Barnwell County
19 places on the trail: 19 highway markers.
People of Barnwell County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 06-15BarnwellBarnwell, originally called “Red Hill” and later “the Village,” was founded in 1800 when a courthouse was built on land ...
- 06-13Barnwell County CourthouseBarnwell County, originally Winton County, was created out of Orangeburgh District in 1785. Renamed Barnwell District in...
- 06-11Lower Three Runs Baptist ChurchThis church, originally located 8/10 mi. W on the old Augusta-to-Charleston road, was founded in 1789 by twelve charter ...
- 06-01Winton County Court House Site 1.4 milesOriginally Barnwell County was part of Granville County, later a part of Orangeburg District. Winton County was created ...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 06-17Ashley-Willis HouseThis Greek Revival house was built between 1833 and 1850 and features a wide gable-front form unusual for the period. Jo...
- 06-08Boiling Springs AcademyBoiling Springs Academy was founded by the Boiling Springs Academical Society in 1823, with trustees Hansford Duncan, Jo...
- 06-09Boiling Springs Presbyterian ChurchThis church was organized in 1842 by Rev. James H. Thornwell on authority from the Charleston Presbytery; F.J. and W.A. ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 06-10Bethlehem Baptist ChurchThis church, officially organized in 1868, had its origins in the antebellum Barnwell Baptist Church, which was located ...
- 06-16Macedonia Baptist ChurchThis church, the first African-American Baptist church in Barnwell County, was founded in 1866 when Rev. James T. Tolber...
New South (1877-1913)
- 06-18Bank of BarnwellThis building, constructed in 1887 as the Bank of Barnwell, was home to a succession of banks for 116 years. The bank oc...
- 06-12Barnwell County CourthouseThe county courthouse was on this site from 1871 to 1874. In 1869 Republican state senator Charles P. Leslie, a native o...
- 06-02Ellenton Agricultural ClubEstablished March 24, 1894, this agricultural club was organized to promote the welfare and interests of the Ellenton fa...
- 06-14HildaHilda, in the “Sleytown” section of Barnwell County, was chartered in 1910. It grew up around a depot built here in 1903...