(Anderson Field side):
This airfield, the first in Colleton County, was built and dedicated in 1933 on 60 acres leased to the town of Walterboro by the estate of C.C. Anderson, foe whom it was named. By 1937 the town purchased the field and . . . — — Map (db m4290) HM
[Front text]
This church, originally located at Jacksonboro, was founded in 1728 by Rev. Archibald Stobo (d.1741), father of the Presbyterian church in S.C. The first building at Jacksonboro was replaced in 1746 by a "hansome sanctuary" . . . — — Map (db m7117) HM
(Front Text): The original section of this courthouse, completed in 1882 after the county seat moved to Walterboro from Jacksonborough, was built by contractor William Thompson. The front portico is attributed to Robert Mills, who completed . . . — — Map (db m7063) HM
Short and tall, rich and poor,
black and white, farmer and
shopkeeper - they came from
every walk of life. The men and
women of Colleton County have
always answered the call to
defend the flag and protect
our freedom.
They have done this . . . — — Map (db m7150) WM
(Front face):To the Confederate soldiers of Colleton County, SC
To those who fought and lived
To those who fought and died
To those who gave much
And to those who gave all
(Rear face):
To the mothers, wives, sisters and . . . — — Map (db m7064) HM
In 1784, brothers Paul and Jacob Walters, seeking refuge from the malaria-ridden rice swamps of the coast, found relief in the pinelands of this area. Here they constructed log cabin summer homes immediately north of where you're standing and to the . . . — — Map (db m200600) HM
Near here in a hickory grove Paul and Jacob Walter built in 1784 summer houses which formed the nucleus of a summer colony which grew into the town of Walterboro. The first store in the town was here and later the first drug store. The park here was . . . — — Map (db m7112) HM
The cemetery one-half mile west is on the site of a meeting house deeded to the Methodist Society by John Fontaine in 1802. Bishop Francis Asbury had held services at Island Creek on March 4, 1796, in "a pole house." In 1882 the members had moved to . . . — — Map (db m176608) HM
During World War II over 400,000 German and Italian POWs were quartered in camps across the United States. In many cases the prisoners were used to fill vast labor shortages in production and agriculture. Their prisoner camps were small communities . . . — — Map (db m22627) HM
St. Jude’s Episcopal Church
Walterboro
Historic District
The National Register
of Historic Places
South Carolina
Department of Archives
and History — — Map (db m200601) HM
(Side 1)
Tradition holds that this African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church first met after the Civil War before organizing in 1867 under Rev. James R. Nesbitt. It was part of the A.M.E Church's Walterboro Circuit, which Nesbitt . . . — — Map (db m200426) HM
In 1945, the army deeded the Walterboro Army Airfield, previously known as Anderson Airfield, jointly to the City of Walterboro and Colleton County, including all surplus equipment. The Beacon (Aircraft Guiding Light) was left as part of the surplus . . . — — Map (db m7020) HM
In honor of the Tuskegee Airman, their instructors, and ground support personnel who participated in training for combat at the Walterboro Army Airfield during the Second World War.
Because of their heroic action in combat they were called . . . — — Map (db m4324) HM
(Top left picture):
In April of 1944, Walterboro Army Airfield stopped training fighter groups and switched to advanced individual air combat training. Over 500 black airmen from the training program at Tuskegee trained at the airfield . . . — — Map (db m22611) HM
(Front text)
Graduates of the Tuskegee Army Flying School, who belonged to the first African-American units in the U.S. Army Air Corps, took further combat flight training at Walterboro Army Air Field from May 1944 to October 1945. Many of . . . — — Map (db m43420) HM
Settled by Paul and Jacob Walter in 1784. Became a summer resort for Edisto, Combahee and Ashepoo planters. Incorporated in 1826. Since 1822 the County Seat of Colleton. In the court house was held, June 1826, the first Nullification Meeting under . . . — — Map (db m7084) HM
"We were prisoners, but (we weren't made to) feel like prisoners. We were just people waiting to go back home"
- Helmut Ulbricht, German POW, Walterboro Army Air Field, 1945.The Press and Standard, 1994. Two Hundred and fifty German . . . — — Map (db m22631) HM
(Left Column)
Walterboro Army Airfield In the late 1920's and 1930's, a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort,The U.S. Government . . . — — Map (db m22479) HM
" Both white and negro troops will be stationed there, with negro troops to constitute about ten percent of the total personnel." - The Press and Standard, 1942
" A network of army air fields, used for training purposes and . . . — — Map (db m22562) HM
This neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones and Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J.& B. Lucas in 1855-56, replaced the jail built in 1822 when Walterboro became the seat of justice of Colleton District. It served as a jail . . . — — Map (db m9970) HM
Incorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees were Malachi Ford, John G. Godfrey, John D. Edwards, David Campbell, and Archibald Campbell. The Reverend John B. Van Dyke . . . — — Map (db m8665) HM
Marked geographic center of town
First location on present site of
St. Jude's Episcopal Church
Moved in 1845 to land given by
Richard B. Bedon
Now used by the
Colleton County Historical Society — — Map (db m7114) HM
