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(Front) Established by the S. C. Baptist Convention in 1825, Furman opened in Edgefield in 1826. Later sites were here at High Hills (1829-1834), Winnsboro (1837-1850), and Greenville in 1851 (now Furman University). In 1859 the theological depart…
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The National Registerof Historic PlacesSouth Carolina Department of Archives And History Church Of TheHoly Cross
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3S_joel-roberts-poinsett_Sumter-SC.html
Born in Charleston, S.C. Statesman, diplomat, authorand naturalist.Educated in medicine, military scienceand law,Traveled extensively in Asia and Europe.U.S. Commissionerconcerned with the independenceof South American Colonies.U.S. House of Repr…
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The Church of the Holy Cross began as a chapel of ease to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Clarendon County. In 1788, it was granted a charter as the Episcopal Church of Claremont. On September 11, 1850, the cornerstone of the present church was laid …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSW4_cane-savannah-plantation_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Cane Savannah Plantation was established in 1784 by a 4000-acre grant to Lt. Col. Matthew Singleton (1730-1787), state representative and officer who had served under Francis Marion during the American Revolution. The plantation is na…
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This honors his 250th birthday,1734-1984. Born in Va., Aug. 14.A frontiersman and Indian fighter.By 1760 he had settled in S.C. He wasa member First Provincial Congress,called in 1775 because war withEngland threatened. The commanderof The 6th Reg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZ9_battle-of-dingles-mill_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Here on Apr. 9, 1865, the day of Gen. Lee's surrender, was fought one of the last battles of the War between the States. 158 Confederates rallied by Col. Geo. W. Lee stopped, for several hours, the advance of 2700 Union troops under G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW7_site-of-the-battle-of-dingles-mill_Sumter-SC.html
This tablet marks the site of the Battle of Dingle's Mill fought April 9, 1865 between Potter's Brigade and the Reserve South Carolina Malitia C.S.A.Erected by Dick Anderson Chapter U.D.C. (Lower stone marker text)The adjacent marker was first …
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Battle fought at this site Apr. 9, 1865 Dedicated Saturday Jan. 27, 1979 3 P.M.Sponsored by Dick Anderson Chapter No. 75 (1896) United Daughters of the ConfedercyWm. E. Brunson III, noted War Between The States Arms and Records collector, Chr Many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN1_henry-j-maxwell-farm_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Henry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until his death in 1906. Maxwell, the son of Stephen J. and Thurston Johnson Maxwell, was born free on Edisto Island. A…
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