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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5I7_barnwell-county-courthouse_Barnwell-SC.html
(Marker Front)Barnwell County, originally Winton County,was created out of Orangeburgh Districtin 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in 1798for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. militiaofficer in the Revolution and afterwards,it became Barnwell Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5I6_boiling-springs-presbyterian-church_Barnwell-SC.html
[Marker Front]:This church was organized by Rev.James H. Thornwell on authorityfrom Charleston Presbytery; F.J.and W.A. Hay were its first elders.By 1846 Rev. Samuel H. Hay preachedon alternate Sundays here and at anew church in Barnwell; this con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5HT_ellenton-agricultural-club_Barnwell-SC.html
Established March 24, 1894, this agricultural club was organized to promote the welfare and interests of the Ellenton farmers and to improve conditions generally. The first clubhouse, built in 1904, was moved here in 1953 after the town of Ellento…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5H2_morris-ford-earthworks_Barnwell-SC.html
(Front text)Nearby earthworks at Morris Ford, on the Salkehatchie River, built in the spring 1780 by Loyalists under Ben John. In May, soon after Charleston fell to the British, Capt. John Mumford of the South Carolina militia was killed in action…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GW_boiling-springs-academy_Barnwell-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Boiling Springs Academy was founded by the Boiling Springs Academical Society in 1823, with trustees Hansford Duncan, John Fowke, James Furse, William Gillette, Gideon Hagood, Frederick Hay, Lawrence Hext, James Higginbottom, Jennin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GM_barnwell-county-confederate-monument_Barnwell-SC.html
Our Confederate Dead (West Face) Who throughout a longand bloody struggle dis-played a heroism and de-votion to duty unsurpass-ed. If ever equaled in the annuals of war. (South face) Who wrung from the greatcommander of the opposingarmies the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DF_collins-park_Barnwell-SC.html
This park was given to the City of Barnwellby the Robert O. Collins Family in 2000. It was once the site of the home ofWilliam Gilmore Simms and his wife,Emma Hertzog Simms. The property,purchased by Joseph Allen Porter in 1919,remained in the Por…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5DE_barnwell_Barnwell-SC.html
Barnwell, originally called "Red Hill" and later "the Village," was founded in 1800 when a courthouse was built on land donated by Benjamin Odom. Both Winton County and its new county seat were renamed for John Barnwell (1748-1800), a S.C. militia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CQ_hilda_Barnwell-SC.html
Hilda, in the "Sleytown" section of Barnwell County, was chartered in 1910. It grew up around a depot built here in 1903, soon after the Atlantic Coast Line R.R. extended its line through the area in 1897.H.C. Hutto was its first intendant, or may…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CM_to-honor-the-memory-of-those-soldiers_Barnwell-SC.html
from Barnwell County who gave their servicesin the Revolutionary War
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