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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WG_winyah-schools_Georgetown-SC.html
Winyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assumed the existing school owned by the Winyah Indigo Society, established in 1755. Completed in 1908 was a building housing grade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WE_bethesda-baptist-church_Georgetown-SC.html
Organized shortly after the Civil War with Rev. Edward Rhue as its first pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church purchased this site by 1867. Construction of this sanctuary began in 1922 during the pastorate of Rev. A.W. Puller and was completed and dedic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WA_old-st-nicholas-cemetery_Fairfax-SC.html
The original cemetery associated with St.Nicholas Lutheran Church is 1/3 mile S off SC Hwy 641. The church, originally locatednearby, was founded about 1804 in what wasthen Barnwell District, and the cemeteryincludes family plots of the Platts, Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W9_methodists_Georgetown-SC.html
William Wayne, nephew of Revolutionary General Anthony Wayne, was converted here by Bishop Francis Asbury on February 24, 1785, and a Methodist congregation was formed later that year. Woolman Hickson was appointed minister. This is the site of an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W2_st-nicholas-church_Fairfax-SC.html
Lutheran church, org. by 1804, has occupiedseveral sites. Today's structure, built in 1910,incorporates material from the 1884 church andstands about 2 mi south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4U1_bethel-baptist-church_Fairfax-SC.html
(Front Text ) This church was organized in 1851 by Revs.Lewis Parker and John Hoover, with twelvecharter members and Rev. Hoover as its first minister. The congregation has worshipped on this site, on land donatedby Mathias Mathis, since it was o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TT_major-c-spencer-guerry_Georgetown-SC.html
After graduating from the University of South Carolina, C. Spencer Guerry began his law enforcement career on March 1, 1979, by joining the Georgetown Police Department. He rose through various positions of increasing responsibility until attainin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SM_marquis-de-lafayette_Georgetown-SC.html
This tablet commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first landing of Marquis de Lafayette accompanied by Baron de Kalb on North Island, Georgetown County, S. C. June 13, 1777. He came to draw his sword for the young republic in the hour of her g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SC_battle-at-rivers-bridge-rivers-bridge-memorials_Ehrhardt-SC.html
Battle At Rivers BridgeOn February 2 ~ 3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman'sFederals advanced toward Columbia, units ofGen. F.P. Blair's XVII Corps attempted to cross the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge. The Confederate defenders there, in Gen. Lafa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RN_town-clock-kaminski-building_Georgetown-SC.html
Town Clock: This Greek Revival market and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front Street. An open-air market occupied the first floor and the town hall occupied the second floor; the clock tower and …