https://johnsonvilleschistory.org/files/original/07c8b2345c0d9c0ba9e6ea5a554b18dc.pdf d532f98e56f6624ad9c836716b9d0f09 PDF Text Text • The State: South Carolina'' Largest Newspaper (J .J I , • • C OUNTY'S lfIRS11 MARI\.ER Admired by l\'liss Emmalee G·addy (Photo by ,V. M. Go1·don) • • • • by a historical committee as Black Mingo was established as a nated • • • OTHERS TO COME appropriate locations for markers. t1·ading post in 1750 by James Fowier, a rich m erchant f1·om This 1ist \ivas sent to State Historical Commission and plans we1·e Charleston. expressed in the article that \\·ork The first post office e s1ablished on the sites \\rould soon begin. This • in \\ illiamsbu1'g \\'as at \\'illto"'rn first committee for rel:iearch on ,,,hich \\ras on the post i·oute esta~ \Villiam~hurg's historical sites inI i shed by Benjamin Franklin from cluded Mrs. T. S. Ifemingway, • Sava nnah, Ga. to \Vicassct. Maine . :\t1~s. ,\\'. G. ~a1nble, .:.\Il·s. D. P. By 1'IRS. F'RA'\I( 1\ilcINTOSH er Briclge, localing the sile of Gen - The County Record of Jttne, 1936, FJ..· ie.rson, E. C. Epps, George l\lcSpecial to The State cral's Island in Black Ri\·er wher e carried a long list of sites in \\-il- Elvcen, Peter G. Gourdin and J. KINGSTREE, ]fcb. 27 lSpecial) Francis. Marion camped during the liamsbu1·g County that '''ere d esig- · · Jltrrr.-McCullough. 1 1 -\\-1lliamsburg County has its first Re~ olutionar~ \\, ar. standa1·Q. histo1·ical marker \vith 'Ihe ~oi:nm1tlee has also s elected plans a!oot lo have five others ihe . '' ill1amsburg County . Court placed during 1958. llot1sc gro unds a s ~he location for . . ,, • •· a ina1·l\cr, sho\v111g 1hat the The , p10.Jcct. oL !llark!ng ~l1 c g1·ot1nds were f j1·st t.1sed as a coloncounty s h1sto1·1cal s it0s is being ial n1us te1· g1·ot1nd. It is also the sponRorcd by tl1c Mai·garct Gregg site of a sl<irmish between Colonel GoJ·do!l Chapter, D~t1gl1le1·~ of the 1'arlcton and Ma.jor John James. Ame1·1c;i_n RPvolut1011, with tl1c ca1np Ridge, \Vhcrc Francis cooperation oi the county delcga- 1\'Ia1·ion camped en i·oute to the tion. Batlle of Ta1·cotc is al so a conT~e m a1·krr s arc of the sla11d~i·d tcn1plated site Io~ a m a ker. ~~sign. set })y tl1~ ~oulh Carol~na \ 'JI,,LAGF; TO BJJ 1\1ARKED Iustorical ~omn11ss1011. Ca11·y1ng \\' illtO\\'n has Jo11g be.e n regardout. the motif of the state' flag, the eel as one of \\'illiamshurg's most main pan<3~ has a da_1·k ~lue back- i11tcrcsting historic·al spots and the gro1:1nd wt1h lctt.crs. in silver (ll1c location of the n O\\' vanished vilequ1valcnt of \\1h~le in hc1·c1ldry). A lagc \vill he 111arked. \:Villtow11 on 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 ~ ~: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 Gamble, Mrs. W. lI. llodgcs, and ~Irs. L. F. Rl1em. M1·s. J. II. M~­ • ets ount. 1ams • • arier 1stor1ca 1 I I . 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- ' 1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News Articles Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper and magazine articles. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Williamsburg County Gets First Historical Marker Description An account of the resource Article detailing the first historical marker in Williamsburg County at Indiantown Presbyterian Church. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb 1958 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The State