Named in Honor
of
Tireless Civil Worker
Active Leader in Seeking Industry
Proud Booster of Hometown
in Every Worthwhile
Local Endeavor
1896 - 1977 — — Map (db m48693) HM
To cherish liberty one need only remember how it was earned. Laurens County shall never forget their own who have served their country in war an peace. — — Map (db m18499) WM
Laurens County
Laurens County was one of six counties created from Ninety - Six District March 12, 1785. The courthouse here, built in 1838 by Dr. John W. Simpson, and remodeled and enlarged in 1858, 1911, 1940, and in 1973, was entered in the . . . — — Map (db m10133) HM
[Front]:
In Memory of
The Boys in Gray
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Erected 1910
by the Citizens of
Laurens Co.
Under the Auspices of
J.B. Kershaw Chapter
U.D.C.
Our Heroes
[Reverse]:
On flames eternal camp-
ing ground . . . — — Map (db m12034) HM
Erected in loving memory
of the men of Laurens County, S.C.
who made the supreme sacrifice
World War I
White
Lewis Felton Abercrombie, Casper W. Waldwell, Mason L. Copeland, Earl A. Davidson, George Lawson Duncan, Burke Fuller, . . . — — Map (db m12063) HM
Lindley's Fort
On July 15, 1776, a number of Indians and Tories attacked this frontier fort where area settlers had gathered for protection. Major Jonathan Downs, with a company of men, had arrived the previous evening & helped repulse the . . . — — Map (db m12102) HM
Masonic Lodge #19
The first recorded meeting of this organization, known as Palmetto Lodge #19, took place Aug. 7, 1794, at the Samuel Saxon home, which stood nearby. Officers present were: Master, Joseph Downs; Deputy Master, Nathaniel McCoy; . . . — — Map (db m12031) HM
Once in Our Lives
Forever in Out Memories
Joseph B. Adams Jimmy I. McMorris
Michael E. Banks Reginald G. Morse
Roy J. Brackwell, Jr. Sanford L. Nelson
Frankie B. Johnson, Jr.* Willie J. Payne . . . — — Map (db m12099) WM
Top Plaque:
Watts Mills' employees
who gave their lives
in World War II
Rumsley Thompson Bennett Chester Calvin Miller
Joe Edward Carlton Rex Darvin Power
Tommy Cogdill Luther . . . — — Map (db m12100) HM
[Front]:
The Watts-Todd-Dunklin House, built about 1818, is an excellent example of a Federal-era upcountry farmhouse. According to family tradition, it was built for Washington Williams (1777-1829), who gave it to his daughter Nancy . . . — — Map (db m23196) HM
