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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156F_site-of-first-methodist-church_Darlington-SC.html
The First Methodist Church was built in 1831 on land donated by Moses Sanders in 1830. This was five years before Darlington was chartered. It was a plain barn like building, not plastered or ceiled. A great revival was held in the church was held…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156B_mt-zion-baptist-church_Darlington-SC.html
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This church, founded in 1869, was organized by 36 black members of nearby Black Creek Baptist Church, who received letters of dismissal to form their own congregation. Rev. William Hart, its first minister, served until his death in 1872.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW7P_grove-hill-cemetery_Darlington-SC.html
Grove Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Darlington, was chartered in 1889. Citizens founded it "on account of the health of our town but also on account of the great scarcity of space in the church cemeteries." The original 26-acre tract…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV3O_darlington-county-confederate-monument_Darlington-SC.html
(North Side):On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.
(East Side):They never fail who Die in a great cause. While the tree of freedom's wither'd trunk puts for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJU_lawrence-reese_Darlington-SC.html
Marker Front:West Broad Street features several late-19th to early-20th century residences designed and built by Lawrence Reese (1865-1915), a native of Marlboro County who came to Darlington as a merchant by 1887. Reese, who had no formal trainin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJO_william-andrew-dowling_Darlington-SC.html
Born in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Parish of St. David by 1773. William served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1900, and was Darlin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJ1_lamuel-benton_Darlington-SC.html
Owner of many acres north of here, Lamuel Benton was prominent in the Revolution as Colonel of the Cheraws militia under Francis Marion and as forager for Greene's Continental Army. Member S.C. House of Representatives, 1781-87; Delegate to the S.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJ0_evan-pugh_Darlington-SC.html
One half mile east of this site Evan Pugh (1729-1802) is buried at Pugh Field near his homesite. He moved to this Pee Dee section in 1762 from Pennsylvania and served as a Minister for the Welsh Neck, Cashaway, and Mount Pleasant Churches of the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIH_mount-pleasant-baptist-church-lowthers-hill-cemetery_Darlington-SC.html
Marker Front:Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchMount Pleasant Baptist Church, organized by 1785, first met in a nearby school. It built a sanctuary here in 1791; that year Cashaway Baptist Church merged with it. In 1818 the congregation moved about 2 m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPID_darlington-county-jail_Darlington-SC.html
Side A This building, a New Deal project of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Public Works Administration (PWA), was built in 1937 at a cost of $60,000. Called "one of the most modern jails in the South," it was designed by Rock Hill architect Alfred D. Gil…