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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8WA_great-indian-warrior-trading-path_Catawba-SC.html
The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/ Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VI_battle-of-fishing-creek_Great-Falls-SC.html
At this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defeated by Lt. Col. Tarleton and 160 soldiers. The disaster followed only two days General Gate's defeat by Lord Cornwallis at Camd…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VH_battle-of-beckhamville_Great-Falls-SC.html
British under Houseman surprised anddefeated by band of 33 patriots underCapt. John McLure with 9 Gastonbrothers and neighbors, who struckfirst blow for liberty and resistedattempt to subject people to oath ofallegiance to king.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VG_alexanders-old-fields_Great-Falls-SC.html
The skirmish which took place here at Alexander's Old Fields, now Beckhamville, on June 6, 1780, was the first victory for S.C. Patriots after the fall of Charleston. A band of Whigs under the command of Captain John McClure attacked and routed an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VF_catholic-presbyterian-church_Richburg-SC.html
One mile south.Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, active in the area, is credited with unifying and naming them in 1770. The cemetery contains many graves of Revolutionary and Confed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VE_fish-dam-battle-ground_Carlisle-SC.html
Rotary International To mark Fish Dam Battle Ground Nov. 8, 1780betweenGen. Sumter, AmericanMaj. Wemyss, BritishWon by Americans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8VD_battle-of-fishdam-ford_Carlisle-SC.html
On the east side of Broad River by an old Indian fish dam, General Thomas Sumter's camp was attacked before dawn on November 9, 1780 by the British 63rd Regiment and a detachment of the Legion, led by Major James Wemyss. The American campfires mad…