Marion County
26 places on the trail: 26 highway markers.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 34-01Battle of Blue SavannahOn Sept. 3, 1780, Lt. Col. Francis Marion led his men to Port’s Ferry, south of here, where they crossed the Pee Dee Riv...
- 34-08Bowling GreenOn this site, located about ½ mile northeast, at least 500 Loyalists under the command of Major Micajah Ganey laid down ...
- 34-16Marion's Camp at Snow's IslandDuring the American Revolution Gen. Francis Marion (ca. 1732-1795), the most successful of the Patriot partisan leaders,...
- 34-04Snow's IslandDuring the winter of 1780-1781, General Francis Marion established his camp 1 ½ miles south of here on Snow's Island. Na...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 34-20Antioch Baptist ChurchAntioch Baptist Church was organized in 1829. The original membership was composed of 36 members dismissed from Catfish ...
- 34-11Ebenezer ChurchAccording to local tradition three Methodist meeting houses of this area united c. 1835 to form Ebenezer. An early churc...
- 34-05Marion CountyOriginally part of colonial Craven County and Georgetown District of 1769, Marion was created as Liberty County by an Ac...
- 34-07Marion Presbyterian ChurchDavid E. Frierson of Harmony Presbytery first preached here at Marion Courthouse in 1841. The church was organized in Fe...
- 34-09Mullins DepotThe town of Mullins, first known as Mullins Depot, grew up as a result of the opening of the Wilmington and Manchester R...
Civil War (1861-1865)
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
New South (1877-1913)
- 34-14Bluefields“Bluefields,” named for the Blue family, was built by 1870. Annie Evans Blue (d. 1912) was given this land in 1872 by he...
- 34-12Marion AcademyThis building, the first public school in Marion County, was built in 1886 by the Marion Academy Society, chartered in 1...
- 34-15Marion DepotThis one-story brick passenger depot, typical of the period, was built in 1908 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The...
- 34-06Moody CemeteryNamed for the Moody family, members of whom were buried here 1883 to 1903. Among others interred here are John Smith Sr....
- 34-13Mt. Olive Baptist ChurchThis church was founded in 1882 by 16 charter members, all former slaves or the children of former slaves. It held servi...
- 34-10Old Town Hall and Opera HouseThis brick building is a fine vernacular interpretation of the Classic Revival style. Completed in 1892, the constructio...
- 34-23Palmer School and CemeteryIn 1838 the Palmer family began using this site as a private burial ground. Palmer School was built here c.1887 at the b...
- 34-25Site of Old Brick WarehouseAt this site in 1907, local farmers D.K. McDuffie and H.B. Harrington opened what was at that time the only brick tobacc...
- 34-21Tobacco CultureIn 1892 Dr. C.T. Ford became the first tobacco grower in Mullins when he planted a small patch of Bright Leaf behind his...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 34-24Bethel-Britton's Neck SchoolAlong the nearby stretch of Gresham Road is the site of Bethel or Britton’s Neck School for African Americans. In 1902-2...
- 34-22Camp Victor BlueThis was the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp that opened in June 1933. Created the same year, the CCC w...
- 34-17Centenary Rosenwald SchoolCentenary Rosenwald School was built here in 1924-25. It was one of 500 rural schools in S.C. for blacks, constructed wi...
- 34-19St. James A.M.E. ChurchThe congregation of St. James A.M.E. Church first worshipped under a bush arbor in the vicinity of what is now Ariel Cro...