McCormick County
16 places on the trail: 16 highway markers.
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 33-07Battle of Long CaneAbout four miles southeast is the site of the American Revolutionary Battle of Long Cane. On December 12, 1780, Lieutena...
- 01-05Birthplace of CalhounOn this land settled by his father Patrick Calhoun in the 1750s, defended against the Indians in the Cherokee War and th...
- 33-10Calhoun MillBuilt ca. 1854 on a mill site in use since the 1770s, this large brick building on Little River was used for grinding co...
- 33-01Fort CharlotteSix and six tenths miles southwest are the ruins of Fort Charlotte, built of local stone, 1765-1767, to protect the Fren...
- 33-14New Bordeaux (1764)The town of New Bordeaux, the last of seven French Huguenot colonies founded in colonial S.C. and the only one in the up...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 33-05Guillebeau Home and Family CemetaryOne half mile west is the pioneer home of Andre Guillebeau, a member of the original Huguenot group, which settled in Ne...
- 33-12John De La Howe (ca. 1710-1797)Dr. John De La Howe, a French physician, came to South Carolina in 1764 and settled in the New Bordeaux community by the...
- 33-00Site of Willington Presbyterian ChurchOrganized by the Rev. Moses Waddel, 1809/Joined Synod of the Carolinas, 1813/Building Collapsed, July 2, 1939/Pastors Re...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 33-06BadwellThree miles west is the site of "Badwell," home of James Louis Petigru (1789-1863), leader of opposition to secession in...
- 33-03Bethany ChurchThe first Bethany Meeting House was erected by 1809 on the old Edgefield-Abbeville Stagecoach Road midway between Hard L...
- 33-11Cherry HillThree miles southwest is "Cherry Hill," site of the home of George McDuffie (1790-1851), orator of nullification, member...
- 33-02Willington AcademyTwo miles southwest is the site of this famous classical academy which was established in 1804 by Rev. Moses Waddel, D.D...