Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m149425) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m149953) HM
All Gave Some – Some Gave All
This building will forever serve as a monument
to those who proudly served and protected their country.
Dedicated by
Florence County Council
Roger M. Poston . . . — — Map (db m149486) WM
This monument is presented to the people of Florence
for their exceptional hospitality and kindness.
Sculpted in memory of my parents -
Fannie and Marcus Palkovich
Survivors of Concentration Camps Auschwitz
and Mauthausen and . . . — — Map (db m149808) WM
American Legion Post #1 This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post in S.C. Florence County veterans J.D. Smyser, R.B. Fulton, and N.S. Lachicotte represented S.C. at . . . — — Map (db m38025) HM
In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here. The unarmed 7,600-lb., 10'8"-long bomb was aboard a B-47E bomber on a training mission headed for England. Its high-explosive trigger detonated . . . — — Map (db m132036) HM
Brooke Rifled Cannon, VI.4-inch
S-53
1864
Confederate Naval Foundry & Ordinance Works
Selma, Alabama
10,600 pounds
142” length
On loan from United States General Services Administration
The VI.4-inch Brooke has been . . . — — Map (db m150002) HM
AMVETS dedicated this Carillon as a
living memorial to America’s Veterans
who served their country honorably
for the cause of freedom
June 6, 1987
Florence National Cemetery
Florence South Carolina
“… As these . . . — — Map (db m149439) WM
Marker front:
First organized as a chapel in 1843 by the Rev. N.P. Tillinghast of Trinity Church, Society Hill, this church was formally established as Christ Church, Mars Bluff, in 1856. The Rev. Augustus Moore, who took over the chapel in . . . — — Map (db m20488) HM
(Front):
One each side of this marker lie the remains of approximately 2300 Union soldiers who died as prisoners in the Florence Prison Stockade, between September 1864 and February 1865. The Stockade was located across Cemetery Street on . . . — — Map (db m45963) HM
Side A In January of 1778 Ebenezer Baptist Church was constituted by pioneer minister Evan Pugh and Richard Furman, for whom Furman University is named. Admitted to the Charleston Baptist Association in 1778, the church was incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m38022) HM
Florence Depot The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffmeyer Rd. It was named for Florence Harllee (1848-1927), daughter of the railroad's president, William W. . . . — — Map (db m38023) HM
The Florence National Cemetery
established in 1865
is this day re-dedicated
to the memory of all the
patriotic men and women
who answered their
country's call to service
their inspiring contribution
will help preserve in the
. . . — — Map (db m45967) HM
National Cemetery
In 1865, the U.S. Army quartermaster general designated the original 3.76-acre prison cemetery as Florence National Cemetery. It contains not only the bodies of Union prisoners who died in Florence, but soldiers removed . . . — — Map (db m149474) HM
Florence Prison Stockade
In early September 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union army took Atlanta and came within striking range of the large Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. he Confederate government responded to . . . — — Map (db m149984) HM
This boulder was placed here
by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy of
Florence, S.C. January 27, 1947
To record the fact that
directly south of this spot
was situated a stockade where
6,500 Federal prisoners
were . . . — — Map (db m45962) HM
Florence Veterans Park Dedicated November 11, 2008 to all Pee Dee area veterans who have proudly served in the United States Armed Forces. Committee Members In recognition of their vision and commitment to this worthy project. Rick Walden, . . . — — Map (db m52256) HM
Erected in 1971 by the state of South Carolina as a memorial to General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" whose guerrilla war tactics during American Revolution made him the chief scourge of the British in eastern South Carolina — — Map (db m52273) HM
The Gold Star Family Monument recognizes the pain, grief, and agony that Gold Star Family members endure with the death of a parent, child, spouse, sibling, or other loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States . . . — — Map (db m149949) WM
During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy operated a large and well-guarded shipyard on the east bank of the great Pee Dee River at Mars Bluff, Marion County. The largest vessel constructed at the site was the 150 ft. wooden gunship CSS Peedee, . . . — — Map (db m149488) HM
Henry Timrod 1828 ~ 1867 Poet Laureate of the Confederacy ~ * ~Within this building he taught, among others, “Katie,” later to become his wife. — — Map (db m54612) HM
The African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, in what was then Marion . . . — — Map (db m18203) HM
Dedicated to the men and
women who have served in our
nation’s Armed Forces and to
their families who have provided
fidelity and loving support.
Home Safe was designed and sculpted by Florence resident and internationally . . . — — Map (db m149714) WM
Front
This church, organized ca. 1770, is the first Presbyterian church in what is now Florence County. Many of its founding families came to S.C. from Scotland and Ireland. The first church here, a frame building, stood across Old River . . . — — Map (db m37328) HM
In Honor of
All Korean
War Veterans
Pusan • Inchon • Chosin Reservoir • Pork Chop Hill
Old Baldy • Outpost Harry, and Heartbreak Ridge
Were All Crucial Battles Where Brave Men
and Women Served in the Treacherous . . . — — Map (db m149698) WM
Born in Darlington District in 1845, this Confederate War veteran witnessed the firing attack on the Union steamer Star of the West, as it attempted to reinforce Ft. Sumter Jan. 9, 1861. He participated in skirmishes at Tullifinny River near . . . — — Map (db m38019) HM
Side A This church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an early Methodist “Society.” Rev. Thomas Humphries (d. 1820), who served this and other area circuits, . . . — — Map (db m38024) HM
(Front):
In honor of all
American
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
Dedicated by
Rolling Thunder®
South Carolina Chapter 4 Florence
2008
(Reverse):
POW✯MIA emblem, WWI, . . . — — Map (db m52250) HM
This monument contains limestone damaged in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was recovered from the west facade of the Pentagon and is placed in remembrance of the 2,977 individuals killed in the attacks on our homeland. 184 perished at . . . — — Map (db m52253) WM
Front The Cruiser Pee Dee, C. S. N. Built C.S.N. Navy Yard, Pee Dee, S. C. 1864 Burned to avoid capture March 15, 1865. “No Nation rose so white and fair, None fell so pure of crime.” Reverse Boulder Donated by . . . — — Map (db m54660) HM
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
United States Marine Corps established Nov. 10, 1775
Detachment 410 chartered Oct. 14, 1977
Monument dedicated May 1, 2010
The Julian D. Dusenbury MCL detachment 410 honors all Marines who served . . . — — Map (db m52249) HM
Let this monument
serve as a
reminder of
the men and
women who
have served
in our nation’s
Air Force.
Their loyalty
and their
sacrifice will
never be
forgotten. — — Map (db m149759) WM
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the
United States Coast Guard
Semper Paratus
Always Prepared
US Coast Guard Cutter Comanche (WPG-76) Anchor
• The 165-foot “A” class cutter, Comanche, was . . . — — Map (db m149928) WM
A veteran of the Revolution, William Gee served as a private with the Continental Line of N.C. and moved to this area before 1797. He was one of the original members of the Washington Society, organized in 1803 to establish an academy on Jeffries . . . — — Map (db m38021) HM
Marker Front:
William Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born nearby on Cox Street. His family later lived on the corner of Cheves and Kemp Streets. In 1918, at the age of . . . — — Map (db m20490) HM
President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62), member of the General Assembly, and president . . . — — Map (db m37307) HM
Wilson School Wilson School, later Wilson High School, was the first public school in Florence, and stood here from 1866 to 1906. At first a private school for black children, it was established by the New England Branch of the Freedmen’s . . . — — Map (db m38026) HM
Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
In Memory of the Service Men
From Florence County, South Carolina
Who gave their lives in the World War
1914 – 1918
To The End That Liberty
Should not perish from the Earth
White . . . — — Map (db m149858) WM
Dedicated to the Men and Women of Florence County who answered the call of America in World War II *and* In memory of those who gave their young lives for God and Country Placed by The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Florence, South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m52255) HM
These pines dedicated with reverence as a living memorial to those who served in World War II Wildwood Garden Club February 2, 1945 — — Map (db m54662) HM
In 1925 U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, later U. S.
President, inspected Fred Young's
dairy farm following recognition of
one of its Jerseys, Sensation's
Mikado's Millie, as a world champion
butter-fat producer. The house . . . — — Map (db m11178) HM
[Front] Hannah, named for the Hannah/Hanna family, was known as Cane Branch or Lynches River before a post office was opened here in 1887. William S. Hannah (1807-1876), a farmer and merchant, built his house nearby in 1847 and also ran a . . . — — Map (db m37310) HM
[Front] This African American community, which flourished here for 70 years, has its origins in a 105-acre tract bought in 1870 by former slave Ervin James (1815-1872). James, determined to own his own farm instead of being dependent on . . . — — Map (db m37338) HM
Marion at Port’s Ferry. Port’s Ferry, 3 miles NE on the Pee Dee, was owned and operated by Frances Port (c. 1725–1812), widow of Thomas Port, who was a member of the Provincial Congress from Prince Frederick’s Parish. This was a strategic . . . — — Map (db m27932) HM
Witherspoon’s Ferry. In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon’s Ferry was the site at which Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in . . . — — Map (db m27921) HM
Late in the summer of 1780, Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates led a Continental army toward South Carolina to attempt to roll back the British conquest of the province. As Gates prepared to meet the British at Camden, he sent Col. Francis Marion ~ a . . . — — Map (db m53899) HM
This area is part of several royal landgrants to Moses Brown in 1768-69 which developed into a family community known as Browntown. Family holdings here eventually comprised over 8,000 acres. Many indications of pioneering ingenuity and farm-related . . . — — Map (db m39094) HM
Church Street
Before the 1820s this intersection of two major roads, one from Georgetown to Camden and the other from Charleston to Cheraw, was popularly called "the crosswords." After Arron Graham built a house here ca. 1930, the area became . . . — — Map (db m103911) HM
[Front] This church was founded in 1883 by a Rev. Hill and twenty-five charter members. Early services were held in a member’s house on E. Main Street. The congregation purchased a lot at the corner of Lake and N. Church Streets in 1885 and . . . — — Map (db m37309) HM
(side 1)
This two-story commercial building was built in 1910 by Henry Horace Singletary (1848-1912) as the H.H. Singletary Company, with a grocery store on the first floor. Singletary, perhaps the most prominent businessman and civic . . . — — Map (db m103913) HM
[Front] This area, in what was then Williamsburg Township, was settled as early as 1754 by members of the Dick, Graham, McAllister, Scott, and other families. Several residents served under Francis Marion during the Revolution. By the 1820s . . . — — Map (db m37311) HM
(side 1)
Constructed in 1907, this building originally housed Farmers and Merchants Bank. In 1934 the newly formed Palmetto State Bank opened here. On Sept. 5, 1934 the bank was robbed by three armed men. The bank had larger than normal . . . — — Map (db m103914) HM
This Folk Victorian house, with pierced brackets and fretwork on its two-tiered porch, was built ca. 1895 for William Thomas Askins (1859-1932). Askins, a merchant and farmer, built and operated five stores here beginning in the 1890s, including the . . . — — Map (db m103915) HM
Dr. James Whitehead (1906-2004) was a graduate of Lake City H.S. and the Medical University of S.C. After completing his internship at Spartanburg General, he returned to Lake City where he practiced medicine for 55 years. In 1938 he oversaw the . . . — — Map (db m104122) HM
[Front] This church, founded in 1868 with Rev. James Wesley Johnson as its first minister, held its early services in a brush arbor. In 1870 trustees purchased this 1 ¾ acre tract to build a “Negro Schoolhouse” sponsored by the . . . — — Map (db m37336) HM
[Front] This school, built in 1925, was the first public school for African American students in the Mars Bluff community. One of more than 5000 schools in the South funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation, it features a standard . . . — — Map (db m37335) HM
This house was built in 1846 for Evander A. Gregg (1818-1874), a planter in what was Marion District. Its high masonry basement and porch form, indigenous to northeastern S.C., make it a fine example of a raised Carolina cottage. It was acquired by . . . — — Map (db m37306) HM
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
[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
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
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
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
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
[Front] 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. . . . — — Map (db m37339) HM
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