Chester County
13 places on the trail: 13 highway markers.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 12-06Alexander's Old FieldsThe skirmish which took place here at Alexander's Old Fields, now Beckhamville, on June 6, 1780, was the first victory f...
- 12-02Battle of Fishdam FordOn the east side of Broad River by an old Indian fish dam, General Thomas Sumter's camp was attacked before dawn on Nove...
- 12-03Battle of Fishing CreekAt this site on August 18, 1780 General Thomas Sumter camped with captured booty and 800 men. He was surprised and defea...
- 12-01Catholic Presbyterian ChurchOne mile south. Divergent Presbyterian groups held services in this area as early as 1759. Rev. William Richardson, acti...
- 12-04Home Site of Justice John GastonTwo miles south, at Cedar Shoals on the south side of Fishing Creek, was the home of John Gaston, Esq., Justice of the P...
- 12-05Landsford in the RevolutionThomas Sumter, William R. Davie, and Andrew Jackson all camped or quartered near here during up-country skirmishes after...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 12-10Brainerd InstituteThis institute grew out of an 1866 school for freedmen; it became Brainerd Institute in 1868 when the Board of Missions ...
- 12-14Old Zion A.M.E. Zion ChurchOld Zion Church formally organized by 1873. It was originally located 2 mi. E on Goings Rd. where it shared a cemetery w...
New South (1877-1913)
- 12-11Black Rock Baptist ChurchBlack Rock Baptist Church formally organized by 1874 and was originally part of the Gethsemane Baptist Association. The ...
- 12-12St. Paul Baptist Church at HalsellvilleThis congregation, originally known as St. Paul Colored Baptist Church, was formally organized by 1884 on nearby Goings ...