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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPI_last-home-of-wade-hampton_Columbia-SC.html
Wade Hampton, III, born March 28, 1818, was commander of Hampton Legion, 1861, with rank of Colonel; Lieutenant General, C. S. A., 1865; Governor of S. C. 1876-79; U. S. Senator 1879-91. He died April 11, 1902 in this house, given to him in 1899 b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJP0_horry-guignard-house_Columbia-SC.html
One of the oldest houses in Columbia; built before 1813, probably by Peter Horry (1747-1815), Colonel in Revolution, Brigadier General of S.C. militia. Later home of John Gabriel Guignard (1751-1822), Surveyor General of S.C., 1798-1802.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJL2_ladson-presbyterian-church_Columbia-SC.html
Congregation originated in the Sabbath School for colored people organized by the First Presbyterian Church 1838, later conducted by the Rev. G. W. Ladson. A chapel for the Negro members of that church was built here 1868. Rebuilt 1896. The title …
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJJ7_randolph-cemetery_Columbia-SC.html
[Front]:Randolph Cemetery, founded in 1871, was one of the first black cemeteries in Columbia. It was named for Benjamin Franklin Randolph (1837-1868), a black state senator assassinated in 1868 near Hodges, in Abbeville County. Randolph, a native…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJHT_wesley-methodist-church_Columbia-SC.html
(Front text) Wesley Methodist Church is the oldest African American Methodist congregation in Columbia. It was founded in 1869 by Rev. J.C. Emerson and was a separate black congregation instead of forming from an established white church. First ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGO_lincoln-street_Columbia-SC.html
Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, for whom this street is named, was a division commander in the Saratoga Campaign. In 1778, he became commander of the Southern Department of the American Army and was in command at Charleston when the city surrendered to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGL_huger-street_Columbia-SC.html
This street was named for Brig. Gen. Isaac Huger, who fought in the Cherokee War of 1760 and during the American Revolution at Stono, Savannah, Siege of Charlestown, Guilford Court House, Hobkirk Hill. Born 1743 at Limerick Plantation in the paris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJGH_first-baptist-church_Columbia-SC.html
Congregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troops who mistook it for the present church, built 1859, where the Secession Convention had met Dec. 17, 1860. Because of reported…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFF_gibbes-green_Columbia-SC.html
Named for Maj. Wade Hampton Gibbes (1837-1903) prominent Columbian who owned much of the land to the east, Gibbes Green consisted of an area of land bounded by Pendleton, Bull, Pickens, and Greene Streets. Acquired by S. C. College by 1838, the la…