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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQM_fort-watson_Summerton-SC.html
Assigned to hold all of eastern South Carolina but with only a small force at his disposal, Col. John Watson needed to build a fort to protect the vital transportation corridor between Charleston and Camden, the British inland headquarters. The sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQC_halfway-swamp_Pinewood-SC.html
In December 1781, Maj. Robert McLeroth and the 64th Regiment were conducting newly-arrived British army recruits of the Royal Fusiliers from Charleston to the High Hills of Santee. Learning of McLeroth's movement, Col. Francis Marion led some 700 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXZJ_east-clarendon_Turbeville-SC.html
Center PanelIn Memory and in Honor of all East Clarendon men and women who served in the armed forces of our country
Left PanelArmyAir Force
Right PanelNavyMarinesCoast Guard
BaseIn Grateful Tribute to the Living and the Dead
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX39_francis-marion-reflections_Manning-SC.html
During the American Revolution, 1780, General Marion and the men of his Brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River Basins. It is unlikely that they thought they would be remembered by future generations. It may be that Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT2X_encounter-at-halfway-swamp-site-of-original-st-marks-church_Pinewood-SC.html
[Front]: On Dec. 12, 1780, an old tradition says, British Major Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Francis Marion, but avoided all-out battle by slipping away after pretending to agree to a staged combat, twenty on each side. Credence is g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT0H_encounter-at-halfway-swamp-site-of-original-st-marks-church_Pinewood-SC.html
Encounter at Halfway Swamp On December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by Gen. Francis Marion. The British first agreed to a staged combat with twenty men on each side, but slipped away during…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYO_pond-bluff-to-st-stephens_Manning-SC.html
After the American Revolution, General Marion's militiamen re-built his home. Francis Marion, at age 53, married Mary Esther Videau, April 20, 1786. They lived at Pond Bluff, on the south edge of the Santee Swamp and raised pineland cattle. With O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK49_santee-national-wildlife-refuge_Summerton-SC.html
This land...inhabited by Native Americans.This site, once occupied by Native Americans, was a major ceremonialcenter for the surrounding area. The Santee Indian mound is typical ofpyramidal, flat-topped mounds that are widely distributed througho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHD_summerton-presbyterian-church_Summerton-SC.html
[Front]: This church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in the Methodist church before the Civil War. The first worship site, a renovated carriage house, was located ½ mi.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIHA_mt-zion-a-m-e-church_Summerton-SC.html
[Front] This church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here soon afterwards. Rev. Daniel Humphries, its first pastor, served both Mt. Zion and its sister church St. James 1865-187…