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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Richland County, South Carolina

 
Clickable Map of Richland County, South Carolina and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Richland County, SC (312) Calhoun County, SC (16) Fairfield County, SC (34) Kershaw County, SC (100) Lexington County, SC (59) Newberry County, SC (38) Sumter County, SC (67)  RichlandCounty(312) Richland County (312)  CalhounCounty(16) Calhoun County (16)  FairfieldCounty(34) Fairfield County (34)  KershawCounty(100) Kershaw County (100)  LexingtonCounty(59) Lexington County (59)  NewberryCounty(38) Newberry County (38)  SumterCounty(67) Sumter County (67)
Adjacent to Richland County, South Carolina
    Calhoun County (16)
    Fairfield County (34)
    Kershaw County (100)
    Lexington County (59)
    Newberry County (38)
    Sumter County (67)
 
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301South Carolina (Richland County), Killian — Killian Road Baptist Church Cemetery Confederate Soldiers Monument
On Killian Baptist Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
A partial list of soldiers enlisted from this community 1861 ~ 1865 Confederate States of America Wess Abbott; W. B. Cooper; Wess Cooper; Elihu Davis; Thos. Dent; Robt. Fann; R.W. Fann; Henry Faust; Chas. Grimsley; Ervin Grimsley; Albert . . . — Map (db m54849) HM
302South Carolina (Richland County), Killian — 40- 136 — Killian School
On Clemson Road, on the right when traveling east.
(Front text) This one-room primary school, built about 1925, stood about 1 mi. E, at the intersection of Killian and Longtown Roads, until 2001. There was a school at Killian (also called Killian’s) as early as 1905. From 1913 to 1948 . . . — Map (db m43627) HM
303South Carolina (Richland County), Killian — 40-127 — Skirmish at Killian's Mill
On Farrow Road (State Highway 555) near Killian Road, on the right when traveling south.
On February 18, 1865, the day after Federals under Gen. W.T. Sherman occupied Columbia, Gen. Frank Blair ordered units of his XVII Corps to destroy railroad tracks north of the city. Portions of Gen. M.C. Butler’s Confederate cavalry division, . . . — Map (db m42589) HM
304South Carolina (Richland County), Kingville — 40-166 — Kingville
On Griffin Creek Road (State Highway 40-489) at Kingville Road, on the right when traveling south on Griffin Creek Road.
(Front): Kingville, a rural community, was established in 1840 as a station on the Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad, on the line from Charleston to Columbia. In 1848 the S.C. Railroad extended its line north east from here to . . . — Map (db m43643) HM
305South Carolina (Richland County), Minervaville — 40-167 — Minervaville
On Minervaville Road (State Highway 40-1159) at Cabin Creek Road (State Highway 40-66), on the right when traveling south on Minervaville Road.
Minervaville, between Cabin Branch and Cedar Creek, was an early 19th-century community. Named after the Minerva Academy, founded in 1802 with William J. Bingham as its headmaster, Minervaville appears on Robert Mills’s Atlas of S.C. (1825). It was . . . — Map (db m38416) HM
306South Carolina (Richland County), near Horrell Hill — Barnie Jordan Jr. Memorial Highway
On Garners Ferry Road (U.S. 378/76) near Crossing Creek Road (State Highway 40-1117), on the right when traveling east.
Named In Honor of Native of Edgefield County Longtime Resident of Richland County Born 1909 Died 1980 Who during 35 years as a general contractor built more than 1,000 miles of roads, streets and highways in . . . — Map (db m44295) HM
307South Carolina (Richland County), near Wateree — John M. Bates Bridge
On McCords Ferry Road (U.S. 601), on the right when traveling south.
Named in 1979 in honor of prominent public spirited citizen of this section (Born 1871 Died 1924) for his many contributions to highway transportation During early 1900's he led several highway location parties. He personally . . . — Map (db m30040) HM
308South Carolina (Richland County), Spring Hill — 40-120 — Spring Hill
On Broad River Road (U.S. 176) near Mt. Olivet Church Road (State Highway 40-2697), on the left when traveling north.
This community, named by 1791 for the springs at the foot of the Stone Hill, included Eleazer's Tavern, a post office, schools, grist mills, and Spring Hill Baptist Church before the Civil War. In February 1865, as the war ended in S.C., Federal . . . — Map (db m42379) HM
309South Carolina (Richland County), Spring Hill area — 40-110 — Bethlehem Church
On Kennerly Road (State Highway 40-217) near Pink Daily Road, on the right when traveling north.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church erected its first known building about 350 feet north of here on a 17-acre tract purchased from George Metz in 1817. According to tradition, the church was first called Ellisor Church after people of this name living . . . — Map (db m45851) HM
310South Carolina (Richland County), Wateree — 40 185 — Congaree River Ferries
On U.S. 601 2.4 miles south of 2 Rivers Road (South Carolina Highway 267), on the right when traveling south.
(side 1) Joseph Joyner owned a private ferry on the Congaree River near this site by 1749. John McCord's private ferry succeeded Joyner's by 1757, becoming public in 1766 by statue. A route from Charleston to Camden crossed the river at . . . — Map (db m100887) HM
311South Carolina (Richland County), White Rock — 40-177 — Bethel Lutheran Church
On 2081 Dutch Fork Road, on the right when traveling east.
This church, organized in 1762 by German colonists, is one of the first Lutheran congregations in the Dutch Fork region. Incorporated in 1788 as “the German Lutheran Church of Bethel on High Hill Creek,” it first met in a log church 3.5 . . . — Map (db m123476) HM
312South Carolina (Richland County), White Rock — Site of Mount Vernon Lutheran Church
On Mount Vernon Church Road south of Wilber Bickley Road, on the right when traveling south.
Site of Mount Vernon Lutheran Church White Rock, S.C. Organized October 1893 Merged with Bethel on High Hill Creek Church to form Bethel Lutheran Church White Rock, S.C. October 1, 1929 — Map (db m134944) HM

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