On Bowman Branch Hwy (State Highway 210), on the right when traveling west.
Bowman Rosenwald School, which stood here from 1927 to 1952, was one of several African-American schools in Orangeburg County funded in part by the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The school, built in 1926-27 at a cost of $6,000, was a five-room . . . — — Map (db m43525) HM
On Charleston Highway (U.S. 178) near Park Street, on the right when traveling north.
James Edward Easterlin
Born Apr. 8, 1892
Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops, Mar. 4, 1918.
—–—
John Wesley Weathers
Born Apr. 17, 1895
Lost on U.S.S. Cyclops, Mar. 4, 1918.
—–—
John Moorer Livingston . . . — — Map (db m50537) HM
On Charleston Highway (U.S. 178) near Park Street, on the right when traveling north.
(West face) Bowman War Memorial Erected by the town of Bowman and American Legion Post No. 64
(North face) World War II
James Edmund Berry
Okinawa - May 17, 1945
Thomas Richard Edwards
European . . . — — Map (db m50541) HM
On Charleston Highway (U.S. 178) near Park Street, on the right when traveling north.
In Memory Of
Captain Richard A. Morris
Who in crashing his crippled jet
plane at this spot February 19, 1965
and in giving his life may have
saved the lives of many townspeople
of Bowman.
Dedicated by Town of . . . — — Map (db m50549) HM
On Freedom Blvd. (US 21) at Freedom Rd. (US 21), on the right when traveling north on Freedom Blvd. (US 21).
The first settlement of the town of Branchville was 1735 about one mile southeast of the present town. Almost 100 years later, the present town grew from 170 acres of land purchased from the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company. It was . . . — — Map (db m16536) HM
On Freedom Boulevard (U.S. 21) near East Railroad Avenue, on the right.
(Left text)
Parish House
Built in the 1830's it is thought to be the oldest of the plantation summer homes in the area. Acquired by the Church of the Epiphany across the street, it was used for various church activities. Now it . . . — — Map (db m16801) HM
Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833
its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world’s longest railroad.
Now part of the Southern Railway System. — — Map (db m9985) HM
On Bamberg Rd ( US-301 / US-601) near Zion Church Rd., on the left when traveling north.
Evidence indicates it was one of the
earliest Methodist churches in the
Orangeburg area. The original building,
built before the Civil War, was replaced
in the 1880s. Appointed ministers
replaced circuit riders about 1843. Zion
was abandoned . . . — — Map (db m8748) HM
On State Highway 6, on the right when traveling west.
Owned and maintained by First Baptist Church, Elloree, S. C. Perpetual Care established September 18, 1972. Original site of Santee Baptist Church, organized April 19, 1827 with 66 members. Built new church in Elloree in 1887. Name changed from . . . — — Map (db m54973) HM
On West Cleveland Street (State Highway 47) near Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
(Marker Front)
This church, founded in 1886, was
organized by Revs. D.A. Christie and
C. Heyward with Sol Ellerbe and
Galas Culay, Walter Montgomery, and
Henry Tilley as stewards. Its first
services were in a brush arbor, and
its . . . — — Map (db m24836) HM
On Main Street (State Roads 6, 267), on the right when traveling west.
This two-story house of heart pine
and wooden peg construction was
built by William J. Snider, founder
of the town of Elloree. This house
was moved from Charleston about
1870. This house is the first and
oldest residence remaining in . . . — — Map (db m25363) HM
On East Hampton Street at North Lexington Street, on the left when traveling east on East Hampton Street.
(Front text)
Trinity Lutheran Church was founded
in 1849 by German-Swiss Lutherans
who came to Orangeburg District
from Charleston. The first church
building, was built 2 mi. S on the old
Moncks Corner Rd., now S.C. Hwy. 6.
By 1800 . . . — — Map (db m25426) HM
On Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6 / 45) at Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east on Old Number Six Highway.
[ D.A.R. Emblem ]
This stone marks the field whereon was fought the battle of Eutaw, September 8, 1781, between a force of the United States under Major General Nathanael Greene and a force of Great Britain under Colonel Stuart. Neither . . . — — Map (db m21759) HM
On Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6 / 45) near Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east.
(Front text)
On the morning of September 8, 1781, General Nathanael Greene's American army attacked Colonel Alexander Stewart's British Force camped at a plantation near Eutaw Springs. Here two almost evenly matched armies slugged it out in . . . — — Map (db m21827) HM
Near Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6 / 45) at Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east.
" The rich prize within our grasp was lost " ~ Colonel Henry Lee Late in the battle, American soldiers pushed forward and found themselves in the British camp. Victory was in sight, but the discipline that had held the American . . . — — Map (db m21944) HM
Near Old Number Six Highway ( SC-6, SC-45) near Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east.
To Major Marjoribanks and the flank battalion under his command " I think the honour of the day is due."
~ Colonel Alexander Stewart
Major John Marjoribanks ( pronounced "Marshbanks") led a battalion of elete troops that held . . . — — Map (db m22057) HM
On Eutaw Highway (State Highway 45) at Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6), on the right when traveling west on Eutaw Highway.
( Front text )
Settled in the 1840s on higher ground in the healthy pines of upper St. John's Parish, the town of Eutawville was founded by Santee River plantation owners as a summer refuge for their families. In 1886 the railroad was . . . — — Map (db m22096) HM
On Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6 / 45) near Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east.
( Front Text)
Grave of Major Majoribanks
The British army encamped at Wantoot Plantation, home of Daniel Ravenel, after the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Now under Lake Moultrie, it was about 25 miles southeast in St. John's Parish, 5 . . . — — Map (db m22078) HM
Near Old Number Six Highway (State Highway 6 / 45) near Fredcon Road, on the left when traveling east.
marker Front:
Santee LimestoneSir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), noted British geologist, visited S.C. in 1842 and described its geology in his Travels in North America..., published in several editions. He named the bedrock . . . — — Map (db m21969) HM
On State Street (U.S. 176) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling east on State Street.
The rural 19th Century village began as a sparsely settled community in historic St. James, Goose Creek Parish of the Charleston District. Following the revolutionary War, increased numbers of settlers entered the parish's backcountry where it . . . — — Map (db m22505) HM
On State Street (U.S. 176) at Eutaw Road (State Highway 453), on the right when traveling south on State Street.
(Front text)
This community had come into existence by 1848 near the Camden fork of the Old State Road. It was chartered in 1887 in Berkeley County, following the coming of the railroad in 1886. The town was annexed to Orangeburg County in . . . — — Map (db m22917) HM
On Branch Ford Road (State Highway 314) near Target Road (State Highway 38-68), on the right when traveling east.
(Front)
This church, founded about 1800, is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in this part of the state. It takes its name from Target Branch, a nearby tributary of Four Holes Swamp. The name “Target” is thought to be a . . . — — Map (db m43785) HM
On Interstate 26 near Interstate 95, on the right when traveling west.
Highway Interchanges 169 A-B of I-26
and 86 A-B of I-95 Named in Honor
of
Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr.
(Capt. USN)
Graduated Holly Hill High School 1967
BS Degree Aerospace Engineering,
US Naval Academy 1971 . . . — — Map (db m159778) HM
On Waterspring Road (State Highway 38-142) near Lime Kiln Road, on the left when traveling east.
This cemetery was the burial site
of the Miller family from the early
1800s. The remaining stones erected
in 1836, are to John Miller (1750-1854),
soldier of the revolution; his wife,
Margaret Ott Miller; and their son,
John Miller Jr. Their . . . — — Map (db m25184) HM
On Ninety Six Road (John Nunn Highway) (State Highway 389) near Coldstream Road (County Road 933), on the right when traveling north.
Erected By The
Jeremiah Jones Chapter
Daughters Of The
American Revolution
North S.C.
Emblem:
Daughters of the American Revolution
Old Indian Trail,
near the old homestead
of Jeremiah Jones
Ninety Six Road.
1770 —— . . . — — Map (db m241939) HM
On Rice Street at Silver Springs Road, on the left when traveling west on Rice Street.
(Front): Neeses was known as Silver Springs from its early settlement until September 29, 1898, when the name was changed to Neeses to honor Mayor John W. Neese who sold a right of way to the South Bound Railroad Co. May 18, 1891. Neese the . . . — — Map (db m52371) HM
On Norway Road (County Highway 332) 0.3 miles west of Trojan Street (County Highway 2218), on the right when traveling west.
(front)
This is the site of the Rocky Swamp Rosenwald School, a frame three-room school built here in 1920-21 for African-American students in Neeses and vicinity. An elementary school with two to three teachers in grades 1-9, it was one of . . . — — Map (db m103398) HM
On North Road (U.S. 178) at Main Street West (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling west on North Road. Reported unreadable.
In the year 1891, John F. North, Samson A. Livingston, and George W. Pou gave jointly and equally one hundred acres of land to establish a town and railway depot. The separate tracts joined near this spot. The town was named in honor of John F. . . . — — Map (db m219729) HM
On Riverside Dr SW, on the right when traveling north.
Named in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Albergotti, Sr.
for their sustaining interest in public
recreation for children.
Their generous financial contribution
made possible the establishment of the
first city playground near this site. . . . — — Map (db m28125) HM
On Belleville Road (State Highway 38-29), on the right when traveling west.
Here was the birthplace of Alexander Samuel Salley, who devoted fifty years to the collection, preservation, and publication of the historical records of the state as Secretary of the South Carolina Historical Society, Secretary of the
South . . . — — Map (db m33413) HM
On Russell Street (State Highway 33) at Lowman Street, on the right when traveling east on Russell Street.
The first Anglican church in Orangeburg Township
was established about 1750 by John Giessendanner,
and a chapel at Orangeburg was later provided by
the Act of 1768 that created St. Matthew's Parish.
Following a long dormant period, the . . . — — Map (db m26827) HM
On Claflin Circle east of Magnolia Street (U.S. 601), on the left when traveling east.
(side 1)
In the early 1960s, this campus was an important meeting place for local college students organizing for civil rights. Organizers included students from Claflin College and neighboring S.C. State College. They chose to meet here . . . — — Map (db m223743) HM
On Claflin Circle, on the right when traveling east.
(Front)
Claflin College, founded in 1869 as Claflin University, is the oldest historically black college in S.C. and was established to "advance the cause of education, and maintain a first-class institution ... open to all without distinction . . . — — Map (db m47570) HM
On John C. Calhoun Drive (U.S. 301) at Russell Street (State Route 33), in the median on John C. Calhoun Drive.
We fly this Confederate Flag to honor the Confederate Soldiers who gallantly fought and died defending the bridge crossing at the Edisto River against Gen. Sherman’s troops February 12, 1865. The following are the Confederate troops present at the . . . — — Map (db m52267) HM
On Church Street near Russell Street (State Road 33).
The third court house for Orangeburg County was erected on this site in 1826. It was designed by Robert Mills, who was state architect at that time. This structure was destroyed by Union forces during their occupation of February 12-13, 1865. The . . . — — Map (db m27027) HM
On Riverside Drive SW (South Carolina Route 125) 0.1 miles west of Seaboard Street NW (South Carolina Route 126), on the right when traveling west.
Occupying Rifle Pits and manning a small
battery in defense of the Edisto River
Bridge, at this point less than six
hundred Confederates temporarily
halted the advance of the right wing
of the Federal Army commanded by
Gen.W.T. Sherman. On . . . — — Map (db m134559) HM
On Boulevard Street, NE, on the right when traveling south.
(Front)
Anglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made to rekindle the Anglican tradition resulting in establishment of Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, circa 1850. . . . — — Map (db m47563) HM
On Geathers Street east of Desaussure Circle, on the right when traveling east.
Felton Training School was completed in 1925 and was financed in part by the Rosenwald Fund (1917-1948). It was a four-teacher school for African American students built according to Rosenwald floor plan no. 400. Felton was a practice school . . . — — Map (db m223748) HM
On Neeses Highway (State Highway 4) near State Rd S-38-1695 (State Highway 38-1695), on the right when traveling west.
(Front text) The Great Branch School, which stood here from 1918 to the early 1960s, was one of the first Rosenwald schools in S.C. A two-room frame school built in 1917-18, it was typical of the rural black schools funded in part by the . . . — — Map (db m80046) HM
On Russell Street (State Highway 33) east of Broughton Street (Business U.S. 178), on the left when traveling east.
(side 1)
Jewish Merchants
Russell St., historic hub of Orangeburg's commercial life, was home to Jewish merchants for over 160 years. German Jews began settling in Orangeburg in the 1830s, followed in the next century by Eastern . . . — — Map (db m103381) HM
On Whitman Street, on the left when traveling east.
This house, used as headquarters by General William T. Sherman on February 12, 1865, was built in 1846 by Thomas Worth Glover (1798-1884), Teacher, Lawyer, Legislator, Circuit Judge, and Signer of the Ordinance of Secession. The house has been . . . — — Map (db m32359) HM
On Columbia Road Northeast at Valencia Drive, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Road Northeast.
At the end of this road is the site of a camp opened in 1946 by the S.C. New Homemakers of America (N.H.A.), an organization for African American girls studying home economics under the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act. Founded in 1933 and chartered in . . . — — Map (db m223751) HM
On Charleston Highway (U.S. 178), on the right when traveling east.
This was the first public road connecting Orangeburg with Charleston and was authorized by an Act of the General Assembly passed March 16, 1737. It was laid out from Izard's Cowpen, about ten miles north of Old Dorchester, and spanned two wide . . . — — Map (db m32614) HM
On Bull Street (State Road 38-1061), on the right when traveling west.
This antebellum structure once stood on Orangeburg's Public Square. In 1865 it was occupied by Federal troops. From 1924 to 1955 it housed the first public library in Orangeburg County, organized by the Dixie Club, (1896). Given to the Orangeburg . . . — — Map (db m26992) HM
On Russell Street (State Highway 33) near Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
(North face)
To the Confederate Dead of
Orangeburg District
1861 — 1865
—
(East face)
Erected
by the woman of
Orangeburg County
1893
—
(South face)
A grateful tribute
to . . . — — Map (db m26470) HM
On Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Front
Orangeburg County
Parish House
Built in the 1830s it is thought to be one of the oldest of the plantation summer homes in the area. Acquired by the Church of the Epiphany across the street, it was used for various church . . . — — Map (db m52792) HM
The sacrifices of few ensure the freedom of many, a grateful community remembers those that serve in the armed forces of the United States, during times of war and peace, whose courage and personal sacrifices defend and preserve our freedom. — — Map (db m223741) WM
On Willington Drive Northeast, 0.1 miles north of Prep Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1935, the S.C. chapter of New Farmers of America (N.F.A.), a vocational agriculture association for African American boys, opened Camp Pewilburwhitcade near here on Caw Caw Creek. It was named for its founders Verd Peterson, W.W. Wilkins, J.P. . . . — — Map (db m223752) HM
On Bull Street (State Road 38-1061), on the right when traveling west.
From the time of the first settlement of Orangeburg Township in 1735 until the founding of various denominational cemeteries, this plot of ground was the final resting place for the early inhabitants. The first church in the Orangeburg area was . . . — — Map (db m26943) HM
On Magnolia Street (U.S. 601) at Geathers Street, on the right when traveling north on Magnolia Street.
(Marker Front):
S.C. State University was founded in 1896
as the Colored Normal, Industrial,
Agricultural & Mechanical College of S.C. with its
origins in the Morrill Land Grants Acts of
1862 and 1890 providing for land-grant . . . — — Map (db m25252) HM
On South Carolina Route S38226 north of Russell Street (Route 33), on the right when traveling north.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was established in 1912. It was founded by Dr. Robert Shaw Wilkinson (1865-1932) and his wife, Marion Birnie Wilkinson (1870-1956), as St. Paul’s Episcopal Mission. Services were held in the Wilkinson’s home for the . . . — — Map (db m223750) HM
On Watson Street (State Highway 38-226) just south of Gathers Street, on the left when traveling south.
On February 8, 1968, after three nights of escalating
racial tension over efforts by S.C. State College
students and others to desegregate the All Star
Bowling Lanes, 3 students died and 27 others were
wounded on this campus. S.C. Highway . . . — — Map (db m25299) HM
Near Russell Street (State Highway 33), on the right when traveling south.
The setting was the small village of
Orangeburgh. May 11,1781. Cannons
roared as a vital sequence of the
American-British Revolution took
place within the boundries of the
Orangeburgh District.
The two old cannons before you
played a vital . . . — — Map (db m27198) HM
On Boulevard Street (State Highway 38-25) near Amelia Street (State Highway 38-70), on the right when traveling south.
This African - American church, was established in
1866, built its first sanctuary 4 blocks SE in 1870.
Construction began on this sanctuary in 1928 and
was completed in 1944. Trinty, headquarters for the
Orangeburg Movement during the 1960s, . . . — — Map (db m24799) HM
On Riverside Drive at Russell Street, in the median on Riverside Drive.
This fountain erected as a memorial to those who gave their lives in the service of our country in World War II and the Korean Conflict by City of Orangeburg: S. Clyde Fair, Mayor F.F. Limehouse, Councilman Neil Blackmon, Councilman H.L. . . . — — Map (db m52795) WM
On Five Chop Road (U.S. 301), on the right when traveling west.
This four acre tract of land with an earlier structure
known as the "White Meeting House" was given to
the Methodist Episcopal Church on October 1, 1790,
by a deed which is said to be the earliest documented
record of Methodism in Orangeburg . . . — — Map (db m26731) HM
In 1938, Orangeburg’s first black high school opened in this building, constructed by the Works Progress Administration. It was named for Dr. Robert Shaw Wilkinson (1865-1932), pres. of S.C. State A&M College. The school’s mascot was the . . . — — Map (db m223746) HM
On Belleville Road (South Carolina Route S-38-29) at Mingo Street, on the right when traveling south on Belleville Road.
(side 1)
In 1938, Orangeburg's first black high school opened on Goff Ave. at a campus built by the Works Progress Administration. It was named for Dr. Robert Shaw Wilkinson (1865-1932), pres. of S.C. State A&M College. The school's . . . — — Map (db m223739) HM
On Glover Street near Middleton Street, on the right when traveling east.
(Front text) This church was founded in 1873 with Rev. Dave Christie as its first pastor. In 1877 trustees Emily A. Williams, Richard Howard, and Irwin Mintz purchased a small lot here, on what was then Market Street before Glover Street was . . . — — Map (db m33586) HM
This Baptist Church, a branch of
Four Holes Baptist Church in
present Orangesburg County from
1840 to 1869, was admitted to the
Charleston Association in 1869 and
joined the Orangeburg Association
in 1913. The present building was
constructed . . . — — Map (db m24952) HM
On Old State Road (U.S. 176) east of Vance Road (State Highway 210), on the right when traveling west.
Former site of Providence Farmers Supply Co. 1945-2008 Property bought in 2011 by Providence United Methodist Church With funds left to the church by Bartley (Bart) L. Hutto (1959-2010) — — Map (db m134426) HM
On Old State Road (U.S. 176) near Vance Road (South Carolina Highway 210), on the right when traveling west.
(Front text) This church grew out of services held in the area by circuit riders as early as 1806. Its first church, a log building, was built on what is now Vance Rd., 1/2 mi. SW. About 1810 Timothy Shuler donated 4 acres here for a frame . . . — — Map (db m46946) HM
Near Interstate 95 at milepost 99,, 0.6 miles north of Old Number Six Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south.
This garden was created by the
South Carolina Department of
Transportation in response to the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on
our nation. The purpose of the garden is
to celebrate freedom and liberty and to
provide travelers with . . . — — Map (db m141066) WM
On Neeses Highway, 0.3 miles east of Kyzer Brown Road, on the right when traveling east.
(side 1)
Rocky Swamp Methodist Episcopal Church was among the first Methodist congregations in this part of S.C. A meeting house on one acre was here by 1809. A Methodist campground may have predated the construction of the first meeting . . . — — Map (db m219641) HM
