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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOY0_hannah_Pamplico-SC.html
[Front] Hannah, named for the Hannah/Hanna family, was known as Cane Branch or Lynches River before a post office was opened here in 1887. William S. Hannah (1807-1876), a farmer and merchant, built his house nearby in 1847 and also ran a general …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXZ_greater-st-james-a-m-e-church_Lake-City-SC.html
[Front] This church was founded in 1883 by a Rev. Hill and twenty-five charter members. Early services were held in a member's house on E. Main Street. The congregation purchased a lot at the corner of Lake and N. Church Streets in 1885 and built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXX_william-w-harllee_Florence-SC.html
President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62), member of the General Assembly, and president …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXW_red-doe_Quinby-SC.html
[Front] This house was built in 1846 for Evander A. Gregg (1818-1874), a planter in what was Marion District. Its high masonry basement and porch form, indigenous to northeastern S.C., make it a fine example of a raised Carolina cottage. It was ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIL4_marion-at-ports-ferry-asbury-at-ports-ferry_Johnsonville-SC.html
Marion at Port's Ferry. Port's Ferry, 3 miles NE on the Pee Dee, was owned and operated by Frances Port (c. 1725-1812), widow of Thomas Port, who was a member of the Provincial Congress from Prince Frederick's Parish. This was a strategic crossing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIKU_witherspoons-ferry-johnsonville_Johnsonville-SC.html
Witherspoon's Ferry. In use during the American Revolution, Witherspoon's Ferry was the site at which Francis Marion accepted command of the Williamsburg Militia in 1780. Ownership of the ferry lands passed from Robert to John Witherspoon in 1787;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFN3_atomic-bomb-accident-at-mars-bluff-march-11-1958_Florence-SC.html
[Marker Front]In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here.The unarmed 7,600-lb., 10'8"-long bomb was aboard a B-47E bomber on a training mission headed for England. Its high-explosive tri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHS_william-h-johnson-birthplace_Florence-SC.html
Marker Front:William Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born nearby on Cox Street. His family later lived on the corner of Cheves and Kemp Streets. In 1918, at the age of 17, John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHR_christ-episcopal-church_Florence-SC.html
Marker front:First organized as a chapel in 1843 by the Rev. N.P. Tillinghast of Trinity Church, Society Hill, this church was formally established as Christ Church, Mars Bluff, in 1856. The Rev. Augustus Moore, who took over the chapel in 1854, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBXQ_hewn-timber-cabins_Florence-SC.html
The African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, in what was then Marion Dist…