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

On Mill Branch Road.

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 —

On County Route 57 at Bluff Road, on the right when traveling north on County Route 57.

[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 —

On Pocket Rd. (County Route 26) at Backswamp Drive, on the right when traveling east on Pocket Rd..

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 —

On North Williston Road (State Highway 327) 0.2 miles north of E. Pocket Road, on the right when traveling north.

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 —

On North Williston Road (State Highway 327) 0.6 miles East Pocket Road, on the right when traveling north.

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 —

On Old Marion Hwy. (County Route 24) at Ramkin Plantation Road, on the right when traveling west on Old Marion Hwy..

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 —

On North Matthews Road south of Old Manning Road, on the right when traveling south.

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 —

On U.S. 52, 0.1 miles south of West Camp Branch Road, on the right when traveling south.

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

On West John Paul Jones Road (County Route 35) 0.5 miles east of Peniel Crossroads, on the right when traveling west. 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 —

On East Main Street at North Warren Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.

(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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