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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG8_grave-of-general-tristram-thomas-saw-mill-baptist-church_Bennettsville-SC.html
Grave of General Tristram Thomas In Saw Mill Church cemetery is the grave of Tristram Thomas, major of militia during the Revolution. At Hunt's Bluff, ten miles south, a band of Patriots under his command seized a British flotilla in 1780. He serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG6_general-john-mcqueen_Bennettsville-SC.html
This U.S. congressman was born on February 9, 1804, at Queensdale, N.C. After being admitted to the bar in 1828, he established a law office on this corner in Bennettsville. McQueen served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1860, re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG5_bennettsville-methodist-church_Bennettsville-SC.html
The first Methodist house of worship in Marlboro County was at Beauty Spot, two miles north of here, where, in 1788, Bishop Asbury attended a meeting. By 1834, the first church in town had been built here on 1 ½ acres of land donated by W. J.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG3_old-female-academy_Bennettsville-SC.html
The oldest part of this building served as Bennettsville Female Academy 1833-1881. It originally stood opposite First Methodist Church on East Main Street, was purchased in 1967 by Marlborough Historical Society, moved to its present location, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG2_edward-crosland-house_Bennettsville-SC.html
This marks the oldest house in Bennettsville, built in 1800 by Edward Crosland, who was born in England and later married Ann Snead. He died in Bennettsville in 1821. He was a Patriot, American Revolutionary Soldier and Plantation Owner. His young…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZW_confederate-civil-war-monument_Bennettsville-SC.html
[Inscriptions: South face]1861UDC
303 of Marlboro's noble sons sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, in prison, and by disease.
"God's peace is everlasting" are the dream-words of their sleep.
Erected A.D. 1907 ——&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8F_welsh-neck-settlement_Bennettsville-SC.html
Welsh Baptists from Pennsylvania and Delaware settled on the east bank of the Pee Dee as early as 1737. Most of the lands in the Welsh Neck, from Crooked Creek to Hunt's Bluff, had been granted by 1746. A Baptist congregation was organized in 1738…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML82_abel-kolbs-murder-welsh-neck-cemetery_Bennettsville-SC.html
Marker Front:Colonel Abel Kolb was a prominent Revolutionary War Patriot of this area. A band of Tory raiders, on the night of April 27-28, 1781, surrounded the home of Colonel Kolb and his family. He was shot while surrendering himself as a priso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7Z_marlborough-court-house-old-river-road_Bennettsville-SC.html
Marker Front:Located about one mile N. of here was the original county seat of Marlborough County, established in 1785. Tristram Thomas conveyed two acres of land to the county for the erection of public buildings in 1787, and the court house and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7F_marlborough-county-court-house_Bennettsville-SC.html
Four court houses for Marlborough District or County have stood on this square since Apr. 4, 1820, when it was deeded by John S. Thomas for that purpose. The first court house, completed before 1824, was replaced by a new building in 1852. It was …