101 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Mill Branch — Burch's Mill: South Carolina’s First Civil War Nears It’s End —

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

102 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Pamplico — 21-7 — Dewitt Bluff —

[Front] Located about 1/2 mile east, this bluff, part of a Royal landgrant to Edward Crofts in 1740, was named for the DeWitt family, who settled nearby prior to 1767. This area of Prince Frederick Parish was known as Queensborough . . . — — Map (db m37313) HM

103 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Quinby — 21-13 — Ney School / Back Swamp School —

Ney School About 1843 Robert Rogers (1808-1882), a planter at "Blooming Grove" in the Back Swamp community of what was then Darlington District, built a plantation schoolhouse and hired Peter Stuart Ney (d. 1846) to teach his children. The . . . — — Map (db m37334) HM

104 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Quinby — 21-11 — Roseville Plantation —

Roseville Plantation was established by a royal grant before the American Revolution and a house was built here ca. 1771 for the Dewitt family. Richard Brockinton (d. ca. 1843), planter and state representative, purchased Roseville in 1821. Most of . . . — — Map (db m37327) HM

105 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Quinby — 21-18 — Roseville Plantation Slave And Freedman's Cemetery / Clarke Cemetery —

Roseville Plantation Slave And Freedman's Cemetery This was originally the slave cemetery for Roseville Plantation. Roseville, established about 1771 by the Dewitt family, was later owned by the Brockinton, Bacot, and Clarke families from the . . . — — Map (db m37337) HM

106 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Quinby — 21-12 — William R. Johnson House / The Columns —

William R. Johnson HouseThis Greek Revival house was built ca. 1854 for William R. Johnson, (1813-1893), physician, planter, and legislator in what was then Marion District. Johnson, an 1838 graduate of the Medical College of S.C., later served . . . — — Map (db m37330) HM

107 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Scranton — 21-35 — Joshua Braveboy Plantation —

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

108 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Scranton — Scranton High School World War II Veterans Memorial —

In Memoriam This Memorial dedicated to the Men and Women of Scranton High School and in grateful recognition of their Valor and Services in World War II Erected June 1, 1947 In Sacred Memory of those who made the supreme . . . — — Map (db m222995) WM

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109 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Timmonsville — 21-24 — The Assassination of Rep. Alfred Rush — Reported missing

Alfred Rush (d. 1876), a black state representative for two terms during Reconstruction, was assassinated near here, about 1/2 mi. from his home, on May 13, 1876. Rush, who represented what was then Darlington County in the S.C. House 1868-70 and . . . — — Map (db m37339) HM

110 ► South Carolina, Florence County, Timmonsville — 21-46 — Timmonsville —

(side 1) Timmonsville was founded in 1852 and named for Rev. J. Morgan Timmons. Initial growth was spurred by the Wilmington and Manchester R.R., which carried cotton and forest products to the port of Wilmington. J.M. Timmons . . . — — Map (db m222992) HM

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