Things To Do in Heath Springs, South Carolina

Inscription. About 1¾ miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1813. Father of modern gynecology, Dr. Sims was honored by the American and by European governments for his service ... More on HMDB

Inscription. While on his Southern tour, President George Washington spent the night of May 26, 1791, at the James Ingram house, near here. According to Washington's diary, he left Ingram's at four o'clock the next morning and continued ... More on HMDB

Battle of Hanging Rock Historic Site, Lancaster County (off U.S. Hwy. 521, Heath Springs vicinity) More on Nationalregister.sc.gov

Inscription. About 2.5 miles south is Hanging Rock, where Maj. Davie surprised a British force, Aug. 1, 1780, and killed or wounded most of them. There also, Aug. 6, 1780, Col. Hill, Col. Irwin, an... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front), According to local tradition, this African Methodist Episcopal Zion Campground was established c.1870. Instrumental in organizing the campground was former slave Isom Caleb Clinton, who was ordained Bishop of ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This church, organized July 4, 1776 by Rev. George Pope, a native of Virginia, held its first meetings in a brush arbor on this site and was known as the Upper Fork of Lynches Creek until it was renamed Flat Creek Baptist ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front), Welshs Station, a depot on the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad built in 1888, stood at or near this site. The town of Kershaw was first named for Capt. James V. Welsh, who donated 63 acres on which ... More on HMDB

Official Kershaw County, South Carolina Government site; includes county officials, government services, community ... More on Kershaw.sc.gov

Inscription. Marker Front: Kershaw, originally Welshs Station, was founded in 1888 when Capt. James V. Welsh (1845-1906) persuaded the Charleston, Cincinnati, & Chicago Railroad to build a depot ha... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front), In 1827 Benjamin Haile (1768-1842) found gold here while panning in the streams on his plantation. After he found gold ore as well, Haile set up a mining operation. By 1837 the Haile Gold Mine included a 5-stamp ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front), American forces under Major William R. Davie had captured a British convoy July 21, 1780, and were retreating with prisoners mounted two to the horse when ambushed by British several miles west of here on Beaver ... More on HMDB