Clarendon
Andrews Chapel Church
According to local tradition, this Methodist congregation was organized in 1786 and pioneer American bishop Francis Asbury later visited...
Brewington Presbyterian Church
Manning, SC
Established c. 1811 on the Black River, near Brewington Lake, by five members on land donated by James Evans family.
Cantey Family Cemetery
Jordan, SC
(Front) This cemetery was established about 1739 by Joseph Cantey (d. 1763), planter and member of the Commons House of Assembly.
Clarendon County/Manning
Manning, SC
CLARENDON COUNTY (Front) Five SC governors have come from this area, which was part of the Parish of St. Mark (1757) and Camden District...
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Manning, SC
(Front) This church was founded about 1869 by Mary Scott “Aunt Mary” Harvin, and held its first services in a nearby brush arbor.
Encounter At Halfway Swamp/Site of Original St. Mark’s Church
ABOUT 1 MI. S OF RIMINI, SC
ENCOUNTER AT HALFWAY SWAMP (Front) On December 12, 1780, according to tradition, British Maj. Robert McLeroth was surprised near here by...
Fort Watson
North Santee, SC
The first post in S. C. retaken from the British, the stockade fort on this old Indian mound had controlled the road from Charleston to...
Hannah Levi Memorial Library/Manning Library
Manning, SC
HANNAH LEVI MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Front) The Hannah Levi Memorial Library, built in 1909-10 grew out of a library fund begun in 1905 by the...
Liberty Hill Church/Pioneers In Desegregation
Summerton, SC
LIBERTY HILL CHURCH(Front) In 1867, five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Thomas and Margaret Briggs gave four acres of land to...
Manning Schools
Manning, SC
(Front) The Manning Collegiate Institute, the town’s first public school opened here in early 1890.
Manning Training School
Manning, SC
(Front) Manning Training School has origins in the early 20th century with the Slater Fund helped finance Clarendon County Training School.
Midway Church
S Of Sardinia, SC
Midway Presbyterian Church, named because of its location halfway between Salem and Williamsburg Churches, traces its beginning to 1801,...
Mt. Zion A.m.e. Church
Wyboo, SC
(Front) This church, organized about 1865, held its early services in a nearby brush arbor but built a permanent sanctuary here soon...
Revolutionary Skirmish Near Tearcoat Branch
Sardinia, SC
On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Tories under Col. Samuel Tynes...
Revolutionary Skirmish Near Wyboo Swamp
Wyboo, SC
During Francis Marion's 1781 campaign to drive the British from the Pee Dee, he and his men clashed near here in March with British and...
Richardson Graves
Three hundred yards west is the site of one of the earliest graveyards in St. Mark's Parish.
Senn’s Mill
Summerton, SC
This complex, featuring a blacksmith shop (ca.
St. Mary Catholic Church
Chesterfield, SC
(Front) This Carpenter Gothic church, dedicated in 1914, is the oldest Catholic church in Clarendon County.
Summerton Presbyterian Church
Summerton, SC
(Front) This church, founded in 1875 as a mission of the Presbyterian Church in Manning, grew out of occasional services held in the...
Trinity A.m.e. Church
Manning, SC
(Front) This church was founded soon after the Civil War by 50 freedmen and women who held their first services in a stable donated to...