Hampton

20 historical markers in South Carolina

American Legion Hut

Hampton, SC

(Front) This 1933 cypress-log hut is the headquarters of American Legion Post #108.

Bank of Hampton

Hampton, SC

(Front) The Bank of Hampton, built in 1892, was the first bank organized in Hampton and an important part of the rapid growth and...

Cherry Grove Christian Church

Brunson, SC

This African-American church, a congregation of the Disciples of Christ, was founded in 1855 by members of Three Mile Creek Christian...

Estill Methodist Church

Estill, SC

(Front) Members of distant Lebanon Methodist Church held regular prayer meetings in Janie Boyd Rhodes’s Estill home from 1902 until this...

Estill Presbyterian Church

Estill, SC

(Front) This church was founded in 1898 by residents of Estill and Lawtonville who were members of distant Presbyterian churches and...

Gifford Rosenwald School

Gifford, SC

(Front) Gifford Rosenwald School, sometimes called Gifford Colored School, was built here in 1920-21.

Hampton County

Hampton, SC

Established February 18, 1878, once a part of Beaufort District.

Hermitage Plantation

This plantation was owned by large land owner Geo.

Hickory Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

Brunson, SC

(Front) This church, founded by 1869 with Rev. G.D. Kinard as its first pastor and 22 charter members, was admitted to the Barnwell...

Huspah Baptist Church and School

Hampton, SC

(Front) Huspah Baptist Church was organized c. 1873.

James Washington Moore House

Hampton, SC

(Front) This house, built between 1878 and 1885, was the home of James Washington Moore (1837-1912), lawyer, Confederate officer, state...

Lawtonville Church [first Marker]

Estill, SC

This Baptist Church, constituted in March 1775, was first situated on Pipe Creek in upper St. Peter's Parish near the Savannah River.

Lawtonville Church [second Marker]

Lawtonville, SC

This Baptist congregation, originally known as Savannah River, Carolina Church, was constituted near here March 1, 1775, mainly by...

Miles Mcsweeney Home Site

Hampton, SC

On this site stood the home of Miles Benjamin McSweeney (1854-1909), first governor of South Carolina from Hampton County.

Morrison Academy

Just W Of Estill, SC

In old Lawtonville Community, across from this site, was the first Morrison Academy, a oneroom elementary and college preparatory school.

Old Pocotaligo Road, March From the Sea

ABOUT 1 MI. S OF HAMPTON, SC

(Front) This was a major road in the northern part of old Beaufort District for many years, appearing in Mills' Atlas of 1825.

Steep Bottom Baptist Church

Estill, SC

(Front) Steep Bottom Baptist Church was constituted in 1814 through the efforts of Rev. Hezekiah A. Boyd and Rev. James Sweat.

Town of Brunson

Brunson, SC

On November 7, 1872, a post office was established in this community, named for William E. Brunson, Sr., who donated the site.

Whippy Swamp Muster Ground

Crocketville, SC

(Front) This area, called Whippy Swamp Cross Roads, was in Beaufort District before Hampton County was created in 1878.

World War Ii Pow Camp

Hampton, SC

(Front) German prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from September 1943 to the spring of 1946.

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