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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RM6_help-for-marions-militia-1780-1781_Manning-SC.html
During the American Revolution, General Marion and his Militia needed help from local farmers for food, horses and medical care for wounds and diseases. Those shot or sick were left at the mercy of comrades and sympathy of Patriots. Medical care w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RLI_elusive-francis-marion-1780-1781_Summerton-SC.html
During the American Revolution, General Marion's Brigade eluded the British invaders. Marion's Militia slipped through swamps, trees and grasslands, enticing the British to follow and search along the Santee.
In November 1780, the British sent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWF_murrays-ferry-santee-river_Manning-SC.html
Chartered by acts of the General Assembly beginning March 8, 1741 with title vested successively in Joseph Murray · Theodore Gaillard · James Hunter, Trustee · Adam McDonald · Theodore Gourdin and William Stagge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10FV_cantey-family-cemetery_Greeleyville-SC.html
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This cemetery was established about 1739 by Joseph Cantey (d. 1763), planter and member of the Commons House of Assembly. It is on the site of Mount Hope, Cantey's plantation near the Santee River. Cantey served what was then Craven Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOA_miller-h-mellette-highway_Turbeville-SC.html
Named in 1979 in honor of The Rev. Miller H. Mellette Born 1888 — Died 1960 Member House of Representatives for 24 years Founder and Chairman of the Board of Free Will Baptist Children's Home Turbeville Pastor of numerous Free Will Baptists…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBC_together-let-us-sweetly-live_Summerton-SC.html
"Together let us sweetly live" Distinguished Followers of Justice Briggs VS. Elliott Rev. Joseph A. Delaine; Mr. Hammett Pearson; Mr. Levi Pearson; Mr. Harry Briggs; Mr. Joseph Lemon; Pioneers in the School Desegregation Case; Historical plaintiff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZA3_fuel-24_Manning-SC.html
The photograph above, taken about 1935, depicts the original gasoline station on this site.
In 1939, Gulf Oil Corp. replaced it with a "modern" porcelain station, complete with wash and grease bays, and it occupied this corner until it, too, wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ33_wyboo-swamp_Manning-SC.html
In March 1781, Lord Francis Hastings Rawdon, the British commanding officer in Charleston, designed a two-pronged assault against the forces of General Francis Marion. From Camden, Col. Welbore Ellis Doyle and the Volunteers of Ireland moved east …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ32_ox-swamp_Manning-SC.html
On the night of November 7, 1780, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Green Dragoons - together with Harrison's Provincials, a large unit of Tories from the area between the upper Santee and Wateree Rivers - camped at the plantation of the late …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYZM_ebenezer-baptist-church_Manning-SC.html
(Front text) This church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott "Aunt Mary" Harvin, and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor. In 1881 church trustees purchased a one-half acre lot here from Dr. J.G. Dinkins for $35.00. The present church,…