On Ace Basin Parkway (U.S. 17) at Clover Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Ace Basin Parkway.
A brick Chapel of Ease for St. Bartholomew's Parish was built here in 1758 in a town laid out in 1740 and named for Landgrave Edmund Bellinger. The Vestry reported the Chapel unfit for use in 1786, and in 1810 it fell in ruins. A new Chapel built . . . — — Map (db m220036) HM
[Front]:
Cross Swamp Methodist Church, the first Methodist congregation in upper Colleton County, was founded in 1808. James and Asia Sineath deeded an acre on this site to church trustees in April and the first sanctuary, which was a . . . — — Map (db m27161) HM
On Oyster Row Lane 0.5 miles south of Palmetto Road, on the right when traveling south.
In the 1840s, the U.S. Coast Survey finally began the first-ever accurate mapping of our coasts. The agency's superintendent, Professor Alexander D. Bache, great grandson of Benjamin Franklin and West Point roommate of Jefferson Davis, was a . . . — — Map (db m208402) HM
On Oyster Row Lane 0.5 miles south of Palmetto Road, on the right when traveling south.
You understand how important safe airports, roads and shipping lanes are today. President Thomas Jefferson understood the same thing in 1807 (except tor the airports!) when he approved a survey of America's coastline to aid in navigation.
To . . . — — Map (db m208406) HM
On Oyster Row Lane 0.5 miles south of Palmetto Road, on the right when traveling south.
Placed here in 1850, this granite monument marks the western end of the Edisto baseline. Its mate still stands 6.68 miles east of this spot. They are among the few surviving end-point monuments of the seven baselines the U.S. Coast Survey measured . . . — — Map (db m208412) HM
On Oyster Row Lane 0.5 miles south of Palmetto Road, on the right when traveling south.
As you look at the dense maritime forest around you, imagine using only hand tools to clear a swath through that formidable vegetation. That's what faced faced Alexander Bache's assistant, Charles Boutelle, when he arrived at Edisto to prepare the . . . — — Map (db m208407) HM
On Confederate Hwy (SC 641), on the right when traveling west.
Eight Hundred fifty-three feet west of
this marker lies the Northwest corner
of the three hundred acre tract
granted by
The Colonial Governor's Council
to John Jacob Heyer, Sr.
and his wife Mary Magdalene Wagner
of . . . — — Map (db m18422) HM
On Bennetts Point Road south of Ashepoo Siding, on the right when traveling south.
On May 23-24, 1864, Union forces attempted an amphibious operation to destroy a railroad trestle across the Ashepoo River. Soldiers from the 34th U.S.C.T were carried up the Ashepoo on the steamer Boston. The boat was grounded on an oyster . . . — — Map (db m115202) HM
On Ace Basin Pkwy (U.S. 17) 0.1 miles south of Green Pond Highway (State Highway 303), on the left when traveling north.
On top of this ridge stood a sylvan temple erected before the Revolution by Colonel Barnard Elliott, patriot and sportsman. The structure was supported by columns in the classic manor. The site, a part of Colonel Elliot's plantation "Belleview," . . . — — Map (db m7869) HM
On Hendersonville Highway (U.S. 17A), on the right when traveling north.
Hendersonville
Settled in 1791 and known as Godfrey Savannah, this area later was the summer home for a colony of Combahee River rice planters. The settlement, known as Hendersonville by 1862, was named for Dr. Edward Rogers Henderson, a . . . — — Map (db m7028) HM
On Charleston Highway (State Highway 64) at Parker's Ferry Road, on the left when traveling east on Charleston Highway.
Sent to intercept a raid by 540 Hessians, British, and Tories, General Francis Marion with a force of 400 men on August 30, 1781 set up an ambuscade along this road about 1 mile from the ferry. The enemy advancing along the narrow causeway were . . . — — Map (db m7918) HM
On Charleston Hwy (State Highway 64), on the right when traveling north.
Founded on this site in 1728 by the Reverend Archibald Stobo, Bethel or Pon Pon Church served a large Presbyterian congregation until replaced by Bethel Presbyterian Church in nearby town of Walterboro
early in the nineteenth century. The original . . . — — Map (db m7880) HM
Founded about 1735 on lands granted John Jackson in 1701; county seat of Colleton District from 1799 to 1822. Provisional capital of state while Charleston was under siege in the closing months of the American Revolution. First South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m8660) HM
On Charleston Highway (South Carolina Route 64) south of Jacksonboro Road, on the right when traveling north.
On Parker's Ferry Road one mile northeast of here are the ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, established in 1725 by an Act of the General Assembly after the Yemassee War aborted plans for St. Bartholomew's Parish Church. John Wesley preached here in . . . — — Map (db m7073) HM
Here on the old stage coach road connecting
Charleston to Savannah, the Anglican Pon Pon Chapel of Ease served the Jacksonborough
community for many years. The parish of St.
Bartholomew's was established in 1706,
however its first minister, . . . — — Map (db m66489) HM
On Parkers Ferry Road 0.1 miles north of Jacksonboro Road (County Route 40), on the right when traveling north.
1706 Parish Established
Rev. Nathaniel Osborn, Missionary of the S.P.G. arrived
1715 Parish devastated by Yemassee, Indians
1725 Act of General Assembly provided for a Chapel of Ease here to be used as a Parish Church until one should be built . . . — — Map (db m7120) HM
On ( SC-64 )Charleston Hwy, on the right when traveling west.
This U.S. Naval officer was born in Maryland
in 1782 and died at his plantation in St.
Bartholomew's Parish, S.C. in 1823. He served
as acting captain of the frigate "Constitution" in
1804 during the war with Tripoli, and was senior
officer . . . — — Map (db m7881) HM
On Hendersonville Hwy , US 17 A, on the left when traveling north.
This was formerly the site of a
Presbyterian church organized in
1766 by the Reverend Arichibald
Simpson, minister from Scotland.
The church was incorporated on
December 17, 1808. Serving the
church were the Reverends Simpson,
Edward . . . — — Map (db m7118) HM
On Bells Highway (State Highway 64) near Lodge Highway (State Highway 217), on the right when traveling west.
In Memory of
Bonnie E. Cone
June 22, 1907 ~ March 8, 2003
A native of Lodge
and
a tireless visionary
whose unwavering belief
in
the love of God
the kindness of people
and the power of education
led
to the founding of . . . — — Map (db m32935) HM
On Ritter Road (State Highway S-15-41) near Catholic Church Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
In tribute to all those who, casting away the shackles of servitude and the humiliation of bondage, accepted the sweet yoke of Christ and the light burden of his teachings in the Holy Catholic Church founded by Jesus upon Simon Peter the Apostle, . . . — — Map (db m7885) HM
On Ritter Road (State Highway 15-41) 0.1 miles west of Catholic Hill Creek (State Highway 15-436), on the left when traveling east.
Settlers from Ireland of the Roman Catholic faith in this area helped form the ecclesiastical territory of Colleton, Beaufort, and Barnwell Districts under Bishop John England in 1831. The Church of St. James the Greater was dedicated on this site . . . — — Map (db m7883) HM
On Cemetery Road 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway ( Highway 64).
As a grateful and reverential tribute
to A noble martyr in behalf of liberty
The State Of
South Carolina
Has erected this memorial to
Colonel Issac Hayne
who was captured near here by the British
July 6, 1781, and in violation . . . — — Map (db m8790) HM
Near Cemetery Road 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway ( Highway 64).
Isaac Hayne tried to spend the rest of the Revolutionary War in peace after the British captured Charleston in 1780. Although he had supported independence, Hayne accepted a parole - a promise to remain neutral - in exchange for his freedom. But the . . . — — Map (db m8010) HM
On Cottageville Highway (Alternate U.S. 17) near Round O Road ( Highway S-15-45), on the right when traveling east.
General Nathanael Greene advanced into the Low Country with the Continental Army under his command and set up headquarters in this vicinity on the Round O in December 1781 before moving down to protect the General Assembly convened at Jacksonborough . . . — — Map (db m8788) HM
On Cemetery Road 1.2 miles north of Charleston Highway ( Highway 64). Reported missing.
Martyr Of The Revolution
When Loyalists soldiers attacked the camp of Col. Isaac Hayne's S.C. militia about 5 mi. W on July 7, 1781, they captured Hayne. He was soon condemned as a traitor because he had previously declared allegiance to . . . — — Map (db m155644) HM
On Augusta Highway (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling west.
December 14, 1808
Bishop Francis Asbury, Bishop William McKIendree,
and Rev. Henry Boehm spoke here. June, 1820
Camp meeting was held here from Friday afternoon
until Monday morning. There were 125
carriages of all kinds, 50 tents . . . — — Map (db m32160) HM
On Aviation Way, on the right when traveling north.
(Anderson Field side):
This airfield, the first in Colleton County, was built and dedicated in 1933 on 60 acres leased to the town of Walterboro by the estate of C.C. Anderson, foe whom it was named. By 1937 the town purchased the field and . . . — — Map (db m4290) HM
This church, originally located at Jacksonboro, was founded in 1728 by Rev. Archibald Stobo (d.1741), father of the Presbyterian church in S.C. The first building at Jacksonboro was replaced in 1746 by a "hansome sanctuary" that stood until it . . . — — Map (db m7117) HM
On Hampton Street at South Walter Street, on the left when traveling east on Hampton Street.
The original section of this courthouse, completed in 1882 after the county seat moved to Walterboro from Jacksonborough, was built by contractor William Thompson. The front portico is attributed to Robert Mills, who completed an unfinished design . . . — — Map (db m7063) HM
Short and tall, rich and poor,
black and white, farmer and
shopkeeper - they came from
every walk of life. The men and
women of Colleton County have
always answered the call to
defend the flag and protect
our freedom.
They have done this . . . — — Map (db m7150) WM
On Hampton Street (South Carolina Route 63) east of North Memorial Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
In the Fall of 1968, the Colleton Rural Fire Department was organized. A 1958 school bus service truck was donated to the fire department. With the help of the volunteer firemen, it was converted into the first fire truck to be used in District . . . — — Map (db m301413) HM
On Gruber Street at Ackerman Street, on the right when traveling west on Gruber Street.
Colleton Training School. Colleton Training School opened in 1925 and served African American students in the elementary and high school grades. In 1954 it was renamed Colleton High and remained in use until 1970 when Colleton County schools . . . — — Map (db m301415) HM
(Front face):To the Confederate soldiers of Colleton County, SC
To those who fought and lived
To those who fought and died
To those who gave much
And to those who gave all
(Rear face):
To the mothers, wives, sisters and . . . — — Map (db m7064) HM
On Fishburne Street (U.S. 1) at Wichman Street (Alternate U.S. 17), on the left when traveling north on Fishburne Street.
In 1784, brothers Paul and Jacob Walters, seeking refuge from the malaria-ridden rice swamps of the coast, found relief in the pinelands of this area. Here they constructed log cabin summer homes immediately north of where you're standing and to the . . . — — Map (db m200600) HM
On Wichman Street, on the right when traveling west.
Near here in a hickory grove Paul and Jacob Walter built in 1784 summer houses which formed the nucleus of a summer colony which grew into the town of Walterboro. The first store in the town was here and later the first drug store. The park here was . . . — — Map (db m7112) HM
On Jeffries Highway (U.S. 15) at Pleasant Grove Road, on the left when traveling north on Jeffries Highway.
The cemetery one-half mile west is on the site of a meeting house deeded to the Methodist Society by John Fontaine in 1802. Bishop Francis Asbury had held services at Island Creek on March 4, 1796, in "a pole house." In 1882 the members had moved to . . . — — Map (db m176608) HM
On Aviation Way near Lt.Col. Hiram Mann Driveway, on the right when traveling north.
During World War II over 400,000 German and Italian POWs were quartered in camps across the United States. In many cases the prisoners were used to fill vast labor shortages in production and agriculture. Their prisoner camps were small communities . . . — — Map (db m22627) HM
On Fishburne Street at Wichman Street (Alternate U.S. 17), on the right when traveling north on Fishburne Street.
St. Jude’s Episcopal Church
Walterboro
Historic District
The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History — — Map (db m200601) HM
On Wichman Street (Alternate U.S. 17) east of Fishburne Street, on the right when traveling east.
Tradition holds that this African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church first met after the Civil War before organizing in 1867 under Rev. James R. Nesbitt. It was part of the A.M.E Church's Walterboro Circuit, which Nesbitt formed in 1868. Members . . . — — Map (db m200426) HM
On Aviation Way, on the right when traveling north.
In 1945, the army deeded the Walterboro Army Airfield, previously known as Anderson Airfield, jointly to the City of Walterboro and Colleton County, including all surplus equipment. The Beacon (Aircraft Guiding Light) was left as part of the surplus . . . — — Map (db m7020) HM
On Aviation Way, on the right when traveling north.
In honor of the Tuskegee Airman, their instructors, and ground support personnel who participated in training for combat at the Walterboro Army Airfield during the Second World War.
Because of their heroic action in combat they were called . . . — — Map (db m4324) HM
On Aviation Way near Lt. Col. Hiram Mann Driveway, on the right when traveling north.
(Top left picture):
In April of 1944, Walterboro Army Airfield stopped training fighter groups and switched to advanced individual air combat training. Over 500 black airmen from the training program at Tuskegee trained at the airfield . . . — — Map (db m22611) HM
(Front text)
Graduates of the Tuskegee Army Flying School, who belonged to the first African-American units in the U.S. Army Air Corps, took further combat flight training at Walterboro Army Air Field from May 1944 to October 1945. Many of . . . — — Map (db m43420) HM
On North Jefferies Boulevard at East Wasghington Street on North Jefferies Boulevard.
Settled by Paul and Jacob Walter in 1784. Became a summer resort for Edisto, Combahee and Ashepoo planters. Incorporated in 1826. Since 1822 the County Seat of Colleton. In the court house was held, June 1826, the first Nullification Meeting under . . . — — Map (db m7084) HM
On Aviation Way near Lt.Col. Hiram Mann Driveway, on the right when traveling north.
"We were prisoners, but (we weren't made to) feel like prisoners. We were just people waiting to go back home"
- Helmut Ulbricht, German POW, Walterboro Army Air Field, 1945.The Press and Standard, 1994. Two Hundred and fifty German . . . — — Map (db m22631) HM
On Aviation Way at Lt. Col. Hiram Mann Drive, on the right on Aviation Way.
(Left Column)
Walterboro Army Airfield In the late 1920's and 1930's, a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort,The U.S. Government . . . — — Map (db m22479) HM
On Aviation Way near Lt. Col. Hiram Mann Driveway, on the right when traveling north.
" Both white and negro troops will be stationed there, with negro troops to constitute about ten percent of the total personnel." - The Press and Standard, 1942
" A network of army air fields, used for training purposes and . . . — — Map (db m22562) HM
This neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones and Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J.& B. Lucas in 1855-56, replaced the jail built in 1822 when Walterboro became the seat of justice of Colleton District. It served as a jail . . . — — Map (db m9970) HM
On Hampton Street (State Highway 63) near South Miller Street, on the right when traveling east.
Incorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees were Malachi Ford, John G. Godfrey, John D. Edwards, David Campbell, and Archibald Campbell. The Reverend John B. Van Dyke . . . — — Map (db m8665) HM
On Wichman Street, on the right when traveling west.
Marked geographic center of town
First location on present site of
St. Jude's Episcopal Church
Moved in 1845 to land given by
Richard B. Bedon
Now used by the
Colleton County Historical Society — — Map (db m7114) HM
On Smyly Road south of Road 15-735, on the right when traveling south.
Ruffin Rosenwald School. This frame building dates to 1928-29 and originally housed a segregation school for Black residents of Ruffin. Its cost was paid by local African Americans, the school district, and the Julius Rosenwald Fund. It . . . — — Map (db m301412) HM
