Lexington County
57 places on the trail: 57 highway markers.
People of Lexington County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 32-23Christian TheusOne mile east was the original grave of the Reverend Christian Theus. A native of Switzerland, Theus ministered to Refor...
- 32-01Congaree FortIn 1718, at a site 2.7 miles east, near the place where the Cherokee Path crossed Congaree Creek, the first frontier out...
- 32-06Old State RoadThis route follows an old Indian trail, which became a trading path and later in 1747 a public road from Charleston to G...
- 32-07The Cherokee PathBefore the Revolution, two major trading routes came together near here. Branching to the west was the road to New Winds...
- 32-11The Sycamore TreeThis tree was planted from a cutting of the old sycamore tree that stood several hundred feet west of here on the histor...
- 32-16Zion Lutheran ChurchThis congregation, the oldest continuing church in Lexington County, originated with pioneers who settled in this area i...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 32-59Battle of Cloud's CreekOn Nov. 17, 1781, a Revolutionary War battle took place ½ mi. E near a tributary of Cloud’s Creek known as Lick Creek. T...
- 32-60Fort GranbyFort Granby, a valuable Backcountry outpost during the American Revolution, was established to the west in 1780. It was ...
- 32-57Friday's Ferry SkirmishA Revolutionary War skirmish took place at Friday’s Ferry on May 1, 1781. Lt. Col. Henry Hampton’s Patriot Light Dragoon...
- 32-28Laurance Corley HouseThis log house was built ca. 1771 by Laurance Corley (1742-1815), whose plantation of over 1700 acres occupied much of p...
- 32-18Revolutionary Skirmish Near Juniper SpringsA party of Sumter's soldiers, harassing a rear guard of British foragers under Lord Rawdon (en route to relieve besieged...
- 32-41Tarrar SpringsAt this location on Nov. 16, 1781 Patriot militia under Capt. Sterling Turner met Tories under Col. Hezekia Williams as ...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 32-10Hartley HouseThis house was built before 1800 for John Pearson Bond, according to local tradition. It later came into the possession ...
- 32-09Lee's Tavern SiteMills' Atlas of 1820 shows this site on the Augusta-Columbia road as the location of John W. Lee's Stage Tavern. Accordi...
- 32-31Lewie Chapel (Old Gilbert Methodist Church)Lewie Chapel, a Methodist church founded on this site in the 1870s by Solomon R. Lewie (1835-1878) and others, was later...
- 32-42Old Lexington Baptist ChurchOld Lexington Baptist Church, known originally as Saluda Baptist Church, was established in 1813. Worship here began, ho...
- 32-26St. Peter ChurchS.C. Gen. Assembly incorp. this Lutheran Church 17 Dec. 1794. Frederick Josephus Wallern served as 1st pastor. Today's c...
- 32-29St. Peter's (Meetze's) Lutheran ChurchThis church, organized in 1780, held services in German and English until 1874. In 1835 it aligned with the Tennessee Sy...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 32-53First Baptist Church of GastonThis church was constituted in 1824 as Sandy Run Baptist Church. Its charter members included eleven men and ten women w...
- 32-02Lexington CourthousesOn this site or close by have stood five courthouses of Lexington District or County. In 1820 Barbara Corley deeded land...
- 32-15Mt. Hebron United Methodist ChurchThis congregation, organized ca.1800 in the home of Martin Hook, built its first house of worship at the Half Way Ground...
- 32-33PinareaPinarea, the plantation owned by soldier, statesman, and manufacturer Paul Quattlebaum (1812-1890), was a mile E. Quattl...
- 32-03Saluda FactoryOne mile east on the Saluda River stood a 4-story granite building erected by the Saluda Manufacturing Company, incorpor...
- 32-45Sox Homestead and CemeteryDavid Mathias Sox (1823-1910) once owned approximately 350 acres here, where he lived with his wife, Caroline Spires Sox...
- 32-14St. Andrew's Lutheran ChurchThese four acres were conveyed to St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in 1835, and by November of that year, the congregation h...
- 32-52St. Michael Lutheran ChurchSt. Michael Lutheran Church organized in 1814 with members who came from nearby Zion and Bethel Churches. The desire to ...
- 32-24St. Stephen's ChurchThis Lutheran Church, founded by 1830, and the earliest church in Lexington, dedicated its first-known house of worship ...
- 32-12Tomb of Dr. E. L. HazeliusAt this site is the grave of the Reverend Ernest L. Hazelius, 1777-1853, Lutheran clergyman, Doctor of Divinity, teacher...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 32-30Battle of Congaree CreekOn February 15, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federal army advanced to Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard's Army of the Tennessee...
- 32-40Congaree Creek EarthworksThese earthworks were constructed in early 1865 and were the site of brisk fighting between the Union XV Corps and Confe...
- 32-20Providence ChurchLutheran church said est. 1862. Admitted to synod 1866. Present remodeled building, built by 1869, is on land deeded chu...
- 32-05Shelling of ColumbiaPrior to the capture of Columbia by Gen. William T. Sherman, Federal artillery shelled the city on February 16, 1865, fr...
- 32-27Skirmish at Red Bank CreekOn February 15, 1865 Gen. Henry W. Slocum's Army of Georgia, the left wing of the Federal advance toward Columbia, march...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
New South (1877-1913)
- 32-37Batesburg InstituteThe Batesburg Institute opened here in 1893. Also called the Batesburg Collegiate Institute, it was created by the merge...
- 32-22Lexington Baptist ChurchThis church was constituted May 21, 1893, with ten charter members. The original one-room frame building, dedicated 1894...
- 32-48Mount Olive A.M.E. ChurchThis is the first permanent site of Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church. Church leaders acquired thi...
- 32-55Oak Grove Colored SchoolThis is the former site of Oak Grove Colored School, est. 1900 as a public school for African Americans. It was built on...
- 32-58Pine Grove A.M.E. ChurchTradition holds that Pine Grove African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church organized in 1872 and first worshipped under...
- 32-19Town of IrmoThe Town of Irmo was established in a small farming community when the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad construct...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 32-54Batesburg Colored SchoolThis is the site of Batesburg Colored School, built c.1922 with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The Colore...
- 32-25Camp MooreThe military began this post, also known as Camp Styx, in 1913 as a National Guard training center. The post sent men to...
- 32-49Lexington Graded and High SchoolLexington Graded and High School opened at this site in 1912. The two-story brick building was designed by architect L.D...
- 32-56Lexington Rosenwald High SchoolThis is the site of one of four Lexington Co. schools built with support from the Julius Rosenwald Foundation. The five-...
- 32-44Old Batesburg-Leesville High SchoolIn 1921, the old Batesburg-Leesville High School, the first joint project undertaken by the two separate towns, opened a...
- 32-34Site of the "Swamp Rabbit" BridgeA concrete highway bridge, built in 1928-29 when U.S. Highway 1 was paved through Batesburg, stood here until 2003. The ...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 32-17319th Bombardment GroupActivated in 1942 and stationed here at Columbia Army Air Base February through April of 1945, the 319th participated in...
- 32-39345th Bombardment GroupThe 345th Bombardment Group of the 5th Air Force, “the Air Apaches,” served in the Southwest Pacific during World War II...
- 32-43Blinding of Isaac WoodardSgt. Isaac Woodard, a black soldier, was removed from a bus in Batesburg and arrested on Feb. 12, 1946, after a dispute ...
- 32-21Bombardment GroupsIn 1942 the 310th, 321st, 340th groups trained here at Columbia Army Air Base for World War II. All participated in 9 ca...
- 32-50Cayce Colored SchoolIn 1927-28, a wood frame school was built on this site to house the Cayce Colored School. It served African American res...
- 32-13Columbia Army Air BaseBuilt during 1941 as the Lexington County Airport, this airfield became the Columbia Army Air Base shortly after the U.S...
- 32-51Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal ChurchTradition holds that the congregants of St. Paul Church organized in the 1870s and originally worshipped under a brush a...
- 32-46Lakeview SchoolThis was the last site of a segregated school for Black residents of Brookland-Cayce School District with roots to at le...
- 32-35SpringdaleThis community, which was incorporated as Springdale in 1955, was known as Long Branch for many years and named for a ne...
- 32-47Wil Lou Gray Opportunity SchoolIn 1921, Wil Lou Gray (1883-1984), State Supervisor of Adult Education, founded the first “Opportunity School” in Tamass...
- 32-36World War II Bombing RangesLake Murray islands, most notably Lunch Island (since 1945 also called Bomb Island or Doolittle Island), Shull Island, a...