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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11VA_major-general-george-l-mabry-jr-veterans-memorial-park_Sumter-SC.html
Center Monument In remembrance of those who paid the supreme sacrifice that we may remain a free people Left front pedestal Major General George L. Mabry, Jr. Veterans Memorial ParkDedicated May 28, 1990Maj. Gen. George L. Mabry, Jr., U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTQM_church-of-the-holy-cross_Sumter-SC.html
The National Registerof Historic PlacesSouth Carolina Department of Archives And History Church Of TheHoly Cross
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT3S_joel-roberts-poinsett_Sumter-SC.html
Born in Charleston, S.C. Statesman, diplomat, authorand naturalist.Educated in medicine, military scienceand law,Traveled extensively in Asia and Europe.U.S. Commissionerconcerned with the independenceof South American Colonies.U.S. House of Repr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZU_church-of-the-holy-cross_Sumter-SC.html
The Church of the Holy Cross began as a chapel of ease to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Clarendon County. In 1788, it was granted a charter as the Episcopal Church of Claremont. On September 11, 1850, the cornerstone of the present church was laid …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSW4_cane-savannah-plantation_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Cane Savannah Plantation was established in 1784 by a 4000-acre grant to Lt. Col. Matthew Singleton (1730-1787), state representative and officer who had served under Francis Marion during the American Revolution. The plantation is na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIIC_early-charleston-road_Sumter-SC.html
This road largely followed the Catawba Path (1698). Widened by Public Act, 1753, and called "The Great Charleston Road," it joined that city with Camden and "The Back Country." Over it came Indians, pack-animals laden with hides, drovers, rolled h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9P_enon-baptist-church_Sumter-SC.html
This church was organized in 1872 by Rev. Benjamin Lawson and held early services in a brush arbor. The first sanctuary, a log building, was built about 1883, during the ministry of Rev. S.B.Taylor; its timbers were reused to build a frame sanctua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6K_battle-of-stateburg_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) In April 1865 2,700 Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter left Georgetown in a raid against the railroad lines between Sumter and Camden. After briefly occupying Sumter Potter advanced to Manchester and remained ther…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6B_battle-of-beech-creek-the-civil-war-ends-in-s-c_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text)Battle of Beech Creek In April 1865 Confederates formed a defensive line along the high ground above Beech Creek to oppose Brig. Gen. Edward Potter's Federals advancing through Stateburg toward Camden. S.C. militia, the 9th Ky. Mounted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI4H_bethel-baptist-church_Sumter-SC.html
(Front text) Bethel (Black River) Baptist Church was organized in 1780 and admitted to the Charleston Baptist Association in 1782. Its mother church was High Hills Baptist Church. Bethel was incorporated in December 1823. The Reverend Solomon Thom…
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