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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXB3_lancaster-county-law-enforcement-officers-memorial_Lancaster-SC.html
Dedicated to the officers of this county who gave their lives in the line of duty * B. Frank Sowell Lancaster Police 1937 * Walter T. Bell Highway Patrol 1939 * Curtis J Pope Constable 1943 * Coleman B. McAteer Constable 1947 * Roy D Hardin Sherif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXB1_thomas-h-davis_Lancaster-SC.html
Honoring Thomas H. Davis Site where his forty year selection, (1880), of okra led to the nationally known variety of "Clemson Spineless Okra" 1939
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU6R_bufords-bloody-battleground_Lancaster-SC.html
Col. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town, were attacked by Col. Tarelton, May 29, 1780, at the site of the monument 955 feet southwest. The American loss was 113 kille…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMISQ_the-courthouse-lancaster-county-john-simpson_Lancaster-SC.html
[Front]:The Courthouse Lancaster CountyBuilt in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally trained architect, State Civil and Military Engineer and designer of the Washington Monu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXR_birthplace-of-andrew-jackson_Lancaster-SC.html
Seventh President of the United States. Near this site on South Carolina soil Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived and where Jackson himself said he was born.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFUL_camp-creek-methodist-church_Lancaster-SC.html
(Front) This church, organized in 1798 by Bishop Francis Asbury, held its first services in a log meeting house. On July 10, 1798, Middleton McDonald donated the meeting house and ten acres to church trustees Gideon Glaze, John Graham, George Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTW_bufords-massacre_Lancaster-SC.html
On this site, Col. Abraham Buford's force of about 350 American patriots, while returning to Hillsborough, N.C., following the fall of Charles Town, were overtaken by British troops commanded by Col. Banastre Tarelton, it is historically told that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTU_buford-battleground_Lancaster-SC.html
[Front] In order that all may continue to share the sentiments of that group of patriotic citizens of Lancaster County who erected a monument here on June 2, 1860 the inscriptions of this memorial are the same as those on the original monument.[R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSO_lancaster-chester-railway_Lancaster-SC.html
The Lancaster & Chester Railway, founded in 1896, was originally the Cheraw & Chester Railroad, chartered in 1873. The C&C, which never finished its route, was sold to Col. Leroy Springs (1861-1931) for $25,000 and renamed the Lancaster & Chester …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSN_lancaster_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Lancaster, founded in 1798, was first called Lancaster Court House and later known as Lancasterville. The seat of Lancaster District from 1800 to 1868, it has been the seat of Lancaster County since then. The town and county were na…
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