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Two miles west is Power Spring, traditional site of the town laid out for the Londonborough settlers in 1765. Abandoned by their promoter in London, some three hundred German settlers were brought to South Carolina, given aid and bounty, and grant…
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Physician, naturalist, versatile intellect, agricultural leader, president of Abbeville District Medical Society, 1835. Friend of Agassiz, Audubon and other major scientists, by his own advanced thinking, he outlined a theory of serial evolution a…
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You are standing in a partial reconstruction of the Stockade Fort as it appeared in 1781. Archaeologists have identified remnants — see the outlines — of log buildings that existed here. An elevated firing step, called a banquette, was…
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One half mile south is the grave of John Waller, early minister of the Baptist faith in Virginia, where he is credited with founding eighteen churches. He was persecuted and imprisoned by the established church and civil authorities. In 1793, he m…
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To commemorateThe Cherokee TrailOld Ninety SixFirst White SettlementandFirst Court House in Upper S.C.First Blood Shed for Libertyin the StateNov. 19, 1775Erected byStar Fort Chapter D.A.R.1925
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Sacred to the MemoryofJames BirminghamVolunteerLong Cane MilitiaKilled at this SiteIn the Battle ofNovember 19-24, 1775The First South CarolinianTo Give His Life in theCause of Freedom—————Erected byThe American Legio…
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This stone honors James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian to lose his life for freedom during the Revolutionary War. Birmingham, a member of the Long Cane Militia, received his fatal wound from a Loyalist musket ball. He fought under the comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7A2_the-american-revolution-comes-to-the-south_Ninety-Six-SC.html
You are standing at the site of the first southern land battle of the Revolutionary War. The men fighting here were all Americans. The Loyalists supported British rule; the Patriots wanted independence from the Crown.
The location of Ninety Six…
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The Ninety Six jail stood on this site and the courthouse was about 100 yards from it, near the Charleston Road. After the Revolutionary War, the jail fell into disrepair and its bricks were reused for other purposes. But from 1772, when it was co…
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The convergence of roads at Ninety Six ensured its success as a hub of commerce, center for law and order, and haven for settlers in colonial times. In 1775 the village had a dozen dwellings, a jail, and, most importantly, a courthouse, making it …