Robert Blair Campbell/John Campbell

ROBERT BLAIR CAMPBELL (Front) This U.S. Congressman and diplomat was born at Woodstock (Argyle) Plantation, 3 ½ miles southwest. He was a Brigadier General in the State Militia and served in the S.C. Senate 182223, 1830-34. He represented this district in the U.S. Congress 1823-25, 1834-37. He was U.S. Consul to Cuba 1842-50 and to England 1854-61.

In 1862 he died and was buried in London. JOHN CAMPBELL (Reverse) This U.S. congressman, the younger brother of Robert Blair Campbell, was born 3 ½ miles southwest of here. He graduated from the South Carolina College in 1819 and practiced law in Brownsville and Parnassus. He served in Congress as a States Rights Whig 1829-31 and as a States Rights Democrat 1837-45.

He died in 1845 and was buried in the family cemetery. Erected by Marlboro County Historic Preservation Commission, 1972