John Hugh Means/William Harper
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JOHN HUGH MEANS (Front) Governor of S.C. (1850-1852), president of the 1852 Secession Convention, and signer of the Ordinance of Secession in 1860, John Means was born near here in 1812. A colonel in the 17th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, CSA, he died Sept. 1, 1862, from wounds received at the Second Battle of Manassas.
He is believed to be buried in the Means Cemetery, about 50 yards east. WILLIAM HARPER (Reverse) A graduate and trustee of S.C. College, William Harper immigrated here from Antigua in 1791. Admitted to the bar in 1813, he served in the S.C. House, was a U.S. Senator, court reporter, Chancellor, and judge of the Court of Appeals.
He died in 1847 and is buried 50 yards east. The University of South Carolina's Harper College takes its name from William Harper. Erected by Fairfield County Historical Society, 1983
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