Calhoun County
27 places on the trail: 27 highway markers.
People of Calhoun County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 09-05Calhoun CountyFirst settled in 1704, this region by 1733 included Amelia and lower Saxe Gotha townships. In 1765 much of it was made p...
- 09-01First Land Granted in Calhoun County AreaGeorge Sterling was granted 570 acres of land here on March 14, 1704. During the lifetime of his daughter, Mary Sterling...
- 09-00Savany HuntThis stream was originally called Savannah Hunt, but German-speaking settlers about 1740 corrupted the first word and Sa...
- 09-04St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Parent Lutheran Church of this AreaIn 1737-38, the elder Rev. John U. Giessendanner from Orangeburg began Lutheran work in this area; this was continued by...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 09-24British Outpost at Belleville PlantationWest of the highway is the site of Belleville, a plantation on the banks of the Congaree River owned by William Thomson....
- 09-07Sandy Run ChurchThis Lutheran church, one of the oldest in the state, is thought to have been organized ca. 1765. By 1774, the Rev. Lewi...
- 09-11St. Matthew's ParishSt. Matthew’s Parish was established by the S.C. Colonial Assembly between 1765 and 1768. The first of four church build...
- 09-02St. Matthew's Parish Episcopal ChurchStands 0.4 mile NW of this spot. An act creating the parish in 1765 was disallowed by the king. A second act was approve...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 09-03Jericho Methodist Church Mile and a Half EastBishop Francis Asbury stopped in this region in 1801 and 1803. About 1811, a congregation was organized and by 1815 Jeri...
- 09-08Mt. Lebanon CemeteryThis is the original site of Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church, organized January 13, 1844, as an extension of the St. Matthew...
- 09-18Pine Grove Evangelical Lutheran ChurchIn 1841, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (5 mi. W) directed Rev. J.P. Margart to begin holding services in the nearby Pine ...
- 09-06Shady Grove ChurchShady Grove Methodist Church was an outgrowth of Tabernacle Church, the parent Methodist body of this area. It was built...
- 09-26St. Matthews Railroad CutAcross the street is the St. Matthews Railroad Cut. The cut was built in 1841 as part of the first branch line of the S....
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 09-14Bethel A.M.E. Church and SchoolBethel A.M.E. Church was established in 1865 and held its early services under a brush arbor. Bethel was the first A.M.E...
- 09-09Mount Pleasant Baptist ChurchThe first church built by African Americans at Fort Motte grew out of services held by slaves at nearby Bellville, Goshe...
- 09-17Mt. Carmel Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1870 by freed slaves, this Baptist congregation is said to have first met in a brush arbor before temporari...
New South (1877-1913)
- 09-12Lang Syne CemeteryEstablished by the Peterkin family c. 1905, buried here are many former slaves and their descendants. Among those interr...
- 09-15Oakland CemeteryThis cemetery was named for nearby Oakland Plantation (c. 1800), the home of William Sabb Thomson (1785-1841), a planter...
- 09-16St. John Good Samartian Lodge Hall and CemeterySt. John Good Samaritan Lodge Hall and Cemetery were established c. 1900 on land sold by Jack Johnson. Among the early t...
- 09-25St. Peter AME Church and SchoolThis African Methodist Episcopal (AME) congregation organized in 1880 when five trustees acquired one acre of land at th...
- 09-13True Blue CemeteryTrue Blue cemetery was established as the burial ground for slaves, former slaves, and their descendants from True Blue ...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 09-19Fort Motte Rosenwald School SiteThis site was the location of the Fort Motte Rosenwald School, one of two built in Calhoun County between 1924 and 1926....
- 09-10Good Hope PicnicThe Good Hope Picnic, a celebration of the end of the planting season, is the oldest African-American event in the Lone ...
- 09-20St. Matthews C.T.S. SiteSt. Matthews County Training School (C.T.S.), one of two Rosenwald Schools in Calhoun County, was built on this 4-acre s...
- 09-22West End Public LibraryIn 1950, West End Calhoun County Library opened in a rented 4-room building off Clahoun Road to serve Black residents of...