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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLI_elusive-francis-marion-1780-1781_Summerton-SC.html
During the American Revolution, General Marion's Brigade eluded the British invaders. Marion's Militia slipped through swamps, trees and grasslands, enticing the British to follow and search along the Santee. In November 1780, the British sent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBC_together-let-us-sweetly-live_Summerton-SC.html
"Together let us sweetly live" Distinguished Followers of Justice Briggs VS. Elliott Rev. Joseph A. Delaine; Mr. Hammett Pearson; Mr. Levi Pearson; Mr. Harry Briggs; Mr. Joseph Lemon; Pioneers in the School Desegregation Case; Historical plaintiff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQM_fort-watson_Summerton-SC.html
Assigned to hold all of eastern South Carolina but with only a small force at his disposal, Col. John Watson needed to build a fort to protect the vital transportation corridor between Charleston and Camden, the British inland headquarters. The sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK49_santee-national-wildlife-refuge_Summerton-SC.html
This land...inhabited by Native Americans.This site, once occupied by Native Americans, was a major ceremonialcenter for the surrounding area. The Santee Indian mound is typical ofpyramidal, flat-topped mounds that are widely distributed througho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHD_summerton-presbyterian-church_Summerton-SC.html
[Front]: This church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in the Methodist church before the Civil War. The first worship site, a renovated carriage house, was located ½ mi.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHA_mt-zion-a-m-e-church_Summerton-SC.html
[Front] This church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here soon afterwards. Rev. Daniel Humphries, its first pastor, served both Mt. Zion and its sister church St. James 1865-187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGDO_senns-mill_Summerton-SC.html
This complex, featuring a blacksmith shop(ca. 1903), grist mill (ca. 1905), and bottlingplant (ca. 1921), was operated for many yearsby John G. Senn (1851-1942) and his son-in-lawFrank W. Josey (1872-1959). Senn's grandsonWalter B. Senn, Jr. (1917…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9Z_anne-custis-burgess_Summerton-SC.html
This is the childhood home of Anne Custis Burgess, who was born in 1874 in Mayersville. After receiving a diploma from Converse College, she taught music at Summerton, Williamston, and Winthrop College. At the time of her death in 1910 she was emp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG90_swamp-fox_Summerton-SC.html
Sacred to the memory of Brig. Gen.Francis Marionwho departed this life, on the 27th of February, 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age; deeply regretted by all his fellow citizensHistory will record his worth, and rising generations embalm his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG8G_andrews-chapel-church_Summerton-SC.html
According to local tradition, this Methodist congregation was organized in 1786 and pioneer American bishop Francis Asbury later visited the area a number of times. The church stands today on land given by Ellis R. and Mary A. Richbourg in 1880. B…
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