South Carolina, Greenwood County Historical Society Historical Markers

By Brian Scott, September 5, 2008

Londonborough Settlement Marker

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1 ► South Carolina, Greenwood County, Bradley — 24-8 — Londonborough Settlement —

Two miles west is Power Spring, traditional site of the town laid out for the Londonborough settlers in 1765. Abandoned by their promoter in London, some three hundred German settlers were brought to South Carolina, given aid and bounty, and . . . — — Map (db m11378) HM

2 ► South Carolina, Greenwood County, Greenwood — 24-6 — John Henry Logan — Reported missing

December 7, 1821 - March 29, 1885 Teacher, Historian, Physician Born and reared near this spot, John Henry Logan first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing in 1859 his History of Upper South Carolina. He . . . — — Map (db m73346) HM

3 ► South Carolina, Greenwood County, Greenwood — 24-7 — John Perkins Barratt — May 11, 1795 - September 29, 1859 —

Physician, naturalist, versatile intellect, agricultural leader, president of Abbeville District Medical Society, 1835. Friend of Agassiz, Audubon and other major scientists, by his own advanced thinking, he outlined a theory of serial evolution . . . — — Map (db m11369) HM

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