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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Y8_reverend-john-simpson_Edgemoor-SC.html
[Front Side] In Memory of The Reverend John Simpson1740-1808WifeMary Remer1743-1812MinisterEducatorSoldierPatriot Married 1765- New Jersey Graduated Princeton College with high honors 1768Studied Divinity two years under private ministerLice…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Y5_fishing-creek-confederate-monument_Edgemoor-SC.html
In Memory of Our Confederate Dead.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Y3_fishing-creek-revolutionary-confederate-war-memorial_Edgemoor-SC.html
[Front Side]1775-1781Revolutionary SoldiersBuried in Fishing CreekPresbyterian Church Cemetery[List of Names] [Reverse Side]1861-1865In MemoriamConfederate VeteransBuried in Fishing Creek Pres.Cemetery[List of Names]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XH_colonel-robert-patton_Edgemoor-SC.html
Revolutionary War Soldier and Patriot SC Militia under General Thomas SumterJustice of the PeaceTax Inquirer & CollectorMember Committee of ElectionsMember, 1st & 2nd Provincial CongressesMember, General Assemblies
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8X9_fishing-creek-church_Edgemoor-SC.html
Presbyterian church reportedly est. 1752. Present building, enclosed with brick in 1958, dates from 1785. Cemetery contains pioneer settlers and veterans of many wars.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8X8_home-site-of-justice-john-gaston_Richburg-SC.html
Two miles south, at Cedar Shoals on the south side of Fishing Creek, was the home of John Gaston, Esq., Justice of the Peace under both the Royal and State governments. Though advanced in years, he was the leading spirit in arousing resistance to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8X7_landsford-landsford-in-the-revolution_Edgemoor-SC.html
[Front Side]Located about 4 mi. E., this ford, an early Indian crossing, was probably named for Thomas Land who received a nearby land grant from the Crown in 1775. Used by Patriot and British armies during the American Revolution. Later home of W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8WE_the-guardlock_Catawba-SC.html
During the Nineteenth Century the rivers of South Carolina Piedmont were notorious for flooding. This lock was used to safely lower boats into the canal when high river levels threatened to damage the banks and structures. During periods of normal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8WD_the-dam_Catawba-SC.html
As a boat approached the canal traveling south on the Catawba River, the patroon, or river boat pilot, first saw the diversion dam. The dam consisted of piles of loose stone on the river bottom. The dam projected from the bank at roughly forty deg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8WB_landsford-canal_Catawba-SC.html
A vital link in South Carolina's internal improvements program of the 1820's, the canal stands as a monument to the following men who typified the South Carolina spirit during this first great era of public works building: William R. Davie, dis…
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