Hampton County
30 places on the trail: 30 highway markers.
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 25-04Lawtonville Church [First Marker]This Baptist Church, constituted in March 1775, was first situated on Pipe Creek in upper St. Peter's Parish near the Sa...
- 25-09Lawtonville Church [Second Marker]This Baptist congregation, originally known as Savannah River, Carolina Church, was constituted near here March 1, 1775,...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 25-13Cherry Grove Christian ChurchThis African-American church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ, was founded in 1855 by members of Three Mile Cr...
- 25-05Prince Williams Baptist ChurchPreviously a branch of nearby Coosawhatchie Baptist Church (now Beech Branch), this church was constituted as a separate...
- 25-17Whippy Swamp Muster GroundThis area, called Whippy Swamp Cross Roads, was in Beaufort District before Hampton County was created in 1878. In 1840 ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 25-10Hermitage PlantationThis plantation was owned by large land owner Geo. Rhodes (1802-1881) who signed Ordinance of Secession in 1860. Traditi...
- 25-08Old Pocotaligo Road, March from the SeaThis was a major road in the northern part of old Beaufort District for many years, appearing in Mills' Atlas of 1825. G...
- 25-22Steep Bottom Baptist ChurchSteep Bottom Baptist Church was constituted in 1814 through the efforts of Rev. Hezekiah A. Boyd and Rev. James Sweat. S...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 25-11Hickory Grove Baptist Church and CemeteryThis church, founded by 1869 with Rev. G.D. Kinard as its first pastor and 22 charter members, was admitted to the Barnw...
- 25-23Huspah Baptist Church and SchoolHuspah Baptist Church was organized c. 1873. The congregation first met in the homes of church members before erecting a...
- 25-07Morrison AcademyIn old Lawtonville Community, across from this site, was the first Morrison Academy, a one-room elementary and college p...
- 25-02Town of BrunsonOn November 7, 1872, a post office was established in this community, named for William E. Brunson, Sr., who donated the...
New South (1877-1913)
- 25-15Bank of HamptonThe Bank of Hampton, built in 1892, was the first bank organized in Hampton and an important part of the rapid growth an...
- 25-20Estill Methodist ChurchMembers of distant Lebanon Methodist Church held regular prayer meetings in Janie Boyd Rhodes’s Estill home from 1902 un...
- 25-19Estill Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1898 by residents of Estill and Lawtonville who were members of distant Presbyterian churches...
- 25-01Hampton CountyEstablished February 18, 1878, once a part of Beaufort District. Named in honor of WADE HAMPTON, Lieutenant General, C.S...
- 25-29Hampton County JailThis brick building was built in 1878-79 to house the Hampton County Jail. Its construction, as well as the building of ...
- 25-12James Washington Moore HouseThis house, built between 1878 and 1885, was the home of James Washington Moore (1837-1912), lawyer, Confederate officer...
- 25-03Miles McSweeney Home SiteOn this site stood the home of Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1854-1909), first governor of South Carolina from Hampton Count...
- 25-28Steele Missionary SchoolNorthern teacher Almira S. Steele opened a school for African American children at this site c.1885. Part of the America...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 25-24Davis Swimming Pool and AirstripBuilt by Wilbur Davis on an artesian well in 1916, this private swimming pool was a popular picnic and party venue for G...
- 25-21Gifford Rosenwald SchoolGifford Rosenwald School, sometimes called Gifford Colored School, was built here in 1920-21. It was one of 500 rural sc...
- 25-06Hampton Colored SchoolConstructed for black students, this elementary school was built shortly after Hampton County School District purchased ...
- 25-30Macedonia SchoolThis is the site of Macedonia School, an African American public school founded by Macedonia Baptist Church. The congreg...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 25-16American Legion HutThis 1933 cypress-log hut is the headquarters of American Legion Post #108. Legionnaires and other local citizens cut cy...
- 25-26Brunson Rosenwald SchoolThe Brunson Rosenwald School, also known as the Brunson Colored School, was built on this site in 1925-26. The two-teach...
- 25-27Estill Rosenwald SchoolThe Estill Rosenwald School (Estill Colored School), was built on this site in 1925-26. Funded in part by the Julius Ros...
- 25-18Plywoods-Plasitcs CorporationThis complex, opened in 1942 as Plywoods-Plastics Corporation, has been significant in the industry and economy of Hampt...
- 25-14World War II POW CampGerman prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from September 1943 to the spring of 1946. This camp, one of 21...
- 25-25Yemassee Rosenwald SchoolIn 1929 Elvira Jackson sold 4 acres of land to Yemassee School District #26 for $500. The land was to be used to build a...