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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHID_jasper-county-jasper-county-courthouse_Ridgeland-SC.html
( Front Text)Jasper CountyThis county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and is named, it is said, for Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the American Revolution. The same act establishing the new county also desi…
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[ Emblem The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence, Inc ] ( We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor)Thomas Heyward Jr.Signer Of The DeclarationOf Independence Placed ByDescendants Of The Signers Of TheDecl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB07_gopher-tortoise-square_Ridgeland-SC.html
Prior to the 1890's, the town of Ridgeland wasknown as Gopher Hill, getting that name from theabundance of Gopher Tortoises that inhabited thesand hills of the area.Gopherus Polyphemus,commonly called the Gopher Tortoise, are long lived herbivores…
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This church was founded in 1870 withRev. Plenty Pinckney as its firstminister and worshipped in a "bushtent" nearby until a log church wasbuilt a few years later. A new framechurch was built on this site in the1890's during the pastorate of Rev.C.…
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[Marker Front]:Established on Edisto Island about1686 by Scotch dissenters, thisis the second oldest Baptist organization in the South. Formany years a branch of FirstBaptist Church in Charleston, Euhawdeclared itself a seperate churchin 1745 afte…
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[Marker front]:Ridgeland, named for its location on the ridge between Charleston and Savannah, has been the seat of Jasper County since the county was created in 1912. It was first named Gopher Hill and grew up around a depot built on the Charlest…
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( Front text )This church was organized February28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling andJ.T. Morrison with nine chartermembers. It was admitted to theSavannah River Baptist Associationwith Rev.Dowling as its firstminister. The congregation heldservices i…
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Member of South Carolina Provincial Congress and Council of Safety and of Continental Congress. Signer of Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and captain of militia at Battle of Port Royal and Siege of Charleston. Prisoner of…
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Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heywardwho built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory and export-import business on thesegrounds before his death in 1777. Original 500 acres King's Grant grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed by fire ca. 1865
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3T8_st-pauls-methodist-church_Ridgeland-SC.html
(Front side):This church, organized on 1890, is the oldest in Ridgland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations before the Civil War. When Julius G. Sipple of Grahamville encouraged Methodists in Ridgeland to organize a separate c…
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