height of the textile revolution, . . . — — Map (db m13544) HM
