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(Side 1) This Greek Revival House was built for Nathan L. Griffin (1903-1853), lawyer, planter, and member of the S.C. House 1838-39 and S.C. Senate 1846-1853. Griffin's son-in-law Milledge L. Bonham ( 1813-1890) lived here with his wife Ann From…
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The M60A3 was designed in 1956 and entered service in 1960. The M60 is a big, tall tank with a rounded turret and heavy armor for its time. The A1 and A2 versions both fought in Vietnam. The A3 version has improved night sights, laser rather than …
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The National Register of Historic Places South Carolina Department of Archives and History Johnston Presbyterian Church
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[Front]This Federal plantation house was built between 1786 and 1815 for John Simpson (1751-1815), merchant and planter. Simpson came to S.C. from England in 1786 and named Belfast after his birthplace in Ireland. A post office here was called Bel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXD8_johnston-civil-war-monument_Johnston-SC.html
(South Face)CSA 1861Our Confederate Dead (East Face)UDC1865 (North Face)1861"Love of God and loveof country are thetwo noblest passionsin the human heart.A man without a countryis an exile in the world.And a man without God isan orphan in et…
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Home of Ten GovernorsAndrew Pickens, II * George McDuffie * P.M. Butler * J.H. Hammond * Francis Pickins * M.L. Bonham * J.C. Sheppard * Ben Tillman * J.G. Evans * Strom Thurmond " Edgefield has had more dashing, brilliant, romantic figures, s…
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(Front text) Edgefield was founded in 1785 as the county seat and site of the new courthouse and jail for Edgefield County, created out of the old Ninety-Six District. Also called Edgefield Village or Edgefield Court House, it was described by Rob…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIS4_benjamin-r-tillman-house_Trenton-SC.html
[Front] Benjamin Ryan "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman (1847-1918), governor of S.C. 1890-94 and U.S. senator 1894-1918, bought this farm just before he left the governor's office in 1894. He lived here until his death. Tillman, a farmer himself, grew deep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIS3_johnston-schools-johnston-educators_Johnston-SC.html
[Front] Johnston's first school opened on this site in 1873. The Male and Female Academy was a boarding school, with Rev. Luther Broaddus as its first principal. Alternately a private and public school during its early history, it was reorganized …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIS2_lotts-tavern-post-office_Johnston-SC.html
A house built for Emsley Lott about 1770, later Lott's Tavern and still later Lott's Post Office, stood here until it was demolished in 1918. Lott soon enlarged his one-room log house to become a tavern on the Columbia road. In 1839 his son John b…
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