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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJT_oates_Lamar-SC.html
Oates, a thriving rural community from the 1880s to the 1930s, grew up around a general store built nearby by William J. Oates (1826-1897). Oates's father James (1786-1873) had acquired a plantation here in 1824. William J. Oates, who moved to Flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJS_lydia-rural-fire-dept_Hartsville-SC.html
The Lydia Rural Fire Department, the first rural fire department in this county, was organized in 1954 after fires destroyed three houses in less than a month. Its organizers met at the store and gas station owned by E. Gay Bass (1913-1997). By mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJR_fair-hope-presbyterian-church_Lamar-SC.html
This church was organized in 1872 by Harmony Presbytery with Capt. Joseph Commander (1800-1883) as its first elder. This sanctuary, built on land donated by Commander, was moved here and remodeled about 1909. Fair Hope, a founding member of the Pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJQ_laurie-m-lawson_Hartsville-SC.html
Birthplace of L. M. Lawson (1873-1943), attorney, farmer, Methodist layman. Served in SC House 1905-10, SC Senate 1911-14, Pres. Darlington Agricultural Soc. 1938-39.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJP_wesley-chapel_Lamar-SC.html
Said to be Darlington County's oldest Methodist church, Wesley Chapel, thought to be founded in 1789, was the site of early camp meetings. By 1802, the church was known as Gully Meetinghouse and was located about 1 1/2 miles N. The site here was o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJO_william-andrew-dowling_Darlington-SC.html
Born in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Parish of St. David by 1773. William served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1900, and was Darlin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJN_augustin-wilson_Timmonsville-SC.html
Augustin Wilson, whose grave is about 150 ft. E. and marked by a partially embedded cannon barrel, was born 1755 in Va. During the American Revolution, he served with N.C. troops protecting S.C. against Tories and Indians and as an Ensign at the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJM_henry-c-burn-house_Society-Hill-SC.html
[Front] Henry C. Burn (1839-1912), state representative and Darlington County public servant, lived here from 1882 until his death. Burn, born in Chesterfield District, was educated at St. David's Academy in Society Hill, then at Furman University…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJL_caleb-coker-house_Society-Hill-SC.html
This house, built ca. 1832, was the home of Caleb Coker (1802-1869) and the birthplace of his son Maj. James Lide Coker (1837-1918), Confederate officer, industrialist, and founder of Coker College. Caleb Coker, a merchant, was also a director of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJJ_japonica-hall-maj-j-j-lucas_Society-Hill-SC.html
[Front] This house, built in 1896-97 and designed in the Beaux Arts style by noted S.C. architect Charles Coker Wilson, was the home of Maj. James Jonathan Lucas (1831-1914). An earlier house here, which burned in 1892, had been the home of Dr. Th…