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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZU_church-of-the-holy-cross_Sumter-SC.html
The Church of the Holy Cross began as a chapel of ease to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Clarendon County. In 1788, it was granted a charter as the Episcopal Church of Claremont. On September 11, 1850, the cornerstone of the present church was laid …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSW4_cane-savannah-plantation_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Cane Savannah Plantation was established in 1784 by a 4000-acre grant to Lt. Col. Matthew Singleton (1730-1787), state representative and officer who had served under Francis Marion during the American Revolution. The plantation is na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRI0_rembert-cemetery_Sumter-SC.html
This cemetery was established in the early 1780's
Francis Asbury mentions in his journal that he buried Abijah Rembert here on December 4, 1805
Abijah is the Great-Grandson of Andre' Rembert/Immigrant
Marked on 8 October 2005 Teige Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGW_rembert-church_Sumter-SC.html
Site of camp meetings where Bishop Francis Asbury preached. First service held about 1786. In 1834 Caleb Rembert deeded eight acres to nine trustees for the use of the Methodist Church. John A. Colclough gave an adjacent tract of 2 ½ acres, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO8E_gen-thomas-sumter-memorial-highway_Sumter-SC.html
This honors his 250th birthday,1734-1984. Born in Va., Aug. 14.A frontiersman and Indian fighter.By 1760 he had settled in S.C. He wasa member First Provincial Congress,called in 1775 because war withEngland threatened. The commanderof The 6th Reg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZ9_battle-of-dingles-mill_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Here on Apr. 9, 1865, the day of Gen. Lee's surrender, was fought one of the last battles of the War between the States. 158 Confederates rallied by Col. Geo. W. Lee stopped, for several hours, the advance of 2700 Union troops under G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNW7_site-of-the-battle-of-dingles-mill_Sumter-SC.html
This tablet marks the site of the Battle of Dingle's Mill fought April 9, 1865 between Potter's Brigade and the Reserve South Carolina Malitia C.S.A.Erected by Dick Anderson Chapter U.D.C.
(Lower stone marker text)The adjacent marker was first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNS5_battle-of-dingles-mill_Sumter-SC.html
Battle fought at this site Apr. 9, 1865 Dedicated Saturday Jan. 27, 1979 3 P.M.Sponsored by Dick Anderson Chapter No. 75 (1896) United Daughters of the ConfedercyWm. E. Brunson III, noted War Between The States Arms and Records collector, Chr Many…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJN1_henry-j-maxwell-farm_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Henry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until his death in 1906. Maxwell, the son of Stephen J. and Thurston Johnson Maxwell, was born free on Edisto Island. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL3_kendall-institute_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text)Kendall Institute, founded on this site in 1891, was one of the first black schools in Sumter. It was funded by the Board of Missions for Freedmen of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The institute was named for Mrs. Julia B. Kenda…