Sumter County
60 places on the trail: 60 highway markers.
People of Sumter County in Carolina Quotes
Colonial (pre-contact to 1763)
- 43-05Early Charleston RoadThis road largely followed an old Indian path (1691). Widened by Public Act, 1753, and called "The Great Charleston Road...
- 43-34Oakland PlantationThis plantation was established in 1735 with a royal grant to William Sanders, who built a house and tavern, or “publick...
- 43-04Salem (Black River) Presbyterian ChurchThis house of worship, commonly called Brick Church, was founded by Scotch-Irish settlers in 1759 on land given by Capt....
- 43-06St. Mark's Episcopal ChurchBy Act of Assembly St. Mark's Parish was established in 1757. The first Church stood at Halfway Swamp. Others were built...
Era of American Revolution (1764-1783)
- 43-09General Thomas SumterMonument to General Sumter stands 500 yards south. Born August 14, 1734, in Hanover County, Virginia, he was a frontiers...
- 43-03High Hills Baptist ChurchOrganized by Rev. Joseph Reese, this church was established Jan. 4, 1772. First located on land given by Dr. Joseph Howa...
- 43-15Richard RichardsonAn early plantation owner in this area, he was a Commissioner of St. Mark's Church who donated land for its construction...
- 43-19William TennentThird Presbyterian preacher of this name, Tennent died several miles south in 1777. He was born in 1740 of a renowned fa...
South Carolina in the Early Republic (1784-1815)
- 43-17Bethel Baptist ChurchBethel (Black River) Baptist Church was organized in 1780 and admitted to the Charleston Baptist Association in 1782. It...
- 43-43Cane Savannah PlantationCane Savannah Plantation was established in 1784 by a 4000-acre grant to Lt. Col. Matthew Singleton (1730-1787), state r...
- 43-12Church of the Holy Cross, Stateburg (Episcopal)This church is the successor to the nearby Chapel of Ease of 1770. Present building is on the site of the old Claremont ...
- 43-44Concord Presbyterian ChurchThis church, organized in 1808 by Rev. George G. McWhorter of the Salem Black River Presbyterian Church, held its first ...
- 43-14General Sumter Memorial Academy 1905-1911This forerunner of the modern consolidated rural high school with Colonel John Julius Dargan, noted educator, as founder...
- 43-02Green Swamp Methodist ChurchSite of First Methodist Church in vicinity of Sumter. Influenced by Bishop Francis Asbury, Richard Bradford gave land an...
- 43-18Lenoir StoreSince before 1808, the Lenoir family have operated a general store at the site of Horatio, S. C. Lenoir's Store is menti...
- 43-55Providence Southern Methodist ChurchProvidence Church organized by 1813 at a Methodist camp meeting ground located near this site. In 1821, it was one of se...
- 43-01Site of ManchesterA flourishing town once stood here; settled before 1799; stage-coach relay; shipping center for cotton traffic by boat t...
- 43-08Sumter's Court HousesBy Act of 1798, Commissioners were named "To ascertain and fix upon the most central place for the erection of a court h...
Antebellum (1816-1860)
- 43-28Bethel Methodist ChurchEstablished in 1856 by French Huguenot families with the consolidation of Lodebar, Rembert, Clark, and Sardis Methodist ...
- 43-20Clara Louise KelloggClara Louise Kellogg, said to be the first American-trained prima donna, was born near here in 1842. Her family later mo...
- 43-27Elizabeth White HouseThe Elizabeth White House, built about 1854, was for many years the home of Miss White (1893-1976), a Sumter native who ...
- 43-21First Baptist ChurchOrganized in 1813 with 13 members, this branch of Stateburg's High Hills of Santee Baptist Church (founded before 1772) ...
- 43-57First Presbyterian Church SumterFirst Presbyterian Church of Sumter organized in 1823 with five charter members. It was originally part of Harmony Presb...
- 43-22Furman Academy and Theological InstitutionEstablished by the S. C. Baptist Convention in 1825, Furman opened in Edgefield in 1826. Later sites were here at High H...
- 43-45Millford PlantationMillford, 1 mile west, is the finest Greek Revival house in S.C. and one of the finest in America. It was built from 183...
- 43-50Pinewood CemeteryPinewood Cemetery, also known as Weeks Cemetery, began as a family burial ground associated with the plantation owned by...
- 43-24Sumterville AcademyTHIS SCHOOL SITE of one acre was given to trustees in 1837 for use in public education by COL. JOHN BLOUNT MILLER (1782-...
Civil War (1861-1865)
- 43-30Battle of Beech CreekIn April 1865 Confederates formed a defensive line along the high ground above Beech Creek to oppose Brig. Gen. Edward P...
- 43-10Battle of Dingle's MillHere on Apr. 9, 1865, the day of Gen. Lee's surrender, was fought one of the last battles of the War between the States....
- 43-36Battle of StateburgIn April 1865 2,700 Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter left Georgetown in a raid against the railro...
- 43-25Military PostAfter the Civil War ended in 1865, a Federal military occupation garrison was located for sometime in this area of Sumte...
- 43-32Potter's HeadquartersFederal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter, on a raid through this area in the last days of the Civil War, ...
- 43-33Skirmish At Dinkin's MillFollowing the battle of Boykin’s Mill on April 18, 1865, Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter advance...
Reconstruction (1866-1876)
- 43-16Birthplace of Mary Mcleod BethuneThis noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the...
- 43-31Enon Baptist ChurchThis church was organized in 1872 by Rev. Benjamin Lawson and held early services in a brush arbor. The first sanctuary,...
- 43-54Goodwill SchoolGoodwill School was established by missionaries from the Northern Presbyterian Church shortly after the Civil War. The s...
- 43-39Mt. Zion Methodist ChurchThis church, with its origin in a brush arbor where services were held during the Civil War, was formally organized in 1...
- 43-29St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal ChurchThis congregation was organized before the Civil War and held its services in a brush arbor until 1875 when its trustees...
- 43-13The Sumter Institute 1867-1901A boarding school for girls located on the northeast corner of Washington and Calhoun Sts. Founded by Laura Fraser Brown...
- 43-56Tirzah Presbyterian ChurchIn 1876, residents of the Providence section of Sumter County organized Tirzah Presbyterian Church. They included member...
New South (1877-1913)
- 43-07Col. David DuBose Gaillard Engineer of the Panama CanalBorn at Fulton Crossroads, Sept. 4, 1859, David DuBose Gaillard spent his boyhood in this section. He was graduated from...
- 43-40Henry J. Maxwell FarmHenry Johnson Maxwell (1837-1906), Union soldier, U.S. postmaster, state senator, and lawyer, lived here from 1874 until...
- 43-26Henry L. Scarborough HouseThe Henry Lee Scarborough House was built 1908-09 by Scarborough (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County farmer, businessma...
- 43-38Kendall InstituteKendall Institute, founded on this site in 1891, was one of the first black schools in Sumter. It was funded by the Boar...
- 43-37St. James Lutheran ChurchThis church, the first Lutheran congregation in Sumter County, was organized in 1890 as a Home Mission, with six charter...
- 43-42Temple SinaiSumter’s Jewish community, dating to 1815, has long been one of the largest and most influential in inland S.C. Mark Sol...
- 43-46The Britton CommunityFollowing his discharge from the Confederate Army, John James Britton began buying farm property on the Pocotaligo Swamp...
- 43-23The Tuomey HospitalSumter Hospital was begun 1904 by Drs. S. C. Baker, Walter Cheyne, Archie China, H. M. Stuckey, and was built shortly th...
- 43-35Wedgefield Presbyterian ChurchThis church was founded in 1881 with assistance from Harmony Presbytery. It had 12 charter members, with elders Corneliu...
World War I and the Interwar Period (1913-1941)
- 43-41Beulah SchoolThis two-room African-American school was likely built between 1922 and 1930 for students in grades 1-7. It had 50-100 s...
- 43-61Dalzell SchoolThis was the site of Dalzell School, a legally white but segregated public school for the “Sumter Turks,” a dark-skinned...
- 43-47Lincoln High SchoolLincoln High School can trace its origins to the establishment of “Lincoln School,” which was built as the first public ...
- 43-60Palmer Funeral HomePalmer Funeral Home opened at this site in 1933. It was founded by Edmund Perry Palmer Sr., who in 1925 graduated from N...
World War II and After (1941-present)
- 43-4855th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 55th Aero Construction Squadron in 1917, the 55th was assigned to Shaw AFB from 1946-1951 and returne...
- 43-5179th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 77th Aero Squadron on 20 Feb 1918, the unit trained WWI aviators. It was assigned to Shaw AFB from 19...
- 43-5279th Fighter SquadronEstablished as the 79th Aero Squadron on 22 Feb 1918. The unit trained WWI aviators. It was assigned to Shaw AFB from 19...
- 43-59B.T. Williams HouseThis brick-veneered hosue was the home of Dr. Booker Taliaferro Williams, dentist and civil rights activist. Born 1900 i...
- 43-58Community HospitalCommunity Hospital opened at this site in 1949. The 40-room brick facility was built for African Amerian residents of Su...
- 43-49Randall v. Sumter School DistrictThough the U.S. Supreme Court had declared racially segregated school unconstitutional in the landmark decision Brown v....
- 43-53WWII Prisoner of War CampFrom 1942 to 1945 more than 400,000 Axis-power prisoners of war were shipped to the United States from Europe and North ...