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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85U_edgefield-county-confederate-monument_Edgefield-SC.html
Erected by theWomenofEdgefield, S.C.to the Memoryof their ConfederateDead.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85S_edgefield-county-veterans-memorial_Edgefield-SC.html
[Front]:Dedicatedin grateful tributeto the men and womenof Edgefield Countywho served in the armedforces of our countryduring World War I-IIand Korean War inpreserving our freedomand our way of life.[Reverse]:Dedicatedin grateful tributeto the men…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85Q_martha-m-rich-building_Edgefield-SC.html
This building is dedicated to Martha M. Rich for her long and faithful service to Edgefield County. County Council MembersC. Monroe Kneece - ChairmanSamuel B. Speight - Vice ChairmanBetty Ann ButlerNorman DornHazel M. KitchensWayne Adams - Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM85K_edgefield-county-world-war-i-memorial_Edgefield-SC.html
Erected by the Edgefield Daughtersof the American Revolution in memoryof the men from Edgefield Countywho gave their lives in the War withGermany; and to all who answeredtheir country's call in service andsacrifice and still live to add gloryto Ed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84Y_first-term-of-court_Edgefield-SC.html
First Term of Court Held in thisBuilding Spring Term 1839John S. Richardson - Presiding JudgeGeorge Pope - Clerk of CourtW.H. Moss - SheriffJames J. Caldwell - SolicitorA.B. AddisonChairman Public Buildings
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84X_religion-education_Edgefield-SC.html
Religion has played an important part in the lives of the people of Edgefield County. In the 1760's, the great evangelist Daniel Marshall, came to this area and established Big Stevens Creek and Horn's Creek Churches. In 1826 Edgefield Baptists, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84V_industrial-history_Edgefield-SC.html
About 1810, Dr. Abner Landrum developed Edgefield's first major industry, a pottery factory at "Pottersville." The most famous potter in Edgefield's history was an African American slave named "Dave." In the 1820's, Henry Schultz, a native of H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84Q_agricultural-history_Edgefield-SC.html
In the 18th century, Edgefield County had largely a subsistence economy in which the settlers consumed what they raised. Beginning around 1800, following the invention of the cotton gin, planters began to grow cotton, which became an extremely pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM84M_edgefield-county_Edgefield-SC.html
Present-day Edgefield County was first settled in the 1750's, then a portion of a vast unsettled region of virgin forests, abundant wildlife and Indian tribes. From the time of the first settlements through the period of the American Revolution, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM83W_the-name-edgefield_Edgefield-SC.html
The origin of the name "Edgefield" is shrouded in mystery. There are six principle theories as to how the name may have come to be applied to this county and town: (1) Robert Mills, in his 1826 Statistics of South Carolina, said that the distri…
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