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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJM_congaree-river-ferries-historical_Eastover-SC.html
(side 1) Joseph Joyner owned a private ferry on the Congaree River near this site by 1749. John McCord's private ferry succeeded Joyner's by 1757, becoming public in 1766 by statue. A route from Charleston to Camden crossed the river at McCord's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTQX_barnie-jordan-jr-memorial-highway_Eastover-SC.html
Named In Honor of Native of Edgefield County Longtime Resident of Richland County Born 1909 Died 1980 Who during 35 years as a general contractor built more than 1,000 miles of roads, streets and highways in South Carolina including this s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZD_eastover_Eastover-SC.html
(Front text) Eastover, so named for being "east and over" from Columbia, was a small rural community of the mid-19th century that grew into a town after the Wilmington, Columbia, & Augusta RR completed its line through this area in 1871. The town,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM6X_kensington_Eastover-SC.html
(Front text) This plantation on the Wateree River features a remarkable Italianate Revival house built in 1852-54. Designed by Charleston architects Edward C. Jones and Francis D. Lee, it was built for Matthew Richard Singleton (1817-1854) and Mar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLDE_robert-h-morrell-road_Eastover-SC.html
Air Base Road between Old Hopkins Road and Bluff Road Named in 1990 by actionof the General Assembly in honor of General Robert Hanly Morrell lifetime resident of Horrell Hill whose military career spanned 40 years 1936 — 1976 and who se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKOK_james-h-adams_Eastover-SC.html
Gov. of S.C. 1854-56, lived near here in his home named Live Oak, which burned ca. 1910. Adams is buried nearby at St. John's Church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJ8_st-phillip-a-m-e-church_Eastover-SC.html
This church, organized by 1835, met first in a brush arbor 1 ½ mi. N., then constructed a sanctuary on this site shortly thereafter. Its first pastor was Rev. Anderson Burns, and its original trustees were Joseph and Robert Collins, Barnes Fl…
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