Cash Homesite
About 100 yards east of here was the home of General Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash, widely known for his 1880 duel with challenger Colonel William M. Shannon, whom he killed. Subsequently, all officers of the state and members of . . . — — Map (db m28267) HM
(Front): Erected by Ladies Memorial Association To the memory of our Heroic Dead who fell at Cheraw during the War 1864 - 1865. (Left Side): Fallen but not dead! "They have crossed over the river And they rest in the shade of the . . . — — Map (db m46221) HM
Organized in 1881, this Negro Presbyterian (USA) school was founded by the Rev. J.P. Crawford with support from Mrs. C.E. Coulter from whom it received its name. The Rev. G.W. Long was academy president from 1908 until 1943, and Coulter offered . . . — — Map (db m18197) HM
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was born in a house on this site on Oct. 21, 1917. His family lived here until they moved to Philadelphia in 1935. A founder of modern jazz, Gillespie was an innovative trumpeter and bandleader known for his bent . . . — — Map (db m28273) HM
Front
Francis Asbury (1745-1816), pioneer bishop of American Methodism, came to Cheraw in 1785, on his first visit to S.C. Asbury had just been ordained a general superintendent at the first General Conference in Baltimore on December 27, . . . — — Map (db m46201) HM
Long H.S. was completed in
1955 and replaced Coulter
Academy as the primary
African American H.S. in
Cheraw. The school was
named in honor of Rev. G.W.
Long, Coulter's President
from 1908 until 1943. Mr.
Henry L. Marshall was the
first . . . — — Map (db m268631) HM
St. David's, authorized by the General Assembly in 1768, was the last parish established in colonial S.C. Said to be buried in its churchyard are soldiers of British forces occupying the Cheraws in 1780. The steeple and vestibule of this . . . — — Map (db m28270) HM
[Front]
This church, formally organized in 1867, had its origins in Cheraw Baptist Church, founded in 1837. Shortly after the Civil War 285 black members there received permission to organize a separate church. Rev. Wisdom London, the first . . . — — Map (db m28271) HM
Robert Smalls School was
built in 1953 as a
segregated school for
African American students.
Construction was funded as
part of South Carolina’s
school equalization program.
While both white and black
schools were funded by this
program, . . . — — Map (db m268634) HM
Encamped at Cheraw Hills in the summer of 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
The Fraser Highlanders were recruited in Scotland in 1775 by their Clan Chief Simon Fraser, Master of Lovat, to serve in the army of King George III. They . . . — — Map (db m54803) HM
(Front):
This Carpenter Gothic house was begun ca. 1858 for Aaron Austin (1831-1863) and his wife Margaret Jane Craig. Austin, a Northerner who settled in Chesterfield in the 1850s, was a lawyer and also a Chesterfield District magistrate. . . . — — Map (db m47435) HM
(front)
The building that stands here once served as the Chesterfield Academy. The first Chesterfield Academy building was located nearer to downtown. Local tradition holds that the Union 20th Corps burned the school along with other . . . — — Map (db m113789) HM
Chesterfield County's first courthouse was built here soon after the county was established in 1785. The second courthouse on this site was built 1825-1829 from plans by architect Robert Mills, designer of the Washington Monument. According to local . . . — — Map (db m28327) HM
Chesterfield High School, which stood here from 1908 to 1992, was the successor to Chesterfield Academy, an antebellum school burned by Federal troops in 1865. A new academy, built in 1889, later became Chesterfield School. By 1907 it has three . . . — — Map (db m113790) HM
(side 1)
This post office, built in 1937-38, is one of several New Deal-era post offices in S.C. designed by the Public Works Division of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Its architecture, a restrained version of the Colonial Revival . . . — — Map (db m102634) HM
[Front]:
First Secession Meeting, Chesterfield Courthouse.
Nov. 19, 1860.
Banner used on Secession Day.
[Rear]:
Dedicated by the U.D.C's of Chesterfield Co. to the brave men, devoted women and faithful slaves, . . . — — Map (db m28328) HM
[Front]:
This house, the oldest in Chesterfield, was built ca. 1798 for John Craig (1755-1839), veteran of the American Revolution, merchant and miller, and county official. Craig’s father Hugh moved his family from Ireland to Virginia in . . . — — Map (db m28329) HM
One of Chesterfield's earliest houses, the Wm. Duke Craig House, c.1820, stood here before it was moved in 1975. Craig (1845-1935), farmer and merchant, also owned nearby Craig's Grist Mill. He fought in the Civil War with the 21st Regiment, S.C. . . . — — Map (db m28330) HM
This depot, built in 1914, was the second station built by the Seaboard Air Line Railway in McBee. The town, the most successful of those established along Seaboard's Columbia-to-Cheraw line after it was completed in 1900, grew so quickly that a new . . . — — Map (db m28265) HM
Wrongfully convicted,
illegally executed by South Carolina
Conviction vacated by court order
Dated December 16, 2014
A.N.D. June 2014 — — Map (db m252987) HM
On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Torries under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's troops, Lord Cornwallis became . . . — — Map (db m261625) HM
(Front) This cemetery was established about 1739 by Joseph Cantey (d. 1763), planter and member of the Commons House of Assembly. It is on the site of Mount Hope, Cantey's plantation near the Santee River. Cantey served what was then Craven . . . — — Map (db m53882) HM
During Francis Marion's 1781 campaign to drive the British from the Pee Dee, he and his men clashed near here in March with British and Tory forces numbering more than 500 men. During the Wyboo skirmish a Marion private, Gavin James, single-handedly . . . — — Map (db m24530) HM
William Dobein James, who rode with General Francis Marion during the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution, wrote in 1821 about L/C Tarleton following Marion "...as he (Tarleton) says, 'for seven hours, through swamps and defiles.' In fact . . . — — Map (db m161310) HM
During the American Revolution, December 1780, over 750 recently arrived British fusiliers were marching from Nelson’s Ferry on the Santee River. Major McLeroth’s British troops from Moncks Corner joined them as an escort to Camden. General Marion’s . . . — — Map (db m24370) HM
During the American Revolution, the Bridges Campaign began March 6, 1781, with the Battle of Wyboo Swamp. Colonel Watson and British troops from Fort Watson were sent to crush General Marion. Marion’s Militia challenged them on the ¼ mile causeway . . . — — Map (db m227902) HM
During the American Revolution, the militia like Marion's Brigade was totally dependent on a man with a horse and a gun who tended his farm and responded to Marion's call to arms. Marion rides this horse before battle at Black Mingo. Marion and . . . — — Map (db m24092) HM
Clarendon County Five SC governors have come from this area, which was part of the Parish of St. Mark (1757) and Camden District (1769) before becoming Clarendon County in 1785. The county was then part of Sumter circuit court district (1799) . . . — — Map (db m23494) HM
(North face) CSA
Erected
to the
soldiers
from Clarendon
County
Who served in The War
for Southern
Independence.
Charleston - 1861
Appomattox - 1865.
(East face)
Hope, like the eastern sun,
rose bright in . . . — — Map (db m23744) HM
Emblem: American Legion
US Coast Guard - US Merchant Marine
Dedicated to the Memory of
all members of
the Armed
Services who
gtave their lives
in service of
their county
and to all
members of the
Armed Services
who . . . — — Map (db m224598) HM
(Front text)
This church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott “Aunt Mary” Harvin, and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor. In 1881 church trustees purchased a one-half acre lot here from Dr. J.G. Dinkins for . . . — — Map (db m51850) HM
During the American Revolution, 1780, General Marion and the men of his Brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River Basins. It is unlikely that they thought they would be remembered by future generations. It may be that . . . — — Map (db m49051) HM
The photograph above, taken about 1935, depicts the original gasoline station on this site. In 1939, Gulf Oil Corp. replaced it with a “modern” porcelain station, complete with wash and grease bays, and it occupied this corner until it, . . . — — Map (db m52265) HM
Hanna Levi Memorial Library
The Hannah Levi Memorial Library, built
in 1909-1910, grew out of a library fund
begun in 1905 by the children of Moses
and Hannah Levi, along with proceeds
from the sale of Moses Levi Memorial
Institute. A . . . — — Map (db m24625) HM
During the American Revolution, General Marion and his Militia needed help from local farmers for food, horses and medical care for wounds and diseases. Those shot or sick were left at the mercy of comrades and sympathy of Patriots. Medical care was . . . — — Map (db m93817) HM
Named in 1979 in honor
of
Jesse Lywood Mallett
Born 1924 Died 1979
Deputy Sheriff
Clarendon County
1975 — 79
Killed in line of duty
April 28, 1979
in truck - patrol car
accident
through no fault of his
A dedicated, . . . — — Map (db m24851) HM
(side 1)
The Manning Collegiate Institute, the town’s first public school opened here in early 1890. The two-story frame school with a bell tower, built in 1889-1890, was called “one of the most handsome and imposing” buildings in . . . — — Map (db m224596) HM
(side 1)
Manning Training School has origins in the early 20th century with the Slater Fund helped finance Clarendon County Training School. This facility provided both education for black students and advanced training for African . . . — — Map (db m224599) HM
Chartered by acts of the General Assembly beginning March 8, 1741 with title vested successively in Joseph Murray • Theodore Gaillard • James Hunter, Trustee • Adam McDonald • Theodore Gourdin and William Staggers.
Upon the death of Staggers . . . — — Map (db m227893) HM
On the night of November 7, 1780, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Green Dragoons—together with Harrison’s Provincials, a large unit of Tories from the area between the upper Santee and Wateree Rivers—camped at the plantation of the late . . . — — Map (db m51985) HM
Pearson Family Homesite. This farm was home to the family of Levi Pearson (1894-1970), who with his brother, Hammett Pearson, joined other African American parents in Davis Station and Jordan protesting Clarendon Co. schools' refusal in the . . . — — Map (db m199865) HM
Black institute built soon after school district purchased the land in 1933. School closed in 1953 with 5 teachers/ 159 students. Now a community center. — — Map (db m24158) HM
After the American Revolution, General Marion’s militiamen re-built his home. Francis Marion, at age 53, married Mary Esther Videau, April 20, 1786. They lived at Pond Bluff, on the south edge of the Santee Swamp and raised pineland cattle. With . . . — — Map (db m43156) HM
During the American Revolution, on Nov. 8, 1780, General Francis Marion and his brigade lured British Colonel Tarleton and his Green Dragoons about 26 miles from Jack's Creek through the swamps to Ox Swamp, less than 1 mile east of here. After . . . — — Map (db m227852) HM
During the American Revolution, after the fall of Charleston in 1780, Francis Marion burst forth to lead the Williamsburg militia. He was the senior Regimental Continental Officer not captured or paroled. He recruited patriots, ambushed the British . . . — — Map (db m23987) HM
This church was founded soon after the Civil War
by 50 freedmen and woman who held their first
services in a stable donated to them by S.A. Rigby.
In 1869 the church trustees bought a half-acre lot
for a school, and in 1870 they bought a . . . — — Map (db m24626) HM
In March 1781, Lord Francis Hastings Rawdon, the British commanding officer in Charleston, designed a two-pronged assault against the forces of General Francis Marion. From Camden, Col. Welbore Ellis Doyle and the Volunteers of Ireland moved east . . . — — Map (db m51986) HM
Midway Presbyterian Church overlooks the cemetery where two Revolutionary War soldiers are buried, William McIntosh and John J. Reardon. At age 16, McIntosh joined General Francis Marion's "Little Band of Patriots." In 1801 he helped organize and . . . — — Map (db m258651) HM
During the American Revolution, November 1780, Colonel Tarleton with his Green Dragoons hunted General Marion. Tarleton encamped at the late General Richardson’s home. Marion was warned by the widow's son and quickly withdrew to the east of Jack's . . . — — Map (db m23958) HM
(front)
Encounter at Halfway Swamp
On December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Gen. Francis Marion. The British first agreed to a staged combat with twenty men on each side, . . . — — Map (db m43328) HM
(side 1)
Encounter at Halfway Swamp
On December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Gen. Francis Marion. The British first agreed to a staged combat with twenty men on each . . . — — Map (db m227896) HM
In December 1781, Maj. Robert McLeroth and the 64th Regiment were conducting newly-arrived British army recruits of the Royal Fusiliers from Charleston to the High Hills of Santee. Learning of McLeroth’s movement, Col. Francis Marion led some 700 . . . — — Map (db m227715) HM
Three hundred yards west is the site of one of the earliest graveyards in St. Mark's Parish.
In the cemetery are buried Richard Richardson, Brigadier in the Revolution, James Burchell Richardson, South Carolina Governor 1802-04, and John Peter . . . — — Map (db m23495) HM
Midway Presbyterian Church, named because of its location halfway between Salem and Williamsburg Churches, traces its beginning to 1801, when services were being held under a brush arbor. The earliest building was erected in 1802, and the Rev. G. G. . . . — — Map (db m27780) HM
Liberty Hill ChurchIn 1867, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to this African Methodist Episcopal church. The present building, completed in 1905, has been brick veneered. Meetings . . . — — Map (db m24058) HM
"Together let us sweetly live" Distinguished Followers of Justice Briggs VS. Elliott Rev. Joseph A. Delaine; Mr. Hammett Pearson; Mr. Levi Pearson; Mr. Harry Briggs; Mr. Joseph Lemon; Pioneers in the School Desegregation Case; Historical plaintiffs . . . — — Map (db m52315) HM
23 April 1781
American Forces
led by
Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
"The Swamp Fox"
South Carolina Militia -
Commander [Marion picture included]
LTC Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee
Lee's Legion
British Forces
led by . . . — — Map (db m24418) HM
According to local tradition, this Methodist congregation was organized in 1786 and pioneer American bishop Francis Asbury later visited the area a number of times. The church stands today on land given by Ellis R. and Mary A. Richbourg in 1880. . . . — — Map (db m24465) HM
This is the childhood home of Anne Custis Burgess, who was born in 1874 in Mayersville. After receiving a diploma from Converse College, she taught music at Summerton, Williamston, and Winthrop College. At the time of her death in 1910 she was . . . — — Map (db m24528) HM
(Side 1)
Briggs Family House
On November 11, 1949, local African American families came to this house to sign a petition demanding equal resources in Summerton's racially segregated schools. Believing the homes isolated location . . . — — Map (db m199859) HM
Butler Cemetery. This cemetery dates to at least the 1860s and likely began as a burial ground for white members of the Butler and Nelson families. By the turn of the 20th century it was a community cemetery for local African Americans who . . . — — Map (db m301500) HM
During the American Revolution, General Marion’s Brigade eluded the British invaders. Marion’s Militia slipped through swamps, trees and grasslands, enticing the British to follow and search along the Santee.
In November 1780, the British sent . . . — — Map (db m93772) HM
One of the chain of British posts in South Carolina. Located on this Indian Mound. Besieged April 15-23, 1781 by use of Maham's tower, Francis Marion forced the British to surrender and secured for his men badly needed ammunition and supplies. — — Map (db m300988) HM
The first post in S.C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road from Charleston to Camden as well as the Santee River. On April 15, 1781, Gen. Francis Marion and Lt. Col. Henry Lee encircled it . . . — — Map (db m301930) HM
Assigned to hold all of eastern South Carolina but with only a small force at his disposal, Col. John Watson needed to build a fort to protect the vital transportation corridor between Charleston and Camden, the British inland headquarters. The spot . . . — — Map (db m51477) HM
Mr. Harry and Eliza Briggs, a family of strong faith, were one of the first families to sign the petition. Meetings were held in their homes as well as St Mark AME, and Liberty Hill AME. These gatherings were held in secrecy to find twenty parents . . . — — Map (db m233255) HM
Mr. Levi Pearson, Sr. was a farmer and a humble man of strong faith and integrity, who believed in fairness. He initiated the fight to improve educational opportunities in Clarendon County in 1947 by asking Clarendon School District 26 to provide . . . — — Map (db m233256) HM
[Front] This church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here soon afterwards. Rev. Daniel Humphries, its first pastor, served both Mt. Zion and its sister church St. James . . . — — Map (db m27783) HM
During the American Revolution, August 1780, General Francis Marion was ordered by General Gates to roam the Santee burning boats. Being successfully engaged in this task, he learned of Gates’ defeat at Camden. This Patriot left his family at . . . — — Map (db m24130) HM
Described as courageous, fearless, confident, faithful, committed, humble and a man of integrity. The Rev. Joseph Armstrong De Laine was a pastor, principal and a great community leader who was the primary impetus behind the Clarendon County . . . — — Map (db m233254) HM
This land...
inhabited by Native Americans.
This site, once occupied by Native Americans, was a major ceremonial
center for the surrounding area. The Santee Indian mound is typical of
pyramidal, flat-topped mounds that are widely . . . — — Map (db m30132) HM
(Side 1)
Scott’s Branch School
Previously located at Taw Caw Baptist Church outside Summerton and at a site on 1st St., Scott's Branch School moved here 1937-38. The first school at this site was a white, ten room, frame building . . . — — Map (db m199855) HM
This complex, featuring a blacksmith shop
(ca. 1903), grist mill (ca. 1905), and bottling
plant (ca. 1921), was operated for many years
by John G. Senn (1851-1942) and his son-in-law
Frank W. Josey (1872-1959). Senn's grandson
Walter B. . . . — — Map (db m24675) HM
During the American Revolution, Colonel Lee and his Legion joined General Marion's Brigade along the Santee River. They laid siege to British held Fort Watson on top of Santee Indian Mound. Major Maham's idea was to build a tower for sharpshooters . . . — — Map (db m300987) HM
During the American Revolution, Colonel Lee's Legion of Virginia joined General Marion's Brigade along the Santee River. They laid siege to British-held Fort Watson built on top of Santee Indian Mound. Major Maam's idea was to build a tower so . . . — — Map (db m300948) HM
In 1885, sixty-five former members of Liberty Hill A.M.E. Church. (3 mi. SE) organized this congregation to have a church closer to their homes. They first met in a small frame building that fronted Main Street. In 1905, members bought the Old . . . — — Map (db m199851) HM
This Carpenter Gothic church, dedicated in 1914, is the oldest Catholic church in Clarendon County. Established as a mission of St. Ann Catholic Church in Sumter, it grew out of masses held in the homes of Lebanese immigrants who came to . . . — — Map (db m300950) HM
[Front]: This church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in the Methodist church before the Civil War. The first worship site, a renovated carriage house, was located . . . — — Map (db m27786) HM
Sacred to the memory of Brig. Gen.Francis Marion who departed this life, on the 27th of February, 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age; deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens History will record his worth, and rising generations . . . — — Map (db m150320) HM
In 1885 this black baptist church bought the building here, said built about 1860, from white Taw Caw church,now Summerton. Building additions have been made over the years. — — Map (db m24131) HM
During the American Revolution, after the fall of Charles Town in 1780, General Francis Marion’s militia frequently crossed the Santee swamps and appeared at every turn near Jack's Creek and the Santee River with his men who were red, white and . . . — — Map (db m24023) HM
In memory of those who gave their lives and in honor of all who served in World Wars I and II from the Summerton Community
For those who served in Korea • Viet Nam
For those who served in Desert Storm — — Map (db m300951) WM
During the American Revolution, travel was slow and hard work. Wagons needed to stop often since wooden axles and wooden wheels required grease and maintenance. Marion’s militia was documented as travelling fifty miles through the swamps at night on . . . — — Map (db m24183) HM
During the American Revolution, a few miles south of Turbeville, General Marion and his militia routed the British. General Marion learned Colonel Tynes with over ninety troops was camped at the edge of Tearcoat Swamp. On Oct. 25, 1780, Marion moved . . . — — Map (db m227708) HM
Center Panel
In Memory and in Honor of all East Clarendon men and women who served in the armed forces of our country
Left Panel
Army Air Force
Right Panel
Navy Marines Coast Guard
Base
In Grateful . . . — — Map (db m50354) HM
Named in 1979 in honor
of
The Rev. Miller H. Mellette
Born 1888 — Died 1960
Member House of
Representatives
for 24 years
Founder and Chairman
of the Board
of
Free Will Baptist Children's
Home
Turbeville . . . — — Map (db m52807) HM
Log Bldg. This site - 1850
Used Church Building - 1854
Frame Building - 1889 - 1912
Brick Bldg. On current site - 1912
E C Hist. Sites - 2000
Turbeville Ruritan Club — — Map (db m24648) HM
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
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
First business in community known as Pudding Swamp -
owned and operated by Michael Turbeville and Sons.
Farmers collected resin from Pine trees and sold it to
the still.
E C Hist. Sites - 2000 — — Map (db m24698) HM
Known as “Reese’s Row,” the West Broad Street Historic District features 14 houses designed and built between c.1890 and 1910 by master carpenter Lawrence Reese (1864-1915). Most of the large, two-story homes feature elaborate Eastlake, Queen . . . — — Map (db m224009) HM
In the summer of 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, Federal troops began their occupation of many cities and towns in S.C. Units in Darlington in 1865-1866 included the 15th Maine Infantry, 29th Maine Veteran Volunteers. They camped on the . . . — — Map (db m13570) HM
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 March 5, 1865, near the point where the Ebenezer Road crossed the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, the 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry of Col. Reuben Williams's command, deployed on either side of the tracks to capture a Confederate train . . . — — Map (db m38094) HM
Darlington County This area become part of St. David's Parish in 1768, Cheraws District in 1769, and then Darlington County on March 12, 1785. In 1800 Darlington became a circuit court district, and again a county in 1868. Extensive territory . . . — — Map (db m38101) HM
(North Side): On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.
(East Side): They never fail who Die in a great cause. While the tree of freedom's . . . — — Map (db m46220) HM
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