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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156H_hartsville-veterans-monument_Hartsville-SC.html
Monument Honoring World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Veterans.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156F_site-of-first-methodist-church_Darlington-SC.html
The First Methodist Church was built in 1831 on land donated by Moses Sanders in 1830. This was five years before Darlington was chartered. It was a plain barn like building, not plastered or ceiled. A great revival was held in the church was held…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156D_hartsville-graded-school-mt-pisgah-nursery-school_Hartsville-SC.html
Hartsville Graded SchoolThe first public school for the black children of Hartsville and vicinity operated on this site from about 1900 to 1921. It was renamed Darlington County Training School in 1918. A new school was built on 6th St. south of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156B_mt-zion-baptist-church_Darlington-SC.html
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This church, founded in 1869, was organized by 36 black members of nearby Black Creek Baptist Church, who received letters of dismissal to form their own congregation. Rev. William Hart, its first minister, served until his death in 1872.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10IE_cokers-pedigreed-seed-company-coker-experimental-farms_Hartsville-SC.html
(Front) This company, incorporated in 1914 by David R. Coker (1870-1938), grew out of his pioneering work breeding plants and developing high-quality seeds. At first focusing on helping Southern farmers grow superior upland cotton, it later had gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10B9_john-wesley-methodist-church_Lamar-SC.html
(Front) This church, founded about 1865, is the first African-American church in Lamar and was long known as Lamar Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. It was organized by Rev. John Boston, a former slave who was its first minister, serving here 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW7P_grove-hill-cemetery_Darlington-SC.html
Grove Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Darlington, was chartered in 1889. Citizens founded it "on account of the health of our town but also on account of the great scarcity of space in the church cemeteries." The original 26-acre tract…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3O_darlington-county-confederate-monument_Darlington-SC.html
(North Side):On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.
(East Side):They never fail who Die in a great cause. While the tree of freedom's wither'd trunk puts for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRQU_trinity-church_Society-Hill-SC.html
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 pres…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJU_lawrence-reese_Darlington-SC.html
Marker Front:West Broad Street features several late-19th to early-20th century residences designed and built by Lawrence Reese (1865-1915), a native of Marlboro County who came to Darlington as a merchant by 1887. Reese, who had no formal trainin…