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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRI_kilburnie_Lancaster-SC.html
This late Federal-style house blending elements of the Greek-revival style with Victorian-era modifications was built by local dentist Joseph Lee between 1826 and 1834. Thought to be the oldest residence in the town of Lancaster, Kilburnie was own…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRH_barrs-tavern-site_Lancaster-SC.html
On the morning of May 27, 1791, President George Washington had breakfast near here at Nathan Barr's Tavern, which was located about a mile and a half north of the present Lancaster Courthouse. According to local tradition, Washington paid for his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRF_elizabeth-hutchinson-jackson_Lancaster-SC.html
[West Side]Erected to the memory of Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson. Mother of Andrew Jackson seventh President of the United States.
[South Side]It was her zeal for accomplishment that made handicaps seem to resolve themselves in her favor which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRE_waxhaw-presbyterian-church-monument_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]The first church in upper So. Car. This 4½ acre tract was deeded to the congregation by Robert Miller school teacher and minister, Mar.9, 1758. The first pastor was Rev. Wm. Richardson, 1759-1771. The earliest building of logs w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRD_waxhaw-presbyterian-church_Lancaster-SC.html
About 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew Jackson, born nearby, was baptized there. His father lies in the churchyard with other early settlers of the Waxhaws and many ve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFRC_boundary-line_Lancaster-SC.html
One of the last refinements in the N.C.-S.C. boundary was marked with a stone inscribed "1813" and located about ½ mile SE of here. This adjustment was made because of uncertainty in location of the Salisbury Road which had served as north-so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR9_the-revolution-in-the-backcountry-sumters-camp-at-clems-branch_Fort-Mill-SC.html
[Marker Front]:The Revolution in the BackcountryAfter British forces took Charleston in May 1780, they set up outposts in the backcountry and attempted to control the state by encouraging Loyalists. Backcountry Patriots organized a resistance in r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR8_stephen-decatur-miller_Lancaster-SC.html
[Marker Front]:Governor of South Carolina from 1828 until 1830, Miller was born near here May 8, 1787, the son of Charles and Margaret White Miller. He served in the US House of Representatives (1822-1828), and US Senate (1831-1833). He died March…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR4_birthplace-of-andrew-jackson-monument_Lancaster-SC.html
[Carving Side]"I was born in So Carolina, as I have been told, at the plantation whereon James Crawford lived about one mile from the Carolina Road X of the Waxhaw Creek" Andrew Jackson to J.H. Witherspoon, August 11, 1824.
Jackson said in his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR2_the-boy-of-the-waxhaws_Lancaster-SC.html
This statue of the young Andrew Jackson is a gift to the children of South Carolina by the sculptor, Anna Hyatt Huntington. Children of the elementary schools throughout the state contributed their nickel and dimes for the base.
"We, the childr…