Lee
Battle of Mount Elon
E Of Bishopville, SC
Three miles south of Mount Elon on the night of Feb. 27, 1865, a mounted Union detachment led by Captain William Duncan encountered a...
Battle of Ratcliff’s Bridge
Bishopville, SC
On March 6, 1781 General Thomas Sumter with a force of 250 men was attacked by a British detachment commanded by Major Fraser about 3...
Bishopville
Bishopville, SC
A trading center and polling place for Upper Salem in old Claremont County in the early 1800's, Bishopville was laid out on land acquired...
Bishopville High School
Bishopville, SC
(Front) This high school, built in 1936, is an excellent example of a Colonial Revival school built by the Public Works Administration...
Captain Peter Dubose 1755-1846
After serving in the militia under General Francis Marion during the Revolutionary War, this planter and patriot lived near here and...
Cash-Shannon Duel
Bishopville, SC
This was the site of the last fatal duel fought in S.C., in which Col. E.B.C. Cash of Cash's Depot killed Col. Wm.
Dennis High School
Bishopville, SC
(Front) Dennis High School, built in 1936, was the first high school for African-American students in Lee County.
Hall’s Mill
Lucknow, SC
(Front) A water-powered grist mill stood here as early as 1824, on land owned by William W. Hall, who had acquired the property from John...
James Jenkins 1764-1847/James Jenkins
* Reported missing in April 2010.
Lynchburg Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
South Lynchburg, SC
(Front) This church was organized in 1855 by 21 charter members who met in the nearby Methodist church.
Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church
St. Charles, SC
(Front) This church was established in 1809.
Rembert Church
Site of camp meetings where Bishop Francis Asbury preached.
Rev. John Leighton Wilson, D.d. March 25, 1809-July 13, 1886
S Of St. Charles, SC
His home stood on this site.
Rev. Thomas Reese English 1806-1869
ABOUT 7.5 MI. S OF BISHOPVILLE, SC
One mile east stood the home of T.R. English, Presbyterian minister, statesman, delegate to the Secession Convention.
Skirmish At Spring Hill
Gen. Edward E. Potter commanding 2700 Federal troops left Georgetown on April 5, 1865, to destroy the railroad between Sumter and Camden.
Thomas Gordon Mcleod
Bishopville, SC
This house is the birthplace of Thomas Gordon McLeod (Dec. 17, 1868-Dec. 11, 1932).
William Apollos James House
Bishopville, SC
(Front) William Apollos James (1857-1930), prominent local businessman and public servant, lived here from 1904 until his death.