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By J. J. Prats, March 8, 2009
General Thomas Sumter Marker
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1 ► Virginia, Orange County, Gordonsville — G-25 — General Thomas Sumter —
Thomas Sumter was born on 14 Aug. 1734 in this region. Sumter, a member of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War, moved to South Carolina in 1765. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army (1776–1778); in June . . . — — Map (db m17501) HM
2 ► South Carolina, Berkeley County, Cross — 8-15 — Thomas Sumter's Store — Reported permanently removed
About 1765-1767 Thomas Sumter, future hero of the American Revolution, kept a country store near this spot where the stream of colonial traffic to the Up Country divided in the fork where the Nelson's Ferry Road branched off from the Road to . . . — — Map (db m22247) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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