Things To Do in Johnston, South Carolina

Inscription. Donated in 1998 to the Town of Johnston in memory of the "Edwards Brothers, " V. E. Edwards and E. B. Edwards, by children: Mrs. V. E. Edwards, Jr. Mrs. Helen H. Herlong, Mrs Mary E. Mathis, Mrs. Iza E. Salter, and by ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] Johnstons first school opened on this site in 1873. The Male and Female Academy was a boarding school, with Rev. Luther Broaddus as its first principal. Alternately a private and public school during its early ... More on HMDB

Inscription. President, Charlotte Columbia, and Augusta Railroad, Commissary General of N. C. C. S. A. , Erected by Mrs. A. B. Andrews. , Location. 33° 49.933′ N, 81° 48.05′ W. Marker is in Johnston, South Carolina, ... More on HMDB

Located in the rolling hills of west central South Carolina Johnston was founded in 1870 when the first railroad came through. The town's business district combines contemporary convenience ... More on Johnstonsc.us

Inscription. Johnston, founded in 1868 as Johnston's Station on the Charlotte, Columbia, & Augusta Railroad and also known as Johnson's Turn Out, was named for railroad president William Johnston. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. A house built for Emsley Lott about 1770, later Lott's Tavern and still later Lott's Post Office, stood here until it was demolished in 1918. Lott soon enlarged his one-room log house to become a tavern on the Columbia ... More on HMDB

Inscription. [Front] This church was founded ca. 1805 at the plantation of John Spann, Jr. about 1 mi. N. Bishop Francis Asbury preached there in 1807 and 1811. The first church on this site was built and the cemetery was established ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1/2 mile west, on "Ceder Fields" plantation, is buried the family of Captain Arthur Simkins, soldier in the American Revolution and a founder of Edgefield. Born in Virginia on Dec. 10, 1742, he died Sept. 29, 1826. He ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Religion: Founded in 1768 as a result of a religious revival sweeping the American colonies known as the "Great Awakening, " Horn's Creek Baptist church was one of the first churches established in the South Carolina ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Horns Creek Baptist Church: This church was constituted in 1768 by the Reverend Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist faith in this part of South Carolina. Other early ministers of Horns Creek included Hezekiah ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front text), This house was for many years the home of Marie Cromer Seigler (1882-1964), educator and national pioneer in agricultural instruction. In 1910, as teacher and principal of Talatha School, she founded a Girls' ... More on HMDB