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Simpsonville Cotton MillThis mill, opened in 1908, was built after several leading men of Simpsonville asked Edward F. Woodside of the Pelzer Manufacturing Co. to help them establish a textile mill. The Simpsonville Cotton Mill, with Woodside as p…
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Physician 64 Years.Mayor of Simpsonville 38 Years:1917 · 1923 · 1928 · 1958;Chairman Simpsonville School Board 20 Years
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Old Stage RoadThe town of Simpsonville grew up around a stagecoach stop nearby operated by Thomas Goldsmith (1788-1868). Goldsmith's house, on the Old Stage Road from Laurens to Greenville, was near a crossroads where the Old Stage Road met an old…
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[Front]:This town grew up around a stagecoach stop from Laurens to Greenville. For many years the community was known as "Plain," the name given to its first post office, opened in 1838 with Jesse T. Cook as postmaster. It was later named for Pete…
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In the twelfth century, when travel to spiritual centers such as Jerusalem became too difficult, cathedrals became substitute centers of pilgrimage for Christians in western Europe. On such pilgrimages, the walking of a labyrinth sometimes became …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOR_oakland-plantation_Simpsonville-SC.html
[Front]:This house was built in 1823 by Dr. Thomas Collins Austin (1790-1883), physician and planter. Austin attended the Medical University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and practiced medicine here for sixty years. His office, just north of th…
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National Historic SiteChurch Organized 1888Built 1913Entered in National Historic RegisterOctober 13, 1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKO7_the-old-arbor_Simpsonville-SC.html
The old arbor was the first building used by the people of Bethel. It is believed to have been built in the early 1800s. The land on which the arbor and church were built was given by John Bramlett, Solomon Holland and Benjamin Holland. Reunions o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKO1_bethel-church-cemetery_Simpsonville-SC.html
This historical graveyard has graves dating back to the 1800s. Many of the founders of the church are buried in the graveyard. They include the Yeargins, the Bramletts, and the Hollands as well as many more of the first members of the church. Anot…
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Bethel church was organized in 1801 by Bishop Francis Asbury. At first, meetings were held in the homes of John Bramlett, Solomon Holland and Deavoreaux Yeargin. Later, Mr. Bramlett gave four acres of land on which the Bethel church house was buil…