On this site stood the home of Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1854 - 1909 ), first Governor of South Carolina from Hampton County. He was the founder of the Hampton County Guardian, S.C. representative 1894 - 96, Lieutenant Governor 1897 - 99, . . . — — Map (db m9777) HM
Constructed for black students,this elementary school was built shortly after Hampton County School District purchased the land in the late 1920s. Two of the school's alumni of the 1930's and 1940s, brothers James F. and Julius C. Fields achieved . . . — — Map (db m19649) HM
Established February 18, 1878, once a part of Beaufort District. It was named in honor of Wade Hampton, Lieutenant General C.S.A., Governor of South Carolina, 1876-79. United States Senator, 1879-91. Cornerstone of courthouse laid by Gen. . . . — — Map (db m6536) HM
This brick building was built in 1878-79 to house the Hampton County Jail. Its construction, as well as the building of the county courthouse, followed Hampton County's creation in 1878 from a portion of Beaufort County. Living quarters for the . . . — — Map (db m301358) HM
This was a major road in the northern part of old Beaufort District for many years, appearing in Mill's Atlas of 1825. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman used this route from Savannah, Georgia, to North Carolina in February of 1865 with much of his invasion . . . — — Map (db m4803) HM
In old Lawtonville Community, across from this site, was the first Morrison Academy, a one-room elementary and college preparatory school. It was later moved 3.4 miles north of here on Orangeburg Road to be near the home of Rev. John Timothy . . . — — Map (db m10462) HM
The Official Roster of South Carolina soldiers, sailors and Marines from Hampton County who died defending our country
World War I
1917-1918
Bennett, Eugene • Bowers, Charles E. • Buckner, Ben N. • Cochran, Dandy . . . — — Map (db m19814) WM
This 1933 cypress-log hut is the headquarters of American Legion Post #108. Legionnaires and other local citizens cut cypress trees for it, designed it, and built it, with funding from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a Depression-era . . . — — Map (db m39392) HM
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