Named after the city in France, Abbeville County has a rich historical and cultural heritage. The town of Abbeville, the county seat, is known for its quaint tree-lined square with bricked streets; the famous 1908 historic Opera House and its . . . — — Map (db m14843) HM
The last action of the Revolution in this part of S.C. was at Pratt's Mill, a grist mill on the Little River owned by Joseph Pratt. On October 30, 1781, an outpost of 30 Patriots at the mill, under Capt. John Norwood, was surprised by 30 . . . — — Map (db m20821) HM
The initial gift and a substantial contribution toward the construction of this sign were donated by members of the Class of 1995 as a memorial to their classmate, Angela Marlow Newton, whose untimely death in her senior year at Erskine College . . . — — Map (db m12098) HM
In gratitude for the lasting benefits Bryson College provided for so many students, her Alumni and Friends have provided this Memorial Fountain to perpetuate the "Associate Reformed Presbyterian College in the West." This fountain is dedicated in . . . — — Map (db m14782) HM
As early as 1765 the site 6 miles NW known to the Indians as Yellow Water, where the Keowee Path crossed the Cherokee line, was called DeWitt's Corner. In 1777 a treaty between S.C. and the Cherokee Indians was signed there. The present town was . . . — — Map (db m10602) HM
Erskine College was founded in 1839 by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church as South Carolina's first four-year church-related college. The college grew out of an academy for men established in 1835 and seminary founded two years later at . . . — — Map (db m14793) HM
Southwest Side:
Founder
of the
Due West Female College
and for near twenty two years
its
President
1859-1881
Northeast Side:
Erected
By the Alumnae and
affectionately inscribed
to the Memory of . . . — — Map (db m15790) HM
Citizen, Soldier,
Educator,
Servant of Christ.
Born Feb. 11, 1843
Died Sept. 3, 1899.
President of
Erskine College
from 1871 to 1899.
His service is
measured not by
years but by results.
He still lives in
hundreds of useful . . . — — Map (db m14835) HM
