Designed by Jacob Graves and built
by John Damron, Newberry County's
fourth court house was erected in
1852. It replaced an earlier building
on this site which was probably designed
by Robert Mills. The Old Court House
is now used as a . . . — — Map (db m19660) HM
On Caldwell Street at Boyce Street on Caldwell Street.
Front
Newberry County was one of six counties created from Ninety Six District in 1785. In 1789 John Coate donated two acres here for a courthouse and public square. When additional land was surveyed the town was laid out in 25 one-acre . . . — — Map (db m218786) HM
On US Highway 176, on the right when traveling south.
Originally named Countsville, this post office was established in 1823. In 1840, it was renamed Pomaria, probably for William Summer's nearby Pomaria Nursery. By 1851 the Columbia and Newberry Railroad had completed a line through here, and six . . . — — Map (db m13252) HM
On South Main Street at East Gilliam Street on South Main Street.
In Appreciation of Contributions
God-fearing Neighbors Made to
the Cotton Mill and Town of
Whitmire
October 1902 - May 2001
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints . . . — — Map (db m48581) HM
On Main Street (Tennessee Route 33) at Ailor Gap Road, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Named for Captain John (Racoon) Miller whose blockhouse stood near this site. Captain Miller, born in 1747 in Newberry County, South Carolina, served in the Washington County, Virginia, militia in 1776 before migrating to this area in 1777. He . . . — — Map (db m100164) HM
[Front]:
This school, often called Retreat Colored School, was built in 1923 for the African-American students in and near Westminster. A two-room, two-teacher, elementary school, it was built by local builder William Walker Bearden of . . . — — Map (db m53235) HM
On Court Square (State Highway 20), on the right when traveling south.
The heart of Abbeville's Historic District is the magnificent tree-shaded Court Square. Located here is the replica of the original Confederate Monument erected in August, 1906 by the Daughters of the Confederacy, an old iron bell once used as . . . — — Map (db m12097) HM
Near Gervais Street at Main Street, in the median.
[West Plaque]:
Spanish War Veterans Insignia[South Plaque]:
South Carolina Troops
in the Spanish-American War
First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Second South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
Anderson's Battery . . . — — Map (db m50923) HM
On State Highway 34, on the left when traveling east.
Named in 1979 in honor of Dedicated Public Servant Born 1908 Died 1974 Member, South Carolina House of Representatives from Newberry County 1939 ~ 48
Member, South Carolina Highway Commission 1951 ~ 55
Vice Chairman 1954 ~ 55
Member, South . . . — — Map (db m54563) HM
On Main St. near Tarrant St., on the left when traveling west.
Newberry Cotton Mills, incorporated
in 1882, began operation in 1885. The
mill was designed by prominent
textile mill architects Lockwood,
Greene, & Co. and was one of the
first cotton mills in the United States
operated by steam power. Z.F. . . . — — Map (db m19652) HM
On Greenville Street (State Highway 20) near Beltline Road (County Road S-1-35).
[Front]:
This cemetery, sometimes called Upper Long Cane Cemetery, dates from 1760. It includes the graves of some of the most prominent families of this area from the Colonial era to the present. The first marked grave is the field . . . — — Map (db m50740) HM
South Side:
At the request of Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Maxwell, major benefactors, the orphanage was named in memory of their daughter, who died at the age of seven.
Connie Maxwell Orphanage, a ministry of the South . . . — — Map (db m16422) HM
This church, the first Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation in what is now Anderson County, was organized about 1790 about 1 1/2 mi. SW of this site. Rev. Robert Irwin, its first regular minister, served from 1803 until his death in . . . — — Map (db m11747) HM
On Caldwell Street near Player Street, on the left when traveling south.
Historical Bicentennial Marker In Memory Of
Henry McNeal Turner
1834 - 1915
Birthplace: Newberry, South Carolina - Boyhood Home: Abbeville, South Carolina
Missionary Pioneer to South Africa, Liberation Theologian Social
and . . . — — Map (db m42143) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
