Laurens County
25 places on the trail: 25 highway markers.
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 30-24Duncan Creek Presbyterian ChurchThis church organized in 1763-64 and is one of the oldest Presbyterian congregations in Upcountry S.C. Most early member...
- 30-23Kellett's BlockhouseKellett’s Blockhouse or Kellett’s Station was a Revolutionary War-era foritification built on Rabon Creek by Joseph Kell...
- 30-25Langston Baptist ChurchThis congregation organized in the 1770s and was originally known as Upper Duncan’s Creek Baptist Church. It went dorman...
- 30-08Lindley's FortOn July 15, 1776, a number of Indians and Tories attacked this frontier fort where area settlers had gathered for protec...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 30-18Broad Street Methodist ChurchThis congregation can trace its roots to Zion Church, est. in 1826 in Laurens County. Its founding took place during the...
- 30-15Dials Methodist ChurchThis is one of the oldest Methodist congregations in Laurens County. Its earliest records have been lost, but tradition ...
- 30-21First United Methodist ChurchFirst Methodist Church began as the “Methodist Society of Friends,” a group of 15 men and women who organized in 1819. E...
- 30-20Laurens City CemeteryLaurens City Cemetery began as the Porter family cemetery and the earliest grave is that of two-year old Laura Adelaide ...
- 30-11Martin's StoreThis store, first known as Daniel’s store or the “Beehive,” was built before the Civil War by James Wright Daniel (1814-...
- 30-03Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [First Marker]The cemetery, located about ½ mile SW, marks the original site of this church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buried here is Wi...
- 30-04Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church [Second Marker]This cemetery marks the original site of Providence Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, founded Sept. 10, 1836. Buri...
- 30-02RosemontAbout 2 ½ miles southwest, a granite monument stands on the site of Rosemont, birthplace and home of Ann Pamela Cunningh...
- 30-09Watts-Todd-Dunklin HouseThe Watts-Todd-Dunklin House, built about 1818, is an excellent example of a Federal-era upcountry farmhouse. According ...
Civil War (1861-1865)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
New South (1877-1913)
- 30-26Beaverdam Baptist Church and SchoolThis Baptist congregation organized in the 1870s. A church cemetery at this site dates to that period, and early members...
- 30-13Francis Rapley Owings HouseOwings is named for Francis Rapley Owings (1840-1920), who lived in this house after the Civil War. His ancestor Richard...
- 30-14Friendship A.M.E. Church & CemeteryThis church held its first services in a nearby brush arbor shortly after the Civil War and was formally organized in 18...
- 30-22Hampton Street SchoolBy 1895, this intersection was the site of the Laurens Colored School, eventually known as Hampton Street School. In tha...
- 30-19Mt. Carmel A.M.E. ChurchMt. Carmel A.M.E. Church was founded in 1878. The congregation first met in the home of Mack and Caroline Saxon, freed s...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 30-10Laurens County Training SchoolThe Laurens County Training School, located here 1924-1954, had its origins in Gray Court School, a one-room school foun...
- 30-05Young's SchoolHere at Young's School in 1915 Dr. Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984) initiated for her native county of Laurens a seven-school pr...