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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHS_attempted-ambush_Darlington-SC.html
On March 5, 1865, near the point where the Ebenezer Road crossed the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, the 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry of Col. Reuben Williams's command, deployed on either side of the tracks to capture a Confederate train approac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHR_samuel-bacot-1745-1795_Darlington-SC.html
Early land records indicate that Samuel Bacot settled in the back country of S.C. about 1770. He served in the State Militia during the Revolution, was taken prisoner by the British in 1780, but with his companions made his escape, avoiding confin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHQ_darlington-district-agricultural-society-the-mineral-spring_Darlington-SC.html
Darlington District Agricultural Society On May 5, 1846, a society was organized for "mutual improvement in agriculture and to promote the planting interest of the country." Most of the annual meetings since that time have been held at this spring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHO_george-w-dargan_Darlington-SC.html
Near this site stood the home of George W. Dargan, ante-bellum leader of this area, who served as State Senator, 1842-1847 and Chancellor of the S.C. Court of Equity, 1847-1859. He was a trustee of the S.C. College and a member of the Southern Rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8U_long-bluff_Society-Hill-SC.html
Marker Front:Long Bluff, 3/4 mile east on Great Pedee River, was the site of the first courthouse and jail for old Cheraws District in 1772. The town was known as Greeneville after the Revolution and remained the seat of justice until the formatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8P_society-hill-depot_Society-Hill-SC.html
Marker Front:This depot, built shortly after the Civil War, features a distinctive architectural design favored by the Cheraw & Darlington Railroad during its history as an independent line. The C & D, chartered in 1849, ran 40 miles between Chera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8N_execution-of-adam-cusack_Society-Hill-SC.html
In August or September 1780 Major James Wemyss's 63rd Regiment of Foot marched from Georgetown to Cheraw burning and looting Patriot houses and farms. When Adam Cusack, who ran a ferry over Black Creek, refused to take some British officers across…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH0_darlington-raceway_Darlington-SC.html
Marker Front:Darlington Raceway, the first superspeedway in NASCAR history, was constructed in 1950 by Harold Brasington, a local race promoter who saw an asphalt-paved track as an advance over the standard dirt tracks and wanted a 500-mile stock …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8SM_yankee-hill_Darlington-SC.html
[Front]:In the summer of 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, Federal troops began their occupation of many cities and towns in S.C. Units in Darlington in 1865-1866 included the 15th Maine Infantry, 29th Maine Veteran Volunteers. They campe…