On South Main Street (U.S. 401) at Pressley Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
This house, built ca. 1832, was the home of Caleb Coker (1802-1869) and the birthplace of his son Maj. James Lide Coker (1837-1918), Confederate officer, industrialist, and founder of Coker College. Caleb Coker, a merchant, was also a director of . . . — — Map (db m38165) HM
On Society Hill Rd. at Lumber Road, on the left when traveling south on Society Hill Rd..
March 8, 1776-November 17, 1830 Statesman, educator, pioneer manufacturer, scientific farmer, State Senator, Congressman, Governor 1814-1816, Brigadier General in the War of 1812. His residence, "Center Hall," was ½ mile east. His grave is in . . . — — Map (db m38142) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 15) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
In August or September 1780 Major James Wemyss’s 63rd Regiment of Foot marched from Georgetown to Cheraw burning and looting Patriot houses and farms. When Adam Cusack, who ran a ferry over Black Creek, refused to take some British officers across . . . — — Map (db m31770) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
[Front] Henry C. Burn (1839-1912), state representative and Darlington County public servant, lived here from 1882 until his death. Burn, born in Chesterfield District, was educated at St. David’s Academy in Society Hill, then at Furman . . . — — Map (db m38166) HM
On South Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Japonica Hall. This house, built in 1896-97 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by noted S.C. architect Charles Coker Wilson, was the home of Maj. James Jonathan Lucas (1831-1914). An earlier house here, which burned in 1892, had been the . . . — — Map (db m38163) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 401) 0.1 miles north of Carrigan Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Lawrence Faulkner
Born c.1840 and a resident of Darlington County by 1871, Lawrence Faulkner was a black school teacher, later merchant, and Society Hill's postmaster from 1877 to 1889. A trustee of nearby Union Baptist Church, Faulkner died in . . . — — Map (db m38159) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 15) at Long Bluff Road, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Marker Front: Long Bluff, 3/4 mile east on Great Pedee River, was the site of the first courthouse and jail for old Cheraws District in 1772. The town was known as Greeneville after the Revolution and remained the seat of justice until the . . . — — Map (db m31778) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 15) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
Marker Front: This depot, built shortly after the Civil War, features a distinctive architectural design favored by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad during its history as an independent line. The C & D, chartered in 1849, ran 40 miles between . . . — — Map (db m31773) HM
On S. Main St. (U.S. 401) at Pressley Avenue, on the left when traveling north on S. Main St..
[Front] On June 5, 1822, twelve men paid $20 each to purchase books for a library. These men were J. J. Evans; David and Elias Gregg; D. R. W., J. K. and T. E. McIver; Thomas Smith; Alexander Sparks; D. R. and J. N. Williams; J. F. Wilson; . . . — — Map (db m38160) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 401) at Pressley Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Was organized August 12, 1891 with 17 charter members, by a commission of the Pee Dee Presbytery under Revs. J. G. Law, J. G. Richards, and W. B. Corbett. Elders H. A. Womack and J. S. McCall and deacon L .M. Crosswell were appointed church . . . — — Map (db m38162) HM
On S. Main St. (U.S. 401) close to St. Davids Street, on the left when traveling north.
The St. David's Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David's Parish ¾ mile northeast in 1786. Alexander McIntosh, George Hicks, Abel Kolb, William Pegues, and Thomas Evans were early officers. The . . . — — Map (db m38143) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 401) 0.1 miles Carrigan Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
This Episcopal church, located about 800 ft. N., was incorporated 1833. Early members associated with the church are said to have been from the Dewitt, Edwards, Evans, Hanford, Hawes, McCollough, Williams and Witherspoon families. In 1834 the . . . — — Map (db m41415) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 401) at Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Side A This church, the pioneer center of Baptist influence in the area, was constituted January 1738 by Welsh from Pennsylvania and was originally located about two miles northeast of here. The first pastor was Philip James. It was . . . — — Map (db m38144) HM
On Cheraw Street at Union Street, on the right when traveling north on Cheraw Street.
Black merchant and educator Zachariah Wines, born 1847 in Society Hill, represented Darlington County in the S.C. House 1876-78 and was commissioned Captain in the National Guard by Gov. Wade Hampton in 1877. He taught at nearby Waddell School and . . . — — Map (db m38158) HM
