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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156H_hartsville-veterans-monument_Hartsville-SC.html
Monument Honoring World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Veterans.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156D_hartsville-graded-school-mt-pisgah-nursery-school_Hartsville-SC.html
Hartsville Graded SchoolThe first public school for the black children of Hartsville and vicinity operated on this site from about 1900 to 1921. It was renamed Darlington County Training School in 1918. A new school was built on 6th St. south of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10IE_cokers-pedigreed-seed-company-coker-experimental-farms_Hartsville-SC.html
(Front) This company, incorporated in 1914 by David R. Coker (1870-1938), grew out of his pioneering work breeding plants and developing high-quality seeds. At first focusing on helping Southern farmers grow superior upland cotton, it later had gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJS_lydia-rural-fire-dept_Hartsville-SC.html
The Lydia Rural Fire Department, the first rural fire department in this county, was organized in 1954 after fires destroyed three houses in less than a month. Its organizers met at the store and gas station owned by E. Gay Bass (1913-1997). By mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJQ_laurie-m-lawson_Hartsville-SC.html
Birthplace of L. M. Lawson (1873-1943), attorney, farmer, Methodist layman. Served in SC House 1905-10, SC Senate 1911-14, Pres. Darlington Agricultural Soc. 1938-39.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIZ_damascus-methodist-church_Hartsville-SC.html
The church organized as early as 1817 and known as "Wright's Meeting House, Black Creek" was the first Methodist congregation in the area. James D. Wright, an elder who was appointed "Exhorter" in 1826, preached here until his death in 1862. Damas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIY_hartsville-oil-mill_Hartsville-SC.html
Side A The Hartsville Oil Mill, founded in 1900 by J.L. Coker, D.R. Coker, and J.J. Lawton, stood here until 1993. A cotton oil mill, it crushed cottonseed to produce cooking oil; meal and cake for feed and fertilizer; and lint for stuffing and ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIX_butler-school_Hartsville-SC.html
Butler School, located on this site since 1921, was the second public school to serve Hartsville's black community and operated for over sixty years. Known as the Darlington Co. Training School until 1939, it was renamed for Rev. Henry H. Butler, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIW_first-baptist-church_Hartsville-SC.html
Side A Members of New Providence and Gum Branch Baptist churches under John L. Hart's leadership began Hartsville Baptist, the first church in town, 16 November 1850. A union Sunday school met on the site as early as July 1849. John L. Hart donate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPIU_welsh-neck-high-school-coker-college_Hartsville-SC.html
Welsh Neck High School The Welsh Neck Baptist Association initiated this institution as a coeducational boarding school. It opened Sept. 17, 1894, through the generosity of Maj. James Lide Coker, Civil War veteran, local industrialist, and the sch…