Historical Markers and War Memorials in Simpsonville, South Carolina
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Simpsonville is in Greenville County
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Here along the south side of the creek to Reedy River was fought, Dec. 22, 1775, the Battle of Great Cane Break, between a force of South Carolinians under Colonel William Thompson and a band of Tories under Patrick Cuningham. The Tories were . . . — — Map (db m97258) HM
Bethel church was organized in 1801 by Bishop Francis Asbury. At first, meetings were held in the homes of John Bramlett, Solomon Holland and Deavoreaux Yeargin. Later, Mr. Bramlett gave four acres of land on which the Bethel church house was built. . . . — — Map (db m30904) HM
This historical graveyard has graves dating back to the 1800s. Many of the founders of the church are buried in the graveyard. They include the Yeargins, the Bramletts, and the Hollands as well as many more of the first members of the church. . . . — — Map (db m30908) HM
On this site in 1861 the men of Bethel Community trained before entering the War Between the States. Known as the Jeff Davis Guard, they became Company F of General Wade Hampton's Legion and fought with distinction in many battles including the . . . — — Map (db m30854) HM
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Cedar Grove Baptist Church
According to tradition, this African-American church was organized by Rev. Tom Jones shortly after the Civil War. It held its first services in a brush arbor, then built its first permanent church . . . — — Map (db m168395) HM
In the twelfth century, when travel to spiritual centers such as Jerusalem became too difficult, cathedrals became substitute centers of pilgrimage for Christians in western Europe. On such pilgrimages, the walking of a labyrinth sometimes became . . . — — Map (db m50202) HM
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This farm has been owned by the Hopkins family since 1834, when John Hopkins (1793-1837) purchased it from William Toney. The Greek Revival main house was built ca. 1840, with later additions ca. 1890 and ca. 1925. Hopkins' . . . — — Map (db m9068) HM
This house was built in 1823 by Dr. Thomas Collins Austin (1790-1883), physician and planter. Austin attended the Medical University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and practiced medicine here for sixty years. His office, just . . . — — Map (db m48490) HM
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Old Pilgrim Baptist Church
This church was founded in 1868 by black members of nearby Clear Spring Baptist Church who named their new church Pilgrim Baptist Church. Rev. John Abraham, their first pastor, held services in a . . . — — Map (db m198265) HM
Old Stage Road
The town of Simpsonville grew up around a stagecoach stop nearby operated by Thomas Goldsmith (1788-1868). Goldsmith's house, on the Old Stage Road from Laurens to Greenville, was near a crossroads where the Old Stage Road met an . . . — — Map (db m50569) HM
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This town grew up around a stagecoach stop from Laurens to Greenville. For many years the community was known as "Plain," the name given to its first post office, opened in 1838 with Jesse T. Cook as postmaster. It was later . . . — — Map (db m50525) HM
Simpsonville Cotton Mill
This mill, opened in 1908, was built after several leading men of Simpsonville asked Edward F. Woodside of the Pelzer Manufacturing Co. to help them establish a textile mill. The Simpsonville Cotton Mill, with Woodside . . . — — Map (db m60339) HM
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Simpsonville Elementary
This school was built in 1939 with local funds and with federal funds from the Public Works Administration and the Works Projects Administration. It was the fourth school, and the third public . . . — — Map (db m168361) HM
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The Classical Revival building, constructed in 1940, was the Simpsonville Branch of the Greenville County Library until 1997. The first town library started ca. 1915 when Miss Nannie Cox, a literature teacher, placed books in the . . . — — Map (db m168359) HM
Simpsonville UMC was organized in April 1916 as Simpsonville Methodist Church, South. The congregation originally met in the Forum, the community building of the Woodside Mill. The first pastor was J.L. Singleton. In 1917, members pledged to . . . — — Map (db m168220) HM
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Established in the 1840s as a family cemetery, the two and one-half acre parcel was donated to Simpsonville First Baptist Church by J.H. Todd in 1890. The church deeded the property to the Town of Simpsonville in 1929. The stone . . . — — Map (db m168363) HM
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Standing Springs Baptist Church was organized in 1818 as an arm of Fork Shoals Baptist Church. There were te0n charter members and Rev. Nathan Berry was the first pastor. Early meetings were held in the home of James Cox and the . . . — — Map (db m168369) HM
The old arbor was the first building used by the people of Bethel. It is believed to have been built in the early 1800s. The land on which the arbor and church were built was given by John Bramlett, Solomon Holland and Benjamin Holland. Reunions . . . — — Map (db m153769) HM
The old oak tree is among the last of several large trees on the Bethel United Methodist Church property. These large trees, some dating to the period before the Civil War, have been witnesses to the many activities and changes at Bethel. These . . . — — Map (db m30898) HM
Toney's Store
William Toney, prominent in business and civic affairs in early Greenville and Greenville County, ran a store here 1816-1829. The store was near the boundary established in 1767 between Cherokee land to the west and new settlement . . . — — Map (db m11002) HM
