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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPG2_edward-crosland-house_Bennettsville-SC.html
This marks the oldest house in Bennettsville, built in 1800 by Edward Crosland, who was born in England and later married Ann Snead. He died in Bennettsville in 1821. He was a Patriot, American Revolutionary Soldier and Plantation Owner. His young…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZW_confederate-civil-war-monument_Bennettsville-SC.html
[Inscriptions: South face]1861UDC
303 of Marlboro's noble sons sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, in prison, and by disease.
"God's peace is everlasting" are the dream-words of their sleep.
Erected A.D. 1907 ——&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML8F_welsh-neck-settlement_Bennettsville-SC.html
Welsh Baptists from Pennsylvania and Delaware settled on the east bank of the Pee Dee as early as 1737. Most of the lands in the Welsh Neck, from Crooked Creek to Hunt's Bluff, had been granted by 1746. A Baptist congregation was organized in 1738…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML82_abel-kolbs-murder-welsh-neck-cemetery_Bennettsville-SC.html
Marker Front:Colonel Abel Kolb was a prominent Revolutionary War Patriot of this area. A band of Tory raiders, on the night of April 27-28, 1781, surrounded the home of Colonel Kolb and his family. He was shot while surrendering himself as a priso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7Z_marlborough-court-house-old-river-road_Bennettsville-SC.html
Marker Front:Located about one mile N. of here was the original county seat of Marlborough County, established in 1785. Tristram Thomas conveyed two acres of land to the county for the erection of public buildings in 1787, and the court house and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7F_marlborough-county-court-house_Bennettsville-SC.html
Four court houses for Marlborough District or County have stood on this square since Apr. 4, 1820, when it was deeded by John S. Thomas for that purpose. The first court house, completed before 1824, was replaced by a new building in 1852. It was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6W_bennettsville-presbyterian-church_Bennettsville-SC.html
Marker Front:This church was founded in 1855 by nine members of the Great Pee Dee Presbyterian Church, 5 mi. SE. Rev. Pierpont E. Bishop was its first permanent minister. The first church, a frame building, was dedicated in 1855. Elder J. Beatty J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6U_daniel-calhoun-roper_Tatum-SC.html
This cabinet member and diplomat was born two miles south of here. He graduated from Trinity College in 1888 and later became head of Marlboro High School, near here. He was Franklin D. Roosevelt's first secretary of commerce from 1933 to 1938 and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6S_brownsville-church_Blenheim-SC.html
In 1788, this Baptist congregation, while still a branch of Cashaway Church (1756), purchased this land from the Rev. John Brown. The branch became an independently constituted church in 1789 named Muddy Creek and by 1829 was known as Brownsville.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6J_frederick-charles-hans-bruno-poellnitz-ragtown_Blenheim-SC.html
Marker Front:Born 1754 in Gotha, Germany, this former chamberlain to King Frederick the Great of Prussia came to America in 1782. Known as Baron Poellnitz, he lived in New York City nearly 8 years before moving 4 mi. W of here on the Pee Dee River…