Historical Markers in Bennettsville, South Carolina
Bennettsville is the county seat for Marlboro County
Bennettsville is in Marlboro County
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On U.S. 15 at Kolb's Tomb Road/River Landing Road (County Route 167) when traveling south on U.S. 15.
Marker Front: Colonel Abel Kolb was a prominent Revolutionary War Patriot of this area. A band of Tory raiders, on the night of April 27-28, 1781, surrounded the home of Colonel Kolb and his family. He was shot while surrendering himself as a . . . — — Map (db m31745) HM
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The family cemetery of Joshua Ammons (1756-1833), veteran of the American Revolution, is all that remains of his 500-acre plantation near the Three Creeks. Ammons, a native of Virginia, moved to S.C. by 1775, when he enlisted in the 3rd . . . — — Map (db m113798) HM
On Marlboro Road (County Road 57) at Hunt's Bluff Road (County Road 57), on the right when traveling south on Marlboro Road.
Marker Front: On July 25, 1780, a convoy of British boats en route from Cheraw to Georgetown was captured here by local Patriots. Wooden logs resembling cannon were mounted on this bluff. When boats appeared, Captain Tristram Thomas demanded . . . — — Map (db m31664) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 15) at Broad Street (Business South Carolina Highway 38), on the right when traveling south on East Main Street.
In 1819 the court house of Marlborough District was transferred from Carlisle, a village on the Pee Dee River, to this more central location. Bennettsville developed around the new court house in the heart of a rich farm land area. On March 6, 1863, . . . — — Map (db m31718) HM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1819 the court house of Marlborough District was transferred from Carlisle, a village on the Pee Dee River, to this more central location. Bennettsville developed around the new court house in the heart of a rich farm land area. On March 6, 1865, . . . — — Map (db m47555) HM
The first Methodist house of worship in Marlboro County was at Beauty Spot, two miles north of here, where, in 1788, Bishop Asbury attended a meeting. By 1834, the first church in town had been built here on 1 ½ acres of land donated by W. J. . . . — — Map (db m38032) HM
On Broad Street (Business State Highway 38) at McColl Street, on the left when traveling north on Broad Street.
Marker Front: This church was founded in 1855 by nine members of the Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church, 5 mi. SE. Rev. Pierpont E. Bishop was its first permanent minister. The first church, a frame building, was dedicated in 1855. Elder J. . . . — — Map (db m31697) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 15) at North Marlboro Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
[Inscriptions: South face]
1861
UDC
303
of Marlboro’s noble sons sacrificed
their lives on the battlefield, in
prison, and by disease.
“God’s peace is everlasting”
are the dream-words of their . . . — — Map (db m136196) HM
D. D. McColl House 1826 This house, built in 1826 on Darlington St. (now Main St.), was first owned by H.H. Covington. It was sold in 1871 to Duncan Donald McColl (1842 1911), prominent Marlboro County lawyer and businessman; the McColls lived . . . — — Map (db m38060) HM
This marks the oldest house in Bennettsville, built in 1800 by Edward Crosland, who was born in England and later married Ann Snead. He died in Bennettsville in 1821. He was a Patriot, American Revolutionary Soldier and Plantation Owner. His . . . — — Map (db m38028) HM
On S. Marlboro St. at E, Main Street on S. Marlboro St..
This U.S. congressman was born on February 9, 1804, at Queensdale, N.C. After being admitted to the bar in 1828, he established a law office on this corner in Bennettsville. McQueen served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1860, . . . — — Map (db m38033) HM
On Williamette Rd. (State Highway 912) at Saw Mill Church Road, on the left when traveling north on Williamette Rd..
Grave of General Tristram Thomas In Saw Mill Church cemetery is the grave of Tristram Thomas, major of militia during the Revolution. At Hunt's Bluff, ten miles south, a band of Patriots under his command seized a British flotilla in 1780. He . . . — — Map (db m38035) HM
J.F. Kinney House This house was built as a one-story residence in 1902 for Dr. John Frank Kinney (1870-1928) and his wife Florence McLeod Kinney (1874-1936). They added a second story and wraparound porch in 1907 and raised their five . . . — — Map (db m38061) HM
On South Marlboro Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1826 Dr. Edward W. Jones bought a lot at S. Marlboro and present E. Main and built this house thereon shortly after. Owned by Dr. J. Beatty Jennings when Union forces occupied Bennettsville 1865, the house is said to have served as their . . . — — Map (db m38041) HM
On State Highway 9 at State Highway 79, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 9.
One mile west is the last home of John Lowndes McLaurin, Marlboro County native, U.S. Congressman and Senator. He served as S.C. Representative 1890-91, S.C. Attorney General 1891-92, U.S. Congressman 1892-97, U.S. Senator 1897-1903, and State . . . — — Map (db m18199) HM
On East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Constructed in 1853, this house was the home of William D. Johnson, a Bennettsville attorney and one of three Marlboro County signers of South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession. He served in the state Senate 1862-1865 and was elected chancellor of . . . — — Map (db m38047) HM
On West Main Street (Business U.S. 15) at Broad Street (Business South Carolina Highway 38), on the right when traveling south on West Main Street.
Four court houses for Marlborough District or County have stood on this square since Apr. 4, 1820, when it was deeded by John S. Thomas for that purpose. The first court house, completed before 1824, was replaced by a new building in 1852. It was . . . — — Map (db m31721) HM
On U.S. 15 at Williamette Road (South Carolina Highway 912), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 15.
Marker Front: Located about one mile N. of here was the original county seat of Marlborough County, established in 1785. Tristram Thomas conveyed two acres of land to the county for the erection of public buildings in 1787, and the court . . . — — Map (db m31742) HM
Side A The Murchison School, built in 1902, was named for John D. Murchison (1826-1892), a merchant and the first mayor of Bennettsville. It was given to the city in his memory by his widow, former teacher Harriet Murchison Beckwith . . . — — Map (db m38062) HM
The oldest part of this building served as Bennettsville Female Academy 1833-1881. It originally stood opposite First Methodist Church on East Main Street, was purchased in 1967 by Marlborough Historical Society, moved to its present location, and . . . — — Map (db m38029) HM
Side A According to a plaque placed on its western wall at time of construction, Shiness was built in 1903 by Alexander James Matheson and named for his paternal grandmother's home in Sutherlandshire, Scotland. Matheson was born in Marlboro . . . — — Map (db m38055) HM
On U.S. 15 at Kolb's Tomb Road/River Landing Road (County Road 461), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 15.
Welsh Baptists from Pennsylvania and Delaware settled on the east bank of the Pee Dee as early as 1737. Most of the lands in the Welsh Neck, from Crooked Creek to Hunt's Bluff, had been granted by 1746. A Baptist congregation was organized in 1738. . . . — — Map (db m31760) HM
