On Williston Road (U.S. 278) just west of Spann Hammond Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
On January 5, 1856, Governor James H. Hammond and eleven other farmers of this area organized the Beech Island Agricultural Club for the diffusion of agricultural knowledge and the regulation of illegal slave traffic. Monthly meetings and . . . — — Map (db m10080) HM
On Church Road (State Highway 581) west of Spann Hammond Road (State Highway 1139), on the right when traveling west.
This church was organized in the Beech Island Academy on January 21, 1832, with Rev. Iverson Brooks as its first minister and Mathias Ardis and Randolph Bradford as its first deacons. This sanctuary, built on land donated by James T. Gardner . . . — — Map (db m9992) HM
On Williston Road (U.S. 278) near Hammond Road, on the left when traveling east.
Downer Institute & School
Downer Institute, founded in 1843, was originally located 1.5 mi. NE of this site and operated until 1865. It was named for benefactor Alexander Downer (1752–1820), whose will established an orphanage and school . . . — — Map (db m9994) HM
On Williston Road (U.S. 278) west of Hammond Road (South Carolina Highway 580), on the right when traveling west.
This church was built in 1836 by Beech Island Presbyterian Church, organized in 1827 with the Rev. Nathan H. Hoyt of Vermont as first pastor. His son-in-law the Rev. Edward Axson, was ordained and served here. His daughter, Ellen, wife of Woodrow . . . — — Map (db m9909) HM
About Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site
Redcliffe Plantation was the home of James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) and three generations of his descendants. Hammond whose political career included terms as a United States Congressman, . . . — — Map (db m9591) HM
Savannah Town
Forerunner of modern towns and highways and known to the English as early as 1685, this Indian town stood at a major northwestern entrance into S.C. on the trading routes to the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Lower Cherokees. . . . — — Map (db m28101) HM
