Lancaster County
40 places on the trail: 36 highway markers, 4 battlefields and state sites.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 29-07King Hagler's MurderOn the Catawba Path near here/King Hagler,/Chief of the Catawba Nation/(1750-1763),/was slain on August 30, 1763, by a r...
- 29-03Waxhaw Presbyterian ChurchAbout 3 miles W. is Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, organized 1755, first church in upper South Carolina. President Andrew J...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 29-01Battle of Hanging RockAbout 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded m...
- 29-19Beaver Creek SkirmishAmerican forces under Major William R. Davie had captured a British convoy July 21, 1780, and were retreating with priso...
- 29-09Birthplace of Andrew JacksonSeventh President of the United States. Near this site on South Carolina soil, Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767...
- 29-02Buford's Bloody BattlegroundCol. Buford's 11th Virginia Regiment and a detachment of Washington's Cavalry, retreating after the fall of Charles Town...
- 29-20Flat Creek Baptist ChurchThis church, organized July 4, 1776 by Rev. George Pope, a native of Virginia, held its first meetings in a brush arbor ...
- 29-28The Revolution in the BackcountryAfter British forces took Charleston in May 1780, they set up outposts in the backcountry and attempted to control the s...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 29-11Barr's Tavern SiteOn the morning of May 27, 1791, President George Washington had breakfast near here at Nathan Barr's Tavern, which was l...
- 29-14Boundary LineOne of the last refinements in the N.C.-S.C. boundary was marked with a stone inscribed "1813" and located about ½ mile ...
- 29-21Camp Creek Methodist ChurchThis church, organized in 1798 by Bishop Francis Asbury, held its first services in a log meeting house. On July 10, 179...
- 29-10James Ingram HomeWhile on his Southern tour, President George Washington spent the night of May 26, 1791, at the James Ingram house, near...
- 29-26LancasterLancaster, founded in 1798, was first called Lancaster Court House and later known as Lancasterville. The seat of Lancas...
- 29-32Lancaster County Home and CemeteryThe Lancaster Commissioners of the Poor were established in 1791 to provide support for the orphaned, aged, and indigent...
- 29-12Major Crawford's HomeNear this site was the home of Major Robert Crawford, where President George Washington spent his last night in South Ca...
- 29-33Old Six Mile CemeteryCongregants of Six Mile Spring Presbyterian Church, later known as Six Mile Creek Church, established this cemetery c.17...
- 29-18Stephen Decatur MillerGovernor of South Carolina from 1828 until 1830, Miller was born near here May 8, 1787, the son of Charles and Margaret ...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 29-00Birthplace of Dr. James Marion SimsAbout 1 3/4 miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1818. Father ...
- 29-08Franklin AcademyOrganized in 1825, was the most widely-known of the four schools that occupied this site. Henry Connelly was its first p...
- 29-27Haile Gold MineIn 1827 Benjamin Haile (1768-1842) found gold here while panning in the streams on his plantation. After he found gold o...
- 29-16KilburnieThis late Federal-style house blending elements of the Greek-revival style with Victorian-era modifications was built by...
- 29-15Lancasterville Presbyterian ChurchThis congregation was organized May 5, 1835. Its first minister was James H. Thornwell, who later headed SC College in C...
- 29-17Leroy Springs HouseThe original part of this house was built by Robert W. Gill soon after he purchased the lot in 1828. About thirty years ...
- 29-04The Courthouse Lancaster CountyBuilt in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally ...
- 29-05The JailLancaster County-built, 1823. This is the "gaol" that Willis W. Alsobrook contracted to build for LANCASTER DISTRICT ". ...
- 29-30Thomas L. Clyburn HouseThomas Lorenzo Clyburn (1809-1869), prominent planter of Lancaster District and the first postmaster of Butler, 1853-56,...
- 29-35Turkey Point MillAround 1850 four local businessmen opened Turkey Point Mill north of here on the eastern banks of the Catawba River. Co-...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 29-22Clinton Memorial CemeteryMore than 300 members of Lancaster's black community are buried here, with the first grave dating to 1864. Originally th...
- 29-13Mt. Carmel CampgroundAccording to local tradition, this African Methodist Episcopal Zion Campground was established c.1870. Instrumental in o...
New South (1877-1913)
- 29-34Bank of KershawThis 2-story brick building was originally the Bank of Kershaw. Kershaw Banking and Mercantile Co., a local department s...
- 29-23KershawKershaw, originally Welsh’s Station, was founded in 1888 when Capt. James V. Welsh (1845-1906) persuaded the Charleston,...
- 29-29Lancaster & Chester RailwayThe Lancaster & Chester Railway, founded in 1896, was originally the Cheraw & Chester Railroad, chartered in 1873. The C...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 29-31Ashe's FerryA ferry nearby crossed the Catawba River between Lancaster County and York County for more than 30 years and was the las...
- 29-24Kershaw's First LibraryThis building, originally just south of Kershaw on what is now U.S. Hwy. 521, was built in 1900 for Capt. James V. Welsh...
- 29-06Lancaster Normal and Industrial InstituteLocated on this site, Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute for black students was incorporated in 1905; M. D. Lee w...
- 29-25Welsh's StationWelsh’s Station, a depot on the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad built in 1888, stood at or near this site. Th...