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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WK_howard-school_Georgetown-SC.html
After purchasing this land January 1, 1866, Georgetown Colored Academy built a school here. By 1908 the old building ad been torn down and a new school built, its name changed to Howard. The elementary department moved into a new structure on Kami…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WJ_john-and-mary-perry-cleland-house_Georgetown-SC.html
This house, one of Georgetown's earliest, was built ca.?1737 by John and Mary Perry Cleland. Mrs. Cleland inherited the property from her father John Perry, who had been granted a large tract in 1705 including the site of present-day Georgetown. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WG_winyah-schools_Georgetown-SC.html
Winyah Indigo School District was created in 1885 to maintain public education in Georgetown. In 1887, the district assumed the existing school owned by the Winyah Indigo Society, established in 1755. Completed in 1908 was a building housing grade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4WE_bethesda-baptist-church_Georgetown-SC.html
Organized shortly after the Civil War with Rev. Edward Rhue as its first pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church purchased this site by 1867. Construction of this sanctuary began in 1922 during the pastorate of Rev. A.W. Puller and was completed and dedic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W9_methodists_Georgetown-SC.html
William Wayne, nephew of Revolutionary General Anthony Wayne, was converted here by Bishop Francis Asbury on February 24, 1785, and a Methodist congregation was formed later that year. Woolman Hickson was appointed minister. This is the site of an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4TT_major-c-spencer-guerry_Georgetown-SC.html
After graduating from the University of South Carolina, C. Spencer Guerry began his law enforcement career on March 1, 1979, by joining the Georgetown Police Department. He rose through various positions of increasing responsibility until attainin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4SM_marquis-de-lafayette_Georgetown-SC.html
This tablet commemorates the 150th anniversary of the first landing of Marquis de Lafayette accompanied by Baron de Kalb on North Island, Georgetown County, S. C. June 13, 1777. He came to draw his sword for the young republic in the hour of her g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RN_town-clock-kaminski-building_Georgetown-SC.html
Town Clock: This Greek Revival market and town hall was built in 1842 after a fire destroyed many of the frame buildings on Front Street. An open-air market occupied the first floor and the town hall occupied the second floor; the clock tower and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R4_winyah-indigo-society_Georgetown-SC.html
Springing from the fervor for indigo, the colony's vital new crop for making blue dye, the Winyah Indigo Society was begun in 1755 and incorporated 1757 to ensure stronger financial support for the free school which it had founded. Thomas Lynch wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4R2_south-carolina-champion-oak_Georgetown-SC.html
The live oak between houses 513 and 515 Prince Street is registered with The American Forestry Associates as a State Champion - South Carolina. In 1940 the tree was estimated to be over 500 years old, and it measured 23 feet in circumference, 120 …