On Barberville Loop Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Harriet Barber House, the home of
Reverend Samuel Barber and his wife
Harriet McPherson Barber, is significant
for its association with the South Carolina
Land Commission during the late nineteenth
century. Samuel Barber purchased a . . . — — Map (db m38823) HM
On Lower Richland Blvd. near Barberville Loop Road, on the right when traveling north.
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In 1872 Samuel Barber (d. 1891) and his wife Harriet (d. 1899), both former slaves, bought 42 1/2 acres here from the S.C. Land Commission, established in 1869 to give freedmen and freedwomen the opportunity to own land. . . . — — Map (db m38083) HM
On Lower Richland Blvd. at Hopkins Road-Back Swamp Road, on the right when traveling north on Lower Richland Blvd..
This rural community grew up around the plantation of John Hopkins (1739-1775). Hopkins, a native of Virginia, settled here in 1764. A surveyor and planter, he was later a delegate to the First Provincial Congress of 1775. Between 1836 and 1842, . . . — — Map (db m37547) HM
New Light Beulah Baptist Church was organized in 1867 when 565 African American members withdrew from Beulah Baptist Church. Before the Civil War enslaved people composed the majority of the Beulah congregation. After emancipation they left to form . . . — — Map (db m123496) HM
