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The State: South Carolina'' Largest Newspaper
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C OUNTY'S lfIRS11 MARI\.ER
Admired by l\'liss Emmalee G·addy
(Photo by ,V. M. Go1·don)
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Black Mingo was established as a
t1·ading post in 1750 by James
Fowier, a rich m erchant f1·om
Charleston.
The first post office e s1ablished
in \\ illiamsbu1'g \\'as at \\'illto"'rn
,,,hich \\ras on the post i·oute esta~
I i shed by Benjamin Franklin from
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Sava nnah, Ga. to \Vicassct. Maine .
er Briclge, localing the sile of Gen - The County Record of Jttne, 1936,
cral's Island in Black Ri\·er wher e carried a long list of sites in \\-ilFrancis. Marion camped during the liamsbu1·g County that '''ere d esig1
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'Ihe ~oi:nm1tlee has also s elected
ihe . '' ill1amsburg County . Court
llot1sc gro unds a s ~he location for
a ina1·l\cr, sho\v111g 1hat the
g1·ot1nds were f j1·st t.1sed as a colonial n1us te1· g1·ot1nd. It is also the
site of a sl<irmish between Colonel
1'arlcton and Ma.jor John James.
ca1np Ridge, \Vhcrc Francis
1\'Ia1·ion camped en i·oute to the
Batlle of Ta1·cotc is al so a contcn1plated site Io~ a m a ker.
\ 'JI,,LAGF; TO BJJ 1\1ARKED
\\' illtO\\'n has Jo11g be.e n regardeel as one of \\'illiamshurg's most
i11tcrcsting historic·al spots and the
location of the n O\\' vanished villagc \vill he 111arked. \:Villtow11 on
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By 1'IRS. F'RA'\I( 1\ilcINTOSH
Special to The State
KINGSTREE, ]fcb. 27 lSpecial)
-\\-1lliamsburg County has its first
standa1·Q. histo1·ical marker \vith
plans a!oot lo have five others
placed during 1958.
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The , p10.Jcct. oL !llark!ng ~l1 c
county s h1sto1·1cal s it0s is being
sponRorcd by tl1c Mai·garct Gregg
GoJ·do!l Chapter, D~t1gl1le1·~ of the
Ame1·1c;i_n RPvolut1011, with tl1c
cooperation oi the county delcgation.
T~e m a1·krr s arc of the sla11d~i·d
~~sign. set })y tl1~ ~oulh Carol~na
Iustorical ~omn11ss1011. Ca11·y1ng
out. the motif of the state' flag, the
main pan<3~ has a da_1·k ~lue backgro1:1nd wt1h lctt.crs. in silver (ll1c
equ1valcnt of \\1h~le in hc1·c1ldry). A
triangular c1. .cst insc1·led at the top..t,_---.........-___,~--------s11ggests the shape oI tl1e stale
and shows a small i·cprescntation
of the flag against a silver field.
Tlie sites and i11sc1·iptions a1·c aPp1·oved by tl1c IJistorical Com1ni~
sion. The Slate liigh\\·ay D~part
i-r1ent ..t1ndcrlakcs withot1t l'l1argc
lo e1·cct the lna1·l<ct·s that ar·c
tilaced on its i·jgl1ts of \\'ctY and to
p1~ovide pa1·king a1·cas at the sites.
AT SITE ()11' ('ICURC:~Il
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~:iJliamsbtt1·g's Iirs t 111arl<er is
located at 1hc site o! the I11dianto,,·n Presh~1 LC'1·ian Cl1t11·cl1 at1d \Vas
placed by the DATt J:!roup as a
part of tl1c chttrch's })i-ccnlcnnial
ob~E>rvancc lhi~ fall. S('rving on tl1c
nla11.garet G1·£'gg Go1·don Cl1aptcr
committee a1·c Mrs. S. \Vaync
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Gamble, Mrs. W. lI. llodgcs, and
~Irs. L. F. Rl1em. M1·s. J. II. M~
Leod is rPgf'11t.
The llistoricaT CQmmissior1 hasJ
already app1·0\1ccl the jn~criplion
for the second ma1·J,f\r. 'fhis \Vill
be placerl at the Battle of 1lie Lovv-
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locations
for markers.
This 1ist \ivas sent to State Historical Commission and plans we1·e
expressed in the article that \\·ork
on the sites \\rould soon begin. This
first committee for rel:iearch on
\Villiam~hurg's historical sites included Mrs. T. S. Ifemingway,
:\t1~s. ,\\'. G. ~a1nble, .:.\Il·s. D. P.
FJ..· ie.rson, E. C. Epps, George l\lcElvcen, Peter G. Gourdin and J.
· · Jltrrr.-McCullough.
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Williamsburg County Gets First Historical Marker
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Article detailing the first historical marker in Williamsburg County at Indiantown Presbyterian Church.
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Feb 1958
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