Area 1238 square miles established by order of the Lord Proprietors, May 10, 1682. Named for John (Lord) Berkeley and Sir William Berkeley. The largest county in the state, and part of the middle coastal district.
This highway and markers were . . . — — Map (db m33448) HM
Named in honor
of
St. Stephen Native
Teacher and Principal
For Over 30 Years
Member
St. Stephen Town Council
1970-1979
Mayor Pro Tem
1974-1979
9th District member
S.C. Highway Commission
1972-1982
Member
House of . . . — — Map (db m29419) HM
Lucius Mendel Rivers (1905-1970), state representative 1933-36 and U.S. Representative 1940-70, was born in nearby Gumville and grew up on the family farm on Bonneau Road (now Mendel Rivers Avenue). Rivers attended the College of Charleston and the . . . — — Map (db m29330) HM
(Marker Front)St. Stephen Colored School St. Stephen Colored School, the first public African American school in St. Stephen, was built here in 1924-25. A three-room frame building, it was one of almost 500 schools in S.C. funded in part . . . — — Map (db m29334) HM
St. Stephen’s, built 1767-69, is a fine example of the rural churches built in the S.C. lowcountry before the Revolution. “The Church is one of the handsomest Country Churches in So. Ca. and would be no mean ornament in Charleston,” the Rev. . . . — — Map (db m29329) HM
The grave of Thomas Walter (c. 1740-1789), pioneer botanist, is 9 mi. W at his Santee River plantation. A native of England, Walter came to S.C. by 1769. He collected and catalogued many plants native to the lowcountry. His catalog Flora . . . — — Map (db m39003) HM
