Cheap Things To Do in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina

Inscription. This house was built before 1800 for John Pierson Bond, according to local tradition. It later came into the possession of John Bates, of the family for whom Batesburg derives its name, and has been owned for over a century ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This school, established in 1896 as both a grammar and high school, was built as a 1-room building and was expanded to 3 rooms by 1900. With as many as 4 teachers and well over 100 students in its best years, Delmar School ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Mills's Atlas of 1825 shows this site on the Augusta-Columbia road as the location of John W. Lee's Stage Tavern. According to local tradition, this vicinity was the probably site of President George Washington's breakfast ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Pinarea: Pinarea, the plantation owned by soldier, statesman, and manufacturer Paul Quattlebaum (1812-1890), was a mile E. Quattlebaum was a captain in the Seminole War and a brig. gen, in the S. C. militia by 1843. He ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] Hares Mill, which stood here on Clouds Creek, was a large grist mill owned by James Hare (1838-1929). Hare bought the mill from the Rinehart family in 1885 and moved it here. The two-story mill ground both corn ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In Memory of, Charles Henry Moorefield: State Highway Engineer, of South Carolina, 1920 1935, , Location. 33° 51.383′ N, 81° 29.883′ W. Marker is in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina, in Lexington ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Delmar School was established in 1896 on property obtained from Elijah Wilson & Lula Fulmer Shealy. This property was previously owned by his parents, Mary Ann Gorley & Simeon Richard Shealy. A Confederate soldier who ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This site, approximately halfway between Augusta and Columbia, was the location of Jacob Odom's house, where George Washington spent the night of May 21, 1791, on his trip northward through South Carolina. His escort ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] This is the family cemetery of Mathias Jones (1779-1829), planter, merchant, and state representative 1814-17. Jones moved from Virginia to Ridge Spring, in what was then Edgefield District, about 1800. He, his ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front], This cemetery, dating to the early 19th century, was originally the Watson and Boatwright family cemetery before it was enlarged to become the town cemetery. Many descendants of Capt. Michael Watson (1726-1782) ... More on HMDB