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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHX_wilson-crossroads-dr-peter-a-wilson_Darlington-SC.html
Wilson Crossroads At this point the Camden-Mars Bluff road intersected the road to Darlington on property granted to the Reverend John Wilson (1790-1869) by the state of South Carolina in 1837. Wilson, a North Carolinian, settled here, and after h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHV_edmund-h-deas_Darlington-SC.html
After moving to Darlington County in the 1870s, Edmund H. Deas served as county chairman of the Republican Party for a number of years and was a delegate to four national conventions. A black candidate for Congress in 1884 and 1890, Deas was Deput…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHU_st-james-church_Darlington-SC.html
Side A This United Methodist Church was originally named Pearl Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The first trustees were Henry Brown, Abner Black, Wesley Dargan, Zeddidiah Dargan, January Felder, Randolph Hart and Rev. B. Frank Whittemore. Tradit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHT_macedonia-church_Darlington-SC.html
Side A Tradition says first meetings of this Baptist Church were held in the home of Laura Brown. A house of worship was constructed on the N.E. corner of present S. Main and Hampton streets on land purchased during 1866-1874. The present site was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHS_attempted-ambush_Darlington-SC.html
On March 5, 1865, near the point where the Ebenezer Road crossed the Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, the 29th Missouri Mounted Infantry of Col. Reuben Williams's command, deployed on either side of the tracks to capture a Confederate train approac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHR_samuel-bacot-1745-1795_Darlington-SC.html
Early land records indicate that Samuel Bacot settled in the back country of S.C. about 1770. He served in the State Militia during the Revolution, was taken prisoner by the British in 1780, but with his companions made his escape, avoiding confin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHQ_darlington-district-agricultural-society-the-mineral-spring_Darlington-SC.html
Darlington District Agricultural Society On May 5, 1846, a society was organized for "mutual improvement in agriculture and to promote the planting interest of the country." Most of the annual meetings since that time have been held at this spring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPHO_george-w-dargan_Darlington-SC.html
Near this site stood the home of George W. Dargan, ante-bellum leader of this area, who served as State Senator, 1842-1847 and Chancellor of the S.C. Court of Equity, 1847-1859. He was a trustee of the S.C. College and a member of the Southern Rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKH0_darlington-raceway_Darlington-SC.html
Marker Front:Darlington Raceway, the first superspeedway in NASCAR history, was constructed in 1950 by Harold Brasington, a local race promoter who saw an asphalt-paved track as an advance over the standard dirt tracks and wanted a 500-mile stock …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8SM_yankee-hill_Darlington-SC.html
[Front]:In the summer of 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, Federal troops began their occupation of many cities and towns in S.C. Units in Darlington in 1865-1866 included the 15th Maine Infantry, 29th Maine Veteran Volunteers. They campe…