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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEV0_walterboro-army-airfield_Walterboro-SC.html
(Left Column)Walterboro Army Airfield In the late 1920's and 1930's, a rough landing strip was made on the farm of C.C. Anderson just outside Walterboro. Starting in 1941, as part of the World War II effort,The U.S. Government acquired the site of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC3A_john-jacob-heyer_Fairfax-SC.html
Historical MarkerEight Hundred fifty-three feet west of this marker lies the Northwest cornerof the three hundred acre tractgranted byThe Colonial Governor's Councilto John Jacob Heyer, Sr. and his wife Mary Magdalene Wagnerof Pfalzgrafenweiler, G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F6_walterboro-jail_Walterboro-SC.html
This neo-Gothic building, designed by Jones and Lee, noted architects of Charleston, and constructed by J.& B. Lucas in 1855-56, replaced the jail built in 1822 when Walterboro became the seat of justice of Colleton District. It served as a jail u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5K6_colonel-issac-hayne_Manassas-SC.html
As a grateful and reverential tributetoA noble martyr in behalf of libertyThe State OfSouth CarolinaHas erected this memorial toColonel Issac Haynewho was captured near here by the BritishJuly 6, 1781, and in violation of the Customsof War was han…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5K3_general-greene-at-the-round-o_New-York-SC.html
General Nathanael Greene advanced into the Low Country with the Continental Army under his command and set up headquarters in this vicinity on the Round O in December 1781 before moving down to protect the General Assembly convened at Jacksonborou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5GV_walterborough-academy_Walterboro-SC.html
Incorporated December 17, 1834, Walterborough Academy was the forerunner of the present city school system. Its trustees were Malachi Ford, John G. Godfrey, John D. Edwards, David Campbell, and Archibald Campbell. The Reverend John B. Van Dyke ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM509_fateful-choices-the-hanging-of-isaac-hayne_Luray-SC.html
Isaac Hayne tried to spend the rest of the Revolutionary War in peace after the British captured Charleston in 1780. Although he had supported independence, Hayne accepted a parole - a promise to remain neutral - in exchange for his freedom. But t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZZ_martyr-of-the-revolution-hayne-hall_Waynesboro-SC.html
Martyr Of The Revolution When Loyalists soldiers attacked the camp of Col. Isaac Hayne's S.C. malitia about 5 mi. W on July 7, 1781, they captured Hayne. He was soon condemned as a traitor because he had previously declared allegiance to Great Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Y5_edmundsbury_Green-Pond-SC.html
A brick Chapel of Ease for St. Bartholomew's Parish was built here in 1785 in a town laid out in 1740 and named for Landgrave Edmund Bellinger. The vestry reported the chapel unfit for use in 1786, and in 1810 it fell in ruins. A new chapel was bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4Y0_battle-of-parkers-ferry_Closter-SC.html
Sent to intercept a raid by 540 Hessians, British, and Tories, General Francis Marion with a force of 400 men on August 30, 1781 set up an ambuscade along this road about 1 mile from the ferry. The enemy advancing along the narrow causeway were su…